Continuity mistake: After Mayor West enjoys eating the taffy, when it cuts to the Griffin family standing on their lawn, the post-mounted mailbox is placed on the right side of the front door's walkway, but then it switches to the left side of the walkway. (00:08:27)
Continuity mistake: After Lois says that Stewie is the 'president of poopy' she and Tricia change position in relation to the couch. (00:09:30)
Continuity mistake: In the Ulysses S. "Griffin" cutaway gag, just when Griffin and Lee go to start chugging their beer, the soldier behind Griffin suddenly goes from brown hair to blonde. The soldiers also get closer together between shots. (00:10:04)
Continuity mistake: When Ulysses S. "Griffin" is chugging beer with Robert E. Lee, Ulysses wins. When he says "How's that Robert E. Lee," he puts the beer glass on his head. After Robert says, "Okay no more slaves, but we still don't have to read books," the glass is in Ulysses' hand. In the next shot it's on his head again. (00:10:05)
Continuity mistake: After Robert E. Lee loses the drinking contest to Griffin, he sets his mug down and it is under half full. In the next shot, suddenly it's about three-quarters full. (00:10:08)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is singing, he stops and starts dancing. Mr Weed is directly behind him, then in the next shot of other people dancing, he is with them. Then in the next shot, he is behind Peter again. (00:11:35)
Continuity mistake: In the Can't Touch This parody song with Peter, he chains Joe to the back of the truck with a chain. Between shots, the handle of the door changes from grey to a silvery white, the chain itself changes from grey to black, and the panels under the chain and handle go from grey to a darker bluish-grey colour. (00:11:45)
Continuity mistake: In the UN Cafeteria, Peter goes to sit down next to some other world leaders for lunch. Between shots, the size and shape of the food trays change, and also the Asian guy's tray vanishes altogether. (00:12:50)
Continuity mistake: When Chris tells Peter that some guy won't let him go to school, Peter turns so that his front doorway threshold is to his right. But then, when it cuts to the next shot with Peter asking "him and what army?", suddenly his back is to the doorway again. (00:14:07)
Continuity mistake: In the kitchen after Petoria is cut off from the world, the fridge is shown with two notes on the freezer door next to the handle with scribbled writing on them. After Stewie takes a dump in his newspaper diaper, it cuts to a different closer angle, and now the writing on the notes has vanished. Usually in animation, details being lost in a further out shot is normal; however, this is details lost in a closer angle. (00:17:42)
Continuity mistake: At the pool party with the other world leaders in Joe's pool, Achmed is cooking on the grill and Stewie is standing on a blue stool next to him. Moments later, in a closer shot of Achmed, the stool Stewie is on is suddenly brown with grey legs. (00:18:18 - 00:18:58)
Continuity mistake: During the meeting at the end, there are 13 Generals standing behind Adam West. In every other shot afterwards, they are standing behind Peter or Joe. (00:20:35)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode when Peter is meeting with Mayor West, there are military generals standing behind West. When it cuts to a close-up of him, suddenly the generals behind him disappear. (00:20:45)
Continuity mistake: After La Toya Jackson says the prayer in Mayor West's office, the military personnel that were behind Mayor West vanish in the next shot. (00:20:55)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the pool party, Peter's "President" sash is draped from his left shoulder with the visible letters "n" and "t" in reversed positions. In the following shots the sash is draped correctly from Peter's right shoulder.
Continuity mistake: When Peter's great-great uncle, Ulysses S. Griffin, is with Robert E. Lee, all the Confederate soldiers have their straps over their left shoulders, and note the buttons on their uniform coats. However, in the closeup two soldiers have their straps over their right shoulders, and the buttons are on the opposite side of their uniform coats.
Continuity mistake: The family is standing outside the gate of Brown University, and their car is on the left, parked just off to the side behind Meg. In the next shot, the car vanishes. You can tell where it was supposed to be by the position of the white lines on the road, meaning no, it's not just off camera. Where the line is shown, the front of the car should be visible behind Meg. (00:01:19)
Continuity mistake: After Peter tries to bribe the admission at the University, he, Lois, and Meg sit down on a waiting couch as Lois says she had friends who got shot at her old school. There is a painting of a yellow building on the wall above and behind them. It has 8 windows at the top. In the next shot, it just has 7 windows at the top. Also, the bushes and road are drawn a little differently with less road visible through the bottom bush. (00:02:08)
Continuity mistake: Brian, Chris and Stewie enter the Physics Department of the university, and Room 105 is on the left side of the hallway. As they walk down the hall, they pass Room 105 again, but on the right side of the hall. (00:03:05)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie finds the chemistry lab, the door knob is on the left side. Moments later, when the processor pushes Stewie back out of the room, the knob is now on the right side of the door and much bigger. (00:03:12)
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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