Continuity mistake: In the cutaway of Brian in the Old Yeller remake, he takes out a gun and goes to shoot a boy. When he first fires, the shell from the first gunshot lands on the ground beside him, but in the next shot, the shell has suddenly rotated itself by about 90° to the left.
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: Stewie uses a chair to climb into his tanning bed. He tells Brian to come get him in 15 minutes. When he comes back 6 hours later, the chair is back over by the table.
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.
Continuity mistake: In the cutaway of Stewie talking with the three co-workers at the factory, there is a man towards the left of shot, leaning against a forklift. Beside the man is a female factory worker sitting on a crate about three to four feet to the left of him and her lunchbox is on the ground in front of the crate. In the next shot, as Stewie walks back to his forklift, the crate the woman is sitting on and the lunchbox are a much further distance from the man. The shot then pulls out, and the woman and her lunchbox are suddenly back to the original distance.
Other mistake: Peter is in the hospital and Lois is there talking to him. There are 2 IV bags and a heart monitor next to his bed. The monitor shows his heart beating normally yet there aren't any wires hooked up to him.
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: When Joe, Peter, and Quagmire are sitting at the table in the bar, Joe takes off his sock and shoe to show them his foot. Cleveland comes in and Joe puts his leg back down and instantly has his sock and shoe back on.
Untitled Griffin Family History - S4-E27
Character mistake: When the family is about to drown in the panic room and start arguing with Peter about not liking "The Godfather," Chris starts listing off the great actors in it. "Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, I mean, you've never seen...ROBERT DUVALL!" Robert DeNiro is in "The Godfather Part II," but not in the first one. (00:19:30)
Stewie Goes for a Drive - S10-E4
Continuity mistake: Stewie packs his backpack, opens the window and slides down the drain pipe. When Brian comes in to get him, the window is closed, but Stewie didn't do it.
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.
The Former Life of Brian - S6-E12
Continuity mistake: While talking to Brian about Jared's mom, his face is painted up as a cat. After the cut scene to the Pink Panther, Stewie's face is suddenly clean.
Death Lives - S3-E6
Revealing mistake: When Peter first meets Lois's dad, when they are talking, when Carter raises his eyebrows, for a split second, you can see his "extra" set of eyebrows.
Factual error: In the park, Stewie and Brian are playing the "water pipes" like a xylophone. Trouble is, in order to get the tones they were playing, the glasses should have had different levels of water in them. If you look closely, all the glasses have the same level of water.
Episode VI: It's a Trap - S9-E18
Continuity mistake: When Leia frees Han, the buttons she pushes to free him change repeatedly.
Episode VI: It's a Trap - S9-E18
Continuity mistake: Luke's handcuffs disappear when he almost falls into the pit.
Episode VI: It's a Trap - S9-E18
Continuity mistake: When C-3PO says "Oh My God!", there's a Greedo-like alien on the stairs, but when R2 plays the message about Luke, the alien is no longer there.
The Kiss Seen Around the World - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: When Tom Tucker is in the school, he begins his news report standing in front of some lockers. In the next shot, from the news camera's point of view, he is now standing in front of some students. (00:03:50)
The Kiss Seen Around the World - S3-E8
Continuity mistake: Peter and Chris are in a toy store together, standing next to a piano with white and black keys. In the shot before they leave the pianos, the black keys disappear. (00:01:10)
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.
Continuity mistake: When Peter and Brian are entering the Channel 5 Studio, we see a far view of Tom and Diane eating. The torn right sleeve (close to her hand) from the far shot shows that it reaches her elbow. In the close up shot, the sleeve doesn't go to her elbow. (00:09:20)
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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