If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin' - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: In the scene that parodies "Good Times" and the "JJ" character says the infamous line "Dy-NO-Mite!" as he comes home, his mother has a coffee mug but his father doesn't. In the next shot, they both have mugs.
If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin' - S2-E9
Continuity mistake: When the crowd is outside Peter's house wanting Peter to heal them, a lady in pink comes out and says "It's him!". While she does this she is standing on the lawn, but in the next shot she is standing on the cement path. Other people in the crowd change position in this cut too.
Continuity mistake: When Peter and Lois kiss and make up at the end, Tricia and the press run up to them. As they arrive there is no-one behind Tricia, but in the next shot there are three people behind her. (00:21:15)
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks - S2-E11
Continuity mistake: In one shot of the Griffins at the hotel, Brian's collar is yellow instead of red.
Fifteen Minutes of Shame - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: The bush that the artist is painting in the pre-credits scene changes between shots. (00:00:10)
Fifteen Minutes of Shame - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When Peter puts his brush to the paint, you can tell that he dabs it in green or yellow paint, but when he paints the woman's blouse, it is red paint. (00:00:25)
Fifteen Minutes of Shame - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When the Griffins are invited down from the crowd, the whole audience seating arrangement changes when the camera view is from behind them facing onto the audience.
Continuity mistake: When Connie and her friends walk up to Peter (as Lando) graffitying, the black guy changes position between shots. (00:09:55)
Continuity mistake: Just after Meg is payed out for never having done 'toad', she changes position between shots. (00:12:15)
Continuity mistake: After Peter laughs about Charles Dickens, he changes position between shots. (00:15:25)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Peter and Lois are "getting dressed", the candles in the background switch from having candle holders to not having candle holders.
Continuity mistake: When Lois goes to the bedroom, she opens the door and trips the wire across the door. The wire is strung across the bottom of the door but when she turns the light on, it has disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is in his room talking to Rupert and himself out loud about Janet we see that Rupert is on the left side of Stewie's pillow. When the camera pans over to Brian who overhears Stewie's musings, after Brian makes fun of Stewie the camera pans back and Rupert is gone. There is also a quick tete-a-tete on the color of Janet's eyes and the final shot is on Stewie and his crib and yet no Rupert to be found. (00:07:20)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is building with blocks, you first see a pyramid with three blocks on the bottom and two on the top. The shot changes, and he puts two more on the top, near the edge. When the shot changes again, suddenly there are five blocks on the bottom, six on the second layer, and two on the top near the middle. The letters and pictures are also all different. (00:09:50)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: A mob member at Cleveland's deli offers to help Peter get a new car by stealing the used junker he bought and have insurance get him a new one. The new blue car he receives appears to resemble a Volkswagen Beetle when it first appears, but in the second shot the car's body is more Mercedes-like. (00:05:17)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Peter is outside the cinema waiting for Big Fat Paulie, he has a tie on, however when he is in the cinema walking up the aisle, it's gone. When he gets out again, he has it on. (00:07:40 - 00:08:50)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: Just before Paulie moons the sky, he and Peter change position between shots. (00:11:00)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Meg is first seen performing 'Death of a Salesman' she changes position between shots. (00:12:35)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: As the mobster is telling Peter and Lois not to start their car, he changes position in relation to them. (00:21:30)
There's Something About Paulie - S2-E16
Continuity mistake: When Lois asks to speak to Peter in the other room after sitting down for supper with Paulie, the door they come out of is where the front door is all the time, not the kitchen.
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 ★