Operation Ruthless/The Vacant Lot - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: In Operation Ruthless, the pedal in Helga & Phoebe's bumper car changes color from black to gray to black between shots.
Helga's Makeover/The Old Building - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When the classroom is first shown, the first two desks against the wall near the door are occupied by Curly and Eugene, Gerald and Arnold are sitting where Curly and Eugene were shown.
Tutoring Torvald / Gerald Comes Over - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: Arnold switches from his left hand to his right hand when taking the test.
Suggested correction: I don't believe it is ever established whether Arnold is left or right-handed in the series. Without confirmation; he may very well be part of the ambidextrous population that uses both. I used to write with both hands myself in school.
Except the mistake is saying he switches hands in between shots during the test. Not that one episode he's left handed and the next he's right handed. Yes, the teacher was shown for about 1-2 seconds before the switch happened. But these mistakes should be considered valid as an actual mistake in animation rather than to suggest to the audience that for no reason whatsoever, Arnold switches hands to finish the test, and only does so when not seen.
I'm ambidextrous myself, and I often switched hands when taking tests. It was very useful for preventing hand cramps. It only takes a couple of seconds to switch the pencil to the other hand, so I don't see why Arnold can't do it within that span of time too.
I do believe he is ambidextrous. In "The longest Monday" he is using chop sticks with his right hand. Many other episodes he uses his left hand to write.
Tutoring Torvald / Gerald Comes Over - S1-E13
Continuity mistake: Arnold and Gerald have to climb stairs to get to Oskar's apartment, but this would mean the building has three floors, and the outside views indicate that there are only two (plus the attic).
Continuity mistake: The first time you see the line of girls, Rhonda's shoes are "low-cut", but just before Helga says "Move it, football head", the shoes suddenly extend much higher (like they normally do in the stories).
Crabby Author / Rich Kid - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: In "Rich Kid" Lorenzo is introduced as a new student, but he was in a previous episode titled "Arnold's Room."
Suggested correction: Other than the few episodes where a specific time of year is taking place; these episodes are not meant to be taken to be shown in chronological order. Just roughly in the same 4th grade school year.
Part-Time Friends / Bio Square - S2-E19
Continuity mistake: Part-Time Friends: When Arnold and Gerald get part-time jobs at the flower shop, while Mrs. Vitello explains things to them, she asks if she's going too fast, and in the next close-up, Arnold's apron vanishes, then it reappears.
Arnold's Hat/Stoop Kid - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Grandpa is telling Arnold about how how he tried to cover his head when his hair falls out, the camera cuts back to him with his arm on Arnold's shoulder and Arnold has his hat on, even though the whole story is about him losing his hat.
Tour de Pond / Teachers Strike - S2-E18
Continuity mistake: The kids' teacher in "Teachers Strike" is Miss Slovak, who was their teacher in the first season, but in the first episode of this season they had a new teacher, Mr. Simmons.
Suggested correction: Other than the few episodes that take place during a specific time of year; these episodes are not meant to be taken in chronological order. Just roughly in the same 4th grade school year.
Arnold Saves Sid / Hookey - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: The kids' teacher in this episode is Miss Slovak, who was their teacher in the first season, but in the first episode of this season they have a new teacher, Mr. Simmons.
Suggested correction: Other than the few episodes that take place during a specific time of year; these episodes are not meant to be taken in chronological order. Just roughly in the same 4th grade school year.
Arnold's Thanksgiving - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: When Joey is shown in close-up, his missing tooth looks like it's there but it's covered with something black and his missing tooth keeps reappearing and disappearing in the last scenes.
Suggested correction: Joey never appears in this episode.
Arnold Saves Sid / Hookey - S2-E7
Continuity mistake: The clock in the police station looks like it says it's after 5:00, but school is in session.
Monkeyman! / Buses, Bikes and Subways - S5-E1
Continuity mistake: Mr. Simmons counts 30 students in the bus, but nowhere near that many got off (nor have nearly that many fourth graders ever been shown).
Steely Phil / Quantity Time - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: The digits on Arnold's clock get bigger and change shape while he's talking to Grandpa.
6th Grade Girls/The Baseball - S1-E5
Continuity mistake: While walking down the stairs, Maria only has three toes on each foot; she has four at the pool.
Benchwarmer / Cool Jerk - S1-E11
Continuity mistake: The scoreboard has room for 10 names on each side when shown in close-up, but when Arnold is shooting free throws, there are only 7 spaces on each side.
Downtown as Fruits / Eugene's Bike - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: In the Eugene's Bike episode, when Arnold has to tie his shoe, he sets his books down on a bike in a bike rack. This causes the bike to tip over and makes all the other bikes in the rack to fall down. Eugene's bike falls into the middle of the street and get ran over. When Eugene finds out his bike is destroyed, he looks at Arnold and yells. Right after this you get a good look at the bike rack. You'll notice there are no bikes in or around the bike rack.
Ghost Bride/Gearold VS Jameo - S5-E25
Continuity mistake: In the scene where they are running from the second ghost bride, they go into a crypt and close the doors. One of the kids puts a shovel through the handles to keep it shut. In the next shot, it's gone. In the shot after that it's back.
Beaned / Old Iron Man - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: When Arnold reads to Helga, the book title says "GEO-" and "GRAPHY" (two words); the next day, it says "GEOGRAPHY" (one word).
Continuity mistake: In "Miss Perfect", Helga, Rhonda, Sheena, Phoebe, and Nadine are cooking up ways to make Lila's (the new girl) life miserable. In one shot, Rhonda is wearing her new blue outfit. When the scene cuts to the boys and Lila, and then back to the five girls, Rhonda is wearing her standard red sweater and black pants. For the rest of that day, she is back in her new outfit.
