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==Powers and Abilities==
==Powers and Abilities==
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{{Quote|He'll be alright. He's like Super Librarian. Everyone forgets Willow: Knowledge is the ultimate weapon.|[[Xander]] |Never Kill a Boy on the First Date}}
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{{Quote|He'll be alright. He's like 'Super Librarian'. Everyone forgets, Willow. Knowledge is the ultimate weapon.|[[Xander]] |Never Kill a Boy on the First Date}}
Giles had immense knowledge of demonology and Slayer combat (including at least a theoretical knowledge of jujutsu and aikido, but excelling at the art of fencing), mainly due to his training as a Watcher. While he had no true supernatural powers of his own, his extensive experience in dealing with vampires, demons, and other creatures made him capable of handling them effectively. His youthful interest in [[witchcraft]] and sorcery had endured into his adult life, granting him knowledge of a wide variety of spells, though his natural aptitude for it was only moderate (much less than that of Willow or [[Amy Madison|Amy]]). Giles was proficient in several languages, including Latin, ancient Greek, Sumerian,<ref>"[[Primeval]]"</ref> Japanese,<ref>"[[Checkpoint]]"</ref> and possibly Gaelic,<ref>"[[Fear, Itself]]"</ref> but weak in German,<ref>"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref> Mandarin, and Cantonese.<ref>"[[First Date]]"</ref>
Giles had immense knowledge of demonology and Slayer combat (including at least a theoretical knowledge of jujutsu and aikido, but excelling at the art of fencing), mainly due to his training as a Watcher. While he had no true supernatural powers of his own, his extensive experience in dealing with vampires, demons, and other creatures made him capable of handling them effectively. His youthful interest in [[witchcraft]] and sorcery had endured into his adult life, granting him knowledge of a wide variety of spells, though his natural aptitude for it was only moderate (much less than that of Willow or [[Amy Madison|Amy]]). Giles was proficient in several languages, including Latin, ancient Greek, Sumerian,<ref>"[[Primeval]]"</ref> Japanese,<ref>"[[Checkpoint]]"</ref> and possibly Gaelic,<ref>"[[Fear, Itself]]"</ref> but weak in German,<ref>"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref> Mandarin, and Cantonese.<ref>"[[First Date]]"</ref>
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*'''[[Quentin Travers]] ''' — After [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]]'s [[Cruciamentum]], Giles had spoken out harshly against Quentin, developing a great amount of disgust at his uncaring exterior and harsh ways. Quentin remained indifferent to this and instead took it upon himself to fire Giles from the Watcher's Council, his reasoning being that he had betrayed the teachings of the council by aiding the [[slayer]], telling her the truth and had developed an emotional attachment to Buffy akin to that of a father's love. Therefore, he had declared him entirely useless to the council. <ref> '[[Helpless]]'</ref> In the beginning, Quentin and Giles were depicted at being very different people. However, later in the following years, he ironically adopted some of Quentin's ruthlessness and "ends justifies the means" beliefs. <ref> '[[The Gift]]'</ref> <ref> '[[Lies My Parents Told Me]]'</ref>
*'''[[Quentin Travers]] ''' — After [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]]'s [[Cruciamentum]], Giles had spoken out harshly against Quentin, developing a great amount of disgust at his uncaring exterior and harsh ways. Quentin remained indifferent to this and instead took it upon himself to fire Giles from the Watcher's Council, his reasoning being that he had betrayed the teachings of the council by aiding the [[slayer]], telling her the truth and had developed an emotional attachment to Buffy akin to that of a father's love. Therefore, he had declared him entirely useless to the council. <ref> '[[Helpless]]'</ref> In the beginning, Quentin and Giles were depicted at being very different people. However, later in the following years, he ironically adopted some of Quentin's ruthlessness and "ends justifies the means" beliefs. <ref> '[[The Gift]]'</ref> <ref> '[[Lies My Parents Told Me]]'</ref>
*'''[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]] ''' — From the beginning, Wesley and Giles had a bad relationship. This was because of Wesley's original high superiority complex to mostly everyone, especially Giles who was his senior. Giles, on the other hand, had very little respect for his fellow [[watcher]] and rarely ever took him seriously. Wesley was so incompetent during his time in [[Sunnydale]] that [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] had continued going to Giles for advice instead of her new watcher, much to Wesley's great annoyance. He had also declared arrogantly that Giles had an emotional problem and that was his unusual attachment to the [[slayer]] which exasperated the older man. They did, however, ironically clean their glasses once at exactly the same time without looking at each other. <ref> '[[Bad Girls]]'</ref> Oddly enough, they seemed to have a slight bond of comradely as they often worked together as watchers for [[Faith]] and Buffy (Giles unofficially), even able to relate to each other somewhat due to their preferred resource of books. Giles and Wesley had even once participated in a fencing match, sparring each other. During the prom at [[Sunnydale High]], Wesley had asked for advice from Giles and if he could dance with [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] despite being much older than her. Extremely annoyed by his, he had rudely told him she was eighteen years and bluntly insulted him by claiming that he had the "emotional maturity of a blueberry scone". Nevertheless, he told him to stop hesitating and do so already, fed up with Wesley and leaving him soon afterwards. Despite this, Wesley had expressed gratitude even though he was still extremely offended by his remark. <ref> '[[The Prom]]'</ref>After Sunnydale High was blown up upon defeating [[The Mayor]], he had decided to check up on a whimpering Wesley, nevertheless seeming greatly amused by his incompetence once again. <ref> '[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]'</ref> They never saw each other again after Wesley left [[Sunnydale]] though Giles did mention him much, much later to [[Andrew Wells|Andrew]]. He had apparently had a very negative opinion of him still and found him pathetic, completely unaware of the drastic changes Wesley had undergone during his time in [[Angel Investigations]]. <ref> '[[Damage]]'</ref>
*'''[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]] ''' — From the beginning, Wesley and Giles had a bad relationship. This was because of Wesley's original high superiority complex to mostly everyone, especially Giles who was his senior. Giles, on the other hand, had very little respect for his fellow [[watcher]] and rarely ever took him seriously. Wesley was so incompetent during his time in [[Sunnydale]] that [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] had continued going to Giles for advice instead of her new watcher, much to Wesley's great annoyance. He had also declared arrogantly that Giles had an emotional problem and that was his unusual attachment to the [[slayer]] which exasperated the older man. They did, however, ironically clean their glasses once at exactly the same time without looking at each other. <ref> '[[Bad Girls]]'</ref> Oddly enough, they seemed to have a slight bond of comradely as they often worked together as watchers for [[Faith]] and Buffy (Giles unofficially), even able to relate to each other somewhat due to their preferred resource of books. Giles and Wesley had even once participated in a fencing match, sparring each other. During the prom at [[Sunnydale High]], Wesley had asked for advice from Giles and if he could dance with [[Cordelia Chase|Cordelia]] despite being much older than her. Extremely annoyed by his, he had rudely told him she was eighteen years and bluntly insulted him by claiming that he had the "emotional maturity of a blueberry scone". Nevertheless, he told him to stop hesitating and do so already, fed up with Wesley and leaving him soon afterwards. Despite this, Wesley had expressed gratitude even though he was still extremely offended by his remark. <ref> '[[The Prom]]'</ref>After Sunnydale High was blown up upon defeating [[The Mayor]], he had decided to check up on a whimpering Wesley, nevertheless seeming greatly amused by his incompetence once again. <ref> '[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]'</ref> They never saw each other again after Wesley left [[Sunnydale]] though Giles did mention him much, much later to [[Andrew Wells|Andrew]]. He had apparently had a very negative opinion of him still and found him pathetic, completely unaware of the drastic changes Wesley had undergone during his time in [[Angel Investigations]]. <ref> '[[Damage]]'</ref>
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*'''[[Spike]] ''' — Spike and Giles have always shared an intense dislike for each other. Because Spike was at first an evil, soulless [[vampire]], Giles, like the rest of the [[Scooby Gang]] viewed him solely as a mortal enemy. When he was implanted with his chip by [[The Initiative (organization)|the Initiative]] and was left completely unable to harm [[humans]], Giles tolerated [[Buffy Summers|Buffy's]] decision to let him live in his state of defenselessness, despite Spike's still-cruel ambitions. He even allowed Spike to live in his apartment for a while, though he did not try to hide his intense annoyance towards Spike during his time there. When Spike and Buffy were influenced to be engaged under magic, Giles was utterly disgusted by it. The idea of having Spike as a son-in-law horrified him, and he began drinking excessive amounts of Scotch (something he only did when in a bad mood).<ref> '[[Something Blue]]'</ref> He was quite happy to see Spike move to [[Xander|Xander's]] basement when the time came.<ref>'[[Hush]]'</ref> Later, when Giles was transformed into a [[Fyarl Demon]], he was forced to go to Spike to help as he spoke the Fyarl's language. Spike helped Giles, but still made him pay several hundred dollars for his services.<ref> [[A New Man]]'</ref>Afterwards, Giles reluctantly thanked Spike for helping him when he needed it, only for him to be rude and annoyed with his presence. Giles did not forget this, and when Spike subsequently came to him for help, he refused until Spike paid back some of the money. Despite his immense dislike of him, Giles suggested that Spike leave [[Sunnydale]] for his own safety from [[The Initiative]], only for Spike to refuse.<ref> '[[The I in Team]]'</ref>Giles had agreed to Spike's terms of never having him slain if he gave them information on The Initiative. However, Spike had manipulated him under the order of [[Adam]] and subtly taunted him over how Buffy rarely ever followed his orders and did not need him in her life anymore. Successfully hitting a weak point, Giles was depressed and began drinking large amounts of scotch.<ref>'[[The Yoko Factor]]'</ref>Ironically, during a dream of Xander's, Giles had a close bond with Spike and decided to train him to be a watcher, claiming that "Spike was like a son to him." In his ''actual'' dream, however, Spike was displayed as attention-obsessed, willingly selling himself for others to take never-ending pictures of him. When he had snarkily made insinuations of Giles being unneccessary, he was irritated by the insensitivity, remarking that he still believed Buffy should've killed him.<ref>'[[Restless]]'</ref> During Giles's period of unemployment, he apparently watched several episodes of ''[[Wikipedia:Passions|Passions]]'' with Spike, but was later ashamed to admit it, much to Buffy's amusement.<ref> '[[Real Me]]'</ref> When Spike's infatuation with Buffy was revealed to the Scoobies, Giles reacted most angrily out of all of them because of his fatherly love for Buffy. He shoved Spike in the chest and insisted to him that they<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">—</span>that is to say Giles and the Scoobies, weren't his way to Buffy. The following year, Giles seemed to have allowed Spike to help take care of Dawn after Buffy's death. When Dawn was kidnapped by Sweet, Giles insisted that Buffy rescue her alone. Spike vehemently disagreed with him, and yelled at him for putting both Buffy and Dawn in danger, but Giles refused to listen, and stated that he never wanted to hear his input. Later, when Willow botched a spell and caused the Scoobies to lose their memories, Giles and Spike thought they were father and son because of their British accents. Ironically, Giles stated that Spike gave off an air of familiarity and disappointment to him. The two shared an awkward hug, and continued to believe they were related until the spell was broken. Giles returned to England shortly before Buffy began her sexual relationship with Spike, and returned after it had already ended, when there was a more problematic situation at hand. He expressed his worry to Buffy after Spike returned the following year, believing him dangerous despite the fact that he had regained his soul. He thought Spike was a distraction to Buffy, and that her feelings for him were clouding her judgment. After Spike's chip was removed, Giles reacted with anger, and conspired with Robin Wood to kill Spike. When Buffy found out, she quickly went to stop the plan. Giles's decision caused Buffy to distance herself from him for quite some time. Before the battle against Twilight, Giles mentioned Spike, signifying that although he didn't particularly like him, he did acknowledge him as one of Buffy's "truest loves." Spike and Giles fought side-by-side again during the battle with Twilight.
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*'''[[Spike]] ''' — Spike and Giles have always shared an intense dislike for each other. Because Spike was at first an evil, soulless [[vampire]], Giles, like the rest of the [[Scooby Gang]] viewed him solely as a mortal enemy. When he was implanted with his chip by [[The Initiative (organization)|the Initiative]] and was left completely unable to harm [[humans]], Giles tolerated [[Buffy Summers|Buffy's]] decision to let him live in his state of defenselessness, despite Spike's still-cruel ambitions. He even allowed Spike to live in his apartment for a while, though he did not try to hide his intense annoyance towards Spike during his time there. When Spike and Buffy were influenced to be engaged under magic, Giles was utterly disgusted by it. The idea of having Spike as a son-in-law horrified him, and he began drinking excessive amounts of Scotch (something he only did when in a bad mood).<ref> '[[Something Blue]]'</ref> He was quite happy to see Spike move to [[Xander|Xander's]] basement when the time came.<ref>'[[Hush]]'</ref> Later, when Giles was transformed into a [[Fyarl Demon]], he was forced to go to Spike to help as he spoke the Fyarl's language. Spike helped Giles, but still made him pay several hundred dollars for his services.<ref> [[A New Man]]'</ref>Afterwards, Giles reluctantly thanked Spike for helping him when he needed it, only for him to be rude and annoyed with his presence. Giles did not forget this, and when Spike subsequently came to him for help, he refused until Spike paid back some of the money. Despite his immense dislike of him, Giles suggested that Spike leave [[Sunnydale]] for his own safety from [[The Initiative]], only for Spike to refuse.<ref> '[[The I in Team]]'</ref>Giles had agreed to Spike's terms of never having him slain if he gave them information on The Initiative. However, Spike had manipulated him under the order of [[Adam]] and subtly taunted him over how Buffy rarely ever followed his orders and did not need him in her life anymore. Successfully hitting a weak point, Giles was depressed and began drinking large amounts of scotch.<ref>'[[The Yoko Factor]]'</ref>Ironically, during a dream of Xander's, Giles had a close bond with Spike and decided to train him to be a watcher, claiming that "Spike was like a son to him." In his ''actual'' dream, however, Spike was displayed as attention-obsessed, willingly selling himself for others to take never-ending pictures of him. When he had snarkily made insinuations of Giles being unneccessary, he was irritated by the insensitivity, seriously remarking that he still believed Buffy should've killed him.<ref>'[[Restless]]'</ref>Apparently, however, Giles had watched several episodes of ''[[wikipedia:Passions|Passions]]'' with Spike during his period of unemployment. Looking back on it, Giles was deeply ashamed and horrified at how low he had sunk in his directionless life, preferring to never speak of it.<ref>'[[Real Me]]'</ref> When Spike's infatuation with Buffy was revealed to the Scoobies, Giles reacted most angrily out of all of them because of his fatherly love for Buffy. He shoved Spike in the chest and insisted to him that they<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">—</span>that is to say Giles and the Scoobies, weren't his way to Buffy. The following year, Giles seemed to have allowed Spike to help take care of Dawn after Buffy's death. When Dawn was kidnapped by Sweet, Giles insisted that Buffy rescue her alone. Spike vehemently disagreed with him, and yelled at him for putting both Buffy and Dawn in danger, but Giles refused to listen, and stated that he never wanted to hear his input. Later, when Willow botched a spell and caused the Scoobies to lose their memories, Giles and Spike thought they were father and son because of their British accents. Ironically, Giles stated that Spike gave off an air of familiarity and disappointment to him. The two shared an awkward hug, and continued to believe they were related until the spell was broken. Giles returned to England shortly before Buffy began her sexual relationship with Spike, and returned after it had already ended, when there was a more problematic situation at hand. He expressed his worry to Buffy after Spike returned the following year, believing him dangerous despite the fact that he had regained his soul. He thought Spike was a distraction to Buffy, and that her feelings for him were clouding her judgment. After Spike's chip was removed, Giles reacted with anger, and conspired with Robin Wood to kill Spike. When Buffy found out, she quickly went to stop the plan. Giles's decision caused Buffy to distance herself from him for quite some time. Before the battle against Twilight, Giles mentioned Spike, signifying that although he didn't particularly like him, he did acknowledge him as one of Buffy's "truest loves." Spike and Giles fought side-by-side again during the battle with Twilight.
*'''[[Maggie Walsh]] '''--- Giles had met Professor Walsh when he had decided to talk with her over [[Buffy]]. Their methods when it came to children greatly differed. Giles believed that it would be best to let them forge their own path in life while Walsh saw it as young people needing to be guided and controlled. She claimed Buffy's extreme independence and defiance was a product of an absent father figure. Being long established as a father figure to her, Giles was deeply offended by her remark. Naturally, he developed a dislike of the woman, insulting her as a "fishwife" later. In his [[Fyarl Demon]] form, Giles had paid [[Spike]] another hundred dollars to purposely scare and torment her as revenge. He would later tell Buffy "he hated her quite a bit."<ref>'[[A New Man]]'</ref>
*'''[[Maggie Walsh]] '''--- Giles had met Professor Walsh when he had decided to talk with her over [[Buffy]]. Their methods when it came to children greatly differed. Giles believed that it would be best to let them forge their own path in life while Walsh saw it as young people needing to be guided and controlled. She claimed Buffy's extreme independence and defiance was a product of an absent father figure. Being long established as a father figure to her, Giles was deeply offended by her remark. Naturally, he developed a dislike of the woman, insulting her as a "fishwife" later. In his [[Fyarl Demon]] form, Giles had paid [[Spike]] another hundred dollars to purposely scare and torment her as revenge. He would later tell Buffy "he hated her quite a bit."<ref>'[[A New Man]]'</ref>