r/TheGoldbergs • u/Spyrovssonic360 • May 20 '25
How many continuity errors did you notice?
Ive noticed so many. mainly while adam was still working on the show. And it doesnt really bother me i just find it funny.
There were two 16th birthday epsiodes for adam. One was about adam not wanting to drive and the other was a parody of john hughes sixteen candles.
Ruben Amarro Jr. ( i assume thats how you spell his name) Was seen graduating high school with erica but then in a later episode he is seen back at william penn until he graduates high school with barry and geoff. i guess he got held back after all.
The episode where barry joins the high school football team he has to hide it from his mom so he wont get cut from the team yet since murray and him have a close bond when it comes to sports youd think he'd show up to a few games.
I think the only times dave kim didnt wear a turtleneck were during school plays and school dances
Around season 4 - 5. The kids get jobs. Erica and barry work at spencers and adam works at an arcade.
Adam gets fired but after the episode there is no mention of spencers or erica and barry working there and murray doesnt harp on them about getting a new job.
In season 4 i believe. Adam was having a hard time figuring out why emy was mad at him and erica pulls him aside to tell him that she wasnt always cool and that she was once like emy. She mentions she wore glasses but at some point started to wear glasses yet whenever she wakes up in the morning she is always shown wearing glasses.
barry and erica tease adam for being weird and nerdy yet both of them wear glasses and have a nerfy side.
What are some others you noticed?
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u/JOliverScott May 20 '25
Adam admitted early on the show wasn't going to be chronologically accurate and that's why the narration usually begins with "1980-something" to indicate it's more like a random wandering through memories than an accurate day-by-day recounting. Even references to specific dates and landmark events are all out of order.
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u/gattovatto May 21 '25
Yep. The narrator isn’t 100% trustworthy and these are basically just over embellished stories of youth from a time before social media. Every “true” story we told back then was over exaggerated and the first few seasons of this show really understood that.
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u/Embarrassed_Good_226 May 20 '25
Too many to mention. Erica middle name was Dorthy before going to Streisand. Adam discovering Billy Joel 3 times. Barry going from making a spice rack to not being able to hold a hammer. Lots of errors as time went on.
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u/Diligent_Pin_9153 May 20 '25
Erica’s middle name was Dorothy, Streisand, and at one point Elizabeth too!🤣
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u/Ok_Addition305 May 20 '25
Murray has a 50th birthday, but then it’s revealed he was 49, and then he a birthday 2 seasons later which they say is his real 50tb, but really he’d be 51
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u/searcher4421 May 21 '25
Season 2, Adam says the reason he didn't see Dana during the summer was because he was at space camp; then in Season 3, there's a whole episode about Adam trying to convince Murray to let him go to space camp as if he's never been there before.
And don't get me started with the errors involving The Karate Kid
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u/Samtastic555 May 20 '25
I think it’s part of the charm of the show. It’s Adam reminiscing about his life growing up. We don’t always remember things accurately!
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u/mbweb02 Jun 17 '25
Season 1, Adam’s in 7th grade, Barry’s a sophomore, and Erica’s most likely a junior. Then in Season 4, Adam’s now in 9th grade, but Barry’s a junior and Erica’s a senior. Yet, they’ve still had a Halloween and Christmas episode each season.
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u/macabremom1 Jun 20 '25
He's wearing a Howard the Duck shirt in an episode early on, then later seasons he goes to see the movie.
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u/SignificanceNo1223 May 20 '25
Ironically in the 80’s, many shows didnt follow a continuity, either. There was no internet to act as source to scrutinize them and most of the time shows were not shown in order. Retconning character backgrounds, was also done quite frequently as well. It was a different time.