Mistakes

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A **mistake** is an error usually made by accident. These can come in the form of continuity breaks, overlooked visual errors, or incorrect information. Some mistakes can be seen in versions of The Potions Scene.

## Transformers

* The "Medicinal" Potion appears in the fridge in shot 8 despite not being there before.
* In Shot 12, the reflection of the Red Potion overlaps with the metal lining of the refrigerator.
* In shot 14, Shaggy spills quite a lot of the "Medicinal" Potion on his the back of his thumb. In shot 15, it is now shown to only be on his index finger, having much less than in the previous shot.
* In shot 19, Shaggy Chick's body is briefly cut off on the left during the zoom-out.
* The elevator can be seen behind Shaggy Chick in the mirror in shot 19, even though it went back up in shot 5. In shot 20, the elevator is gone once again.
* The Turquoise Potion is seen as empty in shot 21 and then full in shot 23. It had also not been there in shots prior to 21.
* The Yellow Potion goes from yellow in shot 21 to empty in shot 22 to yellow again in shot 23.
* In shot 26, the mirror reflection of Shaggy Chick does not transform immediately with him. It isn't until Buff Shaggy's right arm crosses over the reflection that this mistake is fixed.
* In shot 29, the three potions Scooby Brainiac uses are shown on the third and fourth shelf of the refrigerator. There are not seen being there before hand. In the next shot, the red potion he places back in the fridge disappears.
* In shot 30, the refrigerator can be seen as clearly open, but then shown to be fully closed in shot 37. It is unlikely Buff Shaggy or Scooby Brainiac closed it during that time.
* In shot 47, you can briefly see part of Buff Shaggy's neck peel off when his hair moves out of the way as he falls off the wall.

### Debatable Mistakes

* In shot 18, Shaggy's left hand bumps into the mirror, and the reflection ripples and distorts, suggesting that the mirror is not actual glass, but rather, a flexible mirror sheet. This is likely used as a safety precaution.
* Right before the camera zooms out in shot 19, Shaggy's neck can be seen morphing into Shaggy Chick. This could simply just be how the transformation process occurs.
* For a few seconds in shot 30, you can see what appears to be a zipper on Buff Shaggy's back.
* When Scooby Brainiac is mixes potions in shot 30, he appear cross-eyed at multiple points. This may just be how Brainiac is able to focus on two potions at once.
* In shot 42 onward, Scooby Brainiac has no soot (from the explosion) covering him, unlike Buff Shaggy.
* Velma can be seen laughing in the reflection of the refrigerator in several shots.
* The green smoke present during some transformations appears to be absent during several others.

## Mutate Madness

* The explosion in this version seems to have no origin.
* Shaggy's voice lines used when picking up a green or purple potion are noticeably sentence spliced from some of his lines rather than being original recordings.
* During the Mutate Madness minigame, the refrigerator is open and Scooby is in front of it, but at the beginning of Cutscene 3-1, the refrigerator is closed and Scooby is nowhere to be seen. Shaggy and Scooby then appear next to the refrigerator in the following shot, Cutscene 3-2.

### Debatable Mistakes

* Shaggy says "That was almost exactly like my freshman year in college" like he does in the movie, despite him not actually drinking any potions in this version.
* In some versions of the game, Scooby Brainiac's coat appears to be see-through.
* The elevated walkway in the Table Area extends past the wall on the right and reaches a dead end on the left. This matches the film; however, because the game places The Monster Hive on the left side of the room, it is spatially impossible for the elevated walkway to connect to The Monster Hive.

## Inconstancies Between Versions

With as many versions of the Potion Scene as there are, there tends to be some difference between them.

Some are very insignificant. For example, the "Lemonade" Potion is only mistaken for being lemonade in the film's scene. In every other version, Scooby mistakes a potion for yogurt (or fruit punch, in the Mad Libs book). Some are more major. In the video game, Shaggy does not transform at all, which does not follow the original scene.

However, it cannot be confirmed if these are truly mistakes brought on by a lack of communication between the crew of each adaptation or just harmless reinterpretations of the original scene. Although, some of these inconstancies are due to some adaptations following closer to the film's original script.