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The Impatient Patient picture

Continuity mistake: When Daffy sees Dr Jerkyl's house, he is holding a telegram in his hand that disappears when we see him in the next shot.

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Scram! picture

Continuity mistake: When Arthur Houseman takes out the water from the jug and replaces it with gin, you can see there are two glasses in front of the jug, but when we see him pouring gin into the jug in the next shot, the glasses have changed position.

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Daredevil Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: At the start of the shooting the balloons sequence, Spike is about to shoot and you can see the bottom shelf of the prize stand has two polar bears and two dolls. When Spike has finished his round, all of the prizes on the bottom shelf are polar bears.

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Chow Hound picture

Continuity mistake: In the overheard view of the dog grooming the cat, you can see there is nothing beside them, but in the next shot a blue ribbon suddenly appears.

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My Favorite Duck picture

Continuity mistake: When Porky is making his breakfast on the stove, the direction of the frying pan handle changes between shots.

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Blotto picture

Factual error: Oliver Hardy, inside a telephone booth, looks up Stan Laurel's number in a large directory. He finds the number on a page which is about one-fifth of the way from the beginning of the book. After he calls Stan and Stan hangs up on him, Ollie looks up the number again. This time he finds the number on a page which is about three-fourths of the way from the beginning of the book. Names beginning with "L" would not be on either of those pages but would be approximately two-fifths of the way into the book.

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Ask Father picture

Continuity mistake: Knowing a security guard is about to eject him from an office building, Harold Lloyd grabs a secretary's pillow and flings it into the hallway. The pillow lands at an angle to the doorway, but when Lloyd is shoved out and lands on the pillow, the pillow is parallel to it.

Steven Lee

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Lighthouse Mouse picture

Continuity mistake: When Hippety Hopper breaks his crate apart on the rocks, you can see there are pieces of crate on the ground, but when we see Hippety in the next shot, the pieces have disappeared.

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My Bunny Lies Over the Sea picture

Continuity mistake: When Bugs is about to tee off at the first hole at the golf course, the objects behind him change position between shots.

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Caballero Droopy picture

Continuity mistake: When the bandit takes Droopy's wallet, he empties the contents and finds a photo of Droopy's girl. At this point, you can see the bandit is holding the photo with two hands, but when we see a close-up of the photo in the next shot, he is holding it with only his right hand.

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Fit to Be Tied picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry is removing the nail from Spike's foot with a hammer, the distance of the wall behind Spike changes between shots.

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Continuity mistake: When Yeggs Benedict puts the dancing cloth over Inspector Willoughby whilst he is entertaining him, Benedict has nothing on his right arm, but when he attempts to take away the Red-Eyed Ruby in the next shot, two bracelets have appeared.

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Puppy Tale picture

Continuity mistake: When Jerry and one of the puppies hear Tom whistling during the thunderstorm, you can see that there is a newspaper by the puppy when he and Jerry look out from their shelter, but when Tom falls into the river, we cut back to Jerry and the puppy and the newspaper has disappeared.

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The Wacky Wabbit picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer puts down his hitch hiking gear, he picks up the cow skull and puts it next to his gear before looking into the hole to find Bugs. After Elmer tells the audience that "There's something awfuwwy scwewy going on awound here," he continues investigating the hole, but when Bugs appears from behind, the hitch hiking gear has disappeared.

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Lucky Ducky picture

Continuity mistake: When Lucky Ducky peels off his egg suit, there are pieces of broken egg on the side of the boat. When the two hunters put their guns in the water in the next shot, the pieces of egg have gone.

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Goo Goo Goliath picture

Continuity mistake: When the stork is telling the other stork about the party he went to, you can see there is writing in the table on the blackboard behind him. But he sits up on the chair, the writing has gone.

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Long-Haired Hare picture

Continuity mistake: When we first see the concert hall at Giovanni Jones's concert, you can see that there is nothing on the left of the hall, but when Giovanni appears on the stage, a tree in a pot has appeared.

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Stage Door Cartoon picture

Continuity mistake: When Elmer Fudd shoots Bugs Bunny's dress after discovering he was one of the can-can dancers, there are pieces of Bugs' dress on the floor. But when Bugs runs back after Elmer points his gun at him, the pieces have disappeared.

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Going! Going! Gosh! picture

Continuity mistake: When the Coyote emerges from the manhole with a hand grenade, you can see behind him there is a signpost. When we see the Road Runner passing through the road fast enough to drop a boulder on the cover, the signpost has gone, yet it re-appears in the next shot.

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