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{{Location|Image = Sunnydale High School Library.jpg|Caption = Center part of the library|First = "[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]"|Last = "[[Graduation Day, Part 2]]"|Location = [[Sunnydale High School]], [[Sunnydale]]|Type = School library|Owner(s) = Sunnydale High School}}The original '''Sunnydale High School library''' was located directly above the [[Hellmouth]]. It served as the [[Scooby Gang]]'s base of operations since the librarian, [[Rupert Giles]], was a member of the [[Watchers Council]] and employed the use of this area. Giles brought in old supernatural texts and medieval weapons, to provide his [[Slayer]] [[Buffy Summers]] with training during and after school hours as well as holding a source of demonic research when dealing with various threats.
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[[Image:Library.jpg|thumb|The school library]]
  
   
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The '''Sunnydale High School library''' was where the gang did demon research and where [[Rupert Giles]] under the guise of librarian trains [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] to be the [[Slayer]] for the first three seasons. It was located in the old high school<ref name=Grad2>[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]</ref> directly above the [[Hellmouth]]. The library of the new Sunnydale High School is mentioned but never seen.
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It was destroyed when Buffy planted it with a large amount of explosives and detonated them in the face of the newly ascended Mayor [[Richard Wilkins|Wilkins]], destroying him along with the rest of the school (The books had already been removed).<ref name=Grad2>[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]</ref>
   
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==Symbolism==
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==Description==
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The center of library was octagonal, with a skylight above and a red painted line on the floor below, clearly defining its shape.
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[[File:Library_table.png|thumb|left|190px|The Scooby Gang taking research during Christmas]]
   
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It included a small balcony that was shaped from half of the octagon, facing opposite to the entrance with a pair of stairs each lying at the end of the balcony which also had stacks located within that held books. It also contained a wooden table with chairs in the center of the octagon. There was also a doorway at the back of the balcony which contained another room which, according to Giles, was an old boarded up cellar.<ref>"[[School Hard]]"</ref>
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The books in the library lend an air of humor and verisimilitude to the mystical, metaphysical, paranormal, and supernatural character of the show. The library provides a convenient means for the characters to discover the true nature of the latest forces and entities that the Hellmouth has unleashed upon them and supports the show's own nature as a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, symbolizing the importance both of growing up and of growing in knowledge and understanding, as many critics have pointed out.
  
   
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To the right of the library, in front the balcony was the counter where the books were checked in and beyond that was Giles' office.  
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''See also: "Educating Buffy: The Role of Education in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''[http://www.cinegraphic.net/pdf/buffy_TJ.PDF]," by Michael Betancourt.''
  
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The library was also housed right on top of the town's [[Hellmouth]], leading it to being the site of where a [[Hellmouth Spawn|multi-headed demon]] arose on two occasions.
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===Book cage===
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[[File:Vlcsnap-2011-04-07-19h23m34s103.png|thumb|right|Xander in the book cage.]]
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The book cage was located opposite to Giles' office and resembled a white steel cage with a built-in door and a rectangular slot, for book returns. Inside it housed a cupboard and a window.
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It was used by Rupert Giles to store weapons and some special volumes. The cage appeared to be really strong, as it was usually employed to contain supernatural beings, in particular
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[[Oz]] during his [[werewolf]] transformation. The [[Possession|hyena-possessed]] [[Xander]], [[Philip Henry]] and the [[Sunnydale High Swim Team]], as well as [[Willow Rosenberg (Wishverse)|Vampire Willow,]] were also held inside in during different occasions.
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===Rebuilt ===
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[[File:New_library.png|thumb|left|The new library]]
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In 2002, the library was rebuilt along with the rest of Sunnydale High. It retained its octagonal shape and skylight but wasn't directly over the Hellmouth. Instead, this site was then taken over by [[Principal Wood|Principal Wood's]] office. According to former librarian Rupert Giles, this library was filled with nothing but computers. Though this seemed contradicted by earlier appearances, it was likely the computers where recently installed by 2003.
   
 
== Books Available from the Library ==
  
== Books Available from the Library ==
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* ''Vampyr'' <ref>[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]</ref>
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*''[[Vampyr]]''<ref>"[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]"</ref>
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* [[Witches: Historic Roots to Modern Practice]]<ref name=Witch>[[The Witch]]</ref>
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*''[[Witches: Historic Roots to Modern Practice]]''<ref name=Witch>[[Witch (episode)|Witch]]"</ref>
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* ''The Pagan Rites''<ref name=Witch>[[The Witch]]</ref>
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*''[[The Pagan Rites]]''<ref name=Witch/>
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* ''Emily Dickinson's poetry''<ref name=NKBFD>[[Never Kill a Boy on the First Date]]</ref>
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*''Emily Dickinson's poetry''<ref name=NKBFD>"[[Never Kill a Boy on the First Date]]"</ref>
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* [[Writings of Aurelius]]<ref name=NKBFD>[[Never Kill a Boy on the First Date]]</ref>
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*''[[Writings of Aurelius]]''<ref name=NKBFD/>
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* [[Legends of Vishnu]]<ref>[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]</ref>
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*''[[Legends of Vishnu]]''<ref>"[[Out of Mind, Out of Sight]]"</ref>
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* [[Black Chronicles]]<ref>[[Prophecy Girl]], [[Amends]]</ref>
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*''[[Black Chronicles]]''<ref>"[[Prophecy Girl]]"</ref><ref name=Amends>"[[Amends]]"</ref>
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* [[Writings of Dramius]]<ref>[[What's My Line, Part Two]]</ref>
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*''[[Writings of Dramius]]''<ref>"[[What's My Line, Part Two]]"</ref>
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* [[Bristow's Demon Index]]<ref name=BadEggs>[[Bad Eggs]]</ref>
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*''[[Bristow's Demon Index]]''<ref name=BadEggs>"[[Bad Eggs]]"</ref>
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* [[Hells Offspring|Hell's Offspring]]<ref name=BadEggs>[[Bad Eggs]]</ref>
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*''[[Hells Offspring|Hell's Offspring]]''<ref name=BadEggs/>
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* ''Biography of Joseph Stalin''<ref>[[Passion]]</ref>
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*''Biography of Joseph Stalin''<ref>"[[Passion]]"</ref>
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* [[Exploring Demon Dimensions]]<ref>[[Beauty and the Beasts]]</ref>
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*''[[Exploring Demon Dimensions]]''<ref name=BeautyAndTheBeasts>"[[Beauty and the Beasts]]"</ref>
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* [[The Mystery of Acathla]]<ref>[[Beauty and the Beasts]]</ref>
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*''[[The Mystery of Acathla]]''<ref name=BeautyAndTheBeasts/>
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* [[Twilight Compendium|Sir Robert Kane’s Twilight Compendium]]<ref>[[Revelations]]</ref>
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*''[[Twilight Compendium|Sir Robert Kane’s Twilight Compendium]]''<ref>"[[Revelations]]"</ref>
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* [[The Diary of Lucius Temple]]<ref>[[Amends]]</ref>
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*''[[The Diary of Lucius Temple]]''<ref name=Amends/>
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* [[Blood Rites and Sacrifices]]<ref>[[Gingerbread]]</ref>
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*''[[Blood Rites and Sacrifices]]''<ref>"[[Gingerbread]]"</ref>
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* [[Hebrons Almanac]]<ref>[[The Zeppo]]</ref>
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*''[[Hebron's Almanac]]''<ref name=TheZeppo>"[[The Zeppo]]"</ref>
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* [[Books of Pherion]]<ref>[[The Zeppo]]</ref>
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*''[[Books of Pherion]]''<ref name=TheZeppo/>
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* [[Merenshtadt Text]]<ref>[[Enemies]]</ref>
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*''[[Merenshtadt Text]]''<ref>"[[Enemies]]"</ref>
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* [[Kippler Volumes]]<ref name=Grad2>[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]</ref>
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*''[[Kippler Volumes]]''<ref name=Grad2>"[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]"</ref>   
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==Blueprints==
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<gallery spacing="small" widths="150">
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Sunnydale_high_library_blueprint.jpg
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Sunnydale_high_library_blueprint_close_up.jpg
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Sunnydale_high_library_blueprint_close_up_2.jpg
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</gallery>
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==Frequent Visitors==
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*[[Rupert Giles]]
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*[[Buffy Summers]]
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*[[Alexander Harris]]
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*[[Willow Rosenberg]]
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*[[Jenny Calendar]]
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*[[Cordelia Chase]]
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*[[Angel]]
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*[[Joyce Summers]]
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*[[Daniel Osbourne]]
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*[[Faith Lehane]]
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*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
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==Notable Visitors==
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*[[Owen Thurman]] (to lend an Emily Dickinson book)
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*[[Kyle DuFours]] (to release a hyena-possessed Xander from the bookcage)
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*[[Heidi Barrie]] (same)
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*[[Rhonda Kelley]] (same)
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*[[Tor Hauer]] (same)
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*[[Darla]] (to spy on Buffy and Willow)
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*[[David Kirby]] (attending a computer class taught by Mrs. Calendar)
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*[[Fritz Siegel]]
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*[[Moloch the Corruptor]] (after being scanned by Willow)
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*[[Sid the Dummy]] (brought there by Xander, later telling the Scooby Gang about his mission)
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*[[Hank Summers]] (when searching for Buffy)
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*[[Hellmouth Spawn]] (twice, when the Hellmouth was opened)
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*[[The Master]] (when he was dusted by Buffy)
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*[[Jane]] (to kidnap Willow, Jenny and Giles)
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*[[Bob (vampire)|Bob]] (same)
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*[[Walt]] (same)
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*[[Ned]] (same)
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*[[Snyder]] (to escape Spike and his gang)
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*[[Inca Mummy]] (to give information on the Sacred Seal)
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*[[Julia]] (to steal the [[Du Lac Manuscript]])
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*[[Winslow]] (when questioning Giles about Philip Henry's death)
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*[[Ethan Rayne]] (to find Giles)
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*[[Eyghon the Sleepwalker]] (when possessing Philip Henry)
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*[[Kendra Young]] (twice, to investigate on Drusilla's cure and to protect Willow when performing the Ritual of Restoration)
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*[[Bezoar]] babies (to possess Giles and Joyce)
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*[[Amy Madison]] (to reverse the Love Spell)
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*[[Jonathan Levinson]] (to lend books on Stalin)
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*[[Sunnydale High Swim Team]] (to reverse the mutation caused by steroids administered by coach Carl Marin)
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*[[Drusilla]] and her minions (to kidnap Giles)
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*Sunnydale Cops (when investigating Kendra's death)
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*[[Whistler]] (to guide Buffy)
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*[[Patches]] (brought by Buffy so that Giles could determine its nature)
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*[[Pete Clarner]] (to confront Oz about Debbie Foley)
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*[[Lyle Gorch]] and [[Candy Gorch]] (to attack Buffy and Cordelia)
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*[[Gwendolyn Post]] (to obtain information on the Glove of Myneghon)
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*[[Michael Czajak]] (to escape Mothers Opposed to the Occult)
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*[[Quentin Travers]]
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*[[Sisterhood of Jhe]] (to open the Hellmouth)
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*[[El Eliminati]] (to kidnap Wesley and Giles)
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*[[Willow Rosenberg (Wishverse)|Vamp Willow]] (to attack her double)
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*[[Shrouded Man]] (to conclude his pact with Giles)
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*[[Anya Jenkins]] (to give information on the Ascension)
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*[[Richard Wilkins]] (to threaten the Scooby gang)
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*[[Vahrall Demon]] (to open the Hellmouth on the ruins)
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==Behind the Scenes==
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*The Sunnydale High School library is the original, and longest running headquarters of the Scooby Gang, having been used as a meeting place for three seasons. [[The Magic Box]] is the second longest, having been used for two seasons until its destruction, while [[Rupert Giles's apartment|Giles's apartment]] and [[Summers' residence|Buffy's house]] only served as headquarters for one season.
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*The books in the library lend an air of humor and verisimilitude to the mystical, metaphysical, paranormal, and supernatural character of the show. The library provides a convenient means for the characters to discover the true nature of the latest forces and entities that the Hellmouth has unleashed upon them and supports the show's own nature as a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, symbolizing the importance both of growing up and of growing in knowledge and understanding, as many critics have pointed out.<ref>[http://www.cinegraphic.net/pdf/buffy_TJ.PDF "Educating Buffy: The Role of Education in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'']" by Michael Betancourt.''</ref>
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*The Sunnydale Library, as well as the rest of the high school, was the first Buffyverse set to be retired by completely destroying it. This trend would continue with [[The Magic Box]], and eventually on Angel with the [[Angel Investigations offices]] and [[Wolfram & Hart (Los Angeles Branch)|Wolfram &amp; Hart]].
   
 
== References ==
  
== References ==
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[[Category:Scooby Gang command centers]]

Revision as of 14:40, 25 March 2019

The original Sunnydale High School library was located directly above the Hellmouth. It served as the Scooby Gang's base of operations since the librarian, Rupert Giles, was a member of the Watchers Council and employed the use of this area. Giles brought in old supernatural texts and medieval weapons, to provide his Slayer Buffy Summers with training during and after school hours as well as holding a source of demonic research when dealing with various threats.

It was destroyed when Buffy planted it with a large amount of explosives and detonated them in the face of the newly ascended Mayor Wilkins, destroying him along with the rest of the school (The books had already been removed).[1]

Description

The center of library was octagonal, with a skylight above and a red painted line on the floor below, clearly defining its shape.

Library table

The Scooby Gang taking research during Christmas

It included a small balcony that was shaped from half of the octagon, facing opposite to the entrance with a pair of stairs each lying at the end of the balcony which also had stacks located within that held books. It also contained a wooden table with chairs in the center of the octagon. There was also a doorway at the back of the balcony which contained another room which, according to Giles, was an old boarded up cellar.[2]

To the right of the library, in front the balcony was the counter where the books were checked in and beyond that was Giles' office.  

The library was also housed right on top of the town's Hellmouth, leading it to being the site of where a multi-headed demon arose on two occasions.

Book cage

Vlcsnap-2011-04-07-19h23m34s103

Xander in the book cage.

The book cage was located opposite to Giles' office and resembled a white steel cage with a built-in door and a rectangular slot, for book returns. Inside it housed a cupboard and a window.

It was used by Rupert Giles to store weapons and some special volumes. The cage appeared to be really strong, as it was usually employed to contain supernatural beings, in particular Oz during his werewolf transformation. The hyena-possessed Xander, Philip Henry and the Sunnydale High Swim Team, as well as Vampire Willow, were also held inside in during different occasions.

Rebuilt 

New library

The new library

In 2002, the library was rebuilt along with the rest of Sunnydale High. It retained its octagonal shape and skylight but wasn't directly over the Hellmouth. Instead, this site was then taken over by Principal Wood's office. According to former librarian Rupert Giles, this library was filled with nothing but computers. Though this seemed contradicted by earlier appearances, it was likely the computers where recently installed by 2003.

Books Available from the Library

Blueprints

Frequent Visitors

Notable Visitors

Behind the Scenes

  • The Sunnydale High School library is the original, and longest running headquarters of the Scooby Gang, having been used as a meeting place for three seasons. The Magic Box is the second longest, having been used for two seasons until its destruction, while Giles's apartment and Buffy's house only served as headquarters for one season.
  • The books in the library lend an air of humor and verisimilitude to the mystical, metaphysical, paranormal, and supernatural character of the show. The library provides a convenient means for the characters to discover the true nature of the latest forces and entities that the Hellmouth has unleashed upon them and supports the show's own nature as a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, symbolizing the importance both of growing up and of growing in knowledge and understanding, as many critics have pointed out.[17]
  • The Sunnydale Library, as well as the rest of the high school, was the first Buffyverse set to be retired by completely destroying it. This trend would continue with The Magic Box, and eventually on Angel with the Angel Investigations offices and Wolfram & Hart.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Graduation Day, Part Two Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Grad2" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ "School Hard"
  3. ↑ "Welcome to the Hellmouth"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Witch"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date"
  6. ↑ "Out of Mind, Out of Sight"
  7. ↑ "Prophecy Girl"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Amends"
  9. ↑ "What's My Line, Part Two"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Bad Eggs"
  11. ↑ "Passion"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Beauty and the Beasts"
  13. ↑ "Revelations"
  14. ↑ "Gingerbread"
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "The Zeppo"
  16. ↑ "Enemies"
  17. ↑ "Educating Buffy: The Role of Education in Buffy the Vampire Slayer" by Michael Betancourt.
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