There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Right at the start of the episode, Stewie is walking up to Lois carrying a lamp. The camera cuts to a closer angle, and then the lamp is now a lot thicker or fatter in size. (00:00:30)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Other mistake: Peter walks into the living room and finds Lois on the couch. Just after he asks her if she's been drinking, she starts to sit up and then suddenly the entire episode starts bobbing up and down. Like the show is on a camera bouncing in a car. This lasts a couple of seconds then stops. I checked on Disney+, Hulu, and WCO. Each of these had the same camera jitters in that moment. (00:00:45)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Meg is explaining why they can't do Death of a Salesman in school, Lois is lying on the couch with her feet visible. Peter is not shown in this shot, but just before, he was standing behind the couch. Then, in the next shot, suddenly Lois is sitting upright and Peter is sitting on the couch right next to her. (00:01:10)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: During the taxi cutaway, the guy talking on the mic is in a booth with papers on the walls. The shot cuts to the guy in the white shirt at the table next to it, and suddenly the booth walls and papers are much larger. Also, the paper directly behind this guy goes from only partly covering the wall to nearly covering it fully and being end to end. (00:01:30)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: In the establishing shot of the Quahog Used Cars dealership, there is just one row of cars in the parking lot. In the very next shot, there's suddenly at least three rows of cars. And more signs appear on the windows. (00:02:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Revealing mistake: At the dealership, when Peter is "flirting" with the first red car, he says, "What's that? You want me inside you?" Just as he's saying "What's that," his right arm clips through the windshield of the car and door, phasing through the car like air. (00:02:15)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: At the car dealer, Peter walks up to a car and says it's a bad little car and does it want Peter inside it. As he's climbing in, Lois suddenly appears, popping in on the right side of the screen. She does not step into frame; she just suddenly pops in. (00:02:15)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Deliberate mistake: At the dealership, Lois pops the hood of the red car and shows there is no engine in the vehicle. She pulls out a paper that just has a drawing of an engine. Yet moments later, Peter is able to start the car and rev a nonexistent engine and drive it a couple of feet before the wheel falls off. (00:02:40)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: After Peter and Lois' fight, the next day Peter is in a deli where apparently Cleveland works. Cleveland sees Peter is upset and asks him if he "wanna talk about it, champ?" He is frowning in that shot; in the next shot, he's suddenly smiling. (00:03:55)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Peter is showing Lois his new car, the first shot shows a car that resembles a VW Beetle. In the next shot, the car resembles a Mercedes CLK. (00:05:15)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Once they have a new car, Lois is telling Peter to stop winking about the car. They are outside next to the house, and their screen door is behind them. Then, in the next shot, suddenly they’re at the corner of their house next to the garage door. (00:05:20)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: As Peter is showing Cleveland his new car, it is in the middle of his driveway. Then, when Peter is getting back out of his car, suddenly it's in the street. (00:06:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Peter is outside the cinema waiting for Big Fat Paulie, he has a tie on, however when he is in the cinema walking up the aisle, it's gone. When he gets out again, he has it on. (00:07:40 - 00:08:50)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Big Fat Pauly is eating dinner with the family, the thermostat on the wall is solid white. A few scenes later, when Lois and Peter are talking at the table after Pauly's death, the thermostat is now grey with a blue and red dial. (00:09:55 - 00:14:10)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Paulie is eating dinner with Peter and the family, his pile of mashed potatoes changes from white to green, then back to white. (00:10:00 - 00:10:30)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Just before Paulie moons the sky, he and Peter change position between shots. (00:11:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: During scenes with Paulie, in a few shots the two rings Paulie is wearing on his left hand disappear/reappear, and the mole on Paulie's face also vanishes in a couple of shots. Some examples: (1) After Paulie's remark about a coke mule, Lois says, "Peter, living room," then Paulie's mole and rings disappear. (2) While Paulie and Peter are sitting on the swing, Paulie's two rings vanish when the swing collapses. (3) Following the hail of bullets, when Paulie turns and falls onto the puddle, the rings are gone. (00:12:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Meg is first seen performing 'Death of a Salesman', she changes position between shots, moving closer to the window. (00:12:35)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Peter tells Lois he accidentally put a hit out on her after she sees Big Fat Tony dead in the newspaper, the paper is set on the table in front of Peter by a yellow box. During this conversation, the paper and the box keep disappearing or moving positions between shots over and over. Also, Peter's cup disappears in a couple of shots. (00:14:00)
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Other mistake: Peter follows the mobster to the "pet store" and is standing on the sidewalk when the mobster gets out of his car and goes inside. The street here is comically disproportionately small. So much so that when Peter walks across it, he clears the entire road in two steps. (00:14:40)
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 ★