There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Peter tells Lois he accidentally put a hit out on her after she sees Big Fat Tony dead in the newspaper, the paper is set on the table in front of Peter by a yellow box. During this conversation, the paper and the box keep disappearing or moving positions between shots over and over. Also, Peter's cup disappears in a couple of shots. (00:14:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: As Peter is showing Cleveland his new car, it is in the middle of his driveway. Then, when Peter is getting back out of his car, suddenly it's in the street. (00:06:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Once they have a new car, Lois is telling Peter to stop winking about the car. They are outside next to the house, and their screen door is behind them. Then, in the next shot, suddenly they’re at the corner of their house next to the garage door. (00:05:20)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: After Peter and Lois' fight, the next day Peter is in a deli where apparently Cleveland works. Cleveland sees Peter is upset and asks him if he "wanna talk about it, champ?" He is frowning in that shot; in the next shot, he's suddenly smiling. (00:03:55)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Deliberate mistake: At the dealership, Lois pops the hood of the red car and shows there is no engine in the vehicle. She pulls out a paper that just has a drawing of an engine. Yet moments later, Peter is able to start the car and rev a nonexistent engine and drive it a couple of feet before the wheel falls off. (00:02:40)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Revealing mistake: At the dealership, when Peter is "flirting" with the first red car, he says, "What's that? You want me inside you?" Just as he's saying "What's that," his right arm clips through the windshield of the car and door, phasing through the car like air. (00:02:15)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: At the car dealer, Peter walks up to a car and says it's a bad little car and does it want Peter inside it. As he's climbing in, Lois suddenly appears, popping in on the right side of the screen. She does not step into frame; she just suddenly pops in. (00:02:15)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: During the taxi cutaway, the guy talking on the mic is in a booth with papers on the walls. The shot cuts to the guy in the white shirt at the table next to it, and suddenly the booth walls and papers are much larger. Also, the paper directly behind this guy goes from only partly covering the wall to nearly covering it fully and being end to end. (00:01:30)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Meg is explaining why they can't do Death of a Salesman in school, Lois is lying on the couch with her feet visible. Peter is not shown in this shot, but just before, he was standing behind the couch. Then, in the next shot, suddenly Lois is sitting upright and Peter is sitting on the couch right next to her. (00:01:10)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Other mistake: Peter walks into the living room and finds Lois on the couch. Just after he asks her if she's been drinking, she starts to sit up and then suddenly the entire episode starts bobbing up and down. Like the show is on a camera bouncing in a car. This lasts a couple of seconds then stops. I checked on Disney+, Hulu, and WCO. Each of these had the same camera jitters in that moment. (00:00:45)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Right at the start of the episode, Stewie is walking up to Lois carrying a lamp. The camera cuts to a closer angle, and then the lamp is now a lot thicker or fatter in size. (00:00:30)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie walks up to Janet during nap time, the kid that was asleep behind Janet has suddenly vanished, leaving an empty mat for Stewie to lie on. (00:20:15)
Other mistake: After the Kentucky cut away with Peter, we're back on the plane. He sits down and is surrounded by the exact same other characters from the last plane we saw him on: the pink lady sitting next to him and the man in the green suit sitting behind him. This is after at least a day or two in the episode, and Peter is flying all over the world on different planes as a freeloader with his wife's new job. It's next to impossible that he'd be sitting next to the same lady and in front of the same man again. (00:09:30 - 00:15:10)
Continuity mistake: In the Kurt Cobain cutaway, it shows him and his band on stage. When it cuts to a close-up of him, suddenly his drummer and the other guitarist vanish. (00:11:55)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is telling Peter she's thinking of quitting her new job as a stewardess, she leaves her jacket on the corner of the bed. After Peter convinces her not to quit yet, her jacket has vanished off the bed. (00:11:50 - 00:12:20)
Continuity mistake: The pilots prank Lois on the plane at her new job as a stewardess by pretending to be stabbed to death. While they are laughing at her, she straightens up and the camera cuts to a close-up with her saying, "Bastards." In this shot, the frame around the cabin door disappears. (00:09:00)
Other mistake: This mistake appears to only be in the digital version of the episode on Hulu and Disney+. After Stewie fires the net gun at the other kid in the Duck Duck Goose game and says he's still it, we get our first real look at Janet as she giggles at Stewie. For a few frames as it zooms in on her, the top of her head is cut off and blinks out of existence. (00:05:55)
Other mistake: While Lois is kneeling at the entrance of the playground with Stewie, a woman is walking by carrying a baby. The playground gate entrance is casting a long shadow; however, Lois, Stewie, and the woman are not casting shadows in the same way. (00:03:35)
Continuity mistake: Lois takes Stewie to a playground, and there's a woman walking by carrying a baby. When the shot cuts to a close-up of Lois kneeling down by Stewie, suddenly an orange spring rocker horse appears next to them in the sand that was not there a moment ago. (00:03:35)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the episode, when Jeffrey is walking towards the pile of leaves to get the sand sifter/rake, the position of the rake to the leaves, the number of leaves, and the position of some of the leaves all change between shots, including the rake being closer to the leaves and a few solitary leaves vanishing. (00:02:05)
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 ★