Continuity mistake: Just after Patrick 'kisses' his imaginary girlfriend goodbye and tells Brian to look after her, Brian switches position on the couch. In the first shot he is sitting on a crack between couch pillows, but in the next shot he is sitting in the middle of the centre pillow. (00:13:50)
Family Guy Viewer Mail #1 - S3-E21
Continuity mistake: During the Scooby Doo send-up, there are red doors all along the corridor, but when Peter is talking about Istanbul, the red doors are gone. (00:18:35)
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)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When we first see the toy train under the floor, it has four carriages, but in the next shot, we see five carriages go past. (00:19:25)
Continuity mistake: When Peter goes back in time the first time, we see him and Cleveland slapping hands around the pool, we see that the pool is significantly shorter than in the scene where we first see Lois.
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: Brian insults Stewie about the water and there is a water glass by Bryan's plate. Then it cuts to a shot of Stewie and Chris, and the glass is gone.
Barely Legal - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: When Meg is introducing Brian to Meg's friends, they are at the mall sitting at a table with trays on it. There's a close-up on one of Meg's friends, and the trays and food are gone. (00:12:40)
Stuck Together, Torn Apart - S3-E19
Continuity mistake: In this episode, Mort Goldman shows Peter a dating video he made, saying it's how he and his wife met. He is an adult in the video, yet in an earlier episode 'The Kiss Seen Round The World', Mort's wife tells the Griffins that she met him when they were just 14.
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)
Family Guy Viewer Mail #1 - S3-E21
Continuity mistake: When we first see the crowd in the 'We Hate Broads' club, there is a boy with a red hat standing behind a black boy, but in the next shot, they are standing next to each other. (00:15:00)
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)
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)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is golfing and spots Brian in disguise, Stewie has a putter. When Stewie realizes that it is Brian and goes after him he is holding a chipper.
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)
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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