The ochi (punch line of a joke) of this story has many variations, not only Shichifukujin, but also 'Chikurin no shichi kenjin' (seven wise men in a bamboo clump), 'Yoritomo-ko no shichi ki ochi' (the exile of seven samurais, Yoritomo and others, on horseback), 'Go-ishin no shichi kyo ochi' (the exile of seven nobles at the Restoration), 'Shichi-nagare wo katta' (Purchased foreclosure), and so on.
この噺のオチには多くのバリエーションがあり、七福神のほかにも「竹林の七賢人」「頼朝公の七騎落ち」「ご維新の七卿落ち」「質流れを買った」などがある。