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2 [[caption-width-right:350:Seven antagonists to defeat.]]
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4->''"The Norse had seven sleepers. The Blackfoot, seven stars. As a boy, I heard the legend of the seven bells. All these stories are the same."''
5-->-- '''Reginald Hargreeves''', ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019''
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7Right after [[RuleOfThree three]], seven is the most commonly used "meaningful" number in fiction. This can be traced back to ancient times; just think of the Seven Wonders, the Seven Days of Creation, or the Seven Hills of Rome. It is also common in many fairy tales.
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9In the natural world, one of the origins of this significance comes from the seven celestial bodies that could be seen with the naked eye, (Sun, Moon, and the planets up to Saturn[[note]]If the motion of Uranus had been noticed, the lucky number would likely be eight instead[[/note]]), that were worshiped as deities, and the days named after them were the days of the week.
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11Later, natural phenomena were intentionally shoehorned into this "significant" number, for example, the colors of the rainbow and the number of continents can be seven, depending on how you count them.
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13Since Literature/TheBible, especially the Literature/BookOfRevelation, uses it repeatedly, seven became even more famous as a divine number, or as the number of perfection.
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15LuckySeven is a subtrope about examples where it is considered a lucky number. Also see MagicalSeventhSon, TheMagnificentSevenSamurai, SevenDeadlySins, and SevenHeavenlyVirtues.
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18!!Example subpages
19[[index]]
20* RuleOfSeven/{{Literature}}
21* RuleOfSeven/VideoGames
22* RuleOfSeven/RealLife
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25!!Other examples:
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28[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
29* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has the seven titular orbs that can summon the wish-granting divine dragon, Shenron who will grant one wish before disappearing and scattering the Dragon Balls across the globe. Throughout the franchise, the Dragon Balls have played key roles and similar ones have appeared outside of Earth.
30** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' introduced the Dragon Balls of Planet Namek, which are also seven in number and summon a stronger dragon than Shenron, Porunga, who can grant three wishes instead of only one per summon (before Shenron's upgrades, that is).
31** ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' has the Black Star Dragon Balls, which summon Ultimate Shenron, a mightier divine dragon whose wishes exceed his own power. They also invert the usual trope meaning of the seven's luck by blowing up the planet they're used on after a year if they aren't gathered again. The final arc introduces the seven Shadow Dragons, evil entities born from the Dragon Balls who will destroy the entire Universe if not stopped; they are taken down one by one across the finale as well.
32** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introduces the Super Dragon Balls, ''planet-sized'' Dragon Balls (and the original ones) which summon Super Shenron, the most powerful Dragon entirely omnipotent and can grant any wish.
33* In the first ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime, the Sailors must find the Seven Rainbow Crystals, which are in the power of The Seven Great Youma, some of the strongest enforcers of the Negaverse.
34* Seven Celestial Warriors in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi''.
35* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
36** The Shichibukai/Seven Warlords of the Sea, a group of 7 powerful pirates sanctioned by the World Government.
37** There were also seven Straw Hat Pirates for a considerable length of time (then they gained more crew members).
38* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
39** Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. Also, the ninja academy graduates each year are assigned to numbered squads. Guess which squad the main character ended up in.
40** The chapter where Hinata finally [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove sincerely confesses her love]] to Naruto is Chapter 437 (4+3=7). The manga itself ends with the epilogue in Chapter 700, [[spoiler:where Naruto is the Seventh Hokage and is HappilyMarried to Hinata. Their romance unfolds during the seventh ''Shippuden'' movie, ''Anime/TheLastNarutoTheMovie'']]. Also counts as LuckySeven.
41* ''Manga/{{Nana}}'' uses this rather prominently: both of the main characters are named Nana (a Japanese reading for the number 7), and they share an apartment numbered 707. Subverted in that neither of the two main characters' names use the kanji for 7.
42%%* The Sexy Seven from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}''.
43* ''Manga/DiamondCutDiamond'''s story starts off Seven Years after the in-universe show ''Esper Shounen'' was cancelled.
44* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
45** All the dragons (except, apparently, the jerkass black dragon) disappeared seven years ago. On July Seventh of the year 777. Seven years later, [[spoiler:Black Mage Zeref decides to end his exile, and the dragon Acnologia appears and assaults the strongest member of Fairy Tail on Tenrou Island]], who disappear for seven years. And then after the Grand Magic Games, [[spoiler:Future Rogue]] brings seven [[spoiler:dragons from the past]], and seven [[spoiler:Dragonslayer mages]] fight them. The final battle with the aforementioned jerkass black dragon involves seven Dragon Slayers fighting him.
46** Regarding the Grand Magic Games, [[spoiler:after the disqualification of Raven Tail, seven teams participated until both Fairy Tail teams are combined into one in the second-to-last day. On the other hand, the eight teams were participating for seven different guilds]].
47* Shuya Nanahara from Literature/BattleRoyale, with the "Nana" in his last name meaning seven. Used to be nicknamed "Wild 7" when he played baseball, which is also the brand of cigarettes Shogo Kawada smokes.
48* Seven types of [[Manga/Reborn2004 Dying Will Flames]]. Because of this, all important groups of people also come in sets of seven.
49* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
50** The seven Millennium Items in the original ''Anime/YuGiOh''. Later subverted with the Millennium stone.
51** In ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', Johan's Crystal Beast monster spirits. When all 7 are gathered he can summon his ace monster Rainbow Dragon. (Its evil twin Rainbow Dark Dragon works in a similar fashion). Subverted with the Shadow Riders of which seem to have 7 yet later revealed to have their leader thus 8. On the other hand, there are seven keys necessary to unlock the Sacred Beasts, and seven Key Keepers hold those keys.
52** Inverted in ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', where Season 1 antagonists the Dark Signers and their signature monsters, the Earthbound Gods, number seven in all.
53** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' gives us the Seven Barian Emperors who wield the seven Over-Hundred Numbers. Subverted once Don Thousand comes with 2 more over hundred numbers.
54** And then there's ''Anime/YuGiOhSevens'', where most of the setting is patterned around the number... six. It is, after all, the signature motif of [[MegaCorp the Goha Corporation]]. Seven is instead associated with our main characters, the new Rush Duel game they are trying to popularize even as Goha attempts to shut them down, and overall the DawnOfAnEra.
55* ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'': Wishing Star of the ''Seven'' Nights.
56* ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' has seven Odin Saints (each guarding one of the seven Sapphire Stones), as well as seven Marine Saints.
57* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' has the [[AntiVillain anti-villainous]] seven espers, the ''seventh'' of which has seven personalities.
58* ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' takes place 1000 years after the world was nearly destroyed by the God-Soldiers in the "Seven Days of Fire".
59* Though not all were revealed, both the 777 Tools of Demon World (which also uses the Rule of Three) and the 7 Weapons of the Demon Emperor from ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro''.
60* In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', seven of twelve Numbers make a HeelFaceTurn. Ironically, Sette, the number VII among them, doesn't.
61* Father from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' has seven Homunculi as his children. They are based of the SevenDeadlySins.
62* The Seven Stakes of Purgatory from ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' are also based of the SevenDeadlySins.
63* The titular witches of ''Manga/YamadaKunAndTheSevenWitches''. [[spoiler: Except that there have always been at least two separate groups of seven witches, making it fourteen, but still, the seven part counts for the first party of the story]].
64* In ''Anime/MonsterRancher'', the Searchers, the heroes seeking the Phoenix, were a group of seven.
65* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', there were originally seven Digidestined[=/=]Chosen Children, then they gained a SixthRanger.
66* In ''Manga/MadeInAbyss'', the titular [[EldritchLocation Abyss]] is divided in seven layers, each more twisted and dangerous than the last.
67* As a direct consequence to "Literature/SnowWhite", seven Leafe Knights in ''Manga/{{Pretear}}''
68* ''Anime/{{Symphogear}}'': [[spoiler: This is the key to defeating the MadGod Shem-Ha, and rewriting her divine will. Carol is able to substitute for a 7th wielder during one battle, while Miku takes her place as the true 7th wielder by using Shen Shou Jing for the final battle]].
69* The Level 5 Espers from ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun''. Only seven people from an entire city have achieved this rank. Although one of the Level 5 hasn't official debut yet.
70* [[ArmiesAreEvil Gjallarhorn]] in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' is ruled by a council of the seven descendants of the families who originally formed the organization. Although by the time we see them, they only have six members, the seventh died of an unspecified illness offscreen and [[SingleLineOfDescent his successor]] [[spoiler:died in battle against Tekkadan as a result of another Gjallarhorn member's machinations for power.]]
71* In ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'', the Machinegal Dolls are a group of seven gynoids developed by Professor Amagi/Machinegal. They consist of Isabelle (their leader), Brooke, Vivien, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Nastassja, and Sayuri.
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74[[folder:Arts]]
75* Art/StatueOfLiberty: In keeping with the theme of sanctity and holiness, there are seven rays coming from her head, the same as the Biblical number of perfection.
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79* In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', Wolffy's relatives Darker, Worley, Wonky, Rolly, Raoul, Wizard, and Wolfram form a group known as the Seven Evil Wolves who help Wolffy in certain situations where he needs the assistance.
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82[[folder:Comedy]]
83* SevenDirtyWords by Creator/GeorgeCarlin.
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86[[folder:Comic Books]]
87* DC's ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory, both in the Golden Age and in the anthology series by Creator/GrantMorrison. In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory2005'' issue #0, a team is assembled with only ''six'' members because one didn't show up. Dan the Dyno-mite remarks that the significance of the number 7 can't be overstated, especially since 6 is extremely unlucky in comparison. [[spoiler:Then they all die.]]
88* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
89** The League's seven founding members: ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}}, ComicBook/WonderWoman, ComicBook/GreenLantern, ComicBook/TheFlash, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. The League's roster has changed a lot over the years, but these guys were the first, and are thus considered the "Big Seven" for the DCU as a whole.
90** In ''ComicBook/JLA1997'', the original seven are reunited, except with [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]] for the then-dead ComicBook/GreenLantern and Flash.
91*** As part of the same title, Mark Waid penned a filler story arc titled "Synchronicity," where various occurrences resulting from a probability-altering machine including seven separate villains attacking Washington DC simultaneously to Martian Manhunter calling in the Atom because he was the seventh "new member" since the League's inception.
92** In ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2011'', [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Cyborg]] is now a founding member rather than the ComicBook/MartianManhunter, but the number is still seven.
93* Creator/WarrenEllis often used this in his Creator/{{Wildstorm}} work: the faux JLA in ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'', the pulp era heroes in the first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Planetary}}'' (and the other faux JLA that they fight), and the members of ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' (whose leader {{Lampshade}}s the trope).
94* "The Seven" are the main superhero team in ''Comicbook/TheBoys.''
95* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'': Seven Evil Exes. Gideon is especially fixated on the number 7 in TheMovie, even stating after he swallows his gum that "[[LargeHam It's gonna be in my digestive tract for SEVEN YEARS!]]"
96* The Mexican superhero ''ComicBook/{{Kaliman}}'' is The Seventh Descendant of the Seventh Dynasty of the goddess Kali, and must renew his vow to fight injustice every seven years.
97* The seven Endless from ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989''; [[BlindSeer Destiny]], [[PerkyGoth Death]], [[DreamWeaver Dream]], [[WarriorPoet Destruction]], [[AmbiguousGender Desire]], [[BodyHorror Despair]] and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Delirium]].
98* The seven aspects of the emotional spectrum from 2000s-era ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'', and the Lantern Corps that use each of them: red rage (Red Lantern Corps), orange avarice (Agent Orange), yellow fear (Sinestro Corps), green willpower (Green Lantern Corps), blue hope (Blue Lantern Corps), indigo compassion (Indigo Tribe), and violet love (Star Sapphires).
99* For some time, ComicBook/TheAvengers were forced into a seven-member roster by the government. It's since become the average roster size.
100* In ''Blaze'', seven is identified as a powerful mystical number that can hurt demons and undead beings.
101* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story arc ''ComicBook/DeathAndTheFamily'', Silver Banshee believes she can undo her curse if she assembles her clan's seven magical relics.
102* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': ''[[Recap/TintinTheSevenCrystalBalls The Seven Crystal Balls]]'': Seven cursed explorers after uncovering an ancient Inca temple, seven crystal balls hurled at them and placing them in comas.
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105[[folder:Fairy Tales]]
106* In the Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} "Literature/YoungBeichan", he promises to come for her and marry her within seven years, in most variants.
107* "Literature/SnowWhite": Seven dwarfs.
108* "Literature/TheWolfAndTheSevenYoungKids": Seven little goats.
109* "Literature/TheBraveLittleTailor": The main character kills seven flies in one blow.
110* ''Literature/BlueBeard'': Blue Beard had seven wives.
111* ''Literature/SleepingBeauty'': Seven good fairies were invited upon the eponymous princess' birthday.
112* Literature/TheSevenRavens: The children are changed into seven ravens.
113* Literature/HopOMyThumb uses the "Seven Mile boots" to cross great distances in a small amount of time.
114* In ''Literature/{{Bearskin}}'', the hero must wear the bearskin for seven years. Also neither bathe nor cut his hair nor pray for that time.
115* In ''Literature/TheOneHandedGirl'', the girl is found after seven days in the woods.
116* ''Literature/TheSevenFoals''
117* "Literature/TheGiantWhoHadNoHeartInHisBody": The king has seven sons.
118* ''Literature/TheNutcrackerAndTheMouseKing'': the Mouse King has seven heads.
119* ''Literature/SevenSimeons'': a Russian fairy tale about seven brothers, each being an expert in his chosen trade.
120* In "Literature/MaidMaleen", the titular princess spends seven years locked away in a tower.
121* In "Literature/TheCatOnTheDovrefell", a pack of trolls who have been invading Halvor's cottage every Christmas are chased out by a guest-traveler's bear (who they believe to be a cat). One year later, when the trolls ask Halvor if he's kept his big cat, he shrewdly answers he does, and "she" has now got seven "kittens".
122* "Literature/TheSwanMaiden": In a Swedish version of the folktale, the huntsman and the maiden remain married for seven years until the maiden gets her dress back and flies away. Often, the human male protagonist finds seven maidens bathing in a lake or river, and steals the clothes of one of them or of the youngest one. The seven maidens may be [[ShapeshiftingLover swans turned into humans]], or, as is common is East Asian and Southern Asian tales, seven "heavenly nymphs" (e.g., ''bidadaris'' in Java, Indonesia, and ''apsaras'' in India).
123* In "Literature/TheOldDameAndHerHen", the old widow waits in vain "seven lengths and seven breadths" for her second daughter's return.
124* In Creator/FranzXaverVonSchonwerth's "Literature/TheThreeFlowers", Katie and her brothers fall victim to a spell when she picks three blossoms she had been told to not touch: for seven years she will be unable to speak, and they will remain transformed into deers.
125* "Literature/{{Reygoch}}": Curlylocks rides her black steed for seven days and seven nights through an icy, barren plain until reaching the city of Frosten.
126* A recurring motif of tale type ATU 425, "The Search for the Lost Husband", is that, after her husband disappears, the heroine is instructed to wear out seven pairs of iron shoes (or, rarely, steel shoes), until she can find him again.
127* In Latin American variants of tale type ATU 530, "The Princess on the Glass Mountain",[[note]]In regards to the tale type, "Glass Mountain" is a bit of a misnomer: the Glass Mountain occurs as the EngagementChallenge in North European tales, but becomes a horse-racing contest or other competition in Spanish and Latin American stories. In both cases, the hero rides in the horse he tamed to win the challenges.[[/note]] the youngest of three brothers holds a vigil on his father's fields and discovers a horse of seven colours has been trampling/eating their fields. He tames the horse and it becomes his friend.
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131* Played with in ''Fanfic/AVoiceInTheWilderness''. USS ''Bajor'' science officer Birail Riyannis observes that the Borg ziggurat's dimensions are in multiples of seven kilometers and that the number recurs in civilizations across the galaxy, but first officer Tess Phohl short-circuits her with the question of whether the Borg even ''use'' kilometers.
132* ''Fanfic/HopToIt'' has the seven [[WesternAnimation/{{MiraculousLadybug}} Miraculouses]] and Kwamis created by Omega Labs, each suggested to be cloned from the canon Kwamis: Rabbit (equivalent to Ladybug), Dog (equivalent to Black Cat), Swan (equivalent to Butterfly), Chameleon (equivalent to Fox), Mantis, Dragonfly (equivalent to Peacock) and Firefly.
133* In Fialleril's ''Franchise/StarWars'' fics, seven is a sacred number in the Amavikka culture of Tatooine. This is the reason for the seven in the name of KD-7, Anakin's medic droid in ''Fanfic/DoubleAgentVader''.
134* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail''. the Cage of Flauros ritual Walter wishes to enact on the Apex needs seven components. Walter even discusses this trope to his prisoner.
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137[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
138* ''Film/DemolitionMan'': Simon Phoenix overrides a security program on a computer using a string of '7's, causing a cop to become electrocuted.
139* ''Film/EscapeRoom2019'': There are ostensibly six contestants in the Escape Room challenge, but there is actually one more contestant: [[spoiler:the Game Master, who doesn't know that he took part in the game [[OhCrap until he is about to die]]]]. Repeated in [[Film/EscapeRoomTournamentOfChampions the sequel]], in which there are initially six contestants, only for one more to be added in the form of [[spoiler:a previous Escape Room contestant who was supposed to die in the previous film]].
140* ''Film/HotFuzz'': Nicholas Angel's badge number is 777.
141* ''Film/JamesBond'': Bond's designation as 007.
142* ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': When taking stock in the immediate aftermath of the Sky Devils' helicopters' destruction, Glenn Mills reports to Preston Packard that there are seven confirmed survivors and seven confirmed casualties among their own.
143* ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''.
144* ''Film/NaCha'' ''and the Seven'' ''Devils''.
145* ''Film/NannyMcPhee'': Mr. Brown's seven children.
146* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', featuring a serial killer theming his crimes around the SevenDeadlySins.
147* ''Film/SevenSamurai''
148* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'': Ramona Flowers' seven evil exes.
149* ''Film/TheresSomethingAboutMary'': "Seven's the number. Like a mouse on a wheel."
150* ''Film/ToKillAMastermind'': The powerful syndicate of assassins known as the Qi Sha gang has seven leaders, which the heroes must defeat one at a time.
151* ''Film/WishUpon'': The music box grants seven wishes.
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155* ''Literature/LoneWolf'': In the backstory, Nyxator the Dragon created the seven Lorestones for the forces of Good. In mockery, Agarash the Damned created seven Doomstones.
156* ''Literature/{{Sorcery}}'': The third adventure, ''The Seven Serpents'', has the hero crossing the treacherous Baklands while being pursued by seven deadly, elemental serpents sent by the Archmage. They will encounter the serpents throughout the adventure, some (like the Air, Earth and Time Serpent) which are unavoidable, and at the end of the adventure their quest's performance is assessed by the number of serpents they've slain.
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160* (NOTE: This joke comes from an earlier time when husbands did not go into the delivery room with their wives, but waited in a waiting room to be told the result of the birth. This was also before couples knew the gender of their babies before birth, or whether or not there was a multiple birth.) There are four men waiting in the maternity ward of a fancy private hospital that only rich people can afford. A nurse comes in, walks up to one of the men and says, "Congratulations! Your wife just gave birth to one healthy boy!" The man says, "What a coincidence! I'm the CEO of Capital One!" He goes off with the nurse to meet his wife and son. A few minutes later, another nurse comes in, walks up to another one of the men, and says, "Congratulations! Your wife just gave birth to twins!" The man says, "What a coincidence! I'm the business manager of the Minnesota Twins!" And he goes off with the nurse to meet his wife and twins. A few minutes later, another nurse comes in, goes up to one of the men, and says, "Congratulations! Your wife just gave birth to triplets!" The man says, "What a coincidence! I'm the CEO of Triple Crown!" And he goes off with the nurse to meet his wife and triplets. There is only one man left in the waiting room, and after awhile, he starts crying. A nurse comes in and asks him what's wrong. He replies, "I'm the CEO of 7-Up!"
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163[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
164* ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'' built seven homes for seven families in seven days in their finale.
165* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': The "significant seven" Cylons. Subverted: [[spoiler:There used to be eight, and #7 was unlucky enough to be Abel to Cavil's Cain.]]
166* Seven mysterious PlotCoupon[=s=] in ''Series/DefyingGravity'', each located on a different astronomical object.
167* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
168** The Seven Kingdoms is the name given to the realm that controls most of the continent of Westeros and numerous offshore islands, ruled by the King of the Andals and the First Men from the Red Keep in the city of King's Landing. Its name dates back to the time prior to the War of Conquest, during which seven independent kingdoms existed in the continent.
169** The Faith of the Seven is the main religion of the Seven Kingdoms. In death, the Faith believes that there are Seven Heavens and Seven Hells.
170** The Kingsguard is an elite group of seven knights, supposedly the greatest and most skilled warriors in all of Westeros, who serve as the royal bodyguard of the King of the Andals and the First Men.
171** Seven positions on the Small Council: Hand of the King, Grand Maester, Master of Coin, Master of Ships, Master of Whisperers, Master of Laws, and Lord Commander of the Kingsguard.
172* ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' season seven winner Sandra Diaz-Twine became the first (and, so far, ''only'') two-time winner by winning season 20, seven years after her first win.
173* Series/DoctorWho's [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes to War]] was the 7th episode in its series, and the 777th in the show's nearly fifty-year run. Three days after it aired, on June 7, the BBC officially announced Series 7.
174** This was later followed by one of the Executive Producers announcing her departure from the show, at the end of the season, on 7/7.
175** Series 7 was the 49th (7 times 7) year of ''Series/DoctorWho''.
176** In a meta sense, the series went on hiatus during the Seventh Doctor's era.
177* ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' had the seven Knights of Medhir.
178* In ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
179** Season 7, ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'', was the one where the franchise broke away from the continuous storyline of previous years and began telling a new separate story each year.
180** Due to escalation of the use of the SixthRanger, ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' and ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' eventually got seven full-time members each. (A bit of a subversion with ''SPD'', though, as the numbers on their suits were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, VI for 6, and... 100.)
181** ''RPM'' also finished its run, and with it Disney-produced new episodes, with the franchise's 700th episode. Incidentally, it was Season 17.
182* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode [[Recap/StarTrekS2E1AmokTime Amok Time]], we learn that Vulcans go through heat every seven years (''pon farr'').
183* The second season of ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'' kicks off with the revelation that Starfleet suddenly detected seven red signals. The ''Enterprise'' was on her way to investigate one of them when she suffered multiple system failures, so Captain Christopher Pike takes command of the ''Discovery'' to carry out his mission.
184* The ''Series/{{Pyramid}}'' game show series has employed this seven rule. During the ABC run, they made up to seven correct answers the standard. The "Big 7" category offered a cash prize for running seven out of seven. On the 80s version (CBS, syndication), the category holding the "7-11" card offered an $1100 cash prize for getting seven answers, and the "Mystery 7" offered a prize (trip, TV, video camera, car). The 1991-92 version had "Double Trouble 1" and "Double Trouble 2" (seven 2-word answers) and "Gamble For A Grand."
185* ''Series/SevenKeys'', an ABC game show from the early 60s, pitted a single contestant trying run a board of 75 squares to acquire one of seven keys to open a vault full of prizes. Running the board seven straight times wins everything automatically while failing at any time during the run causes all acquired keys to be forfeited.
186* The Lucky Seven game on ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'' presents seven $1 bills to the contestant who must predict each number in the price of a car with $1 deducted for the difference in each number.
187* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy2019'': Seasons 1 and 3 feature two teams of seven superpowered children groomed by billionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves to become heroes. The third season reveals [[spoiler:his goal was to send them to a pocket dimension, defeat its guardians, and sacrifice their life forces for the seven sigils in said pocket dimension to hit the universe's ResetButton to bring his wife back]]. He discusses the trope when manipulating them into agreeing with him, citing the number seven's significance to the Norse and the Blackfoot.
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190[[folder:Music]]
191* Music/MuddyWaters: "I'm The Hoochie Coochie Man".
192-->''On the seventh hour\
193 On the seventh day\
194 On the seventh month\
195 The seven doctors say\
196 He was born for good luck\
197 And that you'll see\
198 I got 700 dollars\
199 Don't you mess with me''
200* Music/BlueOysterCult's ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' [[Music/ImaginosIIBombsOverGermany album saga]] follows the eon-spanning manipulation of humanity by seven alien deities called "Les Invisibles". ''[[LoopedLyrics "Seven seven seven seven seven seven seven..."]]'''
201** Also "Seven Screaming Dizbusters" on ''Music/TyrannyAndMutation''.
202** And "Perfect Water" on ''Music/ClubNinja''.
203--> And I roll a seven on the floor of the sea (Perfect Seven!)
204* Music/TheMonkees: "Seven days in a week made to choose from /But only one is right for me..."
205* Music/PinkFloyd: "The seven is the number of the young light /It forms [[WordSaladLyrics when darkness is increased by one]]" from "Chapter 24" from ''Music/ThePiperAtTheGatesOfDawn''.
206* "Lucky Seven" by Music/TheSkatalites.
207* French rap group IAM wrote an entire song about the symbolic virtues of the number seven.
208* Music/IronMaiden's ''Seventh Son of a Seventh Son''. The opening track even goes: "Seven deadly sins, Seven ways to win, Seven holy paths to hell, and your trip begins..."
209* With Märchen being Music/SoundHorizon's seventh "[[RockOpera story album]]", Revo amused himself by making use of the number seven constantly (over a hundred times, in his own words) throughout it: The album's story revolves around Märchen granting revenge to seven dead women from seven fairy tales, each associated with one of the SevenDeadlySins. One of them is "Literature/SnowWhite". The lyrics booklet is seventy-seven pages long, and the number seven always appears in [[color:red:red]].
210* ''[[Music/RhapsodyOfFire The Dark Secret Saga]]'' features seven black books, seven demons, seven wars, seven white books, seven wizards, seven eclipses...
211* Music/TheWhiteStripes: "Seven Nation Army" from ''Music/{{Elephant|Album}}''. Starts out with seven singular notes.
212* "7 Days, 7 Weeks" from Music/{{dEUS}}' album ''Music/PocketRevolution'', written about the sister of the lead singer.
213* In King Diamond's concept album ''Abigail'', the title character was stillborn on July 7th, 1777.
214* Lucas Graham's ''7 Years Old'' uses 7 (and, more specifically, the age of 7) as an ArcNumber.
215* The 7-member group Music/{{BTS}} announced a release titled ''Music/MapOfTheSoul7'' on the 7th year of their career since debut.
216* {{Music/Prince}}'s song ''7'' uses 7 as an ArcNumber, tying into the contexts in Myths & Religion below.
217* Xandria's "Eversleeping" uses the number: the singer talks about travelling 7 seas and 7 rivers, having forgotten her name for 7 years and sung 7 songs, and stating she would walk 7000 miles and die 7 deaths to find her beloved.
218* {{Music/Hawkwind}}'s "Seven by Seven":
219-->''7 signs rode on 7 stars\
220 7 ways to find the long lost bards\
221 7 days became 7 years\
222 While Pocus laughed and called foul jeers\
223 7 times he cursed the 7 tears\
224 Each one became their 7 fears''
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228[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
229* Several religions regard 777 (RuleOfThree and Rule Of Seven united) as special:
230** According to the American publication, the Orthodox Study Bible, 777 represents the threefold perfection of the Trinity. Satan the arrogant and imperfect is represented with [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]].
231** A collection of Creator/AleisterCrowley's writings is entitled ''777 and Other Qabalistic Writings of Aleister Crowley''.
232* The SevenDeadlySins
233* The SevenHeavenlyVirtues
234* In Catholicism, there are seven sacraments: Baptism, Communion, Confirmation, Matrimony, Holy Orders, Reconciliation, and Anointing of the Sick,
235* Seven occurs all over Literature/TheBible -- seven days of creation; David was the seventh of his father's sons. In Revelation, TheDragon has seven heads, The Beast has seven heads with seven crowns, seven churches in Asia Minor, seven seals, seven last plagues...
236* The Literature/BookOfRevelation is perhaps a notable example here. From seven letters to the churches and seven seals to seven spiritual figures and seven trumpets, it generally indicates the state of perfection. The number is also very frequently used in the Gospel of John, who may or may not be the same John who wrote the book of Revelation.
237* Many Abrahamic traditons include seven heavens.
238* The Seven Sleepers
239* Any jolly sailor worth his salt will brag about his encounters along the Seven Seas (actually oceans), and brave adventurers in the [[ArabianNightsDays days of old Arabia]] will travel across the Seven Deserts.
240* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Lucky_Gods Seven Lucky Gods]] of Myth/JapaneseMythology.
241* The seven Maskim in Myth/MesopotamianMythology, described in a famous poem beginning, "They are Seven! They are Seven!"
242* The Jade Emperor of Myth/ChineseMythology has seven daughters, the youngest (seventh) is the one that has the most stories associated with her.
243* The UsefulNotes/{{Qixi}} festival is held on the 7th day of the 7th month in the lunar calendar, and is supposed to be the day that its two namesake stars (Altair/Cowherder and Vega/Weaver Girl) are closest to each other.
244* In the Literature/BookOfJudges, the phrase "The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD" is mentioned 7 times, which states that the Israelites begin [[ChronicVillainy return to their sin after God saves them.]]
245* In UsefulNotes/{{Islam}} odd numbers in general, and especially odd primes, are considered auspicious, as they represent the unity and indivisibility of God. As seven is odd and prime, it shouldn't be any surprise that seven shows up at several points in Islam, although not as much as five.
246** The most prominent is probably the ''Iman al-Mufaṣṣil'', or Detailed Statement of Faith, in Sunni Islam, which states: "I believe in God [1] and His Angels [2], His Books [3] and His Messengers [4], in the Day of Judgment [5], that all things good or ill are the will/fate of God [6], and in resurrection after death [7].
247** The Hajj includes the Tawaf, circumambulation of the Kaaba that is performed seven times counterclockwise, and Sa'i, ritual walking between the hills of Safa and Marwah seven times.
248** "Al Fatihah", the first chapter of Literature/TheQuran and a required reading in all salah prayers, has seven verses.
249* The seven main [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chakra#The_seven_chakra_system chakras]] [[labelnote:note]]No, not [[{{Anime/Naruto}} that]] ones[[/labelnote]] out from [[{{UsefulNotes/Hinduism}} Hindu culture]], source of EsotericMotifs for the likes of Yoga, [[{{UsefulNotes/TheosophicalSociety}} Theosophy]] and [[NewAgeRetroHippie assorted occultists]], probabily [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs derivative from those]].
250* Pagan ritual magick tends to consider seven a powerful number for women, as it's closely linked to the moon.
251* Myth/ClassicalMythology has the Pleiades, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and companions of Artemis. The eldest, Maia, gave birth to Zeus' son Hermes, the other five also gave birth to the children of Olympians, while the youngest, Merope, married a mortal (Sisyphus) and faded away. They are the namesake of a star system, which features not only them but also their parents, Atlas and Pleione.
252* Stories about the origin of the real life Pleiades constellation occur all around the world, and the common trait that seems to recur among most of them is that seven people (e.g., seven sisters, seven boys, six man and one woman) originate the asterism.
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255[[folder:Pinballs]]
256* The ''Pinball/DoctorWho'' pinball game has the player "collecting" (so to speak) the seven Doctors. It may not have been intentional, since there were only seven of them when the game was made in 1992, but it still counts.
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259[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
260* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
261** The ''Rod of Seven Parts'' is a DismantledMacGuffin whose pieces are quite powerful in and of themselves. When reassembled, they have a tendency to break back apart and kill the wielder if overused.
262** In the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting, the Seven Sisters are [[EmissaryFromTheDivine Chosen]] by the goddess Mystra and are (sort of) daughters of her.
263** The LawfulGood afterlife is the "seven {{Heaven}}s" of Mount Celestia, each tier of which is ruled by its own {{Celestial Paragon|sAndArchangels}}. The spirits of the dead have a chance to move up the Heavens and ultimately reach the unknown seventh Heaven, which is implied to bring some kind of AbstractApotheosis as they join the substance of Celestia itself.
264* ''[[TabletopGame/SevenWonders 7 Wonders]]'':
265** The game supports up to seven players who represent leaders of "the great 7 cities of the ancient world". Also, they start the game with a seven-card hand.
266** The titular 7 Wonders. In the original game, each player can build one Wonder. In the ''Duel'' two-player spin-off, each player gets access to four Wonders, but once the seventh has been built, the last one permanently becomes unavailable.
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269[[folder:Toys]]
270* Mostly averted in ''Toys/{{BIONICLE}}'', which had six as its ArcNumber, though Takanuva becoming the "Seventh Toa" was a big deal, and the stairway to the chamber holding the Mask of Life has 777 steps.
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274* In the Holy Grail Wars of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and related works, the Grail chooses seven Masters, who summon seven Heroic Spirits as Servants, which manifest in seven different classes. [[spoiler: Although this rule seems to have some loopholes]]. Each Master also has [[RuleOfThree three]] Command Spells.
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277[[folder:Webcomics]]
278* In ''Webcomic/KoanOfTheDay'', a reader receives 7 bodhi for every page they visit.
279* In ''Webcomic/AmericanBarbarian'', Yoosamon has seven sons.
280* ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'':
281** One number line strip says 7 indicates a false statistic.
282** [[https://xkcd.com/1417 This strip]] comments on how every list of seven things is indistinguishable, as it confuses the seven dwarfs, levels of taxonomic classification, continents, Deadly Sins, layers in seven-layer dip, layers of the OSI model, and Wonders of the World.
283* In ''Webcomic/{{Erstwhile}}'', Maid Maleen is locked up for [[http://www.erstwhiletales.com/maidmaleen-02/#.T29xmdm6SuI seven years.]]
284* In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', the soldier has to survive [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/04-20.html seven years]] to win his bargain with the devil.
285* In ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', there are seven kingdoms of Dreamside, and the Nightmare Knight created [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/page-151/ seven Disaster Masters.]]
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289* In WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd's review of ''Kid Kool'' (whose full name is ''Kid Kool and the Quest for the Seven Wonder Herbs''), the Nerd says that the game has a story that says that the king has a terminal illness, and that Kid Kool has to find the aptly named Seven Wonder Herbs.
290-->'''AVGN:''' Yeah, I bet the game designers were smoking seven different herbs.
291* ''WebVideo/PeanutButterGamer'' always has 7 people in his Hardcore series.
292* ''WebVideo/PlayStationAccess'' has a weekly list video series about gaming, and almost all have seven entries for each respective topic.
293* "Website/SCPFoundation":
294** In [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231]], there are seven entities ([[ApocalypseMaiden SCP-231-1 through -7]]). The [[spoiler:secret text starts with "seven seals, seven rings. seven brides for the scarlet King."]]
295** One of the triggers for SCP-2747 is the importance of the number 7.
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298[[folder:Western Animation]]
299* Seven original members of the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague.
300* On ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'', car #7, the Bulletproof Bomb, is occupied by seven little mobsters, the Ant Hill Mob. The Ant Hill Mob appeared a year later on ''WesternAnimation/ThePerilsOfPenelopePitstop.''
301* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
302** According to the [[TheMerch trading cards]], there are seven [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield Elements of Harmony]], instead of the six shown in the show proper, though this appears to have been made in error, especially in light of the two-part episode "Shadow Play" showing that there were no more than six Pillars of Equestria, who played a direct role in creating the Elements of Harmony.
303** Starlight Glimmer joined the main cast in Season 6, making the Mane 6 into the Mane 7.
304** Similar to the above, with the addition of Sci-Twi to the cast of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'', the main cast of the EG universe is now referred to as the [=HuMane=] 7.
305* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs:'' Takes the fairy tale's "seven dwarfs" and kicks it up a notch.
306-->'''Queen:''' Magic mirror on the wall, who ''now'' is the fairest one of all? \
307'''Mirror:''' Over the seven jewelled hills, beyond the seventh fall, in the cottage of the seven dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest one of all.
308* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons'', Peter is said by Antiquity to be the 777th descendant of the Great Peter, who taught dragons to speak.
309* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has the seven core Miraculouses and Kwamis: Tikki the Ladybug, Plagg the Black Cat, Trixx the Fox, Pollen the Bee, Duusuu the Peacock, Nooroo the Butterfly and Wayzz the Turtle. There are others, but these ones are the first to be used and get central placement in the Miracle Box.
310* ''WesternAnimation/ZakStorm'' has seven main characters on a mission to defeat the seven guardians of the seven Waypoints across the Seven Seas of TheBermudaTriangle. The main character can also undergo a transformation harnessing one of seven ElementalPowers. [[spoiler:This may end up being averted in the second season with the revelation of an eighth sea as well as the potential of an eighth member joining the crew.]]
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