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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#7E9ED2" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:150%;" | <span style="color: #000000;">'''Rupert Giles'''</span><br>
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| bgcolor=white align="center" colspan="3" | ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel'' character
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''First appearance'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | "[[Welcome to the Hellmouth (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Episode)|Welcome to the Hellmouth]]" (1997)
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Created by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Joss Whedon]]
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Portrayed by'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[Anthony Head|Anthony Stewart Head]]
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| bgcolor=#7E9ED2 align="center" colspan="3" | '''Information'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" | '''Affiliation'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[The Watcher (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)#Watchers' Council|Watchers' Council]]<br>[[Scooby Gang (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Scooby Gang]]
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| style="text-align: left;" | '''Classification'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" | [[The Watcher (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Watcher]]
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'''Rupert Giles''' is a [[Fictional Character|fictional character]] created by [[Joss Whedon]] for the [[Television Series|television series]] ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''. The character is portrayed by [[Anthony Head|Anthony Stewart Head]]. He serves as [[Buffy Summers]]' mentor and surrogate [[Father Figure|father figure]]. The character proved popular with viewers, and Head's performance in the role was well received. Following ''Buffy''{{'}}s run, Whedon intended to launch a television spin-off focused on the character, but [[intellectual property|rights]] issues prevented the project from developing. Outside of the television series, the character has appeared substantially in [[Expanded Universe]] material such as novels, comic books, and short stories.

Giles's primary role in the series is [[The Watcher (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Watcher]] to Buffy ([[Sarah Michelle Gellar]]) in her capacity as [[The Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|vampire Slayer]]; he is in the employ of the Watchers' Council, a British organization that attempts to oversee the actions of the Slayer. From youth, Giles was expected to follow the family tradition and become a Watcher, though as a teenager and young adult he rebelled, dropping out of [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] to experiment in [[Black Magic|black magic|dark magic]] and the [[Rock Music|rock music]] scene, until a bereavement brought him to his senses. In adulthood, his loyalty to Buffy and [[The Scooby Gang (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|her group of friends]] costs him his job for a time. As the series progresses, Giles increasingly becomes a father figure to Buffy and her friends [[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] ([[Alyson Hannigan]]) and [[Xander Harris|Xander]] ([[Nicholas Brendon]]). His encyclopedic knowledge, affinity for magic, moderate fighting skills and willingness to kill make him an asset to Buffy in her fight against the supernatural evils that plague [[Sunnydale|Sunnydale, California]].

Following ''Buffy''{{'}}s conclusion in 2003, Whedon intended to continue Giles' story as a spin-off series, [[Undeveloped Buffy the Vampire Slayer Spinoffs|''Ripper'']], which he intended to produce with the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]. The series was to depict Giles in [[ghost story|ghost stories]] set in present-day England, coping with loneliness as well as figurative ghosts from his own chequered past. Over several years Whedon restated his commitment to the project, though announced it would take the form of a one-off TV movie. Despite Head's availability and the BBC's willingness to fund the project, rights issues concerning the character ultimately led to it not developing further. [[Canon (fiction)|Canonically]], the character's story is continued in the comic book ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight (Comic Book)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]'' (2007–2011) and subsequent stories. The ''Season Eight'' sequel ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine (Comic Book)|Angel & Faith]]'' (2011–) heavily features Giles and utilises ideas and characters from the proposed ''Ripper'' spin-off.

==Biography==
===Character history===

===Sunnydale===

===Literature===

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