Continuity mistake: As the helicopter is shown sliding down the hill, it is shown from several angles to have just a single rotor blade. However, one shot shows two rotors, one of which disappears halfway through the shot.
Continuity mistake: Lois and Brian go outside and celebrate Peters dads death. Behind them you see the trash cans. They come back in and sit down and the trash cans have vanished. (00:12:33 - 00:12:54)
Audio problem: When Stewie knocks his glass off the table, it makes a shattering sound, but it doesn't shatter.
Continuity mistake: After Peter says goodbye to his family before his flight to Ireland, when it cuts to Stewie spying on Lois while she's doing the dishes, there's a calendar hanging on the wall beside the refrigerator and a paper hanging on the fridge, but when Stewie draws on the wall both the calendar and paper have vanished.
Continuity mistake: Peter goes to see his mom. She's drinking coffee and puts the cup down on the table to answer the door. In the next shot the cup disappears.
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: At the very beginning of the episode, when we first see Peter and co. at the golfcourse, Peter and Quagmire get a lot closer between shots. (00:00:30)
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: When Kyle shows up to bother Chris outside Herbert's house, Chris and Kyle change position between shots. (00:05:40)
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: Stewie uses a chair to climb into his tanning bed. He tells Brian to come get him in 15 minutes. When he comes back 6 hours later, the chair is back over by the table.
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Peter, Lois, and Brian are at the comedy show, a man sitting behind Peter has a mustache, but in the next shot the man's mustache is gone. (00:01:05)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Chris is sitting on the floor because Peter has taken the couch outside, his position in relation to the rug changes. (00:02:10)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When we first see Peter lounging on the front lawn with his feet in the baby pool, there is water that has spilled out of the pool onto the lawn, but in the next shot, the spilled water is gone. (00:02:15)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Peter unplugs the plane's fuel hose, he spills fuel near the stairs, but when the two airport workers come over, the spilled fuel is gone. (00:05:05)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Peter and his friends are at the bar after the plane has crashed, Quagmire's mug changes position between shots. (00:08:25)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Peter is backing up and sees the airplane fuel there is a tank near the ladder and the hose is hooked up to it but when Peter walks up to it to plug it into the truck the tanker is way farther away.
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When they are on the Redneck Tour, when we first see Peter talking, the man behind him has a mustache. As the camera zooms in closer to Peter, the man is suddenly clean shaven.
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Other mistake: As Quagmire sits at the bar, Hugh Hefner comes and gives him a pep talk. During it, he says John Holmes said Glen Quagmire is the best pilot. Unless he had seen the news or knew him personally, Hefner couldn't have called Quagmire by name.
Continuity mistake: When Peter shocks Chris he is right next to him. In the next shot Peter is further away from Chris.
Boys Do Cry - S5-E15
Continuity mistake: At the Little Miss Texas pageant, just as Lois finishes saying "It's what you do when you're in Texas", she and Stewie walk past a judge and a little girl. In a close-up of Stewie, the judge and little girl have suddenly become a plant. (00:15:25)
Boys Do Cry - S5-E15
Revealing mistake: When Lois places Stewie on the floor whilst at the Little Miss Texas pageant, one of the girls is seen looking at herself in a mirror, only she doesn't seem to have a reflection. (00:15:35)
Boys Do Cry - S5-E15
Revealing mistake: When Peter brands the cow, no burn mark is left on the cow. (00:18:20)
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.
Jon Sandys ★