The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: After Peter and Stewie's Jungle Cruise ride, when Michael Eisner walks up to the duo, Eisner's suit buttons are on his left, but then the buttons switch to the opposite side, and his tie's stripes change direction as well. (00:19:50)
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: When Peter takes the garden hose upstairs, the bathroom doorknob is on the right side. As Peter kicks in the door, but from inside the bathroom, the doorknob is on the opposite side of the door, so it swings open the opposite way. (00:10:25)
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: After Peter's mess of glee club, in the first shot of Obi-Wan the right side of his robe is over his left side, but next shot it's the opposite way with the left side over the right. (00:02:15)
Brian Goes Back to College - S4-E15
Continuity mistake: After painting the stripe on the van, the side passenger door handle vanishes when Peter/Hannibal gets into the front seat; then, that handle reappears when Quagmire/Face enters the van. (00:09:10)
Brian Goes Back to College - S4-E15
Continuity mistake: When Brian is escorted into the New Yorker's writers' lounge, the door has a knob and backplate, but the backplate vanishes in a following shot. (00:03:15)
Brian Goes Back to College - S4-E15
Continuity mistake: After the opening credits, Peter/Hannibal is wearing a jacket with pockets only on his right side; then pockets suddenly appear on his left side between shots. (00:00:40)
Factual error: The family stays briefly in a British apartment, however the plug sockets displayed are US standard, not UK.
The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire - S4-E5
Continuity mistake: While the Griffin family are at the Heimlich maneuver class, there is a scene where Stewie is talking to a doll and putting his clothes on. You can see that he has no shoes on but when he sticks his feet through the pant leg holes, shoes suddenly come out of the pants and he has his shoes on. (00:04:10)
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: After "Herbert the Pervert" leaves the Griffins' house, the size of the couch in relation to Chris changes distinctly between shots.
Continuity mistake: When Peter and the chicken are fighting, everything in the road vanishes instantly.
Factual error: In the very beginning of Perfect Castaway, when Peter is talking to his workers and telling them he's going to have to "put them down", he pulls out a shotgun and four shells. He puts two shells in each barrel, but then continues to shoot 5 times when they jump in the water. First of all the shotgun is a double-barreled, break action type shotgun, so Peter should only have been able to put two shells in it. Second of all, even if he could put two shells in each barrel, he would only be able to fire it four times.
Other mistake: During the Vagina Monologues show, the pair of legs casts a shadow but the microphone stand doesn't. (00:00:45)
Continuity mistake: In the episode where Brian and Lois get married, Lois confronts Brian after cheating with Peter back at the house. Stewie is playing with a SIMON SAYS game. Look at the SIMON SAYS when he is playing it (up close), after he is done (the close up shot ends), look at the colors again on the SIMON SAYS, they change.
Other mistake: When Stewie sneaks into his parents' room and attaches the breastfeeding pump to Lois, he places the cups too high on her chest for them to be on her nipples. You can see this, especially after he removes the cups.
Other mistake: In season 4 episode 7, 'Brian the Bachelor'. Cleveland is sitting in a chair in a waiting room and is getting really nervous. Peter tries to help him by tying him to a chair and when that doesn't work, he takes off all of their clothes. Peter ties Cleveland's hands to the arms of the chair and then takes Cleveland's clothes off. He couldn't have taken the shirt off while Cleveland's hands were tied to something without untying him or ripping the shirt, which he didn't do.
The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire - S4-E5
Continuity mistake: After Quagmire jumps through the window, the glass shards on the ground disappear. (00:18:30)
Untitled Griffin Family History - S4-E27
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Al Cowlings and his "trusty white bronco" help the Griffins escape, his white horse changes color to light brown during the passing view then changes back to white in the following overhead view.
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is trying to get a drink from Brian, there are two alcohol bottles on top of the table. But one is gone for two shots, then comes back. Also the bottles change from closer to father.
The Courtship of Stewie's Father - S4-E16
Other mistake: When Mr. Hubert is singing about his fantasy life with Chris, he is reflected in a mirror but his arms do not have the same angle; the reflected one is much steeper.
Continuity mistake: Osama bin Laden's dialysis machine disappears after Stewie knocks him down. (00:02:30)
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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