Continuity mistake: Peter says "Oh crap" as soon as he realises Ernie the Giant Chicken is looking at him in the window. When the camera pans over to Ernie, he is standing an inch away from the glass. It then cuts to a wide angle where Ernie jumps through the window, and he has instantly moved back a few inches. (00:07:00)
Continuity mistake: In the restaurant scene during the chicken fight, after Peter says "oh yeah? What are ya gonna do about it?" the chicken already has a black eye just before they begin fighting.
Continuity mistake: During the chicken fight, when the cruise ship crashes into the airport, the man directing the planes disappears a split second before he gets run over. (00:05:50)
Audio problem: When Brian says "Well so much for finding food at the Stop 'n' Shop", his mouth doesn't move. (00:09:10)
To Live and Die in Dixie - S3-E12
Continuity mistake: When the FBI agents are telling Lois that the killer knows where they are, the sky keeps alternating from night to daytime and back.
Continuity mistake: In the scene with the multiple versions of Stewie and Brian come back to 1999, one Peter is with one of them. When Stewie asks everyone to vote between 9/11, Peter is standing in the foreground, but disappears when one of the Stewies says Brian had his throat slit. (00:18:25)
Other mistake: When Stewie and Brian are in Stewie's bedroom in the future, Stewie's time machine is nowhere to be seen. (00:15:00)
Revealing mistake: When Stewie and Brian appear in the future and watch the Griffin family in the future, the pole of the staircase Brian is holding is differently animated to the rest of the staircase. (00:13:25)
Continuity mistake: When Peter (from 1999) arrives at Quagmire's house for the stag party, the window is small. But in the next shot when Brian looks through the window, it is a lot bigger. (00:05:55)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: At the end when the camera pans out from the Griffin house, Cleveland's old house is nowhere to be seen. (00:42:10)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: When Stewie and Brian are taking the unconscious man to the closet, a blood trail is left behind him. However, when Stewie and Brian get the man into the closet, there's barely any blood there. (00:34:45)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: When Stewie and Brian put out the presents in the first house, there is a plate with three cookies on behind them. But when Brian goes to eat the cookie, there is only one cookie there and no plate. (00:33:20)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: When Brian is crashing his car in Canada, a tyre smashes through his window. At no point does Brian take out the tyre, but when Stewie and Brian get in the car to go to the North Pole, there is no sign of any tyre whatsoever. (00:14:10 - 00:15:50)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is playing golf at the top of the stairs before attacking Brian, the layout of the upstairs floor changes quite radically between shots. First Stewie is playing golf with the stairway behind him. Then when Brian puts on the disguise and walks past, there's suddenly a wall behind Stewie. Brian walks off to the left and Stewie begins to chase him that way, but in the next shot Stewie is chasing Brian off to the right. In that same shot you can see that Stewie is running away from the stairs, but in the next shot, without changing direction, he pushes Brian down the stairs, which mysteriously have appeared in front of him.
Continuity mistake: During the scene where the Griffins have Tom Brady over for dinner, when we first see the establishing shot of everyone at the table, Chris is sitting with an empty chair between him and Tom. However, when he asks if he can call him Tom along with Lois and Meg, he is sitting right next to Tom, with no empty chair between the two.
Revealing mistake: When the candy tree eats the kid, the kid appears mid-screen.
Death Lives - S3-E6
Continuity mistake: Death changes colour from white to yellow to white constantly.
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: The number of beers in the first crate when Lois refuses to drink them changes. It goes from 11 with Peter having one, to 12 With Peter and Lois having one. (00:03:35)
Continuity mistake: When Peter and Lois are talking about touring the brewery, the crates of beer on the floor move instantly. (00:03:30)
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 ★