Disney’s Frozen took the world by storm when it was released back in 2013. Creating a generation of children obsessed with glittery dresses, icy landscapes and ‘Let It Go’, the film finally got the sequel it so desperately craved six years later. It didn’t exactly get a fanfare promotion, but the response was surprisingly positive.
Despite its big-budget existence and blockbuster viewing figures, both films in the franchise have errors in continuity around every corner. We’ve gathered ten of the biggest into this list.
The Disappearing Rope
In a strange way, Anna ended up being more of a main character in Frozen than Elsa, who appeared all over the poster and inspired a multitude of kids to dress up just like their hero. When Anna and Kristoff end up in one of the many sticky situations the film is full of, she cuts the rope they were tied to, leading to them to fall down the mountain.
While falling, they were still tied together. However, when they hit the floor, the rope seems to have disappeared and they aren’t tied together anymore. It seems like they’d attempt to keep such an important moment making sense.
Olaf’s Invisibility
‘For The First Time In Forever’ is one of the many great tracks in the film overshadowed by the incredible world domination of ‘Let It Go’ which is certainly a great track, but it would have been nice if it could have given others room to breathe.
When Anna reprises the tune in Elsa’s castle, Olaf is seen standing near her. However, when she goes up the staircase (which is right next to where she was standing, and therefore right next to Olaf as well), he seems to have disappeared entirely. Unless he can turn invisible and switch it back off again, then this is a big error in continuity.
Moving A City
This is quite a big one, considering the scope of the error. Arendelle, an entire populated town full of people and things and buildings, just disappears entirely for a few moments. After they take Anna there, Kristoff and Sven turn to look back at the magical city, but it isn’t there at all.
It isn’t as though we just mixed up our angles, though, because when the shot changes and the same exact place he just looked at is shown again, Arendelle is back exactly where it belongs. It’s pretty impressive that they messed up something that large in scale.
Anna’s Hat
One of the weirder moments in the first Frozen film comes when we are introduced to Marshmallow, a massive snow and ice monster type thing. Considering his brutality and Scooby-Doo villain personality, his name makes him seem pretty nice. He isn’t, though, and throws Anna and Kristoff down a flight of stairs.
Understandably, Anna’s hat seems to come off during the shot, as it would if she were to tumble down the stairs. However, it is nowhere to be seen, and then in the next shot is simply back on her head as if nothing ever happened. Suspicious…
Fake Wind?
When Anna goes to get winter clothes (and bumps into Kristoff) she does it at Oaken’s Trading Post. Which also has a sauna in it for some reason. When they approach the little log cabin, it doesn’t seem to be particularly windy; Anna’s hair isn’t blowing wildly, and we don’t hear any windy howls.
However, when she opens the door, the wind behind her is screeching and the door slams shut as if there is a storm going on outside. This shows that the director obviously forgot to keep their weather conditions consistent.
Prince Hans’ Sword
There are quite a few issues with the continuity of Prince Hans’ sword. Firstly, we see it in its natural habitat: in the scabbard, on his waist. However, later on when he talks to Elsa, he doesn’t seem to have it at all.
This gets a little confusing when we clearly hear him draw it a few moments later. It gets even more confusing when the camera pans out to him holding it, but with no scabbard that it could have come from.
Frozen Waterfalls
Towards the start of the film, we see that Elsa can cause fountains to fjords to freeze like it’s barely an inconvenience. On top of this, when Anna and Kristoff first encounter Olaf, there is a very prominent frozen waterfall. All of this suggests a pretty incomprehensibly cold landscape.
However, later in the film when Anna’s horse runs off, she attempts to follow it, ending up falling into a stream. Given the points made above, you’d expect the stream to be frozen over, but it has running water that makes Anna’s clothes freeze.
The Moving Room
The first Frozen film accidentally reveals a bit of a horror movie trope that definitely doesn’t make sense amongst its bubbly bright visage: a moving room.
Elsa’s study is revealed to be at the end of a hallway during the song ‘For The First Time In Forever’, but later on, we see Anna and Olaf emerge from it in a completely different place. It is still situated in a corridor, but it seems to have moved to the center, rather than the end.
Inconsistent Positions
There is a particularly artistic shot in Frozen II that shows Elsa, Olaf, Anna, Sven and Kristoff all walking together towards a forest.
The boys all walk ahead a little, leaving Anna and Elsa slightly behind. However, when the shot pans up and looks down on the heroes, it seems that Sven, Kristoff and Olaf have veered off to the right, which they haven’t, as they’re back in front when the shot pans back down.
Magic Bag
There are quite a few good songs in Frozen II. Unfortunately, they’re all forced to sit in the shadow of ‘Let It Go’, just like those from the first entry in the series. During ‘The Next Right Thing’, Anna puts her bag on, with the bag strap resting over her hair as it would in real life.
However, when the shot returns to her, the strap has moved to be under her hair. Unless she had moved it in a split second, this isn’t really possible and exposes a clear animation mistake.
