33 TIME Magazine Covers That Appeared to Give People Horns

Pope Francis joins two Clintons, one large animal, and many others who have appeared on the magazine's front with the eyebrow raising features.

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There was some hubbub online Wednesday over TIME’s Person of the Year cover, which appeared to show Pope Francis sporting a set of horns.

Pope Francis devil horns 2

(This sort of thing has happened before.) Given the shape of the letter “m” in the magazine’s name and its location on the cover, many other subjects in the past have also appeared to sprout extra features. Check out everyone from President Bill Clinton to Jesus to Darth Vader who have received the rough end of TIME’s “horns.” Any resemblance to cats, bats or devil horns is entirely coincidental, we promise.

Pope Francis devil horns 1

Pope Francis, July 29, 2013

Pope Benedict devil horns

Pope Benedict, May 2, 2005

John Paul II devil horns

Pope John Paul II, Oct. 30, 1978

clinton devil horns 1

Bill Clinton, March 2, 1998

clinton devil horns 2

Bill Clinton, Dec. 21, 1998

clinton devil horns 3

Bill Clinton, Jan. 4, 1993

clinton devil horns 4

Bill Clinton, Oct. 1, 2012

travolta devil horns

John Travolta as Clinton, March 16, 1998

HRC devil horns

Hillary Clinton, Nov. 16, 2009

thatcher devil horns

Margaret Thatcher, Dec. 3, 1990

prince charles devil horns

Prince Charles, May 15, 1978

putin devil horns

Vladimir Putin, Dec. 31, 2007

Ahmadinejad devil horns

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Sept. 25, 2006

bush devil horns

George W. Bush, May 24, 2004

Petraeus devil horns

David Petraeus, Sept. 17, 2007

hussein devil horns

Saddam Hussein, April 21, 2003

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, June 19, 2006

obama devil horns

Barack Obama, Oct. 20, 2008

lincoln devil horns

Abraham Lincoln, July 4, 2005

FDR Devil horns

Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 6, 2009

crowe devil horns

Russell Crowe, Nov. 10, 2003

bigelow devil horns

Kathryn Bigelow, Feb. 4, 2013

Jolie devil horns

Angelina Jolie, May 27, 2013

winslet devil horns

Kate Winslet, March 2, 2009

leno devil horns

Jay Leno, Sept. 14, 2009

darth devil horns

Darth Vader, May 9, 2005

foster devil horns

Jodie Foster, Oct. 14, 1991

gates devil horns

Bill Gates, June 5, 1995

franzen devil horns

Jonathan Franzen, Aug. 23, 2010

graham devil horns

Billy Graham, Aug. 20, 2007

Jesus devil horns

Jesus, April 12, 2004

GOP devil horns

The GOP, Oct. 16, 2006