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* TheMasquerade: The Gates in general. Also the monstrous inhabitants towards the normal members of the Gates.
** There are normal inhabitants?
*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}.
*** Dylan stated that about 90% of the Gates' inhabitants are muggles.
** Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
** There are normal inhabitants?
*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}.
*** Dylan stated that about 90% of the Gates' inhabitants are muggles.
** Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
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* TheMasquerade: The Gates in general. Also the monstrous inhabitants towards most of the normal members of the Gates.
** There are normal inhabitants?
*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}.
***Gates. Dylan stated states that about 90% of the Gates' inhabitants are muggles.
Muggles.
** Sarah is the focus of this among the adultcast cast, though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's unwittingly friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
** There are normal inhabitants?
*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}.
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** Sarah is the focus of this among the adult
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* [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]]: [[spoiler:Charlie.]]
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* [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]]: CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Charlie.]]
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-->'''Claire''': [holds ''(holds up silver ornament] ornament)'' Silver choker?
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*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}. Time will tell on that, though.
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*** Dylan stated that about 90% of thegates Gates' inhabitants are muggles.
*** Dylan stated that about 90% of the
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* KillTheParentRaiseTheChild: [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Dylan and Claire killed Emily's birth parents while feeding on them and adopted her out of remorse]].
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Become full wolves and aren't controlled by the full moon. Have superhuman strength, SuperSenses, a HealingFactor, and SuperJumping capabilities while in their human form. Silver has been implied to be harmful to them, but no specifics have been shown or described.
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Become full wolves and aren't controlled by the full moon. Have superhuman strength, SuperSenses, a HealingFactor, and SuperJumping InASingleBound capabilities while in their human form. Silver has been implied to be harmful to them, but no specifics have been shown or described.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Werewolf hierarchy. If you beat the Alpha in a fight, you become the new Alpha.
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Werewolf hierarchy. If you beat the Alpha in a fight, you become the new Alpha.
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* SleightOfHandiness: Nick uses his sleight of hand trick to [[spoiler: hide a flash drive containing info on the identities of about 10,000 vampires.]]
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* BlackBestFriend: Mia is this to Andie.
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* EmergingFromTheShadows: Used effectively at the end of "Little Girl Lost", when the villainous vampire Christian is heading out of town by night... only for a completely shadowed figure to emerge from the darkened forest. [[spoiler:It's Claire, come to stake him for kidnapping her daughter and general emotional torture.]]
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* ExpoLabel: * In one midseason episode, the producers wanted to remind viewers that Sarah was still drinking Devon's magic-poisoned tea without forcing that plot thread into an otherwise already busy episode... so they showed her drinking out of a giant ceramic mug labeled [[http://markbwilson.com/images/external/TheGates.png MUG OF TEA]].
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* ExpoLabel: * In one midseason episode, the producers wanted to remind viewers that Sarah was still drinking Devon's magic-poisoned tea without forcing that plot thread into an otherwise already busy episode... so they showed her drinking out of a giant ceramic mug labeled [[http://markbwilson.com/images/external/TheGates.png MUG OF TEA]].
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** Subverted when Claire and Karen set aside their differences. As much as they dislike each other, they both like Sarah and agree that having Devon manipulate her is unacceptable.
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'''''The Gates''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} 2010 show, revolving around a rich suburban community and its... unique inhabitants.
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*** [[WordOfGod Dylan stated]] that about 90% of the gates inhabitants are muggles.
** Notably Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
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*** [[WordOfGod Dylan stated]] stated that about 90% of the gates inhabitants are muggles.
**Notably Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
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* [[EvilDetectingDog Werewolf Detecting Horses]]
* TheWoobie: Anyone, as long as the viewer finds them sympathetic. See GrayAndGreyMorality above.
** Devon is perhaps the notable exception as she seems to go out of her way to be catty with everyone that wrongs her or that she considers a threat of some sort. Everyone else she seems to consider useful and just manipulates them.
* TheWoobie: Anyone, as long as the viewer finds them sympathetic. See GrayAndGreyMorality above.
** Devon is perhaps the notable exception as she seems to go out of her way to be catty with everyone that wrongs her or that she considers a threat of some sort. Everyone else she seems to consider useful and just manipulates them.
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* [[EvilDetectingDog Werewolf Detecting Horses]]
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** Devon is perhaps the notable exception as she seems to go out of her way to be catty with everyone that wrongs her or that she considers a threat of some sort. Everyone else she seems to consider useful and just manipulates them.Horses]]
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** Devon is perhaps the notable exception as she seems to go out of her way to be catty with everyone that wrongs her or that she considers a threat of some sort. Everyone else she seems to consider useful and just manipulates them.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Your neighbours aren't who they appear to be.]]
'''''The Gates''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} 2010 show, revolving around a rich suburban community and its... unique inhabitants.
Police Officer Nick Monohan and his family have just moved from the Chicago to the titular suburban community of The Gates, hoping to escape from some bad memories. The community welcomes them with open arms, but it soon becomes obvious that there are several people in The Gates with secrets. The Radcliffs are a vampire couple trying to raise their adopted human daughter without endangering her with their lifestyle. Brett and several of his friends at the high school are werewolves. The local MD Peg and Spa owner Devon are both witches, but with very different motivations. However, they all live in the gates because it offers protection from the outside world, and would do anything to help their families.
Its cancellation was announced in October 2010.
!!Tropes:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Brett to Andie in "What Lies Beneath", episode 1X02. Of course, taking into consideration the revelation about Andie later in the episode, it isn't Brett's fault.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Werewolf hierarchy. If you beat the Alpha in a fight, you become the new Alpha.
* BeatStillMyHeart: [[spoiler: Leigh Turner apparently keeps hers in a box.]]
* BlackBestFriend: Mia is this to Andie.
* {{Blackmail}}
* [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]]: [[spoiler:Charlie.]]
* CowboyCop: And odd example because he also happens to be DaChief and he gets pissed that his subordinates '''aren't''' cowboys like him.
* DirtyCop: The late Officer Phelps.
** Also, arguably, Nick. We know that he carried out a VigilanteExecution on a suspect and then lied to make it look like self defense. The fact that he lost his job implies that not everyone bought it. Notably though unlike most dirty cops, Nick isn't corrupt so much as a victim of his own CowboyCop personality.
* EmergencyTransformation: Subverted, as it was administered too late.
** Happened to [[spoiler: Kat Russo]], but she [[IHateYouVampireDad didn't take it]] too well.
* EyeScream: Milder than most but [[spoiler: Devon seduces a gentleman, possibly a werewolf, online and invites him to her place. Then she drowns him in her tub and takes his eyes.]]
* EyesOfGold: Apparently common for werewolves.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Ratcliffes
* FurAgainstFang: While not an all-out war, [[spoiler: the mothers in The Gates who are werewolves do not like to associate with the vampire wives.]]
-->'''Karen''': Claire! With all the sunscreen you used, I'm sure a facial would do wonders.
-->'''Claire''': [holds up silver ornament] Silver choker?
** Both sides don’t associate with each other in the outside world and can only live side by side inside The Gates because of a truce, which is almost broken in "Dog Eat Dog."
* GlamourFailure: Subverted. The vampires put on sunscreen before they go outside, and show up in pictures.
* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: Peg and Devon, respectively.
* GrayAndGreyMorality: It's possible to make a case for any of the characters who have had enough screen time being the Woobie. But it could also be argued that they had bad intentions, and that their mistakes are unjustifiable.
* GutFeeling: Nick goes snooping around the Radcliffe's property at 3 AM because his "instincts" tell him there's "something going on" with them. The fact that he was right is irrelevant.
* HornyDevils: [[spoiler: Andie Bates.]]
* HowWeGotHere: "Identity Crisis"
* IHateYouVampireDad: [[spoiler: Kat Russo]], who swears to kill not only her maker, but ''[[DisproportionateRetribution every vampire everywhere.]]''
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Sarah doesn't care what Nick thinks is going on with the Radcliffs, and tells him as much. Dylan and Claire as well, to a certain extent.
* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler: Andie nearly kills Charlie when her Succubus side takes over.]]
** [[spoiler: And she does it again in "Jurisdiction," though this time she manages to stop herself.]]
* LesbianVampire: Gloria Bennett
* LifeEnergy: Succubi burn through their naturally generated supply quicker than normal people, and so they seek out men to replenish their own sources.
* [[LoveTriangle Love Square]]: Andie, Brett, Charlie [[spoiler: and most recently, Lexie]].
* TheMasquerade: The Gates in general. Also the monstrous inhabitants towards the normal members of the Gates.
** There are normal inhabitants?
*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}. Time will tell on that, though.
*** [[WordOfGod Dylan stated]] that about 90% of the gates inhabitants are muggles.
** Notably Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
* MistakenForGay: Charlie when his mom hears about him falling for [[GenderBlenderName Andie.]]
* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using the V Word]]: While the word succubus is used freely, the vampires and werewolves ''never'' get called that. Even when asked directly.
-->'''Nick''':What are you?!
-->[[spoiler: '''Dylan''']]: You know what I am.
** Averted later, with the word vampire thrown around with wild abandon. They still tend to refer to themselves as "our people," though.
** Particularly, it's usually the vampires that do so and often with some reluctant. Nick seems more comfortable keeping that little bit of difference and Dylan seems trying very hard to be normal. It seems as much the uncomfortable nature of talking about it casually, the danger of untrustworthy people knowing, and that most people in The Gates being Muggles that makes everyone talk about what they are in roundabout ways. The better to hide it as a more innocuous conversation.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Sarah wishes this was true.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Sunscreen lets a vampire walk around in daylight, holy water was made up by the Church, and garlic just gives Dylan heartburn.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Become full wolves and aren't controlled by the full moon. Have superhuman strength, SuperSenses, a HealingFactor, and SuperJumping capabilities while in their human form. Silver has been implied to be harmful to them, but no specifics have been shown or described.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* StealthPun: Peg is a witch. Who is also an MD. That’s right, she’s a ''witch doctor''.
* StepfordSmiler: Karen Crezski
* StepfordSuburbia: The supernatural inhabitants of The Gates come here to be safe. They also take their dirty little secrets with them.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Lukas Ford is seen as an embarrassment by his father Simon, [[spoiler: but earns his respect by beating him up.]]
* [[EvilDetectingDog Werewolf Detecting Horses]]
* TheWoobie: Anyone, as long as the viewer finds them sympathetic. See GrayAndGreyMorality above.
** Devon is perhaps the notable exception as she seems to go out of her way to be catty with everyone that wrongs her or that she considers a threat of some sort. Everyone else she seems to consider useful and just manipulates them.
[[caption-width-right:350:Your neighbours aren't who they appear to be.]]
'''''The Gates''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} 2010 show, revolving around a rich suburban community and its... unique inhabitants.
Police Officer Nick Monohan and his family have just moved from the Chicago to the titular suburban community of The Gates, hoping to escape from some bad memories. The community welcomes them with open arms, but it soon becomes obvious that there are several people in The Gates with secrets. The Radcliffs are a vampire couple trying to raise their adopted human daughter without endangering her with their lifestyle. Brett and several of his friends at the high school are werewolves. The local MD Peg and Spa owner Devon are both witches, but with very different motivations. However, they all live in the gates because it offers protection from the outside world, and would do anything to help their families.
Its cancellation was announced in October 2010.
!!Tropes:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Brett to Andie in "What Lies Beneath", episode 1X02. Of course, taking into consideration the revelation about Andie later in the episode, it isn't Brett's fault.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Werewolf hierarchy. If you beat the Alpha in a fight, you become the new Alpha.
* BeatStillMyHeart: [[spoiler: Leigh Turner apparently keeps hers in a box.]]
* BlackBestFriend: Mia is this to Andie.
* {{Blackmail}}
* [[spoiler:CameBackWrong]]: [[spoiler:Charlie.]]
* CowboyCop: And odd example because he also happens to be DaChief and he gets pissed that his subordinates '''aren't''' cowboys like him.
* DirtyCop: The late Officer Phelps.
** Also, arguably, Nick. We know that he carried out a VigilanteExecution on a suspect and then lied to make it look like self defense. The fact that he lost his job implies that not everyone bought it. Notably though unlike most dirty cops, Nick isn't corrupt so much as a victim of his own CowboyCop personality.
* EmergencyTransformation: Subverted, as it was administered too late.
** Happened to [[spoiler: Kat Russo]], but she [[IHateYouVampireDad didn't take it]] too well.
* EyeScream: Milder than most but [[spoiler: Devon seduces a gentleman, possibly a werewolf, online and invites him to her place. Then she drowns him in her tub and takes his eyes.]]
* EyesOfGold: Apparently common for werewolves.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The Ratcliffes
* FurAgainstFang: While not an all-out war, [[spoiler: the mothers in The Gates who are werewolves do not like to associate with the vampire wives.]]
-->'''Karen''': Claire! With all the sunscreen you used, I'm sure a facial would do wonders.
-->'''Claire''': [holds up silver ornament] Silver choker?
** Both sides don’t associate with each other in the outside world and can only live side by side inside The Gates because of a truce, which is almost broken in "Dog Eat Dog."
* GlamourFailure: Subverted. The vampires put on sunscreen before they go outside, and show up in pictures.
* GoodWitchVersusBadWitch: Peg and Devon, respectively.
* GrayAndGreyMorality: It's possible to make a case for any of the characters who have had enough screen time being the Woobie. But it could also be argued that they had bad intentions, and that their mistakes are unjustifiable.
* GutFeeling: Nick goes snooping around the Radcliffe's property at 3 AM because his "instincts" tell him there's "something going on" with them. The fact that he was right is irrelevant.
* HornyDevils: [[spoiler: Andie Bates.]]
* HowWeGotHere: "Identity Crisis"
* IHateYouVampireDad: [[spoiler: Kat Russo]], who swears to kill not only her maker, but ''[[DisproportionateRetribution every vampire everywhere.]]''
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Sarah doesn't care what Nick thinks is going on with the Radcliffs, and tells him as much. Dylan and Claire as well, to a certain extent.
* KissOfDeath: [[spoiler: Andie nearly kills Charlie when her Succubus side takes over.]]
** [[spoiler: And she does it again in "Jurisdiction," though this time she manages to stop herself.]]
* LesbianVampire: Gloria Bennett
* LifeEnergy: Succubi burn through their naturally generated supply quicker than normal people, and so they seek out men to replenish their own sources.
* [[LoveTriangle Love Square]]: Andie, Brett, Charlie [[spoiler: and most recently, Lexie]].
* TheMasquerade: The Gates in general. Also the monstrous inhabitants towards the normal members of the Gates.
** There are normal inhabitants?
*** The Monohan family, at the least, and so far Marcus seems to be a {{Muggle}}. Time will tell on that, though.
*** [[WordOfGod Dylan stated]] that about 90% of the gates inhabitants are muggles.
** Notably Sarah is the focus of this among the adult cast though how much of that is concern for her and how much is because she's friends with the bad witch is up in the air.
* MistakenForGay: Charlie when his mom hears about him falling for [[GenderBlenderName Andie.]]
* [[NotUsingTheZWord Not Using the V Word]]: While the word succubus is used freely, the vampires and werewolves ''never'' get called that. Even when asked directly.
-->'''Nick''':What are you?!
-->[[spoiler: '''Dylan''']]: You know what I am.
** Averted later, with the word vampire thrown around with wild abandon. They still tend to refer to themselves as "our people," though.
** Particularly, it's usually the vampires that do so and often with some reluctant. Nick seems more comfortable keeping that little bit of difference and Dylan seems trying very hard to be normal. It seems as much the uncomfortable nature of talking about it casually, the danger of untrustworthy people knowing, and that most people in The Gates being Muggles that makes everyone talk about what they are in roundabout ways. The better to hide it as a more innocuous conversation.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: Sarah wishes this was true.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Sunscreen lets a vampire walk around in daylight, holy water was made up by the Church, and garlic just gives Dylan heartburn.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Become full wolves and aren't controlled by the full moon. Have superhuman strength, SuperSenses, a HealingFactor, and SuperJumping capabilities while in their human form. Silver has been implied to be harmful to them, but no specifics have been shown or described.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* StealthPun: Peg is a witch. Who is also an MD. That’s right, she’s a ''witch doctor''.
* StepfordSmiler: Karen Crezski
* StepfordSuburbia: The supernatural inhabitants of The Gates come here to be safe. They also take their dirty little secrets with them.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Lukas Ford is seen as an embarrassment by his father Simon, [[spoiler: but earns his respect by beating him up.]]
* [[EvilDetectingDog Werewolf Detecting Horses]]
* TheWoobie: Anyone, as long as the viewer finds them sympathetic. See GrayAndGreyMorality above.
** Devon is perhaps the notable exception as she seems to go out of her way to be catty with everyone that wrongs her or that she considers a threat of some sort. Everyone else she seems to consider useful and just manipulates them.
