Call me nit-picky, but it's always been a pet peeve of mine whenever tv shows couldn't keep their timelines straight or had blatant continuity errors. Why don't television producers care much for consistency?

The Degrassi franchise is chock full of continuity errors. It's a tv franchise that's been going on for decades and the producers have been screwing around with the timeline for its entire history. For example, they started splitting the school years into two seasons starting in season six, and then a few seasons afterward, retconned the series to the present (at the time) year - only now, the characters who began their freshman year in the 2007-'08 school year are in the graduating class of 2014 because of this retcon.

Also, in Boy Meets World, the main protagonists were in the sixth grade during the 1993-'94 school year, and yet the producers had them graduate from high school in '98. Then, in the spin-off Girl Meets World, Cory and Topanga have a teenage son. Assuming GMW takes place in the present, for them to have a teenage son would require him to have been born in the '90s, and yet BMW had established that Cory and Topanga had not had any children yet by the time the series ended in 2000.

Yeah, I told y'all I was nit-picky.  ::)

On the TV series Friends, the big one is the continuity of how much everyone knew about each other before 1995 (when the show began).  In the first few seasons, it was mentioned that Monica was fat growing up, and it was evident that Ross and Rachel knew it because they were with her growing up.

In the episode where they watch the video of Ross trying to be Rachel's date for the prom, Chandler looks disgusted to see Monica fat, telling us the viewer that he'd never seen her like that before, yet we learn seasons later that not only did Chandler know Monica when she was fat, but his jokes about her weight were the reason she became thin.

In the first episode of Season 1 when Rachel shows up at Central Perk in the wedding dress, Monica introduces her to everyone except Ross because she already knew him.  But what about Chandler?  Seasons later, it is revealed via 80s flashbacks that Chandler and Rachel met many times before.  He was Ross' college roomate

There are a few on Mash, just because they had to pack in 11 seasons into a 3-year war.  But no big deal to me.

On the TV series Friends, the big one is the continuity of how much everyone knew about each other before 1995 (when the show began).  In the first few seasons, it was mentioned that Monica was fat growing up, and it was evident that Ross and Rachel knew it because they were with her growing up.

In the episode where they watch the video of Ross trying to be Rachel's date for the prom, Chandler looks disgusted to see Monica fat, telling us the viewer that he'd never seen her like that before, yet we learn seasons later that not only did Chandler know Monica when she was fat, but his jokes about her weight were the reason she became thin.

In the first episode of Season 1 when Rachel shows up at Central Perk in the wedding dress, Monica introduces her to everyone except Ross because she already knew him.  But what about Chandler?  Seasons later, it is revealed via 80s flashbacks that Chandler and Rachel met many times before.  He was Ross' college roomate


It's been awhile since I've seen chandlers kajagoo goo hair ep but I always got the feeling that was the one and only time he met Monica and Rachel. I have a friend who has friends I've met 20years ago- on numerous occasions. We used to party together on the weekends. I barely remember their names let alone what they look like.

As for Monica's weight I always thought if it as chandlers knowing she was fat but forgetting just how fat she was. But then again I'm generally able to dismiss the ones that allow a little wiggle room and I felt like my answers explained it well enough for me.  ;)

Call me nit-picky, but it's always been a pet peeve of mine whenever tv shows couldn't keep their timelines straight or had blatant continuity errors. Why don't television producers care much for consistency?

The Degrassi franchise is chock full of continuity errors. It's a tv franchise that's been going on for decades and the producers have been screwing around with the timeline for its entire history. For example, they started splitting the school years into two seasons starting in season six, and then a few seasons afterward, retconned the series to the present (at the time) year - only now, the characters who began their freshman year in the 2007-'08 school year are in the graduating class of 2014 because of this retcon.

Also, in Boy Meets World, the main protagonists were in the sixth grade during the 1993-'94 school year, and yet the producers had them graduate from high school in '98. Then, in the spin-off Girl Meets World, Cory and Topanga have a teenage son. Assuming GMW takes place in the present, for them to have a teenage son would require him to have been born in the '90s, and yet BMW had established that Cory and Topanga had not had any children yet by the time the series ended in 2000.

Yeah, I told y'all I was nit-picky.  ::)



I can't speak to the boy meets world but wit degrassi I am fairly certain the show has a different run in Canada than in the US as in the eps air earlier there. Jason or warped could confirm this.

At any rate it is Teen Nick that determines when the episodes air and how they are split. Also I'm certain that Claire and Alli were grade sixes when they started so technically they are just a few months off track.

You know, I've never actually watched Friends.  ::) A lot of these continuity errors are the result of plot convenience for a particular episode.



I can't speak to the boy meets world but wit degrassi I am fairly certain the show has a different run in Canada than in the US as in the eps air earlier there. Jason or warped could confirm this.

At any rate it is Teen Nick that determines when the episodes air and how they are split. Also I'm certain that Claire and Alli were grade sixes when they started so technically they are just a few months off track.


The show may have different air dates between both countries, but the gap isn't that wide - just a few months. Are you sure Clare and Alli were in grade six in season eight? I'm pretty sure that's the season they started grade nine.

It's been awhile since I've seen chandlers kajagoo goo hair ep but I always got the feeling that was the one and only time he met Monica and Rachel.

There was another one I recall where Ross and Chandler flash back to their college dorm when they both had a crush on a fellow classmate (played by Ellen Pompeo) and Monica and Rachel showed up at the dorm party

I can't speak to the boy meets world but wit degrassi I am fairly certain the show has a different run in Canada than in the US as in the eps air earlier there. Jason or warped could confirm this.

At any rate it is Teen Nick that determines when the episodes air and how they are split. Also I'm certain that Claire and Alli were grade sixes when they started so technically they are just a few months off track.


I can't speak for Degrassi as I have never seen an episode of the New Degrassi.  I am only familiar with Degrassi Jr. High and Degrassi High.  Here in Canada, the new Degrassi was initially a CTV show, then it got bought by CHUM and now airs on Much Music (our version of MTV)

You know, I've never actually watched Friends.  ::) A lot of these continuity errors are the result of plot convenience for a particular episode.

The show may have different air dates between both countries, but the gap isn't that wide - just a few months. Are you sure Clare and Alli were in grade six in season eight? I'm pretty sure that's the season they started grade nine.


I'm fairly certain they were 6ers they were so young. They were 9ers when Jenna got pregnant.

Remember Connor lived with snake. I mean Archie. I mean principal Simpson.  :D
They were about 12 that's grade 6.

I'm fairly certain they were 6ers they were so young. They were 9ers when Jenna got pregnant.

Remember Connor lived with snake. I mean Archie. I mean principal Simpson.  :D
They were about 12 that's grade 6.




Snake replaced Raditch as Principal??

Snake replaced Raditch as Principal??


first there was hackolitus... or whatever her name was... Peter's mom... then she left and it was Principal Snake... tho no one calls him Snake anymore... (sometimes Spike did... they got married a few years back)

first there was hackolitus... or whatever her name was... Peter's mom... then she left and it was Principal Snake... tho no one calls him Snake anymore... (sometimes Spike did... they got married a few years back)




Snake married Spike, and now Snake is Principal?  Dang, I missed so much.  I need to start watching the new Degrassi

Is Joey Jeremiah the Mayor of Toronto?  Did that Irish guy who liked the Pogues come back and get jealous and try to fight Snake for Spike's affection?  Was it revealed that Clode Tanner was a ghost the whole time?  Did Caitlyn finally remove that mole off her chin? :D

Is Joey Jeremiah the Mayor of Toronto?  Did that Irish guy who liked the Pogues come back and get jealous and try to fight Snake for Spike's affection?  Was it revealed that Clode Tanner was a ghost the whole time?  Did Caitlyn finally remove that mole off her chin? :D


;D ;D

I used to get annoyed with shows containing continuity errors as well, but it seems that every show has them so it's inevitable.

Continuity errors that I can recall from the top of my head of my favorite shows:

That 70s Show---I shouldn't even start on this one, but let's just say that the show began in the year of 1976 and they celebrated what seemed like 6 Christmases, Thanksgivings....

Saved By the Bell---first season had the show take place in the Midwest but in the following seasons, it took place in California...with most of the same gang including the principal. I guess they all decided to move out to Cali at the same time...

My So Called Life---in one episode, Angela's mom states that they don't have a basement. A few episodes later, her parents and sister are hanging out in their basement.

Degrassi Jr. High---at the beginning of the second season, which is really just the second half of the school year, the show looks like it takes place right after the Christmas break so that would be January. Yet not only is nobody is wearing a coat, but some of them are wearing short-sleeved shirts...And even SHORTS...in Toronto, CANADA! I guess Toronto can be quite a banana belt....Yet towards the end of the school year, the trees are orange and there are piles of leaves on the street. Plus during exam week, the kids are wearing parkas. Perhaps there's a place in Australia called Toronto, and that's where the show took place...

Snake married Spike, and now Snake is Principal?  Dang, I missed so much.  I need to start watching the new Degrassi

Is Joey Jeremiah the Mayor of Toronto?  Did that Irish guy who liked the Pogues come back and get jealous and try to fight Snake for Spike's affection?  Was it revealed that Clode Tanner was a ghost the whole time?  Did Caitlyn finally remove that mole off her chin? :D



hmmmm... caitlyn's mole.. I think it's gone... Joey is a used car salesman and Caitlyn is a reporter for an news show on an environmental  network.  Spike is a hair dresser... none of them have been seen in years.... Lucy still walks with a limp, Heather and Erica are still twins....And Maya Goldberg is still in a wheel chair...but you'd have to look at the background extras to know that because they brought back virtually ever actor to grace the old degrassi halls for the reunion (that was shown in the pilot) but only showed us about 8 orginal cast members.  Oh and Spike is a hair dresser... her hair is no longer spiked...and snake no longer has hair. lol  Oh and Shane is still mentally disabled after getting stupid drunk and falling off a bridge and bashing his head... Emma grew up to be an outspoken girl who slowly found confidence and love in a strange, strange way... 

Joey had a daughter Angela and last season her look alike (same actress) showed up playing another character... I think maybe Angie got kidnapped and raised to believe she is Tori...


http://www.backtotheeighties.net/images/joeycait3.jpg


Claude haunts the halls and  possessed Rick causing him to bring a gun to school and shoot and paralyze Jimmy (played the  actor later known to the world as Drake) before dying himself in a struggle over the gun.  Snake was reminded of how he had found Claude in the bathroom....


 

I knew Snake was bald and Shane was still mental.  It's not the same actor playing Snake.  It's Jonathan Torrens.

Jonathan Torrens once had a talk show on CBC called Jonovision, and on one of the episodes (that aired in 2000, if I recall correctly), he had a Degrassi Reunion.  I was so excited to see that when it first aired

That 70s Show---I shouldn't even start on this one, but let's just say that the show began in the year of 1976 and they celebrated what seemed like 6 Christmases, Thanksgivings....





like warped's MASH post I give you this one...  ;D 

I looked at the series on Netflix... season one was 76-77
season 2 was 77
season 3 was 77-78
season 4 was 78
season 5 was 78 -79
Season 6 was 79...

I stopped looking after that  :D

Saved By the Bell---first season had the show take place in the Midwest but in the following seasons, it took place in California...with most of the same gang including the principal. I guess they all decided to move out to Cali at the same time...




was it the full first season or just in the pilot they were in the midwest? 

A lot of shows film a pilot but have to change some elements once the show gets picked up based on network requests and test audience responses...


Franklin & Bash were in Atlanta (or someplace) in the pilot but in LA by ep two
White Collar (I think) was in LA in the pilot but ended up moving production to NY after it got picked up.
The Cosby's had a different apartment layout (it was bigger) between the pilot and, speaking of the cosby's... the most important continuity error of them all... 

Claire to Cliff  "Why do we have four kids?"
Cliff to Claire "Because we did not want five, dear."

Sondra appears a few eps later.... boom...5 kids!  :D

I knew Snake was bald and Shane was still mental.  It's not the same actor playing Snake.  It's Jonathan Torrens.

Jonathan Torrens once had a talk show on CBC called Jonovision, and on one of the episodes (that aired in 2000, if I recall correctly), he had a Degrassi Reunion.  I was so excited to see that when it first aired



I didn't remember who the actor was but I knew he wasn't the same Shane... 
I did see the reunion  (oddly enough I got it from Joey Jeremiah himself.. he was selling some degrassi stuff on ebay and I won it.. for a while we ere email pen pals)

Two words: Chuck Cunningham.

(Happy Days )

He just went poof....gone.

Two words: Chuck Cunningham.

(Happy Days )

He just went poof....gone.


Maybe he is living with Donna Pinciotti's sister Tina from "That 70's Show."

Maybe he is living with Donna Pinciotti's sister Tina from "That 70's Show."


Or the youngest sister from Family Matters, Judy I think was her name. ;D

Or the youngest sister from Family Matters, Judy I think was her name. ;D


Maybe they decided to do porn with her.  ;D

I Love Lucy even had some. Including, but not limited to:

Ethel's middle name. In some episodes it was Roberta, and in others it was Mae.

The length of the Mertzes' marriage. In the first season it was 18 years, in the second season it was 25 years... a couple seasons later it was something like 23... and when the gang went to Europe, it was once again 25 years.

The amount of time that the Ricardos have lived in the Mertzes' apartment building. In one fairly early scene, Ricky mentions moving in there in 1948... but in the second season (I think), they mention being there for 9 years. And in a 1954 episode, they mention living there for 12 years (which would imply that they moved in there in 1942!).

Ethel's knowledge of driving. In the season 3 episode "The Camping Trip", she drives to the campsite, at the request of Lucy. However, in the season 4 episode "Lucy Learns To Drive" (when they prepare to travel west to California), Ethel asks Lucy to teach her how.

Or the youngest sister from Family Matters, Judy I think was her name. ;D

Yeah, she abruptly disappeared from the show during the fourth season or thereabouts (despite appearing in the opening sequence). No explanation was given on the show. In subsequent seasons, the Winslows mention having only two kids, Eddie and Laura.

Sidney Freeman on Mash was Milton Freedman once
Hawkeye said his father lived in Vermont but  Crab Apple cove (where Hawkeye was from)  is in Maine

Two words: Chuck Cunningham.

(Happy Days )

He just went poof....gone.


He was there for one episode and after that Ron Howard stepped in afterwards.

Saved By the Bell---first season had the show take place in the Midwest but in the following seasons, it took place in California...with most of the same gang including the principal. I guess they all decided to move out to Cali at the same time...


I guess when they all grew up and the show was in it's final seasons, Zack and Slater with all their other buddies moved to California, this is were Zack fell in love with Lisa Remini but he actually got married with his former flame.

He was there for one episode and after that Ron Howard stepped in afterwards.


Not quite.

He was there for one episode and after that Ron Howard stepped in afterwards.


Chuck was Ritchie and Joanie's older brother.  He was there for the first two seasons, and then disappeared.  In the series finale (circa 1984), Howard makes mention about how he is proud of his "two" children

Chuck Cunningham was played by three different actors:

- Ric Carrot (Love, American Style episode "Love and the Happy Days")
- Gavan O'Herlihy (Happy Days season 1)
- Randolph Roberts (Happy Days season 2)

He was there for one episode and after that Ron Howard stepped in afterwards.


Ron Howard was always there...  Chuck was in a couple more than one ep... just not too many more...

I used to get annoyed with shows containing continuity errors as well, but it seems that every show has them so it's inevitable.


Saved By the Bell---first season had the show take place in the Midwest but in the following seasons, it took place in California...with most of the same gang including the principal. I guess they all decided to move out to Cali at the same time...



I guess when they all grew up and the show was in it's final seasons, Zack and Slater with all their other buddies moved to California, this is were Zack fell in love with Lisa Remini but he actually got married with his former flame.

Right... in addition, "Saved by the Bell" had originally started out as "Good Morning Miss Bliss" with the kids in junior high in the Midwest (as well as the principal Mr Belding), but three of those kids -- Zack, Screech, and Lisa -- moved out to California to go to school at Bayside High for the series that is known specifically as "Saved By The Bell." And yes, Zack did have a number of girlfriends after breaking up with Kelly midway through the season, but fell back in love with her during the College Years, ultimately getting married in Vegas.

In addition, Jessie Spano (played by Elizabeth Berkley), a character exclusive to the main "Saved By The Bell" series (at Bayside; although she makes a cameo in the wedding in Vegas, as does Mr Belding, who continues to serve as principal of Bayside in the "New Class" series), mentions to Zack in at least one episode that they've known each other since early elementary school, but nothing is known about their elementary school days; that is, whether they went there in the same state or if they moved around or whatever. Also, she and Kelly were gone from the main series during a brief portion of the senior year, when they were replaced by Tori Scott, the biker chick who doesn't get along well with Zack at first but they later start dating... however, when the gang graduates, Kelly and Jessie have returned, but there's no more Tori. This is due in part to the graduation episode being filmed before the Tori arc, when the actresses (Tiffani Thiessen and Berkley) decided to resign from the show (or something like that).

^ Mark Paul Gosselaar appeared as Zack Morris on an episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and made fun of how Good Morning Miss Bliss was set in Indiana

"I was raised in Indiana, but then I moved out west with my 2 friends and my high school principal"