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The Blackout in the Blizzard - S6-E16

Continuity mistake: The scene in which Wendell and Hodgins use scotch tape to take an x-ray has the number of photographic panels on which the x-ray appears switching from four (throughout most of the scene) to five (in the close up of the x-ray appearing).

The Blackout in the Blizzard - S6-E16

Continuity mistake: Toward the end in the elevator, Bones says there may be a way out by jumping on the seats to break them because of the rusted bolts between the 1st and 2nd seats, and they break. But at the end in Booth's apartment they are sitting in the seats, and they are numbered 1-4, but the seats look like they broke between seats 1 and 2. When the seats are intact there are 5 of them, so it should have been seats 2-5 that were intact at the end.

The Feet on the Beach - S6-E17

Plot hole: Dr. Filmore stated that he was reading on Thursday May 9th and his arm stopped working. May 9th hasn't been on a Thursday since 2002. Hard to believe that he would be working for almost 10 years with his arms being paralyzed.

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The Hole in the Heart - S6-E22

Continuity mistake: In the port scene, just as Broadsky is getting ready to shoot Booth for the first time, Booth is constantly swapping from behind a blue container to a red container and is multiple times running to a blue container. However, there is only one blue container. (00:35:30)

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The Gunk in the Garage - S8-E3

Revealing mistake: Dr. Sweets gets shot by a stray bullet. However, before they fire their guns when Dr. Sweets says "they have guns" he already has the blood shot stain on his shirt. (00:39:10)

The Gunk in the Garage - S8-E3

Plot hole: When doing the investigation they go to the construction site and speak to the foreman who is absolutely fine. However at the end, the foreman is unstable on his feet with a head injury. He should have been unstable when they first spoke to him.

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Suggested correction: Head injuries can take some time to develop. You can feel fine, and after an hour or even more, when your brain has swollen up, you suddenly are in serious trouble. This is why you have to be under observation and not sleeping for several hours after a bump to the head.

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The Dwarf in the Dirt - S5-E7

Trivia: At around 5 mins 11 seconds into the episode, Vincent Nigel-Murrey and Dr. Saroyan are discussing the bones on the forensic platform. In the background of a shot of Vincent, the x-ray on the screen is of Homer Simpson's head in the middle of the screen, instead of a real human skull.

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The Girl in the Mask - S4-E23

Question: When Doctor Brennan is examining the victim's skull, she states that a "straight suture across the palatine bone" indicates that the victim was a native Japanese speaker. I've studied linguistics, but I've never heard of a person's native language actually affecting their anatomy. So, for example: would a person of Japanese heritage who was born and raised in the US and spoke only English be distinguishable from a person who grew up in Japan and spoke only Japanese, purely by their palatine bones? (00:06:10)

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Answer: Since the palatine bone is a bone that helps form the mouth it has a lot to do with speaking. The shape of it differs a lot depending on your ethnic background. I would guess that they, in the show, meant that the person's bone tells that they were Japanese and that it was "made for the purpose of speaking Japanese." That's what I'd assume anyway. I've studied molecular biology though, so I'm not an expert on bones.

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