Baby, You Knock Me Out - S9-E5
Continuity mistake: Peter sets his globe on the table beside the box it came in and walks over to Joe and hugs him. Next shot shows the globe back in the box on the couch even though you see the edge of the box the whole time.
Baby, You Knock Me Out - S9-E5
Factual error: Peter gets a record a message card from Cleveland. He hears a conversation, hears him driving and get pulled over by a cop. Impossible since the card stops recording as soon as you close it.
Brian Writes a Bestseller - S9-E6
Continuity mistake: When Stewie answers the door, notice the doorknob. It's down further in just this scene, so he can answer it. The rest of the episode it's where it's supposed to be.
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: When Brian is crashing his car in Canada, a tyre smashes through his window. At no point does Brian take out the tyre, but when Stewie and Brian get in the car to go to the North Pole, there is no sign of any tyre whatsoever. (00:14:10 - 00:15:50)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: At the first house, the bag in the sleigh with all the presents in is ripped open when it falls off the roof. However, when Stewie and Brian leave the house, there is no tear in the bag at all. (00:32:55 - 00:36:45)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: When Stewie and Brian put out the presents in the first house, there is a plate with three cookies on behind them. But when Brian goes to eat the cookie, there is only one cookie there and no plate. (00:33:20)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: When Stewie and Brian are taking the unconscious man to the closet, a blood trail is left behind him. However, when Stewie and Brian get the man into the closet, there's barely any blood there. (00:34:45)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: At the end when the camera pans out from the Griffin house, Cleveland's old house is nowhere to be seen. (00:42:10)
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Other mistake: Cleveland's house, across the street from the Griffins, is absent in the opening overhead shot. Then the scene changes to inside, and we can see his house through the window.
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: Before the start of 'Christmas Time is Killing us', Brian and Stewie hold each other. However, in the very next shot, they are standing normally.
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: In the robot scene, 'Brian' is holding up a document. When 'Robert' says "Well, it's true", it cuts to a close up of Brian and the document has disappeared.
Road to the North Pole - S9-E7
Continuity mistake: At Santa's Village, the roller coaster in the background changes location and track layout.
Continuity mistake: When Peter returns home from being hyped up on Red Bull, he has numerous cans in his arms. When he sees Stewie he immediately drops the cans on the floor but when the camera pulls back as he sits down with Stewie in his lap, the cans of Red Bull are nowhere to be seen.
Factual error: When Peter is on The Price is Right, Drew says he's the top winner of the day so he'll spin first. However, the top winner always spins last.
Continuity mistake: The buttons on Chris' and Peter's suits switch sides while they're at church. Also, when Lois goes to see Joyce after the news anchor's exposé, both women's buttons are a problem when the buttons do not change sides in the mirror's reflection. (00:04:00 - 00:13:30)
Continuity mistake: After Joyce reveals the secret on the news it soon cuts to Joyce sitting in front of the mirror at Quahog 5, and in the mirror's reflection we see the door behind Joyce opens at the real Lois' right side (blocking the lightswitch), but in the next shot facing Lois the door opens the opposite way (not blocking the lightswitch). (00:13:25)
Continuity mistake: During the AA meetings, Dr. Hartman's, Bruce's, and Tom's buttons switch sides between shots.
German Guy - S9-E11
Continuity mistake: When Franz Gutentag falls off the step towards the end of the episode, Herbert is on the porch of the house and reaches out to him. When we see the shot of Gutentag falling in slow motion and the birds fly away, there is no sign of Herbert on the porch.
The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: When Stewie spots "evil Stewie", the evil clone is off the carpet and next to the hi-fi. In the very next shot he's moved far closer to Stewie and Brian.
The Hand That Rocks the Wheelchair - S9-E12
Continuity mistake: Meg drops Joe's gun into Bonnie's bag at the airport, but it's zipped closed - you hear the baggage check guy unzip it before looking in it.
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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