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"Peter's Got Woods" is the eleventh episode and the mid-season premiere from the fourth season of the FOX animated series Family Guy. It is rated TV-PG-DL in the United States. Brian falls for Shauna, an African-American teacher at Chris' school, and petitions to have the name of the "James Woods High School" changed just to please her. Peter objects and has James Woods come to the school to protect its name. Peter and James become friends and start to hang out together, with Woods eventually taking over Brian's place. But when Brian inadvertently reveals that he and Peter are still friends after Peter's actions, Shauna gets upset and makes Brian choose between her and Peter. Brian breaks up with Shauna and eventually patches his differences with Peter at the local bar. Woods, unhappy with Brian and Peter becoming friends again becomes obsessive and obnoxious. Peter and Brian get rid of him by laying out a long line of Reese's Pieces as bait, trapping him in a crate and sending him to be stored away in a Secret Government Warehouse with hundreds of similar crates. James Woods would later return for revenge in the season 6 episode "Back to the Woods", and again for "Brian Griffin's House of Payne" and would eventually be killed off in the season 9 premiere episode "And Then There Were Fewer", but is later revealed to have survived his death in the season 10 episode "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream".

The episode was written by Danny Smith and was directed by Peter Shin, Chuck Klein and Zac Moncrief. It was initially scheduled for September 18, 2005 but was aired a week earlier due to FOX delaying the broadcast of the episode "Perfect Castaway" over sensitivity for Hurricane Katrina victims. It received mostly positive reviews. The episode features guest performances from Gary Cole, Michael Dorn, Susana Esteban, Jonathan Frakes, Rachael MacFarlane, Patrick Stewart, Fred Tatasciore, Gabrielle Union, Wally Wingert, and James Woods, along with several recurring voice actors for the series.

Peter and Woods become very good friends while Brian continues to date Shauna. When Brian reveals to Shauna that he is tolerating Peter while at home, she gets upset that Brian still talks to Peter and makes Brian choose between Peter and her. Brian feels that his friendship with Peter is more important, so he and Shauna break up and patch his and Peter's differences at The Drunken Clam, becoming friends again. Upon returning home, they find Woods waiting angrily for them; his behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and obsessive over the next few days. Finally, Peter and Brian get rid of Woods by laying out a long line of Reese's Pieces as bait on the floor and the steps, trapping him in a crate and sending him to be stored away in a Secret Government Warehouse in a parody of the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

In a minor subplot, Stewie reads the 2000s best-seller The Da Vinci Code and becomes infatuated with it after learning it has murder in it. Unfortunately, he takes all night to read the book and when he tries to show a part of the story to Lois the next morning, he falls asleep.

James Woods (Family Guy) has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.