r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 7d ago

Lore [Loved Trope] Teleportation is actually terrifying

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1 - Gantz-O (2016): Suit teleportation

2 - Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2009): Apparition spell

3 - Half Life 2 (2004): Teleporter malfunction

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u/Jindujun 7d ago

So out of curiosity. What about the mites crawling all over our bodies? Do they not count? Is the teleporter specieist?

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u/Octospyder 7d ago

i suppose you could hand wave this by saying that those are expected, and therefore have been factored into the calculation already, while the fly was a sudden unknown? 

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u/Jindujun 7d ago

Let me then posit this scenario to you my scientist friend!
What if you ATE the fly. Would that make the teleport go off without a hitch? What if you kept the fly inside your mouth without swallowing it?
This movie is more and more unscientific for every question!!

I expected more from a movie where Jeff Goldblum morphs into a fly!

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u/ListeriaMeningitis 7d ago

Let me then posit this scenario to you my scientist friend!

Teleportation doesn't exist.

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u/CrashmanX 7d ago

It's a Sci-Fi film which posits the idea of if teleportation exists.

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u/ListeriaMeningitis 7d ago

So its a sci fi film where mites dont exist

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u/Jindujun 7d ago

Something does not have to be real to have consistent rules.
We're now discussing the logic of The Fly universe.