Royal's cigarette jumps from his hand to the ashtray repeatedly when he is
having a conference with his three children.
When Royal and Pagoda first meet in front of the hot-dog stand, the blind man
with a dog sitting on a bench behind them has sunglasses in one shot and no sunglasses in the next.
A crew member is reflected on a red car as the camera cranes down outside
the Tenenbaum household before Etheline and Henry's wedding.
The large snowflakes that settle on Royal when he is kicked out of the house
disappear and reappear between shots (it is not consistent with their melting
and being replaced by fresh ones).
When Margot gets her finger chopped off, the log she's holding jumps from her
left hand to her right immediately before it is chopped.
When Margot and Royal are watching the Peter Bradley Show together in Ritchie's
room, the door to the hallway is clearly open. However, when Ritchie enters the room
from the hallway, he has to open the (now fully closed) door.
Reflected on police car at the end of the movie, when Elijah 'Eli' Cash is being
interrogated by a policeman.
During the tent scene, a Rolling Stones record is playing. The two songs played
consecutively are "She Smiled Sweetly" and "Ruby Tuesday". It is clear that no
tracks are skipped. Although both songs are on the Rolling Stones' album
"Between the Buttons", these songs have never appeared consecutively on
any Stones' release.
When Kumar and Royal are in the game closet, there is an shot of one of the
Dalmatian mice running across a shelf filled with games. The games in this shot
are arranged in a completely different order than in the rest of the scene (and the
previous game closet scene).
In the tent, Margot places the phonograph needle in the middle of one side of
the Rolling Stones album. However, when the song ends, the needle is shown
at the end of the first track.
Artist Elliott Puckette's name is badly misspelled in the credits (her
paintings appear in the film).
When Pagoda stabs Royal outside the house, we see him holding the knife in
his right hand as he opens the door with his left. When it cuts to a wider
shot of him stabbing Royal, the knife is in his left hand.
When Royal takes Ari and Uzi on their adventure and they are riding the
Garbage truck, the opening shot shows a side view of the trio. In this shot,
Royal is not wearing his cap in following shots, Royal is wearing his cap backwards.
During Richie's attempted suicide he has barely begun to shave his beard before
he slashes his arms. In the next scene at the hospital he is clean shaved. It is
doubtful they would have shaved his beard clean at the hospital or allowed him
the use of a razor to do it himself the very same night he attempted suicide.
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