Continuity mistake: Brian chucks a snowball at Stewie who avoids the snowball resulting in it hitting the tree behind him. Brian throws a second one and Stewie ducks again, but when he ducks, the previous snowball on the tree has gone. (00:01:20)
Continuity mistake: After Peter and Chris have the race to the 'Marker where that girl...', Peter is on the left of the cone, but when the hand comes out, he's on the right. (00:01:40)
Continuity mistake: In the clam we see Joe's drink just as Peter sits down, and there is no foam on the pint. Camera changes and the foam has appeared. (00:02:40)
Continuity mistake: When Neil approaches Meg the first time we see her in her uniform, the colour of the trim on the top of her boots change from gold to red. (00:05:10)
Continuity mistake: When the flag team first walks out to the field, they are all in a straight line. Next time they are in two seperate lines with Meg at the head. Also, the girl with the head brace moves to the front when she is seen in the back. There is not enough time for them to move into the lines. (00:06:50)
Continuity mistake: When the Flag team are walking out on to the field, the leader of the band is by the 50 line. Camera changes and he's much further back now. (00:07:00)
Continuity mistake: At the football game, the row of people behind the Griffins disappear in one shot, and reappear in the next, with not enough time for them to have all moved away, and all moved back. (00:07:10)
Continuity mistake: When they are at the football game and Meg and the flag girls come out, and after Lois says, "Oh Peter, isn't she beautiful?", Peter's hot dog is yellow and has ketchup. But after he throws it on the field, it is back to normal. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistake: When meg is at the car with the girl and the two boys, the guy on the right has the Q and a basketball above it. In the next shot the basketball becomes white. (00:12:17)
Continuity mistake: Just before Peter enters the tunnel in his new car, the white line in the middle of the road is blotchy and not continuous. When the shot changes to Peter's POV, the line has completely disappeared. The next shot which shows the car side on, there is now a straight white line on the road. (00:14:20)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is throwing the disks and then shooting them, you see the door is closed. In the next shot it is open and you can see the inside of the house. Then in the next shot, it is open again. (00:16:10)
Continuity mistake: When Chris walks outside the back door is plain with no pattern on it. When the camera shows him looking down, there is now a pattern on the door. (00:16:40)
Continuity mistake: When talking to Peter and Lois about going hunter, the man has got an animal skin rug on the floor that on the right arm has 2 stripes in one shot and 3 stripes in the next. (00:17:20)
Continuity mistake: Peter spots the snowmobile tracks and it shows 1 distinct track. When the deer drives off, there are 2 clear tracks being left. (00:19:00)
Continuity mistake: When Peter sits down on the log, the zipper on his jacket changes colour from silver to brown and back to silver. (00:21:30)
Continuity mistake: As Stewie is about to eat his brisket (just before he throws it at Meg) he is cutting part of it off. Just as he cuts through the shot cuts and you can see the brisket is now back in one whole piece. You can also see the mashed potatoes change from white to green.
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 ★