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* In ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'', [[spoiler: Clea introduces herself as such in TheStinger when she uses a knife to cut a hole between Earth and the Dark Dimension, and invites Dr. Strange to accompany her into the latter dimension to demonstrate his courage]].

* In ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', ComicBook/LadySif carries a sword and Skurge the Executioner carries an axe that can both create portals by cutting the air.
* In the 2018 run of ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'', Stephen advances his magical training by learning to forge his own mystical artifacts from a dwarf. One of the artifacts he creates is a giant blade he refers to as a scalpel, which he uses to cleanly slice open portals to traverse great distances.

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* ''WebComic/KillSixBillionDemons'': Jagganoth uses this method to travel through space at the end of ''King of Swords'', [[spoiler:as seen by everyone on the receiving end inside the Rayuban arena.]]

* The ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3.5th Edition ''Weapons of Legacy'' sourcebook includes the ''Planeshifter's Knife'', which seems inspired by [[Literature/HisDarkMaterials the Subtle Knife]]. It was created by an ambitious student mage who wanted to plunder his institution's trove of tomes, but didn't stop to consider whether a college of master wizards would have some way of tracking stolen books. The weapon starts as a simple ''+1 dagger'' with an odd habit of balancing on its tip and spinning in the presence of outsiders, but as a wielder unlocks the knife's abilities, they can use it to slash a tear in reality to use as a hiding spot, similar to the ''rope trick'' spell. Eventually ''Planeshifter's Knife'' allows its wielder to instantly move to another plane, with the caveat that it can only do so after striking an extraplanar creature.

* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'': Palkia's claws are described by the Pokedex to be sharp enough to cut through the fabric of reality, which also likely connects with Palkia's status as a SpaceMaster.

* In the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' Series, Vergil's Katana '''Yamato'''. Has a blade so sharp that it is able to cut through ''dimensions and reality itself''. One of it's more mundane uses is to create portals by slicing the air, these abilities are shown off quite a bit in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. [[spoiler:First to get away from Nero after ripping his son's arm off to reclaim Yamato and also after being brought back to life thanks to V and Urizen combining, which also has him using this to get away from Dante and Nero.]]

* In the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' Series, Vergil's Katana '''Yamato'''. Has a blade so sharp that it is able to cut through ''dimensions and reality itself''. One of it's more mundane uses is to create portals by slicing the air, these abilities are shown off quite a bit in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5. [[spoiler:First to get away from Nero after ripping his son's arm off to reclaim Yamato and also after being brought back to life thanks to V and Urizen combining, which also has him using this to get away from Dante and Nero.]]

* Just like in the Anime/Manga. In ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'', Black's scythe tears a rift in time, allowing clones and even villains from other timelines to pour through the hole.

The FullContactMagic version of ThinkingUpPortals. A subtrope of InterdimensionalTravelDevice. Compare with TeleportGun. Not to be confused with PortalCut, unless someone using a Dimensional Cutter uses that trope.

* In ''VideoGame/AdventureQuest'', the Huntress's gauntlet, "The Gauntlet of the Ga'Lin" is capable of tearing holes through dimensions which she is able to traverse through.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', Black's scythe tears a rift in time, allowing the villains from other timelines to pour through the hole.
* In the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' Series, Vergil's Katana Yamato. Has a blade so sharp that it is able to cut through ''dimensions and reality itself''. One of it's more mundane uses is to create portals by slicing the air, these abilities are shown off quite a bit in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5. [[spoiler:First to get away from Nero after ripping his son's arm off to reclaim Yamato and also after being brought back to life thanks to V and Urizen combining, which also has him using this to get away from Dante and Nero.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}:'' This manifests as Raven's semblance. She can create a portal to one of a small number of people she has bonded with, but must physically slice where she wants the portal to appear. Currently, she had bonds with Yang, Tai, and Qrow, with another to someone on her tribe, presumably Vernal.

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP]]-[[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2207 2207]] is a disposable plastic knife that cuts portals in space to random universes. Problem is that this breaks the universe on the other end in a way that makes it uninhabitable or even erases it altogether as is the case in the last test log. The powers that be in the multiverse send the Foundation a signed order to stop using it.

** Dimensional Scissors can open up portals like how regular scissors can cut paper.
** Rasticore has a [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]] that can open portals like dimensional scissors.

The FullContactMagic version of ThinkingUpPortals. A subtrope of InterdimensionalTravelDevice. Compare with TeleportGun. Not to be confused with PortalCut.

* ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'': Vergil's katana Yamato can create portals by slashing the air. In both that game and the original ''Videogame/DevilMayCry'', Vergil can use the Yamato to perform dimensional cuts to attack enemies from a distance, which manifest in form of vortexes that cut multiple times.

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* ''Series/{{Lucifer 2016}}'': One of the functions of Lucifer's flaming sword, which he lost when he rebelled. He, Amenadiel, and the Goddess spend the second half of Season 2 looking for it so they can return to the Silver City and take their revenge on God, [[spoiler: but when he actually gets hold of it Lucifer decides that's not such a good idea and instead opens a portal to the void between worlds so his mother can create her own universe there.]]

* An unusual variant in ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' (and by extension ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}''), where a person with the [[MagicalEye Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]] can [[WoundThatWillNotHeal permanently]] cut [[AbsurdCuttingPower through anything]] by running a blade along its invisible Lines of Death, or [[OneHitKill "kill" anything]] by stabbing it in its Point of Death. It's even possible to "kill" abstract concepts like distance in this manner, allowing for quasi-teleportation.

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* In the 2018 run of Doctor Strange, Stephen advances his magical training by learning to forge his own mystical artifacts from a dwarf. One of the artifacts he creates is a giant blade he refers to as a scalpel, which he uses to cleanly slice open portals to traverse great distances.

* In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/UQHolder'', when [[BlindWeaponmaster Blind Swordsman]] Nagumo's men are routed he flees by cutting open a portal in space and jumping into it. Notably [[AdaptationDeviation this was not present in the manga]], where Nagumo owned a separate {{Teleportation}} device (and used it only as [[WeaponizedTeleportation a weapon]] and [[TeleportSpam mobility tool]], considering death preferable to retreating).

* An episode of ''[[{{Anime/Space dandy}} Space Dandy]]'' has an incursion from a two dimensional universe destroying several planets. To fight this, at one point Dandy extends a giant pair of scissors on a robotic arm from his ship and sequentially cuts his way to the capital of the dimension's ruler.

* Grim from ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' can open up portals to the underworld or other dimensions by simply ripping thin air with his [[SinisterScythe scythe]].

* In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'', the Persuader's Atomic Axe is so sharp it can cut through anything, including gravity and time.

* ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'': The Subtle Knife, which can cut through anything, even "the fabric between worlds". This is described as working by, more or less, the Knife catching on chinks in the fabric of space-time and cutting form there.

* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', the sword [[HealingShiv Tenseiga]] contains the power of the ''Meidō''--cutting open a portal into the Underworld itself. Its lesser form creates a crescent opening, which progressively widens into a full sphere as the sword's user masters its power. When Inuyasha's Tessaiga inherits Tensaiga's power, he creates the Meidō Zangetsuha as a ''barrage'' of {{Portal Cut}}s that cut through any defense and take anything they touch into Hell.

* In ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', the sword [[HealingShiv Tenseiga]] contains the power of the ''Meidō''--cutting open a portal into the Underworld itself. Its lesser form creates a crescent opening, which progressively widens into a full sphere as the sword's user masters its power. When Inuyasha's Tessaiga inherits Tensaiga's power, he creates the Meidō Zangetsuha as a ''barrage'' of {{Portal Cut}}s that cut through any defense and take anything they touch into Hell.