Seven Deadly Sins is a trope meant to be about the usage and discussion of the sins within a work. It's often used for things like assigning characters to the sins even when it's not intended by the narrative.
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Chaotic Evil: The Vorshes and Drip from Jack, representing the sins of Gluttony and Lust, respectively. - What Happened to the Mouse?: Hansel and Gretel (the originals). They release the Seven Deadly Sins on the world from their adoptive mother's corpse, and we never know what happened to them after that, or why the heck they did it. Next we see them, they've reincarnated as Conchita's servants.
- Anime.Devilman Crybaby: Some of the characters represent a certain sin, and said sin ends up being their undoing. This example on the work page includes a list of all the sins.
- Characters.CKC Originals: Represents Greed. His entire chest is made from the Maw of Greed - the direct conduit to the raw essence of Greed and he even gains energy from his opponent's greedy/selfish acts. Word of God is that the representative of pride killed his mother.
- Characters.Final Fantasy VI: He relates to Terra a story that is based on Pandora's Box, and the evils unleashed from it when it was opened were the Seven Deadly Sins (minus Lust and Gluttony). Aside from combining Greek and Christian mythos, the stories of Pandora's Box never specified its contents beyond evils both emotional and physical (like disease and illness).note
- Characters.Sins: The focus of the comic, they are the Anthropomorphic Personifications of the Seven Deadly Sins.
- DarthWiki.Death Seed: the Pale Knight, Arro/the Void, Myriot, the Flower Child, the Scarlet Lady, the Woman in the Mirror, and the Bronzesmith are Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath, Greed, Lust, and Sloth respectively. I guess?
- EstablishingCharacterMoment.Live Action Films: Detective Mills' establishing moment arguably comes not long after the research montage: after spending most of the night working on the case, he's then sent a package of library books on the Seven Deadly Sins by his partner... whereupon Mills loses his temper, refers to Dante as a "poetry-writing faggot piece of shit," and starts throwing books around the inside of his car.
- Film.Metropolis: Fake Maria is seen as the epitome of this. Statues of the seven deadly sins are shown and even animated during a dream sequence, while she sits on top of a statue of a seven-headed dragon.
- Literature.Rachel Griffin: The children are told that demons are often obsessed with one, which can be an exploitable flaw.
- Manga.Muhyo And Roji: One of the envoys uses this theme, attacking with seven barrels that each possess a certain animal on them and correspond to one of the sins.
- Manga.Servamp: The entire theme of the Servamps.
- Music.Sound Horizon: The seven dead princesses' are based on this, from gluttony, greed, envy, sloth, pride, lust, ending on wrath.
- PlayingWith.Rightly Self Righteous: Bob runs down a list of the Seven Deadly Sins and asks what Alice thinks of them. Alice proclaims that she is above them all...until he gets to Pride. Cue abject horror on Alice's part.
- QuirkyMinibossSquad.Video Games: Umineko: When They Cry has the Seven Sisters of Purgatory, a team of red-eyed Ms Fanservices with Names to Run Away from Really Fast, each representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Although they commit numerous murders, they're also just playful sisters that later are summoned by the protagonist's sister, Ange, as her only remaining friends. One of them lets the protagonist chase her around for stealing his breakfast, so "quirky" is a good word for it. They also like to smother Maria's stuffed lion-turned Sakutaro. Later on the Chiesters appear. And then the Eiserne Jungfrau show up.
- Recap.Corner Gas S 5 E 07 Buzz Driver: Ghost in the Machine: Emma offers to make Brent a four-cheese lasagna in exchange for doing chores around the house. Brent is very conflicted, and says that his Gluttony is fighting with his Sloth. Cut to a black void with two Brents arguing.
- Recap.Roommates: Referenced by the title of the page Sloth and Envy
. - Recap.The Stolen Century Chapter Six: The IPRE crash-land onto a planet where four stone judges proceed to judge all of them (minus Lucretia, who escaped) for their past and future crimes, naming the Seven Deadly Sins as their main faults.
- Roleplay.The Worst Pantheon: Azathoth summons a group of them as enemies for the Gods, however all but one are killed before the fight is over.
- TabletopGame.Blue Rose: The result of the autumn god's mind rape and the first evil beings in existence, the Exarchs of Shadow fully embody a deadly sin each.
- Gravicarius (pride)
- Tyrexxus (wrath)
- Ulasta (envy)
- In'nassi (lust)
- Viasta (sloth)
- Yungo (gluttony)
- Mytaxx (greed)
- TabletopGame.Ironclaw: The standard seven are part of S'allumer doctrine, along with one more: selfishness, with its corresponding virtue, altruism.
- VideoGame.Act Raiser: The demon bosses of the sequel are the personification of the sins, corrupting the people through Demonic Possession. Cut out the list of sins because it's too long and not really relevant to the wick check.
- VideoGame.Criminal Girls: Each girl represents one, though some are less obvious than others. This example on the work page includes a list of all the sins.
- VideoGame.Dragon Fable: In the Tomix saga, there is a spirit for each of the Seven Deadly Sins, accidentally relased by him and created from Pandroa..
- VideoGame.Phantom Of The Kill: Belphegor, Mammon, Asmodius, Beelzebub, Leviathan, Lucifer, and Satan (representing Sloth, Greed, Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Pride, and Wrath respectively. Each one is portrayed as being powered up by their retrospective Seven Deadly Sins.
- VideoGame.Witchery: Goetia: Expanded demonology, including several more higher demons and a variety of miniboss-tier demons themed after the Seven Deadly Sins. Not yet released.
- VideoGame.Zombidle: Bob sleeps off often during his rampage of destruction. One of his abilities "Sloth's Form" even references the Deadly Sin, and appropriately enough it gives him an autoclicker-like effect (aka a lazy version of rapid clicking).
- Webcomic.Bouletcorp: Apparently, being a comics writer covers all seven.
- Webcomic.Heartcore: According to Word of God, Ame and the six overfiends each represent a Deadly Sin; Ame is Wrath, Royce is Gluttony, Asmodai is Lust, Emerald is Envy, Slade is Greed, Goristro is Pride, and Carval is Sloth.
- WebVideo.The Knight Shift: Beginning in episode 4 (aptly titled “Ephellogue”), the series drops fast and heavy hints that the House is really Hell itself: Knight is subjected to continuous torture, both psychological (isolation, mind screws, impossible geometries) and physical (he’s stalked and killed by monsters on a nightly basis — and even kills himself on several occasions — only to revive instantly); Knight lampshades the implications, and makes reference to the Seven Deadly Sins; he's attacked at one point by a demonic-looking, red-skinned being, and a red-clad figure identifying himself as "Satan" even takes possession of his body and punishes him. In the end, it's revealed that the House isn't simply "Hell", but The Infernous: an Arkn/Dekn prison dimension that serves as an afterlife (of sorts) and inspired the Western religions' concept of Hell. In short, it's both better AND worse.
- WebOrigina.Mortasheen: Deliberately Different Description: The pages for the various monsters generally have elaborate descriptions of their backstories and abilities. This includes the seven "Devilbirds", which have characteristics based on the Seven Deadly Sins. The exception is the Devilbird of Sloth (depicted as an unhatched egg), which has only a single sentence: "The Devilbird of Sloth doesn't do anything."
Likely unintended "Sin Assigning"
- Characters.Berserk Griffifth Femto: His Pride is the most obvious but Griffith manages to be a nasty combination of all seven of them: All of this feels like sin-assigning
- Cares only to get as much power as he can and him alone, and betrays his followers so he can get a second shot at gaining a kingdom (Greed)
- Betrays all his men to the Godhand in a fit of rage after finding out that they can move on without him, and also rapes Casca in that same fit of rage (Wrath)
- As Guts points out, Griffith won't stop at just gaining a country; he is addicted to performing all these heroic acts because it glorifies his ego and will always want more (Lust)
- Has his men do most of his dirty work (Sloth)
- Just as with Lust, Guts points out that he won't stop at just getting a country; he will always crave higher goals to feed his ever-growing ego, which was probably why he cracked open the astral plane and fused it with the physical world, turning an already Crapsack World into a literal Hell on Earth, so that his rule that is Falconia will ultimately consume the whole world, making him the sole ruler (Gluttony)
- Has displayed intensely jealous behavior towards Guts and Casca, and rapes the latter to spite the former for having dared leave the Band of the Hawks upon becoming Femto (Envy)
- Film.Deep Rising: The villainous mercenary group 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 in a Taking You with Me attempt (Envy), Mason is seen stuffing money into his pockets (Greed) and Billy complains about all the work he has to do (Sloth). Seems to be?
- Literature.Charlie And The Chocolate Factory: Augustus is Gluttony, Violet is Pride, Veruca is Greed (with a touch of Envy, in that she covets many things Mr. Wonka has in his factory, culminating in the Nut Room misadventure), and Mike is Sloth, creating some convenient Aesops. In the 2005 film, 2010 opera, and 2013 musical, Mike also embodies Anger/Wrath (loves violent shows or video games in all three versions, wants to be a Sociopathic Soldier in the opera, and is an Enfant Terrible in the musical). Violet embodies both Pride and Sloth in the 2013 musical (she becomes a celebrity only because her Greedy father hypes up her "talent" of chewing a piece of gum for a long time). In the 2005 film, Mrs. Beauregarde even shows hints of Lust for Willy Wonka (keep in mind, he is played by Johnny Depp). Too nebluous to really be intented, IMO
- SelfDemonstrating.Squidward Tentacles: Wrath, yes. Maybe pride, but you try not being angry when you're Surrounded by Idiots (see below).
- WesternAnimation.Chowder: Seven of the show's core cast are representative of each sin: Based on what?
- Mung Daal, whose swollen ego often hampers his abilities as a chef, represents Pride.
- Chowder, who has an uncontrollable appetite, represents Gluttony.
- Truffles, who has an abrasive temperament, represents Wrath.
- Panini, who is deeply infatuated with Chowder, represents Lust.
- Miss Endive, who is obsessed with triumphing over Mung, represents Greed.
- Gorgonzola, who holds a one-sided rivalry against Chowder, represents Envy.
- Gazpacho, who is controlled by his mother but does very little to improve himself, represents Sloth.
- WesternAnimation.Raggedy Anne And Andy A Musical Adventure: Captain Contagious falls in lust with Babette at first sight and promptly kidnaps her. The Greedy physically embodies both greed and gluttony. King Koo Koo envies taller kings, so to compensate he literally puffs himself up with pride by laughing at others. Gazooks the sea monster is full of sloth when first introduced and has to be extorted to do anything. And when Babette realizes she may have to go back to Marcella, she becomes full of wrath. What is this based on?
Other misuse
- Hell Is War: A number of punishments for Wrathful SOULs in Afterlife (1996) are like this, but the ultimate punishment is "War! (What is it Good For?)," where the damned fight a perpetual war as they are revived shortly after being killed.
- GoddamnBats.The Legend Of Zelda: Keese often let out a Rupee when defeated in the Game Boy games. For greedy players, this gets endlessly frustrating when the rupees end up three tiles into a cave wall.
- Neopets.Tropes Plots And Events: The endgame bosses for each different faction in War of the Obelisk, which also represent the fears of their leaders. However, this is not played completely straight; due in part to Neopets being "family-friendly". Lust is understandably excluded, but Gluttony is oddly replaced as well. Though the "Death" boss that takes the place of Gluttony also has elements of Cupid as well, so you never know… I... don't recall this actually being a thing? Though I could just be entirely wrong.
- PlayingWith.A Hell Of A Time: Character goes to hell, doesn't suffer the torments, uses the pit of eternal fire to keep his feet warm, has a party with the Seven Deadly Sins. Uses it as though they're sentient? It's a Playing With page, though, so it's at least expected to be somewhat comedic...
- TabletopGame.Janus The Persona: Four, actually. Each Epitome represents one.
ZCE/potholes/misc
- Film.The Doll 1919: The monks are a bunch of gluttonous, greedy perverts who are more than willing to participate in The Con for their own gain.
- Music.Flogging Molly: The name and focus of one of their songs.
- Pantheon.Words: Purification, Baseball Paraphernalia, Pride, Specters
- ReferencedBy.Ars Goetia: Mage: The Awakening features goetic demons, embodiments of a character's own Vice that can be given form in order to divest them of unsavory impulses... but that means there's a primal incarnation of Vice walking about. One Legacy, the Clavicularius, draws heavily upon the Ars Goetia and works to draw power from their Goetic demons while keeping them tightly bound. Another Legacy, the Bene Ashmedai, let their base instincts have a measure of free rein and gain power through excess. The latter legacy is a splinter faction of the former, and they tend not to get on well.
- SelfDemonstrating.Panty Anarchy: Lust isn't a fucking sin for me.
- Theatre.Kuro To Shiro: The Fallen Angels embody these.
- Toys.Living Dead Dolls: The dolls of Series 7 exemplify them.
- VideoGame.Avarice: Not to be confused with the Deadly Sin, which is under Greed.
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