History Main / Teleportation

* The "Modemizer", from the '' WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "A Fly in the Ointment". Both plots are similar to ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' episode mentioned earlier.

* ''WesternAnimation/DragonTales'' has the kids using a mystical dragon scale to travel between Earth and Dragon Land, in conjunction with a MagicalIncantation (there two, depending on whether you were going to or from Dragon Land).

* In addition to teleportation as an occasional PsychicPower, the ''Literature/PerryRhodan'' universe features ubiquitous 'matter transmitters'. These generally require a receiving unit to work, but there is also a stock starship weapon that teleports large-caliber ''nukes'' without needing one of those at the target location. (It doesn't work through modern [[DeflectorShields shields]], but a direct hit on those or even a near miss is still bad news.)

* The Input/Output Tower beam in the UsefulNotes/{{Atari 2600}} game ''VideoGame/AdventuresOfTRON'' acts as this to transport the player from one level to another.

** Enel and Admiral Kizaru can transform into [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] and {{light|EmUp}} respectively, allowing them to move at light speed, which basically give them this power (according to Einstein's theory of relativity, from their own point of view the transmission would be instant).

* God Eneru and Admiral Kizaru from ''Manga/OnePiece'' can transform into lightning and light respectively, allowing them to move at light speed, which basically give them this power (according to Einstein's theory of relativity, from their own point of view the transmission would be instant).

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', teleportation spells are among the most commonly used types of magic in the world. Such spells work by converting one's body into aether and moving through TheLifestream towards an anchoring point in the physical world -- in almost all cases, a mass of Aetheryte -- and rematerializing at the desired destination. There is a special teleportation spell known as "Flow" that, in theory, would allow the user to rematerialize anywhere in the physical world without the need for an Aetheryte. In practice, however, the lack of an Aetheryte to anchor oneself at a desired destination means that the risk of becoming lost in the Lifestream with no way to return makes this spell too dangerous to use. [[spoiler:And even if you manage to emerge from the Lifestream after using Flow, you run the risk of being permanently adversely affected, such as being unable to use magic or going blind.]]

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1985'': In "Room 2426", Joseph tells Dr. Martin Decker that he has mastered the art of teletransportation and that he was sent into the prison by the [[LaResistance resistance]] to teach Martin how to do it so he could escape. Martin is initially skeptical but Joseph convinces him that he has nothing to lose. After trying it, Martin wakes up in a resistance safehouse and Joseph explains to him that [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve his belief that he could teletransport was enough for him to do so]]. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that Joseph is a [[TheMole mole]] who was trying to determine the location of Martin's bacteria research. Although Joseph and Dr. Ostroff believe that teletransportation is not real, Martin is nevertheless able to transport himself to freedom.]]

* The Space Pirates of ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' are very fond of doing this and seem to have multiple styles. Sometimes they appear from nowhere, and other times they appear to materialize in beams of light. Still others have personal teleporters (mostly Commandos) that they use constantly. As well, certain creatures, like Warp Hounds and Reptillicus in ''VideoGame/MetroidPrime3'' are able to teleport naturally and ''magically'', respectively. And Leviathans can open wormholes at will.

** The ∀ Gundam and the Turn X. Notable for being done with {{nanomachines}} somehow.

** Also Jon Osterman's nauseating (for Laurie at least) [[IncrediblyLamePun Manhattan Transfer]].

** In "[[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S5E16DejaVu Déjà Vu]]", the US government is running a teleportation experiment which is designed to transport three animals (a dog, a raccoon and a goat) several miles from a testing area to a research lab. It requires the energy produced by a tactical nuclear warhead in order to work. The technology was developed by Dr. Mark Crest, based on the work of his colleague (and former lover) Dr. Cleo Lazar.

** "Teleport" is one of the [[PsychicPowers PSI powers]] in the first two ''MOTHER'' games, and it allows the player to revisit towns they have previously been to. While ''Videogame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' only has one Teleport level, the sequel ''Videogame/EarthBound1994'' has [[SpellLevels two]], α and β. The first game's Teleport and the second game's Teleport α require the users to run a certain distance in a straight line before teleporting; should they run into anything, the teleport fails, which results in the participants getting [[AshFace ash-faced]]. β instead has the users SpinningOutOfHere without the need for a running start.

* In the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games, Teleport will end battles with wild Pokémon when used by either side; [[MetalSlime Abra]] doesn't even learn any other moves normally. Teleport can also be used outside of battle, where it works as an EscapeRope.
** There's also the Pokéballs and Pokémon storage system. How else can you fit a 28 foot long rock snake in a ball that fits in the palm of your hand? Or drop it off in Lavender town to be picked up in Fuschia city a few days later?

** Trainers with a member of the Abra line, or a couple of other mons as well, can use it to take themselves to the last Pokémon center they visited.

* Ty on ''Series/CloakAndDagger2018'' has this ability, although at first he can't control it and ends up randomly teleporting places.

This technology has the potential to [[StoryBreakerPower short-circuit the drama of a story]], so all examples have [[FakeDifficulty limitations built in]] to cause the transporter/teleporter/ disintegrator/whateverator to fail whenever it is needed most. (See: PlotSensitiveItems, PhlebotinumBreakdown, and TeleporterAccident.)

* Dan Simmons's novel ''Literature/{{Illium}}'' has some of its cast living in the aftermath of TheSingularity. Most transportation on Earth now involves "neutrino faxing" through faxnodes, which achieve instantaneous travel from any node to another by transmitting only the ''data'' of the traveler's composition from node to node, breaking down the original into raw matter, stored for the reconstruction of other travelers. Faxing is technically death and instant cloning at the other side, complete with memories. When they find out, this bothers the main characters for all of 5 seconds. Hinted at to the reader who recalls that "fax" is a shortening of "facsimile," or ''exact copy''...

** Simmons does extremely high technology in his science fiction as a matter of course. His somewhat more famous ''Hyperion'' series had galactic society linked by wormhole-like portals on countless worlds. The absurdly super-rich had houses with doors built out of these portals, meaning their house could technically be on a dozen or more different planets. Of course, when the [[PhlebotinumBreakdown portal network crashes]]...

* ''To Be'', a Canadian cartoon short by John Weldon, spotlighted on the extinct Cartoon Network show ''[[CanadaEh O Canada]]'' investigated the philosophical issue of teleporters by way of [[CloningBlues cloning technology]]. In it, a scientist shows off to a crowd a teleporter that functions by making an exact copy of someone elsewhere then destroying the original. A woman in the crowd, horrified by this, suggests to the scientist that he test the moral ramifications of the process by stepping through himself, and delaying the destruction of the original by five minutes. Thus, the scientist has an exact clone. They find this wonderful and exciting, until the woman asks which is the original inventor. Both want to confirm that they are in fact the "real" scientist... until the woman reminds them that the original ''[[OhCrap must be destroyed]]'', whereupon each claims to be the copy. They have a chess match to determine which the original is -- but unfortunately, the ''victor'' is declared to be the original, and is subsequently destroyed. After the issue is resolved and one scientist is zapped into nothingness, [[HeelRealization the scientist changes his mind about the usefulness of the teleporter]]. The woman feels guilty for what she'd done, basically killing someone to prove her point, and atones for this by stepping through the machine herself, claiming that her new copied self is free of guilt for what her original had done.

* A number of ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' have this ability, mostly Decepticons. The most famous is Skywarp, and he has a limiting factor that isn't part of the technology: he's about as bright as a box of hammers and requires constant supervision.
** He mostly uses it to pull pranks on his fellow 'Cons. Because, come on, a suprise push down a staircase is ''hilarious.''

* [[GodModeSue Leif Melyamos]] of the ''Literature/{{Redwall}}'' TransplantedCharacterFic ''Fanfic/SoullessShell'' can teleport, despite the fact that the canon is {{Demythification}} and isn't supposed to have magic.

* ''Literature/{{Below}}'': Mages can teleport to anywhere they've been, but anyone else needs an item like a one-shot scroll to do the same. Hoping to empty one of the otherwise impractical treasure pits in the [[DungeonCrawling underground ruins]], Brenish has the novel idea of using a teleportation orb that can carry multiple people ''and'' all the treasure near them. An orb is incredibly expensive, which is why no one has ever tried it. The orb is one-shot too, but unlike a scroll using it merely depletes rather than destroys it.

* ''Series/RedDwarf'';
** They find the Matter Paddle in ''[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonIVMeltdown Meltdown]]'' that can home in on Earth-like planets and teleport up to four people within a 500,000 lightyear radius. Being ''Red Dwarf'', they don't think of using it to get back to Earth and it's rarely mentioned after its debut episode.
** In ''[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVDemonsAndAngels Demons & Angels]]'' they rework it into the Triplicator that can make two duplicates of anything, one better than the original and the other terrible.
** A simulant beams over to Starbug in ''[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIGunmenOfTheApocalypse Gunmen Of The Apocalypse]]''. They scavenge a handheld teleporter from his wrecked ship in ''[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonVIRimmerworld]]'' and find that when it isn't properly calibrated it can send the traveller to the past or future.

** The Warp Pipes are arugably the most iconic example in all of gaming, Mario enters one pipe and comes out another somewhere else.

* ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' character Yakumo Yukari is a nigh-omnipotent RealityWarper, but (perhaps due to her [[TheGodsMustBeLazy extreme laziness]]), her usual way of using her power in the fighting games is to teleport various objects on top of her opponent. Or teleport a subway train in to run them over.

* In ''VideoGame/MinionMasters'', Shayrakk magic gives the ability to teleport. A number of Voidborne can teleport such as, of course, [[SuccubiAndInccubi The Shyrakk-Twins]] or the Hellbats.

** ComicBook/{{Nightshade}} of ComicBook/{{Shadowpact}} and [[ComicBook/SuicideSquad Task Force X]] can teleport through shadows by entering the Nightshade realm at one location and exiting it at another.

** Livewire can turn into electricity and [[RideTheLightning travel along power lines.]] She can teleport anywhere as long as there is an electrical outlet nearby. 'Cept for that one time the Flash grabbed a wire and threw it into a flooded fire engine.

* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'' featured a portable unit. {{Lampshaded}} by J: "You mean, like, Captain Kirk?"

* In ''Film/StarWars'' Luke makes a suggestion about being teleported off Tatooine, but no further examples of this are given (and, in context, is more a forlorn hope that C-3P0 can do magic than an actual suggestion).

* At the end of ''VideoGame/ThePedestrian'', [[spoiler:the sign designer is revealed to have a working teleporter in their home studio. They use it to find the perfect place in the world [[MundaneUtility to spend their day off work.]]]]