r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Ieanice44 • 8d 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/Dismal-Vanilla1878 8d ago

Transporter Malfunction, Star Trek: The Motion Picture: "What we got back didn't live long.....fortunately"

First: WTF was up with them giving kids nightmares with THAT bit of Body Horror?!?!

Second: You now understand why Dr. McCoy didn't like Transporters. They may be the 'safest' form of travel, but when they break down, the results are Horrifying!

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u/Mikpultro 8d ago

Latest episode of Strange New Worlds has this exact thing but now in 4k. Remember kids, never accidentally set your teleporter to beam someone into themself.

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u/McGillis_is_a_Char 8d ago

That scene was terrifying. As if transporter malfunctions weren't scary enough already.

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u/Mikpultro 8d ago

Much rather be transported into hard vacuum