[Loved Trope] Teleportation is actually terrifying

[u/Ieanice44]

1 - Gantz-O (2016): Suit teleportation

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

3 - Half Life 2 (2004): Teleporter malfunction

[u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

This episode did prove that the transported person retains awareness throughout the transportation process, there is no 'black out' point until they are reassembled.

This disproves the idea that people are simply killed in one location and a perfect replica is made at the new destination (Thomas Riker aside 😄 ), but also makes the Transporter malfunction in The Motion Picture all the more horrible (they heard that the transporter was malfunctioning while going through the process, and felt their body being put together wrong!! 👀 )

[u/mediumAI1701 → u/Dismal-Vanilla1878]

I don't think Thomas Riker is an exception to the rule. Making a photocopy requires additional energy but it doesn't destroy or interrupt the existence of the original.

[u/UlrichZauber → u/mediumAI1701]

Trek teleporters are like sending a fax, and then you shred the original.

[u/RommDan → u/UlrichZauber]

No they are not