Quotes / Teleporter Accident

"And what of the immortal soul in such transactions? Can this machine transmit and reattach it as well? Or is it lost forever, leaving a soulless body to wander the world in despair?"

— Sister Miriam Godwinson, "We Must Dissent", Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

"The first living thing to go through the device was a small white rat. I still have him, in fact. As you can see, the damage was not so great as they say."

— Academician Prokhor Zakharov, "See How They Run", Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

I teleported home one night
With Ron and Sid and Meg.
Ron stole Meggie's heart away
And I got Sidney's leg.

— The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Singing,
Take me apart, take me apart,
What a way to roam
And if you have to take me apart to get me there
I'd rather stay at home.

— The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

"Alright, we're working on a little teleportation experiment. Now this doesn't work with all skin types, so try to remember which skin is yours, and if it doesn't teleport along with you, we'll do what we can to sew you right back into it."

— Cave Johnson, CEO of Aperture Science, Portal 2

Miller: Weir?
Dr. Weir: [laughing] The ship brought me back. I told you she won't let me leave — she won't let anyone leave. Did you really think you could destroy this ship? She's defied space and time. She's been to a place you couldn't possibly imagine. And now... it is time to go back.
Miller: [sounding bored] I know. To Hell.
Weir: You know nothing. Hell is only a word. The reality is much, much worse.

— Event Horizon

"Reg, transporting really is the safest way to travel."

— Geordi La Forge, Star Trek: The Next Generation, "Realm Of Fear"

Dr. Isaac Kleiner: That's right, Barney. This is a red-letter day. We'll inaugurate the new teleport with a double transmission.
Barney Calhoun: You mean it's working? For real this time? Because I still have nightmares about that cat.
Alyx Vance: What cat?
Kleiner: Now, now, there is nothing to be worried about, we have made major strides since then, major strides.
Alyx Vance: [more anxiously] What cat?

— Half-Life 2

[Mcpo. John-117 materializes upside-down in midair and lands on his head]
Cortana: Oh, now I get it; the coordinates need to be— (John smacks the side of his helmet) Right. Sorry...

— Halo: Combat Evolved

"<Player>'s legs appeared where his head should be."

— Terraria when you die from using the rod of discord too frequently

"Why didn't anybody tell me my ass was so big?"

— President Skroob, after the teleporter rematerializes him with his head facing the wrong direction, Spaceballs

[after beaming up the pig-lizard with horrific results, much to everyone's shock and disgust]
Jason: What? What was that?
Alex: Uh, nothing.
Jason: I heard some squealing or something.
Gwen: Oh, no. Everything's fine.
Teb: [as if the others have somehow overlooked this fact] But the animal is inside out.
[all humans in the Conveyor room glare at Teb — Alex covers Teb's mouth]
Jason: I heard that! It turned inside out?
[SPLOOM!]
Teb: [not moving despite being covered in Ludicrous Gibs] And it exploded.
Jason: It turned inside out, and then it exploded?!
Gwen: [resigned and flicking a bit of pig-lizard off the communicator] Hold, please...

— Galaxy Quest

RECALIBRATE: All that manifested was subject's skeleton. Where's the rest?

— Post-it note on prototype Anima well, The Secret World

The transmutation of matter to transmittable energy and its subsequent rematerialization led eventually to transport and matter re-sequencing, but this "carbon-copying" was not without its unfortunates. It was a rare subject that remained "living" after displacement: more likely they became a gooey mix of what was, or a deformed cretin with one last breath on its lips. But "the puddle," or Dahlia (born Delilah, but she never felt quite herself after her make-over), lived quite a few years with us, pushed about on a dining cart for the visitors to see. As I recall, when lifting her for cleaning, she felt more like a warm jellyfish with the malleability of a well-used towel.

— The Museum of Unnatural History, by David M. Henley

"Sorry we're late, sir. Delayed in traffic. Huge molecularization tailbacks at Washington Central. I've been waiting two hours to materialize. And then when I did, I discovered they'd accidentally sent my legs to Tokyo. Explained the situation — they managed to fix me up with some rentals."

— Sabinsky, Red Dwarf: Last Human

Pinky: Believe me, it used to be a lot rougher. There was a time when Ark travel was susceptible to, let's say major turbulence.
The Kid: What's he mean?
Grimm: He means he went to one galaxy, his ass went to another.
Pinky: Call it a scientific miscalculation.

— Doom

"Someone, likely something teleported you a vast distance. You fused with parts of your suit in the process."

— Cecile Traore to Izzy Baldwin, Starhammer

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