Continuity mistake: In the doctor's office the bandage on Peter's head keeps disappearing and reappearing depending on the shot. (00:15:50)
Continuity mistake: When Lois says she's not going to use her Tai-Jitsu again, Meg's hands are over the end of the arms of her chair, When she stands up they are much further back. (00:16:10)
Continuity mistake: When Chris is drawing pictures of Meg with a pig's body, his left hand is holding the pad. When the shot changes his left hand is on the floor. (00:16:20)
Continuity mistake: When the family is reading the letters that Peter sent, Stewie is stood next Meg, who disappears in the close up of Stewie. (00:17:45)
Continuity mistake: Lois drops her letter from Peter on to the floor where it simply vanishes. (00:18:15)
Continuity mistake: When the family finish playing the music at the end, the xylophone is between Brian and Chris in the shot from behind them, However from the front it's disappeared and they have moved closer together. (00:19:00)
Continuity mistake: Chris states that Monaco is a principality, when he does the way he's sat on the floor changes between shots. (00:19:10)
Revealing mistake: When Peter says "kicking, Lois?", after being kicked into the stereo, his nose very briefly turns white. (00:20:00)
Continuity mistake: When the family is in the traffic jam there's a shot from the front of the car, and in the next shot from the backseat of the car, Peter's face (glasses and part of nose) is reflected in the rear view mirror. However, there's no rear view mirror in the first front shot or shots following backseat shot.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where the family are singing an African song, they all point their arms up to the ceiling yet in the next shot, Lois's arms are immediately cupped and pointed downwards - you don't see her moving her arms to that position.
Continuity mistake: When Chris tells Meg not to rake the two leaves because they are his friends, one leaf is brown and the other is yellow. After Meg picks them up and crushes them, they're both brown.
Other mistake: When Lois knocks out the karate master, if you look in the stands, behind Peter, there is a person without a nose.
Revealing mistake: When Peter runs across the dock after getting out of the boat, a large chunk of his body is missing.
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is thrown from the swing and lands in another little girl's stroller, the inside is suddenly much larger after Stewie lands in it when the camera changes angles to how big it was when he was flying towards it. It suddenly has enough room for Stewie to be lying beside the girl with room to spare while she is still in the center, when it was barely big enough for her alone before he landed.
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Continuity mistake: Brian is looking at board games. Before he spots his favourite (in the wide shot), there is a game of Snakes & Ladders to the left of Chinese Checkers. In the close-up, S&L is gone, and CC has moved up closer to Brian. (00:00:50)
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Continuity mistake: Peter and Chris are in a toy store together, standing next to a piano with white and black keys. In the shot before they leave the pianos, the black keys disappear. (00:01:10)
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Continuity mistake: At the start we see Peter pretending to play the keyboard, and there are 5 squares representing buttons on the top of the keyboard that have vanished when Peter walks away. (00:01:35)
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Continuity mistake: When we first see Meg in class she has no-one to her left, When she is mocking Neil, she's talking to a girl at a desk to her left. (00:01:50)
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Continuity mistake: Neil asks if there are any questions while holding Meg's hand. When the shot changes he is now got his hands on the desk edge away from Meg's hands. (00:03:05)
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Continuity mistake: When Tom Tucker is in the school, he begins his news report standing in front of some lockers. In the next shot, from the news camera's point of view, he is now standing in front of some students. (00:03:50)
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 ★