Movies are a form of artful escapism. Through well-crafted plotlines, impeccable writing, and superb cinematography, we, as fans, get to enjoy these stories through motion pictures, some of which can become all-time classics.
But if you look closely enough, you may notice the inconsistencies in these films that could affect your initial impressions. That’s where this subreddit comes in.
With 2.4 million followers, this growing online group consists of keen-eyed film buffs who have no shame in calling out the strangest and most ridiculous movie details you may have missed. Here are some of the ones that stood out.
#1 In Interstellar (2014), Casey Affleck Plays The Under Appreciated Brother Who Lives In His Sibling’s Shadow. It Is Still Unclear Where He Drew Inspiration From To Achieve His Performance
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#2 In Thunderbolts* (2025) Buckey Barnes Is A Congressman. This Is Because He Is 108 Years Old Which Is A Prime Age For Being In Congress
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#3 In The Lion King (1997), Scar Makes False Campaign Promises By Guaranteeing To Eliminate Hunger, But Actively Makes The Problem Worse Instead. This Is The Most Realistic Part Of The Movie
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Inconsistencies are common in filmmaking, with continuity errors being a typical issue. It can be as minor as a misplacement of a coffee mug between frames, or something as glaring as a character change between seasons in a television series.
While these visual errors may not be readily noticeable, movie buffs who have seen the film multiple times may spot them, call them out, and post them on the subreddit mentioned above.
#4 Harry Has A Billion Galleons, Yet Never Shares Any Of It With His Miserable Destitute Ginger Friend. The Absolute Stones On This Little Sorcerer
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#5 In The James Bond Franchise, Bond Immediately Tells Practically Everyone He Meets His First And Last Name. This Is Because He’s A Terrible Spy
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#6 In "House" (2004-2012), Dr. House Has A Tiny Nose Above His Normal Nose. This Explains Why He Nose So Much!
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In terms of blatant character changes, one example that stands out is the one that occurred in HBO’s famed crime drama, The Sopranos. Actress Nicole Burdette played Barbara Soprano in the second and third seasons, while actress Danielle Di Vecchio took over the role in the fifth and sixth seasons.
HBO didn’t provide a reason for the drastic shift, leaving fans initially taken aback and continuously puzzled to this day.
#7 Guy Gardner In Superman (2025) Broke New Ground In Equality And Representation By Being A Prominent Superhero With Hair That Was Obviously Cut By His Mother
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#8 In Kpop Demon Hunters (2025) The Kpop Singers Are Allowed To Eat A Lot. This Is Because The Movie Is Fictional
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#9 In Star Wars, Stormtroopers Wear Full Armor That Apparently Protects Them From Absolutely Nothing Except Mild Breezes
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Space films have been a popular genre for decades now. Film franchises like Star Wars have amassed massive success and continue to be relevant among younger audiences. However, the idea of doing anything in space is absurd in itself, according to writer and scientific consultant Dr. Anne Helmenstine.
In an article for ThoughtCo., she outlined the most egregious scientific mistakes that many filmmakers have committed over the years.
#10 Since People Are Always Upset That Their Characters Are Not Being Portrayed By Actors Who Look Exactly Like Them In Live Action Adaptations
The creators of Legend of Zelda (2027) have cast someone who looks exactly like Zelda, this will thankfully have no drama surrounding this casting choice
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#11 In Harry Potter, This Is A 21 Year Old Man
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#12 In Knives Out (2019) The Twists Are Repetitive And Predictable. This Is Because I’ve Seen The Movie Before
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One common flaw she pointed out is the idea of catching a person who is falling off a building. She clarified that it may be possible to catch a cat or a baby from a second or third-story building, but anything higher would be impossible.
“Landing in Superman's arms would splatter your body all over his nice blue spandex suit rather than the pavement because you'll strike The Man of Steel just as hard as you would have hit the ground,” Dr. Helmenstine wrote.
#13 In "The Last Airbender" (2010), While Liberating A Fire Nation Prison, The Titular Character Aang Loudly Proclaims "It's Time For You To Stop Doing This!"
This line wasn't in the script: it was actually a desperate plea from the actor to the director and producers to stop this trainwreck of a film
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#14 In Hannah Montana (2006) John Cena And Jackson Are The Same Age In This Photo
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#15 In Beauty And The Beast (2017) Belle Is Considered To Be Extremely Attractive Even Though She Isn’t. This Is A Subtle Hint To The Fact That I Am Homosexual, And Not Attracted To Women
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Speaking of Star Wars films, you’ve likely remembered scenes where laser gunfights took place. It happened here during one instance between Han Solo and a small army of stormtroopers. But as Dr. Helmenstine explained, it would be impossible because there are no sounds in space.
“Sound is a form of energy that requires a medium to propagate. No air? No ‘pew-pew-pew’ of space lasers, no thunderous explosion when a spaceship blows up,” she noted, while also giving credit to the movie Alien for getting it right.
#16 In Dune: Part Two (2024), The Fremen Refuse To Drink From The "Sacred Well" Despite Being A Severely Dehydrated Population Living On A Desert Planet
This is a reference to religion continuing to c*****e humanity even in this fictional future set in 10,000 AD
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#17 In Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Sue Has So Much Botox In Her Face She Literally Can’t Raise Her Eyebrows. Why Is Nobody Talking About This?
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#18 In “Top Gun”, Maverick Got Dressed And Drove To A Bar, Just To Order A Glass Of Water, Indicating He Was Too Mopey To Do A Basic Human Task At Home
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#19 In The Truman Show (1998), Billions Of Dollars Were Spent On A Show Where The Main Character Works At A Desk For 8 Hours
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#20 In "The Incredibles" (2004) Frozone Survives An Encounter With A 1960s Police Officer. This Is Due To The Fact That The Movie Is A Work Of Fiction
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#21 In 28 Days Later (2002), No Cgi Was Needed For London
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#22 This Is A Real Shot From A $225 Million Dollar Movie Seconds Before Security Ejected Me For Illegally Filming With My Phone
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#23 In Casino Royale (2006), A Single Dealt Hand Of Poker Includes A Flush, Two Full Houses, And A Straight Flush. Yet, Somehow, The D****r Is Not Fired At The End
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#24 In The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Galactus Who Is Of Cosmic Omniscience, Loses To The Fantastic Four In A Battle Of Wits
This is because Reed Richards went to college to get more knowledge, while Galactus, on the way to earth, got to Jupiter, which made him stupider
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#25 In Wednesday, We See How Netflix And The Woke Media Continuously Tries To Push Forward The Gay Agenda By The Form Of The Romantic Relationship Between Wednesday And Enid And- Wait... Wait What?
They're not in a relationship? How? They're literally perfect for each other! How are they straight???
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#26 In “Superman” (2025), Christopher Reeve’s Son, William Reeve, Is A News Reporter. This Is In Reference To The Fact That Tributes Work Better When You Use An Actual Human Being
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#27 In Scooby Doo (2002) Shaggy Swaps Bodies With Daphne And Complains That She Doesn't Eat Enough
This proves that even outside of his body, it is Shaggy's soul itself that is the source of his immense hunger
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#28 In The Breakfast Club, We're Supposed To Believe That This Girl Is Ugly
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#29 In Fantastic Four (2005) Victor Von Doom Asks Reed Richards "What Happens To Rubber When It's Superheated?", Before Electrifying Him
Not 5 MINUTES later he asks Reed "What happens to rubber when it's superchilled?" In starting to think he just doesn't know alot about rubber
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#30 In Sinners (2025) Stack And Mary Managed To Keep A Relationship Together For Sixty Years. There’s No Meme Here, I’m Just Very Happy For Them
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#31 In Punisher (2017) This Is A Disgusting And Horribly Deformed Man. I Threw Up A Little In My Mouth Just Writing This
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#32 In War Of The Worlds (2025), Ice Cube Orders An Amazon Drone To Save The Day. This Is Because The Movie Is Nothing More Than A Shameless Amazon Commercial
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#33 In Alien Earth (2025), I Genuinely Have No Idea How They Are Going To Defeat An Alien This Big
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#34 In Batman (1989), The Joker Puts Glasses On And Asks Batman, "You Wouldn't Hit A Man With Glasses Would You?"
And then is immediately punched in the face by Batman. This is because Batman is a master detective and could recognize that the Joker was joking
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#35 After Superman(2025), I Don’t Think That Lois And Clark Are Going To Have Any Children…
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#36 In "Thunderbolts*" (2025) The Head Of The Cia Faces Serious Criminal Consequences For Her Many Illegal Actions. This Is Because The Movie Is A Work Of Fiction
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#37 It's Incredible How Things Change Through The Years
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#38 In Black Adam (2022), This Post-Credit Scene Literally Leads To Nothing
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#39 In House (2004), It's Revealed That The Main Character Lives In An Apartment
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#40 In Avengers (2012), The All-Powerful Infinity Stone Has No Effect On Tony Because There's A Piece Of Metal In The Way
One of the most powerful objects in the universe is rendered useless if you just wear a bulletproof vest or something. Why did Loki want this? Is he stupid?
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#41 In Man Of Steel (2013), Clark Repeatedly Screams In This Scene, Obviously To Showcase That This Tower Is Made Of Copper, And Copper Drains His Powers
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#42 In Harry Potter This Is The Same Character
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#43 In The Star Trek Reboot, They Made Sulu Gay, Because The Old Actor Was Gay. This Was An Outrage, Not Because The New Actor Is Not Actually Gay, But Because The New Actor Is Not Actually Japanese
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#44 In Weapons (2025) A Teacher Owns A House And Car. This Is A Reference To The Movie Being Fictional, As The Average Salary In The Us Is A Meager 46.5k/Year
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#45 Thanks To The Efforts Of Rio (2011), The Blue Macaw Has Defeated Extinction And Returned To The Wild. Everyone Say “Thank You, Linda”
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#46 Ellen Ripley's Reaction To Fighting An Alien, Losing Her Entire Crew And Blowing Up Her Ship Is To Take A Nap
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#47 Nicholas Hoult Has Proven Himself To Be The Actor With The Widest Range. Not Only Did He Transform From The Hairiest Character From The X-Men Movies To The Baldest Character In Superman
He also transformed from the Biggest Glazer in The Menu to the Biggest Hater in Superman
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#48 Fallout Season 2 (2025) Is Set Up To Be One Of The Most Controversial Seasons In TV History. As It Going To Reveal Which Fallout: New Vegas (2010) Ending Is The Canon One
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#49 In Watchmen(2009) None Of The Men Are Wearing A Watch
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#50 In Terminator (1984) , Sarah Connor Fell In Love With A Guy Who Stole A Hobo's Disgusting, Filthy Pants And Wore Them With No Underwear On Through The Entire Rest Of The Movie
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#51 In Toy Story 3 (2010), The Toys React With Disgust After Realizing That Ken Wrote Them A Letter They Perceive As Feminine. This Is Because The Toys Are Homophobic
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#52 In Forrest Gump (1994), Forrest Gets Rich By Having Bought Apple Stock Years Earlier. If Right After Watching The Film You Bought $10 In Apple Stock, It'd Be Worth $7,793 Today
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#53 Ice Age Is Now Canon In The ‘Alien’ Universe
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#54 For The Movie Freakier Friday (2025), Disney Is Flooding Social Media With Jamie Lee Curtis Thirst Traps: This Is A Uh... Reference... To The Umm... How The... Hmm
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#55 In Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Dr. Doom’s Face Is Never Shown To The Camera Because It Would Have Cost Half The Budget To Feature Robert Downey Jr
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#56 In Superman (2025) At First I Just Thought They Were Giving Nathan Fillion A Bad Time. I Had No Idea The Hair Was Actually Comic Book Accurate
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#57 In Superman (2025), Clark Kent Is Barefoot While His Father Is Wearing Shoes. This Is Because They Can Only Have One Shoe Per Man
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#58 In Smurfs 2 (2013), The Animators Use Darker Skin To Show That Smurfette Is Evil
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#59 In Fantastic Four, Last Steps. You Can Almost Feel The Frustration With This 3.5
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#60 The Creators Of Ducktales 2017 Decided That What The Original Show Was Missing Was A Latina M**f
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#61 In Weapons (2025) Josh Brolin Was Paid About $6 Million More Than This Female Extra Because He's A Man
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#62 In The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), At The Risk Of Sparking A Heated Controversy And Possibly Ruining His Reputation, Reed Richards Tells The Press… The Truth? Wait, What?
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#63 In The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Sue Puts Her Filthy Unwashed Hands All Over Reed's Face After Peeing. This Is Because She Is Gross
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#64 Zootopia 2 Has A Plotline How Race-Mixing Is Frowned Upon, This Is A Reference To When My Parents Kicked Me Out Of The House For Having A Black Girlfriend
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#65 Liam Nielson Was Cast As The Son Of Leslie Neeson In The Naked Gun (2025) This Is Because Their Names Sound Similar
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#66 In Superman (2025), An Egotistical Billionaire, Willing To Risk Innocent Lives To Further His Whims, Traps His Nemesis In A Pocket Universe
But said nemesis escapes, causing a giant rift to form and start devouring his city – sorry, did I say Superman (2025)? I meant The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
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#67 In Superman(2025), Somehow These Two Got A Green Son
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#68 In Weapons (2025) A Town Falls Into Panic After A Group Of Weeaboo Children Start Running Around Like Naruto
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#69 Across The Avatar Movies, Jake's Eyes, Ears, And Nose Are Getting Progressively Smaller. Unrelatedly, His Belly-Button Is Getting Bigger
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#70 Tron: Ares (2025) Features A Cameo By Mr. Beast, Which Is The Filmmakers' Way Of Trying To Ensure They Don't Get Another Sequel For More Than A Decade
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#71 In Superman (2025) James Gunn Specifically Added A Scene That Would Make His Movie Impervious To Criticism
"It's too late, I've already depicted you as the monkeybot. Therefore, your opinion is wrong"
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#72 In Superman (2025), Hawkgirl Is Shown With Massive Arms… This Is A Reference To Me, Emotionally And Physically Prepared To Be Dismantled By Her
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#73 Despite Having Aliens, Superpowers, And Pocket Universes, The Most Unrealistic Part About Superman (2025) Is That His Alleged Harem Damaged His Reputation Rather Than Having People Desperate To Join It
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#74 In Superman (2025), Hawkgirl Isn't Wearing Her Mask In This Scene, Signifying Her Transition From A Hawk To A Girl
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#75 In Zootopia 2 In This Scene It’s Hinted That Nick Will Be A Dad…what?!
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#76 In Superman (2025), James Gunn Needed A Plot Device That Would Act As Superman's Kryptonite. Bit On The Nose To Literally Name His Weakness "Kryptonite"
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#77 In Kpop Demon Hunters (2025), We Might Have To Do A Wellness Check On Some Sony Executives
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#78 In Superman (2025), Lex Luthor Is Capable Of Cloning Superman But Only Makes One Instead Of A Dozen. Is He Stupid?
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#79 In The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Why Doesn’t Galactus Eat Jupiter, A Planet 318 Times As Nutritious As Earth? Is He Stupid?
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#80 I Just Saw The New Superman. The Mcu Is So Back!
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#81 Did You Know If Pause Superman At 1:43:23 You Can See This Image
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