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** Note that despite all this, in every series except ''Enterprise'', when a character is shown to be unwilling or scared to used the transporters, they are treated as eccentric and unreasonable in their fear of the device.

** Also note that, apparently, [[Reed Richards Is Useless|none of these effects are reproducible when you might actually want them]]. A gizmo that can [[Fountain of Youth|turn an old man into a child, with his memory intact?]] A gate for entering parallel universes? Of course, most of these effects would be [[Story-Breaker Power|Story Breakers]] if they could be invoked at will. Even the related (and ubiquitous) replicator tech is never explored to its fullest potential, for this reason.

* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', O'Neil and Carter enter the [[Cool Gate|Stargate]] to return to base, but end up on an ice planet instead. However, {{spoiler|it turns out they did make it back to Earth, only they rematerialized in Antarctica.}}

** In another episode, the whole SG-1 team ends up traveling back in time due to the wormhole crossing a solar flare. In this case, {{spoiler|due to a [[Stable Time Loop|time loop]], Hammond knew what was going to happen.}} Unlike other example, this is reproducible, and the solar flare method makes up the majority of time travel in the various shows of the [[Stargate Verse]].

** An energy discharge in a wormhole bisecting a black hole causes all subsequent wormholes bisecting the black hole from the same direction (in any alternate universe to boot) to connect to a specific alternate universe's stargate on Earth.

* In ''[[Fringe]]'' the teleporter has rather horrible side-effects: you have to stay in a decompression chamber for a few weeks, and even then it slowly kills you. Then again, you become [[Immune to Bullets]].

* ''[[The Comic Strip Presents]]'': "The Yob" parodies ''[[The Fly]]'' remake by having a scientist accidentally merged with a soccer hooligan. Also, at the end of the episode, a macho stud ends up with the lower body of {{spoiler|a tomcat}}.