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->''"Don't listen to that guy. He's trying to lead you down the path of righteousness! ''I'm'' gonna lead you down the path that '''[[EvilIsCool rocks]]!'''"''

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (the conflicted '' character's'' left, or [[ASinisterClue "sinister"]]) shoulder. Alternatively, as in ''Series/FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil may appear as life-sized people on either side of the conflicted character rather than as miniatures on his shoulders.

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (''your'' left, or [[ASinisterClue sinister]]) shoulder. Alternatively, as in ''Series/FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil may appear as life-sized people on either side of the conflicted character rather than as miniatures on his shoulders.

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (''your'' left, or [[ASinisterClue sinister]]) shoulder. Alternately, as in ''Series/FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil may appear as life-sized people on either side of the conflicted character rather than as miniatures on his shoulders.

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (''your'' left, or [[ASinisterClue sinister]]) shoulder. Alternately, as in ''Series/FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil may appear as life-sized figures next to the guy rather than miniatures on his shoulders.

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (''your'' left, or [[ASinisterClue sinister]]) shoulder. Sometimes, like in ''Series/FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil are full people in the room rather than miniatures on shoulders.

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (or [[ASinisterClue sinister]]) shoulder. Sometimes, like in ''Series/FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil are full people in the room rather than miniatures on shoulders.

Expect a female character's Devil to dress all {{Stripperiffic}}, to {{invoke|dTrope}} EvilIsSexy, HornyDevils and SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains. If a character is particularly bad, it's common is to give them ''two'' Devils (and visa versa for particularly good characters). Another is for the devil to kill, injure or incapacitate the angel, leaving only the devil as counsel ([[KnightTemplar or vice]] [[GoodIsNotNice versa]]). Sometimes the devil for a male character mentions that the Angel wears a "dress." ("It's a ''robe''.") It is far less common for the angel to tell the devil to PleasePutSomeClothesOn. As the conversation among the three progresses, it may drift away from anything to do with good or evil which resembles a SeinfeldianConversation involving {{Metaphorgotten}} or SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.

* GoodAngelBadAngel/NewspaperComics

!!Other Examples

[[folder:Machinima]]
* {{Machinima/Supermarioglitchy4}}: "Let him ''[Toad]'' die! MWAHAHAHA!!! Steal his ''[Toad's]'' underwear afterwards!" "Um...err...yeah, I got nothing."

[[folder:New Media]]
* [[http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Well__0x2e__0x2e__0x2e__that_0x27_s_one_way_to_Roundoff__0x2e__0x2e__0x2e_.aspx This article]].
--> "When it comes to talking about Microsoft Access, it seems that two tiny versions of me *poof* into existence, each sitting on a shoulder. The guy on my right wears a suit and always reminds me how great of a tool Access is because it empowers small organizations to develop productivity and information systems. The other guy, sporting a "l337 h4x0r" tee and cut-off jeans, screams in my ear that "Access is a complete abomination" and that the tools to create applications should not be put in the hands of laymen."

[[folder:Pinballs]]
* Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/JunkYard'' has an angel and a devil on the two slingshot triangle bumpers facing the player. ItMakesSenseInContext... sorta.
* Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}!'' has a variation, with two women representing "Love" and "Evil" on the backglass behind Tommy Walker.

[[folder:Puppet Shows]]
* Used in an episode of ''SerieS/MuppetsTonight'', with Seymour and Pepe pretending to be Jason Alexander's good and bad conscience in order to convince him to do an act with Gonzo. [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Psychomachia And some other episodes]].
* The concept appeared in ''Series/SesameStreet''.
* ''Series/SpittingImage'': Neil Kinnock has Michael Foot as his angel and Jim Callaghan as his devil while he wrestles over whether or not to reappear on ''The Tube''. [[spoiler: He compromises by saying that he can't as he is rehearsing for ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', which pleases them both.]]
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* One supplement for the TabletopGame/{{Mystara}} setting included creatures called "blue imps" and "red imps", respectively resembling tiny angels or devils, which would covertly approach and pester young apprentice wizards, trying to persuade them to study either good or evil magics. Although such imps had an existence of their own, independent of the people they tried to influence, this trope clearly inspired the concept.
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Expect a female character's Devil to dress all {{Stripperiffic}}, to {{invoke|dTrope}} EvilIsSexy, HornyDevils and SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains. If a character is particularly bad, it's common is to give them ''two'' Devils (and visa versa for particularly good characters). Another is for the devil to kill, injure or incapacitate the angel, leaving only the devil as counsel ([[KnightTemplar or vice]] [[GoodIsNotNice versa]]). Sometimes the devil for males mentions that the Angel wears a "Dress". It is far less common for the angel to tell the devil to PleasePutSomeClothesOn. As the conversation among the three progresses, it may drift away from anything to do with good or evil which resembles a SeinfeldianConversation involving {{Metaphorgotten}} or SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FreudianTrio Superego, Ego and Id.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FreudianTrio Superego, Ego and Id(iot).]]]]

->''"Don't listen to him. He's trying to lead you down the path of righteousness! ''I'm'' gonna lead you down the path that '''[[EvilIsCool rocks]]!'''"''

[[caption-width-right:350:[[FreudianTrio Superego, Ego and Id.]]]]

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* GoodAngelBadAngel/{{Western Animation}}

[[folder:Pinball]]
* Creator/WilliamsElectronics' ''Pinball/JunkYard'' has an angel and a devil on the two slingshot triangle bumpers facing the player. ItMakesSenseInContext... sorta.
* Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}!'' has a variation, with two women representing "Love" and "Evil" on the backglass behind Tommy Walker.

* Used in an episode of ''MuppetsTonight'', with Seymour and Pepe pretending to be Jason Alexander's good and bad conscience in order to convince him to do an act with Gonzo. [[http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/Psychomachia And some other episodes]].

* SpittingImage: Neil Kinnock has Michael Foot as his angel and Jim Callaghan as his devil while he wrestles over whether or not to reappear on ''The Tube''. [[spoiler: He compromises by saying that he can't as he is rehearsing for ''LastOfTheSummerWine'', which pleases them both.]]

[[folder: TabletopGames]]
* One supplement for the {{Mystara}} setting included creatures called "blue imps" and "red imps", respectively resembling tiny angels or devils, which would covertly approach and pester young apprentice wizards, trying to persuade them to study either good or evil magics. Although such imps had an existence of their own, independent of the people they tried to influence, this trope clearly inspired the concept.

** It's probably worth mentioning that Angel Strong Bad is noticeably shorter than Devil Strong Bad.
* In ''TheAnnoyingOrange'' episode ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41IBSKGF4w Cruel as a Cucumber]]'', Orange wants to get Cucumber to [[HoYay like him.]] Angel Orange and Devil Orange both pop up to give him advice, but both of them just suggest ways to annoy Cucumber. Angel Orange's suggestions are nicer, though.

* In Chargesdotcomdotbr, there's one story with Corrupt Politician Paulo Maluf receiving visits from these angels. When Maluf stated there was no Money of his in any tax-free paradise, a good angel showed up and told him not to lie. Then a bad angel showed up to point out he's telling the truth. The money he keeps in Kayman Islands [[ExactWords isn't his; it's the people's]]. Then Maluf claims that, if anything on his name is found, he promised to donate everything to Saint House. Upon the good angel's doubts, the bad one claimed he meant the house where Maluf lives with his ''saint'' family. Maluf also claimed the accusations are a consequence of the Brazilian Presidential elections of that time because he lead the run. The bad angel said it's just someone summon him for an oficial statement and he runs off to Paris. The good angel quit after that.

[[folder: Real Life]]
* [[http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Well__0x2e__0x2e__0x2e__that_0x27_s_one_way_to_Roundoff__0x2e__0x2e__0x2e_.aspx This article]].
--> "When it comes to talking about Microsoft Access, it seems that two tiny versions of me *poof* into existence, each sitting on a shoulder. The guy on my right wears a suit and always reminds me how great of a tool Access is because it empowers small organizations to develop productivity and information systems. The other guy, sporting a "l337 h4x0r" tee and cut-off jeans, screams in my ear that "Access is a complete abomination" and that the tools to create applications should not be put in the hands of laymen."
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[[quoteright:201:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bettajdbka.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:201:Not like this guy will listen to either.]]

When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of himself, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull him in different directions. The Devil will invariably be on the left (or [[ASinisterClue sinister]]) shoulder. Sometimes, like in ''FullHouse'' ("The Devil Made Me Do It"), the Angel and the Devil are full people in the room rather than miniatures on shoulders.

Expect a female character's Devil to dress all {{Stripperiffic}}, to {{invoke|dTrope}} EvilIsSexy, HornyDevils and SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains. If a character is particularly bad, a common subversion is to give them ''two'' Devils. Another is for the devil to kill, injure or incapacitate the angel, leaving only the devil as counsel ([[KnightTemplar or vice]] [[GoodIsNotNice versa]]). Sometimes the devil for males mentions that the Angel wears a "Dress". As the conversation among the three progresses, it may drift away from anything to do with good or evil, a subversion of this setup which resembles {{Metaphorgotten}} or SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.

Compare FloatingAdviceReminder and GhostInTheMachine. When an external character takes it upon themself to play the Bad Angel, they're TheCorrupter. Consider RightWayWrongWayPair.

Expect a female character's Devil to dress all {{Stripperiffic}}, to {{invoke|dTrope}} EvilIsSexy and SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains. If a character is particularly bad, a common subversion is to give them ''two'' Devils. Another is for the devil to kill, injure or incapacitate the angel, leaving only the devil as counsel ([[KnightTemplar or vice]] [[GoodIsNotNice versa]]). Sometimes the devil for males mentions that the Angel wears a "Dress". As the conversation among the three progresses, it may drift away from anything to do with good or evil, a subversion of this setup which resembles {{Metaphorgotten}} or SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.

* In ''TheAnnoyingOrange'' episode ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41IBSKGF4w Cruel as a Cucumber]]'', Orange wants to get Cucumber to [[HoYay like him.]] Angel Orange and Devil Orange both pop up to give him advice, but both of them just suggest telling Cucumber lame puns. Angel Orange's suggestions are nicer, though.

* In the ''WebAnimation/NapsterBad'' short "Metallica Millionaire", [[Music/{{Metallica}} James Hetfield]] has just one of these, a devil in the shape of Lars Ulrich.