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Aside from the symbolism, and the theories, there's another rich Game of Thrones tradition that has so far been absent from House of the Dragon: The bloopers.

Well, not anymore.

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Following Season 1, episode 3, some people on Twitter spotted a green screen error that's not quite up there with the infamous Starbucks coffee cup of the Game of Thrones days, but which was pretty noticeable nonetheless.

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Yep: King Viserys' fingers, which had to be removed earlier in the season due to his illness, were suddenly back again in all their green screen glory as he handed a scroll to that messenger.

Mashable double-checked and the blooper is indeed in there — jump to 43:48 in episode three to see it yourself.

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Here's hoping there's more where that came from.

New House of the Dragon episodes are available every Sunday on HBO and HBO Max.

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