Continuity mistake: While Lois is in the Paris hotel suite packing her suitcase there are two doors behind her, and Bonnie opens one of those doors. The other door has its door knob on the left side of the door, but when Lois walks over and opens that other door to reveal Joe, its door knob is now at the right side of the door. (00:18:00)
Super Grover
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Mayor West and Carol are walking on the beach, the buttons on West's suit switch to the opposite side, and this occurs again in later scenes. When Carol and West get engaged, the buttons on Lois' blouse switch sides as well. When Carol's ex-husband, Randall, gives Peter the bag of fish, Randall's buttons also switch from the left to right between shots. (00:06:30)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Carol's taxi stops in front of the house Lois rushes out to welcome her sister, and in the first shot the semaphore flag is attached to the curbside mailbox with its "L" shape facing the ground, but in the next shot as Quagmire shows up, the flag is now attached to the mailbox the opposite way. (00:02:35)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Lois starts moving Stewie's crib, there's a crescent moon on the headboard with its points facing the left, but in the following shots the crescent moon is facing the opposite way. (00:01:40)
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Krab Borg / Rock-a-Bye Bivalve - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: Rock-a-Bye Bivalve: When Patrick gets home from the party after midnight SpongeBob is angry, and as Patrick walks out in the interior shot the front door is wide open on the inside of the home, but in the next exterior shot the front door is wide open on the outside of the pineapple.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV: When SpongeBob runs into the kitchen with Mermaid Man's secret utility belt, the door swings open facing away from the grill, but when Squidward demands to know what's going on in the kitchen, the door opens the opposite way.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Nasty Patty / The Idiot Box - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: Nasty Patty: After the police officer cancels his Krabby Patty order, when he tells his partner they got a call about "two ghouls burying a stiff," Krabs' office door is missing.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Nasty Patty / The Idiot Box - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: Nasty Patty: When Krabs pushes SpongeBob out of the kitchen telling him to pour on the charm for the health inspector, the door swings opens at the left side, but when SpongeBob goes back to the kitchen to order one of everything, that door opens the opposite way, then the switch happens again.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
The Bully / Just One Bite - S2-E17
Continuity mistake: Just One Bite: After Squidward buries the Krabby Patty and tells SpongeBob that he hates it, when SpongeBob walks to the back door of the restaurant there's a window to the right of the door, but when Squidward makes plans to sneak a Krabby Patty that window has vanished.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
The Bully / Just One Bite - S2-E17
Continuity mistake: The Bully: When Mrs. Puff enters the classroom and apologizes for being late, the door knob is at the left side of the door, but in following shots it's at the right side of the door.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse - S3-E12
Continuity mistake: My Pretty Seahorse: After Krabs tells SpongeBob the restaurant is not a place for a live horse, when SpongeBob walks out with the seahorse the swinging door to the Krusty Krab's kitchen opens in the opposite direction than previous shots.
6th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
The Algae's Always Greener / Sponge Guard On Duty - S3-E7
Continuity mistake: The Algae's Always Greener: At the start, the old man is carrying a tray with just a Krabby Patty and fries, but after the old man gets the ketchup bottle Plankton zooms in on the tray, and in this closeup there's a fork and a drink with a straw beside the Krabby Patty, then they vanish.
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: During their lightsaber duel, Luke is holding his lightsaber when Vader cuts off his right hand, then Luke's hand and his lightsaber fall away so he loses both. However, after Luke is rescued by the Millennium Falcon, when the door opens as Lando helps an injured Luke, we can see the hilt of Luke's lightsaber hanging from his belt as he hugs Leia. (00:36:30 - 00:39:15)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: After Fett takes off with Han frozen in carbonite C-3PO cracks a joke about rescuing him in three years. When it cuts to Vader with Luke, Vader uses the Force to break a pipe off the wall, and in the next wide shot Vader's chest plate is backwards, note the buttons. (00:35:10)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Episode VI: It's a Trap - S9-E18
Continuity mistake: In S8xE20, "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side," when Han was frozen in carbonite he was smiling with head turned toward his right side, but in this episode, after Jabba watches Luke's message, Han's carbonite is hanging on the wall and now Han is smiling with his head turned toward his left side. (00:05:10)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: After Fett flies off with frozen Han it soon cuts to Vader and Luke during their lightsaber duel. When Luke is being pulled through the broken window he's holding his lightsaber in his right hand, then it disappears from his outstretched hand in the wide shot, but in the next closeup his lightsaber is suddenly clipped to his belt at his left side. (00:35:15)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Washee Washee walks into the bedroom while pointing a gun at Peter, the buttons on Mr. Washee Washee's shirt keep switching to the opposite side in following shots. (00:05:15)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Excellence in Broadcasting - S9-E2
Continuity mistake: Throughout the episode the buttons on various suits and shirts repeatedly switch sides, between shots. For example, while Brian and Rush are in the RNH building. (00:08:15)
6th May 2020
Family Guy (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Peter walks into the dry cleaners the door sensors go off, and as Peter leans down to wave his hand in front of a sensor, all the buttons on his shirt switch to the opposite side, then revert back. (00:02:15)
5th May 2020
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Continuity mistake: Rock Bottom: After SpongeBob and Patrick enter the bus, when SpongeBob asks Patrick if he has any change and for the duration of this shot, both the gear shift on the floor beside the driver and the open door of the bus have vanished, then they reappear.
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