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* The Seven Deadly Sins are ''skills'' one can buy and learn from Hey Deze in the special "Bad Moon" challenge path of ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing''. Each one gives an advantage and disadvantage, but you can strategically cancel the disadvantages out with each other.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', you can buy skills representing the sins while in Bad Moon. They all come with a benefit and a drawback (i.e. Lust gives combat initiative, but nerfs your damage - [[DoubleEntendre "you tend to rush into things and not care if you do them well or not"]], after all), but if you get all seven then the net effect is completely positive.

* The Seven Deadly Sins are ''skills'' one can buy and learn from Hey Deze in the special "Bad Moon" difficulty of ''KingdomOfLoathing''. Each one gives an advantage and disadvantage, but you can strategically cancel the disadvantages out with each other.
** The Blavious Kloop familiar drops an item that lets players access the Suburbs of Dis, where they can fight a series of boss monsters that are parodies of DrSeuss characters themed around the seven deadly sins.

** In one of the recent manga chapters Hohenheim says that the seven sins are the seven emotions that constitute human nature. This is why [[spoiler:Father]] discarded them and formed the seven Homunculi from them.

** Until recently "Injustice" took the place of "Lust", presumably due to the [[AnimationAgeGhetto Comic Book Age Ghetto]].

* ''FanFic/ClashOfTheElements'': According to Cackletta in Part 2, [[spoiler: The Dark King's control over darkness stemmed from a balance between all seven of them, and that his death was caused because he succumbed to a few of them simultaneously.]] [[spoiler: As of the most recent chapter though, Alex's clone has revealed that he holds copies of the Genesis Samurai's spirits that each represent a different sin:]]

* Recently a survey was done to see which sin is committed most among men and women. Apparently, men are most likely to commit Lust ([[AllMenArePerverts big surprise]]) and women are most likely to commit Pride (again, [[VanityIsFeminine big surprise]]).

** ''PrinceCaspian'': '''Lust''' in the form of luxury; the Telmarines want a highly ordered and civilized Narnia.

* In VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac, the Seven Deadly Sins are seven [[MiniBoss minibosses]] you can randomly encounter over the course of the game. Greed is a [[ChestMonster shopkeeper]] who [[BanditMook steals your coins]], Gluttony is a FatBastard who often drops health-related pickups on death, Lust is a (presumably) [[CollisionDamage HIV-ridden]] monstrosity that runs quite fast, Wrath is an {{Expy}} of BomberMan, Pride [[ItsAllAboutMe keeps screaming about himself]], Sloth is a [[StealthPun lazy recolor]] of another enemy in the game, and Envy [[AsteroidsMonster just keeps spreading]].

* In WildArms5, the "Memory Birds" that serve to save the game's progress make seemingly pointless remarks about the seven sins.

* In VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac, the Seven Deadly Sins are seven [[MiniBoss minibosses]] you can randomly encounter over the course of the game. Greed is a [[ChestMonster shopkeeper]] who [[BanditMook steals your coins]], Gluttony is a FatBastard who often drops health-related pickups on death, Lust is a (presumably) [[CollisionDamage HIV-ridden]] monstrosity that runs quite fast, Wrath is an {{Expy}} of BomberMan, Pride is, similarly, a MadBomber, Sloth is a [[StealthPun lazy recolor]] of another enemy in the game, and Envy is... an AsteroidsMonster. I guess you can't win them all.

* {{Buckcherry}}'s 2013 Album "Confessions" has this as a theme.

* '''[[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]''': Desire for other people's things. Or simply hatred of others' good fortune. Hey, sometimes others get the cool stuff first. Doesn't stop you from wanting it. Those that act on this tend to be thieves of any stripe, be it a GentlemanThief, a ClassyCatBurglar, a [[TheHighwayman highwayman]], or a [[PlagiarismInFiction plagiarist]]. Other villains who qualify include TheResenter, the ClingyJealousGirl or CrazyJealousGuy, the FairestOfThemAll, the {{Yandere}} and anyone who [[MurderTheHypotenuse murders the hypotenuse]]. What separates Envy from simple Jealousy ([[YouKeepUsingThatWord the modern use of jealousy, anyway]][[note]]Historically it meant "afraid what you have will be taken away", hence "jealous God" or "jealous lover".[[/note]]) is that Envy is Jealousy with a malicious desire to harm or punish the person you're jealous of. It is also known by the name of schadenfreude, or sorrow-joy; simply put it means joy at another's suffering. Envy is usually associated with dogs or goats and the color green. The punishment in Hell for committing this sin is to be put in ice-cold water. The patron demon of Envy is either Leviathan or Belial, and its corresponding virtue is [[TheHeart Kindness]].

* In ''The Last Cato'', the main characters have to solve the mystery of the loss of several pieces of wood belonging to the Holy Cross, and to fulfill this they must pass several trials related to the seven sins, using '''Literature/TheDivineComedy''' as the guide to do it (Dante being a member of the secret society behind it all). For example, the fourth trial, Sloth, is passed by running from Marathon to Athens.

* Many RealLife dictators have one or more of these as a prominent trait:
** MuammarGaddafi: Lust ([[VillainousCrush towards Condoleezza Rice]], orgies, and all-female cadre of bodyguards).
** [[UsefulNotes/NorthKorea Kim Jong Il]]: Gluttony (his family reportedly eating well and in excess while the nation of North Korea starved).
** Idi Amin: Wrath.
** MaoZedong: Greed (showered himself in opulence while his subjects suffered and died).
** BenitoMussolini: Sloth (not very effective during WorldWarII; despite his talk of restoring TheRomanEmpire, did next to nothing).
** AdolfHitler: Pride ([[AGodAmI for obvious reasons]])

* '''{{Lust}}''': Desire for Pleasure. It's the desire to [[SexTropes know someone Biblically]], but traditionally included all other sins of physical desire or luxury (such as drug addiction), not just sex. How evil this is depends often on the author's view of sex. Authors with a much more positive view of the matter will show this trope via {{Lovable Sex Maniac}}s and occasional bouts of DeusSexMachina, and maybe a ParentalBonus if the work is theoretically for kids. Authors more negative on the concept will say NoSexAllowed, EvilIsSexy (possibly reversed to "[[SexIsEvil Sexy is Evil]]," [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny and more]]), or DeathBySex. The worst practitioners of this sin are usually predators of some kind who prey on others, like the StalkerWithACrush, those who practice VillainousIncest, the CombatSadomasochist, the vilest of {{Serial Killer}}s or the villain who says "IHaveYouNowMyPretty". [[TheHedonist Hedonists]], villainous or otherwise, are ''always'' motivated by Lust. Lust is usually associated with cows, bulls, [[IncrediblyLamePun cocks]]... er, roosters or [[RunningGag goats]], and the color blue. The punishment in Hell for committing this sin is to be covered in fire and brimstone. The patron demon of Lust is Asmodeus, and its corresponding virtue is [[CelibateHero Chastity]].[[note]] Whose original definition did not mean "abstinence" but was closer to "monogamy".[[/note]]\\

** JosefStalin: Envy (towards the West)

** ''TheVoyageOfTheDawnTreader'': '''Greed''' -- the dragon storyline, and the excessive riches each island offers.

OrthodoxChristianity, interestingly, adds an ''eighth'' sin: [[DespairEventHorizon despair]]. You often hear people talking about "succumbing to the eighth deadly sin" in old Russian novels as a result.

Technically in it's original form when created by Evagrius Ponticus there ''were'' eight deadly sins including [[DespairEventHorizon Despair]] yet it did not have [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]](Despair took that role) instead it had [[TheseTropesLoveToBrag Vainglory/Deceitful Boasting]] as the eighth seperate from {{Pride}}.

Technically in it's original form when created by Evagrius Ponticus there ''were'' eight deadly sins including [[DespairEventHorizon Despair]] yet it did not have [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]](Despair took that role) instead it had [[TheseTropesLoveToBrag Vainglory/Deceitful Boasting]] as the eighth.

** Envy: ???

* In the manga NanatsuNoTaizai (literally The Seven Deadly Sins), each of the 7 knights of the deadly sins has a power based on the sins. So far there is Ban, the Fox's Sin Of Greed, with the power of Snatch, a form of telekinesis; Melodias, the leader, has the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, has Full Counter, which allows him to return attacks with drastically increased power; and Diane, the Serpent's Sin of Envy, has the power of creation, allowing her to bend metal like taffy or create great pillars of stone by smashing the ground; and King, the Grizzly's sin of Sloth, has Disaster, a power whose details have yet to be fully revealed.

* In the manga NanatsuNoTaiazai (literally The Seven Deadly Sins), each of the 7 knights of the deadly sins has a power based on the sins. So far there is Ban, the Fox's Sin Of Greed, with the power of Snatch, a form of telekinesis; Melodias, the leader, has the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, has Full Counter, which allows him to return attacks with drastically increased power; and Diane, the Serpent's Sin of Envy, has the power of creation, allowing her to bend metal like taffy or create great pillars of stone by smashing the ground; and King, the Grizzly's sin of Sloth, has Disaster, a power whose details have yet to be fully revealed.