History Webcomic / GATEKEEPER

* AStormIsComing: Olivia [[spoiler:leaves Jack's house, in the first chapter, when a storm seems to be coming. The storm picks up speed as Jack digs up the body in his garden. The storm is the reason that Olivia returns to ask if she can borrow an umbrella, only to see that body on the kitchen floor. Ominous [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowing]] indeed.]]

* CallingCard: The rabbit card accompanying the dead body on the kitchen floor.

* BareYourMidriff: Maya's outfit [[spoiler:when she isn't wearing her [[CleanupCrew cleaner]] gear.]]

* BearYourMidriff: Maya's outfit [[spoiler:when she isn't wearing her [[CleanupCrew cleaner]] gear.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: Well, essentially. [[spoiler:After Olivia finds out about Jack's [[CleanupCrew profession]], he makes an offer like this, asking her to join him "as a Gatekeeper" for just a month. If she doesn't like it, he promises to give her a glowing recommendation letter so she can get hired wherever she wants.]] There are at least three or so things suspicious about this.

* CleanupCrew: Gatekeepers in general.
* DownerBeginning: Page 2. Enter bloody corpse.
* DramaticStutter: Olivia's stutters whenever she's nervous, unsure, apologetic, sad, etc.
* DramaticThunder: Used to foreshadow [[spoiler: the dead body in Jack's yard.]]

** [[spoiler:AffablyEvil]]: Possibly, [[spoiler:considering what his second job is actually implied to be.]]

* {{Expy}}: Both Jack Porter and Olivia Kane are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors Mr. Friday and Reilly Fay]] respectively.

* {{Dramatic Thunder}}: Used to foreshadow [[spoiler: the dead body in Jack's yard.]]

* [[A Storm is Coming]]

* [[A Storm is Coming]]

* EccentricMentor: Jack appears to be one. In his first appearance in the comic, he's shown having picked flowers and sporting gardening garb.

* InMediasRes: GATEKEEPER opens with the audience seeing a dead body on Mr. Porter's kitchen floor with no explanation. This scene doesn't happen until the end of the first chapter.

* MissingMom: Jack hints at this when he mentions Olivia's relationship with her mother in nonexistent.

* {{Beware the Nice Ones}}: Regardless of Mr. Porter's generosity and kindness, one can't overlook the dead body in his kitchen.

* {{Calling Card}}: The rabbit card accompanying the dead body on the kitchen floor.

* {{Cleanup Crew}}: Gatekeepers in general.
* {{Downer Beginning}}: Page 2. Enter bloody corpse.
* {{Dramatic Stutter}}: Olivia's stutters whenever she's nervous, unsure, apologetic, sad, etc.
* {{eccentricmentor}}: Jack appears to be one. In his first appearance in the comic, he's shown having picked flowers and sporting gardening garb.

* {{Gentleman and a Scholar}}: Jack Porter who is a published criminal psychologist and a generally charismatic person.

* {{Missing Mom}}: Jack hints at this when he mentions Olivia's relationship with her mother in nonexistent.

* TheWatson: Olivia Kane to Mr. Porter.

* AccidentalPun: The series name is GATEKEEPER. Jack's last name is Porter, One in charge of a gate or door. This was not intended by the author.

* SherlockScan: Mr. Porter does one on Olivia when she enters his house. [[spoiler: Turns out Olivia's father gave him info beforehand.]]

* {{accidental pun}}: The series name is GATEKEEPER. Jack's last name is Porter, One in charge of a gate or door. This was not intended by the author.

* {{Breather Episode}}: First half of chapter one is slice-of-life.
* {{Chekhovs Gun}}: Jack's biometric house security system is mentioned briefly when Olivia first arrives. [[spoiler:It reappears later to shock Olivia as she was trying to escape.]]
* {{Establishing Character Moment}}: When Olivia gets on the bus, she's pushed around by the other people and does nothing about it. This hints at her shyness and passivity.

* {{The Intern}}: Olivia is the new intern for Mr. Porter, and displays interest in his field of criminal psychology.
* {{In Media Res}}: GATEKEEPER opens with the audience seeing a dead body on Mr. Porter's kitchen floor with no explanation. This scene doesn't happen until the end of the first chapter.
* {{Naive Newcomer}}: Olivia Kane.

* {{Sherlocks Scan}}: Mr. Porter does one on Olivia when she enters his house. [[spoiler: Turns out Olivia's father gave him info beforehand.]]
* {{The Watson}}: Olivia Kane to Mr. Porter.

** [[spoiler:AffablyEvil]]: Possibly, [[spoiler:considering what his second job is actually implied to be.]]

It is written by {{SmackJeeves}} user "boxno," who also happens to be "hiruda" - author of the popular, but [[OrphanedSeries discontinued]], [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors webcomic]]. The work is a mix of action, mystery, and psychological thriller genres, though it may also have some shades of SliceOfLife if the beginning of the first chapter was any indication.

** [[spoiler:AffablyEvil]]: Possibly, [[spoiler:considering what his second job is actually implied to be.]]
* {{Expy}}: Both Jack Porter and Olivia Kane are [[{{Expy}} expies]] of [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors Mr. Friday and Reilly Fay]] respectively.

GATEKEEPER is written by {{SmackJeeves}} user "boxno," who also happens to be "hiruda" - author of the popular, but [[OrphanedSeries discontinued]], [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors webcomic]]. It is a mix of action, mystery, and psychological thriller genres. One full chapter has been released thus far and the work updates three times a week on a fixed schedule. It is meant to be a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to the aforementioned [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors webcomic]], and thus both works have much in common.

Written by {{SmackJeeves}} user "boxno," who also happens to be "hiruda" - author of the popular, but [[OrphanedSeries discontinued]], webcomic [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors]] is a mix of action, mystery, and psychological thriller genres. One full chapter has been released thus far and the work updates three times a week on a fixed schedule. It is meant to be a SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to the aforementioned [[Webcomic/RockPaperScissors]], and thus both works have much in common.