Editing Rupert Giles (section)

==Powers and abilities==
Giles has extensive knowledge of [[demonology]] and [[Slayer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|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 (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Watcher]]. His youthful interest in [[witchcraft]] and [[Magic (paranormal)|sorcery]] has endured into his adult life; though his natural aptitude for it is only moderate (much less than that of Willow), he does have a high amount of magical knowledge. Giles is proficient in several languages, including [[Latin language|Latin]], ancient [[Greek (language)|Greek]], [[Sumerian language|Sumerian]] ("[[Primeval (Buffy episode)|Primeval]]"), [[Japanese language|Japanese]] ("[[Checkpoint (Buffy episode)|Checkpoint]]"), and possibly [[Goidelic languages|Gaelic]] ("[[Fear, Itself]]"), but weak in German ("[[Gingerbread (Buffy episode)|Gingerbread]]"), [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]] and [[Cantonese]] ("[[First Date (Buffy episode)|First Date]]"). While he has no prominent [[supernatural]] powers of his own, his extensive experience with dealing with vampires, demons, and other creatures makes him capable of handling them effectively.

Giles has moderate skill in [[Hand to hand combat|hand-to-hand combat]], as well as various melee weapons. While his demeanor is typically mild and polite, Giles is not above using raw violence to solve a problem, such as physically threatening [[Principal Snyder]] into readmitting Buffy to school after her expulsion ("[[Dead Man's Party (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Dead Man's Party]]"), pummeling [[Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Angelus]] senseless with a flaming [[baseball bat]] and [[Arson|burning down]] his hideout upon discovering that he had killed [[Jenny Calendar]] ("[[Passion (Buffy episode)|Passion]]"), manhandling [[Spike (Buffyverse)|Spike]] while ordering him to get over his feelings for Buffy ("[[I Was Made to Love You]]"), forcing Glory's minion Slook to talk by inflicting a painful-sounding injury offscreen ("[[Tough Love (Buffy episode)|Tough Love]]"), severely beating up [[Ethan Rayne]] for information ("[[Halloween (Buffy episode)|Halloween]]"), and suffocating a critically injured Ben with his bare hands to keep [[Glorificus|Glory]] from awakening in his body. ("[[The Gift (Buffy episode)|The Gift]]"). Typically, however, Giles' calm demeanor and professionalism offer him a detached state of authority even in the face of fearsome monsters, as demonstrated during his confrontation with a violent demon in "[[The Long Way Home (Buffy comic)|The Long Way Home]]". He is also shown to be able to quickly hotwire a car in the episode "[[Dead Man's Party (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Dead Man's Party]]".

In the [[Grave (Buffy episode)|season 6 finale]], Giles was temporarily endowed with powers of the Devon Coven in an attempt to stop Willow. During this time, he demonstrated powers such as teleportation, [[Psychokinesis|telekinesis]], and energy projection. He lost all of these powers when Willow drained him and left him on the brink of death, but he recovered immediately after Xander calmed her down from her rampage. His moderate proficiency in magic combined with his natural acumen and intelligence still make him quite formidable; in ''Season Eight'''s "No Future for You", he kills the warlock Roden, who could fly and conjure easily, through using a spell inventively. After being resurrected in the form of an adolescent, Giles displays much more magical aptitude, which is briefly lost when Willow temporarily ages him back into an adult form. Sophronia and Lavinia theorised that if Giles had been tutored in magic by them rather than being trained as a Watcher at the wishes of his father and grandmother, he would have become an extremely powerful magician, and could achieve this potential in his new life.

Despite his vast intelligence, Giles is not what one would call technology-savvy and is, by his own admission, somewhat [[Technophobia|technophobic]]. However, being a librarian, his occupation requires the use of up-to-date technology and skills to further a library service's goals to serve its patrons efficiently, and in one episode ("Gingerbread"), shows that Giles is proficient with computers at least on a basic level. However, he is dependent on Willow for tasks that are beyond his computer skill set. It's important to mention his taste in capable transportation.

Despite his lack of tech savviness, his choice in transportation is very wise. He drives a 1963 [[Citroen DS 21]], a notably resilient and reliable car, even for its age. It won several grueling and hazardous motorsports events, including the [[Monte Carlo Rally]] in France and [[1000 Lakes Rally]]. It even protected a French President against an assassination attempt without any armor.