In the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a Watcher is a member of a secret organisation (the Watchers' Council) devoted to tracking and combatting malevolent supernatural entities (and particularly vampires), primarily by locating and training individuals with the talents required to fight such beings and win.
Notable Watchers include Rupert Giles (Buffy's Watcher for most of the series) and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce.
