History Main / AngelsDevilsAndSquid

* The mythology in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' has angels from Heaven, demons from Hell, and Leviathans from Purgatory (which Lovecraft himself attempted to access with a portal). The Angels are hardly paragons of goodness, but the Leviathans are predictably the most evil of all of them. Then there's TheFairFolk, who come from another dimension and seem to be in a different category of supernatural beings.
* The conflict between the Vorlons and Shadows in ''Series/Babylon5'' plays out like this. The Vorlons actually portray themselves as angels (or the nonhuman equivalent) to the younger races and insist on order ''[[WellIntentionedExtremist at any cost]]''. The Shadows are explicitly agents of chaos, seeing conflict and destruction as [[ForYourOwnGood the only way for the younger races to properly evolve]]. The squid [[spoiler:and specifically the Chief Squid, Lorien, turn out to be the ones to end the conflict and get the Vorlons and Shadows off the younger races' backs]]. Or, more fittingly, the squids would be the Thirdspace Aliens, whom Vorlons bumped into when they built what they percieved to be gates to Heaven. Suffice it to say, it turned out anything but.

* ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' plays this straight from season 3 on with the introduction of the "Eldritch Terrors" to its angel and demon mix.

* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', the Alicorns and Draconequi are the 'angels' side (as despite representing Order and Chaos respectively, they're both actively benevolent, with even Havoc, who rules [[{{Hell}} Tartarus]], being more of its prison warden than the devil), while Discord and Morning Star are the 'demons' side (with [[FallenAngel Fallen Alicorns and Draconequi]] being called Devils and Demons respectively). The Pain Monsters sealed deep within Tartarus also fit, being very demon-like. The 'Squids' are the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Concepts]], a third family of gods born from their [[TopGod Elder]], Azerhorse. They're so completely alien that they're not only different from the Alicorns and Draconequi in every sense, but can't even relate to ''each other''. They collectively represent the Fear of the Unknown and exist to keep mortals from being too reckless in their progress. There's also a ''fourth'' variety of deity who are a part of none of the above families, which includes Mother Deer ([[spoiler:actually the Tree of Harmony, which is born of both order AND chaos]]), Queen Tiamat, and King Bahamut.

* Literature/TheBible itself has Yahweh and his angels, demons (+ Satan on Revelation) and the Leviathan, which, according to some Rabbinic lore, might have existed in the PrimordialChaos before God created the universe. The angels themselves look pretty eldritch.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' got it not that clear-cut, the Dragons are basically the angels: good guys, not very nice, and will inflict genocide just as fast to keep "peace"; on the other side are the Mazoku, who are simply out to destroy everything – or, in the case of [[spoiler:Xellos, Greater Beast,]] and their like, there seem to be some that are just want to be evil but not destroy everything. And then there is [[spoiler:Darkstar Dubranigdu]] from another world just out to end it all, [[spoiler:but more likely for the sake of doing it over without the eternal war between dragons and demons]].

** The Battle for Windham ends up as a somewhat muddled case of this. Griffith, who takes on an angelic appearance, leads his army of humans and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Apostles]] against the now [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever gigantic]] and nearly mindless EldritchAbomination that was once Ganishka and his "army" of {{Cthul Humanoid}}s.
** An Interesting note is that the God Hand are referred to as Five Angels which makes it the case of God Hand being the Angels, Apostles being the Devils and The Squid can be the spiritual entities as well as Ganishka in the battle of windham

* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', the Alicorns and Draconequi are the 'angels' side (as despite representing Order and Chaos respectively, they're both actively benevolent, with even Havoc, who rules [[{{Main/Hell}} Tartarus]], being more of its prison warden than the devil), while Discord and Morning Star are the 'demons' side (with [[FallenAngel Fallen Alicorns and Draconequi]] being called Devils and Demons respectively). The Pain Monsters sealed deep within Tartarus also fit, being very demon-like. The 'Squids' are the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Concepts]], a third family of gods born from their [[TopGod Elder]], Azerhorse. They're so completely alien that they're not only different from the Alicorns and Draconequi in every sense, but can't even relate to ''each other''. They collectively represent the Fear of the Unknown and exist to keep mortals from being too reckless in their progress. There's also a ''fourth'' variety of deity who are a part of none of the above families, which includes Mother Deer ([[spoiler:actually the Tree of Harmony, which is born of both order AND chaos]]), Queen Tiamat, and King Bahamut.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'': [[HolyIsNotSafe The Hallow]] fills the role of the Angel, TheCorruption and [[AlienKudzu Crimson]] are the Devil, and the [[spoiler: [[ApocalypseCult Lunatic Cultist,]] [[CosmicEntity Celestial Pillars,]] and [[EldritchAbomination Moon Lord]]]] act as the Squid.

From a theological perspective, it's a bit muddled. (Oftentimes you can end up with situations where the angels and/or demons ARE squid. Those go here too.) It can result in TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil--angels, demons, and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, respectively. If the angels are rarely seen expect EvilVersusOblivion (devils and squid, respectively). If GodAndSatanAreBothJerks and the squid match the usual reputation, you've got yourself a thoroughly CrapsackWorld. If the setting doesn't limit itself to just the Abrahamic and Lovecraftian pantheons, then you've got a full-fledged FantasyKitchenSink on your hands. The Lovecraftian monstrosities may not actually be squidlike; that's just a stereotype.

* ''TabletopGame/ChroniclesOfDarkness'' role-playing games have little in the way of angels, but some, like the Qashmallim, are present. Devils (Goetia, creatures of the Inferno) are more of a presence, but not as much as the flavors of Squid (Abyssal Intruders, elder spirits like the Idigam, Cthonians and Kerberoi in the Underworld, even TheFairFolk have strong shades of squid). The Inferno and Abyss do not get along--one wants to corrupt the material world and depends on it to survive, the other wants to destroy reality.

* ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'': The three highest-known deity figures. The "Angel" is Godcat, half of whom is a light-themed Creator fought in a mountain guarded with holy enemies. The "Devil" is Akron, a far more demonic-looking being that resides in black holes and is the SatanicArchetype of the universe. The "Squid" is [[spoiler:the Devourer, an entity from another dimension that is responsible for the events of the entire series and the creator of both Godcat and Akron, and takes extra damage to both holy and unholy magic]]. Godcat also has a "dark" half that evokes demonic imagry as well, but Akron and [[spoiler:the Devourer]] are purely Devil/Squid in design. The three are in conflict with each other, but it is the heroes of the game who end up taking them one by one for each of the games starting from [[VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy3 the third.]]

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' essentially has these three. For Angels, there's the beings from the celestial realm, Aurelion Sol, Bard and Soraka, the Aspects, essentially demi-celestials Leona, Diana, Zoe, Taric and Pantheon who represents concepts and ideals, such as Protection, the Sun, The Moon, Change or War. For Devils, there are several demons who feed on emotions, the more general their emotion, the more powerful they are: Evelynn, a HornyDevil who feeds on lust, and her followers who feed on sadism, masochism and isolation, Tahm Kench, a catfish creature who offers [[DealWithTheDevil certain deals]], feeding on addiction, Nocturne, a [[LivingDream Living Nightmare]] that feeds on paranoia, Raum the demon of secrets, and finally the 'Original Ten', Fiddlesticks, a ScaryScarecrow that reflects the pain and trauma of it's victoms while feeding on fear, and Ashlesh, the Demon of Joy who feeds on happiness; there are also a selection of sinister undead entities, generally from the Shadow Isles, and the "fallen angels" of the [[EvilWeapon Darkin]], Pseudo Aspects who lost their way and had their concept erased from existence, that may also qualify. As for Squid, there's the Void, an EldritchLocation inhabited by horrible monsters which don't exist, a twisted mirror of reality which seeks to devour everything so as to not feel anything anymore, manifesting as a horrifying impersonation of existence.

** In ''VideoGame/Bayonetta2'' the creator god Aesir [[spoiler:later split into Loki and Loptr]] reated humanity and thus rules over chaos.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' essentially has these three. For Angels, there's the beings from the celestial realm, Aurelion Sol, Bard and Soraka, the Aspects, essentially demi-celestials Leona, Diana, Zoe, Taric and Pantheon who represents concepts and ideals, such as Protection, the Sun, The Moon, Change or War. For Devils, there are several demons who feed on emotions, the more general their emotion, the more powerful they are: Evelynn, a HornyDevil who feeds on lust, and her followers who feed on sadism, masochism and isolation, Tahm Kench, a catfish creature who offers [[DealWithTheDevil certain deals]], feeding on addiction, Nocturne, a [[LivingDream Living Nightmare]] that feeds on paranoia, Raum the demon of secrets, and finally the 'Original Ten', Fiddlesticks, a ScaryScarecrow that reflects the pain and trauma of it's victoms while feeding on fear, and Ashlesh, the Demon of Joy who feeds on happiness; there are also a selection of sinister undead entities, generally from the Shadow Isles, and the "fallen angels" of the [[EvilWeapon Darkin]], Pseudo Aspects who lost their way and had their concept erased from existence, that may also qualify. As for Squid, there's the Void, an EldritchLocation inhabited by horrible monsters which don't exist, a twisted mirror of reality which seeks to devour everything so as to not feel anything anymore.

* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' essentially has these three. For Angels, there's Kayle (a literal angel from another world) and a variety of divine and semi-divine entities, mostly associated with Mount Targon: Aurelion Sol, Leona, Diana, Zoe, Taric, Pantheon, Soraka, and Bard. For Devils, there are four demons: Evelynn, a HornyDevil, Tahm Kench, a catfish creature who offers [[DealWithTheDevil certain deals]], Nocturne, a [[LivingDream Living Nightmare]] that feeds on fear and who absolutely ''hates'' everything that isn't him, and Fiddlesticks, a ScaryScarecrow that loves to spread terror everywhere it goes; there are also a selection of sinister undead entities, generally from the Shadow Isles, and the "fallen angels" of the [[EvilWeapon Darkin]], that may also qualify. As for Squid, there's the Void, an EldritchLocation inhabited by horrible monsters.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' series, the Inklings (and the playable Octolings as of the ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' ''Octo Expansion'') play as the Angels (led mainly by the various Agents), and the Devils are the Octarians (Led by DJ Octavio). Then there's the Sanitized Octarians from the Octo Expansion and the Fuzzy Octarians from ''VideoGame/Splatoon3'' who play the role of Squids. [[spoiler: In both examples, the Squid are the result of a pre-apocalypse entity trying to return the planet to the status quo at the expense of the current society living there. Commander Tartar is disgusted by both Inkling and Octoling society and wars, and feels neither deserves to exist, and Mr. Grizz simply sees marine life as inferior and wants to return mammals as the dominant species after being absent for thousands of years. Ironic considering the game is about squids and octopi fighting, and the greatest threats to both of them is the human society that preceded. Neither Tartar or Grizz are normal to the marine society that exists now either, making them wholly alien in comparison.]]

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has many items that [[FantasyKitchenSink come from contradicting theologies]] (due to the website's motto that "[[LooseCanon there is no canon]]"), including biblical. Many also are based off religions that only exist on the site and have no ties to any real-world mythology.

* The Wiki/SCPFoundation has many items that come from contradicting theologies (due to the website's motto that "[[LooseCanon there is no canon]]"), including biblical. Many also are based off religions that only exist on the site and have no ties to any mythology.

->''[[VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} You're an angel now, you're a devil now…]]''

[[caption-width-right:350:The good, the bad and the Aargh!]]

*** To a lesser extent, this trope is the difference between the Lawful Evil devils and Chaotic Evil demons. Devils want to impose tyrannical order over the cosmos, supposedly to save it from the demons, who only wish to tear down creation. And within the demonic ranks, this trope comes into play when comparing the tanar'ri, the "modern" generation of demons who have terrifying, but at least explicable, appearances, and the obyirths, demons who predate intelligent life on the Material Plane (if not the current universe). Obyriths are so horrific that any creature who simply comes near them has to save or develop a permanent mental illness, from berserk rage to being convinced that something has infested their flesh.

** ''TabletopGame/DemonTheDescent'' introduces prominent groups of angels and demons, with the angels being agents of the status quo and the demons opposing it.
*** Weirdly, the God Machine that created the clear Angels and Demons is a Squid (well, Techno-Squid) to the rest of the world of darkness, being an esoteric mechanical eldritch horror in contrast to the more traditional World of Darkness fantasy creatures.

** ''GURPS Cabal'' has active, mostly malevolent but sometimes just slightly weird and grossly powerful demons, and occasional appearances by overwhelmingly powerful and enigmatic angels (who presumably represent the will of God, who's omnipotent, distant, and beyond human understanding). It also has pagan gods, but they just seem to be ethereal manifestations of belief, and ultraterrestrials, inhuman but only somewhat powerful beings from beyond the human world. But then there are the Qlippoth, "shells" or "husks", remnants of a past creation, who are as inhumanly horrible as any squid, and tend to manifest in forms evoking corruption and decay. The Cabal, who regard dealings with demons as tricky and dangerous but sometimes part of their toolkit, pagan gods as interesting, and ultraterrestrials as, sometimes, potential recruits, regard Qlippothic infestations as something to exterminate ''immediately'', by any means necessary.
*** ''Cabal'' also mentions "Howling elder things" that "roil and scratch outside even the Abyss", which are implied to make the Qlippoth look downright mundane.