Thinking Up Portals: Difference between revisions

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In science fiction, fantasy, and superhero stories, many times a character will need to get somewhere else in a hurry. And obviously, there are few ways faster than teleportation. But simply appearing can lack a certain...pizzazz. That stepping out of a hole in the air can certainly grant, all the more so if you generated it yourself.

 

This trope involves characters who can create a portal using their superpowers or magical powers, or by having personal portal-generating equipment added as part of a [[Cyborg]] Upgrade. Note that if the portal isn't the sort that requires you to step or jump into it, it probably isn't this trope, and if it requires any external equipment, it's likely part of a [[Portal Network]] instead.

 

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* ''[[Touhou]]'': [[Reality Warper|Yukari Yakumo]] is known for her "gaps", and actually ''sits'' on one in her portrait.

* Teleportation spells in ''[[The Witcher]]'' appear to work in this fashion.

* ''[[Prey]]'''s Hunters and Harvesters travel around the Sphere via portals that the Mother creates for them; it's very usual for you hear the familiar hissing sound their gates make, and seconds later find yourself ambushed from all sides. The Keepers, being higher up in the hierarchy, can use their [[Hollywood Cyborg|cybernetics]] or [[Psychic Powers]] to [[Teleport Spam|jump around you mid-battle]].

* In ''[[Absorption]]'', though you can't create portals, you need to replace existing ones to solve puzzles.

 

== [[Web Comic|Webcomics]] ==

* Drake in ''[[Gold Coin Comics]]'' has the power to [http://www.goldcoincomics.com/?id=124 conjure a teleportation portal].

* Fiends in ''[[Order of the Stick]]'' can travel between planes through portals.

 

== [[Western Animation]] ==

 

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