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* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', after Riku encounters his past self[[note]]actually a version of the Riku Replica, as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII KH3]]'' [[/note]]while inside Monstro, Pinocchio explains to him about how Jiminy is his conscience. Jiminy then asks Riku if he has someone he can confide in, and Riku immediately thinks of Sora.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', after Riku encounters his past self[[note]]actually a version of the [[CloningBlues Riku Replica]], as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII KH3]]'' [[/note]]while inside Monstro, Pinocchio explains to him about how Jiminy is his conscience. Jiminy then asks Riku if he has someone he can confide in, and Riku immediately thinks of Sora.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', after Riku encounters his past self[[note]]actually a version of the Riku Replica, as revealed in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII KH3]]''[[/note]] while inside Monstro, Pinocchio explains to him about how Jiminy is his conscience. Jiminy then asks Riku if he has someone he can confide in, and Riku immediately thinks of Sora.

* Frankie Avalon's late '50s tune "Conscience" deals with a lothario who sets out to win young girls' hearts only to break them, until his conscience butts in and tries to dissuade him.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', after Riku encounters his past self [[note]]actually a version of the Riku Replica, as revealed in ''[=KH3=]''[[/note]] while inside Monstro, Pinocchio explains to him about how Jiminy is his conscience. Jiminy then asks Riku if he has someone he can confide in, and Riku immediately thinks of Sora.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', during Riku's visit to Prankster's Paradise, Pinocchio explains to him about how Jiminy is his conscience. Jiminy then asks Riku if he has someone he can confide in, and Riku immediately thinks of Sora.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': Oddly enough, Johnny functions as this to V. In a lot of side missions, he advocates for the more moral option rather than succumbing to the temptation of an easy evil or looking away in exchange for a payday. V even calls him this as an insult if they refuse to beat up a CorruptCop in one side mission.

* ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'': [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Among Jack Horner's collection of magic artifacts is a talking cricket called the "Ethical Bug" who tries to become Jack's conscience. But he gradually realizes that Jack is a horrible monster that's BeyondRedemption [[spoiler:and he plays an instrumental role in Jack's defeat]].

* ''{{ComicBook/Hellblazer}}'': During Creator/GarthEnnis' run, Constantine suspects the First of the Fallen was intended to serve as TheConscience to God- [[JerkassGods a conscience that can be beaten up and thrown away at leisure.]]
* {{Franchise/The Flash}}: Barry Allen, the second Flash, is this for the DCU and more specifically for Wally. He was called "Saint" for a while when he was dead, that means something, huh?
* In the argentinian comic book {{Comicbook/Dago}}, Enfeldt, the ruthless leader of a sect of fanatical lutheran Lanzichenecchi that are currently sacking Rome as part of the army of Charles V, is constantly followed by an unnamed mercenary who, while not depicted as any less evil than any other looter, act as a sort of voice of reason for him. He turns down a plan for a suicidal attack on the castle of the Pope, and tells Enfeldt to be happy with the takeover of Rome already and ease his fanatical zeal. [[spoiler:Later, when Enfeltd chases Dago, the titular protagonist, into a burning building just for the sake of fighting him (as Dago has repeatedly thwart his plans while trying to defend Rome), the mercenary try to convince him to let go and get away, but it's rebuked, and leaves while cursing Enfeltd's madness. Enfeldt is killed by Dago one page later, and the mercenary is never seen again]].

-->'''Ned:''' How do you do it, Homer? How do you silence that little voice that says, "Think?"

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons,'' Lisa and Marge variously play this role in relation to the family.

* WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Among Jack Horner's collection of magic artifacts is a talking cricket called the "Ethical Bug" who tries to become Jack's conscience. But he gradually realizes that Jack is a horrible monster that's BeyondRedemption [[spoiler:and he plays an instrumental role in Jack's defeat]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Sydney serves as this to the rest of the clique members. She will usually talk them out of doing something that is silly or wrong, and will give them wise advice.

* Siegfried Kircheis serves as this for Reinhard von Lohengramm in ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' [[spoiler:and continues to serve as one ''even after his death''.]]

->'''Janeway:''' You are my counsel, the one I turn to when I need ''my'' moral compass checked.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Alice", B'Elanna Torres acts in this role to Tom Paris when he is dealing with ''Alice'' (the ship that has control of him) as TheCorrupter.

* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'': Clavicus Vile, the Daedric Lord of power, trickery, and bargains, has Barabas. He holds a significant portion of Vile's power and takes on many forms, most commonly appearing as a BigFriendlyDog, while typically acting to balance out the Daedra's wilder impulses. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion Oblivion]]'', when Vile tasks the [[PlayerCharacter Hero of Kvatch]] with retrieving the sword Umbra, Barbas does his best to convince them otherwise since he foresaw that it would bring chaos and destruction to Vile's realm. (He was right.) In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' the two are separated after having a falling-out and Barbas asks the [[PlayerCharacter Last Dragonborn]] to help resolve it, all while warning them [[DealWithTheDevil not to make any deals with Vile]]. At the end of the quest Vile will try to convince the player to kill Barbas' mortal form, which would banish him back to Oblivion for a few centuries and give Vile the full use of his powers without having a conscience to listen to anymore.
* Heart of ''VideoGame/MadRatDead'' is literally TheHeart of the Mad Rat/Heart duo. Frequently, he comes to admonish Mad Rat whenever he believes the rat is going too far. Ultimately, it is thanks to Heart that [[{{Jerkass}} Mad Rat]] becomes a better person.

** Despite Ling's shadier characteristics, he has a strong sense of morality and ends up serving this role to [[spoiler:Greed, after they end up sharing a body]]. While it is partly to gain an advantage over him, Ling comments on his actions, chews him out when it's warranted, encourages him to work with the heroes, and eventually coaxes him into recognizing what he really wanted in life.

* Riza Hawkeye crosses this with MoralityChain for Roy Mustang in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', along with being his bodyguard and personal assistant. Part of her explicitly-stated job description is to make sure he achieves his goals only through upright means - and to ''shoot him'' if he strays from what they have agreed is the righteous path. Since they are [[ShipTease extremely close]], she's not keen on the shooting thing (though she'll do it if she must), so when the time comes for her to keep that promise she does her level best to talk him down first.

Compare MoralityChain, where a character is kept on the straight and narrow against what would otherwise be his nature.Also compare TheRedeemer, who can overlap with this but usually works their influence on the villains. Often one of the roles of TheConsigliere. See also GoodAngelBadAngel, which is about creating, out of whole cloth, an instance of this character and its EvilCounterpart instead of finding them in a more realistic way. Contrast TheCorrupter.

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