Rock Paper Scissors (webcomic)



Can be read here.

Rock Paper Scissors is a popular Smack Jeeves webcomic written by smackjeeves user "hiruda," set in fictional Radio City, U.S.A. Its main protagonist is a girl named Reilly Fay who, through her own misadventures, ends up having to work for Career Killer Jack (AKA: Mr. Friday) only to find out that he may not be all he seems. Meanwhile, the local police force has been trying to crack down on the activities of Mr. Friday and of the Cavellos crime syndicate led by a man known only as the Doctor. Paths cross when it turns out that Mr. Friday and the Cavellos are connected and Reilly must struggle to stay safe in a world that is suddenly much more dangerous than she had ever realized.

The comic is ongoing, updating sporadically - whenever hiruda (the writer/artist) has time. At the moment, eight chapters have been finished and Chapter 9 is under way. It went through substantial Art Evolution and hiruda has announced plans to redo the first chapter in acknowledgement of this. The genre could be described as three parts criminal fiction, two parts psychological thriller, one part science fiction, and one part Slice of Life. It has a fast-paced plot, entertaining characters, and loads of visually pleasing official art. Also has a character list here. It has Multiple Demographic Appeal and Needs More Love.

To avoid confusion, on this wiki page, the Doctor will not be referred to by his real name but by his given alias. Likewise, the Career Killer will be refered to as Mr. Friday.

Rock Paper Scissors provides examples of:

 * Action Girl: Argent D'Artois, who is a capable swordswoman
 * Adorkable: Thomas, quite often. Also Mr. Friday can be, when he's not killing people. Reilly also has her moments.
 * Affably Evil: The Doctor is usually very polite, and has also shown to be very kind to his son Louis.
 * Art Evolution: Indeed. Compare this page from Chapter 1 to this page from Chapter 8 for a good example.
 * All There in the Manual: Quite a bit can be learned about the characters by reading through supplemental materials in hiruda's Deviant ART account as well as her formspring.
 * The Atoner:
 * Ax Crazy: Mr. Friday, of course.
 * Badass: Andy Lee.
 * Argent is also a great, albeit more subtle, example.
 * Berserk Button: For Mr. Friday, it's being disobeyed. Specifically by Reilly.
 * Big Bad: The Doctor.
 * Bishonen: Ben. It is practically Played for Laughs. Also Mr. Friday, when he isn't drawn in a comedic style, is this. As are Louis, Thomas, Andy,, and Pretty much most of the male characters. The only exceptions seem to be those who have aged significantly, and Reilly's friend Glen.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Louis, the Doctor's son, who also works as a Cavello member.
 * Brainwashed and Crazy:
 * Break the Cutie: By the time Chapter 8 hits,
 * And then there's Sonia who was broken even worse. See her entry for The Woobie.
 * Career Killer: Mr. Friday.
 * The Casanova: Louis Lark, though it doesn't work on Argent.
 * : And freaking how! Starts about half-way through Chapter 5 and goes full-throttle in Chapter 8. Not that that's a bad thing...
 * Character Alignment: Hiruda provides this handy chart! Warning: Possible spoilers.
 * Character Development: Reilly has been going through it. She is now a lot more world-weary than she was in chapter 1.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Mr. Friday, quite often.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Despite being, in hiruda's words, a "jolly old dork", Mr. Friday is pretty good at fighting. He also has great balance.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: Louis was one when he was younger. This is expected as he is now a Bishonen.
 * Determinator: Andy just doesn't give up when he's chasing a criminal, sometimes to a hilarious extent.
 * Also Mr. Friday counts, especially if his character sheet here his anything to go by. His resolve is his strongest trait.
 * Dual-Wielding: Andy does this with guns. His aim is about average though.
 * Enfant Terrible: As of Chapter 9,
 * Even Evil Has Loved Ones: It may be too early to tell, but
 * Also subverted with the fact that,
 * A Father to His Men: Police Chief Strausser, who actively worries about Thomas as well as his other fellow officers. He also seems to think of Argent as a daughter, since she used to work under him.
 * Fighting From the Inside:
 * Gonk: Glen.
 * Guns Akimbo: Andy.
 * Happily Married: Reilly's parents.
 * Humanoid Abomination: All the same, it's hard to really tell what he is at this point. For all anyone knows, he may be an embodiment of madness.
 * Jerkass: Louis likes being mean to people. Also Andy, though to a lesser extent.
 * Mad Scientist: The Doctor. He's quite a genius at designing robots and but is absolutely insane.
 * The Mole: seems to be this.
 * Nice Guy: Thomas, though he has been shown to have difficulties with his brother Phil.
 * Also,
 * Old Shame: Long ago,Hiruda wrote a comic about characters that Mr. Friday and Reilly are now expies of. She really doesn't like her old comics and has apparently removed them from the internet.
 * Opposites Attract: Played with. Andy and Argent. They Aside from being somewhat similar-looking, their personalities are complete opposites. A love of videogames was the only thing they really had in common. However,
 * Overlord, Jr.: Louis is the Doctor's son and seems to work as a front man for the Cavellos at times. However, he's a bit of an odd version of this trope as he doesn't really seem evil so much as apathetic towards what his father does. He seems more interested in dating hot women than any evil schemes, though he is cooperative and does what his father tells him to do. It is unclear whether or not the Doctor plans on having Louis take over for him. In fact, it is unclear whether or not
 * Psychopathic Manchild: Mr. Friday is extremely immature and silly. He also kills without any remorse.
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts: Ben and Donna. Very. Played for Laughs of course.
 * Slasher Smile: Mr. Friday wears this, quite frequently. It is his signature "whale-teeth smile."
 * Soap Opera: Andy loves them. The cheesier the better.
 * Super-Deformed: In its comedic moments, along with a few funny backgrounds added in.
 * Tentacle Rope: Somewhat hilariously, Mr. Friday has used his many coat tails for this purpose once or twice - once to restrain Reilly and once to trip up
 * There Are No Therapists: Averted nicely, for the most part.
 * Justified when it comes to Reilly, who is very independent and probably just doesn't want to worry her parents by seeking out psychiatry. She's been broken slightly but seems to be trying to deal with it and restore her life.
 * Trigger Happy: Andy, who does not seem to care much about aiming so long as he is firing bullets into the air. Somewhere near his target. Preferably.
 * Villainous Breakdown: The
 * Wham Chapter: Chapter 7, in which A Wham, indeed.
 * Youngest Child Wins: Inverted. Hard. Thomas and Phil, as shown here have some issues. Apparently, Phil wanted Thomas' position as inspector. He didn't get it.
 * Yandere:
 * Yandere: