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Anthony Head in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)

Anthony Head: Rupert Giles

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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Rupert Giles

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  • Buffy Summers: So Ethan, what are we playing? We're pretty much in a talk-or-bleed situation. Your call.
  • Rupert Giles: [teenage Giles] Hit him.
  • Ethan Rayne: I-I'd just like to point out that this wasn't my idea.
  • Buffy Summers: Meaning?
  • Ethan Rayne: Well, I'm subcontracting. It's Trick you want. I'm just helping him collect a tribute... for a demon.
  • Rupert Giles: [teenage Giles] Well, he's lying. G'on hit him!
  • Buffy Summers: [to Giles] I don't think he is, and shut up.
  • Rupert Giles: [teenage Giles] You're *my* Slayer. Go knock his teeth down his thro...
  • Buffy Summers: Giles!
  • [to Ethan]
  • Buffy Summers: What demon?
  • Ethan Rayne: I don't remember.
  • [Buffy punches Ethan]
  • Rupert Giles: [teenage Giles] Yes!
  • Rupert Giles: [reverted back to childhood, now face the prospect of chasing demon in the sewer] You filthy little ponce. Are you afraid of a little demon?
  • Principal Snyder: You wanna splash around in the poo! You're the filthy one!
  • [first lines]
  • Rupert Giles: [reading] "And on that tragic day, an era came to its inevitable end." That's all there is. Are you ready?
  • Buffy Summers: Hit me.
  • Rupert Giles: Which of the following best expresses the theme of the passage? "A": violence breeds violence, "B": all things must end, "C"...
  • Buffy Summers: "B." I'm going with "B." We haven't had a "B" in forever.
  • Rupert Giles: This is the SATs, Buffy, not connect-the-dots. Please pay attention. A low score could seriously harm your chances of getting into college.
  • Buffy Summers: Gee, thanks. That takes the pressure right off.
  • Rupert Giles: [teenage Giles] Then let's do something. Let's find the demon and-and kick the crap out of it.
  • [last lines]
  • Rupert Giles: I say, your car seems to have had an adventure, doesn't it?
  • Joyce Summers: Uh, Buffy assures me that it happened battling evil so I'm letting her pay for it on the installment plan.
  • Buffy Summers: Uh, hey, the way things were going, be glad that's the worst that happened. At least I got to the two of you before you actually *did* something.
  • [leaves]
  • Joyce Summers: Right.
  • Rupert Giles: Indeed.
  • Joyce Summers: Y-Yes.

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