Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: When escaping Hoth, in the Falcon are Han, Leia and Chewbacca. But when the Falcon takes off, C-3PO appears out of nowhere. (00:18:55)
Continuity mistake: When Brian stops at the Marriott, he orders a Jack on the rocks. As he is ordering it, there is a woman in the background with a martini, then when the camera cuts to behind the counter when Brian receives the Jack on the rocks, the same woman has red wine instead of a martini.
Other mistake: A bank wouldn't lock someone in the vault all night. Employees make sure customers have left before locking up for the day.
Brian's Got a Brand New Bag - S8-E4
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the episode, we see Rita's bedroom door opens in. When Brian returns from the store, there's no door at all. When he leaves, the door opens out because he slams it shut.
Character mistake: Lois says to Quagmire, if you have any questions we'll be right across the street. They live next door obviously, not across the street.
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: During their lightsaber duel, Luke is holding his lightsaber when Vader cuts off his right hand, then Luke's hand and his lightsaber fall away so he loses both. However, after Luke is rescued by the Millennium Falcon, when the door opens as Lando helps an injured Luke, we can see the hilt of Luke's lightsaber hanging from his belt as he hugs Leia. (00:36:30 - 00:39:15)
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: After Fett takes off with Han frozen in carbonite C-3PO cracks a joke about rescuing him in three years. When it cuts to Vader with Luke, Vader uses the Force to break a pipe off the wall, and in the next wide shot Vader's chest plate is backwards, note the buttons. (00:35:10)
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: After Fett flies off with frozen Han it soon cuts to Vader and Luke during their lightsaber duel. When Luke is being pulled through the broken window he's holding his lightsaber in his right hand, then it disappears from his outstretched hand in the wide shot, but in the next closeup his lightsaber is suddenly clipped to his belt at his left side. (00:35:15)
Something, Something, Something, Dark Side - S8-E20
Continuity mistake: Dak sits in the back of the snowspeeder and says "Right now, I feel like I could take on the whole empire myself" so Luke gets out. Dak is in back when he flies out but when he is in space he is now sitting in the front.
Brian's Got a Brand New Bag - S8-E4
Continuity mistake: When Stewie goes down the stairs in his bed, when he hits the front door, the door opens outwards outside. It always opens towards the inside. Plus in this episode, the door is brown when he rolls outside. Next scene and the other times in the show it's a red door.
Big Man on Hippocampus - S8-E10
Factual error: Peter loses the last round on Family Feud. They got 199 points but needed 200 points to win $5000. Since they lost, they should've got $5 for every point which is $995. But they got nothing.
Brian's Got a Brand New Bag - S8-E4
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Rita go into the house, the front door opens inward, as usual. A couple minutes later, the door opens outward when Stewie's crib hits it.
Jerome Is the New Black - S8-E7
Continuity mistake: When Brian and Quagmire are eating at the steak house, Quagmire is seen cutting and eating his steak. When he gets up from the table, the steak is whole.
Continuity mistake: Peter is sitting on the couch talking on the radio. You see the phone sitting on a table beside the couch. But when Peter picks up the phone to call Quagmire, the phone is right beside him, without him ever moving it from the table.
Continuity mistake: Chris puts a video recorder in his room to try to capture the angry monkey in his closet to show Peter and Lois. He views the tape the next day and sees Peter and Quagmire enter his room. Quagmire punches Chris in the eye and bruises, it but when we see Chris the very next day, there's no black eye.
Big Man on Hippocampus - S8-E10
Character mistake: Brian says Pretty Woman was a 1980s movie. It was released in 1990.
Brian's Got a Brand New Bag - S8-E4
Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the episode, Brian walks in with Rita's soup. Notice there are no pill bottles on her nightstand. As soon as he sits the soup down, 3 bottles appear out of nowhere. Then, after Brian gives her the pills, the bottles disappear again. (00:03:02 - 00:03:28)
Other mistake: Joe salutes Quagmire's Dad. His legs are paralyzed, yet he uses them to push himself backward in his wheelchair.
Factual error: You cannot get paternity test results back in one day. It takes 3 to 5 days or even weeks depending on the lab.
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.
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