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{{examples}}
== 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.
'''Katherine:'''It's very important, James.
'''James:'''Oh yeah? A matter of life and death, I suppose.
'''Katherine:'''(smiling unpleasantly) Damn straight. }}
 
== [[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.
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s [[Gaunt's Ghosts]] novel ''Ghostmaker'', Dorden has authority to go into the ship's supplies, and yells at someone trying to check up on him: he is trying to get medical supplies for a soldier in critical condition.
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{{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...''}}
* ''[[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]] ==
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* In ''[[Anti HEROES]]'', [http://www.antiheroescomic.com/comic/40 used for ] [[Serious Business]]—like expired milk.
* 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.]
 
== 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.
'''Katherine:'''It's very important, James.
'''James:'''Oh yeah? A matter of life and death, I suppose.
'''Katherine:'''(smiling unpleasantly) Damn straight. }}
 
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