Alternative History of the German Invasion - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: During the podcast scene at the credits, Karl is gripping a trident with both hands. After asking if it was an apology, the camera cuts to Abed and he is now holding it with only one hand. (00:20:50)
Alternative History of the German Invasion - S4-E4
Continuity mistake: Reinhold and his two friends are walking out of the administration building around the study group. Reinhold makes it out of the door with his two buddies close behind. In the next shot, they have all suddenly exited the room.
Conventions of Space and Time - S4-E3
Continuity mistake: Annie splashes Jeff in the face with a drink and she asks for two more, with Jeff still having water dripping on his face. He shouts "enough!" and suddenly his face is much drier in the next shot.
Continuity mistake: Britta points out that Pierce keeps his dad's bow tie on his night stand. A few moments later, after Jeff finishes opening up and walks away, the bow tie on the night stand has disappeared.
Introduction to Finality - S3-E22
Continuity mistake: After Alan tells Jeff that he turned him in to the state bar, he gets up and Jeff thanks him. Two quick shots later he is impossibly close to the door.
The First Chang Dynasty - S3-E21
Continuity mistake: Troy and Britta are spying on the school behind a hedge through binoculars. When Annie pops up, Troy sets them down. As the camera cuts between Britta and Annie to Troy, the binoculars disappear and reappear.
Course Listing Unavailable - S3-E18
Continuity mistake: As Jeff makes his way to the podium to say a few words about Star-Burns, Pierce is sitting next to him with his hands on a table. Light applause breaks out and in the next shot, Pierce's hands are raised up near his face as he's about to clap.
Course Listing Unavailable - S3-E18
Continuity mistake: When Jeff begins crying with his head down on his text book, Britta attempts to comfort him. She touches his hand and he swats it away, but in the next shot his hand is gripping the pages of his textbook.
Virtual Systems Analysis - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Annie is talking to Abed in the study room, next to Troy and Britta, the Dean's "Puttin' On The Ritz" cane is leaning against some books, towards the right. When the Dean comes back in to claim it, it is leaning towards the left.
App Development and Condiments - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: Professor Hickey is rolling up a newspaper in front of him, when the camera cuts away and then back, it is flat against the table. (00:02:00)
Digital Exploration of Interior Design - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: Britta sets down her copy of 1984 and her pen, which is angled with the end pointing away from the book. Two cuts later, the pen is now parallel with the book, without Britta ever touching it.
Grifting 101 - S6-E9
Continuity mistake: During Professor DeSalvo and Jeff's argument, the amount of scotch in DeSalvo's glass changes a few times between shots. (00:08:40)
Basic Crisis Room Decorum - S6-E3
Continuity mistake: Chang is holding a piece of paper by the top, showing it to everybody. In the next shot, he is holding it by the side. (00:04:15)
Spanish 101 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Jeff and Pierce are having a glass of whiskey, Pierce makes a toast and Jeff replies "To the irony of that sentence." After he says this, Jeff puts his glass back on the table and Pierce lowers his glass, but doesn't put it back on the table. In the next shot, Pierce's glass is suddenly on the table. (00:09:35)
Spanish 101 - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Pierce tells Jeff that Britta is ugly, Jeff takes a drink from his glass of whiskey and puts it back on the table. In the next shot, there is suddenly much more whiskey in his glass. (00:09:50)
Advanced Gay - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: We know from this episode that Pierce's father is alive, but at the beginning of episode 1-7 Pierce's mother is on the other end of the phone and speaks about seeing his father's "ghost," as if his father has passed away. (00:02:00)
Suggested correction: Pierce explains in a later episode that his mother liked to believe that his father was dead.
That's not a proper connection. Her "liking to believe" his father was dead is not her literally thinking he's dead- she just wishes he was dead. So she should know enough to know she couldn't have been seeing his ghost. It's a mistake because they decided to write Pierce's father into the show on a later date.
Continuity mistake: After Abed shares his film, his dad leaves the room. Abed raises his arm and points to his dad. The camera cuts to a different view of Abed and he raises his arm again. (00:19:00)
English as a Second Language - S1-E24
Continuity mistake: When the class leaves the Spanish classroom so Chang can talk to Jeff, in one shot Annie only leaves her audio recorder on her desk, but in the next shot her textbooks are suddenly there.
Advanced Documentary Filmmaking - S4-E6
Continuity mistake: When the group is making posters for the MacGuffin Institute meeting, Annie holds up a poster saying "Welcome Archie" to show off name brand glitter but the character of Archie isn't introduced until the next episode (in which the banner shows up again). (00:03:11)
Suggested correction: This isn't a mistake. The episodes were simply aired out of order than the order they were produced. "Economics of Marine Biology" (production code 406), the following episode, was filmed before "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" (production code 408).
