History Main / RuleOfSeven

* In the ChildBallad ''Literature/YoungBeichan'', he promises to come for her and marry her within seven years, in most variants.

* "The Seven" are the main superhero team in ''TheBoys''

** The seven largest supermajor 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, they were responsible for a rather large amount of unpleasantness in the Middle East. They are (current names): BP, Gulf Oil, Chevron,Shell, Esso, ExxonMobil and SoCal.

** And by analogy, "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 supermajor 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, they were responsible for a rather large amount of unpleasantness in the Middle East. They are (current names): BP, Gulf Oil, Chevron,Shell, Esso, ExxonMobil and SoCal.

* Seven colours of the rainbow. This is actually a [[AssPull contrivance]] of Sir 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 colour, indigo, because seven colours would fit his numerology better. The joke of this is, he missed a ''real'' seventh colour: cyan, between green and blue.
** However, Russian ''does'' have seven colours, as it has two kinds of blue, ''goluboy'' on cyan side and ''siniy'' on the indigo end.

* In ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', Bowser has seven minions collectively known as the Koopalings. Bowser Jr., his son, became the eighth in later games.

** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has ''eight'' Pure Hearts... but you start the game with one of them, so you've still got to get seven.

* Seven Chaos Emeralds in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''.
** There were six Chaos Emeralds in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog1 the first Sonic game]]. Anyone want to guess [[Manga/DragonBall what inspired the change?]]
** Even when it's not Chaos Emeralds, there are seven MacGuffin-style items to collect. [[SonicStorybookSeries Seven Rings in Hand]], anyone?
* Seven [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses Princesses]] of Purest Heart from ''KingdomHearts''.
** And the seven Sleeping Keyholes from KingdomHearts3D

* Don't get a ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' fan started on the number seven. 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 first game]].

* ''NoMoreHeroes'' references ''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 Killer 7). Also, one of the Dark Side powers are enabled when the jackpot (which appears every time an enemy is killed) hits 777.

** That is not all. In addition to these seven herbs, he says that the game has "seven horrible design flaws", which are called "SevenDeadlySins"; and he even has a name for these flaws as follows:
*** 1. [[RatchetScrolling Not Being Able to Go Back]] -- "One-Way Bullshit"
*** 2. Running Too Fast -- "Two-Gear Diarrhea"
*** 3. Jump Control -- "Jump Fuckness"
*** 4. Skipping Over Water -- "Topside Aquatic Ass"
*** 5. Vertical Scrolling -- "Air Suspension Shit Lift"
*** 6. [[InvisibleBlock Invisible Items]] -- "Inviso-Bitch"
*** 7. [[LeapOfFaith Having to Drop Down]] -- "Free-Falling Fuckballs"

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]] has seven kids... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg before Bowser Jr.]], anyhow.

* [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]] has seven kids... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg before Bowser Jr.]], anyhow.

** Seven Star Spirits in ''VideoGame/PaperMario''.

** ''MarioKart 7'', the first game in the series to be numbered this way. Also the debut of the Lucky Seven item, which gives an assortment of seven weapons.

* Seven Chaos Emeralds in ''SonicTheHedgehog''.
** There were six Chaos Emeralds in [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog the first Sonic game]]. Anyone want to guess [[Manga/DragonBall what inspired the change?]]

* Seven Rainbow Crystals (nah) in the ''SailorMoon'' anime.

* The [[FanNickname Sexy Seven]] from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}''?

* ''DJMAX Technika'' has a song called "Area 7". In an inversion of this trope, it's [[ThatOneLevel one of the less-liked songs in the game]].

* 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 SoEW (with only 6) and PCB (Phantasm = 8).

* One of the best ''TetrisTheGrandMaster'' players in Japan goes by the initials 777.
** There are seven tetrominoes: I, T, O, S, Z, L, J.

* 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 SoEW (with only 6), PCB (Phantasm = 8), though you can technically consider IN as having 9! stages. (there's 2 variants on stages 4 and 6. And no, the game DOES NOT have a certain ice fairy in it.)

** As of Generation IV, Eevee has seven evolutions.

** The NintendoDS is also the only Nintendo handheld which has had [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl seven]] [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver main]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite series]] [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo Pokémon games/versions]] developed for it.

** The following games have exactly seven dungeons/stages each: ''[[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink The Adventure Of Link]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSpiritTracks Spirit Tracks]]''[[hottip:*:The Dark Realm counted]], and ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]''.

* The "Big Seven" - the original members of the JusticeLeagueOfAmerica - {{Superman}}, {{Batman}}, WonderWoman, GreenLantern, TheFlash, ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} and the MartianManhunter. In [[GrantMorrison Grant Morrison's]] ''JLA'', the original seven are reunited, except with [[LegacyCharacter Legacy Characters]] for the then-dead GreenLantern and Flash. In the {{New 52}}, [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Cyborg]] is now a founding member rather than the MartianManhunter, but the number is still seven.

* Seven personalities in ''{{Killer7}}'', along with a revolver that has seven chambers.
** The game is divided into seven chapters.
** In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', a gun named [[NamesTheSame Killer7]] costs 77700 ptas, and has initially a seven-bullet capacity (which can also be upgraded by increments of seven).

* Seven [[Manga/OnePiece Warlords of the Sea]]. There were also seven Straw Hat Pirates for a considerable length of time (then they gained more crew members).

* The fifth case of 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.

* 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.]]
* The fifth case of 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 seven sages in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and there ''were'' Seven Sages in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' before [[spoiler: [[HijackedByGanon Ganondorf]]]] killed one of them.