Visible crew/equipment: When the photographer is getting a picture of the princess, you can see the shadow of the boom mic on him.
The Pharaoh's in a Rut (2) - S1-E28
Revealing mistake: When Bruce Wayne is strapped to the stretcher hurtling toward the cliff, after he breaks through the "300 Ft. Drop" sign, we cut to a different angle where the wire pulling the stretcher is visible. (00:02:40)
Factual error: When Bruce, Dick, and Aunt Harriet are looking at the globe, Bruce corrects Dick's mistake about Lima being the capitol of Ecuador and says "No, as you can see, I was right. It's the capitol of Peru." and points to the globe to show him. Based on the position of Europe facing the camera, he's actually pointing to somewhere in northern Canada. (00:02:35)
Continuity mistake: Batman's utility belt is normal in the beginning, but suddenly has a triple sized compartment when Batman goes to get up on the catwalk with his rope. (00:03:30)
The Thirteenth Hat (1) - S1-E13
Visible crew/equipment: As Gordon goes to the Batphone to alert Batman, the shadow of the camera covers most of him for about a full three to four seconds.
The Bookworm Turns (1) - S1-E29
Revealing mistake: At about the 6:40 mark into the episode, The Bookworm puts an explosive device in the Batmobile which is detected automatically. Batman pushes the auto eject to throw it out of the car. As the special effects prop explodes, you can see the rope it is hanging from as it swings to the side.
Death in Slow Motion (1) - S1-E31
Continuity mistake: Van Jones is very upset at Riddler's Charlie Chaplin impression, but in a wide shot, he is smiling with everyone else.
The Bookworm Turns (1) - S1-E29
Other mistake: When Gordon falls into the water after being shot, the footage is in black and white, vs in color.
The Pharaoh's in a Rut (2) - S1-E28
Continuity mistake: When the fight starts and after Batman gets into the sword fight with Tut's henchman, Tut's women start to leave. But in the close-up when Batman states he stayed sane by reciting the multiplication tables backwards, the women leave again.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning, in the wide shot of Batman and Robin over the candle dipper, Riddler is standing with his back towards them, but in the close-up, he is facing forward.
Continuity mistake: There is a jump cut at the beginning when Batman and Robin are being lowered into the vat of wax, where all of a sudden, Batman is trying to wiggle his legs free.
True or False-Face (1) - S1-E17
Other mistake: When False Face lifts the wig off Blaze to reveal the crown that is on top of her head, you can see it is not there until the next shot of her.
He Meets His Match, the Grisly Ghoul (2) - S1-E16
Other mistake: During the opening scene, right after Cesar Romero's guest star, Joker and Susie's faces freeze for a moment.
Not Yet, He Ain't (2) - S1-E22
Revealing mistake: When being gunned down by O'Hara cops, there are no bullets coming from the cop who gunned Batman down, but he still reacts to it.
Not Yet, He Ain't (2) - S1-E22
Continuity mistake: When Batman and Robin are being chased by O'Hara and the cops, Batman raises his hand, goes to throw a smoke grenade, then in the next shot, he raises his hand again to actually throw it.
Batman Stands Pat (2) - S1-E14
Other mistake: When Batman drop-kicks Mad Hatter into the vat of acid at the end of the fight, he does not have even one burn mark when he was pulled out.
While Gotham City Burns (2) - S1-E30
Other mistake: When Batman realises what needs to be done, the camera turns to Robin with a sixty second clock on screen. Supposedly, Batman did all his actions within sixty seconds to save Robin. Robin was saved after two minutes and three seconds.
Batman Stands Pat (2) - S1-E14
Revealing mistake: As Batman is about to use his batarang to Mad Hatter's hideout, right before getting caught by him and his henchmen towards the end of the episode, as he moves his cape back, the back part of his costume is open.
Revealing mistake: In this episode and the next one, Robin's stunt double is very obvious from the back, especially in the scene where they enter the Hall of Fame museum.
Other mistake: During the final fight scene between the SOCK and POW, Mr. Freeze can be seen in the 76-degree heated section.
Answer: It's wasn't unusual for multiple actors to play one character on this show. The villains on the TV Batman were played by guest stars, not regular cast members. George Sanders, Otto Preminger, and Eli Wallach played the part at various times. They may simply have only wanted to play the part once or twice, or they were later tied up with other projects, making it necessary to cast someone else. Other characters, like Catwoman, were also played by more than one actress.
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