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== Film ==
* ''[[The Fifth Element]]''{{context}}
* There's a brain teaser about this, which was used in ''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]'' but has appeared elsewhere: "You are stuck in a remote cabin in the woods, with only one match. You see a stove, an oil lamp, a fireplace and a candle in the cabin. What should you light first?" The answer, of course: {{spoiler|The match!}}▼
== Literature ==
* Sam Vimes of ''[[Discworld]]'' really wants a cigar. He also realizes that he is running low on matches and will absolutely ''need'' a fire to survive. He has a cigar.
* ''To Start a Fire'' by [[Jack London]]. {{spoiler|The hero fails in the title task.}}
* "[[The Little Match Girl]]" by [[Hans Christian Andersen]]. {{spoiler|She still freezes to death.}}
* This was done a few times in ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.▼
== Live-Action TV ==
* One of the earliest episodes of ''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' plays with this, in that there aren't very many matches left and most of them were soaked in the storm that wrecked the boat. The second-last match worked, but the fire went out quickly because of poor air circulation, so the Skipper told Gilligan to blow on the fire once it was started. {{spoiler|The Skipper lit the last match... and Gilligan followed the Skipper's order to the letter, immediately blowing out the match.}}
== Video Games ==
▲* There's a brain teaser about this, which was used in ''[[Professor Layton and the Curious Village]]'' but has appeared elsewhere: "You are stuck in a remote cabin in the woods, with only one match. You see a stove, an oil lamp, a fireplace and a candle in the cabin. What should you light first?" The answer, of course: {{spoiler|The match!}}
== Western Animation ==
▲* This was done a few times in ''[[Looney Tunes]]''.{{context}}
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