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%%* ''Absurd Notions'' [[http://www.absurdnotions.org/page60.html presents]] "the dueling consciences of the sysadmin: 'Lazy' and 'Bastard'."
* ''Webcomic/AndShineHeavenNow'' had three significant examples:
** Integra, with her angel begging her to remember her duty and her devil trying to convince her to act on her emotions for once. Played with in that Integra's angel and devil appear in full-size versions during a storyline taking place in Hell.
** Timothy, whose angel and devil get a decent amount of prominence, not only symbolizing Timothy's inner conflict between his loyalty to Enrico and desire to do right, but his burgeoning gender identity issues.
** Enrico has Bad Angel...and [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 Delirium]], who's filling in for Enrico's good angel while he's lost in her domain. [[spoiler: This is taking place while Enrico goes insane with power and starts to slaughter innocent Protestants.]]
** Integra's and Timothy's respective devils appear briefly together, trying to discourage their respective humans from teaming up with someone who's (nominally) an enemy...only to promptly be DistractedByTheSexy when Timothy awakens [[spoiler: [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena the Sword of Dios]]]] and both he and Integra are briefly naked.
* Parodied in [[http://super-josh.deviantart.com/art/Batman-and-the-Bat-Titans-69-297325129 Batman and the Bat-Titans]] where [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Batman]] hallucinates a Tiny Batman (the shoulder devil) telling him to whoop the [[MistreatmentinducedBetrayal Titans']] asses, a Tiny Beast Boy (the shoulder angel) telling him to ask for redemption instead, and a taco ([[MakesAsMuchSenseInContext his food conscience]]) telling him he's hungry for tacos and burritos. Tiny Beast Boy questions if a Food Conscience is really a thing.
%%* [[http://www.jaynaylor.com/betterdays/archives/2004/09/chapter-10-brot-14.html This]] ''Webcomic/BetterDays'' strip. Add in a... Zen Angel, or something.
* In ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', Bob has a pair, but he mostly ignores them and acts evil in spite of the good angel and without needing the influence of the bad angel. [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021110 Your mother sent me]]
* ''Webcomic/BobTheAngryFlower'' has a good conscience and an evil conscience. Or rather, he has one that gives less-belligerent advice than the other. [[http://angryflower.com/thatin.gif He's not entirely sure which one is which]].
%%* ''Webcomic/BoyMeetsBoy'' [[http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20010223.html uses]] [[http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20020728.html this trope]] [[http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20030420.html a lot]].
%%** The trope is occasionally subverted when the angel and devil are [[http://boymeetsboy.keenspot.com/d/20011104.html in agreement.]]
%%*** Also when it is discovered that Tabitha has no good angel.
%%* Expertly parodied in [[http://www.graphicsmash.com/comics/brathalla.php?name=brathalla&view=single&ID=12203 this]] ''Brat-halla'' strip.
* ''Webcomic/BrawlInTheFamily'' has a pair [[http://www.brawlinthefamily.com/?p=1015 for Ganondorf]], who has a shoulder devil, and a second, more satanic shoulder devil. {{Lampshade| Hanging}}d in [[TheRant the accompanying newspost as the]] "shoulder angel gag". The AltText claims that conversely, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Peach lacks a bad side]].
* Elvis the Siamese cat is [[https://www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat-news/2020/10/04 confronted with a moral dilemma]] in ''Webcomic/BreakingCatNews'', as his angelic conscience (black cat Puck in traditional angel gear) warns him not to touch the Halloween snacks laid out on the table, while his bad angel (white cat Lupin in a red devil suit) accompanied by the four Robber Mice, similarly garbed, entices him to partake. When one of the mice mentions that there's bacon in the snacks, Puck is also tempted.
%%* ''Webcomic/BronzeSkinInc'': Appear from inside Julia's head in chapter 2.
* ''Webcomic/BugMartini'': When Bug considers a frivolous purchase, [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/need-vs-want/ want vs. need]] is represented as two different versions of Bug wearing glasses. Need points out that Bug needs to buy light bulbs, while Want shoves Need aside, saying, "Light bulbs shmight bulbs! He can use candles!"
* Played with in [[http://www.galactanet.com/comic/view.php?strip=377 this]] ''Webcomic/CaseyAndAndy'' strip: Andy wants to talk with a hot girl but his good angel disapproves, and, because Andy is going out with Satan, who has control over all "shoulder demons", she appears instead of Andy's bad angel and threatens him.
* In Jennifer Babcock's ''Webcomic/CestLaVie'', the ditzy-but-sweet Valley Girl Donna Fitzpatrick has a smaller version of herself as Angel, as per trope. But the demon takes the form of a smaller, snarkier, version of her louche and cynical best friend, Mona Montrois.
%%* Tony from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'': His angel just [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4786659/ agrees with the devil.]] [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/5428668/ And that works both ways.]]
* NiceGuy Joel from ''Webcomic/FilthyLies'' finds himself with an angel on ''each'' shoulder.
-->'''Joel:''' Two angels? Shouldn't one of you be a devil?\\
'''Angel #1:''' Nope. You are a total candyass.\\
'''Angel #2:''' Totally.
%%* ''Webcomic/ChoppingBlock'', [[http://www.choppingblock.org/d/20010312.html someone should tell Butch's angel to keep his head on.]]
%%** The replacement [[http://choppingblock.keenspot.com/d/20110111.html wasn't any luckier]].
* Frank from ''Webcomic/CogaSuro'' has a classic "shoulder angel" and "shoulder devil". These are unusual in a few ways: his "shoulder devil" has been known to leave Frank and influence others, and his Good Angel has appeared in full human size at least once.
** When Frank finally activates his [[SuperMode Artemis]], it has two different colour schemes, echoing the opposing colour schemes of his Good Angel and Bad Angel.
* ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'' expands on this trope by having the angels and devils be various sizes depending on how much the character listens to one or the other: e.g., nice guy Dave has a life-sized angel, while the AntiHero Mike has one barely the size of his ear. That brings up all sorts of unanswered questions later when it is revealed that [[spoiler: Mike is actually the reincarnation of the arch-angel Micheal]]. There's also April's Imaginary Floating Wiser Self, who seems to be [[FloatingAdviceReminder something else entirely]] but serves as her conscience in a pinch.
* ''Webcomic/{{Comedity}}'': Arguably the entire point, or at least a central theme. Garth's various psychological elements are characters in their own right and make up a council in his head. Though they aren't just advisors... The personality sprites actually ''constitute'' Garth's mind; they're frequently shown ''piloting'' his body ''MobileSuitHuman'' style.
%%* Used in [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/postcard/?comic=3 this]] ''[[Webcomic/{{mezzacotta}} Comments on a Postcard]]'' strip. Apparently.
* In the ''Webcomic/ACompleteWasteOfTime'' in-comic MMORPG ''META'', you have devas who pretty much serve this purpose. The positive (Philanian) ones spell their "f"s as "ph"s, and the negative (Mizanian) ones substitute "z" for "s", regardless of how the player normally speaks.
* In [[https://explosm.net/comics/rob-sciencefair this strip]] of ''Webcomic/CyanideAndHappiness'', a student is confronted by his shoulder devil and angel when debating the prospect of reusing his science fair project from the previous year for the upcoming fair. He ends up deciding to kill and dissect the two to present a project on their anatomy instead.
%%* ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'': Ethan has a pair... [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20100101 but the angel appears on the toilet, and then gives Ethan some not-so-good advice]].
%%* ''Webcomic/DanAndMabsFurryAdventures''
%%** Another subversion... well, [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_495.php you know the deal]].
%%** A [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1127.php different variation]].
%%* ''[[http://www.wanderingchaos.com/uc/043007.html UC: Deviating from Normality]]'' started playing with this trope, and twisted it in a side story.
* Jennie Breeden's AuthorAvatar in ''[[http://www.thedevilspanties.com/ The Devil's Panties]]'' often features her Good Angel and Bad Angel, though occasionally the two concur. The Good Angel is dressed traditionally, while the Bad Angel wears a black and red corset, a micromini skirt, platform boots, horns, and little bat wings. Both otherwise look like Jennie herself (or like her Avatar, which other strips show as no longer resembling the real artist). Later, they're joined by a fairy princess representing Jennie's [[http://www.thedevilspanties.com/d/20070327.html latent girlie side]] - though she still wears combat boots.
* Shoulder angels and shoulder demons in ''Webcomic/DevilMayCare'' are apparently humans who are paid to act as other people's conscious (to foster goodness or corruption respectively). They are tiny and invisible to humans while in this form, and they can only have an actual effect if they genuinely mean what they say.
* ''Webcomic/DoghouseDiaries'': Both the man and the woman in [[http://thedoghousediaries.com/91 The Eternal Struggle]] have these. The man's angel and devil try and convince him to either leave the toilet seat up or put it down, and the woman's angel and devil agree [[DisproportionateRetribution that he needs to die]] [[ToiletSeatDivorce for leaving it up.]]
%%* ''Webcomic/DragonTails'' once spent [[http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=030111 a week's worth of comics]] tearing this trope a new one.
* One of ''Webcomic/{{Eatatau}}'s'' {{running gag}}s is the bad angel [[LudicrousGibs messily gunning down]] the good angel (usually a result of Sha'shiva getting horny). Flipped around when Sha'shiva throws herself at Kor'la and the latter's own good angel messily guns down the bad angel (since they're in the cockpit of a battlesuit at the time; ItMakesSenseInContext).
* Parodied in ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'', where Black Mage has a Bad Angel (Evil Side) and a Worse Angel (Atrociously Evil Side) where what little difference they have is severely blurred. When he is at a point where his teammate is in danger, instead of debating whether to help him or not, they debate between letting him die or letting him die and killing everyone. He compromises by letting him die and dancing on his corpse. He also has an Inner Scrutiny.
-->'''Moderately Evil Side''': He's ''supposed'' to double check what you're thinking before you say anything so you don't look like a jackass or moron. You usually don't pay any attention to him.
* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has several examples to illustrate internal conflict, but they rarely fit the traditional good angel versus bad angel dichotomy:
** [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2005-01-14 One sequence]] has Susan question whether or not to go to a [[GenderBender gender-swapping]] party with the aid of her Curiosity (a spotted catgirl) and her Logic (a Vulcan). To her horror, Curiosity comes up with an argument that wins Logic over, so Susan has no real choice in the matter.
--->'''Susan''': [[LampshadeHanging Shouldn't you guys be an angel and a devil or something?]]\\
'''Curiosity''': ''Screw morality''!\\
'''Logic''': I would not put it like that, but in a sense, she is correct. This is a matter of logic and curiosity, not good and evil.
** [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2008-06-16 Later]], her Nature (blonde-haired self) and Nurture (blue-haired self) argue over whether or not to hug Tedd for standing up for her. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Makes sense]] once you know her backstory.
** And then [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-03-15 all four]]. Note how Nurture changed post-Awakening ("[[http://twitter.com/dantheshive/status/180337748576698370 It's either an indication of Susan's development as a character, or I thought it would be neato.]]").
** When Catalina kisses Elliot in front of the school as part of a misguided attempt to stop false rumors that he's gay, the comic cuts to [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1743 a visual representation of Elliot's mind]]. The ego is in the center, with additional representations that appear to be confusion, shyness, logic, libido, and conscience. The fact that some of the representations are female [[http://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook.php?id=728 may have deeper meaning]].
** Larry has [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1994 a dudebro and a decent person]] who appear to help him resolve the internal conflict when he discovers that Sarah asked another guy out on a date despite calling him out on his unwanted advances earlier. Dudebro Larry is presented as ignorant rather than evil, and is legitimately convinced that he's the good angel.
** A conventional Good Angel and Bad Angel [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2145 finally appear]] when Diane realises her argument has hit Charlotte [[ArmorPiercingQuestion harder than she meant]].
** In the Squirrel Prophet arc, [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2014-05-22 Sarah has]] a werewolf who represents her desire to build a deck that makes narrative sense, and a vampire who represents her desire to ignore story and just focus on winning.
** When Pandora begins questioning her effect on Tedd, we get two versions of her that ''could'' be considered Good Pandora and Evil Pandora, but might be better thought of as [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2385 Empathic Pandora and Angry Pandora]]. (Or maybe [[OrderVsChaos Orderly Pandora and Chaotic Pandora]])
** Then there's [[http://egscomics.com/comic/tsos-12 Grace's]], whose logical side takes the form of her in a business suit, and an emotional side who is barefoot and otherwise dressed like a stereotypical hippie.
** Susan's Nature and Nurture [[http://egscomics.com/comic/party-027 show up again]], though as full-size figures in a metaphorical corner of Susan's mind rather than as shoulder angels.
** Nanase gets an angel and devil [[http://egscomics.com/comic/party-104 here]] when debating whether to tell Susan about all the obnoxious things Diane has done in the past. They show back up [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/wie-030 in an NP storyline]] when she's debating whether or not to admit that she's too nervous to play a tabletop RPG with Ellen.
** Ashley gets an angel and devil for a brief "nice character has a shoulder devil that fails at evil" gag. [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/fox-033 Devil Ashley]] claims that she wants Nanase to risk a transformation-induced wardrobe malfunction, but only if it's an informed choice. Angel Ashley can only lampshade the lack of evil.
---> '''Angel Ashley:''' Are you ''sure'' you know what your job is?
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Fanboys}}'': Done a couple of times.
* ''Webcomic/FriendlyHostility'' likes to use this one occasionally. There is one sequence where a good angel is attracted to the classic bad angel. She says they can't be together because they are on opposite sides, so he gets a transfer to the bad side, just to learn that she's transferred to the good side.
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Footloose}}:
%%** Steve "Cherry" Lewis, being a {{Transvestite}}, naturally has [[http://www.footloosecomic.com/cherry/cherry_main.php?page=39 crossdressing shoulder angels]], too. Complete with [[{{Stripperiffic}} naughty-wear]] for Devil Cherry.
%%** Keti has a least 4 imaginary advisor's, two of which represent her non human genetics and two who take the form of two of her friends. They are possibly a product of a mental condition she inherited from her mother.
%%* In ''Webcomic/GeeksNextDoor'', the role of the conscience is played by [[http://geeksnextcomic.com/9-19-07.html Victor Von Doom]]. He gives remarkably good advice.
%%* ''Webcomic/GeneralProtectionFault'' treats this as [[http://www.gpf-comics.com/archive/2011/05/25 cliché]], but better than one of the maniacal jester.
* In ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'', [[OlderThanTheyLook Chibi Sue]] has a realistic shoulder devil and a chibi shoulder angel who ''both'' advise her to have sex. And when Sue's returns unsatisfied, her devil and angel have [[GirlOnGirlIsHot HLS]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice in front of her]].
%%* Seen occasionally in ''Webcomic/GirlsWithSlingshots'' : Thea's [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1178/ here]], Hazel's [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1662/ here]] and Clarice's [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1755/ here]]. Hazel's good one has been led astray by the company she keeps, and Clarice's seems to be ganging up on her with the evil one.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/GorgeousPrincessCreamyBeamy'':
-->"W-where's the angel? The one that tells me to be good?"\\
"That's in cartoons, you ditz. Nope, God only had enough miracle sauce to make ''one'' of us per person. And it picked the bad side because... spite, mostly."\\
"So who's supposed to tell me what the right thing to do is?"\\
"If you can't figure that out without an angel, then you kind of suck."
* In ''[[http://eruditebaboon.tumblr.com/post/133858016674/whats-that-you-want-another-navel-gazing How to be an Artist]]'' by James Turner, Turner's AuthorAvatar summons "the two spirits that every artist needs to guide them: Rampaging Narcissism and Crippling Insecurity!" Narcissism has horns, and Insecurity has a bent halo.
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Hypergamouse}}'': Cate acquires these when Doof wants a transfer and asks her for a recommendation. Should she be honest about his performance, or use the opportunity to make him someone else's problem?
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Insecticomics}}'', a ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' fan-comic, subverts the cliché ''[[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v2/122.html here.]]''
* In ''Webcomic/ItsWalky'', when Joyce is finally about to lose her virginity, she has visions of her slutty alternate "evil" self and the hyper-puritanical "good" person she used to be. The slutty version eggs her on, the puritan castigates her. Their bickering is then interrupted by a vision of Joyce as the more balanced, mature individual that she is now, who tells them both to shut up as she wants to enjoy the moment.
* ''Webcomic/TheJapaneseBeetle'' has a villain called The Enabler, whose entire shtick is that he's a ProfessionalKiller using IncredibleShrinkingMan and {{Telepathy}} powers to pose as someone's Bad Angel and drive them into self-destruction. When he attempts this on the titular hero, Ken's first response is to ask, "Where's the guy for my other shoulder?" He finally realizes something is up when his pre-teen fan Katie asks "Who's that mean little man on your shoulder?"
* In ''Webcomic/JaydenAndCrusader'', the character Kat has a mental illness which manifests as a tiny angel and tiny devil when she does not take a proper course of medication, as demonstrated [[http://www.jaydenandcrusader.com/2008/11/03/page-96/ here]] They do not seem to provide any advice, only to chatter inanely.
* In ''Webcomic/JumpLeads'', [[http://www.jump-leads.com/comic/134 Llanwellan briefly hears advice]] from his shoulder angel and shoulder devil, then dismisses their appearance as hallucinations.
* ''Webcomic/JuvenileDiversion'' initially plays it straight while Kyle ponders whether to open a mysterious box in Jenny's mountain lodge... until [[http://jdcomic.com/comic/thats-probably-how-jenny-feels/ next page]] where the two angels get quite intimate and the box turns out to contain [[spoiler:Jenny's gay PornStash]].
%%I'll keep the old unprettified URL here, because it's more informative than the current one in case it goes dead: http://jdcomic.com/2009/07/thats-probably-how-jenny-feels/
* In ''Webcomic/KevinAndKell'', Mei Li's good angel is an orange cat, and her bad angel is a black cat. Apparently, this is because she's a tiger. More specifically, she was originally a regular cat who forced herself to be a tiger through sheer willpower.
%%* Jamie Kingston's shoulder angels in ''Webcomic/{{Kismetropolis}}'' occasionally agree with each other.
* ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'': Ocelot, a frequent double and triple agent from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' has an attack of "ChronicBackstabbingDisorder", (which is a medical disorder in the comic) and his shoulder angel and devil [[http://www.gigaville.com/comic.php?id=64 argue against/for going through with it]]. A bit of a subversion of the usual outcome, since the devil makes far better points and wins so easily that even he feels disappointed.
* ''Webcomic/LeastICouldDo''
** Subverted when John's Bad Angel is none other than [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]], who encourages him to sleep with the hot single mom of one of his students. When John asks where his Good Angel is some time later, his question is answered by Chewbacca appearing on the other shoulder. At one point [[TheScrappy Jar-Jar Binks]] appears, apparently as a Good Angel, but naturally John has no problem with Vader killing him.
** Later, the aforementioned single mom has her ''own'' Angel, in the form of [[Series/IDreamOfJeannie Jeannie]], though whether she's good or bad is unclear (she encourages the woman to sleep with John, and sleeps with Bad Angel Vader as well).
* In ''Webcomic/LeftoverSoup'', Jamie [[http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=63 alludes to it]] when presented with two opposite opinions on what to do with his board game designs (both options are considered better than the status quo, "nothing").
%%* ''Webcomic/LeifAndThorn'': In-universe mythology means they have shoulder imps (bad) and faeries (good). [[http://leifandthorn.com/comic/landslide-bring-me-down-5575/ Seen for Thorn here]].
* In ''Webcomic/LifeWithLamarr'', Barney's [[http://jill-sandwich.com/lwl/index.php?episode=11 shoulder angel and devil]] both advise him to eat [[PersonalSpaceInvader Lamarr]]. When he questions as to why the angel is agreeing with the devil, the angel replies that "'''''[Lamarr's] a freaking head-humper!'''''".
%%* [[http://litbrick.troutcave.net/comic.php?date=2011-03-02 This]] ''Lit Brick'' strip gives Dr. Faustus ''three'' shoulder consciences... the third being Creator/MrT.
%%* Alice has them in [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/288 this strip]] of ''Webcomic/{{Loserz}}''. Note that they look like SuperDeformed versions of two friends of her -- the AlphaBitch being the bad one.
%%* Done in a ''Webcomic/MacHall'' [[http://machall.com/view.php?date=2002-12-27 comic]] with the devil replaced by Cthulhu.
* Melissa in ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'' tried to decide [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/a_little_forward_-_ec_crossover_strip whether to kiss]] Kade, who [[GenderBender currently happens to be female]], but retains [[TheCasanova his usual attitude]].
* In ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'', Piro has been assigned an agent named Seraphim from the "Conscience Enforcement Authority," who effectively fills the role of the good angel. However, she has a non-stereotypical personality, often being sarcastic and frustrated about lack of funding. An obnoxious male character from her past, Asmodeus, shows up to aggravate her and fill the role of the bad angel, not so much tempting Piro toward evil as discouraging character development. Meanwhile, a hamster named Boo ("all that the temp office had") tries to assist Seraphim as Largo's conscience, and he tries hard, but being unable to speak makes a difficult task nearly impossible.
** Later it turns out that Seraphim is actually supposed to advise her clients on all sides of their moral conflicts, while Asmodeus claims to be morally impartial, stating "fun is fun, there is no good or bad".
* ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' plays with this trope, usually more for comic than heavily subversive effect:
** [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/you-heard-the-tiny-angel At one point,]] Zii's shoulder devil has her shoulder angel BoundAndGagged. This later turns into an all-out subversion when the devil and angel [[http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090312.html work together]]. Later again, her shoulder figures are simply a pair of naked women (strip #846, February 04, 2014, NSFW); she's not getting any moral or immoral ideas from anywhere, she's just being driven to the point of insanity by temptation.
** Gary's shoulder angel is unsure how to handle the AttractiveBentGender Dillon, while his [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/wowipop devil makes out with Dillon's.]]
** When [=DiDi's=] devil shows up, it's actually surprised: "Wow! I don't think you called for me since the third grade... [[SheIsAllGrownUp HOLY CRAP! Check out the rack]] on me!" This is quickly followed by her angel showing up -- except that [=DiDi=] is such a nice person (or at least thinks of herself that way), her "little shoulder angel" is [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/good-girl more than twice as tall]] as the real [=DiDi=]. Later again, her angel -- operating at more normal size -- actually manages to smack her hard enough to sting for having bad thoughts.
* Used and subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}''. Ash -- a boy who has been [[GenderBender accidentally turned into a girl]] -- is understandably disturbed when his Bad Angel appears in the traditional [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2005-09-19 hooker getup]]. The fact that the Good Angel's outfit is hardly any less feminine doesn't exactly put Ash's mind at ease and Ash has a low opinion of angels in any event. (A slacker angel working as a [[CelestialBureaucracy filing clerk]] caused his predicament in the first place.) The subversion occurs, of course, when both angels urge or approve the same course of action: Ash's angels team up to encourage her to [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2007-07-25 "assist" Emily through a window]] and to talk with her [[http://www.misfile.com/?date=2009-03-02 after a particularly nasty fight.]]
* Parodied and lampshaded in ''Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces'': Mega Man, having an internal struggle, gets [[IncorruptiblePurePureness two good angels]]. He points out "aren't one of you supposed to be the bad angel?"
* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' took this trope to its extreme: characters are pestered by little winged personifications of their good sides, bad sides, social lives, inner children... [[http://narbonic.com/comic/shoulder-angels/ the list goes on]]. The gag is more prevalent in earlier comics, but it can pop up once in a while in later ones. It's probably a MadScientist thing.
** Except for Mell, who [[http://narbonic.com/comic/november-6-11-2000/ only has one angel]]. Sitting on her shoulder, constantly whispering "Kill. Kill. Kill."
** Also note that Helen's ''good'' angel once [[http://narbonic.com/comic/october-21-26-2002/ urged her]] to ''nuke her school''.
%%** [[http://narbonic.com/comic/february-5-10-2001/ Even gerbils have them!]]
%%** The joke is taken to its logical extension in [[http://narbonic.com/comic/january-12-17-2004/ this week]], when Dave's sprites react to what Helen's sprites are saying.
** In the [[TheVerse sister series]] ''Webcomic/SkinHorse'', Tigerlily Jones, who looks and acts like TheSeventies threw up on her, consults her "[[http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-194/ inner fabulousness]]".
*** [[http://skin-horse.com/comic/were-talking-about/ Later]] Sweetheart is shown with an "angel-puppy" sprite who chews her out for passing a job off on Tip, then shuts up when they spot him drinking wine in a hot tub with two people he's slept with previously.
%%* ''Webcomic/{{Nedroid}}'' gives us [[http://nedroid.com/2011/01/conscience/ Conscience Bear]]
* ''Webcomic/NerfNow'' had a ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'' [[http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/85 episode]] where the character's shoulder angels are Pyro and Engineer from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''.
** When Jane finds a GameBreakingBug in a video game, her bad angel encourages her to exploit it before it's fixed, while her good angel tells her to report it so it's fixed faster...and then tell Morgan she did it for an increase in reputation and possible real life rewards, prompting WhyDidntIThinkOfThat reactions from both Jane and the bad angel. Later, when the bad angel encourages her to play videogames with the newbie Victorie because she's an easy target, the good angel instead encourages Jane to teach Victorie how to play videogames...so her victory would be that much sweeter. Again, cue WhyDidntIThinkOfThat reactions from both.
%%* ''The Nice Guy Comic'': [[http://theniceguycomic.com/strips-devilinside.htm Here]].
* In ''Webcomic/NSFWComix'', when Grant and Spatula [[SideBet have a bet]] over whether [[http://nsfw-comix.com/nsfw293.htm Cuthwald is still as perverted as before]], they are talking to him as if they were the Good and Bad angel, and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent the background provides strategically placed horns and wings]]
%%* ''Webcomic/TheOatmeal'' [[http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones used this]] to bring up why [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil digital piracy is justifiable]].
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' has several variations:
** Playing it straightest is [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0068.html this strip]], which references the fact that ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' (which the comic parodies) has an [[CharacterAlignment alignment system]][[invoked]] based on both good/evil and law/chaos, so in addition to a traditional set of good angel and bad angel, Elan also has a lawful angel and a chaotic angel (who resemble a Modron and a Slaad, the outsiders for those alignments), neither of which are much help -- the lawful one speaks in binary and the chaotic one is a TalkativeLoon. The good and evil angels also, unsurprisingly, look like a Solar and a Pit Fiend respectively, examples of an angel and a devil in the game.
** Belkar Bitterleaf, the HeroicComedicSociopath halfing ranger/barbarian, [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0435.html has what appears to be a Shoulder Devil and a Shoulder Demon]]. One argues for [[ForTheEvulz instant gratification]] of his evil impulses; the other advises that restraint would allow him to [[PragmaticVillainy have more fun in the long term]]. He initially expresses confusion at the appearance of a second devil (evoking the ''8BT'' example), but is told that the angel "doesn't work here anymore". Cut to an angel in a straitjacket saying "He just kept stabbing them, over and over... he's a halfling, he's supposed to be jolly... Why isn't he jolly?... WHY ISN'T HE JOLLY?!" Now there's only the two devils... [[RunningGag and the]] [[ChaoticNeutral Slaad]][[invoked]], but as the devils warn Belkar "trust me, you don't want him to come out."
** When Haley the rogue loses the ability to speak, she first hallucinates a version of herself that's [[TheSnarkKnight dark and sarcastic and cynical]] -- her moody teenage self, acting as de facto Bad Angel. Then her optimism shows up to act as Good Angel. Then, as the stress causes her psyche to fracture further, she has a complete ensemble of her various personality traits, all showing up at once and arguing over each other. It's not exactly helpful. Though the metaphorical "Bad Angel" is actually quite sensible and not really bad, just gloomy and with a [[DoomedDefeatist defeatist]] attitude. A point of the arc is that Haley does have to stop listening to her, not because she's evil, but because it's a stage of life that Haley has outgrown and is no longer helpful.
* Subverted in ''Webcomic/OtakuNoYen'' in [[http://www.otakunoyen.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=61 this strip]]. Shortly after appearing, the angel stops trying, since he also agrees with the devil, but had to make an attempt to do his job first. Later on, the devil (having tied up the angel elsewhere) reappears alone and argues that the absence of the angel indicates that there is nothing wrong with what is currently going on.
* The sci-fi comic ''Webcomic/{{Outrim}}'' has Prudence's shoulder beings (representing Reason and Emotion instead of Good and Evil) [[http://outrim.comicdish.com/index.php?pageID=39 too polite to disagree]].
* ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' is fond of this one.
** Aggie's shoulder angel scolds her for thinking of pursuing Karen's boyfriend Marshal -- until Marshal tells Aggie that Karen went from a frumpy nerd to an ultra-popular sex goddess purely on her own initiative (when in fact Aggie assisted in the transformation). Then the angel says, "I got nothin'. Go get him." Aggie has no corresponding shoulder devil "You don't get one! You ARE one! Shaaaaaame!"
** Karen herself has a shoulder angel -- who mostly seems to spend her time bound and gagged as the prisoner of Karen's ''two'' shoulder demons. [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=438 See here.]] At another time, though... [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=670 See here.]]
* ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' parodies (naturally) this when [[http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/07/15 Gabe's angel]] is too busy playing ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' to tell him to stop playing Warcraft.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Periodus}}'', the angel is a positron with a halo and the devil is an electron with horns [[http://periodus.thecomicseries.com/comics/pl/15945 (1)]]. They don't actually care what's going on; they just love to argue.
* ''Webcomic/PhD'' featured an [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=71 early strip]] where GranolaGirl Tajel decides to apply for a job that will let her exploit her Humanities degree to sell software. Despite this, the application process is essentially an AbortedArc.
* Occurs in the ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}'' comic strip "[[http://i.imgur.com/PlRfh3g.png Poland's Conscience]]. The bad angel is represented by Nazi Germany, while the good angel is represented by the Vatican. Funnily enough, they tell him the same thing, further reinforcing Poland's HeteronormativeCrusader status.
* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'':
** PlayedForLaughs when the Mimic's shoulder... er... corner devil (judging by resembling [[RebelliousPrincess The Princess]] and the "Anarchy" sign, ChaoticEvil) and angel (looking like [[http://rustyandco.com/frequently-asked-questions/cast-page/ Madeline the Paladin]]) are [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level-3-15/ disagreeing]]... on how to phrase exactly the same course of action -- ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer.
** And again when Anti-Madeline (who is two inches tall) shows up to give Sir Malevolus advice which basically amounts to killing everyone. Malevolus [[InvokedTrope invokes the trope]] by asking if there shouldn't be someone giving him helpful advice on the other shoulder, upon which the drunk Bottle Fairy lands on his other shoulder and promptly barfs.
%%* Thomas from ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'' [[http://sabrina-online.com/strips/SabOnline38.GIF encounters]] these after he finds out Amy is pregnant with their son, Timothy.
* Lampooned and Lampshaded in ''Webcomic/SailorSun'' when Bay's bad angel is nearly late because she has to do double duty as Honey's conscience. She apparently plays both roles straight after taking a moment to get into character.
** In an early appearance[[http://sailorsun.org/?comic=09142009]] the devil is advocating Bay have some sexyfun with Auction Guy. ("What's the problem? He's hot. You're hot! It's a perfect match!") When Angel Bay points out they're not really females, Devil Bay responds "Really? Then what are these? Shock absorbers?"
* At a critical point in Volume Four of ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'', Gertrude gets caught in an argument between her inner child (playing the role of bad angel) and her... Conscience Cat. When Gertrude asks why her good side is represented by a ''cat'', it simply replies that "cats are neat!"
** Conscience Cat went on to become a semi-regular that began [[SpiritAdvisor haunting Devahi]]. He's rather ineffectual at his job.
* In ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'', Sandra's good angel [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sandra-on-the-rocks/boyyyyyyyyyyyyyy looks understandably irritated]] at having to fly round the room waving signs to remind her of important stuff. Her bad angel is presumably sitting back and watching the fun.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' has played with this quite a few times.
** Psychic advertising intrudes and confuses the matter: "'''Kill the children!'''" [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=269#comic "Drive a civic!"]]
%%** [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=205#comic "Kill your wife!!!"]] [[HeroWithAnFInGood "Kill your wife... nicely?"]]
** [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2006-07-06 The bad angel gets bored with the debate]] and just goes ahead and kills the man's family himself.
** In [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=3242#comic #3242]], the devil is called Id, the angel is Superego, and there is also an abstract shape called Pure Reason that takes such a neutral point of view it amounts to nihilism.
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2015-01-21 This one]] has an angel encouraging good, a devil encouraging evil and a black hole called Despair encouraging doing nothing of importance. Despair wins despite the angel and the devil teaming up to encourage doing ''something'', anything.
* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'' has some fun with this, starting with [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20010813.html this comic]], in which Tagon mistakes his good angel for a giant talking bug and shoots him. The next two cartoons in the series revolve around the fact that Tagon knows he's not supposed to take advice from the bad one, and the two angels' increasingly violent attempts to convince or fool him. Or just screw with his head.
-->"Wait for it... waaaaiiit for it..."
* Parodied extensively in ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. Different characters have different shoulder angels and devils, reflecting their personalities and usually not played very straight. Two separate strips of the comic are devoted to describing the events at a bar where the good and bad angels of the characters hang out. The shoulder angels are also drawn differently for each character; Riff's and Zoë's have normal human proportions, whereas Torg's, Gwynn's and Kiki's more childish angels are big-headed {{chibi}}s. [[SensibleHeroesSkimpyVillains The good angels tend to wear robes and the devils more revealing clothes]].
** Riff has such a low-key personality that instead of a good angel and a bad angel, he has an "I dunno" angel and an "I dunno" devil. Just once, when Riff is confronted with a truly difficult moral dilemma, his angels not only talk but [[http://sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070918 switch shoulders]].
** [[NiceGuy Torg]]'s bad angel is way too zealous to be persuasive, and instead of coaxing Torg towards temptation, he usually just yells at him to kill everybody.
** Zoe's angel is insecure and dressed in a heavy robe, whereas her devil is relaxed, confident and kind of {{Stripperific}}, seeming more irresponsible than evil. As a result, when the two share their opinion, the devil usually wins. In fact, on one occasion, the angel ends up being so unconvincing that the devil doesn't feel the need to say anything.
** Gwynn's angel is willing to admit what Gwynn herself never does, that she's attracted to Torg on some level; she and her devil join together in shouting her down.
** Kiki's (she's a ferret) angels are pretty standard, but she hides them behind the couch rather than deal with what they say. There, they get eaten by the perpetually starving [[ItMakesSenseInContext Zombie-Head-on-a-Stick]]; since she absorbs what she eats (she's currently very stupid because she hasn't been getting brains to eat, for example), this causes her to spout "good and evil" little zombie heads above her head that promptly start trying to eat her.
** A peculiar example is found in the "Meanwhile in Hell" guest strips by Ian [=McDonald=], where the trope is once played straight if humorously -- except that the shoulder angel and devil belong to ''Satan''. So we end up with a generically good [[OxymoronicBeing Satan-angel]] who is telling Satan to do what's right.
** [[http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/051121 Here]], the carib Mousse from the "Oceans Unmoving" arcs has a shoulder devil that suggests he sabotage the life-skiff two of the other caribs will use to get to help so he can be alone with the only female. His "angel" simply moos. But then again, the story was being told second-hand...
* Played with in ''Webcomic/{{Snowflakes}}''. Enzo has ''two'' shoulder devils, and no angel. When he asks why, one of the devils tells him: "You're a [[KidsAreCruel five year old]]."
%%* Parodied in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05052003.shtml this]] ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' strip.
%%* These appear in ''Webcomic/SquidRow'' [[http://squidrowcomics.com/?p=538 as Randie heads in cherub form]], with GoodWingsEvilWings.
* In one ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/sticky-dilly-buns/what-would-amber-do strip,]] Dillon’s angel takes the form of his friend Amber (dressed notably sexily for an angel, but Amber is a former porn actress), representing his good sense and restraint, whereas his devil looks like himself, as it represents his old bad habits of thought. To confuse the issue further, Amber’s sister Ruby (who might under many circumstances represent his conscience) shows up as an angel-devil, reprsenting {{Yaoi}} addiction.
* In ''Webcomic/StupidShortEeveeComic'', Troll is a demon-like Jolteon who personifies [[NervousWreck Bolt’s]] selfish desires while Wimp is an angelic Jolteon that tries to get him to do nice things to others. PlayedForDrama in that it only makes him more anxious, though their antics are still comedic at times.
* Not quite the same thing as this trope, but early on in ''Webcomic/ThinkingTooMuchToThinkPositively'', as Xan was figuring out her gender identity, she would be sometimes be visited by two characters called the Cis Fairy - who tried to convince Xan she was really a confused cis man - and the Trans Fairy, who would tell Xan to accept the fact she's trans. Here's [[https://comicsbyxan.com/comic/meet-the-voices-in-my-head/ an appearance]] from them.
%%* Guy from ''Webcomic/TwoGuysAndGuy'' takes all the "no good conscience" characters above and [[http://www.twogag.com/archives/1284 shows 'em how it's done]].
* An ''Webcomic/UglyHill'' comic has Hastings' shoulder angel and devil arguing with one another about whether or not Hastings should cheat on his wife with a woman he met in a bar. Hastings reveals himself to be drunk, and the shoulder devil exclaims "He's wasted! I win by default!"
* In the ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' webcomic ''Webcomic/UGMadness'', Dominic's shoulder devil tells him to use all sorts of powerful cards reviled among casual gamers. His shoulder angel is no help at all, being a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} with AttentionDeficitOohShiny.
* ''Webcomic/{{Unicornography}}'' {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this in one strip by having one character tell both the angel and the demon of the other character "you know, since this is the astral plane, i can heard both of you"
* Played mostly straight in ''[[http://tmi-comic.com/ Too Much Information]]''; Ace's good angel is a ghost he helped "move on", and his bad angel is a sexy demoness. Oddly enough, they seem to [[http://tmi-comic.com/2007/12/03/poked/ have a lot in common]]...
** Although the good angel is definitely sneakier than the bad angel, and may be less worried about consequences.
* Zoe of ''Webcomic/VenusEnvy'' has these fairly often, most notably with an entire chapter centering around the two arguing over whether to masturbate.
* Shows up in [[http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=137 this episode]] of ''Webcomic/VGCats'' where crazy old homeless guy Dr. Hobo has, instead of a Bad Angel and a Good Angel, a Hobo Angel who encourages him to do bad stuff, and an Inner Clown who [[TalkativeLoon rants incoherently]]. ("Woof! I'm a cow!")
%%* [[http://bit.ly/IWWhut Here's]] another bad-angel variant from ''Vicious Lies''.
* Sarah from ''Webcomic/{{Weregeek}}'' does it with her RPG characters in [[http://www.weregeek.com/2008/02/01/ this strip]]: Her ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'' [[WhiteMage cleric]] and her ''[[TabletopGame/TheWorldOfDarkness Vampire]]'' [[TheVamp character]]. Then her ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' character intervenes, and the discussion sort of falls apart.
* In [[http://wulffmorgenthaler.com/strip/2010/10/23/ this]] ''Webcomic/{{Wulffmorgenthaler}}'' strip, with the caption: "Sign you're having a serious drinking problem", a man's shoulder devil point to a glass of beer, saying "Drink another beer, you know you want to...", promptly followed by the shoulder angel chiming in with "Great idea! Drink! Drink! Drink!".
* In ''Webcomic/TheWotch'', Robin does not have an angel and devil, but a Jedi and a Sith (while his best friend Jason has two Siths who only argue over whether Vader or Maul is better).
%%* ''Webcomic/YuMeDream''
%%** Fiona only has one such angel/devil, known as Conscience. Lia's Conscience also makes an appearance once.
%%** Later it is demonstrated that, in the absence of a conscience, humans really don't need bad angels to turn into monsters.
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