Basic Trope: Bishōnen, or otherwise attractive/angelic looking demons.
- Straight: Lucifer has flowing golden locks, bright angel wings and quite the looker.
- Exaggerated: Every demon is a bishonen.
- Downplayed:
- Calling Satan attractive would be a stretch, but he's certainly easier on the eyes than the rest.
- It's easy to tell Satan from a real angel, the jet-black raven wings and massive horns are a dead giveaway, but he's still as beautiful as his unfallen kin.
- Justified:
- Lucifer is a fallen angel, what reason does he have to be monstrous looking?
- The demon Belial appears as a beautiful angel, as he does in the Ars Goetia.
- Inverted:
- Lucifer is horrifying to look at, while the rest of the demons are bishonens.
- Angelic Abomination.
- Subverted: Lucifer looked attractive, but he goes through a One-Winged Angel transformation during a Villainous Breakdown.
- Double Subverted: ...Said One-Winged Angel form was actually a Bishōnen Line, making Lucifer even bishier.
- Parodied: The Heroes constantly get Distracted by the Sexy when they're around Lucifer.
- Zig Zagged: Some demons are ugly, others are beautiful, and there is no pattern.
- Averted: Demons look like monsters.
- Enforced: The creator believes dark isn't always evil and that evil can come in different forms.
- Lampshaded: "Woah. The devil is hot."
- Invoked:
- Lucifer uses glamour to make himself more attractive.
- or to hide the fact that This Isn't Heaven.
- Exploited: Lucifer uses this appearance to make his affairs easier for him.
- Defied: Lucifer decides to take on a more vicious appearance, in spite of his pride.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: The hero is shown a large mural about a war between angels and demons. He can hardly tell the difference between them just by looking.
- Played For Laughs: Lucifer has the halo, harp, and robes, but is also a Dastardly Whiplash with an Evil Laugh. He makes no attempt to hide this from the heroes.
- Deconstructed: The heroes mistake Lucifer for a real angel, leaving them vulnerable to attack or manipulation.
- Reconstructed: Which was the point of looking like an angel to begin with.
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