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: When Joe arrives at the orphanage when he's telling his story, the sign changes position and the writing changes on it. (00:11:30)
Continuity mistake: When the policeman asks Lois to describe Peter, it shows a view through a scope of a rifle. However, when the shot changes and the cop says "I've got him", there is no scope on the rifle. (00:18:15)
Other mistake: When Chris is telling Peter that he is out of the scouts, pink can be seen through his earring, even though his earring is in front of his blonde hair, not his skin. (00:06:30)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the flashback of Lois making a birthday cake, the cake has dark pink icing on the top and light pink icing on the sides. When Peter comes in to talk to Lois, the two colors have reversed. (00:01:35)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When the Cheesie Charlie's worker walks away from Peter there is no game on the right of the 'Outlaw' game, but in the next shot, there is. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistake: When we first see Stewie playing with his Sesame Street phone, he gets closer to the Griffins' path between shots. (00:00:05)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is sitting on Lois's lap watching TV and Peter comes in, at first his book his blue then it is red. (00:02:25)
Brian: Portrait of a Dog - S1-E7
Continuity mistake: Brian's black collar briefly turns back to his red one when he's looking at the bird combust. (00:05:56)
Revealing mistake: Peter's right eye overlaps his nose when Lois reminds him about getting drunk off communion wine at church. This mistake was later referenced in "Back to the Pilot." (00:02:50)
Continuity mistake: When Peter first goes down into the basement, there is no railing on the stairs. One suddenly appears later in the same scene. (00:08:40)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During the scene where Peter interrupts Meg class in a towel, there is a dotted line in the diagram on the board at first, but later, the line is gone. (00:07:10)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Stewie writing in his diary, he is wearing his usual red overalls and yellow shirt, but in the next shot, he is wearing blue pyjamas. (00:03:55)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the cake scene at the end, the cake and things on the table move and disappear in between shots. (00:21:00)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: When Peter asks Stewie what he would want most in the whole world, Stewie's hands change from hanging limp to rubbing each other. (00:21:35)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is saying how he hated the last few years of MASH, Mr. Weed just appears behind him in a shot change. (00:01:35)
Continuity mistake: When Lois starts crying in the supermarket, the boxes on the top shelf change colour between shots. (00:16:40)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is acting like a ninja to get his gun back it is in a cupboard with 2 shelves. Yet when the gun is lifting him up there's only one. (00:09:40)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lois is feeding Stewie broccoli at the beginning in one shot the plate disappears from his table, and then in the next shot it is there with a fork next to it. (00:01:35)
Continuity mistake: During the breakfast scene when Peter is lying on the table, the food on the plates changes positions between shots. (00:04:45)
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 ★