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Hines, Michael (September 15, 2007). " Family funny business". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois: Tribune Publishing. a b Cruz, Gilbert (September 26, 2008). "Family Guy's Seth MacFarlane". Time. New York City: Meredith Corporation. Archived from the original on September 26, 2008 . Retrieved August 28, 2009. Peter is also featured on the Family Guy: Live in Vegas CD, [66] and plays a significant part in Family Guy Video Game!, the first Family Guy video game, which was released by 2K Games in 2006. [67] Peter was used in the game Family Guy Online as a character class for the game's character creator. [68] MacFarlane recorded exclusive material of Peter's voice and other Family Guy characters for a 2007 pinball machine based the show, created by Stern Pinball. [69] In 2004, the first series of Family Guy toy figurines was released by Mezco Toyz; each member of the Griffin family had their own toy, with the exception of Stewie, of whom two different figures were made. [70] Over the course of two years, four more series of toy figures have been released, with various forms of Peter. [71] Alongside the action figures, Peter has been included in various other Family Guy-related merchandise. [72] MacFarlane, Seth (2005). Family Guy season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "The Courtship of Stewie's Father" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. a b Bartlett, James (March 12, 2007). "Seth MacFarlane– he's the "Family Guy" ". The Great Reporter. Presswire Limited . Retrieved October 18, 2009.

Family Guy– Road to the Multiverse– Cast and Crew". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011 . Retrieved April 4, 2010. Editors of Variety put Family Guy in their contenders for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series; they stated that, depending on your sense of humor, Peter is either "a comedy genius" or "an obnoxious idiot". [50] MacFarlane has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Voice-Over Performance category several times for voicing Peter and other characters; he won in 2016. [51] [52] He was also nominated in 2008 for an Annie Award in the Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production or Short Form for voicing Peter. [53]Clodfelter, Tim (November 11, 2004). "Here's the Offbeat Stuff that true geeks are made of". Winston-Salem Journal. Winston-Salem, North Carolina: Berkshire, Hathaway. p.33. Finley, Adam (February 3, 2007). "Family Guy pinball is freakin' sweet". TV Squad . Retrieved October 19, 2009. Cohen, David (December 1, 2008). " 'Kung Fu Panda' leads Annie noms". Variety. Los Angeles, California: Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved July 22, 2011.

Outside of Brian, Peter has a main trio of friends consisting of Glenn Quagmire, Joe Swanson, and Cleveland Brown. They are frequently shown to assist with or be as involved in the various schemes that Peter has in the series. They typically hang out at a local bar called the Drunken Clam, where their plans are usually formulated. Despite his selfishness and overall irresponsible nature, Peter is generally helpful to his friends when it really counts and the quartet have remained generally inseparable from each other. a b Steinberg, Brian (December 30, 2007). "The year in advertising". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC . Retrieved October 19, 2009. a b Bartlett, James (March 12, 2007). "Seth MacFarlane– he's the "Family Guy" ". The Great Reporter. Presswire Limited . Retrieved December 31, 2007. Lenburg, Jeff (May 11, 2006). " "Family Guy" Seth MacFarlane to speak at Class Day: Creator and executive producer of 'Family Guy' will headline undergraduate celebration". Harvard Gazette. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012 . Retrieved December 21, 2007.

The TV Critic.org – Family Guy, Season 1, Episode 1: Death Has A Shadow". thetvcritic.org . Retrieved February 20, 2019. Peter has ranked in several of IGN's top 10s (generally these lists are related to the show). [54] [55] Among these, Peter ranked the third spot on IGN's "Top 25 Family Guy Characters," in which it was stated that many of the show's best gags come from Peter and his shenanigans and that "Peter practically invented the "manatee joke". [49] Entertainment Weekly placed Peter in its "18 Bad TV Dads" list (the list also included characters like Homer Simpson and Al Bundy). [56] Criticism and controversy Family Guy Season 14 Episode 6 Review: Peter's Sister". November 16, 2015 . Retrieved July 28, 2016. Family Guy' makes for simple-but-funny gaming". The Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colorado: Clarity Media Group. November 24, 2006.

Smith, Andy (April 30, 2005). "A Real Family Reunion". Prohaving the vidence Journal TV. Archived from the original on September 22, 2010 . Retrieved August 28, 2009. Finley, Adam (July 14, 2005). "Family Guy and The Simpsons". TV Squad . Retrieved October 19, 2009. Subway— it's for the fat-loving guy, too". The News Tribune. Tacoma, Washington: The McClatchy Company. November 30, 2007.Writ.: Sulkin, Alec; Wild, Wellesley; Dir.: Kearsley, Seth (June 19, 2005). " Petarded". Family Guy. Season 4. Episode 6. Fox Broadcasting Company. Patrizio, Andy (September 12, 2003). "Interview with Seth MacFarlane". IGN . Retrieved December 9, 2009. Writ.: Devanney, Tom; Hentemann, Mark; Dir.: Holmquist, John (March 4, 2007). " Long John Peter". Family Guy. Season 6. Episode 12. Fox Broadcasting Company. Peter has made several television appearances outside of Family Guy, often in the form of direct parody. Peter has appeared in two episodes of The Simpsons, poking fun at how the two shows are frequently compared to each other. In the fourteenth season episode " Treehouse of Horror XIII", Peter is depicted as one of Homer Simpson's clones, [63] and in the seventeenth season episode, " The Italian Bob", a photo of Peter is in a book of criminals, which says he is wanted for "plagiarismo". [64] Peter also appeared in various episodes of the show's spin-off The Cleveland Show. [65] In addition, Peter has appeared at the end of the American Dad! episode " Hurricane!" with guns on both Stan Smith and former neighbor Cleveland Brown. During the stand-off, Stan accidentally shoots his wife Francine, which Peter declares as "classic American Dad!".