28 Great Pieces Of Giles Wisdom From Buffy The Vampire Slayer

Corey Chichizola

11 July 2024 at 8:30 pm

Giles was Buffy's Watcher, and he dispensed some solid advice during the show's seven seasons on the air.

The greater good matters more than individual feelings.

When life closes a door, make a new one.

Make sure to touch people/objects so people know you're not The First

Keep weapons handy… even in a High School library.

Sometimes you have to fight your friends.

Sometimes you have to challenge authority.

Sometimes the past needs to stay in the past.

Sometimes you need to stand on your own.

Giles was Buffy's Watcher, and he dispensed some solid advice during the show's seven seasons on the air.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a wildly popular '90s show, one that has remained a cult classic part of pop culture in the decades since it ended. Buffy's cast included Anthony Stewart Head as the title character's Watcher Rupert Giles, who appeared in a whopping 123 episodes throughout its run on TV. And there are some great pieces of advice Giles gave during that time.

While Buffy changed networks for its final two seasons on the air, the starring cast stayed the same. Giles was a father figure to the entire Scooby Gang, especially Sarah Michelle Gellar's title character. And they, along with the audience, learned a number of lessons from the beloved Watcher. Let's break it all down.

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Giles was Buffy's Watcher, and he dispensed some solid advice during the show's seven seasons on the air.

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