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{{ComicIssue
|coverA    = Buffy-S10-19-cover.jpg
|released  = September 23, [[2015]]
|pages     = 22
|series    = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten]]''
|number    = 19
|previous  = ''[[Old Demons, Part Three]]''
|next      = ''[[Triggers]]''
|publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
|writer    = [[Christos Gage]]<br>[[Nicholas Brendon]]
|penciller = [[Rebekah Isaacs]]
|editor    = [[Sierra Hahn]]<br>[[Jim Gibbons]]
|coverart  = [[Steve Morris]]<br>Rebekah Isaacs with [[Dan Jackson]]
|colorist  = Dan Jackson
|letterer  = [[Richard Starkings]]<br>[[ComiCraft]]'s [[Jimmy Betancourt]]
}}

'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is the nineteenth issue of the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten]]'' comic book series. Written by [[Christos Gage]] with [[Nicholas Brendon]] and illustrated by [[Rebekah Isaacs]], it was originally published on September 23, [[2015]], by [[Dark Horse Comics]].

==Synopsis==
With a little help from [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]], [[Rupert Giles|Giles]] is given a second chance at adulthood, and the demon scourge smells weakness. Meanwhile, [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and [[Dawn Summers|Dawn]] are reunited with their neglectful father, [[Hank Summers]].

The crossover event of the season: ''Big'' meets ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''!<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/26-427/ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #19."] ''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''. Retrieved on September 12, 2017‎.</ref>

==Summary==
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==Continuity==
*Willow offers Giles a spell that will make him temporarily an adult. She will find and perform a permanent one some time before the issue ''[[One Year Later]]''.
*[[Alexander Harris|Xander]] refers to himself as a child of "suboptimal parents," as briefly explored in "[[Hell's Bells]]."
*Xander says the last he heard of Hank Summers, he was in Spain, as stated in "[[Family]]."
*Giles assumes his adult body for the first time since his resurrection in ''[[What You Want, Not What You Need, Part One]]''.
*[[Olivia Williams|Olivia]] recalls Glenlivet whisky as Giles's favorite, as he drank in "[[The Yoko Factor]]."
*Olivia goes to [[San Francisco]] for work and stays at the [[Hotel Luxe]], as established in ''[[Love Dares You, Part One]]''.
*Willow goes to her final job interview with [[Theo Daniels]], which began in ''[[Day Off (or Harmony in My Head)]]''.
*Giles' aunts [[Sophronia Fairweather|Sophronia]] and [[Lavinia Fairweather]] debuts on the ''Buffy'' title, originally from ''[[Angel & Faith]]''.
*Hank appears himself for the first time since "[[When She Was Bad]]." He was last seen in "[[Normal Again]]" as part of Buffy's hallucinations.
*When informed of her father's wedding, Buffy asks how ugly will the bridesmaids dresses be. She wore a ugly bridesmaid dress in "Hell's Bells."
*Hank states he does not want Buffy in his wedding for "safety reasons" and she agrees by recollecting the deaths of [[Tara Maclay|Tara]] ("[[Seeing Red]]"), [[Anya Jenkins|Anya]] ("[[Chosen]]"), [[Jennifer Calendar|Jenny]] ("[[Passion]]"), and Giles (''[[Last Gleaming, Part Four]]'').
*Dawn recollects Hank's absence after [[Joyce Summers|Joyce]]'s death ("[[Forever]]") and when she was turned into a [[giant]] (as first seen in ''[[The Long Way Home, Part One]]'').
*Giles attacks a demon with a guitar saying "some skills you never lose," as he slayed vampires with a guitar in his youth (''[[Death and Consequences, Part Four]]'').

==Appearances==
===Individuals===
*Bernard
*[[Jennifer Calendar]] {{Om}}
*[[Theo Daniels]] {{Om}}
*[[Lavinia Fairweather]]
*[[Sophronia Fairweather]]
*[[Francesca]] {{Om}}
*[[Rupert Giles]]
*[[Alexander Harris]]
*[[Anya Jenkins]] {{Om}}
*[[Tara Maclay]] {{Om}}
*[[Mistress]] {{Om}}
*[[Paige]] {{Om}}
*[[Willow Rosenberg]]
*[[Sculptor]] {{Om}}
*[[Soul Glutton]] {{Om}}
*[[Spike]] {{Om}}
*[[Buffy Summers]]
*[[Dawn Summers]]
*[[Hank Summers]]
*[[Joyce Summers]] {{Om}}
*[[Olivia Williams]]
===Organization and titles===
*[[Key]]
*[[San Francisco Police Department]]
*[[Scooby Gang]]
*[[Slayer]]
*[[Watcher]]
*[[Witch]]
===Species===
*[[Giant]] {{Om}}
*[[Human]]
*[[Demon]]
*[[Vampire]] {{Om}}
===Locations===
*[[San Francisco]]
**[[Ed's Pawn & Gold]]
**[[Hotel Luxe]]
**[[Sarsaparilla's]]
**[[Tenderloin apartment building]]
***[[Buffy, Willow, and Dawn's apartment]]
***[[Rupert Giles's apartment (San Francisco)]]
***[[Xander and Spike's apartment]]
===Objects===
*[[Blood]]
*[[Restless Door]] {{Om}}
===Rituals and spells===
*Aging spell

==Death count==
*Unidentified demon, stabbed by Xander.

==Behind the scenes==
===Production===
*The title ''Freaky Giles Day'' is a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Freaky_Friday|Freaky Friday]]''.
*The main cover is a homage to [[Wikipedia:Norman Rockwell|Norman Rockwell]]'s artistic style.<ref>[[Steve Morris]], [https://comments.deviantart.com/1/538839269/4047513961 "Comment on Buffy the Vampire Slayer cover issue 19 season 10 by StevenJamesMorris."] ''DeviantArt'', January 29, 2016.</ref>
*The variant cover is a homage to [[Wikipedia:Jack Kirby|Jack Kirby]]'s 1962 cover of [[w:c:marvel:Incredible Hulk Vol 1 1|''The Incredible Hulk'' #1]].
*The issue's official synopsis compares Giles' story with the film ''[[Wikipedia:Big_(film)|Big]]''.
*To determine Giles's favorite alcoholic drink, Christos Gage asked for the help of fans on Twitter.<ref>[[Christos Gage]], [https://twitter.com/christosgage/status/563375283630112768 "Buffy fans! What was Giles' drink of choice (alcoholic, not tea)? I know he drank whiskey...any particular kind? Thx."] ''Twitter'', February 5, 2015.</ref>
*This is the only issue of ''Buffy Season 10'' that doesn't feature Spike, although he is mentioned.

===Collections===
*''[[Old Demons]]''
*''[[Season Ten Library Edition, Volume 2]]''

===Pop culture references===
*Xander mentions the game app [[Wikipedia:Candy Crush Saga|Candy Crush]] and the dating app [[Wikipedia:Tinder (app)|Tinder]].
*Xander refers to Hank as "Mary Shelley's Hankenstein" in reference to the [[Wikipedia:Mary Shelley|Mary Shelley]]'s novel ''[[Wikipedia:Frankenstein|Frankenstein]]''.
*Olivia and Giles drink [[Wikipedia:The Glenlivet distillery|Glenlivet]] whisky.
*Willow mentions [[Wikipedia:Wall Street|Wall Street]].
*Xander wears his [[w:c:hellboy:Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense|''Hellboy''{{'}}s B.P.R.D.]] patch.

==Gallery==
===Covers===
<gallery captionalign="center">
Buffy-S10-19-cover.jpg|Main cover
Buffys10n19-variantcover.jpg|Variant cover
</gallery>
===Cover artwork===
<gallery captionalign="center">
B10-19-00b.jpg|Steve Morris
</gallery>
===Preview===
<gallery>
Buffys10n19p1.jpg
Buffys10n19p2.jpg
Buffys10n19p3.jpg
</gallery>

==References==
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