Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: As the cop is telling Peter that leash laws are for Brian's own good, he points his pen at Peter with one hand, holding his clipboard in the other. It cuts to a different angle mid sentence and suddenly the cop is ripping the ticket out of his clipboard and his pen has vanished. (00:09:44)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: The morning after the dog show, Peter and Chris are watching the news in the kitchen. Peter has a plate in front of him with two eggs and bacon on it. It is turned so that it makes almost a smiley face with the bacon towards his arm and the eggs crooked to the side. In the next shot from a different angle showing Lois in the kitchen, the plate rotates so now the egg and bacon smile is directly facing Peter. (00:10:27)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: After Brian storms out of the kitchen, Peter is holding a leash in his right hand. When it cuts to a close up of Peter before he says Brian won't get far, suddenly his right hand is empty. (00:12:55)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: At the pound, when the keeper says sentences Brian to lethal injection, Lois stands up holding Stewie. Stewie's arms are down at his sides draped over Lois' arms. The next shot is a close up to Stewie, and suddenly his arms are crossed in front of him with his hands together. (00:17:37)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: On Peter's letter to MacGuyver, the return address is '725 Spooner St.', but in other episodes, Peter lives at 31 Spooner St. (00:17:51)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: At the hearing, when the middle judge is saying Brian is a danger to society, the woman in blue on the far left folds her arms and places them on the desk. In the next shot, her arms are still folded but now behind the desk. (00:20:26)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: While Peter and Brian are arguing in the kitchen the side door has a handle on the right side, but when Peter insists that Brian use the leash Brian storms out of the house, and the door's hardware has changed to a doorknob that is now on the left side of the door.
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Peter starts trying to say it's OK to swear sometimes, the thermostat dial on the wall behind him, that was under the picture frame has disappeared from where it was. Then when Lois is next to him recalling to him how they met, the dial reappears on the wall. (00:01:10)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In the flashback of how Lois' aunt helped her meet Peter, she calls for him as towel boy. A towel suddenly appears on the back of the aunt's chair when she calls for him that wasn't there before. (00:01:33)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: Just after Peter sings "Tonight I sleep alone", his position in relation to Lois drastically changes. (00:07:00)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In the scene where the Griffins are at the yacht club, Peter is telling a rat story. Before he talks about a steak, Lois' earrings are white, but right after they suddenly change to blue. (00:09:10)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Peter and Brian are lounging in the pool, Peter's beer can appears on his stomach between shots. (00:09:30)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is asking the waiter to cut his food (and drink), his eggs disappear between shots. (00:10:20)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lois goes down to the room where Peter is dancing, Peter is wearing blue pants. After he walks over to the door and greets her, he still has blue pants. The next shot of Lois and Peter dancing has him wearing his normal green pants, but after that it goes back to blue pants for the rest of the scene. (00:11:35)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Peter has become cultured and is talking to Coco and Jonathon, Jonathon's suit changes colour from brownish-green to grey. (00:14:00)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Brian is holding Peter's Star Wars glass, it continually spins and changes positions in his hand between shots, with the figures painted on it being in different directions. (00:17:32)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: Making his point to Peter, Brian smashes his Star Was glass on the floor which snaps Peter out of his stupor. The glass shattered into many pieces on the floor in front of Peter's chair. In the subsequent shots, the broken glass is nowhere to be seen on the floor. (00:18:02)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When we first see the toy train under the floor, it has four carriages, but in the next shot, we see five carriages go past. (00:19:25)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lois and Peter are at the historical auction, when Lois stops to talk to her friend the person standing next to her friend is wearing a green suit. In the very next shot he is wearing a black suit and vest.
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Peter and Francis at the baseball game, there is a girl in a green dress sitting behind them. In the next shot there is a guy in a cream shirt sitting behind them. (00:06:40)
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 ★