Bloopers

This page is about Bloopers throughout series. Feel free to add here if you spotted another one.

Artemis Fowl

Violent action half-mistake

Artemis states to Holly when they meet for the first time in jail that he does not want Holly to be violent against any of the humans in house. However, after Holly has broken from his jail and meets Artemis in the computer room, she punches Artemis. However, in the graphic novel, Holly realizes that wearing a helmet will render her immune to Artemis giving any more orders, and that may work on previous orders as well.

Eyes mistake

After Artemis and Root talk during the siege of Fowl Manor, Argon and other scientists want to see his eyes when he says "I can escape from the time field." But how did they see his eyes if he was wearing mirror glasses? This was clearly seen in the Graphic Novel.

Cudgeon Tranquiliser mistake

Artemis escapes from the time field by using sleeping pills, something that no fairy has ever figured out before. However, Cudgeon is tranquilsed by Root inside the timefield, yet he doesn't leave. It could either be an oversight, or be that by being tranquilised he wasn't really asleep. Yet Butler "...tasted the tranquiliser immediatly...". Most likely a mistake.

Staircase mistake

When Artemis and Butler first enter Fowl manor, Artemis goes up the wooden staircase to see his mother. However, when he descends, the staircase is marble. However, it could just be a different staircase.

Epilouge mistake

Dr. Argon claims that the battle between Artemis and the fairies would go on for decades, but it went on for only about a year in reality. (This might not be an actual mistake as Dr. Argon's credibility has been doubted throughout the series. Holly herself is surprised that the LEP has begun to trust 'Argon and his cronies'.) This can also be credited to the fact that Artemis Fowl might have originally been a single novel, not a series.

Gold weight mistake

The amount of gold given for Holly Short would have easily weighed 25 tons, yet it was apparently one ton.

Commander Root mistake

Commander Root was invited inside Fowl Manor during the negotiations, so technically, that meant that he would be allowed back in, as Holly Short was. But as soon as he steped over the threshold later, he puked.

That might be because of what Fowl said earlier, something like "None of your race has permission to enter here while i am alive."

Artemis Fowl and the Eternity Code

Cos Tapa Mistake

In the book, Juliet states that Cos Tapa is specially made for bodyguards by Madam Ko, however, in Book Seven, The Atlantis Complex, Holly states that it is an art called "The Quick Foot".

Mind Wipe Mistake

Holly states that the mind wipe technology "converted brain waves to actual binary information. In laymans terms, Foaly would be able to read the humans' memories like a book and edit out what shouldn't be there." Wouldn't that mean that Foaly would have seen that Artemis had made the laser disk? Expecially as he said "keep a copy, because someday, I'm gonna find what makes this guy tick."

Although, it's possible that Foaly only looked at the Fairy related memories. Maybe the mind wipe machine has a search engine in it. Besides, who has the time to sift through all the information in Artemis' vast brain?

LEPretreival 1 Mistake

Apparently Butler had taken on a Lower Elements Police Retreival Squad(LEPRetrieval 1) and confiscated their fairy technology, but in the first book, Grub Kelp had refused to hand over the equipment when Butler asked for it.

Grub refused to gather the equipment up for Butler. Butler simply gathered it himelf and gave the technology to Artemis.

No, Grub said that a LEP officer never relinquished his weapon, and Butler said Ok.

Knuckle Cracking Mistake

In book one it is said that "Artemis cracked his knuckles, time to do what he did best, plot dastardly acts". In book three it is said that "John Spiro cracked his knuckles, a habit Artemis detested" however it could mean that,while doing it Artemis didn't want to but it was a habit that was hard to break. Or, the authour was adding dramatic effect, and emphasizing how despicable of a man John Spiro is, respectively.

Gel Scanner Mistake

Artemis imformed Holly that the memory latex won't fool the gel scanner because it makes a perfect copy, but reversed, so they need to take the real thumb. Why not take the memory latex, and attach another one to make a double negative (positive) to fool the gel scanner.

Artemis Fowl and the Lost Colony

Phone Fail

When Butler and Minerva were trying to get out of the Taipei 101, Butler remembers a conversation Foaly had with Artemis earlier in the story about Billy Kong, although Artemis had been speaking on his specially adapted fairy phone. How could have Butler heard what Foaly said?

Photo Fail

When Number 1 was handed over to Kong and disappeared, Holly Short snapped a picture of his face when Number 1 had gone. She said that she'd have a good laugh over that later. But, she used her helmet to stop a grenade blowing her and the others into smithereens.

Floor Naming Fail

Artemis says to Holly in Taipei 101 to meet him on the 27th floor. Later in the novel, Artemis, Butler and Minerva step out "...on the fortieth floor."

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox

After returning from past time, Foaly calls Silky lemur "JayJay" even they did not tell him yet how they call him.

Artemis Fowl and the Atlantis Complex

In the Atlantis Complex, it is stated Butler didn't know how old he was with "all the fairy healings and time travel." But Butler's hand travelled back in time, and that is the extent of his travel through time.

The Artemis Fowl Files

Mulch mistake

In this book is story Seventh Dwarf, which takes place between Artemis Fowl and The Arctic Incident. During it Artemis meets Mulch first time and uses him to steal Fei Fei Tiara's jewel for his mother. Weird thing is that in Artic Incident, Artemis met Mulch and said it was first time. It is probably Colfer's mistake because he made this book after first two.

Across Books

Original Fowl Castle Constructor

Artemis Fowl (novel) states the original castle was constructed by Lord Hugo de Folé. However, The Arctic Incident states that it was constructed by Lord Hugh Fowl. This may be due to the fact that the Fowls were originally form France (Normandy) then came to Ireland, and thus could have 2 Fowl Manors. (The first had probably been destroyed in Normandy).

Another theory is that the original Lord Hugo de Folé changed his name.