Monk (2002)

9 continuity mistakes in Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan

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Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Bitty Schram

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: Ringel closes the blinds, then turns and walks away from the window. After a brief shot of Monk and Marcy, Ringel turns and walks away from the same window again. (00:34:40)

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: In the lumber yard, Randy shows a rare streak of genius by knocking out the bad guy with a 2x4 shoved through a stack of boards. When the 2x4 strikes Ringel, it stops its slide protruding about six inches from the stack. When the camera angle changes for the very next shot, the 2x4 is suddenly sticking out more than a foot. (00:39:30)

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: Near the end, when Ringel pulls a gun on Monk and Marcy, he reaches over and closes the venetian blinds. There's no gap in the shuttered blinds when he walks away from the window. Then there is. Then there isn't again. (00:34:30)

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When the lady that just "bought" Randy gives him his shirt you can see from behind that he closes one button of his shirt. But in the next shot 2 seconds later there are at least 5 buttons closed already.

Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: The stacks of yellow craft blocks that Marcy is carving with her knife change both positions and quantity between shots. (00:20:00)

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When Randy is playing "Timber", we see a close up shot of the boy taking out a middle piece and there's no other middle pieces removed. But in the next shot, you can see 2 middle pieces gone.

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When the Captain is approaching the killer, a piece of wood is protruding from the cart. After a cut, that wood suddenly disappears. The cart has also inexplicably shifted to be much closer to the killer. (00:40:00)

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When Natalie is talking to Marci at Monk's door, Natalie's position in relation to the door changes between shots. (00:04:45)

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Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: As Marci is telling Monk about the picture she painted of him, Monk and Natalie approach her. As they approach, they change position between shots. (00:10:30)

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Mr. Monk and the End - Part I - S8-E15

Continuity mistake: In 3-7 "Employee of the Month", Joe Christie says he was with Monk when he got the news of Trudy's death. He said Monk had been laughing, and that he never heard him laugh again. In this episode Monk and Stottlemeyer get called to the scene of a crime, a women's clinic. In this episode there is a flashback to the exact same location years earlier and to Stottlemeyer getting the phone call about Trudy's death. He and Monk were working a case that day and Joe Christie was not present.

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Trivia

Mr. Monk Joins a Cult - S6-E11

Trivia: The cult leader, Ralph Roberts, is played by Howie Mandel of Deal Or No Deal, who suffers from OCD in real life.

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Question: If Monk is afraid of germs, then why does he keep touching things that could possibly have germs on them like parking meters or books?

Answer: Notice also that in the opening credits scene when he is touching parking meters her also wipes his hand on his clothes each time he does it.

Answer: That's the thing about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It's not something rational. He just has to touch things like that. It's not something he can rationally think through. However, since part of his disorder includes an obsession with cleanliness, he also has an assistant walk around handing him wipes periodically. It's like when he gets a cold and uses both a humidifier (because that's what you use when you're congested) and a dehumidifier (to counteract the effects of the humidifier). He may spout rationalizations after he does something, but his compulsions exist outside of any rational thought whatever.

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