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* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'':
** The film revolved somewhat around the nature of sin, with the Operative remarking on what he perceived to be his victims' sins, and the attempt to eliminate sin [[spoiler:being the cause behind the deaths of thirty million people and the creation of the Reavers.]]
** Oddly enough the sins of the Operative's enemies were perceived quite well. Dr Matthias was Prideful enough to display the work he'd done on River to key members of Parliament without thinking of the consequences.
--->'''The Operative''': “Key members of Parliament.” ''Key.'' The minds behind every military, diplomatic, and covert operation in the galaxy, and you put them in a room with a ''psychic.''

** Sloth: Eddy is the one that comes up with the scams and after he does, he usually sits back and watches while [[GadgeteerGenius Double D]] comes with the blueprints and Ed uses his strength to help construct them. Even in one episode, one of Eddy's fantasies is owning a bank of jawbreakers while kids bring their jawbreakers to him without him having to lift a finger.

** Pride: Eddy is very proud of being the leader of the Eds and the brains behind the scams leading to his massive ego. In one episode, Ed wanted to come up with a scam for once but Eddy quickly shot him down not wanting his own friend to make up the next scam [[note]][[JerkassHasAPoint Not that Eddy is]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint completely]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint wrong in doing so]]: it wasn't even a scam, it was some sort of summoning spell that was inspired from his Evil Tim comics[[/note]]. He also feels like, anytime he gets in trouble (which is often), [[NeverMyFault it was someone else's fault]]. TheMovie goes out of its way to humble him by making him finally realize the consequences of his Pride.

** Gluttony: The dead are "dull and uncouth" to him, so why would he care about living mortals if he were the TopGod?

* '''[[HairTriggerTemper Wrath]]''' (Latin: ''Ira''): Desire for Harm. This is rage taken up a few dozen notches, combined with blood-thirstiness and a general appreciation of too much violence. It is also defined as disproportionate anger, where one desires to inflict harsher punishments than are justified or just wants to commit violence for its own sake. It can be easily seen in a BloodKnight, AxCrazy, PsychoForHire and {{Sadist}} (both of which are also driven by Lust), during an UnstoppableRage, and in general in anyone who is prone to anger. It's also a common problem of those who seek {{revenge}}, engage in ColdBloodedTorture, or even contemplate a FinalSolution. It can also take the form of TranquilFury, if the expression of rage is coupled with an eerie calmness of expression and voice; if revenge is a dish {{best served cold}}, then why not Wrath as well? Hatred and racism ({{fantastic| racism}} or [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain otherwise]]) can also fall under this. The worst practitioners of Wrath are the OmnicidalManiac (also motivated by gluttony due to its scale), the AbsoluteXenophobe and MisanthropeSupreme, and anyone who wants to kill them all. Ironically, despite being the third worst sin, wrath is the most likely of the deadly sins to be committed by heroic characters or connected to good intentions. Typically when an understandable anger goes way too far. Wrath is usually associated with [[BrutishBulls bulls]], {{bears|AreBadNews}}, [[NeverSmileAtACrocodile crocodiles]][[note]]Although mediaeval German engraver Albrecht Dürer depicted Anger with a companion crocodile, there is doubt about this as some people think he was gunning for a small dragon[[/note]], or [[SavageWolves wolves]] and the color [[RedIsViolent red]]. The punishment in Hell for committing this sin is to be dismembered alive. The patron demon of Wrath is either {{Satan}}, Amon, or Moloch. '''Opposite of [[TurnTheOtherCheek Patience]]'''.

** [[spoiler:Augustus Albright]] is Pride: arrogant AGodIAm cult leader.

* '''{{Lust}}''' (Latin: ''Luxuria''): 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 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 SexSignalsDeath. The worst practitioners of this sin are usually sexual predators of some kind, like the StalkerWithACrush, the practitioner of VillainousIncest, the CombatSadomasochist, the [[PaedoHunt child molester]], the LoveHungry (also driven by Gluttony), 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, [[ExplosiveBreeder rabbits]], [[{{Pun}} cocks]]... er, [[CockyRooster roosters]] or [[BestialityIsDepraved goats]], and the color blue or [[PinkIsErotic pink]]. The patron demon of Lust is {{Asmodeus}}. The punishment in Hell for committing this sin is to be smothered in {{fire and brimstone|Hell}}. Lust is often the odd one out in {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of the seven. The other six are typically personified as ''practicing'' the sin (as say, a [[HeavySleeper Narcoleptic]] for Sloth, a BigEater for Gluttony, a [[StickyFingers Kleptomaniac]] for Greed, a GreenEyedMonster for Envy, a [[MilesGloriosus Self-Proclaimed Badass]] for Pride and a [[HairTriggerTemper short-tempered]] [[TheBerserker Berserker]] for Wrath), whereas Lust is usually personified in a form that ''inspires'' Lust in others ({{Mr| Fanservice}} or MsFanservice) rather than one that embodies Lust (like a MemeticMolester). Probably because [[{{Fanservice}} it's more entertaining that way]]. [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Then again]], [[FridgeBrilliance someone well-equipped to inspire Lust is by that very fact also well equipped to commit it themselves]]. '''Opposite of [[CelibateHero Chastity]]'''.[[note]] Whose original definition did not mean "abstinence" but was closer to "monogamy".[[/note]]

** '''Lust:''' Dingo, whose ideal victory prize would be to get "all the girl [he wants]", with the rebel princess Sonia by his side as his "queen". In a more ancillary sense, Rosy and (unwillingly) Sara are also madly in love with Scourge and Eggman respectively, wanting to defend their honor through retaliation against their enemies.

** '''Sloth:''' Sleet, whose ultimate desire to live an aristocratic life of pleasure-- and happily leave the lower classes to rot-- is his personal motivation for destroying the Sonic Underground and collecting the bounty placed on their heads. While he's definitely not a lazy villain in practice, he still frequently exploits Dingo as a part of his schemes and knowingly gets him to take most of the physical brunt, which counts as sloth in the sense of apathy towards the suffering of others.

** '''Pride:''' Eggman himself takes the cake, since his aspirations to conquer the world and destroy Sonic have always been motivated by a desire to prove himself as the best by any means necessary, and he sees himself as the would-be figurehead to his idea of a perfect utopia. Sure enough, he also views himself as above all the other "incredibly gullible and increasingly exploitable" villains in his team, and doesn't hesitate to address himself as their new superior.

* ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeastGolden1999'': Beauty's sisters embody this trope overall--one represents ''Pride'' (puts herself above her sisters), another represents ''Gluttony'' (she's constantly eating and has an insatiable sweet tooth) and one represents ''Sloth'' (she's constantly sleeping and at one point asks her father for a horse so she doesn't have to walk everywhere), all three have an entire VillainSong about their mutual ''Greed'', they become ''Envious'' of Beauty when she turns out to have been living in a mansion, leading to them developing a ''Lust'' for the luxurious life said mansion would offer and finally are filled with ''Wrath'' against the Beast when they see how frightening he is.

* Samey from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' suffers from all seven of these:

* ''TabletopGame/InNomine'' makes a nod to the Seven Deadlies, but not all of them are currently represented among the Demon Princes. The directly named ones are the Princes of Lust (Andrealphus), Gluttony (Haagenti), and Greed ({{Mammon}}); an older Prince of Sloth was actually eaten by Gluttony. Fans of the game can and have debated who represents Wrath, Envy, and Pride among Hell's present-day royalty.
* In ''TabletopGame/KitsuneOfFoxesAndFools'', fools are categorized by which of the seven sins they are guilty of, and the foxes' jobs is to purify them of their sins, through pranks.

*** Ruler: '''Mammon'''. A Spider demon jester. Highly exploitative of his people and his workers just so he alone can make a profit. Somehow a revered entertainer in spite of acting like a dim-witted jerk even on stage.

*** Ruler: '''Lucifer Morningstar'''. The overall ruler of Hell. Shown as a pale, generic humanoid with no nose and a self-absorbed, sharp-toothed grin (and who's not very tall). His wife is Myth/{{Lilith}} and his daughter is called Charlie.

*** Ruler: '''Mammon'''. A Spider demon jester who is shown to be highly exploitative of his people and his workers like Fizzaroli just so he alone can make a profit.

*** Ruler: '''Asmodeus ("Ozzie")'''. A vague, large humanoid with some bird-like features. Runs an exclusive sexy bar known as Ozzie's. Likes in-person kinkyness, dislikes both tender love (at least so he claims) and pornography.

** '''Greed''': He demands that things would be handed over to him

** '''Lust''': Cartman loves to indulge in

** '''Pride''': Not only does he believe himself as important to all others, but he also has a SelfServingMemory, and [[NeverMyFault loves to blame others on his own wrongdoings]].
** '''Envy''': He gets [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of other people in case they have what he wants]]. He also likes to cause misfortune to other people, either for his own amusement, or for revenge.
** '''Wrath''': Cartman [[HairTriggerTemper has a bad temper]], and could even indulge in TranquilFury if angered enough, and uses every opportunity, got to tell his ‘’friends’’ how much he hates them. He’s also [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain incredibly prejudiced towards other groups]], [[JerkassToOne especially towards Jews (specially Kyle)]].
** '''Sloth''': He’s [[LazyBum incredibly lazy]], as he has other people, including his mother do everything for him, [[AllTakeAndNoGive without doing anything himself]].

** '''Gluttony''': He's a BigEater who loves to indulge in eating everything he get his hands on. One episode had him eat ''all of the chicken skin''.
** '''Lust''':

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': While [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Cartman]] displayed all seven of them at some point or another in this show:
** '''Pride''': Not only does he believe himself as important to all others, but he also has a self-serving memory, and [[NeverMyFault loves to blame others on his own wrongdoings]].

** '''Wrath''': Cartman has a bad temper, and could even indulge in TranquilFury if angered enough, and uses every opportunity, got to tell his ‘’friends’’ how much he hates them. He’s also [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain incredibly prejudiced towards other groups]], [[JerkassToOne especially towards Jews (specially Kyle)]].
** '''Sloth''': He’s [[LazyBum incredibly lazy]], as he has other people, including his mother do everything for him.
** '''Greed''': He would create half-baked schemes to get what he wants. For example, a running gag in the 4th Season has him try to get $10 million.

** '''Pride''': Her most definitive flaw of all the sins. Angelica considers herself the "princess" and expects the adults to adore her and her parents to give her what she wants.

*** Wrath: [[OhCrap When he finds out that the bird fell over and that a nuclear meltdown is imminent]], [[NeverMyFault he initially blames it all on the bird.]]

** '''Pride''': not only does he believe himself as important to all others, but he also has a self-serving memory, and loves to blame others on his own wrongdoings
** '''Envy''': he is jealous of other people in case they have what he wants. He also likes to cause misfortune to other people, either for his own amusement, or for revenge.
** '''Wrath''': he has a bad temper, and could even indulge in TranquilFury if angered enough, and uses every opportunity, got to tell his ‘’friends’’ how much he hates them. He’s also incredibly prejudiced towards other groups, especially towards Jews.
** '''Sloth''': he’s incredibly lazy, ladies around the house, and has his mother do everything for him.
** '''Greed''':

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': While [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Cartman]]

** '''Lust:''' Although he mainly married her for eugenics, ''The Search'' shows that Ozai quite enjoyed lording his power over Ursa and controlling his wife.
** '''Gluttony:''' He has very extravagant tastes in decor, as shown by the grand ceremony which marked his departure to commit total genocide against the Earth Kingdom and his intended ascension to Phoenix King, and by the cult of personality he's enforced throughout the Fire Nation.
** '''Greed:''' An AllegoricalCharacter who's ''insatiably'' power-hungry, desires total domination by the Fire Nation of the whole world.

** '''Wrath:''' ''All over the place''. His go-to solution to any problem is "burn and kill". He alienated his wife and son when their slights against him provoked him to abuse them horribly in ways which would affect them for years, even as a child he tended to burn things in tantrums when he didn't win, and his solution to the Earth Kingdom's unbending resistance to conquest is to literally burn the entire continent to ashes.

* ''WetsernAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]], the true BigBad of the series, exhibits all seven characteristics. [[spoiler:It's a SmugSnake which isn't half as intelligent as it's hyped up to be without [[TheHeavy Andrias]], who it abuses (Pride); it's only interested in attacking and "invading" other dimensions so that it can strip them bare of their resources, and it devours Amphibia's environment and resources instead when it can't access other worlds (Gluttony); it's primary motivation is getting to maintain its power and continue pillaging the multiverse forever (Greed); it body-jacks Marcy and becomes Darcy because it craves the sensations of a living, organic body again, plus it states it's "missed" using the frobots to destroy another planet (Lust); it leaves as much of the dirty work as affordable to Andrias or the frobots (Sloth); and lastly, when the Core is defeated at the series' end, it goes into a full-blown SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum, attempting to destroy all of Amphibia and potentially itself just to spoil its enemies' victory (Envy and Wrath)]].

* Eddy from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
** Greed: Eddy's character definding trait. Eddy's main goal in life to make as much money as he can and will do anything to accomplish that. This even results in putting the other kid's and his own best friend's lives in danger and often will choose money over them.
** Wrath: Eddy is one of the most hot-blooded characters in the series and is quick to get revenge on anyone that crosses him. In one episode, [[JerkJock Kevin]] accidentally ruined one of Eddy's scams and Eddy spent the entire episode trying to get revenge on Kevin.
** Sloth: Eddy is the one that comes up with the scams and after he does, he usually sits back and watches while [[GadgeteerGenius Double D]] comes with the blueprints and Ed uses his strength to help construct them. Even in one episode, one of Eddy's fantasies is owning a bank of jawbreakers while kids bring their jawbreakers to him without him having to lift a finger.
** Envy: Eddy is a massive AttentionWhore and can't stand others being better or more successful than him. This was shown in different episodes where Eddy is jealous of Kevin's overall [[TheAce success and popularity with the other kids]], Jimmy making more successful scams than him, and even his best friend Ed getting all of the attention as a mascot for their school.
** Pride: Eddy is very proud of being the leader of the Eds and the brains behind the scams leading to his massive ego. In one episode, Ed wanted to come up with a scam for once but Eddy quickly shot him down not wanting his own friend to make up the next scam [[note]][[JerkassHasAPoint Not that Eddy is]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint completely]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint wrong in doing so]]: it wasn't even a scam, it was some sort of summoning spell that was inspired from his Evil Tim comics[[/note]]. He also feels like, anytime he gets in trouble (which is often), [[NeverMyFault it was someone else's fault]]. TheMovie goes out of its way to humble him by making him finally realize the consequences of his Pride.
** Gluttony: Though Eddy doesn't have much of an appetite or a big stomach as his friend [[BigEater Ed]], the main source of his Greed comes from his obsession over jawbreakers. All of the scams in the series leads to him earning money to buy jawbreakers with. It helps that the jawbreakers of the series are massive in size and Eddy (and others) have shown to easily fit them in their mouths.
** Lust: Eddy doesn't show it much but there are episodes where he constantly tries to flirt with [[DudeMagnet Nazz]]. There was even an episode where Eddy was recording a video for his brother to see and lies about Nazz being his girlfriend. He also keeps magazines that are all but stated to be pornographic under his bed (along with a FreezeFrameBonus of a ''box of tissues''). In one episode, Ed misplaces the magazines, and the group thinks that they've been swept into a storm drain; when Double D tries to assure Eddy that the water will [[ComicallyMissingThePoint wash away the writing of the articles]], Eddy shrieks "It's the PICTURES I'm worried about!"
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'':
** '''Sloth:''' When Fry isn't busy delivering packages or spending time with Bender and Leela, he often spends his spare time on the couch watching TV. Some of the jokes relate to Fry's media knowledge from before being frozen.
** '''Wrath:''' Leela is the more rational member of the Planet Express crew, but she can be also somewhat quick to anger or violence. It's hard to blame her since she used to be ridiculed for being a cyclops.
** '''Greed:''' Bender constantly steals for his own benefit. Even after being punished by any means, he would continue to steal since.
** '''Gluttony:''' Dr. Zoidberg is stated to be dirt poor, which relates to his tendency to [[ExtremeOmnivore eat almost anything in sight]]. Well, except for fluorescent light bulbs or tofu [[WordOfGod as stated by the staff]].
** '''Lust:''' Amy can be flirtatious towards other men. It was slightly downplayed after hooking up with Kif.
** In regards to '''Envy''' and '''Pride''', Professor Farnsworth and Hermes are interchangeable. The Professor tends to be proud of his more successful creations while Hermes is not only proud of his bureaucracy job to a suicidal degree, but also gets jealous whenever his wife [=LaBarbara's=] ex Barbados Slim enters the picture.
* ''WesternAnimation/Rugrats1991'': Angelica Pickles displays all these sins, being the SpoiledBrat she is and all:
** '''Wrath''': Angelica has a pretty bad temper most of the times and is prone to throwing a very fiery tantrum when she doesn't get what she wants.
** '''Greed''': Angelica wants absolutely ''everything'' for herself, which ranges from toys to goodies, and refuses to share with the other babies. She would even go as far to take each of their belongings when it's something she likes.
** '''Gluttony''': A good source of her greed comes from her voracious yen for sweets and dessert, [[TrademarkFavoriteFood her most favorite being cookies]], and she is often seen gobbling as much sweets as she can, which would occasionally cause her to get sick when she reaches her limit.
** '''Sloth''': Angelica would usually have the other babies do her work for her while she relaxes and watches. She also dislikes having to clean up messes on her own.
** '''Pride''': Her most definitive flaw of all the sins. Angelica considers herself the "princess" and expects the adults to adore her and her parents to give her what she wants.
** '''Envy''': Since she's a SpoiledBrat, Angelica never takes it well when the babies garner more attention from the adults than she does. Also, she shows major jealousy towards any other kid, especially the babies, having either what she wants or something better than what she already has and has even occasionally tried to steal the particular object from them to have it for herself.
** '''Lust''': Angelica has an unhealthy lust for toys and often craves for attention by her parents to manipulate them into giving her the best toys she expresses desire for.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'' had Heffer go to [[GoshDangItToHeck Heck]] for his gluttony.
* Samey from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' suffers from all seven of these:
** '''Pride''': She selfishly believes that she is better than her twin sister Samey, and probably everyone else from Pahkitew Island (including Jasmine).
** '''Envy''': She gets triggered once someone else trusts Samey over herself.
** '''Wrath''': She has shown a great amount of anger throughout her appearance even for no reason, and has a lot less patience than Samey does.
** '''Sloth''': Despite how she self-assumes to be practically the "better" twin sister, she actually makes much less effort during the competition than Samey does.
** '''Greed''': She always craves for obtaining high regards from others, much more so than Samey does.
** '''Gluttony''': She doesn't let Samey get any respect from others, even by just a small amount.
** '''Lust''': Although non-sexually, her desire for admiration is possibly the biggest thing she ever gets delighted about, both inside and outside of the competition.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}}'' has each of these characters suffering from one major flaw:
** Mung has a tendency to see himself as a perfect chef, even if it causes him to get into more problems (Pride).
** Truffles is often incredibly angry (Wrath).
** The titular Chowder is always hungry, eating, whatever food that comes into his hands, even for stuff that isn’t (Gluttony).
** Panini always vies for Chowder’s affections, much to his disgust (Lust).
** Ms. Endive wants to compete against Mung to see which is the better chef (Greed).
** Gorgonzola has a one-sided rivalry against Chowder (Envy).
** Gazpacho wants to get away from his mother, but does little to improve himself (Sloth).

* ''Series/{{Merlin 1998}}'' with Sam Neil featured various characters representing the Sins. The evil king Vortigern represents Pride, the fairy queen Mab is Wrath, the eternally slumbering Rock of Ages is Sloth, [[{{Yandere}} Uther Pendragon]] is Lust, Morgan Le Fay is Envy, the power-hungry Mordred is Greed and the only one absent seems to be Gluttony.
* An episode of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' had the protagonists fighting seven demons who were the deadly sins personified. They don't get much in the way of characterization, with the exception of SmugSnake and LargeHam {{Pride}}.
-->"Here's Johnny!"\\
"Let me guess. You'd be Pride."
* Website/{{Wikipedia}} lists the RoguesGallery of the Philippine {{superhero}} series ''Lastikman'' to each represent one of the Seven Deadly Sins, with the BigBad representing Greed.

* The original ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' pilot featured personifications (Muppetifications?) of the seven sins for a pageant, and the host, Nigel (the conductor of the orchestra in the finished product), receives a call asking if they're interested in an eighth--[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Wearing Funny Pants to a Funeral]]. The pageant never happens, as the show's time runs out before a result can be revealed.
* ''Inside Series/GilligansIsland'', written by the show's creator, indicates that each of the seven castaways represents a different sin. The Professor is Pride, Ginger is Lust, the Skipper is Anger, Gilligan himself is Sloth, and so on. A popular EpilepticTree is that Gilligan also serves as the [[{{Satan}} Devil figure]], since [[JustEatGilligan he keeps everyone else stuck on the island]], but this has never been confirmed. (DownplayedTrope in the animated adaptations.)
* Creator/TheHistoryChannel did a documentary series on these, including some interesting facts about how medieval people perceived them (e.g. their definition of "Sloth" encompassed what would be called "clinical depression" today).
* [[Creator/{{MTV}} MTV News]] and Creator/{{PBS}} co-produced an examination of the seven sins and their context in modern society, intercut with pop-cultural media (i. e. WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy, Film/{{Taxi}}, etc.) and music in typical MTV fashion, with commentary from artists, celebrities and ordinary people alike. Being from 1993 means [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes you'll have to look for it]].
* Referenced throughout the ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' episode ''Masquerade'' as part of [[TortureTechnician Desaad's]] attempts to [[TheCorrupter corrupt]] his victims. He didn't have much success with [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Chloe]]; with help of illusions, he used Clark to seduce her (lust), used Oliver to convince her to escape from the battles of a hero (sloth), used Lois to taunt her with her stable relationship with Clark (envy), tries to goad her into stabbing him (wrath), but she had some difficulty with his illusion of a version of herself that says she is above all of his tricks (pride). It helped that she realized what is happening around the third sin. When she repels the last one, he says she is now useless to him (without going through greed or gluttony), but [[BigDamnHeroes Clark saves her]]. [[VigilanteMan Oliver]], on the other hand, [[spoiler:is instantly corrupted by wrath when Desaad claims Chloe screamed for him as she died.]]
* In ''Series/GameOfThrones'', many of the Houses and Organizations of the setting embody the Seven Deadly Sins in some form or another: the Starks embody Sloth in their refusal to behave "dishonorably," even if it would have been the right thing to do under the circumstances; the Lannisters all represent Pride in one form or another- [[ThePatriarch Tywin's]] perfectionist standards, [[TheOathbreaker Jamie's]] vanity in his appearance, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tyrion's]] [[IronWoobie pride as self-defence]]; the Baratheons' frivolous spending habits and wastage of resources makes them Gluttony, especially in the case of [[AdiposeRex King Robert]], an excessive drinker (Robert himself also has multiple other deadly sins - his lust alienates his family and his sloth, wrath and pride all lead him to an early grave) and Joffrey (even though [[spoiler: he's actually a Lannister]]); the Greyjoys are a clear representation of Envy, what with their piratical lifestyle and BadassCreed of ''taking'' what they want instead of earning it; the Freys are Lust, given Lord Walder's habit of taking on so many new wives and mistresses; the Targaryens represent Wrath, what with [[ImpoverishedPatrician Viserys]]' constant temper-tantrums in pursuit of his crown and [[BewareTheNiceOnes Daenerys]]' habit of wreaking [[CruelAndUnusualDeath terrible vengeance]] on those who've wronged her. Finally, the Thirteen of Qarth embody Greed: most of them hoard their wealth and resources, refusing to help anyone unless they can offer something in return; however, council members [[spoiler: Xaro Xhoan Daxos]] and [[spoiler:Pyat Pree]] plot to take over the Council to feed their own Greed- [[spoiler: Daxos]] for control over Qarth, [[spoiler: Pree]] for the magical power offered by the Dragons.

* There was an entertaining but now [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes nigh impossible to find]] documentary on Creator/AnimalPlanet called "Natural Born Sinners", whose premise was taking a look at each of the Seven Deadly Sins and posing the question of whether they truly apply to the animal kingdom. The ultimate conclusion? [[SubvertedTrope They don't, not really.]] For animals, traits that seem sinful are valuable survival tactics. For example:
** Wrath (referred to as "Anger" in the program): Natural aggression is necessary when animals compete for mates/dominance or, in the case of carnivores, hunt for food.
** Envy: Some animals will kill others to take things they want (the program depicts a shark embryo eating all of his unborn siblings, an albatross killing his sister and a sea lion killing the offspring of another sea lion to get its mother to mate with him), but for them, it's another case of wanting to survive and pass on genes.
** Pride/Vanity: Animals that show off are more likely to find themselves a suitable mate, though the program also depicts a downside to this as it makes them more vulnerable to predators as well.
** Sloth: The conservation of energy is important to any animal, especially when they don't know when their next meal is.
** Greed: In nature, it's usually a greed for sexual partners, in which case a little avarice helps the gene pool.
** Gluttony: Animals gorging themselves can seem wasteful, but many times it's just survival or even beneficial to the environment, as with scavengers who clean up corpses.
** Lust: Sexuality in the natural world is a necessary thing for the species' propegation. No lust, no new generation.
* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis''- Becoming a Sinner is the result of what happens when you, well, sin, at either noon or midnight and get thrown into a sinner coffin afterwards to get your soul taken away. At least, this is how it worked before Ammut was awakened. The five needed sinners corresponded to five different sins, though Gluttony, Lust and Sloth were removed and "Spite" apparently became one of the sins. (Despite it functioning similarly to Wrath). In order, the sinners and their sins are:
** Victor: Greed, following how he, well, basically admitted to being it when talking to Frobisher alone.
** Patricia: Wrath, having screamed at Eddie in hatred when he supposedly cheated on her.
** Eric: Envy, being jealous of Victor and Denby working without him.
** Fabian: Pride, after claiming to "proud of being gullible".
** Alfie: Spite, for trying to attack Team Evil after they threatened Willow.
*** Gluttony was also mentioned when Sibuna was proving to Alfie how he was actually a "non-stop-sin-shop".
* Each episode of the first season of ''[[Series/DougAnthonyAllStars DAAS Kapital]]'' is named after a sin (although it's Avarice instead of Pride); the episodes of the second season were named after the [[SevenHeavenlyVirtues virtues]].
* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' Xena manipulates the already prideful and envious [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Archangel]] Lucifer in to [[http://hercxena.wikia.com/wiki/Seven_Deadly_Sins giving into each of the seven sins]] in the "Heart of Darkness" episode in order for him to take her place as the ruler of {{Hell}} without having [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt to kill her]].
* ''Dead Man's Gun'' had an episode called "The Seven Deadly Sins". The VillainProtagonist is warned that if he does not mend his wicked ways, one of the Seven Sins will kill him. He ignores the warning and we see him commit all the Sins and emerge as a KarmaHoudini every time until in the end Gluttony finally kills him [[spoiler: when he becomes morbidly obese and suffers a heart attack]].
* In ''Series/{{Slasher}}'', the SerialKiller known as the Executioner kills people he believes are guilty of the seven deadly sins. For example, for the sin of greed he kills [[spoiler:a journalist who spread lies to sell her articles]] and for lust [[spoiler:a police officer who kidnapped a teenager to rape her.]]
* In ''Series/TheFlash2014'', both Zoom and Clifford [=DeVoe=] commit each sin at some point or another.
** Zoom has a HairTriggerTemper and loves to beat down anyone who dares stand against him (wrath), wants to steal Barry's speed (greed), and is always looking for ways to increase his power, even consuming the life-threating Velocity 9 drug (gluttony). Beyond his pathological need for stimulation, he also develops a VillainousCrush on Caitlin (lust). He refrains from going after Barry himself, instead sending his press-ganged metahuman followers after him (sloth). He steals Jay's Garrick's identity just so he could have his role as a beloved hero (envy). To top it off, he's an utter {{Narcissist}} who wants to cement his position as the fastest man alive by killing every other speedster (pride).
** Clifford is almost as narcissistic as Zoom, if not more so, as a result of his SuperIntelligence, to the point that his EvilPlan is to [[spoiler: dumb down every other human being on Earth so he can lord his mind over them.]] He spends most of his time simply observing Barry while he fights the bus metas (sloth). He steals the powers of other metahumans for himself (greed) even when he's already strong enough to handle any threat (gluttony). As he gets more powerful, he responds to every slight or show of resistance with slaughter (wrath). He demonstrates a constant need to show off how smart he's become to everyone else (lust). Finally, he resents the fact that he's one of the few metahumans to suffer unintended side effects from their powers, and he specifically tells Barry that ''he'' wants to be the one who "saves" the world instead of him (envy).
* ''Series/CriminalMinds'' had a ThemeSerialKiller whose theme was Dante's circles of hell; he killed each victim in a way corresponding to the punishment for a different deadly sin (to make things more confusing, though, the victims were all father figures more guilty of mistreating their boys than of the sin they were killed with, due to the killer's origin story as a WellDoneSonGuy).

* ''Franchise/KamenRider'':
** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' themes its villains off each of the sins. Unusually, Pride is the ''starter'' villain and the weakest, a NobleDemon and ambitious new member of the mafia who dies from not realizing that pushing his Gaia Memory's power too far with his TrainingFromHell will cause it to kill him. The ArcVillain position is held by Gluttony, a criminal underworld doctor, while Greed is represented by the BigBad, the mafia don, whose daughters represent Envy and Lust. His vengeance-seeking wife represents Wrath, and the GreaterScopeVillain backing him represents Sloth.
** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' is primarily centered on Greed, but that doesn't stop it from having its villains display all of the other vices as well by flavoring them as different kinds of desire. Kazari's desire to consume his fellow homunculi to evolve himself makes him Gluttony, Uva's short temper makes him Wrath, Mezool's cravings for love and affection make her Lust, Gamel's stupidity and lazy attitude make him Sloth, and Ankh covers both Pride and Envy at various stages of his life as he goes from being full of himself to realizing how much being a living embodiment of greed sucks. Dr. Maki, a human who becomes the final homunculus out of a desire to end the world, represents Despair.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' gives Kamen Rider Specter a movie-exclusive form which has attacks based on each of the sins, retooled from Ghost's own final form which has attacks based on various emotions.
* Sam Puckett of ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' has displayed each of these vices at various points:
** '''Wrath''': Sam has an extremely bad temper and is quick to become violent over the slightest provocation. It's her defining character trait.
** '''Gluttony''': Sam is a BigEater whose obsession with food is probably her secondary defining trait behind her temper.
** '''Sloth''': Sam is incredibly lazy and will not do any work if she can get out of it. Carly and Freddie do most, if not all, of the planning for their web show and she doesn't take her schoolwork very seriously.
** '''Envy''': She's envious of her twin sister Melanie for being their mother's favorite. She's also jealous of her old beauty pageant rival [=LeAnne=].
** '''Greed''': Sam is noticeably more obsessed with money than Carly or Freddie. She'll do just about anything to make a quick buck, including creating a child sweat shop to make T-shirts that they can sell.
** '''Lust''': While Sam has had fewer boyfriends than Carly, she's far less subtle about her attractions than Carly is. She once said of one of her crushes "That boy gets me goin'", which is quite racy for a kids' show.
** '''Pride''': Sam is quite selfish, not caring much about the wants and needs of others and she won't admit when she's wrong in most cases.

* ''Series/CobraKai'': Terry Silver has embodied most of them, if not entirely, at some point in his life throughout [[Film/TheKarateKidPartIII his debut film]] and in the show:
** '''Pride:''' While he is not overtly egotistical as Kreese, he makes it up with being a VillainWithGoodPublicity while viewing everyone else beneath him. However, like Kreese, his arrogance is also one of his greatest weaknesses. Silver has a tendency to underestimate his opponents despite his intelligence and strength. Especially when he got too overconfident after spending most of Part III tormenting Daniel until the latter gets a HeroicSecondWind and succeeded defeating Mike Barnes.
** '''Envy:''' Ever since Kreese saved him from captivity during the Vietnam War, Silver has since became a loyal friend to Kreese. However, that loyalty would soon waver when Kreese started to favor Johnny as Cobra Kai's star student and go so far as to reject the offer to join the Sekai Taikai. Eventually Terry grew to resent Kreese behind closed doors, and ultimately betray him at the end of Season 4.
** '''Wrath:''' At his most dangerous, Silver can be as bloodthirsty and sadistic as he can be when pushed to his limits.
** '''Lust:''' Silver is easily [[BloodKnight drawn to violence]] and seems to [[{{Sadist}} enjoy making his enemies suffer]] physically and mentally.
** '''Greed:''' Silver is a wealthy businessman and lives in a life of opulence. He uses his vast wealth to get his way and the lengths he will go to make Cobra Kai a global household name, even if it means through bribery.
** '''Gluttony:''' Of two different aspects: 1) Silver previously abused cocaine after serving the military to cope with his PTSD. 2) He ambitiously seeks to expand Cobra Kai worldwide in hopes of indoctrinating more students to its "No Mercy" philosophy.
** '''Sloth:''' Silver will send anyone to do his dirty work while scheming behind closed doors. He also has no problem taking shortcuts for his own convenience rather than putting an effort, like bribing a referee under the pretense of "insurance policy" to ensure Cobra Kai's victory.

* In ''Film/TheKingOfKings'', UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} drives them from Mary Magdalene one at a time. They're portrayed as ghosts leaving her body.
* ''Film/Se7en'' centers around a SerialKiller committing his murders based on these sins:
** An obese man is forced to eat until his stomach ruptures (Gluttony).
** A wealthy lawyer has a pound of flesh cut out and dies of bloodletting (Greed).
** A drug dealer tied to the bed and kept in that state for over a year (Sloth).
** A prostitute is killed when a client is forced to rape her to death wearing an S&M device (Lust).
** A model has her face mutilated and chooses to commit suicide rather than life with her disfigurement (Pride).
** The Envy and Wrath deaths come hand-in-hand. [[spoiler: John Doe kills Mills's wife Tracy because he envies their life. The discovery of her head in a box causes Mills to shoot John in rage]].

* ''Film/RepoTheGeneticOpera'' features the Largo family: [[MagnificentBastard Rotti Largo]], the powerful businessman and his three children: Amber Sweet the surgery addicted, drug-addict wannabe singer, Luigi the raging, mass murdering {{sociopath}} and Pavi the effeminate, face-stealing TheCasanova. While all four are vain and greedy, Rotti in particular represents Envy and Greed, Amber is Sloth and Gluttony, while Luigi is Wrath ([[WordOfGod as the producer Darren Lynn Bousman has stated]]) and Pavi is Pride and Lust.
* In the 1967 DealWithTheDevil film ''Film/{{Bedazzled 1967}}'', the protagonist Stanley Moon meets incarnations of the seven deadly sins. Anger is a hostile bouncer who wears a T-shirt that says "Make War, Not Love", Sloth is always sleeping, Gluttony is fat, Avarice complains about how much money's being spent on a date, Envy accuses the other sins of getting special treatment, Vanity has an upward-bending arm with an inward-facing mirror attached to it ''protruding from his midsection'', and Lust is, well, Raquel Welch.
* In the ''Film/{{Bedazzled 2000}}'' remake of the above, Brendan Fraser receives seven wishes, six of which correspond to a sin. First, he wishes for a coke and hamburger. This represents gluttony. Next he wishes to be rich and powerful, representing greed and resulting in him [[OhCrap becoming a Columbian drug lord]]. He then wishes to be the most emotionally sensitive man on the planet but his sensitivity is to the point of inaction, making it sloth. Elliot later wishes to be a professional basketball player who exhibits considerable aggression, representing anger. His wish to be articulate, witty, and intelligent results in him becoming a charming but somewhat vain award-winning author who represents Pride and ultimately turns out to be a homosexual. His wish to become President of the United States would seem to represent Envy as he coveted the power, reputation, and authority that comes with the job. [[spoiler:His final wish which breaks the contract ironically defeats the final Sin, Lust by wishing for the woman he lusted after to have a happy life without him.]]
* 1927's ''Film/{{Metropolis}}'' includes a dream sequence featuring embodiments of the Seven Deadly Sins and Death. [[TheGrimReaper Death]] aside, you'd be hard pressed to recognize them, but they ''are'' listed in the credits, apparently playing themselves.
* ''Film/{{Serenity}}'':
** The film revolved somewhat around the nature of sin, with the Operative remarking on what he perceived to be his victims' sins, and the attempt to eliminate sin [[spoiler:being the cause behind the deaths of thirty million people and the creation of the Reavers.]]
** Oddly enough the sins of the Operative's enemies were perceived quite well. Dr Matthias was Prideful enough to display the work he'd done on River to key members of Parliament without thinking of the consequences.
--->'''The Operative''': “Key members of Parliament.” ''Key.'' The minds behind every military, diplomatic, and covert operation in the galaxy, and you put them in a room with a ''psychic.''
*** But the Alliance's sin of trying to eliminate sin by mere human effort would certainly be Pride as Shepherd Book would note. Especially as it took them ''several years'' to realize they'd spilled their beans in River's head.
** And as Mal admitted, his sin is Wrath; he's not easy to piss off, but when someone hammers his BerserkButton, he loses all sense and applies all his efforts towards retaliation. This makes him unpredictable, especially as said button isn't based on harm to himself, or even his allies, but injustice in general. Sometimes he'll shrug off an injury without breaking step. Sometimes he'll haul off and paste someone for an angrily-spoken word.
--->'''Fanty''': You run when you oughta fight, fight when you oughta deal… Makes a businessperson a little twitchy.
** The point that Joss was trying to make with the film (which he makes clear in the commentary) is that while the Seven Deadly Sins are bad, they are also inseparable from human nature. The Alliance thought that sin was something that could be stamped out (which was a sin in and of itself, as pointed out above) and the result was Miranda: [[spoiler:a world where everyone was either dead or completely inhuman.]]
* The villainous mercenary group in ''Film/DeepRising'' seems to be made up of this: Vivo is always talking about food (Gluttony); T. Ray threatens with violence all the time (Wrath); Mamooli talks about his desire to have sex with women from every country (Lust), Jason Flemyng says that the group will "kick ass and take names" as well as taunts a monster and claims it is nothing (Pride); Hanover is paranoid, distrustful and later ends up shooting at someone who is going to live and not him (Envy); Mason is seen stuffing money into his pockets (Greed); and Billy complains about all the work he has to do (Sloth).
* ''Film/{{Mindhunters}}'': Not ostensibly focused upon but present in some form or another, nonetheless, and end up being what do most of the characters in:
** Lust: [[spoiler:Nicole's need for cigarettes; Plus she's sleeping with J.D. and somewhat comes onto Gabe.]]
** Gluttony: [[spoiler:Rafe's a coffee junkie.]]
** Envy: [[spoiler:Lucas, who admits he's jealous of how cool and calculated, yet clueless FBI agents seem after they overlook him as a suspect in his parents' murder. Albeit, he was just a kid when he offed them. Also Vince, somewhat. In addition to being bitter about his condition and the fact that he's not making profiler, he decides to drag Sarah's hopes down by revealing that she won't, either. Plus, he's never without his gun.]]
** Wrath: The killer obviously has this in spades. That aside, everyone pulls a gun on everybody else for most of the movie and Nicole takes this one to the next level when she suspects [[spoiler:Sarah]] of being the killer.
** Pride: [[spoiler:J.D. always has to take the lead; Lucas paraphrases ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}: "I'm the best at what I do."; Bobby is a mechanical/technical whiz and readily flaunts this.]]
** Greed: Gabe doesn't approve of how taxpayers' (apparently including his) hard-earned dollars are spent. JD's need to be the leader could be another type of Greed, in the form of attention and recognition.
** Sloth: Aside from J.D., no one lifts a finger to help Nicole prepare dinner. Particularly frowning on Gabe here, since he's an unexpected and uninvited guest. Vince also refuses to trust anyone - which is a different form of Sloth - though in this case someone overcoming their sin, Vince trusting Gabe with his gun, is what saves them from the trap.

* In the musical ''Film/AbsoluteBeginners'', the DisneyAcidSequence "That's Motivation" has advertising executive Vendice Partners (Music/DavidBowie) explaining to idealistic photographer hero Colin that if he joins his company and moves up in the world, he can "Commit horrible sins and get away with it." He proceeds to show Colin, on a giant television screen, each of these sins in action (played out by fantasy versions of Colin, his sweetheart Crepes Suzette, and those around them).

* In ''Film/ArtOfTheDead'', MadArtist Dorian Wilde made a pact with dark forces when he created seven paintings that represent the seven deadly sins. Now, anyone who comes in contact with these pictures are corrupted by Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Greed, Envy, and Wrath.

* '''{{Pride}}''' (Latin: ''Superbia''): Desire for Attention. Often said to be the big one, as "pride [[YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe cometh]] [[PrideBeforeAFall before a fall]]". However the kicker is not merely to be prideful, but to additionally not deserve it (so a MagnificentBastard or AwesomeEgo do not count). Traditionally the most vile of the Seven Deadly Sins, it was the one that corrupted the ArchangelLucifer as it involves [[BlasphemousBoast placing yourself above God (or whatever deity you're invoking) and all others]], believing your aims and goals to be more important than all others, and refusing to acknowledge your faults and flaws. In fact, pretty much every villain, in part, is motivated by pride -- the idea is, they'd make things work better than what's going on now. So, they feel it's only right they should TakeOverTheWorld. As such, the AnthropomorphicPersonification or metaphorical embodiment of pride is usually the BigBad of the group. The ones more blatant about it are the EvilOverlord, the StrawNihilist (also motivated by Sloth), and the SmallTownTyrant (also motivated by Wrath due to its overlap with the PoliticallyIncorrectVillain). Villains who more generally convey this sin are the SmugSnake, the {{Narcissist}} or TheFightingNarcissist, the AlphaBitch, the KnowNothingKnowItAll, the CardCarryingVillain, the VainSorceress, the AttentionWhore, the GlorySeeker and GloryHound, corrupt royalty [[TheCaligula of]] [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen all]] [[TheEvilPrince kinds]], those with a [[SmallNameBigEgo small name and big ego]] and an InferioritySuperiorityComplex (occasionally driven by Envy), and anyone who says "ItsAllAboutMe" or worse, asks "AGodAmI". By definition, it is the one Sin that prevents the sinner from repentance, as they are [[NeverMyFault too proud to admit that they were wrong]]. Termed "self-respect" when [[ValuesDissonance treated as a virtue]]. Pride is usually associated with [[{{Pun}} lions]], horses or [[ProudPeacock peacocks]] and the color [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]]. The punishment in Hell for committing this sin is to be put on a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_wheel breaking wheel,]] which basically amounts to having your limbs crushed. The patron demon for Pride is, understandably, Lucifer. '''Opposite of [[HumbleHero Humility]]'''.

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' and ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Hell in this universe is divided into seven rings, each one representing one of the sins, and each one is ruled over by their respective patron devil which, in spite of matching the classical names, may be interpreted creatively. Each ring also is assigned a different colour of the rainbow that is reflected in the sky, though not matching the colour symbolism described above.