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* Music/{{Brockhampton}}: In the music video for "JUNKY", Joba gets a shoulder angel and devil, reflected by the house behind him being half on fire on the side of the devil.
* The famous Music/{{Eminem}} and Music/DrDre collaboration "Guilty Conscience" has Dre and Eminem portraying Good and Bad Angels, respectively, for various people caught in moral dilemmas. Dre wins the first argument, it's unclear who wins the second, and in the third (whether or not a man should murder his cheating wife and her lover when he catches them in the act), Eminem successfully points out that Dr. Dre has his own history of violence (referring to the Dee Barnes incident) and has no business telling people not to be violent. Dre agrees and they end the song by urging the man together to commit the murders.
** In short, Dr. Dre... is not the world's best Good Angel.
* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" features the protagonist's soul caught in a tug-of-war situation:
-->I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me,\\
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,\\
Spare him his life from this monstrosity!\\
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?\\
Bismillah! (No!) We will not let you go! (Let him go!)\\
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)\\
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!)\\
Will not let you go (Let me go!)\\
Will not let you go (Let me go!) Oh, oh, oh\\
[[BigNo No, no, no, no, no, no, no!]]
* The video for Music/{{Pink}}'s song "Stupid Girls" has a little girl debating between following her expected gender role, and going outside to play football. P!nk plays both a devil and an angel on the girl's shoulders to represent each of these.
* Music/LizPhair's self-directed video for "Whip-Smart" features an angel and a devil seemingly perched in trees above her as she explores a bizarre, blacklit dreamscape. They're played by two friends and colleagues of Phair's -- respectively, Jim Ellison of Material Issue and Blackie Onassis of Urge Overkill.
* Music/{{Santana}}'s song "Put Your Lights On" (sung, and actually written, by [[Music/HouseOfPain Everlast]] on Santana's ''Supernatural'' album) has the lyrics:
--> There's a monster living under my bed, whispering in my ear
--> There's an angel, with her hand on my head, she say I got nothing to fear
* Music/OneRepublic's song "Love runs out", the singer mentions having "an angel on my shoulder and Mephistopheles".
* Schaffer The Darklord has a track on Manslaughterer titled "The Other Devil", a twisted version of this trope which mixes with CrossesTheLineTwice by having STD and a squeaky-voiced puppet version of himself play the role of two devils, on either side of ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}, with one attempting to coax him into amoral actions, and the other pushing him to do something even worse.
* Music/{{Nickelback}}'s song "Animals", makes reference to this.
* Music/{{Avantasia}}'s entire Wicked Trilogy is essentially one big Good Angel Bad Angel story.
* Invoked in "Geraldine" by Music/{{Glasvegas}}, when the eponymous social worker says "I'll be the angel on your shoulder".
* Music/StefanieHeinzmann's song "Devil On My Shoulder" also references this as a metaphor:
--> Time to make room for the devil on my shoulder
--> Tell my better angels to move the fuck over
* The second verse of "Jein" by German rap group Music/FettesBrot is about how the narrator and his best friend's girlfriend are horny for each other. The devil on his right shoulder tells him to go for it because she wants it, too. The angel on his left shoulder warns him that the devil wants to trick him, that this would be shitty behavior, and that liars stink. The two promptly start arguing which doesn't make the decision any easier for the narrator.
* Beau Young Prince's "Let Go" from the soundtrack ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderverse" includes the line "Got a devil on my left and a angel on my right."
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* Music/{{Brockhampton}}: In the music video for "JUNKY", Joba gets a shoulder angel and devil, reflected by the house behind him being half on fire on the side of the devil.
* The famous Music/{{Eminem}} and Music/DrDre collaboration "Guilty Conscience" has Dre and Eminem portraying Good and Bad Angels, respectively, for various people caught in moral dilemmas. Dre wins the first argument, it's unclear who wins the second, and in the third (whether or not a man should murder his cheating wife and her lover when he catches them in the act), Eminem successfully points out that Dr. Dre has his own history of violence (referring to the Dee Barnes incident) and has no business telling people not to be violent. Dre agrees and they end the song by urging the man together to commit the murders.
** In short, Dr. Dre... is not the world's best Good Angel.
* Music/{{Queen|Band}}'s "Bohemian Rhapsody" features the protagonist's soul caught in a tug-of-war situation:
-->I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me,\\
He's just a poor boy from a poor family,\\
Spare him his life from this monstrosity!\\
Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?\\
Bismillah! (No!) We will not let you go! (Let him go!)\\
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let him go!)\\
Bismillah! We will not let you go. (Let me go!)\\
Will not let you go (Let me go!)\\
Will not let you go (Let me go!) Oh, oh, oh\\
[[BigNo No, no, no, no, no, no, no!]]
* The video for Music/{{Pink}}'s song "Stupid Girls" has a little girl debating between following her expected gender role, and going outside to play football. P!nk plays both a devil and an angel on the girl's shoulders to represent each of these.
* Music/LizPhair's self-directed video for "Whip-Smart" features an angel and a devil seemingly perched in trees above her as she explores a bizarre, blacklit dreamscape. They're played by two friends and colleagues of Phair's -- respectively, Jim Ellison of Material Issue and Blackie Onassis of Urge Overkill.
* Music/{{Santana}}'s song "Put Your Lights On" (sung, and actually written, by [[Music/HouseOfPain Everlast]] on Santana's ''Supernatural'' album) has the lyrics:
--> There's a monster living under my bed, whispering in my ear
--> There's an angel, with her hand on my head, she say I got nothing to fear
* Music/OneRepublic's song "Love runs out", the singer mentions having "an angel on my shoulder and Mephistopheles".
* Schaffer The Darklord has a track on Manslaughterer titled "The Other Devil", a twisted version of this trope which mixes with CrossesTheLineTwice by having STD and a squeaky-voiced puppet version of himself play the role of two devils, on either side of ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}, with one attempting to coax him into amoral actions, and the other pushing him to do something even worse.
* Music/{{Nickelback}}'s song "Animals", makes reference to this.
* Music/{{Avantasia}}'s entire Wicked Trilogy is essentially one big Good Angel Bad Angel story.
* Invoked in "Geraldine" by Music/{{Glasvegas}}, when the eponymous social worker says "I'll be the angel on your shoulder".
* Music/StefanieHeinzmann's song "Devil On My Shoulder" also references this as a metaphor:
--> Time to make room for the devil on my shoulder
--> Tell my better angels to move the fuck over
* The second verse of "Jein" by German rap group Music/FettesBrot is about how the narrator and his best friend's girlfriend are horny for each other. The devil on his right shoulder tells him to go for it because she wants it, too. The angel on his left shoulder warns him that the devil wants to trick him, that this would be shitty behavior, and that liars stink. The two promptly start arguing which doesn't make the decision any easier for the narrator.
* Beau Young Prince's "Let Go" from the soundtrack ''WesternAnimation/SpidermanIntoTheSpiderverse" includes the line "Got a devil on my left and a angel on my right."
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' features two amusing sequences where [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Kronk, Yzma's loveable-lug henchman]], has to deal with the bickering of his Shoulder Angel and Shoulder Devil.
** The first sequence shows that Kronk's angels are just as dumb as he is when determining how to get rid of Kuzco: instead of refuting Shoulder Angel's arguments, Shoulder Devil makes snide comments about the Angel's wardrobe, and then says "look what I can do!" while doing a one-handed headstand. He decides to cast them away before making his own choice.
--->'''Kronk:''' But what does that have to do with anyth-\\
'''Shoulder Angel:''' [[ChewbaccaDefense No, no, he's got a point.]]
** And the second one has Kronk having to explain to his angel self what's going on because Angel!Kronk was busy having his hair done. As they converse, as so often is done to imply an internal monologue, Kronk's shown speaking aloud and apparently to himself, [[InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement utterly bewildering the other characters]]. The angel never gets to offer any advice, as Yzma launches into her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, climaxing with her insulting his cooking, prompting Kronk's Devil into a HeelFaceTurn, because EvenEvilHasStandards:
--->'''Shoulder Devil:''' [[BerserkButton That's it.]] (''[[DramaticGunCock pumps his pitchfork like a shotgun]]'') She's going down.
** In [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool the series]], all characters had little versions of themselves on their shoulders and even they have their quirks. For example, Guaca has his shoulder devil arguing that Kuzco rules...and his shoulder angel unhesitatingly agrees. And Malina is a NiceGirl because her shoulder angel [[BoundAndGagged tied up the shoulder devil]]. Thus, she has only angelic advice.
** ''WesternAnimation/KronksNewGroove'': As this film focuses on Kronk this time around, of course his Shoulder Angel and Devil make a return, this time advising him as he tries to impress his Papi. Tipo also gets his own set of Angel and Devil as he contemplates cheating to win a cheer competition.
* In [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's version]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', Jiminy Cricket is hired by the "Blue Fairy" to act as Pinocchio's conscience. Note that "Jiminy Cricket" has the same initials as "UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ". This was intentional, as at the time, it was the [[GoshDangItToHeck acceptable replacement term.]] Pinocchio's own stupidity... er, naivete... meant he didn't need a devil. In [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the original book]], he killed the (originally unnamed) cricket with a hammer, and its ghost came back to haunt/annoy him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' features two amusing sequences where [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Kronk, Yzma's loveable-lug henchman]], has to deal with the bickering of his Shoulder Angel and Shoulder Devil.
** The first sequence shows that Kronk's angels are just as dumb as he is when determining how to get rid of Kuzco: instead of refuting Shoulder Angel's arguments, Shoulder Devil makes snide comments about the Angel's wardrobe, and then says "look what I can do!" while doing a one-handed headstand. He decides to cast them away before making his own choice.
--->'''Kronk:''' But what does that have to do with anyth-\\
'''Shoulder Angel:''' [[ChewbaccaDefense No, no, he's got a point.]]
** And the second one has Kronk having to explain to his angel self what's going on because Angel!Kronk was busy having his hair done. As they converse, as so often is done to imply an internal monologue, Kronk's shown speaking aloud and apparently to himself, [[InnerThoughtsOutsiderPuzzlement utterly bewildering the other characters]]. The angel never gets to offer any advice, as Yzma launches into her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, climaxing with her insulting his cooking, prompting Kronk's Devil into a HeelFaceTurn, because EvenEvilHasStandards:
--->'''Shoulder Devil:''' [[BerserkButton That's it.]] (''[[DramaticGunCock pumps his pitchfork like a shotgun]]'') She's going down.
** In [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool the series]], all characters had little versions of themselves on their shoulders and even they have their quirks. For example, Guaca has his shoulder devil arguing that Kuzco rules...and his shoulder angel unhesitatingly agrees. And Malina is a NiceGirl because her shoulder angel [[BoundAndGagged tied up the shoulder devil]]. Thus, she has only angelic advice.
** ''WesternAnimation/KronksNewGroove'': As this film focuses on Kronk this time around, of course his Shoulder Angel and Devil make a return, this time advising him as he tries to impress his Papi. Tipo also gets his own set of Angel and Devil as he contemplates cheating to win a cheer competition.
* In [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's version]] of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'', Jiminy Cricket is hired by the "Blue Fairy" to act as Pinocchio's conscience. Note that "Jiminy Cricket" has the same initials as "UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Christ". This was intentional, as at the time, it was the [[GoshDangItToHeck acceptable replacement term.]] Pinocchio's own stupidity... er, naivete... meant he didn't need a devil. In [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio the original book]], he killed the (originally unnamed) cricket with a hammer, and its ghost came back to haunt/annoy him.
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* In one of Apple's ads, Mac loans PC his iPhoto book, and PC's good/bad angels appear to argue over whether to rip it in half.
* One anti-marijuana PSA had a kid with his pothead friends appearing on one shoulder, and authority figures on the other. More of each kept popping up, until both shoulders were loaded.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NVNMMbUBVQ In an old Wendy's commercial]], CEO Dave Thomas is caught between a Dave in a white suit and tie, and one in a red suit and dark glasses. They weren't full miniature figures, just head-and-shoulders floating nearby. In a twist, both were morally good but only differed in their food preferences. "Devil" Dave wins but nobody's concerned because "devil" Dave just wanted him to try a burger with spicy cheese.
* In one Dunkin' Donuts commercial, Fred the Baker is about to get up early to start his day, grumbling "Time to make the donuts..." like he always does. Then a devil version of himself appears, urging him to and sleep in for a change. But an angel appears reminding him of his responsibility to the customers. After arguing, the angel wins, and Fred says, "All right, I'm up already!" getting out of bed.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVaxJxmwTYk This Subway ad from 1998]] has a man ordered by his shoulder devil to eat at Burger King, the shoulder angel giving the argument that Burger King's sandwiches are not as healthy as the ones at Subway's.
* One of the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] Butterfinger commercials has Bart's shoulder angel and shoulder devil argue over whether Bart should share his Butterfinger BB's or eat them all himself. The shoulder devil wins.
* One of the "Not going anywhere for a while?" ads for Snickers subverted this by having a cartoon Republican elephant and Democratic donkey appear over a (live-action) voter's head in the voting booth and argue about who the man should vote for. Their arguments are parodies of the presidential candidates of that year (UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and UsefulNotes/AlGore); the elephant repeatedly compares himself to his father, while the donkey makes grand claims about [[MemeticMutation inventing things]].
* Played with in one of the Philadelphia cream cheese ads, in that the protagonist herself is actually an angel and therefore has only a devil appear on her shoulder.
* An ad for Tru Moo chocolate milk had a mom deciding whether or not to buy said milk for her son. A mini-angel milkman appears on her shoulder showcasing the nutritional benefits of the product. Then a mini-devil milkman appears on her shoulder, drinking his mini-gallon of chocolate milk, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5S0fCF5rY agreeing with the former.]]
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* In one of Apple's ads, Mac loans PC his iPhoto book, and PC's good/bad angels appear to argue over whether to rip it in half.
* One anti-marijuana PSA had a kid with his pothead friends appearing on one shoulder, and authority figures on the other. More of each kept popping up, until both shoulders were loaded.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NVNMMbUBVQ In an old Wendy's commercial]], CEO Dave Thomas is caught between a Dave in a white suit and tie, and one in a red suit and dark glasses. They weren't full miniature figures, just head-and-shoulders floating nearby. In a twist, both were morally good but only differed in their food preferences. "Devil" Dave wins but nobody's concerned because "devil" Dave just wanted him to try a burger with spicy cheese.
* In one Dunkin' Donuts commercial, Fred the Baker is about to get up early to start his day, grumbling "Time to make the donuts..." like he always does. Then a devil version of himself appears, urging him to and sleep in for a change. But an angel appears reminding him of his responsibility to the customers. After arguing, the angel wins, and Fred says, "All right, I'm up already!" getting out of bed.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVaxJxmwTYk This Subway ad from 1998]] has a man ordered by his shoulder devil to eat at Burger King, the shoulder angel giving the argument that Burger King's sandwiches are not as healthy as the ones at Subway's.
* One of the [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson]] Butterfinger commercials has Bart's shoulder angel and shoulder devil argue over whether Bart should share his Butterfinger BB's or eat them all himself. The shoulder devil wins.
* One of the "Not going anywhere for a while?" ads for Snickers subverted this by having a cartoon Republican elephant and Democratic donkey appear over a (live-action) voter's head in the voting booth and argue about who the man should vote for. Their arguments are parodies of the presidential candidates of that year (UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush and UsefulNotes/AlGore); the elephant repeatedly compares himself to his father, while the donkey makes grand claims about [[MemeticMutation inventing things]].
* Played with in one of the Philadelphia cream cheese ads, in that the protagonist herself is actually an angel and therefore has only a devil appear on her shoulder.
* An ad for Tru Moo chocolate milk had a mom deciding whether or not to buy said milk for her son. A mini-angel milkman appears on her shoulder showcasing the nutritional benefits of the product. Then a mini-devil milkman appears on her shoulder, drinking his mini-gallon of chocolate milk, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN5S0fCF5rY agreeing with the former.]]
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** One skit has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjuPh4jf-Y two-minute video]] where a guy named Chris prepares to [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] after his roommate leaves. He begins to take off his shorts when his shoulder devil encourages him to jack off naked. When he starts taking his shirt off, his shoulder angel encourages him to keep his pants on in case his roommate returns earlier than anticipated. The conversation goes on until they hear a car pull up. The shoulder angel begs Chris to wait until later, but the shoulder devil gives a [[DownplayedTrope heart-warming speech]] about how there's not going to be a later. Chris [[spoiler:and the angel]] strip naked. [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding And then his roommate walks in.]]]]
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** One skit has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjuPh4jf-Y two-minute video]] where a guy named Chris prepares to [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] masturbate after his roommate leaves. He begins to take off his shorts when his shoulder devil encourages him to jack off naked. When he starts taking his shirt off, his shoulder angel encourages him to keep his pants on in case his roommate returns earlier than anticipated. The conversation goes on until they hear a car pull up. The shoulder angel begs Chris to wait until later, but the shoulder devil gives a [[DownplayedTrope heart-warming speech]] about how there's not going to be a later. Chris [[spoiler:and the angel]] strip naked. [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding And then his [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown the roommate walks in.]]]]
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* This trope originates with Greek mythology, wherein each mortal has a pair of spirits, which are aspects of themselves, and represent good and evil and actually sit on the character's shoulders. The angel/devil interpretation, however, according to Website/TheOtherWiki, originated with Islam in the form of ''kiraman katibin'' (literally, "honorable recorders"-their job is to write down a person's good and evil thoughts and deeds).
* The myth of [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]] at the crossroads is a pre-Christian version of the scenario in which the hero makes a choice between {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of vice and virtue.
* The earliest mention of the concept in Christian Literature is in the 1st or 2nd century apocrypha "The Shepherd of Hermas". A whole chapter discusses "the two angels that accompany the man : the Angel of Justice and the Angel of Sin".
* Judaism has the concept of ''yetzer (ha)tov,'' or "good inclination," and ''yetzer (ha)ra,'' or "evil inclination."
* An anecdote often attributed (falsely) to Native American legend says everyone has a good wolf and an evil wolf battling in his or her heart. The winner will be the wolf that the person feeds.
* [[Literature/TheBible Biblically]], the Literature/BookOfJob has God and Satan standing, at least metaphorically, on each side of the mortal Job as Satan tries to get Job to renounce God by removing everything he cherishes in life.
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* This trope originates with Greek mythology, wherein each mortal has a pair of spirits, which are aspects of themselves, and represent good and evil and actually sit on the character's shoulders. The angel/devil interpretation, however, according to Website/TheOtherWiki, originated with Islam in the form of ''kiraman katibin'' (literally, "honorable recorders"-their job is to write down a person's good and evil thoughts and deeds).
* The myth of [[Characters/ClassicalMythology Hercules]] at the crossroads is a pre-Christian version of the scenario in which the hero makes a choice between {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of vice and virtue.
* The earliest mention of the concept in Christian Literature is in the 1st or 2nd century apocrypha "The Shepherd of Hermas". A whole chapter discusses "the two angels that accompany the man : the Angel of Justice and the Angel of Sin".
* Judaism has the concept of ''yetzer (ha)tov,'' or "good inclination," and ''yetzer (ha)ra,'' or "evil inclination."
* An anecdote often attributed (falsely) to Native American legend says everyone has a good wolf and an evil wolf battling in his or her heart. The winner will be the wolf that the person feeds.
* [[Literature/TheBible Biblically]], the Literature/BookOfJob has God and Satan standing, at least metaphorically, on each side of the mortal Job as Satan tries to get Job to renounce God by removing everything he cherishes in life.
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* This trope is supposed to date back to the early morality plays just before the development of theatre and Renaissance drama. Each morality play would have a Guardian Angel / Good Angel and a Guardian Devil / Bad Angel speak to the everyman main character.
* The Broadway musical ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' features the characters being tempted by the Bad Idea Bears, a pair of Franchise/{{Care Bear|s}}-like puppets that lean over their shoulders and suggest, well, bad ideas. It's like Good Angel Bad Angel, except that both angels are Bad Angels.
* In Creator/{{Aristophanes}}' ''Theatre/TheClouds'' the roles of Good and Bad Angel are played by a personified Right and Wrong arguments, who try to persuade the protagonist's son Pheidippides either to avoid or to enter into Creator/{{Socrates}}'s sophistical "Thinkery," making this trope ''[[OlderThanFeudalism palaioteros apo to chôma]]''..
* Mentioned directly in Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''. [[PluckyComicRelief Comic relief character]] Launcelot Gobbo soliloquises about continuing to work with Shylock, and refers to his conscience on one shoulder, and the fiend on the other.
* ''Sigh No More'', a 1945 musical revue by Creator/NoelCoward, featured a number called "Willy" where the title character is advised by two entire singing and dancing choruses of good angels and bad angels.
-->'''Willy:''' With all these bloody angels in the house, a chap can't get a moment's peace!
* Used in the 16th century play ''Theatre/TheTragicalHistoryOfDoctorFaustus'' by Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Marlowe actually calls the characters Good Angel and Bad Angel in the script.
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* This trope is supposed to date back to the early morality plays just before the development of theatre and Renaissance drama. Each morality play would have a Guardian Angel / Good Angel and a Guardian Devil / Bad Angel speak to the everyman main character.
* The Broadway musical ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' features the characters being tempted by the Bad Idea Bears, a pair of Franchise/{{Care Bear|s}}-like puppets that lean over their shoulders and suggest, well, bad ideas. It's like Good Angel Bad Angel, except that both angels are Bad Angels.
* In Creator/{{Aristophanes}}' ''Theatre/TheClouds'' the roles of Good and Bad Angel are played by a personified Right and Wrong arguments, who try to persuade the protagonist's son Pheidippides either to avoid or to enter into Creator/{{Socrates}}'s sophistical "Thinkery," making this trope ''[[OlderThanFeudalism palaioteros apo to chôma]]''..
* Mentioned directly in Creator/WilliamShakespeare's play ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''. [[PluckyComicRelief Comic relief character]] Launcelot Gobbo soliloquises about continuing to work with Shylock, and refers to his conscience on one shoulder, and the fiend on the other.
* ''Sigh No More'', a 1945 musical revue by Creator/NoelCoward, featured a number called "Willy" where the title character is advised by two entire singing and dancing choruses of good angels and bad angels.
-->'''Willy:''' With all these bloody angels in the house, a chap can't get a moment's peace!
* Used in the 16th century play ''Theatre/TheTragicalHistoryOfDoctorFaustus'' by Creator/ChristopherMarlowe. Marlowe actually calls the characters Good Angel and Bad Angel in the script.
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* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', Jade gives Ayla a literal pair of them as a prank... and thereby inspires other students to come up with their own more or less successful versions in turn. The whole thing escalates until the headmistress ends up banning them.
* [=Kawaii RanChan=] on livejournal has an odd habit of adding in her own twist on what she calls her shoulder angels assigned to her by a division of angels in Heaven called Angels Inc., which is a company that assigns guardian angels to people in need. The angels themselves always take the form of characters she likes, OOC or not, that way to actually get her response. It is hinted in a few entries from her good angel that "we're less guardian angels, more invisible friends" — which is all just her own satire about herself. Doesn't make her less crazy.
* Subverted on the [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/loadingreadyrun/3606-Give-In "Give In"]] episode of ''WebVideo/LoadingReadyRun'', when the main character is trying to decide if he should shoot someone, and [[spoiler: he goes ahead and shoots the guy before his good angel has a chance to give his point of view. The good angel is quite annoyed by this.]]
* ''Website/SFDebris'' gives [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] these. Befitting his interpretation of her as an insane tyrant, no angel appears. Instead she has a devil, whose advice she dismisses as "religious crap"; an atom, who can only offer suggestions about the behavior of atoms like combining to form a molecule or splitting to release energy; a cowboy, who is terrified and just wants to get out of there (i.e. away from Janeway); and a spider, who always recommends eating people. Initially she goes with shoulder cowboy and decides to leave, and later listens to the devil, who she mistakes for the cowboy because he's now wearing a cowboy hat.
** In a later episode she decides to obey the spider, because it's now wearing the cowboy hat. No other advisers appear, suggesting the spider ate them all.
* Website/CollegeHumor:
** One skit has a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUjuPh4jf-Y two-minute video]] where a guy named Chris prepares to [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate]] after his roommate leaves. He begins to take off his shorts when his shoulder devil encourages him to jack off naked. When he starts taking his shirt off, his shoulder angel encourages him to keep his pants on in case his roommate returns earlier than anticipated. The conversation goes on until they hear a car pull up. The shoulder angel begs Chris to wait until later, but the shoulder devil gives a [[DownplayedTrope heart-warming speech]] about how there's not going to be a later. Chris [[spoiler:and the angel]] strip naked. [[spoiler: [[DownerEnding And then his roommate walks in.]]]]
** Parodied in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEd92pIoBEo this]] sketch, where the devil, the angel, and several other characters are trying to convince an UnluckyEverydude to put his tax refund or paycheck towards something else instead of his student loans, and to just default on those. Although they all have different reasons.
* When Valerie walks out on Roy midway through ''[[WebVideo/TheCartoonMan Journey of the Cartoon Man]]'', angel and devil versions of Roy appear to debate whether or not he should go after her.
* [[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."
* During Creator/TeamFourStar's Nuzlocke playthrough of ''VideoGame/PokemonSoulSilver'', they decide that their character Tantor's pokemon serve this role, with Hux the Houndoom playing the devil and Mr. Stake the Meganium serving as the angel. Unfortunately, Hux's advice involves beating people up and [[IBangedYourMom banging their moms]], while Mr. Stake has brain damage and can only say "MUHR-STAYK!!"
* One [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/evil-kermit variant]] originating on TheInternet has Kermit the Frog of ''Franchise/TheMuppets'' fame in the role of either the human or angel (depending on the individual meme), facing a sinister hooded Kermit in the role of the devil.
* A ReactionShot ImageMacro for {{Squick}} has a character representing the viewer looking at their computer with a horrified expression. Panel 2 shows their good side/superego, also with a horrified expression. Panel 3 shows their bad side/id equally horrified as the other two. Later versions have panel 4 showing the FBI and NSA agents monitoring the webfeed with the exact same expression.
* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': In the Advent Calendar comic for Dec 13, 2022, Celandra overhears about what she thinks is a surprise present for Fyora. As she contemplates whether to tell Fyora, tiny angel and devil versions of herself appear next to her head.
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* Angela Napoli in ''VideoGame/{{Fabulous}}'' series has little floating emojis (pictured above) pop up as a RunningGag. For example, in ''Fabulous: Angela's Sweet Revenge'', the yellow one with a halo would say that a marriage should be built on trust, while the red one with horns would sing a bar of "Suspicious Minds". As of ''Wedding Disaster'', they are now represented as miniature versions of Angela herself.
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* Angela Napoli in ''VideoGame/{{Fabulous}}'' series has little floating emojis (pictured above) pop up as a RunningGag. For example, in ''Fabulous: Angela's Sweet Revenge'', the yellow one with a halo would say that a marriage should be built on trust, while the red one with horns would sing a bar of "Suspicious Minds". As of ''Wedding Disaster'', they are now represented as miniature versions of Angela herself.
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* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', a thinly-veiled parody of Good Angel Bad Angel is represented by the "invisible" twins called Xing and Xang. Xing dresses like a complete EmoTeen and Xang dresses like a stereotypical angel. Their job is to "guide" the heroes, but they don't listen to advice in the cutscene [[spoiler:-- at least until EvilOverlord Drakath switches Xang with her ChaoticEvil twin in the Mirror Realm.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Afterlife1996'', an Angel and Devil appear on screen to give the player advice and to taunt each other. As with all religious elements in the game, it's parodied; the Angel is TheDitz, and the Devil is erudite and [[ManOfWealthAndTaste appears to be dressed in a business suit.]] However, both give good advice.
* ''VideoGame/AstraSuperstars'': Invoked in that two sub-boss characters are named "My Devil" and "My Angel" who represent each character's darker and better qualities respectively. To quote the other wiki: "Depending on what is said, the player can encounter the Devil (based on bad judgment of character) or the Angel (based on good judgement of character) to fight before the final boss, though the Angel requires the player to judge their opponent well and not have any hiccups, or else the Devil will inevitably show up, should just one choice be bad."
* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries''. From "The Enemy Within".
-->'''Joker:''' It didn't feel great, you know? Stealing from her. Like it was a little [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley]] with a halo on ''this'' shoulder telling me not to do it, and then a bat on the other whispering, "Just get it, John." Or did you have the halo and Harley the horns?
* The god game ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite'' also has a Good and Evil Conscience (an old wise man and a wisecracking devil) to give the player advice and color commentary.
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' uses this method to display the hero Vincent's mental morality as the game progresses, and whether he chooses Catherine or Katherine by the end of the game. At certain points in the game, we hear Vincent's thoughts on the current situation, and they change by having either an angelic cherub or a demonic cherub egg him into their way. Unlike most cases, [[GrayAndGreyMorality they don't represent]] good/evil, but rather order/chaos.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': The ''Delicious Last Course'' has the Nightmare optional boss, which invokes this trope. It takes the form of an angel and a demon above the shoulders of what appears to be a huge skeleton statue of [[{{Satan}} the Devil himself]], with the Angel having tiny horns and a friendly-looking demeanor and the Demon looking ''even more demonic than the Devil himself''.
* The turn-based RPG iOS game ''VideoGame/DevilsAttorney'', which centers around an attorney with little respect to the law or reality, at one point shows a tiny version of the hero in a devil costume floating over his left shoulder. When he looks to his right, a second, identical devil appears.
* Angela Napoli in ''VideoGame/{{Fabulous}}'' series has little floating emojis (pictured above) pop up as a RunningGag. For example, in ''Fabulous: Angela's Sweet Revenge'', the yellow one with a halo would say that a marriage should be built on trust, while the red one with horns would sing a bar of "Suspicious Minds". As of ''Wedding Disaster'', they are now represented as miniature versions of Angela herself.
* Soriz of ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' comically has them for being a DirtyOldMan. They pop up during his SSR training, the good one urging him to continue his training to find his own philosophy, and the bad one trying to make him give up and go back to fooling around. They eventually start arguing so loudly that Soriz ends up beating the crap out of them, giving him the final push he needed.
* ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' has the characters Kuo and Nix, who aren't angels, but a pair of [[DifferentlyPoweredindividual Conduits]] who represent the good and evil sides in the game respectively, each encouraging Cole towards their way throughout the game, and even calling him out on going for the other side. [[FireIceDuo Tellingly]], Kuo has [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] while Nix controls [[PlayingWithFire fire and oil]]. The subversion? [[spoiler: The climax has them [[FaceHeelTurn switch]] [[HeelFaceTurn roles.]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Tristana's Little Demon skin changes her recall animation to one where she has Little Devil Teemo as her devil whispering into her ear and a similar-looking Teemo in a halo and white robe as her angel. She grabs the latter, throws him into the air, catches him in her cannon, and shoots him offscreen in a spray of feathers.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge'', the titular VillainProtagonist has both an evil conscience named Gunther and a good one named Stewart. The latter is crushed under a rock during Malcolm's childhood as part of his StartOfDarkness but returns in-game. Malcolm then asks the player to choose which one to stick with or to [[TakeAThirdOption choose]] [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil both]] since Malcolm himself doesn't care about morality, just wanting to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]] so that he can finally go home and take a nap.
* ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'': In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s Computer Adventure'', Arthur wants to play the ''Deep Dark Sea'' computer game on Jane's computer, but Jane had told him not to touch her computer until after she gets back from the office. On Page 3, if you click on Arthur, his shoulder devil tells him to play while Jane is away, as there's no way she can know, and he wants to be able to find The Thing (a giant treasure chest) so he can win a lot of money. Arthur's shoulder angel then advises Arthur not to listen to his shoulder devil and to listen to Jane instead. Later, on Page 7, after Arthur accidentally breaks Jane's computer, if you click on Arthur, his shoulder angel tells Arthur that he should have listened to Jane. His shoulder devil then tells him to blame his accident on D.W. or Pal. Arthur then tells his shoulder devil that he's not going to listen to him again, since he got him into his mess.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', there are several instances when [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] must resolve a situation by choosing between a clearly good Paragon option or a clearly evil, or at least ruthlessly utilitarian, Renegade option. In some of these cases, Shepard's two squadmates will offer their opinions on which option Shepard should choose with one squadmate supporting the Paragon option and the other supporting the Renegade option. There is even a hierarchy in ''1'' to determine which character will support a given course - Kaidan will always support the Paragon option; Liara will support the Paragon option unless your other teammate is Kaidan; Tali will support the Paragon option unless your other teammate is either of the above; and so on down the line, until you get to Wrex, the most Renegade option available.
* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': Randal gets one of these scenes at Mel's Pawn Shop on the first Monday. The good one is Matt, and the bad one is Marconi. When Matt understands that Marconi will impale him if Randal doesn't sell the ring, he quickly tells Randal to do it.
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' begins with an encounter with these: after first being chosen by one of Gaia's Bees, you have a dream about meeting two members of the Host - one a Grigori, the other a [[FallenAngel Nephilim]]: the Grigori wants you to choose for yourself and avoid being corrupted by the [[EldritchAbomination voices that whisper in your sleep]], while the Nephilim wants you to "make the right choices" and follow the will of the voices. They crop up again in the finale after you decide on what to Dreaming Prison.
* A brief scene in the second ''VideoGame/SimonTheSorcerer'' game features this trope. Simon being [[JerkAss Simon]] opts to side with the bad angel.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/TheSpectrumRetreat'', Cooper and the manager take the roles of the two angels, urging you to either [[spoiler:leave the simulation, or wipe your memories and remain.]] It's up to you to judge which is the good and which is the bad, though.
* ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'' used a variation of this trope. When Torque is faced with a moral decision at some points, his wife Carmen acts as the shoulder angel and Torque's evil side acts as the shoulder devil. The sequel has Carmen act as the shoulder angel and Blackmore act as the shoulder devil. In both games, they do not actually appear at Torque's side at these points, but their voices can be heard.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Pyro has these with two small Pyro dolls dressed as an angel and devil as a Misc. Item: The Cremator's Conscience; they are in a chest pocket. Description: "'Burn him with fire!' 'No, burn him with fire, then hit him with an axe!'"
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', there are two toys you can loot in Bastion and Revendreth that respectfully summon a val'kyr and a sinstone who will serve as your angel and devil, commenting on your actions and trying to encourage you to do good or bad.
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* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds'', a thinly-veiled parody of Good Angel Bad Angel is represented by the "invisible" twins called Xing and Xang. Xing dresses like a complete EmoTeen and Xang dresses like a stereotypical angel. Their job is to "guide" the heroes, but they don't listen to advice in the cutscene [[spoiler:-- at least until EvilOverlord Drakath switches Xang with her ChaoticEvil twin in the Mirror Realm.]]
* In ''VideoGame/Afterlife1996'', an Angel and Devil appear on screen to give the player advice and to taunt each other. As with all religious elements in the game, it's parodied; the Angel is TheDitz, and the Devil is erudite and [[ManOfWealthAndTaste appears to be dressed in a business suit.]] However, both give good advice.
* ''VideoGame/AstraSuperstars'': Invoked in that two sub-boss characters are named "My Devil" and "My Angel" who represent each character's darker and better qualities respectively. To quote the other wiki: "Depending on what is said, the player can encounter the Devil (based on bad judgment of character) or the Angel (based on good judgement of character) to fight before the final boss, though the Angel requires the player to judge their opponent well and not have any hiccups, or else the Devil will inevitably show up, should just one choice be bad."
* ''VideoGame/BatmanTheTelltaleSeries''. From "The Enemy Within".
-->'''Joker:''' It didn't feel great, you know? Stealing from her. Like it was a little [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harley]] with a halo on ''this'' shoulder telling me not to do it, and then a bat on the other whispering, "Just get it, John." Or did you have the halo and Harley the horns?
* The god game ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite'' also has a Good and Evil Conscience (an old wise man and a wisecracking devil) to give the player advice and color commentary.
* ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}'' uses this method to display the hero Vincent's mental morality as the game progresses, and whether he chooses Catherine or Katherine by the end of the game. At certain points in the game, we hear Vincent's thoughts on the current situation, and they change by having either an angelic cherub or a demonic cherub egg him into their way. Unlike most cases, [[GrayAndGreyMorality they don't represent]] good/evil, but rather order/chaos.
* ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'': The ''Delicious Last Course'' has the Nightmare optional boss, which invokes this trope. It takes the form of an angel and a demon above the shoulders of what appears to be a huge skeleton statue of [[{{Satan}} the Devil himself]], with the Angel having tiny horns and a friendly-looking demeanor and the Demon looking ''even more demonic than the Devil himself''.
* The turn-based RPG iOS game ''VideoGame/DevilsAttorney'', which centers around an attorney with little respect to the law or reality, at one point shows a tiny version of the hero in a devil costume floating over his left shoulder. When he looks to his right, a second, identical devil appears.
* Angela Napoli in ''VideoGame/{{Fabulous}}'' series has little floating emojis (pictured above) pop up as a RunningGag. For example, in ''Fabulous: Angela's Sweet Revenge'', the yellow one with a halo would say that a marriage should be built on trust, while the red one with horns would sing a bar of "Suspicious Minds". As of ''Wedding Disaster'', they are now represented as miniature versions of Angela herself.
* Soriz of ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' comically has them for being a DirtyOldMan. They pop up during his SSR training, the good one urging him to continue his training to find his own philosophy, and the bad one trying to make him give up and go back to fooling around. They eventually start arguing so loudly that Soriz ends up beating the crap out of them, giving him the final push he needed.
* ''VideoGame/InFamous2'' has the characters Kuo and Nix, who aren't angels, but a pair of [[DifferentlyPoweredindividual Conduits]] who represent the good and evil sides in the game respectively, each encouraging Cole towards their way throughout the game, and even calling him out on going for the other side. [[FireIceDuo Tellingly]], Kuo has [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] while Nix controls [[PlayingWithFire fire and oil]]. The subversion? [[spoiler: The climax has them [[FaceHeelTurn switch]] [[HeelFaceTurn roles.]]]]
* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', Tristana's Little Demon skin changes her recall animation to one where she has Little Devil Teemo as her devil whispering into her ear and a similar-looking Teemo in a halo and white robe as her angel. She grabs the latter, throws him into the air, catches him in her cannon, and shoots him offscreen in a spray of feathers.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge'', the titular VillainProtagonist has both an evil conscience named Gunther and a good one named Stewart. The latter is crushed under a rock during Malcolm's childhood as part of his StartOfDarkness but returns in-game. Malcolm then asks the player to choose which one to stick with or to [[TakeAThirdOption choose]] [[BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil both]] since Malcolm himself doesn't care about morality, just wanting to [[ClearMyName Clear His Name]] so that he can finally go home and take a nap.
* ''VideoGame/LivingBooks'': In ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'s Computer Adventure'', Arthur wants to play the ''Deep Dark Sea'' computer game on Jane's computer, but Jane had told him not to touch her computer until after she gets back from the office. On Page 3, if you click on Arthur, his shoulder devil tells him to play while Jane is away, as there's no way she can know, and he wants to be able to find The Thing (a giant treasure chest) so he can win a lot of money. Arthur's shoulder angel then advises Arthur not to listen to his shoulder devil and to listen to Jane instead. Later, on Page 7, after Arthur accidentally breaks Jane's computer, if you click on Arthur, his shoulder angel tells Arthur that he should have listened to Jane. His shoulder devil then tells him to blame his accident on D.W. or Pal. Arthur then tells his shoulder devil that he's not going to listen to him again, since he got him into his mess.
* In ''Franchise/MassEffect'', there are several instances when [[PlayerCharacter Commander Shepard]] must resolve a situation by choosing between a clearly good Paragon option or a clearly evil, or at least ruthlessly utilitarian, Renegade option. In some of these cases, Shepard's two squadmates will offer their opinions on which option Shepard should choose with one squadmate supporting the Paragon option and the other supporting the Renegade option. There is even a hierarchy in ''1'' to determine which character will support a given course - Kaidan will always support the Paragon option; Liara will support the Paragon option unless your other teammate is Kaidan; Tali will support the Paragon option unless your other teammate is either of the above; and so on down the line, until you get to Wrex, the most Renegade option available.
* ''VideoGame/RandalsMonday'': Randal gets one of these scenes at Mel's Pawn Shop on the first Monday. The good one is Matt, and the bad one is Marconi. When Matt understands that Marconi will impale him if Randal doesn't sell the ring, he quickly tells Randal to do it.
* ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' begins with an encounter with these: after first being chosen by one of Gaia's Bees, you have a dream about meeting two members of the Host - one a Grigori, the other a [[FallenAngel Nephilim]]: the Grigori wants you to choose for yourself and avoid being corrupted by the [[EldritchAbomination voices that whisper in your sleep]], while the Nephilim wants you to "make the right choices" and follow the will of the voices. They crop up again in the finale after you decide on what to Dreaming Prison.
* A brief scene in the second ''VideoGame/SimonTheSorcerer'' game features this trope. Simon being [[JerkAss Simon]] opts to side with the bad angel.
* At the end of ''VideoGame/TheSpectrumRetreat'', Cooper and the manager take the roles of the two angels, urging you to either [[spoiler:leave the simulation, or wipe your memories and remain.]] It's up to you to judge which is the good and which is the bad, though.
* ''VideoGame/TheSuffering'' used a variation of this trope. When Torque is faced with a moral decision at some points, his wife Carmen acts as the shoulder angel and Torque's evil side acts as the shoulder devil. The sequel has Carmen act as the shoulder angel and Blackmore act as the shoulder devil. In both games, they do not actually appear at Torque's side at these points, but their voices can be heard.
* ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'': The Pyro has these with two small Pyro dolls dressed as an angel and devil as a Misc. Item: The Cremator's Conscience; they are in a chest pocket. Description: "'Burn him with fire!' 'No, burn him with fire, then hit him with an axe!'"
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', there are two toys you can loot in Bastion and Revendreth that respectfully summon a val'kyr and a sinstone who will serve as your angel and devil, commenting on your actions and trying to encourage you to do good or bad.
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* ''TabletopGames/MagicTheGathering'' has the card [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=589584 Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence]], a tiny Devil Advisor who tries to convince her planeswalker controller (the player) to deal damage to themselves, growing stronger in the process. She is naturally affiliated with red mana, the color of impulse and blind aggression, and plenty of cards in that color are more than happy to oblige.
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* ''TabletopGames/MagicTheGathering'' has the card [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=589584 Auntie Blyte, Bad Influence]], a tiny Devil Advisor who tries to convince her planeswalker controller (the player) to deal damage to themselves, growing stronger in the process. She is naturally affiliated with red mana, the color of impulse and blind aggression, and plenty of cards in that color are more than happy to oblige.
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* ''Animation/CrazyCandies'': In the first episode, during the race, Marshyo sees a candy struggling to make it out of a chocolate lake. A devil version of him appears and tells him not to save her, since she'll have a higher chance of winning if he does. Then an angel version of him appears and tells him to save the candy since she's a friend of his. The devil and angel butt heads with their differing choices for a few seconds before Marshyo decides to save the candy.
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** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
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** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
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* ''Animation/BanzisSecretDiary'': In episode 31, Banzi has a crisis relating to spending her allowance on a new backpack on sale, as she had promised herself not to spend more than 45 cents a day so as not to spend all her money at once. An angel appears to her right, telling her that she should save her money; a devil appears to her left, proposing she purchase it anyway since "smart consumers ''always'' buy at bargain prices". She purchases the bag and is promptly shocked the next day at school to find she only has a single coin on her.
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* In ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'' episode [[https://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.
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* In ''WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange'' ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'' episode [[https://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.
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[[quoteright:350:[[WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ultimate-spider-man-angel-and-devil_9444.png]]]]
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* ''[=AstroLOLogy=]'':
** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
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* ''[=AstroLOLogy=]'':
** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
** In the short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
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When someone wrestles with a temptation, two miniature versions of the character’s self, an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull the character 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 manifest as life-sized people on either side of the conflicted character rather than as miniatures on the character's shoulders.
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When someone wrestles with a temptation, [[MiniMe two miniature versions of the character’s self, self]], an Angel and a Devil, sit on each shoulder and try to pull the character 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 manifest as life-sized people on either side of the conflicted character rather than as miniatures on the character's shoulders.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 18, Smart S. tries to withdraw money from an ATM machine to buy a super-alloy screw. A shoulder angel and devil resembling him appear, with the devil trying to persuade him to withdraw the money and the angel trying to persuade him not to since he can only withdraw money several times and this is his only remaining chance to do so. Smart S. withdraws the money anyway.
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* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': In Season 3 episode 18, Smart S. tries to withdraw money from an ATM machine to buy a super-alloy screw. A shoulder angel and devil resembling him appear, with the devil trying to persuade him to withdraw the money and the angel trying to persuade him not to since he can only withdraw money several times and this is his only remaining chance to do so. This being the very vain Smart S. withdraws S., the devil reminding him that he won't be able to buy his special shampoo without the money ''and'' enamoring the angel with the thought of this shampoo is enough to make him withdraw the money anyway.
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* PlayedWith in episode 4 of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' when the demonic I.M.P. crew are hired to kill a MadScientist who's already been DrivenToSuicide, and spend the episode trying to convince him to go through with it while a group of cherubs try to talk him out of it.
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* PlayedWith Played with in episode 4 of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' when the demonic I.M.P. crew are hired to kill a MadScientist who's already been DrivenToSuicide, and spend the episode trying to convince him to go through with it while a group of cherubs try to talk him out of it.
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* PlayedWith in episode 4 of ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' when the demonic I.M.P. crew are hired to kill a MadScientist who's already been DrivenToSuicide, and spend the episode trying to convince him to go through with it while a group of cherubs try to talk him out of it.
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* [[GoodAngelBadAngel/AnimatedFilms Film — Animated]]
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[[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.
* 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.
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--> '''Ron:''' And you know that little guy that sits on
* Creator/{{Bally}}'s ''Pinball/{{Wizard}}'' has
** This gets illustrated in Ron White's book ''I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability'' with Devil!Ron egging him on while Angel!Ron conspicuously does nothing.
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* A variation comes up in a Creator/RonWhite comedy bit where he cheats on his wife with a woman he meets in Ohio after not having sex in three months. As it turns out, the shoulder devil isn't necessary.
--> '''Ron:''' And you know that little guy that sits on your shoulder and reminds you of your prior commitments and your moral fortitude? I didn't hear a peep out of that guy. He hadn't been laid in three months either. He was speechless for twenty minutes; then he was like, "Suck her titties!" "I was gonna!" I'm having a three-way with my conscience. As soon as the whole thing's over, he's back at his post. "That was '''WRONG''', mister!" "Hey, twenty minutes ago, you were beatin' off on my shoulder, Monkey Boy."
** This gets illustrated in Ron White's book ''I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability'' with Devil!Ron egging him on while Angel!Ron conspicuously does nothing.
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* A variation comes up in a Creator/RonWhite comedy bit where he cheats on his wife with a woman he meets in Ohio after not having sex in three months. As it turns out, the shoulder devil isn't necessary.
--> '''Ron:''' And you know that little guy that sits on your shoulder and reminds you of your prior commitments and your moral fortitude? I didn't hear a peep out of that guy. He hadn't been laid in three months either. He was speechless for twenty minutes; then he was like, "Suck her titties!" "I was gonna!" I'm having a three-way with my conscience. As soon as the whole thing's over, he's back at his post. "That was '''WRONG''', mister!" "Hey, twenty minutes ago, you were beatin' off on my shoulder, Monkey Boy."
** This gets illustrated in Ron White's book ''I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability'' with Devil!Ron egging him on while Angel!Ron conspicuously does nothing.
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* In the ''[=AstroLOLogy=]'' short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].
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* ''[=AstroLOLogy=]'':
** In the''[=AstroLOLogy=]'' short "To Do or Not to Do", while at the store, Libra has both halves of Gemini serving as his angel and devil when he seems to be contemplating taking money from the register while Sagittarius is sleeping at the counter. His devil wins out, but it turns out Libra really just wanted to take a nearby marker and [[FaceDoodling draw on Sagittarius' face in her sleep]].sleep]].
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
** In the
** "Naughty or Nice" does a variant: as the show is a MimeAndMusicOnlyCartoon where the only speech is indistinct, Taurus, working as a MallSanta, asks Capricorn and Gemini if they've been nice or naughty by conjuring angel and devil versions of them and having them pick one.
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Expect a female character's Devil to dress all {{Stripperiffic}}, to {{invoke|dTrope}} EvilIsSexy, HornyDevils, HotAsHell, and SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains. [[DeadHorseTrope Thanks to how common this trope is]], it's generally given some kind of comedic twist. If a character is particularly bad, it's common is to give that character ''two'' Devils (and vice 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]]). Occasionally, the two may end up agreeing, usually in the form of the Angel giving in to a violent choice, particularly if it's [[AssholeVictim well deserved]]. 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 and resemble a SeinfeldianConversation involving {{Metaphorgotten}} or SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.
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Expect a female character's Devil to dress all {{Stripperiffic}}, to {{invoke|dTrope}} EvilIsSexy, HornyDevils, HotAsHell, and SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains. [[DeadHorseTrope Thanks to how common this trope is]], it's generally given some kind of comedic parodic twist. If a character is particularly bad, it's common is to give that character ''two'' Devils (and vice 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]]). Occasionally, the two may end up agreeing, usually in the form of the Angel giving in to a violent choice, particularly if it's [[AssholeVictim well deserved]]. 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 and resemble a SeinfeldianConversation involving {{Metaphorgotten}} or SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.
SidetrackedByTheAnalogy.
That being said, it is PlayedForDrama occasionally. In this case, the trope is ''still'' likely to be played with, since it's very hard to write shoulder advisors seriously; the Good Angel and Bad Angels are likely two separate characters, a well-meaning friend and a TokenEvilTeammate respectively trying to sway the protagonist to their side and arguing over the best action. If still part of the protagonist's mind, the Good Angel and Bad Angel are likely hallucinations or encountered in a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, and usually something far more abstract than an angelic and devilish version of the character.
That being said, it is PlayedForDrama occasionally. In this case, the trope is ''still'' likely to be played with, since it's very hard to write shoulder advisors seriously; the Good Angel and Bad Angels are likely two separate characters, a well-meaning friend and a TokenEvilTeammate respectively trying to sway the protagonist to their side and arguing over the best action. If still part of the protagonist's mind, the Good Angel and Bad Angel are likely hallucinations or encountered in a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, and usually something far more abstract than an angelic and devilish version of the character.
