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* As pictured on the trope page, Lucifer in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' franchise can appear as his his original self: the seraphic "Helel". Whether it's his true form or not is really dependent on the game: sometimes it is, sometimes it's a disguise, sometimes Helel is treated as a separate demon entirely.
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* Both played straight and subverted in "Franchise/TheElderScrolls". While some of the Daedra are as horrifying and disgusting as most depictions of demons, others would qualify in the domain of good deities in other fantasy settings. Meridia, whose domain is life and light, appears as a brilliant glowing light, yet is actually considered one of the Daedra.
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* In ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'', the devils are taught to disguise themselves as angels of light as part of their training.
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* In ''Literature/TheScrewtapeLetters'', the devils are taught to disguise themselves as angels of light as part of their training.
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* One of the most basic powers that FallenAngels have in ''[[NexusWar Nexus Clash]]'' is the ability to pull one of these and appear to be a good angel again. This lasts until someone notices the trail of bodies...or tries to heal them, since this is a setting where NoCureForEvil is very much in effect.
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* In Robert Louis Stevenson's short story "Markheim" the protagonist meets a supernatural creature he and assumes it is the devil. The creature offers to help him with the crime Markheim is committing -apparently a classic temptation from the devil. [[spoiler: Markheim resists the temptation and calmly admits his crime and waits for the police, knowing full well he will hang for it. Unseen to Markheim the creature undergoes a strange transformation and is triumphantly happy with Markheim's decision.]] The ending suggests it might actually have been the exact opposite.
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* PlayedWith in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. Given both angels and demons require host bodies to manifest, they look similar in that sense. However, it has also been seen that higher tier demons are capable of calling upon [[LightIsNotGood holy white light]], one of the most powerful spells of the series.
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* PlayedWith in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''. Given both angels and demons require host bodies to manifest, they look similar in that sense. However, it has also been seen that higher tier demons are capable of calling upon [[LightIsNotGood holy white light]], one of the most powerful spells of the series.
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* As pictured on the trope page, Lucifer in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' franchise can appear as his his original self: the seraphic "Helel". Whether it's his true form or not is really dependent on the game: sometimes it is, sometimes it's a disguise, sometimes Helel is treated as a separate demon entirely.
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* In ''Literature/TheMonk'', when Matilda first summons Lucifer, he appears as a beautiful angel much to Ambrosio's surprise. When Ambrosio summons him much later on, however, he appears in his true demonic form instead as he has no further need to trick Ambrosio into believing that he isn't as evil as advertised.
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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Sauron's "angelic" guise as Annatar belied his demonic nature and enabled him to manipulate the Elves and Numenoreans. However he ends up with ShapeshifterModeLock due to being caught in the destruction of Numenor, meaning he is unable to ''return'' to his fair form after that.
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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Sauron's "angelic" guise as Annatar belied his demonic nature and enabled him to manipulate the Elves and Numenoreans. However he ends up with ShapeshifterModeLock due to being caught in the destruction of Numenor, meaning he is unable to ''return'' to his fair form after that.
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* In ''Literature/TheMonk'', when Matilda first summons Lucifer, he appears as a beautiful angel much to Ambrosio's surprise. When Ambrosio summons him much later on, however, he appears in his true demonic form instead as he has no further need to trick Ambrosio into believing that he isn't as evil as advertised.
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* ''Literature/GoodOmens''. Crowley notes that there's "not that much difference" in appearance between angels and demons. One of the running themes of the book is that angels and demons are NotSoDifferent.
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* ''Literature/GoodOmens''. Crowley notes that there's "not that much difference" in appearance between angels and demons.demons, except [[EvilIsSexy the demons are better groomed]]. One of the running themes of the book is that angels and demons are NotSoDifferent.
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Beware BeautyEqualsGoodness: just because an infernal creature can ''[[ShapeShifting choose]]'' to have AngelicBeauty doesn't mean they are angelic. Compare FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon, where a person with an evil mind has a beautiful and innocent face. Compare FallenAngel. Contrast AscendedDemon. See also OurDemonsAreDifferent and OurAngelsAreDifferent. Closely related to AWolfInSheepsClothing.
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Beware BeautyEqualsGoodness: just because an infernal creature can ''[[ShapeShifting choose]]'' to have AngelicBeauty doesn't mean they are angelic. Compare FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon, where a person with an evil mind has a beautiful and innocent face. Compare FallenAngel. Contrast AscendedDemon. See also OurDemonsAreDifferent and OurAngelsAreDifferent. Closely related to AWolfInSheepsClothing.
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** Similarly, [[TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent the Unchained]] take their appearances from the mission on which they Fell and adapt them from there -- [[OurAngelsAreDifferent the Machine can and does create angels that already look like classical demons,]] and when those angels Fall they seldom change their forms too drastically.
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* Near the end of ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', the Devil is briefly seen as the Angel Lucifer.
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If the \"fair face\" is a disguise, it doesn\'t count for this trope. Only if his natural form was an angelic guise does it count. Otherwise, it is merely a devil disguised as an angel.
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* ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'': Sauron's "angelic" guise as Annatar belied his demonic nature and enabled him to manipulate the Elves and Numenoreans. However he ends up with ShapeshifterLockMode due to being caught in the destruction of Numenor, meaning he is unable to put on a ''return'' to his fair form after that.
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Beware BeautyEqualsGoodness: just because an infernal creature can ''[[ShapeShifting choose]]'' to have AngelicBeauty doesn't mean they are angelic. Compare FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon, where a person with an evil mind has a beautiful and innocent face. Compare FallenAngel. Contrast AscendedDemon. See also OurDemonsAreDifferent and OurAngelsAreDifferent.
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When creators want to emphasize the similarity of traits between the [[TropesOfTheDivine forces of the divine]] and the [[InfernalTropes forces of the infernal]], several strategies are used. This trope is about the strategy of similar appearance. Mortal characters encountering both the divine person and the infernal person must rely on subtle clues instead of obvious markers.
In many works of fiction, angels and demons are depicted with obvious markers. Like the two are distinct "races", and often polar opposites. Divine creatures (including good gods) are often {{Winged Humanoid}}s that glow with AngelicBeauty, while Infernal creatures (and evil gods) are {{Big Red Devil}}s with horns, cloven feet, and nasty big pointy teeth. You'd never mistake one for the other, or even think they have much in common. But this trope is for when you ''can'' confuse them. When the two are very similar, and easily mistaken for each other.
If there are any distinctions in appearance at all, they are likely to be subtle. Perhaps GoodWingsEvilWings are involved, with the two groups looking otherwise identical. Or differences in costume while ActingForTwo, where the same actor is used to portray both a Christian God/angel and Satan/demon. That specific technique is most likely [[TropeCodifier codified]] by Creator/GeorgeBurns in ''[[Film/OhGod Oh, God! You Devil]]''. The similarity of appearance is OlderThanFeudalism: The story of the [[Literature/TheBible Old Testament]] is that Lucifer ({{Satan}}) himself was the most powerful of the Heavenly Host, before deciding to turn away from his God. He can still appear as [[LightIsNotGood an angel of light]] because he ''is'' one, not because he's disguised.
This trope can be used to complement other similarities. The creator may be trying to show the two groups are NotSoDifferent or GodIsEvil. It can also be used to explain why a normally good person is willing to make a DealWithTheDevil, instead of turning it down out of principle.
Beware BeautyEqualsGoodness: just because an infernal creature can ''[[ShapeShifting choose]]'' to have AngelicBeauty doesn't mean they are angelic. Compare FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon, where a person with an evil mind has a beautiful and innocent face. Compare FallenAngel. Contrast AscendedDemon. See also OurDemonsAreDifferent and OurAngelsAreDifferent.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}''. In this series (a spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''), Lucifer is depicted as a handsome man with golden wings, consistent with his description in Literature/TheBible.
* An InvertedTrope in the New-52 version of ''ComicBook/ResurrectionMan'', where the angels that Mitch runs into sometimes look (and act) a hell of a lot like demons.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' has Lucifer, Be'elzebub, and Azazel, the DemonLordsAndArchdevils of Hell. Each of them are depicted with a different appearance, making this trope played straight and averted. Lucifer looks like his angelic biblical appearance, while Azazel appears made of shadows, eyes, and teeth, and Be'elzebub is a giant bug.
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* Near the end of ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', the Devil is briefly seen as the Angel Lucifer.
* In ''[[Film/OhGod Oh, God! You Devil]]'', Creator/GeorgeBurns plays [[ActingForTwo both God and the Devil]]. They look the same, although the Devil prefers to dress all in red.
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* In ''Literature/CosmicChristmas'', Satan assumes his angelic (Lucifer) form in an attempt to fool Archangel Gabriel into thinking he never rebelled and the whole uprising was just a test by him and God to test Gabriel's faith. It's implied only he can do this, as a previous demon Gabriel encounters who pretends to be trying to return to the angels remains in a demonic form.
* ''Literature/GoodOmens''. Crowley notes that there's "not that much difference" in appearance between angels and demons. One of the running themes of the book is that angels and demons are NotSoDifferent.
* ''Literature/ParadiseLost'': Lucifer's depiction in this book is as his angelic self, and the work presents him as a tragic AntiVillain rather than MadeOfEvil.
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* The series ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' follows Detective Ezekiel Stone, as he is sent on a mission to hunt down 113 damned souls that escaped from Hell. Satan visits at least OnceAnEpisode, played by Creator/JohnGlover and wearing a good-looking business suit. When an ''angel'' appears later on, Creator/JohnGlover is dressed in a very worn-out shirt and pants outfit. Ezekiel first mistakes him for Satan, wondering why the new outfit.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E17Penumbra "Penumbra"]] the Pah-Wraiths (Prophets exiled from their home in the Wormhole) appear to Kai Winn Adami in a vision, claiming to be the Prophets.
* An example of ActingForTwo was found in an episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', where an evil twin of Monica (one of the regular angels "touching" human lives) showed up.
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* ''Music/{{Kamelot}}''. In the song "Descent of the Archangel", Mephisto (named for a demon in Literature/TheBible) appears to Ariel in his full angelic glory, offering Ariel a bargain for his soul.
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* In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', the low-Torment demons are virtually indistinguishable from non-Fallen angels, allowing the former to pass for the latter to the mortals.
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In many works of fiction, angels and demons are depicted with obvious markers. Like the two are distinct "races", and often polar opposites. Divine creatures (including good gods) are often {{Winged Humanoid}}s that glow with AngelicBeauty, while Infernal creatures (and evil gods) are {{Big Red Devil}}s with horns, cloven feet, and nasty big pointy teeth. You'd never mistake one for the other, or even think they have much in common. But this trope is for when you ''can'' confuse them. When the two are very similar, and easily mistaken for each other.
If there are any distinctions in appearance at all, they are likely to be subtle. Perhaps GoodWingsEvilWings are involved, with the two groups looking otherwise identical. Or differences in costume while ActingForTwo, where the same actor is used to portray both a Christian God/angel and Satan/demon. That specific technique is most likely [[TropeCodifier codified]] by Creator/GeorgeBurns in ''[[Film/OhGod Oh, God! You Devil]]''. The similarity of appearance is OlderThanFeudalism: The story of the [[Literature/TheBible Old Testament]] is that Lucifer ({{Satan}}) himself was the most powerful of the Heavenly Host, before deciding to turn away from his God. He can still appear as [[LightIsNotGood an angel of light]] because he ''is'' one, not because he's disguised.
This trope can be used to complement other similarities. The creator may be trying to show the two groups are NotSoDifferent or GodIsEvil. It can also be used to explain why a normally good person is willing to make a DealWithTheDevil, instead of turning it down out of principle.
Beware BeautyEqualsGoodness: just because an infernal creature can ''[[ShapeShifting choose]]'' to have AngelicBeauty doesn't mean they are angelic. Compare FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon, where a person with an evil mind has a beautiful and innocent face. Compare FallenAngel. Contrast AscendedDemon. See also OurDemonsAreDifferent and OurAngelsAreDifferent.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}''. In this series (a spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheSandman''), Lucifer is depicted as a handsome man with golden wings, consistent with his description in Literature/TheBible.
* An InvertedTrope in the New-52 version of ''ComicBook/ResurrectionMan'', where the angels that Mitch runs into sometimes look (and act) a hell of a lot like demons.
* ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' has Lucifer, Be'elzebub, and Azazel, the DemonLordsAndArchdevils of Hell. Each of them are depicted with a different appearance, making this trope played straight and averted. Lucifer looks like his angelic biblical appearance, while Azazel appears made of shadows, eyes, and teeth, and Be'elzebub is a giant bug.
[[AC:{{Film}} - Live Action]]
* Near the end of ''Film/TheDevilsAdvocate'', the Devil is briefly seen as the Angel Lucifer.
* In ''[[Film/OhGod Oh, God! You Devil]]'', Creator/GeorgeBurns plays [[ActingForTwo both God and the Devil]]. They look the same, although the Devil prefers to dress all in red.
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* In ''Literature/CosmicChristmas'', Satan assumes his angelic (Lucifer) form in an attempt to fool Archangel Gabriel into thinking he never rebelled and the whole uprising was just a test by him and God to test Gabriel's faith. It's implied only he can do this, as a previous demon Gabriel encounters who pretends to be trying to return to the angels remains in a demonic form.
* ''Literature/GoodOmens''. Crowley notes that there's "not that much difference" in appearance between angels and demons. One of the running themes of the book is that angels and demons are NotSoDifferent.
* ''Literature/ParadiseLost'': Lucifer's depiction in this book is as his angelic self, and the work presents him as a tragic AntiVillain rather than MadeOfEvil.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* The series ''Series/{{Brimstone}}'' follows Detective Ezekiel Stone, as he is sent on a mission to hunt down 113 damned souls that escaped from Hell. Satan visits at least OnceAnEpisode, played by Creator/JohnGlover and wearing a good-looking business suit. When an ''angel'' appears later on, Creator/JohnGlover is dressed in a very worn-out shirt and pants outfit. Ezekiel first mistakes him for Satan, wondering why the new outfit.
* In the ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' episode [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS07E17Penumbra "Penumbra"]] the Pah-Wraiths (Prophets exiled from their home in the Wormhole) appear to Kai Winn Adami in a vision, claiming to be the Prophets.
* An example of ActingForTwo was found in an episode of ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', where an evil twin of Monica (one of the regular angels "touching" human lives) showed up.
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* ''Music/{{Kamelot}}''. In the song "Descent of the Archangel", Mephisto (named for a demon in Literature/TheBible) appears to Ariel in his full angelic glory, offering Ariel a bargain for his soul.
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* In ''TabletopGame/DemonTheFallen'', the low-Torment demons are virtually indistinguishable from non-Fallen angels, allowing the former to pass for the latter to the mortals.
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