Rupert Giles's apartment (San Francisco)

Rupert Giles's apartment (San Francisco)
A Scooby Gang reunion at Giles's apartment.
Location	Tenderloin apartment building, San Francisco
Type	Home
Owner(s)	Rupert Giles
Appearances
Debut	Return to Sunnydale, Part Two
Last seen	In Time of Crisis

Rupert Giles rented an apartment in the same building as Buffy, Willow, and Dawn's apartment and Xander and Spike's apartment in Tenderloin, San Francisco.

History

After Giles's resurrection as a child in London, he met the Scoobies during the assistance in Santa Rosita's zompire crisis. He returned with them to San Francisco, where they faced dissatisfaction with their living conditions and rent prices.

Helping with Giles's documentation, Detective Robert Dowling shared a case of a supposedly haunted building, which was instead infested by a Hamelin demon. The demon trapped the Scoobies, who were able to free themselves and the missing children by refusing the reality the demon had created — despite Giles's wishes to remain in his ideal childhood.

With his assets unfrozen, Giles was able to afford to live alone in his apartment, while Buffy, Willow, Dawn, Xander, and Spike shared apartments across the hall.

Prominent events

An aging spell being performed at the apartment.

The Scooby Gang would use Giles's living room whenever it was needed a space for a spell. This was the case for binding Spike and search for his dream connection to real murders, sending Buffy in an astral projection through Spike's mind, ageing Giles for a day, and using the Vampyr book to give new abilities to the second Magic Council's members.

Giles' personal library contained the book that mentioned an Aztec Slayer and her enchanted sword.

While researching in his library about the Shenlong dragon that caused the San Francisco's tsunami, the Scoobies watched and discussed the live broadcast pronunciation of President Malloy and Secretary of the Supernatural Ophelia Reyes about the implementation of a mandatory census according to the Supernatural Crisis Act.

Behind the scenes

• Giles's bookcase features Nataraja statue (Relationship Status: Complicated, Part One) also seen in Buffy's dream in "Welcome to the Hellmouth" and his library office in "Prophecy Girl."

Appearances

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10
New Rules, Part 1 Absent	New Rules, Part 2 Absent	New Rules, Part 3 Absent	New Rules, Part 4 Absent	New Rules, Part 5 Absent	I Wish, Part 1 Absent	I Wish, Part 2 Mention	Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Mention	Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Appears	Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Absent
Love Dares You, Part 1 Absent	Love Dares You, Part 2 Absent	Love Dares You, Part 3 Appears	Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Absent	Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Appears	Old Demons, Part 1 Absent	Old Demons, Part 2 Absent	Old Demons, Part 3 Absent	Freaky Giles Day Appears	Triggers Absent
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Appears	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Absent	In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent	Own It, Part 1 Absent	Own It, Part 2 Absent	Own It, Part 3 Absent	Own It, Part 4 Absent	Own It, Part 5 Absent
"Where Are They Now?" Absent

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11
The Spread of Their Evil Absent	In Time of Crisis Appears	A House Divided Absent	Desperate Times Absent	Desperate Measures Absent	Back to the Wall Absent	Disempowered Absent	Ordinary People Absent
The Great Escape Absent	Crimes Against Nature Absent	Revelations Absent	One Girl in All the World Absent	Girl Blue, Part 1 Absent	Girl Blue, Part 2 Absent	Girl Blue, Part 3 Absent	Girl Blue, Part 4 Absent