Continuity mistake: Peter and Luke Perry go into Peter's house, and sit down. The door is open when they sit down. In the following close-up of Luke Perry, the door is closed, with no evidence of anyone, or anything, closing it.
Fifteen Minutes of Shame - S2-E12
Continuity mistake: When the Griffins are invited down from the crowd, the whole audience seating arrangement changes when the camera view is from behind them facing onto the audience.
Continuity mistake: When Peter first goes down into the basement, there is no railing on the stairs. One suddenly appears later in the same scene. (00:08:40)
Airport '07 - S5-E12
Continuity mistake: When Peter is backing up and sees the airplane fuel there is a tank near the ladder and the hose is hooked up to it but when Peter walks up to it to plug it into the truck the tanker is way farther away. (00:05:00)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: During the scene where Peter interrupts Meg class in a towel, there is a dotted line in the diagram on the board at first, but later, the line is gone. (00:07:10)
Chitty Chitty Death Bang - S1-E3
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Stewie writing in his diary, he is wearing his usual red overalls and yellow shirt, but in the next shot, he is wearing blue pyjamas. (00:03:55)
Continuity mistake: When Peter shows Lois the newspaper about the play the headline "Long live this King" is in black text. In the next shot when he puts the paper on the bed, the headline has changed to red text. (00:21:10)
Continuity mistake: Stewie and Brian are having breakfast at the hotel. When they spot the hot air balloon, the plates on the table disappear between shots. (00:11:50)
Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Peter and Brian are lounging in the pool, Peter's beer can appears on his stomach between shots. (00:09:30)
Continuity mistake: When Lois starts crying in the supermarket, the boxes on the top shelf change colour between shots. (00:16:40)
Continuity mistake: When Peter is saying how he hated the last few years of MASH, Mr. Weed just appears behind him in a shot change. (00:01:35)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is acting like a ninja to get his gun back it is in a cupboard with 2 shelves. Yet when the gun is lifting him up there's only one. (00:09:40)
Continuity mistake: When the black knight pushes Peter's face into the table, there are cream-coloured serviettes (napkins) laid out, but in the next shot, there are blue serviettes. (00:16:45)
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas - S3-E16
Continuity mistake: When Santa tells Stewie to smile for the camera, there is a white pompom below his beard, but in the next shot, it is gone. (00:12:25)
Continuity mistake: When Spooner St. is announced as the parade's winner, Lois and Loretta hug. In the next shot, they are both waving their hands in the air.
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of Peter and Francis at the baseball game, there is a girl in a green dress sitting behind them. In the next shot there is a guy in a cream shirt sitting behind them. (00:06:40)
The Tan Aquatic with Steve Zissou - S5-E11
Continuity mistake: At the very beginning of the episode, when we first see Peter and co. at the golfcourse, Peter and Quagmire get a lot closer between shots. (00:00:30)
Continuity mistake: When Stewie is building with blocks, you first see a pyramid with three blocks on the bottom and two on the top. The shot changes, and he puts two more on the top, near the edge. When the shot changes again, suddenly there are five blocks on the bottom, six on the second layer, and two on the top near the middle. The letters and pictures are also all different. (00:09:50)
The Thin White Line (1) - S3-E1
Continuity mistake: When Brian is giving his speech at the end, it shows two policemen. The one on the left has a brown drink and the one on the right has a yellow drink. But in the next shot, the one on the right has a yellow drink and the one on the left has a clear drink. (00:21:05)
I Never Met the Dead Man - S1-E2
Continuity mistake: When Lois is feeding Stewie broccoli at the beginning in one shot the plate disappears from his table, and then in the next shot it is there with a fork next to it. (00:01:35)
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.
Jon Sandys ★