# Good and Evil on your shoulders

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 25, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949 "2004-04-25T19:17:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949/21 "2004-04-26T02:46:38Z")

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Since the OP also asked for funny variations on this bit, and I didn’t mention it in my post before, allow me to be the first to bring up:

“I am e-vil Ho-mer! I am e-vil Ho-mer!”

😉

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949/22 "2004-04-26T02:52:42Z")

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An earlier thread on this subject:

> **[Shoulder Angels/Devils](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=148914)**
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> I need to know about that staple of Saturday morning cartoons; the representation of the eternal battle of good and evil that lives in our heads: The Shoulder Angel and Shoulder Devil. When and where did they first appear?

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**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949/23 "2004-04-26T02:53:47Z")

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Funniest version- Jay’s Angel-Demon shoulder dispute from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949/24 "2004-04-26T02:58:06Z")

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It goes back at least as far as the movie _Animal House_ in the late 70’s. It was used there and I remember it was already a cliche.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-and-evil-on-your-shoulders/241949/25 "2004-04-26T03:18:25Z")

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> [@Little Nemo](#):
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> It goes back at least as far as the movie _Animal House_ in the late 70’s. It was used there and I remember it was already a cliche.

It goes much further back than that. I know I’ve seen it on Looney Toons cartoons from the 30s and 40s.

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