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Smile Time, Part Three is the third and final issue of the Smile Time comic book miniseries. Written by Scott Tipton and illustrated by David Messina with Elena Casagrande, it was originally published on April 15, 2009, by IDW Publishing.

Synopsis[]

The three-part adaptation of the beloved "Angel puppet" episode concludes as Angel takes the fight against Smile Time directly into his four-fingered, felt-covered hands.[1]

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  • Groofus, beheaded by Gunn.
  • Flora, smashed against a camera by Gunn.
  • Polo, thrown into a broken fence by Angel.
  • Ratio Hornblower, stabbed through the head with his own horn by Wesley.

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Production[]

  • David Messina's cover reproduces a promotional poster for Angel season 5.
  • The photo cover features a promotional still of the episode "Smile Time."

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  • Smile Time, Part Three was the 136th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 16,173 sales in April 2009 at comic specialty stores.[2]

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Pop culture references[]

  • Lorne calls Angel his Little Prince, referring to the title character of the 1943 novella The Little Prince.
  • Lorne asks for a Geppetto, the carpenter who created Pinocchio.
  • Dr. Sparrow mentions Flowers for Algernon Syndrome, a reference to the 1958 story Flowers for Algernon, in which a mentally-handicapped man is given increased intelligence that fades over time. Sparrow also mentions the actor Cliff Robertson, who starred its 1968 film adaptation Charly.
  • Knox addresses Wesley as the mythical mage Merlin.
  • Gunn implies the devils involved in Smile Time were also involved in the later seasons of the 1974–1984 sitcom Happy Days.

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References[]

  1. "ANGEL SMILE TIME #3." Previews World. Retrieved on July 22, 2023.
  2. "Top 300 Comics Actual--April 2009." ICv2, May 19, 2009.
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