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Rupert Giles: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
                                       
Backround Of Rupert Giles:
Born a Watcher prodigy, Rupert Giles took over Buffy's Slayer training and mentoring when Buffy moved to Sunnydale after her former Watcher, Merrick, had been killed. After attending Oxford University, Giles dreamed of being a fighter pilot or a grocer. Unfortunately, he was forced into the family business of Slayer nurturing. Even after he tried to radically break away from his destiny by becoming the demon summoning Ripper, his intelligence (and the Watchers Council) eventually sent him down the straight road.
When he first moved to Sunnydale, Giles was the Sunnydale High Librarian whose sole purpose was to train and guide the recently relocated Buffy in the Slayer ways. His relationship with Buff eventually became a lot deeper then the typical teacher/student relationship between a Watcher and a Slayer. As a matter of fact, it could be insinuated that Giles is actually Buffy's stand-in father figure. You see, her real father lives in LA and she rarely sees him any more.
Regrettably, the Watchers Council canned Giles because he informed Buffy that he had to revoke her powers temporarily so that she could participate in her 18th birthday ritual. The Council, not amused, sent in a new Watcher named Wesley Wyndam-Price to take active Watcher duty for Buffy. However, Giles remains in Sunnydale and continues to aid our hero with his vast knowledge.
Not a man of many peers, Giles has dated only a few women in Sunnydale including Sunnydale High's computer teacher Jenny Calendar and his former girlfriend from England, Olivia.
After quite a long period of being unemployed, Giles took up singing at the Expresso Pump and then bought the Magic Box.
It seems as if the loss of Buffy has affected Giles in a way that it would if she was his real daughter. Shocking everyone in the gang, he is returning to England to work things out and handing over the Magic Box to Anya.
Once Willow and the rest of the Scoobie brought Buffy back, Giles rushed to be at her side again. Soon he decided that Buffy was trying to pass her responsibilitys to anyone who would take them, mainly him. Which made him feel like he was standing in Buffy's way of growing up, and becoming an adult. So once again we see Giles leave for England, to begin a life of his own.
Giles kicks ass! After seeing the season finale of season 6, how can anyone say that Giles isn't the greatest! Giles teleports into the magic box, and says "I'd like to test that theory." Which was just an awesome line, not to mention that he shows up in in a sexy black trenchcoat! Giles puts a spell on Willow to subdue her for awhile, while the coven in England tries to figure a way to stop her from destorying the world. He has a very heart felt momnet with Buffy and Ayna. Then Buffy tells Giles about all the bad stuff thats happened, and her bursts into laughter! Which was so cute! Then Willow gets Ayna to let her go, and her and Giles have a magic duel, which Willow wins. Then she almost kills Giles, but starts to run out of power, so she drains Giles of his power.. After that they have Giles laying on the floor most of the time. It was good magic that she drained from Giles, and so on. In the end he and Anya walk out of the magic box in the sunshine! :)
My View: Giles is what every woman hopes for in a man, smart, charming, romantic, and of course he is handsome, not to mention he does have his bad boy Ripper side. Never the less he is devoted to his calling, and to fight the forces of evil. This often leaves Giles being alone. Hopefully he will have some exciting adventures in England that we all can look forward to. Giles the character is just fasinanating , he has so many sides, and is so complex you could get lost trying to figure him out. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is on hell of an awsome show. Be sure to tape every episode cause you'll want to watch it again and again.
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