Simon Cowell, your days are numbered. Owls will get you while you slumber...
— Owls, Weebl's Stuff
Otacon: Judging by how far the aging has progressed, I'd say...
Snake: A year at best, right?
Otacon: ...Yeah.
Snake: A year at best, right?
Otacon: ...Yeah.
Tick tock, goes the clock
He cradled and he rocked her
Tick tock, goes the clock
Even for the Doctor...
He cradled and he rocked her
Tick tock, goes the clock
Even for the Doctor...
—Doctor Who, "Night Terrors"
1022. Can't start the game with 24 hours to live.
And this is its meaning: MENE—God has numbered [the days of] your kingdom and brought it to an end.
As He proclaimed... this world, created in seven days, shall be destroyed by the sounding of seven trumpets. You who have a will, fear the numbers your eyes shall see. Fear the time left.
— Either God or Metatron, referencing the death clock everybody has hanging above their heads, Devil Survivor
One of the distinguished surgeon's aides told me what a success the operation had been. "Oh, there is still a spot or two," and he mumbled the Italian word for metastasized. I had a sudden image of Howard on the bench in front of the Ravello post office where the old men sit in the sun. Then, when one of them dies, they all move down one place toward the main road. He was now close to the corner.
—Gore Vidal, Point to Point Navigation
Seven days...
— Samara Morgan, The Ring
Men are but flesh and blood. They know their doom, but not the hour. In this I am blessed to see the hour of my death... To face my apportioned fate, then fall.
— Emperor Uriel Septim VII, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
In just three short days, my plan will eliminate the bothersome lot of you!
— Dr. Eggman, Sonic Forces
'THE HEART OF THIS CLOCK HAS STOPPED TICKING,' they read. 'THE BEATS OF YOUR OWN HEART ARE NUMBERED, I KNOW THAT NUMBER AND I HAVE STARTED TO COUNT.'
You have no future. Plan accordingly.
— The Terminal Decohesion, Adeptus Evangelion
You have three seconds left.
— Kenshiro after performing the Hokuto Fist of Penitance, Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
Dr. Orpheus: [Grabbing Action Man's hands] Two years, seventeen days.
Action Man: ...What?
Dr. Orpheus: From a stroke. Good day, sir!
Action Man: ...What?
Dr. Orpheus: From a stroke. Good day, sir!
Your task was always impossible. My hope was never fair... Do not worry yourself with the timer. It is not for you. I am being unborn.
— Harold A. Shpitz., Perfect Vermin
"Anna, your life is in danger. There is ice in your heart, put there by your sister. If not removed, to solid ice will you freeze, forever."
— Grand Pabbie, Frozen (2013)
"I will not be going back to the barn. [...] I'm done for. In a day or two I'll be dead. I haven't even strength enough to climb down into the crate. I doubt if I have enough silk in my spinnerets to lower me to the ground."
— Charlotte A. Cavatica, Charlotte's Web
"As of now, no one within the Yamanote circle has more than 6 days to live."
— Keisuke Takagi, Devil Survivor
Guardian: Go! Live your life! I've waited thousands of years to retire; what's 78 years more?
Anne: Wait, are you saying that in 78 years, I'm gonna — [gets resurrected]
Anne: Wait, are you saying that in 78 years, I'm gonna — [gets resurrected]
— Amphibia, "The Hardest Thing"
Devil in my blood, living on the edge
Split myself in two, death is all around
Summoning the power, drag myself through pain
Blood spills, off of me and on to you
Split myself in two, death is all around
Summoning the power, drag myself through pain
Blood spills, off of me and on to you
— Crimson Cloud, V's battle theme, Devil May Cry 5
