Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: After Phoebe reads the poem from her book, she sets the book back against the lamp, and it is closed. Then when Phoebe gets up out of her chair, the book is suddenly open. (00:14:05)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: In Phoebe's room, there is a green mat on her desk, but it is missing in all the wide shots from behind Phoebe as she sits at her desk. (00:12:50)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: After Phoebe reads the poem from her book, it then cuts to a wide shot from behind her; only she is not holding the book anymore; she is writing on her paper with her pencil. In the next shot, she is holding the book again. (00:14:00)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: After Phoebe reads the poem from her book, she sets the book back against the lamp, and there is a blue book under the poem book. In the next shot, the blue book disappears. The location of the lamp and poem book also changes. (00:14:05)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: Phoebe Cheats: When we first see Phoebe writing her poem in her room, the red book beside her repeatedly changes direction depending on the shot. (00:12:49)
Freeze Frame / Phoebe Cheats - S2-E8
Continuity mistake: The next night, Phoebe's bed clothes switch back and forth between her nightgown and her dress.





Answer: The episode doesn't really elaborate on who the kid was and what his motives were, so its pure speculation as to why he took it. Perhaps the kid could simply want a ball all for himself and decided to just take it, or was simply a rotten kid. The truth is the kid's motives are not important to the story other than it highlights Arnold was having a lot of trouble getting through the list.
Lummie ★