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** Super Buu and Gotenks' ''[[MakeMeWannaShout Vice Shout]]'', where they scream so loud it tears holes in dimensions. He uses it to escape the Hyperbolic Time Chamber after the door was destroyed. Buu says if left unchecked, this ability could destroy the universe.

* The ComicBook/NewGods, the ones from Apokolips and New Genesis alike, can use Boom Tubes to teleport across interstellar distances. This is not an inherent ability, however; they use devices called Mother Boxes to make them.

* ComicBook/{{The Shade|DCComics}}'s shadow powers allow him to create portals.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''/''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse'' crossover "ComicBook/FateIsTheKiller", Zodac can create interdimensional and interespacial portals to travel between galaxies and dimensions.
* Tempest from ''ComicBook/AtariForce'' series can create portals through which he can travel through different planes of the Multiverse, although he can only carry inanimate objects safely through the portals; living creatures end up destroyed.

* Hero Doorman has portal-based teleportation as his power, while villain Black Hole, a "living singularity", could suck objects through a portal in his body to another dimension.
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** ComicBook/{{Magik}} from ''Franchise/XMen'' can create portals as her mutant power. It kind of blurs the line between scientific and mystical since her power is connected to a Hell dimension of which she is DomainHolder and DependingOnTheArtist her portals are drawn as [[InstantRunes fiery pentacles]].

*** The second Blink is the one from the famous X-Men story, ''Comicbook/AgeOfApocalypse'', who becomes the leader of ''Comicbook/{{Exiles}}''. In addition to portals to anywhere, she can create solid-looking javelin-like energy projections that when thrown, will teleport the target to a place of Blink's choosing. She ''can'' PortalCut you if need be, but is TheCape enough to not actually do it.
** ComicBook/{{Shatterstar}} from ''Comicbook/XFactor'' can create X-shaped portals by channeling his powers through his swords.
* In ComicBook/TheNewUniverse ''ComicBook/PsiForce'' series, Sedara Bakut can create door-like portals in space.
* Miss ComicBook/AmericaChavez from ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' can kick open star-shaped portals between universes like she's shattering a plane of glass.
* D-lister ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain Johnathon Ohnn, aka "The Spot", is a living avatar for (or DimensionLord of) an interstitial dimension that functions like a PortalNetwork. He has the ability to create an infinite array of black dots that function as {{Portable Hole}}s, with each "paired" set of portals linking whichever two points in space that the Spot desires. He relies heavily on WeaponizedTeleportation and ConfusionFu when fighting.
* ''ComicBook/TheSensationalSheHulk'': Martin Kribbee, aka Black Hole, can open up a black hole in the center of his chest which leads to a pocket dimension. There appears to be no limit to the amount of material that Black Hole can suck in.
* Eden Fesi aka Manifold from ''ComicBook/SecretWarriors'' can open up tears in space and time, allowing him to teleport to just about anywhere in the universe. Unlike most teleporters, Eden does not have to know where he is going as his powers compensate and prevents him from materializing inside of an object. However, this only works of knows his location, if he gets turned around in a windowless building he needs to reorient with outside landmarks. His portals remain open until he chooses to close them. His one weakness is that his abilities only work in his own native reality.
* The ''ComicBook/FallenAngels'' series introduced Ariel, an alien with the ability to open a portal through any door to any other door she wants. According to her, her entire planet is capable of doing this, achieving it through knowledge of spatial physics. An accident with an explosion mid-transit gave her the ability to open a flaming doorway in midair at will.

* In ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'', Eggman's new HypercompetentSidekick, Dr. Starline, is able to create portals to anywhere thanks to the power of the Warp Topaz in his glove.

* In ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', it's revealed that experiments by [[MadScientist Shockwave]] have turned Megatron's ''internal mechanisms'' into a mass of [[CoolGate SpaceBridge]] [[OurWormholesAreDifferent portals]]. When [[TokenEvilTeammate Whirl]] stabs him it results in Whirl [[PortalCut losing his arm]], and [[spoiler:in his final showdown with the Decepticon Justice Division he [[CallBack channels]] ''{{antimatter}}'' through his portals to annihilate them]].

* In the universe of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', people with certain kinds of brains are capable of channeling something called N.O. to generate portals inside their heads. The series starts with Haruko activating one such portal in Naota's head (linked to the mysterious Medical Mechanica building in the center of town,) out of which comes havoc-wreaking {{Killer Robot}}s and the occasional electric guitar [[spoiler:and eventually the all-powerful, imprisoned pirate king Atomsk, whom Haruko was looking for in the first place.]]

* ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork3'': Alpha and its Alpha Bugs all appear to rise from mysterious holes in the floor. Where these holes lead is unknown. In the manga, Alpha itself was a CoolGate to the dark world, which was used by the Dark Quartet to infest the world with dark power and from which Forte GS emerged.

** Mages in ''Film/{{Doctor Strange|2016}}'' can conjure portals to other parts of the multiverse using their [[RingOfPower sling rings]].

** In ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'', ComicBook/GhostRider can open portals to Hell by swinging his chain.

* Blink from ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'', can create portals, which she uses liberally. Tellingly, she was the last frontline defender to die in the final battle, and the Sentinels were only able to beat her through sheer number.

* How [[{{Teleportation}} tesseracting]] is portrayed in the 2018 ''Film/{{A Wrinkle in Time|2018}}'' movie.

* In ''Film/{{SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse}},'' [[BigBad The Spot]] has portals all over his body, which he can detach and throw.

* In ''Film/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse,'' [[BigBad The Spot]] has portals all over his body, which he can detach and throw.

* In ''Film/AcrossTheSpiderVerse,'' [[BigBad The Spot]] has portals all over his body, which he can detach and throw.

* North can create portals to anywhere by throwing snow globes in ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians''.