Obvious Stunt Doubles, Looking In The Camera, And 31 Other Super Obvious TV And Movie Mistakes That Are Impossible To Unsee

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1.There's a scene in Aquaman where a child is completely changed out for a different child — with longer hair and a lighter skin color — after an explosion.

Screenshots from "Aquaman"
Warner Bros. Pictures

2.And in Beverly Hills Cop, they clearly change out Eddie Murphy for his stunt double for a stunt...which wouldn't be that bad, except the stunt double looks nothing like him.

"a second later"
Paramount Pictures

3.In one Goonies scene, Mikey calls Brand "Josh." That's the name of the actor who plays Brand — Josh Brolin.

the subtitles on the screen showing that he is being called josh
Warner Bros. Pictures

4.There's a Stranger Things scene in Season 1 when Dustin accidentally calls Mike "Finn."

"Finn, let him go."
Netflix

5.There's also a scene in Days of Thunder when Caroline Williams calls Cole "Tom" as he's played by Tom Cruise.

"Hi, Tom"
Paramount Pictures

6.In this scene from The Giver, Lily says, "Jonas says it's called dancing"...but her lips don't move.

"Jonas says it's called dancing."
"Jonas says it's called dancing."

The Weinstein Company

7.And in Gilmore Girls, it's quite clear Rory's mouth isn't moving when you hear her asking Lorelai if she wants a drink.

"You want something to drink?"
"You want something to drink?"

The WB

8.In this SpongeBob SquarePants scene, SpongeBob tells Squidward his gifted sweater is made of eyelashes...the camera then shows his bare eyebrows.

"Eyelashes!"
Nickelodeon

9.There are multiple scenes in Good Witch where characters use a salt mill completely wrong.

Screenshots from "Good Witch"
Hallmark Channel

10.There's a scene in The Office where John Krasinski signs his own name, not Jim's, on Meredith's cast.

John Krasinski signing his name
NBC

11.The Book of Eli reveals near the end that the book is actually the Bible in braille...except this is how big the Bible in braille would actually be.

The actual size of the Bible in braille
Warner Bros. Pictures/Summit Entertainment

12.Remember how Melisandre HAD to wear her necklace to stay young in Game of Thrones? And how she turned all old without it? But then...there was a scene with her not wearing it and she looked normal.

Closeup of Melisandre
HBO

13.Jessica Rabbit looks wayyy different in the newspaper photo in Who Framed Roger Rabbit as a result of a character redesign.

"How she actually looks in the movie:"
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution

14.This map of Russia in Independence Day is riddled with issues. To name a few: It's a map of the USSR, not Russia like it should be, Moscow has been moved, and they made up the city of Novosyoyrsk.

A map of "Russia" in "Independence Day"
20th Century Fox

15.There's a scene in Orange Is the New Black when a character looks right in the camera.

Screenshot from "Orange Is the New Black"
Netflix

16.In The Wolf of Wall Street, Leo's hands move position instantaneously.

Screenshots from "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Paramount Pictures/Universal Pictures

17.There were times in Gilligan's Island when you could literally see CBS buildings in the background...despite them being on a "deserted" island.

Buildings in the background on "Gilligan's Island"
CBS

18.The Gimli in this scene from The Lord of the Rings is very obviously not John Rhys-Davies.

Screenshots from "The Lord of the Rings"
New Line Cinema

19.And this Mace Windu from Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace is definitely NOT Samuel L. Jackson.

Screenshot from "Star Wars: Episode 1"
Lucasfilm

20.Also in The Phantom Menace, you can see the plug leading to Padmé's light-up dress.

A circle over the plug lighting Padme's dress
Lucasfilm

21.There are multiple moments in Friends where it's pretty obvious the stand-in is NOT the actor.

Screenshots from "Friends"

22.There's also a scene in Friends where you can just straight-up see the camera.

A camera in the shot in an episode of "Friends"
NBC

23.Aaaaand you can spot Chandler mouthing "What am I supposed to say?" in yet another Friends example.

GIF from "Friends"
GIF from "Friends"

NBC

24.In this scene from The Sopranos, there's a pizza box from a chain that only exists in Canada.

A pizza box in this shot of "The Sopranos"
HBO

25.In Final Destination 3, the infamous rollercoaster accident occurs as a result of two characters: Lewis and Frankie. Except after the premonition, they get off...meaning the accident should've been prevented.

Screenshots from "Final Destination 3"
New Line Cinema

26.There were multiple scenes in the Euphoria play episode where you could see characters in the audience reacting...despite them being also onstage at the time.

Screenshots from "Euphoria"
HBO

27.There's a scene in Gossip Girl where an extra was caught with only one shoe on.

An extra missing a shoe on "Gossip Girl"
The CW

28.You can see the hand of the person controlling the tongue in Tremors II: Aftershocks.

A person's hand in the frame in "Tremors 2"
MCA/Universal Home Video

29.The actor switches out mid-scene in Road House.

Screenshots from "Road House"
United Artists

30.The actor's real teeth are clearly visible behind the fake monster teeth in this scene from Doctor Who.

Screenshot from "Doctor Who"
BBC

31.Steven Spielberg's reflection is actually visible for this whole Duel scene.

The director's reflection in the shot
ABC

32.A TON of TV shows and movies have characters use phones upside down, but I think the most glaringly obvious is this iconic Pretty Little Liars moment when Aria was "on the phone."

Aria holding her phone upside down
Freeform

33.And finally, let's end on one of the most infamous...when they forgot to CGI Judi Dench's hand in Cats.

A cat with a human hand in "Cats"
Jenelle Riley/Twitter/Universal Pictures

What movie and TV mistakes can you never unsee? Let us know in the comments!

H/T: r/MovieMistakes