A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: Brian gets the fur on his hands burned off by the kitchen fire, but when Lois goes crazy and goes into the living room, the rest follow her and the screen zooms out. When that happens Brian's fur is back on his hands.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Other mistake: When Peter runs over the manger with his car the camel flies towards the left out of shot, but when it falls on Peter it is falling straight down as if it was shot upward.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: Prior to the family opening their presents at the end of the episode, there is a shot of the outside of the home. Notice the right window intact. Cut to a shot inside, the window is still damaged from earlier in the episode.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: At the mall Stewie is wearing a pair of mustard color fingerless mittens, and the problem occurs while Stewie is sitting on Santa's lap. When Stewie first mentions plutonium and being a good boy, Stewie's hands show all of his fingers which means he's mittenless, but the color of his hands is the same color as his mittens. Then, when Santa tells Stewie to wrap it up, Stewie is wearing his mustard color mittens, then his mustard color fingers return again.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Brian is in the kitchen with the oven fire and an empty fire extinguisher, the side door behind Brian has its door handle on the right side, but when the family returns and Lois opens that door, the handle is on the left side of the door.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: While Lois is driving her family home from the mall, the animation process did not properly color Lois during the car ride. First, she's wearing white gloves, but in one shot both of her hands are bare on the steering wheel. Second, Lois is wearing a green coat and white scarf around her neck, but in the shot facing the town's tree through the windshield, her scarf/collar is red (her Santa hat has a red narrow tip with a white pom-pom).
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: While at Joe's house Peter opens the door for Cleveland and Quagmire, and when Lois walks over the buttons on her blouse switch from her right side to her left side.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Peter is in the kitchen getting coffee Peter's shirt buttons are on his right, but as he exits the kitchen with the cup of coffee Peter's shirt buttons have switched sides.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Stewie's nightmare wakes him up, the crib's headboard is decorated with a crescent moon and two stars, but when Stewie goes bananas and searches for the wire, the stars and crescent moon have vanished.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Lois reminds Peter to go get the tree, there's a wreath with a bow hanging on the wall between the two pictures behind the couch, but when Lois convinces Peter with the promise of a new VCR that wreath has vanished, then it reappears and disappears again when Peter returns with the tree. Also, the plate of cookies that are on the arm of the couch seem to vanish as well.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Lois asks Brian to put on his sweater the rabbit ears antenna is atop the TV, but when Lois asks Peter to "please" get the tree, the TV antenna has vanished then it reappears, and the rug isn't where it should be then it too reappears properly.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: Peter and Brian go to a trailer park to try to get the gifts back. They are standing in front of a trailer and the doorknob is square. Peter kneels down and it's suddenly a rectangle.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: The wreath on the inside of the door changes from small to big. Notice when Peter goes outside to get a tree. Its bigger when he comes back inside the house.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Factual error: Brian touches the oven handle and gets burned. Not possible. Oven door handles do not get hot.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Factual error: A turkey does not burn and smoke 30 seconds after the oven timer goes off.
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Character mistake: In the scene with Peter and his buddies downtown, the sign on the store across the street from them on the right side of the screen is misspelled as "Quahog Sporitng Goods."
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows - S3-E17
Audio problem: The keys that Jonas hits don't correspond to the music we hear. (00:01:15)
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: When talking about binary code, the drawing on the board by the the tail of the arrow changes. In the first shot, you see a zero is circled but in the second it's not. (00:03:30)
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: When we first see Brian at the Laser Rock Show, he is sitting next to a white shirted guy, but in the next shot, he is next to a blue shirted guy. (00:04:25)
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows - S3-E17
Continuity mistake: When Brian is driving Peter and his friends back from the planetarium, the steering wheel just appears in front of him in the middle of a shot. (00:04:45)
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.
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