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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Peter with his other family, the Handlemans. Yes, he's [[DisguisedInDrag the matriarch of the family]].]]
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4	'''Original air date''': February 17th, 2008
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7	Peter loses his wallet at a Barry Manilow concert and it is subsequently found by the Griffin family's old nemesis, Creator/JamesWoods. Woods begins spending excessively to get back at Peter. He moves on with his plan and steals Peter's identity, moving into the Griffin house and even dressing like Peter. Eventually Peter gets revenge by stealing Woods' identity and telling a particularly offensive joke on television. As Woods prepares to confront Peter he is lured into a trap by Peter and Brian and sealed away in a crate once more.
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10	!!This episode contains examples of:
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12	* AdamWesting: James Woods as an evil version of himself.
13	* AnythingButThat: James gets Peter to back off at first after threatening to use one of his cutaways.
14	* ArtShift: This episode is the first to use the more modern art style of Family Guy, albeit traditionally animated rather than 2d vector animated.
15	* BoxAndStickTrap: James Woods falls victim to this once again.
16	* BreakingTheFourthWall: Vern addresses the audience to explain what happened to Johnny.
17	* TheBusCameBack: After being shot by Stewie in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS5E4SavingPrivateBrian Saving Private Brian]]", Vern and Johnny reappear in the afterlife. Vern is a ghost and Johnny is in Hell because, according to Vern, "[[PaedoHunt Johnny liked little boys]]."
18	* CallBack: James is disposed of in the same exact manner as he was in [[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E11PetersGotWoods his original appearance]].
19	* ConsultingMisterPuppet: James talks to Meg in her room, trying to get into the role of "father", and offers advice on how to look like a Hollywood star while still being a BigEater... by introducing her to Mister Pukie (which is actually his index finger)! With the help of Mister Pukie, James Woods helps Meg apparently look like Creator/ReeseWitherspoon by poking his finger into her mouth, causing her to throw up.
20	* DudeNotFunny: When Peter appears on ''Letterman'' as James Woods, the entire audience gasps when he pitches a comedy about the 9/11 attacks. Letterman follows it up by saying, "That sounds unbelievably offensive to Americans", and the real Woods is ''pissed''.
21	* EverybodyCries: Peter, Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland cry happily while watching Music/BarryManilow perform live in concert.
22	* EveryoneHasStandards: Vern's tone and expressions indicate that even he thinks Johnny deserves to be in hell for his pedophilia.
23	* FireAndBrimstoneHell: Where Johnny was sent.
24	-->'''Vern''': You're probably wondering why he's in Hell. Johnny liked little boys.
25	* GetOut: James Woods threatens to shoot Peter with a shotgun whenever he's found "trespassing" on "his" property.
26	* GoshDangItToHeck: Woods challenges Peter to a fight, with the latter telling him to meet up in the alley. In the TV version, James then tells that "piece of stool", Brian, to be there as well, with the quoted phrase being a replacement for "faggot", as heard in the DVD version.
27	* HalfwayPlotSwitch: The episode begins with Peter and the guys going to a concert, during which time Peter loses his wallet. After looking around for it for a while, he discovers that it was stolen by James Woods, who is seeking revenge against Peter for what happened in his last appearance in "Peter's Got Woods". Woods then proceeds to steal Peter's family and his life, and after failing to reclaim his family, Peter spends the rest of the episode impersonating James Woods and ruining ''his'' life.
28	* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne:
29	** When Peter and Brian meet up with James and recount the latter's earlier fate in which he was locked in a wooden crate without an airhole and put in an enormous storeroom akin to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', James was more annoyed with the fact that they forgot to put an airhole in the crate.
30	** Peter pretends to be James Woods and says he's starring in a 9/11 comedy. James Woods is angered the entire time, but it's Peter saying he'll be working with Creator/DavidSpade that causes him to ''really'' lose it.
31	* IdiotBall: Woods falls for the same trap -- "Ooh, a piece of candy! Ooh, a piece of candy! Ooh, a piece of cand ... (oof!) " -- that got him caught the last time.
32	* LampshadeHanging: After trapping James Woods the same way they did before, Peter tells Brian they should just remember to do this right away the next time.
33	* LifesavingMisfortune: In the extended version, Peter is unable to rent a copy of ''Film/GardenState'' after losing his wallet, since he no longer has any photo ID. Another guy rents it instead, then it's revealed he killed himself the day after watching the movie.
34	--> '''Peter:''' (''gasps'') It could have been ''me''!
35	* OffWithHisHead: Foghorn Leghorn gets decapitated by Colonel Sanders after walking into a KFC in a CutawayGag.
36	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Vern is not his jovial self when he tells the audience why Johnny's in Hell.
37	* PaedoHunt: Johnny is in Hell because he liked little boys.
38	* PaperThinDisguise: After James Woods stole his family from him, Peter tries to spend some time with them by disguising himself as Chris' friend, "Scooter". The "disguise" in question consists of white shoes, blue trousers, a green-and-white-striped t-shirt and a red hat, leaving his face perfectly visible. Lois is the only one who recognizes him immediately whereas Meg asks why they've never met him before, and James Woods only figures out it's really Peter by tricking him into removing his hat.
39	* ParentalNeglect: Meg's unpopularity, even with the family, is again briefly mentioned. When Peter discovers Brian tied up in the garden, he inquires "Brian, what are you doing tied to Meg's pole?", implying that she is regularly tethered in the yard. Of course there is also the double-entendre on the word "pole".
40	* PetTheDog: James Woods is actually a nicer father to Meg than Peter.
41	* PoliceAreUseless: Joe in particular falls for what James Woods has done and throws Peter out of his own house. Lois even calls him out on it.
42	* RemovedFromThePicture: When James takes over the house, he takes Peter and Lois' wedding picture and puts a picture of the real James Woods over Peter's face.
43	* SelfDeprecation: Vern when he is introduced. "I'll tell you what nobody believes in, ghosts!"
44	* SequelEpisode: James Woods is back for revenge after what Peter and Brian did to him in "[[Recap/FamilyGuyS4E11PetersGotWoods Peter's Got Woods]]".
45	* ShoutOut: The scene where James is locked in a wooden crate and put in a storeroom is an obvious reference to ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
46	** While trying to ruin James Woods' life and career, Peter claims to starring in a film parodying the September 11, 2001 attacks, claiming it's like "two pies in the face and one in a field in Pennsylvania"; a reference to the twin towers and the crash site of the thwarted hijacking, respectively. Incidentally, Seth [=MacFarlane=] was supposed to board one of the hijacked planes, but got drunk the night before, overslept, and missed the flight.
47	** At the very end of the Jewish Eye Surgery commercial, when the announcer says "Jewish", you can hear the "Castle Thunder" sound effect, which was used in classic movies and cartoons, such as the ones from Hanna Barbera.
48	** When Peter goes to rent a movie, various posters similar to real movies are seen including one for Rocky Balboa.
49	* {{Squee}}: Meg's reaction upon being compared to Creator/ReeseWitherspoon after James Woods [[ItMakesSenseInContext makes her throw up]].
50	* TakeThat: After Brian asks Stewie for help to get unhitched from his pole, Stewie refuses in retaliation for making him "watch that video with the two girls and a cup!" This is followed by a cutaway to Brian filming Stewie sitting at a computer watching an unseen video. He comments, "Okay, they're lesbians clearly..." and then proceeds to become surprised, shocked, and nearly ill as the video proceeds. This segment is a reference to the fifty-second-long viral video 2 girls, 1 cup, which features two girls performing sexual acts based around fecal matter; Brian's filming Stewie is in fact a reference to a common Youtube fad where members either watch the video themselves or show it to others, filming the viewer's reaction.
51	* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: Woods steals Peter's I.D. and uses it to take Peter's place in the family - Peter retaliates by using a fake ID to steal Woods' identity and ruin his career.
52	* TearsOfJoy: Shed by Peter, Quagmire, Joe, and Cleveland during the Barry Manilow concert.
53	* WhosLaughingNow: With his reputation in ruins thanks to Peter stealing his identity, a furious James Woods confronts him with this exchange:
54	-->'''James Woods:''' You're in a lot of trouble, Griffin, you motherfucker!\
55	'''Peter Griffin:''' Oh, no, sir. You're Peter Griffin. I'm James Woods.
56	* YouAreFat: In the original TV release, James Woods calls Peter "fatso", as opposed to calling both Peter and Brian "fuckers", when he leaves the House of Chung.
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