Continuity mistake: When the Grinch drops the sack, the sack lands next to him, but in the next shot, it is gone. (00:11:45)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is golfing and spots Brian in disguise, Stewie has a putter. When Stewie realizes that it is Brian and goes after him he is holding a chipper.
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Peter is explaining to Meg about "bribes" in one shot the window in the kitchen door disappears. (00:09:00)
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)
Other mistake: When Peter is dancing to his musical number on top of the table, his head continually shrinks until the end of the shot, where his head is around a third of what it was originally. (00:11:00)
One If By Clam, Two If By Sea - S3-E4
Continuity mistake: After Peter has been to the newly opened bar, he runs to his house door (which is red) and when he opens it, the colour has changed to brown.
Continuity mistake: During the Star Wars rip-off at the end, just before Peter climbs the Town Hall stairs, the people on the sidelines change. (00:19:45)
Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother? - S3-E14
Continuity mistake: When Stewie jumps on the picnic table and begins his dance, at one point he undoes his coveralls and removes his shirt. In the next shot he is fully clothed.
Factual error: When Stewie is playing Simon Says, the sequence Stewie plays is different than the one that the Simon Says played. If he played it wrong, there should have been a sound from the Simon Says indicating that Stewie played it wrong.
Chick Cancer - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: Just before Peter announces his decision to make a chick flick, the tissues on his lap change position.
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)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Peter crashes into the cable tower in the far shot, the number plate isn't there. Yet in the close up shots it is there. (00:06:05)
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 the government people are looking at the missiles spelling 'Happy New Year', the 'Y' in 'Year' changes distinctly between shots. (00:06:50)
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.
Peterotica - S4-E24
Continuity mistake: After the Quahog Creek clip is over, they show a picture of the house. In the background there is a tall silver building that wasn't there the last time they showed a shot of the house. (00:17:45)
Continuity mistake: In the end of the episode whilst the families are eating lunch at the picnic table there is a lot of plates of food and glasses on the table. Towards the end of the scene Brian says "I guess some mysteries are better left unsolved", there is a wide shot after he says this and every plate and glass from the table has disappeared. (00:21:25)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Peter unplugs the plane's fuel hose, he spills fuel near the stairs, but when the two airport workers come over, the spilled fuel is gone. (00:05:05)
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)
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 ★