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Right after [[Rule of Three|three]], seven is the most commonly used "ominous" 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.
In the natural world, one of the origins of this significance come from the seven celestial bodies that could be seen with the naked eye, (Sun, Moon, and the planets up to Saturn), that were worshiped as deities, and the days named after them were the days of the week.
Later, natural phenomena were intentionally shoehorned into this "significant" number, for example the colors of the rainbow or the number of continents can be seven, depending on how you count them.
Since [[The Bible]], especially the [[Book of Revelation]], uses it repeatedly, seven became even more famous as a divine number, or as the number of perfection.
[[Lucky Seven]] is a subtrope about examples where it is considered a lucky number.
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* Practically every number you encounter in the ''[[Septimus Heap]]'' 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.
* Subverted in ''[[Discworld]]'', where the most magical number is 8.
** And the most unfortunate number. 7a dude, 7a.
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''The Guns of Tanith'', Soric reveals that his great-grandmother was a witch, and that his father said it would come to him, as the seventh son of a seventh son. {{spoiler|On the other hand, what it causes him doesn't seem very lucky at all...}}
* Gilbert L. Morris' books "The Seven Sleepers" series is about seven teenagers who have adventures in a post-nuclear attacked world.
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* In [[Orson Scott Card]]'s ''Alvin Maker'' saga, the titular character is a seventh son of a seventh son, and this is why he's a Maker.
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'': The Seven Rings of the seven Dwarf Lords; also a [[Shout-Out]] to "[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]".
** And the [[The Silmarillion|seven sons of Fëanor]].
** The flag of the kings of Gondor depicts seven stars with the White Tree, and there are seven palantíri.
* ''[[Night Watch]]'' has seven levels of Twilight.
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* Seven mysterious [[Plot Coupon]]s in ''[[Defying Gravity]]'', each located on a different astronomical object.
* [[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.
* [[Doctor Who]]'s [[Doctor Who/Recap/S32
** 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.
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* Seven [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Princesses]] of Purest Heart from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]''.
* Seven needles in ''[[Mother 3]]''.
* Seven personalities in ''[[
** The game is divided into seven chapters.
** In ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', a gun named [[Name's the Same|Killer7]] costs 77700 ptas, and has initially a seven-bullet capacity (which can also be upgraded by increments of seven).
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** ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky]]'' all feature the Seven Treasures, items which are obtained by defeating seven bosses that guard seven secret dungeons.
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' series has seven sages in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time|Ocarina of Time]]'', and there ''were'' Seven Sages in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess|Twilight Princess]]'' before {{spoiler|[[Hijacked by Ganon|Ganondorf]]}} killed one of them.
** The following games have exactly seven dungeons/stages each: ''[[Zelda II: The Adventure of Link|The Adventure Of Link]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|The Wind Waker]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks|Spirit Tracks]]''<ref>The Dark Realm is being counted here</ref>, and ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword|Skyward Sword]]''.
** In the ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|Oracle of Seasons]]'', there is a secret that requires the player to find 777 Ore Chunks.
* ''[[No More Heroes]]'' 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.
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