The Greatest American Hero

Divorce Venusian Style - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: After Zedlocker uses the blow torch on the red suit, for the next bullet test they hang the suit over the black metal fireplace screen, but in the closeup it's hanging over an entirely different type of screen with a wood frame. (00:34:15)

Super Grover

Divorce Venusian Style - S3-E1

Continuity mistake: When Pam finds one of the small communicators in the motel parking lot she's wearing pumpkin-color hosiery, but when Pam gets into her car and the ignition starts courtesy of the aliens, in the closeups of Pam's legs she is not wearing any hose at all and her shoes differ. (00:17:50)

Super Grover

There's Just No Accounting... - S2-E18

Continuity mistake: While the kidnappers try to grab the judge's son, Bill drives up and stops them. When one of the kidnappers flees the scene Bill takes off after him, and as Bill rams his car into the kidnapper's car, Bill's car is entirely different. Then it reverts back to the original car. (00:31:00)

Super Grover

The Good Samaritan - S2-E19

Continuity mistake: A woman tells Bill that her blind neighbor, Judy, is still in the burning building. In the following shot, when Tanner approaches the door there's a pane of glass beside the door knob and there's a backplate behind the knob, but in the next closeup both the pane of glass and the backplate have vanished. (00:03:45)

Super Grover

It's All Downhill From Here - S2-E16

Continuity mistake: While Ralph is invisible in order to eavesdrop on Klein, when Klein makes a crack about Bill being little league, Ralph deliberately knocks the cup in Klein's hand so the coffee spills on his shirt, tie, vest, and jacket in the closeup, but in the next shot Klein is spotless. Additionally, Klein has a black pocket square and the cup he holds is white styrofoam, but in the closeup the pocket square is gone and he holds a white mug. (00:27:50)

Super Grover

Who's Woo in America - S2-E21

Continuity mistake: At the rec center, when Ralph enters the reserved racquetball court two men force him onto the floor for another polygraph. Ralph's wearing striped socks, blue shorts with white stripes, a blue half-shirt with red/white stripes that bares his midriff, but in the closeups as Ralph sits down and has the polygraph hooked up, all the stripes on his clothing have vanished and Ralph's abdomen suddenly has a significant amount of dark hair. (00:20:55)

Super Grover

It's All Downhill From Here - S2-E16

Continuity mistake: When the shooter is driving the snowplow and also later when Yuri defects, in some shots the driver's side lower window has "Squaw Valley" printed on it, but in other shots the window is clear. The shape of that lower window also changes. (00:12:00)

Super Grover

Now You See It... - S2-E10

Continuity mistake: When the top secret airplane causes the light aircraft's loss of control, in the long shots the aircraft's tail is red/blue, but in the closeups it's brown/gold and the style differs. Also note the name "Beechcraft" has duct tape covering part of the name. (00:29:15)

Super Grover

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Train of Thought - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: When Ralph lifts Bill's car the first time, the blue license plate on the front bumper is gone, but when Ralph is amazed at the suit's power he lifts the car a second time, and the blue license plate is in its proper place on the bumper. (00:35:50)

Super Grover

Train of Thought - S2-E9

Continuity mistake: When the engineer shuts down the train he's wearing a long sleeve jacket, but in the closeup we see a bare arm wearing a watch. The terrorists remove that engineer and he's replaced with McGivers, another engineer wearing a jacket, and the same bare arm is in closeups. Then a third engineer on another train has the same arm in the closeup. (00:06:40)

Super Grover

Hog Wild - S2-E4

Continuity mistake: Preacher forces Ralph to stop the sheriff, so when Ralph flies over and pulls the driver's door off the squad car, we see the Sheriff behind the steering wheel wearing his uniform shirt and dark colored pants of some sort, but when the Sheriff stands up his uniform shirt is properly tucked into his normal tan pants, same as earlier. (00:39:05)

Super Grover

The Hit Car - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: After Bill is shot in the hand at the beachhouse one of the hitmen takes off in a van with no side windows, but as Ralph begins to run after it the speeding van is different and has windows on the side, then it's back to the original van. (00:27:35)

Super Grover

The Greatest American Hero (2) - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: At the end, when the aliens appear in the desert again, Ralph is in the front seat of Pam's car as the aliens suggest Ralph try invisibility, but after Ralph shouts that he lost the instruction book, when it cuts to a long shot Ralph is standing in front of Pam's car, then he's back in the front seat. (00:44:00)

Super Grover

The Greatest American Hero (2) - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: At the hospital, when Ralph is sitting in the wheelchair the nurse calls for the orderly to help subdue Ralph. Two orderlies appear, and the black orderly's tunic has short sleeves well above his elbows, but as they all enter room six that orderly's tunic now has sleeves considerably longer and baggier than the previous shot. (00:02:45)

Super Grover

The Greatest American Hero (2) - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When the police take Ralph to the hospital he's wearing his red suit that has slim fitted sleeves without cuffs, but as Ralph's right wrist is being forcibly restrained to the gurney, in the closeup Ralph's right sleeve appears to be the long sleeve of a red fleece shirt instead of his red suit. Additionally, in this closeup the white orderly's arms are much hairier and his watch vanished as well. (00:02:50)

Super Grover

The Greatest American Hero (2) - S1-E2

Continuity mistake: When Ralph is taken to the hospital and forcibly restrained to the gurney in room six, the black orderly is wearing a watch on his left wrist, but as he closes the restraint strap around Ralph's left wrist in the closeup that orderly's watch has vanished. (00:03:10)

Super Grover

The Greatest American Hero (1) - S1-E1

Continuity mistake: In one scene, Ralph is in a phone booth desperately trying to make a phone call. Ralph is nervous and panicky. But when you look at his reflection on the phone, you can see a big relaxed smile on him. When it cuts back to him, he is still acting nervous and panicky.

Gavin Jackson

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Ralph Hinkley: Bill, I've got an idea.
Bill Maxwell: Good, put it to me in a letter, I'll try to get back to you by the end of the month.

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