Continuity mistake: The bag of crisps that is on Peter's lap at the start have completely disappeared when Lois walks in a few seconds later. (00:01:50)
Continuity mistake: The buttons on Peter's white shirt switch between the left side and right side, between shots, such as when he tries to play frisbee with James, or when Peter is late for dinner with James.
Continuity mistake: When Peter's band is on stage he gets everyone's attention with a mic. Two shots later once they realise they can't play, the mic has mysteriously vanished.
Continuity mistake: When Peter is about to walk into the Drunken Clam, his seeing-eye dog refuses to go inside, so he puts the leash on a homeless man, thinking it was a fire hydrant. We actually see a fire hydrant in front of the homeless man, but then when Peter ties the dog up, it's gone.
Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: As Peter and Chris egg their own house, one of the splattered eggs disappear as soon as Brian opens the door, without any shot change.
Stu & Stewie's Excellent Adventure - S4-E30
Continuity mistake: At the end of the previous episode, Stewie gets on a cable car and sits next to older Stewie and they are facing out of the car. However, at the start of this episode, the seat they are sitting on is facing forwards.
Continuity mistake: During the chicken fight, when the cruise ship crashes into the airport, the man directing the planes disappears a split second before he gets run over. (00:05:50)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is playing golf at the top of the stairs before attacking Brian, the layout of the upstairs floor changes quite radically between shots. First Stewie is playing golf with the stairway behind him. Then when Brian puts on the disguise and walks past, there's suddenly a wall behind Stewie. Brian walks off to the left and Stewie begins to chase him that way, but in the next shot Stewie is chasing Brian off to the right. In that same shot you can see that Stewie is running away from the stairs, but in the next shot, without changing direction, he pushes Brian down the stairs, which mysteriously have appeared in front of him.
Continuity mistake: During the scene where the Griffins have Tom Brady over for dinner, when we first see the establishing shot of everyone at the table, Chris is sitting with an empty chair between him and Tom. However, when he asks if he can call him Tom along with Lois and Meg, he is sitting right next to Tom, with no empty chair between the two.
Petergeist - S4-E26
Continuity mistake: When the spirits first come out of the TV, notice the wall beside the TV. There's nothing there. Brian says who's here? Next shot shows a filing cabinet with a pink blanket on top.
The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire - S4-E5
Continuity mistake: During the cut away to Superman and the good trying to attack him, Superman is on a ledge around 5ft in height however this instantly becomes a mere step. (00:08:30)
Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High - S4-E2
Continuity mistake: When Stewie says about doing the robot to Brian, the stack of papers in front of him just simply disappear. (00:11:10)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie mentions to Brian about his "Life's a beach" mug, the squares on his calender keep changing size.
Continuity mistake: Peter falls from the roof of the Clam landing on Joan Cusack. He puts her body in a mailbox that appears just for this scene.