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* 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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Right after [[RuleOfThree three]], seven is the most commonly used "meaningful" number in fiction. This can be traced back to the 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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Right after [[RuleOfThree three]], seven is the most commonly used "meaningful" number in fiction. This can be traced back to the 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.



Later, 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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Later, natural phenomena were intentionally shoehorned into this "significant" number, for example example, the colors of the rainbow and the number of continents can be seven, depending on how you count them.



* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has the seven titular orbs which 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.

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* ''Manga/DragonBall'' has the seven titular orbs which 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.



** ''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. And 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.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introduces the Super Dragon Balls, ''planet-sized'' Dragon Balls (and the original ones) which summon Super Shenron, the most powerful Dragon who is entirely omnipotent and can grant any wish.

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** ''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. And the 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 one by one across the finale as well.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introduces the Super Dragon Balls, ''planet-sized'' Dragon Balls (and the original ones) which summon Super Shenron, the most powerful Dragon who is entirely omnipotent and can grant any wish.



** 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 assault 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.

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** 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 assault 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.



** 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 those keys are held by seven Key Keepers.

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** 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 those keys are held by seven Key Keepers.Keepers hold those keys.


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** 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."]]
** One of the triggers for SCP-2747 is the importance of the number 7.
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* The 7-member group Music/{{BTS}} announced a release titled ''MAP OF THE SOUL: 7'' on the 7th year of their career since debut.

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* DC's ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory, both in the Golden Age and in the anthology series by Creator/GrantMorrison. In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'' #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.]]
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
** The League's seven founding members: Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/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.

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* DC's ComicBook/SevenSoldiersOfVictory, both in the Golden Age and in the anthology series by Creator/GrantMorrison. In ''ComicBook/SevenSoldiers'' ''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.]]
* ''Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'':
** The League's seven founding members: Franchise/{{Superman}}, Franchise/{{Batman}}, Franchise/WonderWoman, 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.



*** 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.

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*** 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=] DC simultaneously to Martian Manhunter calling in the Atom because he was the seventh "new member" since the League's inception.
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* {{Music/Hawkwind}}'s "Seven by Seven":
-->''7 signs rode on 7 stars\\
7 ways to find the long lost bards\\
7 days became 7 years\\
While Pocus laughed and called foul jeers\\
7 times he cursed the 7 tears\\
Each one became their 7 fears''
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* ''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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* In ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'', the Machinegal Dolls are a group of seven gynoids developed by Professor Amagi/Machinegal. They consist of Isabelle (their leader),Sayuri, Nastassja, Vivien, Brooke, Elizabeth, and Jennifer.

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* In ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'', the Machinegal Dolls are a group of seven gynoids developed by Professor Amagi/Machinegal. They consist of Isabelle (their leader),Sayuri, leader), Brooke, Vivien, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Nastassja, Vivien, Brooke, Elizabeth, and Jennifer.Sayuri.
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* In ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'', Dr. Amagi/Machinegal's the Machinegal Dolls are a group of seven gynoids.gynoids developed by Professor Amagi/Machinegal. They consist of Isabelle (their leader),Sayuri, Nastassja, Vivien, Brooke, Elizabeth, and Jennifer.
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* 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.
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* ''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.

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* RuleOfSeven/{{Literature}}
* RuleOfSeven/VideoGames
* RuleOfSeven/RealLife
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStrongVanya'':
** Vanya spends seven years lying on his home's stove, living off seven sacks of sunflower seeds and relying on seven sheepskin blankets to keep himself warm. After leaving his home, he travels through seven countries and seven kingdoms during seven times seven weeks until he crosses the White Mountains.
** Foma Drachensohn, the Stone Knight, is armed with three swords. The smallest of them weighs seven times seven Russian Poods (1 Pood=16,38 kgs). His second sword weighs seventy-seven Poods, and the third one weighs seven times seventy-seven Poods.
** The old blind Tsar declared his daughter will only get married to the one who brings the armor of the Tsar Ivan Vasilievich. However, if no suitor succeeds in fulfilling the task in seven years and seven times seven weeks, the law states the Vasilissa must get married to her most distinguished suitor.
* ''Literature/BookOfSwords'': The second volume of the series deals with the Seven Sealings of Benambra's Gold, which are: The hidden location of the treasure, the dragon guarding the entrance, a complex maze, a garrison of guards, a magical barrier, a demon bound to the grounds, and the greed of the thieves seeking to rob it.
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Jacob Marley has been dead for seven years (to the day) when the story begins.
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** Seven volumes of the series itself, released over the course of seven years (1950, ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54, ‘55, ‘56).
** Seven creatures are invited to The First Council by Aslan.
** The Seven Brothers of Shuddering Wood - red dwarfs - immediately ally with Prince Caspian and provide him with armament.
** Finding the Seven Lost Lords is the mission behind ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''.
*** The titular ship stops in seven locations following the arrival of the Edmund, Lucy, and Eusatce.
** The Seven Isles are an archipelago of the northeast coast of Narnia.
** King Tirian (''The Last Battle'') is seventh in descent from King Rilian (''The Silver Chair'').
** The Seven Friends of Narnia present in ''The Last Battle''.
* ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'': Has the seven tribes of Deltora and the seven gems of the belt of Deltora. The third cycle adds the seven dragons.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Subverted; the most magical number is 8. Magic being a very [[SpeakOfTheDevil dangerous thing to play with]], there are a lot of superstitions around the number (some people insist on calling it "7a"). Notably, every mystically significant group of seven on Roundworld, from Deadly Sins to days of the week, to the colours of the rainbow, has an extra one on the Disc.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': The Senior Council is composed of the seven most powerful Wizards in the world (although often there's a lot of politicking involved in choosing a new member). Additionally, there are Seven Laws of Magic (more like seven prohibitions on using it).
* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': There are seven Saints, each one representing one of the seven available elements.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Invoked by Voldemort, who planned on splitting his own soul into seven pieces — six {{Soul Jar}}s plus the piece still in his body. [[spoiler:Then he made Harry the seventh Horcrux without knowing it...]]
** Seven books for seven years at Hogwarts.
** Seven Weasley children.
** Seven members on a Quidditch team.
** Hogwarts has seven floors (plus the ground floor and the dungeons).
** Seven challenges protecting the eponymous stone in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''.
** This would have culminated with book 7 being released on 7/7/07, but [[HarsherInHindsight the bomb attacks on London]] the year before put a damper on that, so the publisher released it on the 21st (7+7+7) instead.
** The magical age of majority is 17 rather than 18.
** Harry Potter confronts Voldemort seven times in the series:
*** First, when he was a baby and Voldemort came to kill him.
*** Second is at the end of the first book, [[spoiler:sharing Quirrel's body]].
*** Then one year later [[spoiler:against his Horcrux from the diary as it is coming to life]].
*** Two years later, [[spoiler:when Voldemort regains his physical form]].
*** The following year again, [[spoiler:in the Ministry of Magic]].
*** At the start of [[spoiler:book seven, when Harry and the Order are transporting him from the Dursley's]].
*** And finally, at the end of the last book, [[spoiler:when Harry gives himself away to Voldemort, which leads to their final showdown and Voldemort's defeat]].
* ''Literature/HelenAndTroysEpicRoadQuest'': Seven is a very popular number for quest-landmarks, including the Cave of Seven Riddles, the Peril of the Seven Sisters, the Deadly Trial of the Seven Knights, the Deathly Lair of the Seven-Headed Ogre, and the Seven Perils of Deathly Doom.
* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': Seven heroes for the Prophecy of the Seven in the series.
* ''Illuminatus!'': Averted, since the magic number is five. Characters spend some time discussing whether the Law of Fives is real, or an artifact of perception, or if there's a difference.
* ''Literature/KeysToTheKingdom'': Has seven [[DayOfTheWeekName Morrow Days]] who are [[EvilOverlord Trustees]] of seven [[GottaCatchThemAll Parts of]] [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Will]] which each represent one of the SevenHeavenlyVirtues and wield seven [[CosmicKeystone magic]] [[CapitalLettersAreMagic Keys]], who each hold jurisdiction over one of the [[HourOfPower seven days of the week]] and are in charge of one of the seven parts of [[BiggerOnTheInside The]] [[TheMultiverse House]] and due to breaking their [[MagicallyBindingContract contracts]], each suffer from one of the SevenDeadlySins.
* ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': In ''The Long Winter'', Pa is hanging out at the general store when an old Native American chief comes into the store, accompanied by a younger Native American man who serves as a translator. This is highly unusual, because usually the Native Americans in the area stay away from the white people. The old chief tells the men in the store that the lore of their tribe states that there will be a severe winter every seven years, and that every seven times seven years (49 years), there will be an unbelievably severe winter. And that the current year is a seven times seven year. This turns out to come true, as the entire book is about an extremely severe winter that almost results in the Ingalls family starving to death.
* ''Literature/LordDarcy'': Lampshaded, where the characters are making fun of a sect for thinking 7 is a magical number - in that world's magic, only five - and, to a lesser extent, six - are.
* ''Literature/LumbanicoTheCubicPlanet'': Aralia remains trapped in the Arista during seven years until she discovers one hidden way out of the secret vale.
* ''Literature/MidnightsChildren'': Parvati-the-witch is born seven seconds after midnight, making her one of the most powerful of the titular children.
* ''Literature/TheMonsterMen'': von Horn has not set foot on a place under American jurisdiction in seven years.
* ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'': Has seven levels of Twilight.
* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'': In the novel ''Rosemary And Rue'', Toby contemplates how she vanished longer than the seven years necessary to declare a human dead.
* ''Literature/TheOrdinaryPrincess'': The titular character is a seventh child and her full name has seven words. Her name is Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne.
* ''Literature/RainbowMagic'': There are seven fairies in each series and seven magical items Jack Frost stole.
* ''Literature/RowanOfRin'': "Seven hearts the journey make. Seven ways the hearts will break."
* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': Practically every number you encounter in the series is either somehow related to the number seven (often the result of adding the numbers together), or an homage to something or other. There's even a list at the end of the first book.
* ''The Seven Sleepers'': This Gilbert L. Morris series is about seven teenagers who have adventures in a post-nuclear attacked world.
* ''Literature/TheSevenwatersTrilogy'': The protagonist's family lives at Sevenwaters, which has a lake in the centre with seven streams feeding into it.
* ''The Seven Wise Princesses'': Based on the Persian epic poem ''Haft Paykar'', the new Shah invites seven princesses from distant lands to live in color-coded pavilions that correspond to the heavenly bodies. When he visits each of them in turn, they tell him multi-layered stories that offer advice and wisdom for rulership.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Seven is an ArcNumber of the series.
** The largest polity in Westeros is called the Seven Kingdoms, which were once seven independent monarchies until the Targaryens came along.
** The Faith of the Seven is the dominant religion in the main setting. It worships a god that has seven aspects: the Father, the Mother, the Warrior, the Smith, the Maiden, the Crone, and the Stranger. It teaches seven heavens and seven hells, each more intense than the last. Their congregation hall is called a sept, and their godsworn people are called septons and septas; "sept" is French for "seven".
** The Kingsguard has seven members.
** Ned and Catelyn Stark raise seven children at the start of the series: their five biological children (Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, and Rickon), Ned's bastard (Jon Snow), and Theon Greyjoy, who has been a ward of the Starks since he was 10 years old.

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* ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfStrongVanya'':
** Vanya spends
''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'' built seven years lying on his home's stove, living off seven sacks of sunflower seeds and relying on seven sheepskin blankets to keep himself warm. After leaving his home, he travels through seven countries and seven kingdoms during seven times seven weeks until he crosses the White Mountains.
** Foma Drachensohn, the Stone Knight, is armed with three swords. The smallest of them weighs seven times seven Russian Poods (1 Pood=16,38 kgs). His second sword weighs seventy-seven Poods, and the third one weighs seven times seventy-seven Poods.
** The old blind Tsar declared his daughter will only get married to the one who brings the armor of the Tsar Ivan Vasilievich. However, if no suitor succeeds in fulfilling the task in seven years and seven times seven weeks, the law states the Vasilissa must get married to her most distinguished suitor.
* ''Literature/BookOfSwords'': The second volume of the series deals with the Seven Sealings of Benambra's Gold, which are: The hidden location of the treasure, the dragon guarding the entrance, a complex maze, a garrison of guards, a magical barrier, a demon bound to the grounds, and the greed of the thieves seeking to rob it.
* ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'': Jacob Marley has been dead
homes for seven years (to the day) when the story begins.
* ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'':
** Seven volumes of the series itself, released over the course of seven years (1950, ‘51, ‘52, ‘53, ‘54, ‘55, ‘56).
** Seven creatures are invited to The First Council by Aslan.
** The Seven Brothers of Shuddering Wood - red dwarfs - immediately ally with Prince Caspian and provide him with armament.
** Finding the Seven Lost Lords is the mission behind ''The Voyage of the Dawn Treader''.
*** The titular ship stops
families in seven locations following the arrival of the Edmund, Lucy, and Eusatce.
** The Seven Isles are an archipelago of the northeast coast of Narnia.
** King Tirian (''The Last Battle'') is seventh in descent from King Rilian (''The Silver Chair'').
** The Seven Friends of Narnia present in ''The Last Battle''.
* ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'': Has the seven tribes of Deltora and the seven gems of the belt of Deltora. The third cycle adds the seven dragons.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': Subverted; the most magical number is 8. Magic being a very [[SpeakOfTheDevil dangerous thing to play with]], there are a lot of superstitions around the number (some people insist on calling it "7a"). Notably, every mystically significant group of seven on Roundworld, from Deadly Sins to
days of the week, to the colours of the rainbow, has an extra one on the Disc.
in their finale.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'': The Senior Council is composed of the seven most powerful Wizards in the world (although often there's a lot of politicking involved in choosing a new member). Additionally, there are Seven Laws of Magic (more like seven prohibitions on using it).
* ''Literature/TheEmpiriumTrilogy'': There are seven Saints, each one representing one of the seven available elements.
* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
** Invoked by Voldemort, who planned on splitting his own soul into seven pieces — six {{Soul Jar}}s plus the piece still in his body. [[spoiler:Then he made Harry the seventh Horcrux without knowing it...
"significant seven" Cylons. Subverted: [[spoiler:There used to be eight, and #7 was unlucky enough to be Abel to Cavil's Cain.]]
** * Seven books for seven years at Hogwarts.
mysterious PlotCoupon[=s=] in ''Series/DefyingGravity'', each located on a different astronomical object.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** The Seven Weasley children.
** Seven members on a Quidditch team.
** Hogwarts has seven floors (plus
Kingdoms is the ground floor 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 dungeons).
** Seven challenges protecting the eponymous stone in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone''.
** This would have culminated with book 7 being released on 7/7/07, but [[HarsherInHindsight the bomb attacks on London]] the year before put a damper on that, so the publisher released it on the 21st (7+7+7) instead.
** The magical age of majority is 17 rather than 18.
** Harry Potter confronts Voldemort seven times in the series:
*** First, when he was a baby and Voldemort came to kill him.
*** Second is at the end of the first book, [[spoiler:sharing Quirrel's body]].
*** Then one year later [[spoiler:against his Horcrux
First Men from the diary as it is coming to life]].
*** Two years later, [[spoiler:when Voldemort regains his physical form]].
*** The following year again, [[spoiler:in the Ministry of Magic]].
*** At the start of [[spoiler:book seven, when Harry and the Order are transporting him from the Dursley's]].
*** And finally, at the end of the last book, [[spoiler:when Harry gives himself away to Voldemort, which leads to their final showdown and Voldemort's defeat]].
* ''Literature/HelenAndTroysEpicRoadQuest'': Seven is a very popular number for quest-landmarks, including the Cave of Seven Riddles, the Peril of the Seven Sisters, the Deadly Trial of the Seven Knights, the Deathly Lair of the Seven-Headed Ogre, and the Seven Perils of Deathly Doom.
* ''Literature/TheHeroesOfOlympus'': Seven heroes for the Prophecy of the Seven
Red Keep in the series.
* ''Illuminatus!'': Averted, since
city of King's Landing. Its name dates back to the magic number is five. Characters spend some time discussing whether prior to the Law War of Fives is real, or an artifact of perception, or if there's a difference.
* ''Literature/KeysToTheKingdom'': Has seven [[DayOfTheWeekName Morrow Days]] who are [[EvilOverlord Trustees]] of seven [[GottaCatchThemAll Parts of]] [[SpellMyNameWithAThe The Will]] which each represent one of the SevenHeavenlyVirtues and wield seven [[CosmicKeystone magic]] [[CapitalLettersAreMagic Keys]], who each hold jurisdiction over one of the [[HourOfPower seven days of the week]] and are in charge of one of the seven parts of [[BiggerOnTheInside The]] [[TheMultiverse House]] and due to breaking their [[MagicallyBindingContract contracts]], each suffer from one of the SevenDeadlySins.
* ''Literature/LittleHouseOnThePrairie'': In ''The Long Winter'', Pa is hanging out at the general store when an old Native American chief comes into the store, accompanied by a younger Native American man who serves as a translator. This is highly unusual, because usually the Native Americans in the area stay away from the white people. The old chief tells the men in the store that the lore of their tribe states that there will be a severe winter every seven years, and that every seven times seven years (49 years), there will be an unbelievably severe winter. And that the current year is a seven times seven year. This turns out to come true, as the entire book is about an extremely severe winter that almost results in the Ingalls family starving to death.
* ''Literature/LordDarcy'': Lampshaded, where the characters are making fun of a sect for thinking 7 is a magical number - in that world's magic, only five - and, to a lesser extent, six - are.
* ''Literature/LumbanicoTheCubicPlanet'': Aralia remains trapped in the Arista
Conquest, during seven years until she discovers one hidden way out of the secret vale.
* ''Literature/MidnightsChildren'': Parvati-the-witch is born seven seconds after midnight, making her one of the most powerful of the titular children.
* ''Literature/TheMonsterMen'': von Horn has not set foot on a place under American jurisdiction in seven years.
* ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'': Has seven levels of Twilight.
* ''Literature/OctoberDaye'': In the novel ''Rosemary And Rue'', Toby contemplates how she vanished longer than the seven years necessary to declare a human dead.
* ''Literature/TheOrdinaryPrincess'': The titular character is a seventh child and her full name has seven words. Her name is Amethyst Alexandra Augusta Araminta Adelaide Aurelia Anne.
* ''Literature/RainbowMagic'': There are seven fairies in each series and seven magical items Jack Frost stole.
* ''Literature/RowanOfRin'': "Seven hearts the journey make. Seven ways the hearts will break."
* ''Literature/SeptimusHeap'': Practically every number you encounter in the series is either somehow related to the number seven (often the result of adding the numbers together), or an homage to something or other. There's even a list at the end of the first book.
* ''The Seven Sleepers'': This Gilbert L. Morris series is about seven teenagers who have adventures in a post-nuclear attacked world.
* ''Literature/TheSevenwatersTrilogy'': The protagonist's family lives at Sevenwaters,
which has a lake in the centre with seven streams feeding into it.
* ''The Seven Wise Princesses'': Based on the Persian epic poem ''Haft Paykar'', the new Shah invites seven princesses from distant lands to live in color-coded pavilions that correspond to the heavenly bodies. When he visits each of them in turn, they tell him multi-layered stories that offer advice and wisdom for rulership.
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Seven is an ArcNumber of the series.
** The largest polity in Westeros is called the Seven Kingdoms, which were once
seven independent monarchies until kingdoms existed in the Targaryens came along.
continent.
** The Faith of the Seven is the dominant main religion in of the main setting. It worships a god Seven Kingdoms. In death, the Faith believes that has seven aspects: the Father, the Mother, the Warrior, the Smith, the Maiden, the Crone, there are Seven Heavens and the Stranger. It teaches seven heavens and seven hells, each more intense than the last. Their congregation hall is called a sept, and their godsworn people are called septons and septas; "sept" is French for "seven".
Seven Hells.
** The Kingsguard has is an elite group of seven members.
** Ned
knights, supposedly the greatest and Catelyn Stark raise seven children at most skilled warriors in all of Westeros, who serve as the start royal bodyguard of the series: their five biological children (Robb, Sansa, Arya, Bran, and Rickon), Ned's bastard (Jon Snow), and Theon Greyjoy, who has been a ward King of the Starks since he was 10 years old.Andals and the First Men.



** Creator/GeorgeRRMartin is currently planning on making the series seven books long; [[TrilogyCreep whether he'll actually be able to do that]] [[FourLinesAllWaiting is another matter.]]
* ''Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium'':
** ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' / ''Literature/TheHistoryOfMiddleEarth''
*** Each of the Seven Fathers of the Dwarves was the progenitor of one of the seven dwarven kindreds (Blacklocks, Broadbeams, Firebeards, Ironfists, Longbeards, Stiffbeards, Stonefoots).
*** Durin's Crown is a constellation made up of seven stars and named for the eldest of the Seven Fathers.
*** Feanor has seven sons, which is remarkedly unusual for an Elf.
** ''Literature/TheFallOfGondolin'':
*** Turgon got seven ships built to send one message to Valinor.
*** The entryway to the Elven city of Gondolin is protected by seven gates (wood, stone, bronze, iron, silver, gold, and steel).
*** Gondolin is the City of Seven Names:
---->'We are the guardians of the issue of the Way of Escape. Rejoice that ye have found it, for behold before you the City of Seven Names where all who war with Melko may find hope.'\\
Then said Tuor: 'What be those names?' And the chief of the guard made answer: 'It is said and it is sung: "Gondobar am I called and Gondothlimbar, City of Stone and City of the Dwellers in Stone; Gondolin the Stone of Song and Gwarestrin am I named, the Tower of Guard, Gar Thurion or the Secret Place, for I am hidden from the eyes of Melko; but they who love me most greatly call me Loth, for like a flower am I, even Lothengriol the flower that blooms on the plain." Yet,' said he, 'in our daily speech we speak and we name it mostly Gondolin.'
*** The Gondolin's archers "might shoot an arrow into heaven seven times as far as could the best bowman among Men"
*** After finally finding out the location of Gondolin, Morgoth waits seven years until his new war machines are built and ready.
** ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
*** The Seven Rings of the seven Dwarf Lords; also a ShoutOut to "Literature/SnowWhite".
*** Seven palantíri - seeing stones - were brought to Middle-Earth by the refugees of Númenor.
*** The flag of the kings of Gondor depicts seven stars with the White Tree.
*** The city of Minas Tirith consists of seven levels.
* ''Literature/TheTreacheryOfBeautifulThings'': Seven years pass between Tom's disappearance and Jenny's following him.
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[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
* ''Series/ExtremeMakeoverHomeEdition'' built seven homes for seven families in seven days in their finale.
* ''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.]]
* Seven mysterious PlotCoupon[=s=] in ''Series/DefyingGravity'', each located on a different astronomical object.
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'':
** 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.
** 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.
** 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.
** 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.



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* ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'': The game is divided into seven missions. The first two focus on Jake weakening the enemy forces, the next two focusing on the destruction of Arc Nova and its aftermath, and the final three deciding the end of the war.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** In ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'', there are seven Mushroom Retainers (Toads) imprisoned respectively in the first seven worlds.
** Seven worlds in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioLand2SixGoldenCoins''. Justified in the former, as its precursor (''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic'') is set in a storybook that lasts seven chapters. In the latter, they're six Zones (the specific areas of Mario Land) plus the castle at the center.
** Bowser has seven minions collectively known as the Koopalings, who debuted in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''. Bowser Jr., his son, became the eighth in later games.
** Each of the painting worlds in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' has seven Power Stars, including the 100-Coin Star. And in the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS remake, each playable character has to catch seven rabbits in order to unlock all special minigames; there is also a Power Star obtained after capturing all seven white rabbits.
** The last level in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine'' is unlocked after defeating Shadow Mario in each of the other seven worlds. And in each of them, Shadow Mario is found in the seventh episode.
** Seven Sprixie Princesses in ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld''. Relatedly, seven of the collectible stamps are modeled after them.
** ''VideoGame/MarioParty3'': Story Mode revolves around collecting the legendary seven Star Stamps to become the next Superstar. The Stamps represent, respectively: Wit, Kindness, Strength, Love, Courage, Beauty and Mischief.
** Seven Star Pieces in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG: Legend of the '''Seven''' Stars''.
** Seven Star Spirits in the original ''VideoGame/{{Paper Mario|64}}''.
** Seven Crystal Stars in ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor''.
** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has ''eight'' Pure Hearts, but you start the game with one of them, so you've still got to get seven.
** ''VideoGame/MarioKart7'', the first game in the ''VideoGame/MarioKart'' series to be numbered this way. Also the debut of the Lucky Seven item, which gives an assortment of seven weapons.
* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'':
** Seven Chaos Emeralds. There were six Chaos Emeralds in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first Sonic game]], though.
** Even when it's not Chaos Emeralds, there are seven MacGuffin-style items to collect. [[VideoGame/SonicAndTheSecretRings Seven Rings in Hand]], for example.
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** There are seven Princesses of Heart, women with heart made of pure light, who can open the final keyhole.
** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' features seven worlds, with seven sleeping keyholes. It also introduces the concept of seven lights, a component of the χ-Blade, later revealed to be seven Keyblade wielders (Sora, Riku, Mickey, Aqua, Ventus, Lea, and Kairi).
** The original Keyblade Masters consist of the Master of Masters and his six students, all of whom are named after the SevenDeadlySins.
* Seven needles in ''VideoGame/Mother3''.
* Seven personalities in ''VideoGame/Killer7'', along with a revolver that has seven chambers. The game is also divided into seven chapters.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', a gun named [=Killer7=] costs 77700 pesetas, and has initially a seven-bullet capacity.
* The ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' trilogy established Creator/{{Bungie}}'s RunningGag of putting references to the number "7" in everything. [[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/seven.html Just look at this!]]
* Prominent in the ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' series, due to this being a Creator/{{Bungie}} RunningGag:
** There have been whole groves of EpilepticTrees over how almost every arbitrary number in the series is somehow related to 7. One of the more obvious ones is 117, Master Chief's operating number, and that there are seven of the eponymous Halo rings [[spoiler: or were, before MC blew one up in the [[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved first game]]]].
** 343 Guilty Spark, the namesake of current franchise developers Creator/ThreeFourThreeIndustries. 343 is 7³. In fact, all the Halos' Monitors have designation numbers that are multiples of 7.
* All over the place with ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' Wii's version of Aran Ryan. He can knock you out in seven punches, he always gets up from a knockdown on the seventh count, you can hit him seven times when he's stunned, you instantly win if you hit him with seven Star Punches, and sevens pop up in his challenges in Exhibition Mode. He's Irish, so it's a "lucky seven"/"luck of the Irish" gag.
* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' (figures) has something interesting happen if a character's HP hits 7777. The Lucky Seven concept continues in the prequel ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'', where getting three Sevens on the Digital Mind Wave (the battle system's slot-machine gimmick) will level up your character.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' contains the attack "Lucky 7s", a ShoutOut to the above.
* The seventh ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' game is the only one to feature the "Supernatural Border" system, which can and will save your life on occasion. It is also the first game in the series to have visible hitboxes. Also, most of the games have a total of 7 stages - 6 normal and the Extra. The 2 exceptions are ''Story of Eastern Wonderland'' (with only 6) and ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'' (Phantasm = 8).
* Stage 7 of ''VideoGame/BattleGaregga'' is home to a very popular scoring trick involving using bombs on the penultimate boss's grenades.
* ''DJMAX Technika'' has a song called "Area 7".
* There are seven tetrominoes in ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'': I, T, O, S, Z, L, J.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Gaiden'', stage 8 of the first loop has [[BossRush six bosses]]. On the second loop, it gains a [[ThatOneBoss seventh boss, Heaven's Gate]].
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The best you can get at the slots in the Game Corner is [[LuckySeven triple sevens]].
** In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]'', the Sevii Islands are are seven normally accessible islands (though certain event lets you access two more) and they were all created in 7 days, according to a lady on Quest Island, the seventh island. Quest Island itself also houses the seven botany-themed Tanoby Chambers, which are chock full of Unown and shrouded in mystery. Additionally, there are seven ''beta'' "Sevii Islands" that are not accessible during normal gameplay.
** ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Pokémon Emerald Version]]'' introduces Gym Leader-like individuals known as the seven Frontier Brains, each of whom heads a unique battling facility. To attain success in said facilities, one must repeatedly win by defeating sets of seven Trainers in a row. There are a few exceptions, though.
** In [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Generation V]], the villainous Team Plasma includes a group of high-ranking members known as the Seven Sages.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky'' all feature the Seven Treasures, items which are obtained by defeating seven bosses that guard seven secret dungeons.
* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': The game set the tradition in itself and subsequent games of featuring seven sages who are entrusted the role of protecting Hyrule. In this game in particular, the sages are the Seven Maidens, among which Princess Zelda is included. To rescue them, Link has to venture through the DarkWorld and conquer seven dangerous dungeons, many of which are coincidentially located in areas equivalent to major locations in Hyrule.[[note]]The Dark Palace and Misery Mire sit where the East and Desert Palaces respectively are in the Light World, the location of Ice Palace matches that of one of the Light World's Great Fairy, the Skull Woods' whereabouts match those of the Master Sword in the Light World, Thieves' Town is located in Kakariko Village's dark counterpart, and Turtle Rock is placed not too far from Ganon's Tower (which in turn stands in for the Light World's Tower of Hera. The only outlier is Swamp Palace, as its Light World version is a regular, unimportant cave.[[/note]]. The Seven Sages return, with different incarnations based on their eras, in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwordsAdventures Four Swords Adventures]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds A Link Between Worlds]]''; there ''were'' Seven Sages in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' before [[spoiler:Ganondorf killed one of them]].
** The following games have exactly seven dungeons/stages each:
*** ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'': Seven palaces across all of Hyrule. The first six have statues onto which the sacred crystals have to be deposited in order to dispel the barrier protecting the entrance to the seventh, where the Triforce of Courage awaits.
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'': The first two dungeons are tackled to earn the Goddess Pearls (Dragon Roost Cavern and Forbidden Woods), the next two are tackled to find the Master Sword and then finally rescue Link's sister (Tower of the Gods and Forsaken Fortress respectively), the next two are tackled to awaken the new Sages and empower the Master Sword (Earth Temple and Wind Temple), and finally the final dungeon to confront Ganondorf and save Zelda (Ganon's Tower).
*** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'': The game combines the trope with RuleOfThree, as Link embarks on a journey across the first three dungeons (Skyview Temple, Earth Temple and Lanayru Mining Facility) to find Zelda's whereabouts, then the next three dungeons (Ancient Cistern, Sandship and Fire Sanctuary) to upgrade the Goddess Sword into the Master Sword, and finally the seventh dungeon (Sky Keep) to find the three fragments of the Triforce and destroy The Imprisoned.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'': Seven Zora eggs to retrieve. The number is relevant because ''all seven'' must be grouped together so they can hatch. For the same reason, the song the newborn Zora children teach to Link to cure Lulu's disphonia and enter the Great Bay Temple has seven musical notes in its chorus.
** In the ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames Oracle of Seasons]]'', there is a secret that requires the player to find 777 Ore Chunks.
* ''VideoGame/LaytonsMysteryJourneyKatrielleAndTheMillionairesConspiracy'': The eponymous millionaires are a group of seven wealthy individuals known collectively as the Seven Dragons. Each of them is involved in one of the cases Katrielle investigates (from the second to the eighth), though they're all good characters. They ''do'' hide a dark secret, though it's more of a major regret they share, and isn't revealed until the final chapter.
* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' references ''VideoGame/Killer7'' with the Lovikov Balls, as there are 49 of them in total (7 x 7), seven are required for a new ability, of which there are seven as well (each of them based on one of Emir's personalities from ''[=Killer7=]''). Also, one of the Dark Side powers are enabled when the jackpot (which appears every time an enemy is killed) hits 777. In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle'', both training courses in Ryan's gym have seven levels each.
* In the backstory of the ''Franchise/DragonAge'' games, Chantry lore claims that the Blight appeared on Thedas when seven ancient Tevinter Magisters traveled to the Golden City of the Maker in an attempt to steal his power. Their invasion of the City corrupted it into the Black City, and they returned to Thedas as the first Darkspawn. [[spoiler:The Chantry's lore is all but confirmed in the VideoGame/DragonAgeII DLC "Legacy" with the appearance of Corypheus, one of the original Magisters, who acts as the FinalBoss.]] Each magister corresponded to one of the seven old gods, which means there should be seven blights. Possibly subverted, as there is speculation InUniverse to the existence of an eighth old god.
* The fifth case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' features a police ID that is all 7's. [[spoiler:That ID belongs to [[DaChief Police Chief]] Damon Gant, the murderer of both the current case and the SL-9 Incident.]]
* The number seven is huge in ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. Seven fonons for seven elements. Seven fonstones. Six party members, but Mieu makes seven companions, while Asch is something of the seventh playable character. Six God Generals, but their leader makes seven antagonists. Overlaps with ArcNumber.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', the monsters need the power of seven human souls in order to break the barrier keeping them underground. They already have six of them when the player character stumbles into their kingdom...
* ''Videogame/FallenLondon'': [[ArcWords Seven is the Number]]. What does this mean? It's not entirely known. But there are more than a few ominous events where the number is relevant, and usually not good news. [[spoiler:Especially when it comes to Mr. Eaten's name; there are always a number of horrible acts you must commit on yourself, and that number is always seven. [[BodyHorror Seven are the scars]] [[WoundThatWillNotHeal that will not heal]]. [[GoMadFromTheIsolation Seven are the chains that weigh on Seeker's minds]]. [[DamagedSoul Seven are the stains that mark their soul]]. And at the end, there are seven [[ArtifactOfDoom candles]] they must collect]].
* ''VideoGame/Idolish7'' The titular idol group has 7 members
* In the mobile phone game ''VideoGame/LoveNikkiDressUpQueen'' the game's world, Miraland, has 7 nations (Apple Federal, Lilith Kingdom, Cloud Empire, Pigeon Kingdom, North Kingdom, Republic of Wasteland, and Ruin Island), all with their own distinct fashion styles.
* ''VideoGame/CerealSoup'': The creationist god Prideweaver not only had [[MassiveNumberedSiblings seven sisters]], but also had seven sons, with each one being raised by their aunts.
* ''VideoGame/SilentHope'' has seven heroes, with a total of seven different fighting styles, and each of them being a color in the seven-colored rainbow.
* The ''VideoGame/TrailsSeries'' has the number seven as a major thing throughout the franchise. From the seven elements of Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Time, Space, and Mirage, to the Seven Sept-Terrion the [[AncientConspiracy Ouroboros]] members have been trying to look for.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' introduces the seven Bracer Guild ranks that start from F which the lowest, all the way to S rank which is the highest ranked bracer that it's supposed to be a secret to the public. [[TheHero Estelle]]'s father is one such member who is in the S rank. ''Sky the 3rd'' adds [[AnotherDimension Phantasma]], which has seven planes.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsFromZeroAndTrailsToAzure'', specifically ''Azure'', introduces the seventh Anguis of Ouroboros, Arianrhod who's also known as "[[RedBaron The Steel Maiden]]".
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel'' gives us the main characters of Class VII, the seven floors of the Old Schoolhouse, the [[HumongousMecha Seven Divine Knights]], and TheHero Rean Schwarzer who specializes in the seventh form of the [[FantasticFightingStyle Eight Leaves, One Blade]] style.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsIntoReverie'' gives us the seven floors of the mysterious Reverie Corridor where the characters get unwillingly dragged into.
** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsThroughDaybreak'' plays with this trope in that there are eight Genesis artifacts that are missing and that Agnès hires [[TheHero Van Arkride]] to find them. At the end of the game however, only ''seven'' of these artifacts are recovered with the final artifact being saved for a SequelHook.
* In ''VideoGame/UncleAlbertsMagicalAlbum'', the player must collect seven statuettes to get to the treasure and save Tom.
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* In the sinking of the Titanic, lifeboat 7 was the first to depart the ship.
* Seven continents on Earth.
* Seven seas.
* Seven wonders of the world.
* Seven days in a week. Which is, in turn, caused by the presence of seven celestial objects regularly visible from Earth -- the sun, moon and five planets.
* Seven colors of the rainbow. This is actually a [[AssPull contrivance]] of Sir UsefulNotes/IsaacNewton, a well-known scientist and not-well-known mystic. [[NewerThanTheyThink Observing the spectrum of sunlight produced by his prism]], he convinced himself that the area between blue and purple was a separate color, indigo, because seven colors would fit his numerology better. The joke of this is, he missed a ''real'' seventh color: cyan, between green and blue. In Russian language, [[http://blog.properrussian.com/2011/05/what-colors-are-there-in-your-rainbow.html cyan IS addressed as the true seventh color]].
* As a homage to this trope, the highest jackpots on a slot machine is often assigned to three 7s.
* 21 (7×3) in blackjack.
* Seven is the most likely roll of a pair of standard six-sided dice. In craps, you can win by rolling a seven (or eleven) first, and lose by getting seven on any subsequent roll. The fact that seven is the most likely sum for the outcome of rolling two dice (with a probability of 1/6) is likely the origin of the whole "seven is a lucky number" superstition.
* In chemistry, the pH scale is neutral at 7. And it's not arbitrary at all, since H+ molarity in water is approximately 10^(-7), and pH is a logarithmic scale (though the mole's value, from which molarity comes, is indeed a fixed one).
* By analogy to the Pleiades, "The Seven Sisters" is used to refer to:
** The seven historic women's colleges of the United States (Barnard, Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Vassar, and Wellesley).
** The seven largest oil companies in the world from 1940 to 1973. More specifically, they were part of the Consortium for Iran oil cartel. Before they were sidelined by OPEC, the seven were responsible for a rather large amount of unpleasantness in the Middle East. They are (current names): BP, Gulf Oil, Chevron, Royal Dutch Shell, Esso, Exxon-Mobil, and So Cal.
** The original seven Hollywood film companies: Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox, Creator/ColumbiaPictures, Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer, Creator/{{Paramount}}, Creator/RKOPictures, Creator/{{Universal}}, and Creator/WarnerBros
** The seven main denominations of the American Protestant church: Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Congregationalist, Baptist, and Reformed.
** The common English nickname for the seven Stalinist skyscrapers built in Moscow in late '40s to early '50s: Hotel Ukraine, Hotel Leningradskaya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs main building, Red Gates administrative building, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment building, Kudrinskaya Square building and the Moscow State University main building. Built on a massive scale in a combination of American Art Deco and Russian Baroque styles, they were to represent the power of the country emerging victorious from the ruin of WWII. Ironically, two more were planned, but never built, as Stalin died and Khruschev wasn't a follower of his notions of grandeur. Note that the name isn't used in Russia itself, where these are called simply (Stalin's) Highrises.
* Almost all mammals have seven cervical vertebrae.
* A lot of cities are claimed to have been built on "Seven Hills." Rome is the most famous and would be the trope namer if this were a trope itself, but the other wiki has a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_claimed_to_be_built_on_seven_hills whole list of them]].
* A (seven-spotted) ladybug [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin has seven spots]].
* Seven is the atomic number of nitrogen, which makes up the majority of Earth's atmosphere.
* In physics and metrology, there are seven SI base units: Meter (length), kilogram (mass), second (time), kelvin (temperature), mole (amount of substance), ampere (electric current), and candela (luminous intensity).
* Television channels with the number seven love this.
* Microsoft Windows 7, the first to use the numbering scheme in its marketing since way back with Windows 3.1. Windows 7 lived up to its number when it became one of the most popular Windows releases right up there with XP. Many who were dissatisfied with Windows 8's polarising UI held on to Windows 7, and continued to do so even after Windows 10 was released and Microsoft discontinued support for 7 (though paying enterprise customers stil get security updates for 7).
* The reason Creator/IanFleming gave Literature/JamesBond the number 007 is because of RealLife Elizabethan spy John Dee, who would sign his letter to Queen Elizabeth I as "007" - the 00 indicating the letter was for her eyes only, and "7" being the [[LuckySeven luckiest number]].
* In the event of a catastrophe that shuts it down, [[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web fourteen people from around the world have been entrusted with seven keycards]] to restart the internet.
* In the working world, this is often combined with the RuleOfTwo as it's an unspoken rule that, if you quit, you should give at least two weeks (14 days, 7*2) notice before leaving.
* In the navy, mainly before World War 2 are the Big Seven Battleships which survive the scrapping after the Washington Treaty happened. They were Nelson and Rodney in the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]]. Colorado, Maryland and West Virginia in the United States Navy and lastly are Nagato and Mutsu in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
* The Curse of Tippecanoe, according to legend, managed to claim the lives of seven Presidents (William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, James Abram Garfield, William [=McKinley=], Warren Gamaliel Harding, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, in that order) between 1841 and 1963 before going dormant in the '80s.
* Seven Earth-like (at least in terms of size and mass) planets are known to orbit the faint, nearby, star [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPPIST-1 TRAPPIST-1]].
* In dating, the rule of 7 is used as a scale for a socially acceptable relationship. The rule of thumb is that you must half your own age (divide it by 2) and then add 7 to it. Whatever the result, you can't date anyone lower than the answer. The formula does have its flaws; if it's a .5 answer (i.e. 19.5 or 21.5) then you're better off rounding it up to the nearest whole number to avoid confusion or trouble, the relationship can still be seen as creepy with or without the rule of 7, and different countries have different ages of consent.
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* In ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', there were originally seven Digidestined=/=Chosen Children, then they gained a SixthRanger.

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*** 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.



** Grant Morrison also did a 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.
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* Seven Rainbow Crystals in the ''Anime/SailorMoon'' anime.

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