| Rules Of The Game or The Slayer Handbook According to Buffy Summers |
| Rule One: Walk tough. Talk tough. Be tough. "I don't think we've been properly introduced. I'm Buffy and you're...history." -Buffy in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" "I've lost friends tonight, and I may lose more. If you have information worth hearing then I am grateful for it. If you want to make jokes then I will pull out your rib cage and wear it as a hat." -Buffy to Spike, in "Becoming, Part 2" Rule Two: Provide whatever assistance you can, but know your strenghts and weaknesses. Buffy: "You have to admit, I kinda lack in the book area. You guys are the brains. I'd only be here for moral support." Xander: "That's not true, Buffy. You totaly contribute. You go for snacks." -"What's My Line? Part 1" Xander: "So. Okay. Get started, Buffy. Dissect it or something." Buffy: "Dissect it? Why me?" Xander: "Because you're the Slayer." Buffy: "And I slayed! My work here is done." -"Bad Eggs" Rule Three: Be properly respectful about your calling and it's traditions. "Sacred duty, yadda, yadda, yadda." -Buffy, in "Surprise" Rule Four: Keep your cool. Don't let little things like homicidal boyfriends distract you. "I know how hard this is for you. But as the Slayer, you do not have the luxury of being a slave to your passions. You mustn't let Angel get to you, regardless of how provocation his behavior may become." -Giles, in "Passion" "It should simply be plunge and move on, plunge and..." -Giles, in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Rule Five: Don't be fooled by a lull in Slayage. Stake all you want, they'll make more. "When you live atop a mystical convergence, it's only a matter of time before a fresh hell breaks loose. Now is the time that you should train more strictly, you should hunt and patrol more keenly, you should hone your skills day and night." -Giles, in "Reptile Boy" "Just because the paranormal has been more normal and less...para lately, is no excuse for tardiness or letting your guard down." -Giles to Buffy, in "Reptile Boy" Rule Six: Seek a proper balance in your life. "Buffy, when I said you could slay vampires and have a social life, I didn't mean at the same time!" -Giles, in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" |
| Rule Seven: Be vigilant in regard to personal morale. "A crank Slayer is a careless Slayer." -Buffy, in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Rule Eight: Personal appearance is important in making a good first impression. Xander: "Is she gonna be okay?" (re: an electrocuted Buffy) Giles: "She was only grounded for a moment. [then, to Buffy] Still, if you'd been anyone but the Slayer..." Buffy: "Tell me the truth. How's my hair?" Xander: "It's great. It's your best hair ever." Giles: "Oh, yes." -"I, Robot, You Jane" Rule Nine: When faced with the unknown, go with your instincts. Xander: "You don't know how to kill this thing." Buffy: "I thought I might try violence." Xander: "Solid call." -"Killed by Death" Rule Ten: Wherever you can, inspire faith in you allies and loathing in your enemies. "Not to state the obvious, but this looks like a job for Buffy." -Xander, in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" "He was young, and he was careful. And still the Slayer takes him, as she's taken so many of my family. It's wears thin." -The Master, in "Angel" Rule Eleven: Be patient. "Ninety percent of the vampire-slaying game is waiting." -Giles, in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Rule Twelve: Safeguard your identity as the Slayer at all times. "If your identity as the Slayer is revealed, it could put you and those around you in grave danger." -Giles, in "Never Kill a Boy on the First Date" Spike: "What, your mum doesn't know?" Joyce: "Know what?" Buffy: "That, uh, that I'm in a rock band...Yes, a rock band with Spike here." Spike: "Right, she plays the...triangle." Buffy: "Drums" Spike: "Drums, yeah, she's hell on the old skins, you know." Joyce: "And what do you do?" Spike: "Well, I sing." -"Becoming, Part 1" "Buffy, you aren't by any chance giving away your secret identity just to impress cute boys, are you?" -Giles, "Lie to Me" |
| Follow these words of wisdom, and one day perhaps your Watcher will arrive, and you, too, may be called to save the world from Darkness |