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* ''Fanfic/MetalGearGreen'': The HPSC gives Night Owl the green light for interdimensional exploration as they see it as a massive profit binge. Nine years later, and the only reason it isn't discontinued isn't because Night Owl's interdimensional explorations did bear some fruit ([[NiceJobFixingItVillain he did teleport the MSF into the MHA world]]), but because if it came out that they had [[PoweredByAForsakenChild Izuku]] as a battery, the HPSC would not only be dissolved on the spot, but most of the top brass would be executed as well.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeFionnaAndCake'': Prismo's remote normally lets him view anything in the multiverse from the Time Room, however he modifies it into a dimension-hopping device and gives it to Fionna. Simon also puts a gem from a destroyed copy of the Ice King's crown in it so that it can take them to universes where the crown exists.

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* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'', Professor Jacob Burroughs creates a device that allows travel between dimensions. It's installed in a vehicle and allows the protagonists to go on a series of adventures.
* The various dimension-spanning organizations in ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' have different means of crossing the barriers between world, but the most common are small ships with traverse [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds the Void]] on their way to their destination. This includes the Cupids' own vehicles, the Fog Ships, which are stated to be top-of-the-line when it comes to interdimensional vehicle, although that might just be the Cupids' own propaganda.

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* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/TheNumberOfTheBeast'', Professor Jacob Burroughs creates a device that allows travel between dimensions. It's installed in a vehicle and allows the protagonists to go on a series of adventures.
* The various dimension-spanning organizations in ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' have different means of crossing the barriers between world, but the most common are small ships with traverse [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds the Void]] on their way to their destination. This includes the Cupids' own vehicles, the Fog Ships, which are stated to be top-of-the-line when it comes to interdimensional vehicle, although that might just be the Cupids' own propaganda.
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* The ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' has a number of metahumans capable of opening breaches between parallel worlds. These include people with "vibe" powers (Cisco, his Earth-2 double, Gypsy) and speedsters. Eventually, Cisco manages to create a small device that can open a breach between Earth-38 and Earth-1, just in case [[Series/Supergirl2015 Kara]] wants to visit [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry]]. In a crossover episode, Music Meister uses the device to get to Barry, although it's implied he doesn't actually need it and merely wants Mon-El to follow him there.

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number of metahumans are capable of opening breaches between parallel worlds. These include people with "vibe" powers (Cisco, his Earth-2 double, Gypsy) and speedsters. Eventually, Cisco manages to create a small device that can open a breach between Earth-38 and Earth-1, just in case [[Series/Supergirl2015 Kara]] wants to visit [[Series/TheFlash2014 Barry]]. In a crossover episode, Music Meister uses the device to get to Barry, although it's implied he doesn't actually need it and merely wants Mon-El to follow him there.



* In Blackbird's ''{{Aniverse}}'' setting, the hammerspace drive, which can fit in a character's pocket and allows travel into {{hammerspace}}, which connects various zones in different dimensions. For example, in the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} Kawaii]]" dimension, there's a Happy Bunny Forest zone, which is an ''entire universe'' filled with ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. In the "Boring" dimension, there's Tokyo Prime, a universe where Tokyo is the center of everything, but nothing ever happens there, and so on.

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* In Blackbird's ''{{Aniverse}}'' ''WebOriginal/{{Aniverse}}'' setting, the hammerspace drive, which can fit in a character's pocket and allows travel into {{hammerspace}}, which connects various zones in different dimensions. For example, in the "[[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} Kawaii]]" dimension, there's a Happy Bunny Forest zone, which is an ''entire universe'' filled with ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. In the "Boring" dimension, there's Tokyo Prime, a universe where Tokyo is the center of everything, but nothing ever happens there, and so on.on.
* The various dimension-spanning organizations in ''Website/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' have different means of crossing the barriers between world, but the most common are small ships with traverse [[VoidBetweenTheWorlds the Void]] on their way to their destination. This includes the Cupids' own vehicles, the Fog Ships, which are stated to be top-of-the-line when it comes to interdimensional vehicle, although that might just be the Cupids' own propaganda.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda's portal door, which is the only reliable method of passing between Earth and the Demon Realm (the only other way being the {{Reality Bleed}}s that cause human junk to wash up on the shores of the Boiling Isles). [[MundaneUtility She mostly uses it to steal human junk to sell at her store]], though her posession of it, its history, and how it was made are incredibly important to the show's MythArc.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda's portal door, which is the only reliable method of passing between Earth and the Demon Realm (the only other way being the {{Reality Bleed}}s that cause human junk to wash up on the shores of the Boiling Isles). [[MundaneUtility She mostly uses it to steal human junk to sell at her store]], though her posession of it, its history, and how it was made are incredibly important to the show's MythArc. [[spoiler:The portal gets destroyed in the end, but The Collector has the ability to generate wormholes, and one such wormhole was made between the Boiling Isles and Earth that is stabilized by a new device]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'' has the Dimensional Travel Watch, which were invented by [[ComicBook/SpiderMan2099 Miguel O'Hara]] and are used by countless Spider-Mans to travel to different dimensions. It also prevents them from glitching while they’re visiting a dimension that they’re not from. Miles spends the first half of the movie trying to get one for himself, but Miguel refuses to give him one since [[spoiler:Miles himself is a dimensional anomaly. The spider that he was bitten by was accidentally leaked into his dimension, thus Miles was never supposed to become a Spider-Man.]]
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** ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm02Thirdspace Thirdspace]]'' introduced an ancient Vorlon artifact that turned out to be a jumpgate to yet another dimension unimaginatively described as "Thirdspace." [[CosmicHorrorStory It turns out this is not a good place to open doors to]] and they destroy the artifact in order to close the door again.

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** ''[[Recap/BabylonFiveFilm02Thirdspace ''[[Film/BabylonFiveThirdspace Thirdspace]]'' introduced an ancient Vorlon artifact that turned out to be a jumpgate to yet another dimension unimaginatively described as "Thirdspace." [[CosmicHorrorStory It turns out this is not a good place to open doors to]] and they destroy the artifact in order to close the door again.
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* ''Literature/TheFrugalWizardsHandbookForSurvivingMedievalEngland'': The whole premise of the setting is that there are infinite alternative dimensions that can be reached through portals.
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* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': Marina's pencil allows her to travel to other worlds. Other characters stealing the pencil for themselves is what insigates various crossovers, a prominent example being Glu accidentally drawing a portal to ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'s universe in ''ComicBook/TurmaDaMonicaEGarfieldOLapisMagico''.
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* In Craig Shaw Gardner's Cineverse Cycle, you can get to and travel between the worlds of the Cineverse by turning the dial of a Captain Crusader Decoder Ring and saying "See you in the funny papers!".
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* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The Dark Judges possess orbs that allow travel between dimensions, which they stole from a group of aliens who made the mistake of visiting their world. Justice Department later reverse engineers the technology to create their own dimensional teleporters. In the "Helter Skelter" story they're forced to destroy their own D-jump technology after a nearly successful invasion by Dredd's enemies from other dimensions.

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** Even earlier the Sov Mega-Cities developed Apocalypse Warp technology, which during the early stages of the Apocalypse War enabled them to redirect Mega-City One's nuclear counter-attack to another dimension, which was [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse promptly destroyed]]. However, unlike the orbs brought over by the Dark Judges, it seems that the Apocalypse Warp could not be focused and only worked at random.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' has several magical items that allow travel through dimensions, with the Seal of Phobos (and later the Heart of Candracer after it absorbs the seal) being the first example shown and the Mage's ring and the Tonga Tooth necklace in the second season. Elyon, the Heart of Meridian, can open Folds with her power and jokingly laments that she doesn't get any new jewelry like the others.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' has several magical items that allow travel through dimensions, with the Seal of Phobos (and later the Heart of Candracer Kandrakar after it absorbs the seal) being the first example shown shown, and the Mage's ring and the Tonga Tooth necklace in the second season. Elyon, the Heart of Meridian, can open Folds with her power and jokingly laments that she doesn't get any new jewelry like the others.
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* What's only known as the Calamity Box from ''{{WesternAnimation/Amphibia}}'' transported the protagonist and her two girlfriends to the titular universe where sapient, anthropomorphic amphibians live in a rather dangerous swamp world of monstrous predators. Season 2 has their king reveal that the device was created by his ancestors to traverse various alternate universes, and it needs to be taken to three temples they built to recharge it for another trip.

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* What's only known as the Calamity Box from ''{{WesternAnimation/Amphibia}}'' transported the protagonist and her two girlfriends to the titular universe where sapient, anthropomorphic amphibians live in a rather dangerous swamp world of monstrous predators. Season 2 has their king reveal that the device was created by his ancestors to traverse various alternate universes, and it needs to be taken to three temples they built to recharge it for another trip. [[spoiler:Which is a lie. The Calamity Stones are the actual source of power, and their powers were transferred to the three girls when they first used the box. The temples are actually intended to transfer the power back from the girls to the gems, which the king intends to use to become a MultiversalConqueror]].
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* ''Literature/InCryptid'':
** Alice mainly uses PowerTattoos to travel between dimensions, but Naga also gives her some beads that do the same thing without some of the unpleasant side-effects.
** Johrlac {{Hive Mind}}s use [[FormulaicMagic cosmic equations]] to open holes in reality, though this usually destroys the world they're leaving.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' has Eda's portal door, which is the only reliable method of passing between Earth and the Demon Realm (the only other way being the {{Reality Bleed}}s that cause human junk to wash up on the shores of the Boiling Isles). [[MundaneUtility She mostly uses it to steal human junk to sell at her store]], though her posession of it, its history, and how it was made are incredibly important to the show's MythArc.
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* Creator/MarvelComics' features plenty of casual multiversal travel - such technology is common in a technologically advanced universes, and from there it gets spread throughout the rest. Entire series such as ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' and ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' are built on the use of this trope, as are many other storylines such as ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman'', ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' and ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions'' (2015).
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'' has the Cosmic Treadmill, which was first constructed when Barry Allen was trapped in the "real world" analogue called Earth-Prime and needed to return to Earth-1. It also appeared in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' a few times when the superheroes needed to bridge dimensional barriers between worlds.

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* Creator/MarvelComics' features plenty of casual multiversal travel - such technology is common in a technologically advanced universes, and from there it gets spread throughout the rest. Entire series such as ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' and ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' are built on the use of this trope, as are many other storylines such as ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman'', ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' and ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions'' (2015).
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* ''Franchise/TheFlash'' ''ComicBook/TheFlash'' has the Cosmic Treadmill, which was first constructed when Barry Allen was trapped in the "real world" analogue called Earth-Prime and needed to return to Earth-1. It also appeared in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' a few times when the superheroes needed to bridge dimensional barriers between worlds.
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* Creator/MarvelComics' features plenty of casual multiversal travel - such technology is common in a technologically advanced universes, and from there it gets spread throughout the rest. Entire series such as ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' and ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' are built on the use of this trope, as are many other storylines such as ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'', ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' and ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions'' (2015).

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* Creator/MarvelComics' features plenty of casual multiversal travel - such technology is common in a technologically advanced universes, and from there it gets spread throughout the rest. Entire series such as ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}'' and ''ComicBook/WebWarriors'' are built on the use of this trope, as are many other storylines such as ''ComicBook/JonathanHickmansAvengers'', ''ComicBook/TheAvengersJonathanHickman'', ''ComicBook/SpiderVerse'' and ''ComicBook/ContestOfChampions'' (2015).

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* ''Webcomic/PMDAnotherPerspective'': Team Rocket has invented a machine that creates a portal to a world where only Pokemon exist. They plan on using it to abduct rare Pokemon from the other world and sell them for profit.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' adventure ''The Great Supervillain Contest''. The Crimson Claw's base had the power of interdimensional teleportation. It was originally a dimensional exploration ship: when it entered his home dimension, the Claw [[VampiricDraining drained]] the LifeForce of the crew and stole it.

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* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' adventure ''The Great Supervillain Contest''. The Crimson Claw's base had the power of interdimensional teleportation. It was originally a dimensional exploration ship: when it entered his home dimension, the Claw [[VampiricDraining drained]] the LifeForce LifeEnergy of the crew and stole it.
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* ''Literature/TheLongEarth'' by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Interdimensional travel is performed by the use of a Stepper, the designs for which appeared online one day. Its components are common enough to be bought from the local shops. And include a potato. [[spoiler:Except it turns out the Stepper device is more to do with providing a kind of mental focus - the protagonist learns he can Step without a device.]] Also unique is the fact that, unlike most other examples where parallel universes may diverge in recent history but are still recognisably similar to our own Earth, the parallel universes of the Long Earth are wildernesses devoid of human life. Only our own Earth evolved humans.

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* ''Literature/TheLongEarth'' by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter. Interdimensional travel is performed by the use of a Stepper, the designs for which appeared online one day. Its components are common enough to be bought from the local shops. And include shops, and it's apparently powered by a potato. [[spoiler:Except it turns out the Stepper device is more to do with providing a kind of mental focus - the protagonist learns he can Step without a device.]] potato-battery. Also unique is the fact that, unlike most other examples where parallel universes may diverge in recent history but are still recognisably similar to our own Earth, the parallel universes of the Long Earth are wildernesses devoid of human life.life (although not necessarily of ''intelligent'' life). Only our own Earth evolved humans.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Had the Jumpgates, based on technology developed by long-forgotten {{Precursors}} which allow spacefarers to travel to and from a more condensed dimension known as [[SubspaceOrHyperspace Hyperspace]], facilitating FasterThanLightTravel via ExtradimensionalShortcut. More powerful starships can produce Jumppoints, of similar function but not requiring the large mostly immobile gates.

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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Had the The Jumpgates, based on technology developed by long-forgotten {{Precursors}} which {{Precursors}}, allow spacefarers to travel to and from a more condensed dimension known as [[SubspaceOrHyperspace Hyperspace]], facilitating FasterThanLightTravel via ExtradimensionalShortcut. More powerful starships can produce Jumppoints, of similar function but not requiring the large mostly immobile gates.

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