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* In the [[Arthur C. Clarke]] novel ''Time's Eye'', a parallel universe world is built using chunks of Earth from different parts of time. This includes [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan, and their respective armies]]. And a colonial British regiment (with [[Rudyard Kipling]]) and a Soyuz capsule orbiting the earth.

* The West Virginia mining town of Grantville being teleported to 1632 Thuringia in the ''[[1632]]'' saga by Eric Flint.

* In the novel ''[[Jonathan Strange ~~and~~ Mr. Norrell]]'', Mr. Strange teleports an entire European city to North America to save it being attacked in the Napoleonic wars. He remembered to put it back (although some of the regiments, who deserted, were not brought back with it). However, he neglected to move another city (moved to make it match the maps) back to where it originally was. He also switched the places of two churches, mostly to demonstrate the theory, and forget to put them back.

* In the novel ''[[Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell]]'', Mr. Strange teleports an entire European city to North America to save it being attacked in the Napoleonic wars. He remembered to put it back (although some of the regiments, who deserted, were not brought back with it). However, he neglected to move another city (moved to make it match the maps) back to where it originally was. He also switched the places of two churches, mostly to demonstrate the theory, and forget to put them back.

* This is what everyone ''thinks'' happened to all of Europe in ''Darwinia'' (the book, not the game). Actually, they're {{spoiler|[[Inside a Computer System]]}}.

* John Birmingham's ''Axis of Time'' trilogy, inspired by ''[[The Final Countdown]]'' (see above), depicts a military task force that somehow gets sent back in time from 2021 to 1942.

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== [[Tabletop RPG]] ==

* ''[[GURPS]]'' Fantasy's Yrth setting. A phenomenon called the Banestorm transports collections of living creatures to the world of Yrth from other universes.

* In ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'', this is how the demiplane of Ravenloft came into existence: chunks of land from other planes were teleported into it.

* In ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'', this is how the demiplane of Ravenloft came into existence: chunks of land from other planes were teleported into it.

* The plane of Rath in ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' was built from a shapeshifting material called flowstone, with the idea that it could be made to resemble another world and then overlay itself on top of it. All part of a complex invasion plan. That actually works.

** In the same rough plotline, the planeswalker Teferi teleports an entire continent away to enable its people to escape the said invasion.

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** In [[World of Warcraft]], Jaina Proudmoore is specifically referred to as a master of this skill (and she uses it to good effect at the end of the Wrathgate storyline).

*** Cataclysm added this as a perk for high level guilds, called "Have group, will travel" it allows one person to summon up to 39 other people to their location instantly.

** The Protoss Arbiter in ''[[~~Starcraft~~]]'' can teleport a moderately-sized strike force to it.

** The Protoss Arbiter in ''[[StarCraft]]'' can teleport a moderately-sized strike force to it.

*** Ditto for the Protoss Mothership in ''[[Star Craft 2]]''.

*** As a matter of fact, this is how ALL Protoss units and buildings are “built.” Instead of being constructed from local materials, local materials are merely used to fuel powerful wormholes that teleport over finished items from the heavily industrialized Protoss homeworld. This allows a skilled player to rapidly [[Teleport Spam]] an entire base into existence with a single [[Worker Unit]].

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