Continuity mistake: When Peter winks at the camera wearing an afro, it is black, but when he sits back down, the afro is brown.
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lois is feeding Stewie broccoli at the beginning in one shot the plate disappears from his table, and then in the next shot it is there with a fork next to it. (00:01:35)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: At the stop light, Meg starts racing a guy on a horse drawn carriage. When they leave the light, they are going down a road by a cliff side, and suddenly there are no lines in the road from the side angle. When it cuts to the carriage's wheel coming off, suddenly there is a dotted yellow line in the road by it. (00:03:17)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: After Meg is pulled over by the police officer, in the situating shot of Peter driving Meg home, it appears that Lois is sitting next to him in the passenger seat, but it's really Meg. (00:05:30)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Peter crashes into the cable tower in the far shot, the number plate isn't there. Yet in the close up shots it is there. (00:06:05)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During the scene where Peter interrupts Meg class in a towel, there is a dotted line in the diagram on the board at first, but later, the line is gone. (00:07:10)
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)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The seating arrangement of the students preparing to throw paper wads at Meg during the Wonder Years parody changes depending on the camera angle. (00:09:50)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lois and Peter are in bed prior to the Raisin Bran spoof, in one frame Peter is not wearing glasses, the next close-up he is, and in the next frame he is again without glasses. (00:14:50)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Peter comes back into the room after the TV comes on and is wanting to take the family to the folk festival, he stands at the end of the couch with his back to the window. You can see their front door off to the side behind him but not close enough. When it cuts to a different angle, suddenly the door is right behind him, then the window again when it cuts back. (00:17:10)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Stewie ties the weather control device to the chimney, the black jump-lead is on Stewie's left (HIS left, not our left) and the red one is on his right, but in the next shot, they have switched positions. (00:18:55)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When we first see the merry-go-round that Peter and William Shatner ride on, there are four bikes on it, but in the next shot, there are three bikes. (00:19:15)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: The family visits Peter in the hospital. In the long shot, there is nothing on Stewie's head. In the next close up, a band-aid appears on his head. (00:20:30)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: Throughout the episode in the car, there is sometimes a light on the roof, and sometimes there isn't.
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the flashback of Lois making a birthday cake, the cake has dark pink icing on the top and light pink icing on the sides. When Peter comes in to talk to Lois, the two colors have reversed. (00:01:35)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Stewie comes in when the Griffin family is talking about Cheesy Charlies, his head and body are way out of proportion. He is right next to the rug where the family is sitting, yet he is about twice his usual size. (00:01:50)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is writing in his journal, in a far shot there is a yellow space ring on his bed spread, but in a close shot there is half a green planet. (00:03:50)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Stewie writing in his diary, he is wearing his usual red overalls and yellow shirt, but in the next shot, he is wearing blue pyjamas. (00:03:55)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: Peter goes to a save the animals machine at the arcade and at first fails. Inside the machine you can see a yellow bear up against the corner to Peter's right. In the next shot the bear is gone. Several other items inside also change. (00:06:26)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When the Cheesie Charlie's worker walks away from Peter there is no game on the right of the 'Outlaw' game, but in the next shot, there is. (00:07:30)
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 ★