Jumper (novel): Difference between revisions

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: The books and the film.

* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: An entire one revolving around killing teleporters and inventing technology to stop them.

** Also, Griffin. A cold killer whose parents were murdered by the Paladins, giving him a motive to go to war with them.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: After spending the whole novel afraid or resenting his father... Davy jumps the old man to his mother's grave, gives him a [[Hannibal Lecture]], and forces him to finally join AA and sober up.

* [[Everything Is Even Worse With Sharks]]: In the movie, Griffin explains that he knows of a reef with an active school of sharks where he leaves the agents that attack him.

* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: The Paladins use hybrid [[Grappling Hook Gun]]-[[Stun Guns]] because when a conventional bullet hits the "Jump Scar" left in the wake of a teleport, it spins off in a random direction. [[Its All There in the Manual]].

* [[High Altitude Interrogation]]: Overlaps with [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]. Davey does this to {{spoiler|the terrorist who killed his mother}} but in a particularly nasty way. Davey can teleport, so he teleports the guy to the top of the World Trade Center, drops him, and teleports down to catch him just before he hits the ground. Then he does it again, and again, letting him get closer to the ground with each drop...

* [[Holier Than Thou]]: Roland Cox.

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Davy uses Jumping to travel the world and make moving faster. Taken to an extreme in the film, where he would rather Jump to his television remote on the other side of the couch rather than physically move to it. Roland comments that he seems to use it so much it's probably been a while since he actually used a ''door''.

* [[Near Rape Experience]]: Davy, by a trucker. It's the second time he jumps.

* [[Older Sidekick]]: Millie, in the book. Sort of.

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: The book spans about one year of David's [[Slice of Life|life as a teleporter]], during which he {{spoiler|[[How Do I Shot Web|learns the specifics of his power]], meets his [[Love Interest]], and reconnects with his [[Missing Mom]]. Then, [[Deus Angst Machina|in the space of a week]], he runs afoul of a [[Corrupt Hick|wife-beating cop]], is exposed first as a criminal then [[Broken Masquerade|as a teleporter]], and is finally knocked off his feet by a case of pneumonia, thus making him [[Late to The Party]] when his [[You Killed My Father|mother is killed by terrorists]]. David has only begun to [[They Fight Crime|hunt them down]] and reconcile with his girlfriend when [[The Government]] steps in and [[It Got Worse]].}} At this point, David has his [[Super Hero Origin]] and can begin to kick ass - ''after three fourths of the book''. The movie manages to adapt just about all of this (swapping terrorists for [[Church Militant|Church Militants]]) with room for several [[Fight Scene|Fight Scenes]], and even set up a few [[Sequel Hook|sequel hooks]]. As it made nearly a quarter ''billion'' dollars from its $85 million budget, [[Cash Cow Franchise|a sequel is inevitable]]. Doug Liman has a trilogy planned.