Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

◄ Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

Character error

When Mrs Doubtfire gets her own children's TV show at the end, she asks one of the puppet characters if he knows anything about England. The reply is 'I only know that it's an island', which isn't true. Britain is an island, not England.
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When Mrs Doubtfire gets her own children's TV show at the end, she asks the puppet, "Do you know what language they speak in England", and the puppet says "Pakistani?". Pakistani is not a language, the national language of Pakistan is Urdu (among other provincial languages like Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto, etc..) The word Pakistani only refers to the people and culture of Pakistan, there is no language by the name of Pakistani.
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After Mrs. Doubtfire lights her blouse on fire over the stove, she says "first day as a woman and I'm getting hot flashes" - although it is not his first day.
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Continuity

When Mrs. Sellner is inspecting Daniel's apartment and he is in the kitchen, Mrs. Doubtfire's wig mysteriously changes from frayed to perfectly shaped.
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As the family approach the entrance to the swimming pool enclosure, the same two bikini-clad girls cross their path twice between shots.
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The first time Daniel emerges from the ladies room and asks the maitre d' for a menu, the knot of his tie is skewed to his left. In the next shot, when he reaches Mr. Lundy's table, it has been straightened.
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When Mrs. Doubtfire and Miranda are unloading a paper bag of groceries, Mrs. Doubtfire pulls out a small bag of tomatoes. In the next shot, she pulls out the same bag of vegetables and carries them to the refrigerator to place into the crisper.
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When Mrs. Doubtfire serves tea to the Inspector who visits, her home, the amount of tea in the Inspector's cup changes after the camera cuts away to show the melting cake fall off Mrs. Doubtfire's face into the cup.
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When Mrs. Doubtfire throws the lime at Stu, it cuts to Stu getting hit in the head. When it cuts back to Mrs. Doubtfire, the same lime is clearly at the top of the dish. It then cuts back to Stu, and when it cuts back to Mrs. Doubtfire sitting down, the lime is now gone again.
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In the birthday party scene at the beginning, Daniel sees Miranda and jumps off the table. When he takes his cap off, his hair is flattened down. After Miranda pulls the plug from the outlet, the next shot is of Daniel with his hair neatly combed.
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When Mrs. Doubtfire goes into the kitchen, she closes a regular door in the middle of the hall. Throughout the rest of this scene, there are two swinging doors to the kitchen, and they are located at the other end of the hall.
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During the sequence where Daniel is calling Miranda with horrible "potential nannies", he makes one call while in a bathtub. Between shots where it cuts between him and Miranda, the bubbles on his body change position.
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After Chris and Lydia learn that Mrs. Doubtfire is a male, Lydia threatens "her" by picking up a tennis racket as a weapon. However, the next time Lydia is shown in a full-body shot, she is no longer holding the tennis racket.
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When Stu is at the restaurant we see him place a shrimp in his mouth, and chew it thoroughly. Moments later he begins to choke and Mrs. Doubtfire helps him. But when he coughs out the shrimp, it is whole.
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Crew or equipment visible

Film crew reflected in the window of the trolley car with Mrs. Doubtfire and kids on board as it drives by.
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When Daniel/Mrs. Doubtfire is in the kitchen looking in the fridge, the cameraman is reflected in the frying pan that he picks up.
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A catapulting device used to force the styrofoam head to cause Mrs. Doubtfire's mask to fall off into the alley is visible at the base of the head.
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When 'Stu' is talking to his friend in the bar at the pool, the reflection of the camera can be seen in the vase behind them.
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Factual errors

Miranda, a professional decorator, recommends a "17th Century grand piano" for Stuart's B&B. The piano is an 18th Century invention, while the grand piano, as we know it, was not invented until the late 19th Century. What did exist in the 17th Century (which in fact resembled a piano) was a harpsichord.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs

During the sequence where Daniel is calling Miranda with horrible "potential nannies", Miranda is seen responding on a cell phone, home phone, and her work phone. It is entirely possible that Miranda has "Call Forwarding" from her home phone to her cell while she is out. The two numbers published may have been her home and work numbers.
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When Daniel is putting in his false teeth, you can see that some lipstick got on his teeth. This is a normal problem, even on real women with real teeth. It should also be noted that Daniel was not sober at the time.
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