Teleportation
Teleportation is the ability to instantly transport matter from one place to another within a very short amount of time. In the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, such a power could be the key between victory and defeat.
Strange thing is, most Transformers who can teleport are total morons. Primus save us from idiots who can teleport.
Fiction
Generation 1
The Transformers cartoon
Skywarp possesses the ability to teleport. Though this would make him potentially deadly, without Megatron or Starscream to tell him what to do, he's useless, so his teleportation ability is not really a threat as far as the Autobots are concerned. Usually, he just uses it for immature pranks, such as pushing the other Decepticons down the stairs. Although the victim finds it unfunny, the other Decepticons enjoy it... because it's really funny.
It is possible Nightbird possessed the ability to teleport. Enter the Nightbird
Cyclonus had the power (at least temporarily) when he was reverted to an in-between state of Cyclonus and Skywarp, gaining Skywarp's abilities in addition to his own. Time to Move
Also, the Decepticons' space bridge was used to teleport troops and materials between Cybertron and Earth.
Wings Universe
After being exposed to enhanced forestonite during a battle with the Decepticon Syndicate at the Large Hadron Collider in 2010, Generation 2: Redux Road Rocket developed the superpower of teleportation. A Flash Forward, Part 2
IDW Generation 1 continuity
Titans could use their space bridge capabilities to teleport themselves across vast distances. Primus: All Good Things
Beast Era
Beast Wars cartoon
While setting up a communication system, Cheetor accidentally found that when struck by lightning, they turned into a teleportation route between the Axalon and the Darksyde. Terrorsaur and Dinobot also discovered this, and Terrorsaur suggested that they use it to destroy both Optimus Primal and Megatron.
Dinobot ejected Terrorsaur through the waste system, then convinced Optimus to use the teleporter to send a bomb to the Darksyde.
Bad news was, both ships were on an energon vein that would explode catastrophically if either ship blew. So Cheetor deactivated the clamps that held it in place, and Terrorsaur then sent it into the air. Cheetor then used the teleporter to return to the Axalon, which also destroyed the communicators, destroying the teleportation system. Equal Measures
Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity
Thrust and Wheeljack have the ability to teleport. Armada
Starscream has the ability to teleport. Energon
Galvatron, Sideways, Soundwave, and Primus all have the ability to "warp". Cybertron
Live-action film series
Dreadwing has the ability to teleport. Nobody knows how he got it, and since he's too stupid to have made it himself, the other Decepticons think that he stole it.
The mass-produced Seeker units posses the ability to teleport short distances. Some of them were frighteningly competent with their ability and used it to harass inexperienced Autobots to great effect. Wether or not they like to push people down stairs have yet to be seen. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)
Animated
Skywarp has the ability to teleport, which he uses to flee from battle even quicker. Toy bio Lockdown had a pair of Teleportation Bracelets which he used when capturing Blackarachnia. Web of Deception
External links
- Teleportation on Wikipedia.
