Batman Returns

Continuity mistake: When The Penguin is explaining his scheme about stealing the children fron their cribs and sending them to their watery graves, a black line of spit runs down his chin. When he turns around it's gone. (01:29:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When the penguin is at his parents grave, as he kneels, between shots the roses he holds change completely. In one shot one of the roses has a leaf on the stem, right under the rosebud. In the next shot the leaf has vanished. (00:39:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In the shot of Mr. and Mrs. Cobblepot by the window, they both hold a martini. Mr. Cobblepot's martini glass is full to the top. But after the baby pulls the cat into his crib, Mr. C's martini glass is suddenly only a quarter full. (00:00:50)

Hamster

Audio problem: On the batmobile screen, the Penguin says "Just relax…" but when Batman plays the Penguin's audio back on the tannoy speakers, it is "Hey, just relax…" (01:20:30 - 01:26:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When the baby basket is floating through the sewers, there are shadows but no lights, except for one scene where the lights are under water.

Other mistake: At the end as Penguin is dying after coming up out of the water, blue/black "blood" is coming from his mouth. However the cuts and bruises on his face have red blood coming from them, indicating the inconsistency of what color blood he should be bleeding.

Continuity mistake: When Selina is listening to her answering machine in her apartment, the items on the pull-out drawer, under the shelf with the fishbowl on it, change and move around between shots. (00:22:55)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Alfred is drving Bruce in the car at the end of the film, the same car can be seen parked on the street, in different places, from different angles, about five or six times. (01:53:25)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Catwoman pulls Max Schrek up out of the water, Max's hair is very wet, and is stuck down flat on his forehead. In the very next shot it is much drier and is wavier and stringy. (01:46:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When The Penguin starts to shoot at the booing crowd from his umbrella, the same microphone, on the far left, falls from the podium twice in different shots. (01:27:15)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Batman spots the Ice Princess tied up, he shoots his glider and the tip lands in a rough stone wall, but in the next shot as he glides down along the wire, the tip is embedded in a rusty metal wall. (01:13:10)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: The kettles on the oven hobs in Selina's apartment change their position and they change which hob they are on as well between the shots of Selina entering her apartment, and her grabbing the frying pan. (00:28:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Selina is wrecking her apartment, she grabs a frying pan and throws it at a small display case, smashing all the glass and ornaments. Between shots the glass/ornaments on the case shelves differs. (00:30:10)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: The positions of the cats on Selina's table changes instantly between shots. They swap places and are suddenly doing different things. (00:30:20)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Alfred is walking off of the pavement, and across the grate, we see the penguins hands sticking out of the sewer bars. Then it shows another shot of Alfred looking at the bars, only the snow around and under the bars has changed. (00:06:40)

Hamster

Visible crew/equipment: When the monkey jumps onto the cage in which Max Schrek is prisoner, you can see a cable clipped to its jacket it is wearing. (01:46:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When The Penguin shouts "I am not a human being..." he throws his black coat and shirt to the floor. His coat lays in front of him, but in the next shot it is behind him. His shirt also changes position. (01:28:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: As the Ice Princess falls down from the skyscraper, it is clear she will not land on the lighting button, but she does. Between shots the lighting button moves closer to the edge of the stage too. (01:15:10)

Hamster

Selina Kyle: Ok, Intimidate me, bully me if it makes you feel big. I mean it's not like you can just kill me...
Max Shreck: Actually, it's a lot like that.

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Question: What kept the police from going into the sewers to retrieve Oswald?

Answer: Nothing was stopping them. After Penguin's true nature was revealed, they most likely started searching the entire sewer system but couldn't find where his lair actually was so they had no choice but to give up.

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