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* ''Film/ThreeHundred'': Leonidas insists on bringing only 300 soldiers to battle, which results in his army being obliterated by Xerxes' [[CurbStompBattle much bigger army]].
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* ''VideoGame/SheepDogNWolf'': In the second-to-last level before Marvin the Martian appears, Sam the Sheepdog will crush everything around him if there aren't exactly 2 sheep close to him.
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* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** The Shichibukai, also known as the Seven Warlords of the Sea in the English localization, are exactly seven people, and the World Government constantly scouts for replacements in case one of them loses their position. The nod to the ''Film/SevenSamurai'' is even more prominent in the German localization where they're called exactly like that (which later becomes a problem when actual samurais are introduced in the story).
** The Yonkou, localized as the Four Emperors of the Sea, are the four strongest and most influential pirates of their era. Even when Luffy is nicknamed the "Fifth Emperor", he's not considered an actual part of their ranks, since the group doesn't get their name changed to "Gokou". [[spoiler:Luffy eventually becomes a Yonkou anyway, meaning that they are still four of them]]. This is also justified, since if one of the Yonkou dies, their would be a power vacuum that needs to be close, which is why they're always four.
** The Big Mom Pirates have the Sweets-Three-Generals which are the three strongest members of the crew and family. They were originally called the Sweets-Four-Generals, but Snack got defeated by Urouge before the Whole Cake Island arc began, which resulted in Snack being degraded, but without getting replaced, which is why the group was renamed.
** The Blackbeard Pirates have the Ten Titanic Captains, who are the ten highest ranked officers under Blackbeard who each command a ship of their own.
** The Tobi Roppo are the six strongest Headliners of the Animal Kingdom Pirates, who also have been serving Kaidou for at least two years or more. One thing they all have in common is that they all have Ancient Zoan powers.
** The Akazaya Nine were the nine brave vassals who were served Kozuki Oden when the latter challenged Kaidou 20 years ago. [[spoiler:After Kanjuurou turns out to be a traitor, Izou returns to Wano as a proxy replacement for him, who was previously also one of Oden's vassals.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'': The Hierarchs of the Modrons, a race of constructs that embody [[LawfulNeutral universal order]][[invoked]], have nine ranks, each with a population equal to the square of the rank -- from 100 Decatons to four Secundi, ruled by [[DeusEstMachina Primus]]. They follow the chain of command without fail; if one dies, one member of every inferior rank is promoted up.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'': The Hierarchs of the Modrons, a race of constructs that embody [[LawfulNeutral universal order]][[invoked]], have nine ranks, each with a population equal to the square of the rank -- from 100 Decatons to four Secundi, ruled by [[DeusEstMachina Primus]]. They follow the chain of command without fail; if one dies, one member of every inferior rank is promoted up.up, and a new Monodrone (the lowest rank) is spontaneously created.
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* In [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime adaptation]] of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', the BigBad employs a maximum of seven homunculi at any one time, giving them codenames based on the SevenDeadlySins. This is in contrast to [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the original manga]], where the homunculi are literal embodiments of the SevenDeadlySins which [[LiteralSplitPersonality split off from]] the BigBad and thus cannot gain new members (though they can be [[IdentityAmnesia "rebooted"]] to some extent).

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* In [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime adaptation]] of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', the BigBad employs a maximum of seven homunculi at any one time, giving them codenames based on the SevenDeadlySins. This is in contrast to [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the original manga]], where the homunculi are literal embodiments of the SevenDeadlySins which [[LiteralSplitPersonality split off from]] the BigBad and thus cannot gain new members (though they can be [[IdentityAmnesia "rebooted"]] to some extent).
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* The great Archfiends from ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' are always capped at seven. No more, no less. Should one against all odds be killed, then the clock is ticking for the heroes as should they fail to kill all of them within a year of the first, then a new one will rise to take the fallen one's place. [[spoiler:Of course it goes further than that. Should all of them be killed, then a giant ResetButton will be triggered that causes everything to start all over again, just with the roles reversed. All to fit with the BlackAndWhiteInsanity of the ruling God]].

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* The great Archfiends from ''LightNovel/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' ''Literature/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'' are always capped at seven. No more, no less. Should one against all odds be killed, then the clock is ticking for the heroes as should they fail to kill all of them within a year of the first, then a new one will rise to take the fallen one's place. [[spoiler:Of course it goes further than that. Should all of them be killed, then a giant ResetButton will be triggered that causes everything to start all over again, just with the roles reversed. All to fit with the BlackAndWhiteInsanity of the ruling God]].
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* The Quarter Knights from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' are a group of four demons hell bent on subjugating Filgaia. [[spoiler: When Berserk is defeated, Alhazad remarks he doesn't feel comfortable with the team only having three members because they are supposed to be a foursome. However, Mother quickly replaces Berserk with Boomerang, bringing the number back to four again.]]
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The Espada are the ten [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority top-ranked and most powerful]] Hollows, ranked by personal strength. Although the number isn't given any particular significance, it is consistent -- when one member suffers an injury that weakens him, he's immediately demoted to "Privaron Espada" and replaced.

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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The Espada are the ten [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership top-ranked and most powerful]] Hollows, ranked by personal strength. Although the number isn't given any particular significance, it is consistent -- when one member suffers an injury that weakens him, he's immediately demoted to "Privaron Espada" and replaced.

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