At various times during the first eight minutes, the windows inside the Scowlers' home show a nighttime setting; outside, it is already daylight.
When Lapitch is walking along the countryside, he passes several graveyards where statues of the human Christ and the human Madonna are shown, despite taking place in a world entirely populated by anthropomorphic animals.
(At 54:27 in the original Croatian version) When the merry-go-round owner complains about lack of help, his mouth moves only twice despite saying so many words.