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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' ('Unexpected'):

{{quote| '''Matt Parkman''': [To Ted] ''Hey, I only came here because you said this was a matter of life and death. You can't go blowing anything more up.''}}

{{quote|'''Matt Parkman''': [To Ted] ''Hey, I only came here because you said this was a matter of life and death. You can't go blowing anything more up.''}}

* ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ('The Price'}:

{{quote| '''Devinoni Ral''': ''Yes - protection. Your protection, your captain, your crew, your...edge. Yes. Now, it's a matter of life and death when you take the advantage; me...I deal in property - exchanges. Nobody gets hurt. So you tell me - which one of us would you say has more of a problem with ethics?''}}

{{quote|'''Devinoni Ral''': ''Yes - protection. Your protection, your captain, your crew, your...edge. Yes. Now, it's a matter of life and death when you take the advantage; me...I deal in property - exchanges. Nobody gets hurt. So you tell me - which one of us would you say has more of a problem with ethics?''}}

* ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' ('Perchance to Dream'):

{{quote| '''Narrator: [opening narration]''' ''Twelve o'clock noon. An ordinary scene, an ordinary city. Lunchtime for thousands of ordinary people. To most of them, this hour will be a rest, a pleasant break in the day's routine. To most, but not all. To Edward Hall, time is an enemy, and the hour to come is a matter of life and death.''}}

{{quote|'''Narrator: [opening narration]''' ''Twelve o'clock noon. An ordinary scene, an ordinary city. Lunchtime for thousands of ordinary people. To most of them, this hour will be a rest, a pleasant break in the day's routine. To most, but not all. To Edward Hall, time is an enemy, and the hour to come is a matter of life and death.''}}

* Spoofed in ''[[Get Smart]]''. Maxwell Smart is trapped in a phone booth that's flooding with water. He tries to ring Control for help, but finds he's run out of quarters.

{{quote| '''Smart:''' Operator, this is a matter of life and death!~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Smart:''' Operator, this is a matter of life and death!

'''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...''}}

{{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!''}}

{{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.''}}

{{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'':

{{quote| '''Vault Dweller''': ''I would much rather tell him in person. It's a matter of life and death.''}}

{{quote|'''Vault Dweller''': ''I would much rather tell him in person. It's a matter of life and death.''}}

== [[Web Comics]] ==

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== Fan Fiction ==

* 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 />~~

{{quote|'''James:'''Come back tomorrow. If it's that important, I'm sure you'll still remember it.

'''Katherine:'''It's very important, James.~~<br />~~

'''Katherine:'''It's very important, James.

'''James:'''Oh yeah? A matter of life and death, I suppose.~~<br />~~

'''James:'''Oh yeah? A matter of life and death, I suppose.

'''Katherine:'''(smiling unpleasantly) Damn straight. }}