Goofs for
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) More at IMDbPro »

• Continuity: In a shot not long after Humma Kavula removes his glasses revealing only scars underneath, the corners of actual eyes are visible underneath the lenses.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: As the sperm whale is falling through the Magrathean atmosphere, the familiar sound of a whale "singing" is heard. However, sperm whales' "vocalizations" don't sound like that. What's heard is actually the sound made by humpback whales.
  
  
• Continuity: When Trillian and Arthur are helping Zaphod out of Humma Kavula's temple, Trillian's arm switches from being by her side to holding up Zaphod between shots.
  
  

• Continuity: When Arthur breaks free of the restraints at the dinner table, he still has an armrest attached to his right arm. After he hits the mice and steps back, it's gone.
  
  
• Continuity: When Mr Prosser is talking to Arthur you can see Ford Prefect in the background with a trolley full of beer, before he has actually arrived.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: When Ford passes Arthur's caravan as he chases a group of Vogons with a towel, the cameraman (along with about three other crewmembers) is reflected in the caravan.
  
  
• Continuity: When Arthurs' home is about to be demolished, he is seen lying on the ground in front of the bulldozer in protest. His left arm is touching the scoop of the bulldozer. The shot cuts away and directly back to him, at which time he is lying 1 to 2 feet away from the scoop of the bulldozer.
  
  
• Crew or equipment visible: You can see a cameraman reflected in the left side of the kettle when Arthur makes tea in his house at the start of the movie.
  
  
• Revealing mistakes: When Humma Kavula steps off of his dinner table, in the next shot, you can see the actor walking normally (taking a step) instead of the supposed mechanical movement of his many legs.
  
  
• Continuity: When the mice say "To business!" (in the last scene at Arthur's house), the teacup is not in the saucer. Although Arthur drinks from it once more and puts it down, it never appears in the saucer again.
  
  
• Continuity: When Arthur goes back to his house, he makes a cup of tea. When he drinks it, there is clearly milk in it, although he never put any in. When it vibrates along the table, it is black again.
  
  
• Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Ford is running to rescue Arthur and the gang as they are being shot at outside Humma Kavula's temple, Ford starts running to the rescue and is supposedly screaming but his mouth is clearly closed.
  
  
• Continuity: When Ford is scooting along with the trolley full of beer he passes a red truck on the right side of the screen (Ford's left side) however when the shot pans out there are only red trucks on the left side of the screen (Ford's right).
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Arthur is speaking to Trillian as she takes a shower, he briefly begins to address her by her real name (Zooey), then corrects himself.
  
  
• Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Arthur hands in the release form to release Trillian, the Vogon lady tells him it is not a presidential release form, "Those are blue". Although Arthur clearly grabbed and handed in a blue form.
  
  
• Factual errors: When Ford and Arthur are launched into space the narrator falsely states that you can survive in the vacuum of space for 30 seconds by holding your breath. However holding your breath is the last thing you would want to do in space as you would be susceptible to explosive decompression. In actuality you would have a greater chance of surviving by expelling all of the air out of your lungs.
  
  

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