History GoodAngelBadAngel / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbert'' would often converse with his shoulder angel and devil when he had difficult decisions to make, his shoulder angel was himself in an angel costume and his shoulder devil was his friend Rudy who often made bad decisions in a suit with devil horns.

** Atully inverted in the Treehouse of Horror story, "Attack of the 50-Ft. Eyesores." Bart sits on the shoulder of a giant Devil (really a mascot come to life). In his right ear, Bart tells him to destroy the school. He then goes to the opposite ear and says a similar message in a different voice.

** When Moe opens up a gay bar, a devil-esque, goat legged miniature Moe with horns appears on his shoulder and gives him advice. When asked where the angel is, the apparition replies "I am angel-Moe". Cue a larger reptilian monster popping up on the other shoulder, reaching over, and devouring the angel-Moe.

* In ''TheSimpsons'', when Moe refurbishes his bar into a gay lounge, he at first thinks of telling his new patrons that he's straight. The first one to pop up is his shoulder devil (essentially Moe dressed in a tuxedo with devil props), who encourages him to hide behind his homosexual façade, but when he says they should wait for what Angel Moe has to say, the devil replies: "''I'm'' Angel Moe". Then, the real Devil Moe (a bestial-looking, hulking red demon) pops up on his other shoulder and devours Angel Moe before letting out a guttural, evil laugh.

* ''FamilyGuy'': Peter Griffin has these and his Good Angel has a set of his own. Both Good Angels have trouble making it to their charges.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' - In the pilot, Peter's shoulder-devil gives Peter advice, but when Peter looks for his shoulder-angel, he isn't there. He's stuck in traffic elsewhere.
** Then, when Peter's shoulder-angel finally arrives, the shoulder angel itself has its OWN little devil and little angel... who is also stuck in the same traffic jam.

* In some old Disney shorts with {{Pluto|ThePup}}, Pluto has an angel and a devil, who were both dogs like himself; angel dog wore a halo and devil dog wore horns and a red cape. Devil dog usually encourages him to do things like disobey Mickey and chase cats.
* An early DonaldDuck cartoon, ''Donald's Better Self'', has [[VagueAge Donald skipping school]] because his devil told him to while his angel tries to lead him in the right path. By the way, both angel and devil are as tall as the Duck, and they're given normal voices, unlike Don himself... [[FridgeBrilliance perhaps so Donald has no trouble understanding his inner thoughts?]]
* A ''HouseOfMouse'' short features Pluto's angel and devil. Later, after Mickey punishes Pluto for making a mess (when it was actually three kittens who made the mess), ''Pluto's angel and devil start giving Mickey suggestions.'' And they don't just look like Pluto's; the Devil even mentions the kittens, which Mickey does not, at this point, know about.

* In an episode of ''TheFlintstones'', Fred buys a sweepstakes ticket and shares it with Barney who is broke and unable to purchase one. Barney decides to guard the ticket. Fred didn't trust Barney under the influences of good and bad consciences. The devil pursues Fred to sneak into Barney's house to steal the ticket.

* Nicky of ''PepperAnn'', was once seen with two good angels, one on each shoulder.

** On the Treehouse of Horror story, "Attack of the 50-Ft. Eyesores," Bart sits on the shoulder of a giant Devil (really a mascot come to life). In his right ear, Bart tells him to destroy the school. He then goes to the opposite ear and says a similar message in a different voice.

!!Straight Examples

* ''2DTV'' subverted this gag twice with footballer Roy Keane, his shoulder devil egging him on to kick Micheal Owen in the groin. Resisting the temptation, an even bigger devil shows up and eggs him on to do worse, which he then does. Owen's shoulder angel peacefully tells the battered footballer not to retaliate, with a larger angel suggesting they should buy Roy some flowers.

!!Subversions, parodies etc.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', ThePhantomStranger and TheSpectre act this way in a certain decisive moment.

** Heathcliff's shoulder angel once incapacitates the shoulder devil and takes over. This lead to Spike taking advantage and he [[HumiliationConga humiliates Heathcliff in front of the entire neighborhood]].

** Heathcliff's shoulder angel incapacitated the shoulder devil and took over once. This led to Spike taking advantage and eventually [[HumiliationConga humiliating him in front of the entire neighborhood]].

* Spidey gets these in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}'', with the Good Angel wearing a blue costume, and the Bad one in Red. In one episode, the Bad Angel was replaced by a Shoulder-''[[TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'', in an episode where it wasn't so much good versus evil/selfish but duty versus friendship, when acting on his sense of duty could've gotten the Hulk locked up.

* In a couple of episodes of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield's good and bad angels fight over what courses of action he should take. His bad angel usually uses every method he can think of to send the good angel as far away as he can; the good angel, in return, often reenters the scene through unusual means. (Example: the bad angel mails the good angel to Hawaii. The good angel later walks back through the door carrying luggage and wearing an aloha shirt.)

** In "Daffy Duck Hunt", a dog considers whether to let Daffy out of a freezer or not. The shoulder angels are arguing until the good angel tells the bad one to [[BigShutUp "Aw, shaddup!"]]
** In "Scaredy Cat", when Sylvester sees the homicidal mice have captured Porky, he runs off in a panic, until a little angel version of him gives him [[SignLanguage a non-verbal dressing-down/pep talk]].

* ''MuchaLucha'' - Ricochet experiences a straight example when he considers stealing something from a classmate. The episode ends on a gag involving the Flea trying to melt the polar ice caps (by rubbing two sticks together), and he gets the two devils versions.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' episode "Spitballs" Rocko is trying to catch a foul ball. After receiving TheWorstSeatInTheHouse, Heffer suggests they move down. Rocko's devil agrees while the angel protests. When the devil shows the angel the view with binoculars, the angel changes its mind and tells him to get the good seats before they're gone. At the end of the episode Rocko has caught a foul ball but a little kid asks for it. The devil tells Rocko to keep it while the angels says it is better to give then to receive and ensures Rocko gives by hitting him with a baseball bat.

** In one of the shorts before The Simpsons became a series; One involved stealing from the money jar, Barts devil tells him to take the money, the angel tells him the same thing in agreement.

* In a couple of episodes of ''GarfieldAndFriends'', Garfield's good and bad angels fight over what courses of action he should take. His bad angel usually uses every method he can think of to send the good angel as far away as he can; the good angel, in return, often reenters the scene through unusual means. (Example: the bad angel mails the good angel to Hawaii. The good angel later walks back through the door carrying luggage and wearing an aloha shirt.)
* Slightly spoofed in ''LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', where Stitch undergoes the "two devil" variation when he ponders whether or not to get rid of an experiment stealing Lilo's attention away from him.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'', this trope is spoofed with an angel doughnut and a devil doughnut appearing on Patrick's shoulders.
* The short-lived show ''GodTheDevilAndBob'' had a variation on this, where Bob was constantly visited by...well, guess, with the devil trying to prove that there was no good in humanity by focusing on Bob, a crude, loud-mouthed imbecile.

* Used straight in many of the old WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoons, though the angels weren't above occasionally telling each other to "Shaddup!"

* In the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' short "Daffy Duck Hunt", a dog considers whether to let Daffy out of a freezer or not. The shoulder angels are arguing until the good angel tells the bad one to [[BigShutUp "Aw, shaddup!"]]

-->'''Angel''': Yeah. Why the hell not? It's just a beer. Don't be such a pussy, okay?

* Spidey gets these in ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'', with the Good Angel wearing a blue costume, and the Bad one in Red. In one episode, the Bad Angel was replaced by a Shoulder-''[[TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]]'', in an episode where it wasn't so much good versus evil/selfish but duty versus friendship, when acting on his sense of duty could've gotten the Hulk locked up.

** Another episode had Bogus chasing after an ant that had stolen his special piece of cake. When he finally catches up with the ant, he is both anguished and ashamed to discover that the ant had only stolen the cake because it was a baby ant's birthday. First, his bad side, who is depicted as a leather-clad {{Badass Biker}}, tells Bogus that they're just puny insignificant ants and that the cake is rightfully his for him to just take, before his good side, who is depicted as a {{Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness}}--spouting well-mannered philosopher, tells Bogus that if he just takes the cake back, he will regret it for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: At the end of the discussion, Bogus ends up listening to his bad side and takes the cake from the ants anyway.]]