History GoodAngelBadAngel / Webcomics

* 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 EvilIsSexy [[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.]]

%%* ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'': [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/021110 Your mother sent me]]

* ''Webcomic/JuvenileDiversion'' initially plays it straight while Jason 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]].

* ''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.

* 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.

%%** Its spinoff ''Webcomic/FriendlyHostility'' likes to use this one occasionally. There is one sequence where a good angel is attracted to the classic hooker dressed 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.

* Arguably the entire point, or at least a central theme, of ''Comedity'', where 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.

* 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. The good angels tend to wear robes and the devils more revealing clothes.

** 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.

* Zoe of ''Webcomic/VenusEnvy'' has these fairly often, most notably with an entire chapter centering around the two arguing over [[ADateWithRosiePalms whether to masturbate.]]

** 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]] [[GagBoobs 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.

** Enrico has Bad Angel...and [[ComicBook/TheSandman 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.]]

%%* ''Webcomic/{{Insecticomics}}'', a ''{{Transformers}}'' fan-comic, subverts the cliché ''[[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v2/122.html here.]]''

** 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 two of them... [[RunningGag and the]] [[ChaoticNeutral Slaad]][[invoked]], but "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 "Bad Angel" is actually quite sensible.