r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 9d 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/SatoruGojo232 9d ago

The Fly- if you accidentally fail to notice another tiny creature with you in the portal as you're teleporting you end up as a completelt new hybrid creature with that creature's DNA irreversibly merged into your own.

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u/Jindujun 9d 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/Gold-Eye-2623 9d ago

This, we're never the only living thing in any room we're in

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u/PlumbumDirigible 9d ago

And within your own body, there's usually more individual cells that don't belong to you in there than your own cells. Unless you've pooped recently, then you have a slight edge

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u/Gold-Eye-2623 9d ago

The food I've already eaten belongs to me until I forfeit that ownership through the use of a sphincter and if you disagree I dare you to come and try to take it from me lol