"Freeman's character specializes in popping up suddenly from the edge of the screen and scaring the other characters, even though it is probably pretty hard to sneak up on somebody in a powerboat."
— Roger Ebert, Hard Rain
Matt: Professor X, Storm and Wolverine chase Jean to her childhood home on a cul de sac. Xavier says he wants to go in alone, when Magneto pops up right in front of the group, as if he materialized out of nothing. Really, was he hiding in a bush or something? How did no one see him?
Chris: At this point, Magneto leaping out of a bush and yelling “A-HA!” before brushing a leaf off his shoulder would be perfectly in character.
Chris: At this point, Magneto leaping out of a bush and yelling “A-HA!” before brushing a leaf off his shoulder would be perfectly in character.
—Chris Sims and Matt Wilson on
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last StandDroopy: Enjoy your trip?
Wolf: (gasps) I just left this guy tied up! Yet, how did ya— when di— how— where— Listen, doc, how did ya get back here, anyway?
Droopy: Now, let's not get nosey, bub.
Wolf: (gasps) I just left this guy tied up! Yet, how did ya— when di— how— where— Listen, doc, how did ya get back here, anyway?
Droopy: Now, let's not get nosey, bub.
— Dumb-Hounded, the first ever Tex Avery Droopy short
"Suddenly the Bull was facing her, as though he had been lifted like a chess piece, swooped through the air, and set down again to bar her way."
"Anybody notice that I'm here now?"
— Mike Nelson observing Schrodinger's lowlife, Mystery Science Theater 3000, "Girl in Gold Boots"
"Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, Jason teleports in this movie. A lot."
Mike: Now, according to Xeno’s famous movie monster paradox; no matter how fast that guy runs, the monster, no matter how slow, will always catch up to him.
Bill: Thank you for today’s crap movie philosophy lesson, Mike.
Jason Brody: How do you keep finding me?
Buck Hughes: Ha, ha! I know! Well, you are leaving a trail of human breadcrumbs, mate! Helen fucking Keller could keep up with you. Not that I mind the body count.
Buck Hughes: Ha, ha! I know! Well, you are leaving a trail of human breadcrumbs, mate! Helen fucking Keller could keep up with you. Not that I mind the body count.
"He's got horror movie speed. You can run, dash, super jump, and teleport... but he's still gonna get you."
— Neo GAF, on Dormammu, Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Mr. Burns: Going somewhere?
Bart: That's impossible! How did you get here first?
Mr. Burns: Oh, there'll be plenty of time for explanations later.
Bart: That's impossible! How did you get here first?
Mr. Burns: Oh, there'll be plenty of time for explanations later.
— The Simpsons, "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
Nate: Where's Parker?
Eliot: [walking into the office] How the hell should I know?
Hardison: Can't reach her on the comms. She slipped the security grid at the embassy.
Sophie: Where could she be?
Hardison: This is Parker we're talking about. She could be halfway across Europe by now. Trust me, she is gone.
Parker: [popping up to the left of Nate] Who's gone? [everybody turns to her in surprise] What?
[Parker was trapped in an office, hiding from someone, and appeared in the hallway less than a minute later, completely calm.]
Parker: So what are we waiting for?
Eliot: How does she do that?
Nate: I don't even ask anymore.
— Leverage
[Finn leaves Big D and rushes off to his parents house from Big D's castle]
Finn: [Sees house being burned down by Big D and his gang] NOOOOO!!!!
Big D: Hahahahahah! Yeah! How did I even get here, son?!
Bulkhead: Miko, how did - how'd you get all the way over there?
Miko: Eh. Wasn't hard.
Say... are you following me?
— Sans, right after doing this, Undertale
How'd you with the going? You were there but here now you are for me to see, how'd you do?
— Mr. Director, responding to the Warner's ability to do this, Animaniacs
"Well, Leslie should have known; this movie was made in the 80s, which means horror movie villains can teleport!"
—Brandon regarding Creep Show
Vegeta: (confronting Dr. Gero) And now, to put the old man in a home!
(zooms in on Vegeta's face)
Vegeta: A funeral home! I-
(zooms out to show Dr. Gero is gone)
Vegeta: -ah, shit. Damn, he runs fast for an old guy.
—Dragon Ball Z Abridged Kai 3
"Nor should a slasher suffer the indignity of actually chasing their prey. Slashers do not run, they saunter. Don't worry, another supernatural slasher ability is to fold space so they can appear when least expected to deal the killing blow. This jump scare teleportation does not work on the main character, though, as her purity cancels it out."
—Terrible Writing Advice, "Slasher Films"
"Maybe you wonder how I make-a it here ahead of you but it's best you no ask."
— Da Pinchy, Skylanders: Trap Team
