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Sometimes, things really are serious.
The stock
People on your side who do not take it
When the stock phrase is used erroneously, it's probably an example of [[Serious Business]] or [[Skewed Priorities]].
Not to be confused with the 1946 David Niven movie ''[[A Matter of Life and Death]]'' or the 2006 [[
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* In the Marauder-era ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fanfic ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5479796/1/Fire-Burns Fire Burns]'' by "Parnopius", Katherine is convincing James to let her into the Gryffindor common room. James is being difficult.▼
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'''Katherine:'''(smiling unpleasantly) Damn straight. }}▼
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'':▼
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* ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' movie. Eliza says this to her boarding school roommate when she has to leave. ▼
== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[
** In ''First & Only'', seeing that Gaunt would die unless he acted, Dorden [[Actual Pacifist|for the first and only time]] in the series fired a gun.
* ''[[The Stainless Steel Rat]]''. The con-man title character says this while posing as a League Admiral, then quietly reprimands himself for over-playing his part.
* In L. Jagi Lamplighter's ''[[
* In [[Rick Riordan]]'s [[Percy Jackson and The Olympians]], Rachel uses this on her father to convince him that Percy is in danger.
* In [[Sandy Mitchell]]'s ''Cain's Last Stand'', [[Ciaphas Cain]], hearing Magos Tayber wants to talk to him, knows it's a matter of life and death because she didn't vox him.
* In [[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[
* In Angie Sage's [[
== [[Live
* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' ('Unexpected'):
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* ''[[
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* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' ('Perchance to Dream'):
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* Spoofed in ''[[
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'''Operator:''' That's what they ''all'' say. }}
▲== [[Film]] ==
▲* ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'':
▲{{quote| '''Walter Sobchak''': ''I'm saying, I see what you're getting at, Dude, he kept the money. My point is, here we are, it's shabbas, the sabbath, which I'm allowed to break only if it's a matter of life or death...''}}
▲* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'':
▲{{quote| '''Alex''': ''Missus! It's a matter of life and death!''}}
▲* ''[[Night At the Museum]]: Battle of the Smithsonian'':
▲{{quote| '''[[The Thinker]] statue''': '''I'll tell you what's the matter of life and death: THAT GIRL OVER THERE.''}}
▲* ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]'' movie. Eliza says this to her boarding school roommate when she has to leave.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Fallout]]: A Post-Nuclear Role-Playing Game'':
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'': Agatha [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090311 throws a fit] when her companions talk about her boyfriends in the face of multiple crises and enumerates all the problems.
* [[Order of the Stick]]: Julia tries to get Durkon's attention by telling him it's a life or death emergency. (He was justifiably busy, though.)
* In ''[[Anti HEROES]]'', [https://web.archive.org/web/20130518215257/http://www.antiheroescomic.com/comic/40 used for ] [[Serious Business]]
* In ''[[Sandra and Woo]]'', [http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2012/04/19/0369-horn-of-plenty/ pleading for food to rescue the squirrel from his mate.]
▲* In Fire Burns, Katherine is convincing James to let her into the Gryffindor common room. James is being difficult.
▲{{quote| '''James:'''Come back tomorrow. If it's that important, I'm sure you'll still remember it.<br />
▲'''Katherine:'''It's very important, James.<br />
▲'''James:'''Oh yeah? A matter of life and death, I suppose.<br />
▲'''Katherine:'''(smiling unpleasantly) Damn straight. }}
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