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->'''Kitty:''' Kurt, Can't you just 'port us to the ground?\\

->'''Kitty:''' Kurt, Can't you just port us to the ground?\\

* Another ArmoredCore example: In many of the games, Overed Boosting has the disadvantage of not being able to stop or turn on a dime. PA Jousters and Sword-based Mechs often rely on their Overed Boost to close the gap, but can easily miss and render themselves vulnerable while they try to correct their course to come in for a second strike. The most common way to defeat a PA Jouster or Swordy-mech is to either quick dash to the side multiple times in rapid succession, or [[JustShootHim Just shoot them]] with [[MoreDakka superior firepower]]. The former is tricky, while the latter requires heavy artillery like chain guns or grenade cannons.

* Two examples from MarvelComics, using their signature speedster Quicksilver.

* Hawkeye is used to being able to stop speedsters by predicting where they're gonna wind up next, because of his experience with the Squadron Supreme's Whizzer, but when he tried it on The {{Flash}} in ''JLA'' / ''Avengers'', it failed. Pretty much.

** Subverted with the 4th Hokage, Namikaze Minato. It is demonstrated in his battle against the BigBad that he is still affected by inertia when he teleports, but he can change his physical position and angle when he teleports and place himself anywhere in relation to his target, thus making the inertia work soley in his favor. Or, as you'd say in layman's terms: Inertia is his bitch.

'''Kurt:''' Right! Picture this: Bumpity, bumpity, bumpity, bumpity, SPLAT!

Pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; once the character enters teleportation, or starts a set of movements, he can't change destination or direction of movement at all. All the underpowered character has to do is figure this out, and then intercept them. Heaven forbid the opponent has the RequiredSecondaryPowers needed to see it coming (ergo, super-reflexes) ''and'' maneuver out of the way, is a {{Nigh Invulnerab|ility}}le LightningBruiser who can just barrel through the obstacle, or worse, breaks the MagicAIsMagicA by not being subject to this problem...

* Inertia is a major issue to consider when using inertialess star-drives in E.E. "Doc" Smith's ''{{Lensman}}'' series. Since ships retain the inertia they had when the drive was switched on, when it's switched off, they could arrive at their destination, switch off their drive and promptly fire off in a completely unexpected direction. If people are transferred from ship to ship whilst 'free', matching their velocities and inertias once they again go intert takes serious equipment. [[EarthShatteringKaboom Or, as with the inertialess planet "nutcracker" weapon, free objects rendered inert can fire off in completely expected directions...]]

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** It was not so much short stories as an essay about the subject, titled [[http://www.goldrush.com/~herd/tel/ "The Theory and Practice of Teleportation"]]. It's intended part in humor, part in mental exercise for scifi buffs, and part so nobody could call bullshit on him when he gave it as a speech to MIT. =)

* A non-Quicksilver example: In ''[[UltimateXMen Ultimate X-Men]]'', Ultimate Arcade's debut brought him into conflict with Nightcrawler. He figured out where Kurt was going to 'port to next and was ready with a knife to the gut.

Pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin; once the character enters teleportation, or starts a set of movements, he can't change destination or direction of movement at all. All the underpowered character has to do is figure this out, and then intercept them. Heaven forbid the opponent has the RequiredSecondaryPowers needed to see it coming (ergo, super-reflexes) ''and'' maneuver out of the way, or worse, breaks the MagicAIsMagicA by not being subject to this problem...

* [[{{Canabalt}} You ran 2917m before hitting a wall and tumbling to death]].

** [[{{Canabalt}} You ran 2917m before hitting a wall and tumbling to death]].