Barely Legal - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: When Meg leaves the kitchen and Brian puts his coffee mug on the table, its position is constantly changing when talking to Stewie. (00:08:35)
Continuity mistake: When Lois bends down to pick up the CD off the floor in Chris' room, the items around the shirt on the floor change between shots. (00:16:20)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is talking to the army recruiter, there is 2 stacks of paper on the desk. When he signs up, one of the stacks has disappeared. (00:07:10)
Continuity mistake: At the start, Chris is sat next to Peter at the table with a visible gap between him and Meg. When Lois stands up, Chris is not closer to Meg as the gap has disappeared. (00:02:20)
Continuity mistake: When Chris is saying about the Army being awesome, there is nothing green on his plate. When the shot changes, something green has appeared on his plate. (00:01:20)
Continuity mistake: When Meg gets promoted, there is a gap in the books on the shelf. When she stands up, the gap is gone. (00:18:30)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie keeps saying "mum", he's not stood next to a rug. When the shot changes, a blue rug has appeared next to Stewie. (00:11:40)
Continuity mistake: When Peter says about suing Dr. Hartman, Lois is holding Stewie who is asleep and facing Peter. When the shot changes, Stewie is now looking towards Brian. (00:08:20)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is playing with Stewie's nose, Stewie's arms are by his side, but when the shot changes, he's got his arms in front of him. (00:08:10)
Continuity mistake: At the end of the episode Chris is taking his suitcase upstairs. He walks in front the couch where everyone is sitting and heads towards the stairs. Next shot shows him walking behind the couch as if he entered the front door and walked behind the couch and over to the stairs.
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.
Whistle While Your Wife Works - S5-E5
Continuity mistake: When Lois is helping Peter get his work done while he has the hand injury, Peter gives Lois the flip book to proofread. During this scene the phone power cord appears then disappears, and the door knob as well as the kick plate vanish then reappear properly.
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.
Continuity mistake: When Lois opens the door to Peters mum, Peter appears at the door and Lois simply vanishes. (00:05:00)
Continuity mistake: When Lois is talking to Brian about having homicidal thoughts, the rug colours swap order. (00:14:20)
Continuity mistake: At the start, Chris' hat is all yellow instead of yellow and black. (00:00:30)
Continuity mistake: Lois and Brian go outside and celebrate Peter's dad's death, then they come back in and sit down. Behind Lois you see the trash cans when Peter says, "But instead he called me a fat stinking drunk, those were his last words," then it cuts to a closer shot of Peter and Lois, and the trash cans have vanished. (00:12:33 - 00:12:54)
Continuity mistake: When Meg's boss tells her to fire Peter, he has plungers on his nipples. He walks over to Meg and takes them off. A second later his shirt is tucked in without Peter being able to tuck it in. He's holding plungers in both hands.
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.
Revealing mistake: As Stewie is walking toward Herbert's house, he just suddenly appears mid-screen.
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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