Character mistake: Hank seems surprised to learn a lot of the Alamo's defenders weren't from Texas. Given that kids study this in American history, especially Davy Crockett's role in the historic event, it seems unlikely he'd be ignorant about this.
Rob245
26th Mar 2024
King of the Hill (1997)
1st Mar 2024
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Character mistake: Once Cabot's law-breaking is revealed to her, Benson, as an officer of the law, would be obligated to arrest her but doesn't.
14th Aug 2023
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979)
The Hairy Scare of the Devil Bear - S1-E8
Character mistake: Velma says bears only have four claws. Wrong, they really do have five claws.
19th May 2023
King of the Hill (1997)
Character mistake: Hank talks about watching the Broncos vs the Cowboys in Super Bowl XIII. This is incorrect. They played in Super Bowl XII. Super Bowl XIII was the Cowboys vs the Steelers.
26th Oct 2022
The Scooby Doo Show (1976)
A Frightened Hound Meets Demons Underground - S1-E14
Character mistake: Velma mentions Seattle burned down in 1890. The fire went from June 6-June 7 1889.
19th Jul 2022
Monk (2002)
Character mistake: It seems throughout the whole series at crime scenes Monk, Randy, and Stottlemeyer handle evidence bare handed. Surely, they should be wearing gloves so as not to contaminate the evidence.
18th Jul 2022
Three's Company (1977)
Jack Goes to the Dentist - S7-E2
Character mistake: Terri's boyfriend, a dentist, says he took the Hippocratic Oath then corrects himself saying it's only for doctors. Dentists also do take the Hippocratic Oath.
29th Apr 2022
The Fall Guy (1981)
Character mistake: No referee in wrestling would allow a double team to occur without either trying to break it up or counting to five. Yet here he allows The Golden Girls to do so twice.
21st Mar 2022
Bruised (2021)
Character mistake: During the opening fight Jackie lands a punch on her opponent just after the round ends. The referee should've warned her about this as it's illegal in MMA to do this, and he didn't.
14th Jan 2022
Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
Character mistake: The Scarecrow's thugs flee as his water pump machine explodes, yet he seems to have stuck around long enough to be affected by his own toxin.
28th Dec 2021
Blind Fear (1989)
Character mistake: Despite being blind, Erika Breen's able to locate light switches and door knobs throughout the movie without feeling for them like a blind person would do.
10th Dec 2021
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock (1997)
Character mistake: When Darcy walks into the police station the chief calls her Joan, the lead actress' real name, by mistake.
20th Sep 2021
Three's Company (1977)
Jack Goes to the Dentist - S7-E2
Character mistake: When the dentist is putting cotton in Jack's mouth he neglects to put on rubber gloves first as dentists are supposed to do before any dental work.
15th Sep 2021
Personal Vendetta (1995)
Character mistake: When Bonnie cuffs her first arrest she mistakenly cuffs the guy in front instead of cuffing his hands behind his back.
24th May 2021
Seinfeld (1990)
The Library - S3-E5
Character mistake: When Marion mentions Mr Bookman she says he'd been on the job for 25 years. Yet later on he tells Jerry he's been on the job since 1971, which in 1991 makes it 20 years.
7th May 2021
I Love Lucy (1951)
Character mistake: When Fred, Ethel, and Ricky confront Lucy on what she wrote about them in her novel Ricky states "I'm so hammy I should go lie down between two slices of rye bread." This is incorrect. Lucy wrote "He turned into such a big ham you could stuff him with cloves."
30th Apr 2021
The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Character mistake: Archimedes says he told Arthur not to pull the sword out of the stone. He didn't, he pointed it out in the churchyard to him instead.
Suggested correction: Archimedes was trying to be helpful when he pointed out the sword so Merlin could take it to the tournament. But after it became a big issue with the rays from heaven and the legend, Archimedes thought he might get in trouble so tried to act innocent by fibbing. It was deliberate and in character, not a character mistake.
28th Nov 2020
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Character mistake: Given Billy still remembered and recognized him it seems strange Kate doesn't when she mistakes Daffy for Gizmo.
Suggested correction: Billy spent significantly more time bonding with Gizmo in the first movie - days and days. By contrast Kate had very little actual time with him.
18th Nov 2020
Game Change (2012)
Character mistake: It's said in the movie a vice presidential candidate never gave a concession speech. Geraldine Ferraro did this in 1984.
5th Sep 2020
Alien from L.A. (1988)
Character mistake: Kathy Ireland as Wanda speaks mostly in a slightly squeaky voice. But in one scene she uses her own regular voice.
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