Thursday, 8 January 2015

The Consistency Of Inconsistencies


Ever since contacting Rick Idak about his upcoming Marine Boy fan film we have kept in touch over email and recently were discussing the inconsistencies in cartoons and TV shows.

For instance, have you ever been watching an episode of your favourite show and suddenly notice something isn't quite right? Is the characters costume a different colour from before? Are they stuck in a situation they easily solved a few episodes back? Shouldn't Spider-man's spider sense have warned him about that danger? How can Superman touch that Kryptonite and not be affected!  

There are plenty of examples. While Rick has been watching episodes of Marine Boy he noticed some quite glaring differences in scenes. Sometimes Marine Boy would appear to be the age of 11 and then in the next he's grown several inches and looks 16. Also his belt sometimes looks larger and his boots longer or shorter. In one episode he was missing the insignia on his chest altogether!

In the original Star Trek there was an episode where the transporter didn't work and the team were stranded on a planet which was freezing over. In the next episode a shuttle appears on the Enterprise that was apparently there all along yet not used to rescue the team. 

Here are some I've found. First up, the Batman 66 comic series:



In the above scene Batman has been captured and knocked out with gas. However at the start of the next comic he's still awake and it appears if though no time has really passed. Unless he woke up very quickly. Still, I was confused and he gets clobbered on the head instead.

Here's another example, after being glued to the top of a train Batman & Robin escape by removing their footwear however you can see here (in the top panel between the black trousers) that Batman is wearing his boots:



And speaking of boots, in the TV series Merlin, Arthur and Merlin are in a forest and in one scene it's clear that Arthur is wearing green wellies. Not quite the attire they had in those days right? 



I guess the gas affected the writers as much as it did the caped crusader! These probably all occur due to having multiple writers and artists working on different episodes or comics. I imagine there are plenty more. Bloopers are often found in movies and TV shows. Just check out IMDB.

My question to you is how often do you notice these inconsistencies and do you have any examples of your own?

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