Teleportation was the ability to materialize in another place without physically traveling the space in between.[1] This also included the use of portals and the ability to create them.[2]
Description[]
According to Wesley, teleportation was characterized by a displacement of atmosphere around the teleporter; anything other than that, was merely high-speed or imperceptible movement.[3] Several demons possessed this ability,[1] as well as powerful magic practitioners with the use of certain spells.[4] Some forms of teleportation could allow the user to travel into different dimensions.[5]
Anya considered teleportation superior to flight in its effectiveness. When Willow was consumed by black magic, she used an airborne-based form of transportation, appearing and disappearing in violent burst of lightning and gust of wind, as opposed to vengeance demons, who used teleportation, appearing and disappearing in a swirl of magical energies almost instantaneously. Willow's mode of transport was visually more distinguishable, but it took longer for her to get to her destination.[1]
The ability to teleport could be limited only to the user, as demonstrated and explained by Anya to Andrew, although Willow was able to bring Buffy and Dawn into the Magic Box with her.[1] However, teleporting something else besides the user, living or otherwise, could depended on the skill level of the responsible party. Jonathan was unable to warp elsewhere something as large as a dead person's body;[6] and yet Willow was able to do so with Glory, who was alive and close to invincible at that time.[7]
Examples[]
Demons[]
- Vengeance demons could travel to any specific place instantly, but there were some limitations. Halfrek could not teleport out of the Summers residence until she broke the spell that kept residents inside[8] and Anya could not teleport Andrew and Jonathan out of prison.[1] Teleportation for vengeance demons was also a privilege, as Anya had this ability revoked as punishment for reversing a wish.[9]
- Mok'tagar demons could travel inter-dimensionally.[5]
- Kleynach demons wore a magic ring known as the Band of Blacknill to travel through dimensions.[10]
- Illyria was able to teleport Buffy from the middle of a fight in San Francisco to where she stood in Los Angeles.[11]
- Other demons such Sweet,[12] Sahjhan,[13] Stewart Burns,[14] and an unidentified shaman[15] could travel through points in space at will.
Humans[]
- Myrna, an expert on inter-dimensional magic, would involuntarily teleport to different places in her proximity.[16]
- Giles was teleported to Sunnydale from England with the help of the Devon Coven.[17]
- After a night of heavy magic use, Willow teleported to Buffy's house after briefly teleporting to the inside of the Bronze and outside of the Magic Box.[4]
- A new rule written in the Vampyr book allowed Dawn, as the Key, to retain her power to open portals even on Earth.[18] She had been able to travel through a number of dimensions between Anharra and Earth,[2][19] and since then she opened a portal through time along with Willow and Illyria,[20] as well as find a place for Harth's demon army to be expelled into during the Reckoning.[21]
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Canonical[]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 2 | |||||||||||
"When She Was Bad" Absent |
"Some Assembly Required" Absent |
"School Hard" Absent |
"Inca Mummy Girl" Absent |
"Reptile Boy" Absent |
"Halloween" Absent |
"Lie to Me" Absent |
"The Dark Age" Absent |
"What's My Line? Part One" Absent |
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"Ted" Absent | |
"Bad Eggs" Absent |
"Surprise" Absent |
"Innocence" Absent |
"Phases" Absent |
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" Absent |
"Passion" Absent |
"Killed by Death" Absent |
"I Only Have Eyes for You" Absent |
"Go Fish" Absent |
"Becoming, Part One" Absent |
"Becoming, Part Two" Appears |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 3 | |||||||||||
"Anne" Appears |
"Dead Man's Party" Absent |
"Faith, Hope & Trick" Appears |
"Beauty and the Beasts" Absent |
"Homecoming" Absent |
"Band Candy" Absent |
"Revelations" Absent |
"Lovers Walk" Absent |
"The Wish" Appears |
"Amends" Absent |
"Gingerbread" Absent | |
"Helpless" Absent |
"The Zeppo" Absent |
"Bad Girls" Absent |
"Consequences" Absent |
"Doppelgängland" Appears |
"Enemies" Absent |
"Earshot" Absent |
"Choices" Absent |
"The Prom" Absent |
"Graduation Day, Part One" Absent |
"Graduation Day, Part Two" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 4 | |||||||||||
"The Freshman" Absent |
"Living Conditions" Appears |
"The Harsh Light of Day" Absent |
"Fear, Itself" Absent |
"Beer Bad" Absent |
"Wild at Heart" Absent |
"The Initiative" Absent |
"Pangs" Absent |
"Something Blue" Appears |
"Hush" Absent |
"Doomed" Absent | |
"A New Man" Absent |
"The I in Team" Absent |
"Goodbye Iowa" Absent |
"This Year's Girl" Absent |
"Who Are You?" Absent |
"Superstar" Absent |
"Where the Wild Things Are" Absent |
"New Moon Rising" Absent |
"The Yoko Factor" Absent |
"Primeval" Absent |
"Restless" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 5 | |||||||||||
"Buffy vs. Dracula" Absent |
"Real Me" Absent |
"The Replacement" Absent |
"Out of My Mind" Absent |
"No Place Like Home" Absent |
"Family" Absent |
"Fool for Love" Absent |
"Shadow" Absent |
"Listening to Fear" Absent |
"Into the Woods" Absent |
"Triangle" Appears | |
"Checkpoint" Absent |
"Blood Ties" Appears |
"Crush" Mention |
"I Was Made to Love You" Absent |
"The Body" Absent |
"Forever" Absent |
"Intervention" Absent |
"Tough Love" Absent |
"Spiral" Absent |
"The Weight of the World" Absent |
"The Gift" Appears |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 6 | |||||||||||
"Bargaining, Part One" Absent |
"Bargaining, Part Two" Absent |
"After Life" Absent |
"Flooded" Absent |
"Life Serial" Absent |
"All the Way" Absent |
"Once More, with Feeling" Appears |
"Tabula Rasa" Absent |
"Smashed" Absent |
"Wrecked" Appears |
"Gone" Absent | |
"Doublemeat Palace" Absent |
"Dead Things" Mention |
"Older and Far Away" Appears |
"As You Were" Absent |
"Hell's Bells" Absent |
"Normal Again" Absent |
"Entropy" Absent |
"Seeing Red" Absent |
"Villains" Absent |
"Two to Go" Appears |
"Grave" Mention |
Angel: Season 3 | |||||||||||
"Heartthrob" Absent |
"That Vision- Thing" Absent |
"That Old Gang of Mine" Absent |
"Carpe Noctem" Absent |
"Fredless" Absent |
"Billy" Absent |
"Offspring" Absent |
"Quickening" Absent |
"Lullaby" Absent |
"Dad" Absent |
"Birthday" Absent | |
"Provider" Absent |
"Waiting in the Wings" Absent |
"Couplet" Absent |
"Loyalty" Appears |
"Sleep Tight" Appears |
"Forgiving" Absent |
"Double or Nothing" Absent |
"The Price" Absent |
"A New World" Absent |
"Benediction" Absent |
"Tomorrow" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 7 | |||||||||||
"Lessons" Absent |
"Beneath You" Absent |
"Same Time, Same Place" Mention |
"Help" Absent |
"Selfless" Absent |
"Him" Absent |
"Conversations with Dead People" Absent |
"Sleeper" Absent |
"Never Leave Me" Absent |
"Bring on the Night" Absent |
"Showtime" Absent | |
"Potential" Absent |
"The Killer in Me" Absent |
"First Date" Absent |
"Get It Done" Appears |
"Storyteller" Absent |
"Lies My Parents Told Me" Absent |
"Dirty Girls" Absent |
"Empty Places" Absent |
"Touched" Absent |
"End of Days" Absent |
"Chosen" Absent |
Angel: Season 5 | |||||||||||
"Conviction" Absent |
"Just Rewards" Absent |
"Unleashed" Absent |
"Hell Bound" Absent |
"Life of the Party" Absent |
"The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco" Absent |
"Lineage" Absent |
"Destiny" Absent |
"Harm's Way" Absent |
"Soul Purpose" Absent |
"Damage" Absent | |
"You're Welcome" Absent |
"Why We Fight" Absent |
"Smile Time" Absent |
"A Hole in the World" Absent |
"Shells" Mention |
"Underneath" Absent |
"Origin" Absent |
"Time Bomb" Absent |
"The Girl in Question" Absent |
"Power Play" Absent |
"Not Fade Away" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 | |||||||||||
"Magical Mystery Tour, Featuring the Beetles" Absent |
Freefall, Part 1 Absent |
Freefall, Part 2 Absent |
Freefall, Part 3 Absent |
Freefall, Part 4 Absent |
Slayer, Interrupted Absent |
On Your Own, Part 1 Absent |
On Your Own, Part 2 Absent |
Apart (of Me), Part 1 Absent |
Apart (of Me), Part 2 Absent |
Apart (of Me), Part 3 Absent | |
"In Space No One Can Hear You Slay" Absent |
Guarded, Part 1 Absent |
Guarded, Part 2 Absent |
Guarded, Part 3 Absent |
Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 1 Absent |
Billy the Vampire Slayer, Part 2 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 1 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 2 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 3 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 4 Absent |
Wonderland, Part 5 Absent | |
Welcome to the Team, Part 1 Appears |
Welcome to the Team, Part 2 Absent |
Welcome to the Team, Part 3 Absent |
Welcome to the Team, Part 4 Absent |
The Watcher Absent |
The Core, Part 1 Absent |
The Core, Part 2 Absent |
The Core, Part 3 Absent |
The Core, Part 4 Absent |
The Core, Part 5 Absent |
Love vs. Life Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10 | |||||||||||
New Rules, Part 1 Absent |
New Rules, Part 2 Absent |
New Rules, Part 3 Absent |
New Rules, Part 4 Absent |
New Rules, Part 5 Absent |
I Wish, Part 1 Absent |
I Wish, Part 2 Absent |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 1 Absent |
Return to Sunnydale, Part 2 Absent |
Day Off (or Harmony in My Head) Absent | ||
Love Dares You, Part 1 Absent |
Love Dares You, Part 2 Absent |
Love Dares You, Part 3 Appears |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 1 Absent |
Relationship Status: Complicated, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 1 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 2 Absent |
Old Demons, Part 3 Absent |
Freaky Giles Day Absent |
Triggers Absent | ||
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 1 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 2 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 3 Appears |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 4 Absent |
In Pieces on the Ground, Part 5 Absent |
Own It, Part 1 Absent |
Own It, Part 2 Appears |
Own It, Part 3 Appears |
Own It, Part 4 Absent |
Own It, Part 5 Appears | ||
"Where Are They Now?" Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 11 | |||||||||||
The Spread of Their Evil Mention |
In Time of Crisis Absent |
A House Divided Absent |
Desperate Times Absent |
Desperate Measures Absent |
Back to the Wall Mention |
Disempowered Absent |
Ordinary People Absent | ||||
The Great Escape Absent |
Crimes Against Nature Appears |
Revelations Absent |
One Girl in All the World Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 1 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 2 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 3 Absent |
Girl Blue, Part 4 Absent |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 12 | |||||||||||
One Year Later Appears |
Future Shock Flashback |
The Reckoning Mention |
Finale Appears |
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