Buffy the Vampire Slayer slayer. Buffy receives guidance from her Watcher, Rupert Giles (Anthony Stewart Head). Giles, rarely referred to by his first name (it is later revealed that in his misspent younger days he went by "Ripper"), is a member of the Watchers' Council, whose job is to train and guide the Slayers. Giles researches the supernatural creatures that Buffy must face, offers insights into their origins and advice on how to defeat them, and helps her stay in fighting form. Buffy is also helped by friends she meets at Sunnydale High: Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) and Xander Harris (Nicholas Brendon). Willow is
Buffy the Vampire Slayer in popular culture through the cemetery she realises she's...BUFFY!" Their idea is knocked back immediately. In the 2007 film "The Jane Austen Book Club", directed by Robin Swicord, also starring Marc Blucas who played Riley Finn on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", Jocelyn finds herself surrounded by "Buffy" fans as to she is around a "Buffy convention" called the "Buffy Contingency." In the 2010 American vampire spoof "Vampires Suck", based in most part on "Twilight" film series, Buffy is portrayed by Krystal Mayo. She uses an outfit similar to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight" #1 cover. In 2011 film remake "Fright Night" vampire