Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Series)

A New Man (2000)

Anthony Head: Rupert Giles

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• [despondent over being out of the loop on recent relevations, Giles stays behind in the crypt just in case the demon is about to show] 

  Rupert Giles : Who am I kidding...? Nothing is going to happen.

  [leaves the crypt] 

  Ethan Rayne : [stepping out of the shadows, to himself]  I wouldn't say that... I wouldn't say that at all. In fact, Ripper, old mate, I'd say something rather interesting was about to happ...

  Rupert Giles : [opens door]  Did someone...?

  Ethan Rayne : [startled]  Oh, bugger! I thought you'd gone.

• Rupert Giles : Ho-How did you know it was me?

  Buffy Summers : Your eyes... You're the only person in the world that can look that annoyed with me.

• Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  If you can't find third gear, don't try for third gear.

  Spike : I'm doin' my best. I don't know if I'm drivin' this thing or wearin' it.

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  It's perfectly serviceable.

  Spike : [laughs]  Funny hearing a Fyarl demon say "serviceable." Had a couple of 'em working for me once. They're more like, "Like to crush. Crush now?" Strong though. You won't meet a jar you can't open for the rest of your life.

  [Giles growls menacingly] 

  Spike : What was that? Did you growl?

  Rupert Giles : No.

• [Giles, as a Fyarl Demon, walking through a cemetary thinking no one can understand him] 

  Spike : Well... What do I spy with my little eye...? A demon... That would be, oh, right. The things I can kill.

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  Spike. Wonderful. the perfect end to a perfect day.

  Spike : Giles?

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  Go on, then. Let's get on with the fighting... You understand me.

  Spike : Of course, I understand you.

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  I'm speaking English?

  Spike : No, you're speaking Fyarl. I happen to speak Fyarl... and by the way, why the hell are you suddenly a Fyarl demon? You just come over all demony this morning?

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  As a matter of fact, I did, thanks to Ethan Rayne.

• Rupert Giles : You know what gets me? This is what gets me. Twenty years I've been fighting demons. Maggie Walsh and her-her nancy ninja boys come in, six months later, the demons are pissing themselves with fear. They never even noticed me.

• Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  I refuse to become a monster because I look like a monster. I have a soul. I have a conscience. I am a human being. Ooh, stop the car.

  [seeing Professor Walsh, he gets out of the car and chases her down the street for a bit, then reenters the car] 

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  Right. Let's go, then.

• Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  You have to help me find him. He must undo this, and then he needs a... a good being-killed.

  Spike : And I'm supposed to just help you out of the evilness of my heart?

• [as the Commando's take Ethan away] 

  Rupert Giles : [grins]  Um, if you don't mind, I'm just gonna go and watch them manhandle him into a vehicle.

• Ethan Rayne : We used to be friends, Ripper. When did all that fall apart?

  Rupert Giles : The same time you started to worship chaos.

  Ethan Rayne : Oh, religious intolerance. Sad, there. I mean, just look at the Irish troubles.

• Rupert Giles : Oh, well, Apparently it hasn't happened yet. A bit of luck.

  Willow Rosenberg : Or, you-you know what I bet? I-I bet the Initiative took care of it.

  Rupert Giles : Who?

  Xander Harris : Oh, Riley and his guys. Probably all over it.

  Willow Rosenberg : Yeah, it has that "too neat" look. They must have cleaned up the place.

  Rupert Giles : What?

  Willow Rosenberg : Oh, they read hot spots. Areas of other-worldly energy. They must have picked this place up days ago.

  Rupert Giles : Stop. Both of you. What... What are you talking about? Wh-Wh-What's the Initiative? Wh-Wh, um, what on earth does it have to do with Buffy's new boyfriend?

  Willow Rosenberg : You know. I'm sure you know. Riley's one of the commandos.

  Rupert Giles : What...? Well, that's marvelous, isn't it? Here I am, spent weeks trying to, uh, get a single scrap of information about our mysterious demon collectors and no one bothers to tell me That Buffy's *dating* one of them...? Who else knows?

  Xander Harris : No one. No one else knows this... Anya, and that's it.

  Willow Rosenberg : And Spike.

  Rupert Giles : *Spike*...? Spike knew?

  Xander Harris : Only the basic stuff. You know, that Riley's a commando and Professor Walsh is in charge.

  Rupert Giles : *Professor Walsh*? That *fishwife*?

• Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  It-It's me, Giles. Now, Ethan has turned me into a demon and I need your help.

  [Xander wakes up] 

  Rupert Giles : Hello. Yes, it's me.

  [only hearing demon language Xander screems and jumps out of bed] 

  Rupert Giles : [as a Fyarl Demon]  No, no, listen. Don't you understand me?

  Xander Harris : Demon! Demon!

• Rupert Giles : Ethan Rayne... You have no idea how much trashing you is gonna imporve my day.

• Rupert Giles : And I believe that, but he's part of something that we, we don't really understand.

  Buffy Summers : Are you sure you're not just saying this because you don't like Riley's boss?

  Rupert Giles : No, no, I'm not saying that at all... Though I do hate her quite a lot.

• Rupert Giles : [drunk]  This Initiative, I mean, their methods may be causing problems, but they're getting the job done. What am I? I'm an unemployed librarian with a tendency to get knocked on the head.

  Ethan Rayne : Well, you won't have to worry about that anymore, mate. When you went to the loo, I slipped a small pellet of poison in your drink. You'll be dead in an hour.

  [Giles stares at him] 

  Ethan Rayne : Just kidding!

  [they both laugh] 

  Rupert Giles : I'm gonna feel like hell in the morning.

  Ethan Rayne : Relax. Enjoy the night. We're still a couple of sorcerers. The night is still our time... A time of magic.