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

Marvel Comics continuity

Circa 1990, a group of Autobots and Decepticons wound up in the deepest parts of Cybertron and found the face of Primus. A firefight culminated in a stray shot striking Primus causing him to briefly awaken and emit a multiverse-shaking scream which served to alert Unicron to his brother's hiding place. The Primal Scream Though the Chaos Bringer wished to simply teleport to Cybertron, the vast distance combined with his sheer mass made it impractical so he sent Galvatron ahead to soften up the Cybertronians. Eye of the Storm

After being properly reawakened, Primus teleported all of his creations back home to fight Unicron. Out of Time!

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. Transport to Oblivion

Wings Universe

Wings Universe is based on the Generation 1 cartoon, but deviates from it in cosmetic ways and continuity points.

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 This technology was lost to Cybertronians of the modern era, the closest they had was the orbital jumps. Infiltration #6 In spite of this, teleportation was among the powers exhibited by outliers. An Intimate Beheading

The Necrobot possessed a highly advanced quantum technology teleport chamber that he used to travel across the galaxy. The Sun in Flight

Ore-9 was capable of warping objects through space. The Hallowing

The Dire Wraith Vekktral used his magic to teleport away from a group of Space Knights on Mato Grosso. Shining Armor #1

The Magnus Armor was equipped with recall trigger that could teleport the user to Tyrest's location. The Divided Self Tyrest had his own trigger which he used to escape captivity, The Sound of Breaking Glass but he didn't get very far owing to his damaged state. Farsickness Upon Tyrest learning that he was in reality Solomus, he attacked Adaptus in a vengeful fury only to be quickly beaten down. Fatally wounded, Solomus tried to use his recall trigger to escape only for his brother to sever the hand it was concealed in. Once both had perished, Rodimus seized the still-intact recall trigger and used it to teleport himself to the Lost Light. The Unremembering

As part of their master plan, the Omega Guardians slowly teleported Ratchet off of Skip, so as to simulate the effects of aggressive depigmentation and intangibility allowing them to use Ten as a puppet to guide Team Rodimus to Mederi via the Warren. Sardines Metastasis The Unremembering

Skywarp was an outlier with the power to teleport. After being stabbed mid-materialization by Arcee, Heavy Is the Head he lost control of his teleportation powers and faced difficulties in staying tangible.Shockpoint Galvatron later recruited Skywarp under the promise to fix his malfunctioning powers The Mind Bomb The Obliterati but it soon became clear that he was only in the market for a cheap transporter, The Medium and the Message prompting the Seeker to defect to the Earth Defense Command in exchange for stabilizing him. White Light Though his molecular cohesion was restored, G.I. Joe vol. 5 #1 the humans deliberately chose to withhold restoring his ability to teleport. Scarlett's Strike Force #2

Humans had their own teleportation capabilities in the form of the M.A.S.S. Device. Enter The Shadow

After creating New Prysmos, Merklynn teleported all the humans and Cybertronians in the immediate area back to Iacon. First Strike #6

When Unicron awoke, it devoured Velocitron for its Ore-9, assimilating the ore's power into its being, using this power to quickly make its way to its targets. Unstopped and Unstoppable Our Darkest Though the Cybertronians rather quickly deduced this was teleportation, Bludgeon misled Starscream and the Decepticon Vengeance Division into believing that Unicron was performing FTL jumps and designed a stasis web that supposedly inhibited them while in reality, he had brought them to pledge his loyalty to the Chaos Bringer. After unleashing the Maximals on the fleet, Unicron teleported itself directly to Cybertron. Our Finest

To evacuate the planet, Windblade called upon the Spectral Knights to use their magic and teleport the population to Earth. Once Unicron had destroyed the empty globe, it teleported itself to the sol system to complete the extinction of the Cybertronian race. Road's End

As part of the final attack on Unicron, Skywarp's teleport powers were restored so he could teleport the Talisman directly into the centre of Unicron. After being stabbed by a Maximal however, Skywarp was forced to retreat, Starscream being forced to activate the Talisman at the cost of his own life and letting it burn a path into Unicron. Ceremony

Transformers vs. G.I. Joe

Destro owned the M.A.S.S. Device which he used to teleport himself to Cybertron. He enjoyed a reputation of being the only human to survive usage of the device. Funeral for a Friend After being caught in the core of the Earth's sun, Megatron used his black hole spark to teleport himself into another dimension. The War Never Ends

Star Trek vs. Transformers

Both the Federation and the Klingon Empire had the technology to teleport personnel to and from their ships. Prime's Directive, Part One After Fortress Maximus and Trypticon had each scanned a vessel of the two powers, both Titans gained the ability. Prime's Directive, Part Three Prime's Directive, Part Four

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

Dreamwave Armada continuity

Skywarp possessed the ability to teleport. Combined with his other skills, this would have made him a formidable Decepticon warrior were it not for the fact that he was petty thug and prankster so unintelligent that he needed Starscream's constant supervision to do anything. Skywarp's More Than Meets The Eye profile

Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity

Vector Prime had the ability open dimension gates allowing him to transport anywhere. Fallen The colloquial term for teleportation was "warp". Giant Showdown

When Planet X invaded Gigantion, the invaders made substantial usage of teleportation technology. Challenge The Gigantions eventually developed the technology necessary to inhibit teleportation on a planet-wide scale. Nonetheless, they retained a fear and distrust of anyone with the ability to teleport. Giant As natives of Planet X, both Sideways, Savage and Soundwave both possessed the ability to teleport. Showdown

While on Earth, Thrust and Wheeljack both possessed the ability to teleport. Past II

After his botched resurrection, Starscream gained the ability to teleport by "ghosting" from place to place via turning into an ethereal form. Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary After dying and being reborn (again), Starscream lost this ability. Inferno After absorbing a portion of Primus' spark however, Starscream the power within Starscream steadily increased and he eventually regained his teleportation powers. Showdown

After being revived and donning the Armor of Unicron, Megatron gained the ability to open dimension gates. Inferno After becoming Galvatron, he gained the ability to teleport without the need for the gates. Showdown In spite of this, he still utilized the gates. Likely for drama. Unfinished

After all four Cyber Planet Keys were inserted into the Omega Lock, Primus regained his full range of powers, teleportation among them. End

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.