Rupert Giles

Rupert Giles (often referred to simply as "Giles") is a major character in the Buffyverse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. 
He is Buffy Summers' mentor and protector, he worked as the librarian of Sunnydale High until its destruction during the Graduation Day battle with the supervillain known as Mayor Richard Wilkins but was also a member of the Watchers' Council, who were a society devoted to monitoring the actions of a Slayer and providing her with her own Watcher (basically a guide to teach her the ways of being a Slayer).
However Buffy wasn't a traditional Slayer by any sense of the word and neither was Giles a traditional Watcher and due to the unethical practices of the Watchers' Council Buffy ultimately quit, but not before Giles himself was fired and replaced with Wesley Wyndam-Pryce (who himself would later become rogue).
Despite losing his official title as Watcher he still aided Buffy throughout this time as Wesley was a rather incompetent and cowardly individual at that point (which would change during his later appearances in Angel) - this highlights one of Giles' main traits in the series: that of a surrogate father of sorts to Buffy.
Although often welcomed sometimes the close link Giles shared with Buffy had rather comedic (if embarassing) consequences, which was highlighted in an episode where Buffy gained telepathic abilities via killing a demon and via her psychic link found out that Giles had sexual relationships with her mother, though this was due to events that occured in "Band Candy" where the vampire Mr. Trick had turned the adult population of Sunnydale into teenagers (at least emotionally) via cursed chocolate - both Joyce and Rupert were embarassed by what had occured and never pursued the relationship further.
==External Links== 
*
*
== Navigation ==
Category:Mentors
Category:Live Action Heroes
Category:Revived
Category:Sophisticated
Category:TV Show Heroes
Category:Genius
Category:Lawful Good
Category:Horror Heroes
Category:Male
Category:Loyal
Category:Leaders
Category:Dark Fantasy Heroes
Category:Psychics
Category:Magic
Category:Voice of Reason
Category:Philanthropists
Category:Elementals
Category:Rescuers
Category:Vengeful
Category:Thieves
Category:Poor
Category:Anti-Heroes
Category:Lethal
Category:Dreaded
Category:Wise
Category:Mysterious
Category:Pragmatists
Category:Vigilantes
Category:Businessmen
Category:Buffyverse Heroes