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Zoolander Goofs/Mistakes

Movie Goof (revealing mistake): When Derrick's friends are having the "gasoline fight", the bright orange liquid coming out of the gasoline nozzles is obviously not gasoline.
Movie Goof (continuity error): The number of buttons on Derek's PJs that are not buttoned.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): At the VH1 Fashion Awards, when Derek is walking up to get 'his' award, Hansel says, "Huh?" but his mouth doesn't move.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): When Hansel and Derek are in Maury's office trying to get the files in the computer, Derek says that they will be no better than the machine. When he says this, his mouth is closed.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Matilda and Derek are on their way to the cemetery, there is a big car behind them. When they are on their way back to Hansel's place, the same car is driving behind them.
Movie Goof (errors in geography): The shots of the rallies in Malaysia seem to show banners displaying Chinese text, while the Prime Minister's platform shows English and Arabic text. All of these are highly unlikely in the real Malaysia itself. The national and dominant political language of Malaysia is Malay, and is written in Romanized text due to Malaysia's past as a British colony.
Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Derek finishes talking to Matilda on the Walkie Talkie in Maury's office he turned "left" to go back to helping Hansel look for the computer files. A large premise of the movie is that Zoolander is unable to turn "left".
Movie Goof (revealing mistake): When Derek is being interviewed before the Male Model of the Year Awards, the flashes of the photographers can be seen reflecting off the background/other people, yet when the camera *shows* the photographers with their cameras, the flashes of light do not come from the cameras themselves, but rather from above.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Derek and his roommates are driving around drinking the Orange Mocha Frappucinos, the cups are unmarked, but the cup blown towards the camera by the explosion has a Starbuck's logo.
Movie Goof (factual errors): Even though they can be requested, orange mocha frappuccinos aren't on the Starbucks menu and aren't orange.
Movie Goof (errors made by characters, possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When in the office, Archie tells Matilda that he emailed her some "NexisLexis" searches on models who appeared in Mugatu campaigns; the archive is actually called "LexisNexis".
Movie Goof (continuity error): Near the end of the movie Derek is in the dressing room wearing one kind of makeup, but when he's on the stage afterward it's a different kind.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Mugatu is explaining to Derek why he wants him to campaign for him, Todd brings him a large coffee. Mugatu spits it out, with no foam mustache, and for a second a foam mustache appears. After Derek's surprised look, it disappears again.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Derek is looking in the puddle after the male model of the year awards, he gets splashed by a passing vehicle and has mud on his face. In the next scene when Hansel is riding by on his scooter, Derek's face is clean, as if never being splashed by the mud.
Movie Goof (audio/visual unsynchronized): When Derek, Matlida and Hansel drink tea at the Hansel's place, Matilda reveals that she was fat kid in 7th grade. After that, Hansel moves his lips, but no sound is heard.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Derek is forced to hide out at Hansel's place, Hansel's blue circular necklace jumps about between shots.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Zoolander is walking in the graveyard with the famous hand model, they pass the same tombstone twice.
Movie Goof (continuity error): SPOILER: Katinka gets up off the runway twice after getting taken down; once after Matilda rejoins and praises Derek for saving the prime minister, and again after Derek and Matilda kiss.
Movie Goof (continuity error): SPOILER: In the end of the movie, when Mugatu says he will kill the Malaysian prime minister himself, you see him reach for the "M" on his shirt. The camera zooms out and you see him reach for it again.