Continuity mistake: When we first see the two commentators in the box, the blue suited one doesn't have a mug, but in the next shot, there is a mug next to his microphone. (00:15:35)
Continuity mistake: When we first see all the guys at the NAAFP meeting, there are two guys in the top right corner; one with a singlet and one with brown hair and a green-brown T-shirt. In the next shot, these two guys come in from the opposite side of the screen. (00:12:15)
Continuity mistake: At the bottom of the stairs there is a picture of Peter and Lois, and the song "So Long, Farwell" starts. The kids start singing and you can see in the backround the picture is gone then comes back when the kids are going back up the stairs. Not only that, look closely at the picture of Stewie, you will see it has grown. (00:04:20)
Continuity mistake: When the family is in the traffic jam there's a shot from the front of the car, and in the next shot from the backseat of the car, Peter's face (glasses and part of nose) is reflected in the rear view mirror. However, there's no rear view mirror in the first front shot or shots following backseat shot.
Continuity mistake: When Peter is pretending to be a man-eating tree, there is more of a shadow on the tree in the first shot than in the shot right after he spits out 'Dan Rather'. (00:05:50)
Continuity mistake: When Brian is sitting on the deckchair reading 'Utne Reader', the words 'Utne Reader' switch from being on the front cover, to the back cover, and then to the front again. (00:07:40)
Continuity mistake: The position of the hole on the leg of Meg's pants changes. In the scene where Meg is putting the mouse traps around Joe, the hole is on the right side. When they arrive at the house with Randy Newman and Meg is telling Peter that the Twinkee factory in Natick may not even exist, the hole is on the left side. This happens again throughout the episode. (00:10:55 - 00:12:30)
To Live and Die in Dixie - S3-E12
Continuity mistake: When Lois is on the phone to the FBI agent, the phone switches from being an old fashioned circular dial phone, to being a keypad phone. (00:16:45)
Continuity mistake: When the Grinch drops the sack, the sack lands next to him, but in the next shot, it is gone. (00:11:45)
One If By Clam, Two If By Sea - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: After Peter has been to the newly opened bar, he runs to his house door (which is red) and when he opens it, the colour has changed to brown.
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Peter is explaining to Meg about "bribes" in one shot the window in the kitchen door disappears. (00:09:00)
Continuity mistake: Just before Peter enters the tunnel in his new car, the white line in the middle of the road is blotchy and not continuous. When the shot changes to Peter's POV, the line has completely disappeared. The next shot which shows the car side on, there is now a straight white line on the road. (00:14:20)
Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother? - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: When Stewie jumps on the picnic table and begins his dance, at one point he undoes his coveralls and removes his shirt. In the next shot he is fully clothed.
Continuity mistake: When meg is at the car with the girl and the two boys, the guy on the right has the Q and a basketball above it. In the next shot the basketball becomes white. (00:12:17)
Continuity mistake: At the football game, the row of people behind the Griffins disappear in one shot, and reappear in the next, with not enough time for them to have all moved away, and all moved back. (00:07:10)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Peter crashes into the cable tower in the far shot, the number plate isn't there. Yet in the close up shots it is there. (00:06:05)
Continuity mistake: When the government people are looking at the missiles spelling 'Happy New Year', the 'Y' in 'Year' changes distinctly between shots. (00:06:50)
One If By Clam, Two If By Sea - S3-E4
Other mistake: After the hurricane passes, Peter acts like he's been impaled by a wooden plank. He pulls it out as if it was attached to his right side. However, the way the metal on the clasp was bent, the only way the wooden plank could've been positioned that way is if the metal was over his shoulder.
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: Just after Peter sings "Tonight I sleep alone", his position in relation to Lois drastically changes. (00:07:00)
Continuity mistake: When the policeman asks Lois to describe Peter, it shows a view through a scope of a rifle. However, when the shot changes and the cop says "I've got him", there is no scope on the rifle. (00:18:15)
Answer: Lacey Chabert was the actress who originally voiced Meg in early episodes. She left of her own accord due to being in school and other acting work; Seth MacFarlane has stated there was no tension with her leaving, but it makes for a handy joke for the show.
Jon Sandys ★