History Main / VillainTeleportation

** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': The Death Knight and the Flame Emperor repeatedly disappear after being defeated, in true RecurringBoss fashion. Both of them also teleport ''into'' maps, even occasionally during sequences when the player can attack them immediately.

* ''Fanfic/TheGhostOfOchs'': Myson can use his magic to teleport himself and his soldiers in and out of battle. The transportation isn't instantaneous, though, and he has to conjure a magic circle on whatever ground he's standing on for it to work. His partner-in-crime Kronya has to rely on his magic to travel long distances, and at one point she complains that it isn't stealthy enough for her to use to make a clean getaway.

** Of ''course'' the only character with a teleporting Quirk is a member of the League of Villains. While there ''is'' more to him, the guy's power is primarily used to transport villains onto the scene unannounced, and then withdraw them before they can be caught. [[spoiler:This causes a problem for the League [[VetinariJobSecurity after his arrest]]...]]

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': Various witches and other supernatural beings can teleport (dissolving into a could of gold butterflies and reforming somewhere else), but the demon [[Literature/ArsGoetia Gaap]] specifically has the power to teleport herself and others, which she mostly uses to set up impossible closed-room mysteries.

** Of ''course'' the only character with a teleporting Quirk is a member of the League of Villains. While there ''is'' more to him, the guy's power is primarily used to transport villains onto the scene unannounced, and then withdraw them before they can be caught. [[spoiler:This causes a problem for the League [[VetenariJobSecurity after his arrest]]...]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': Murkoph, a cannibalistic rapist and serial killer, can blip from place to place using khert lines.

* ''VideoGame/GoldenSun's'' Alex could Warp, which was a strange type of Psynergy that no other character could use.
* In ''VideoGame/HomeworldCataclysm'', the [[spoiler:NAGGAROK]] can either move incredibly fast or hyperspace jump in a second, appear anywhere on the map, blast your units and disappear again.
* In the ''Franchise/FireEmblem'' series, we have:
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', Ephidel and some of the other morphs can pull this. This is also one of the uncommon games in the series where the player ''also'' has access to Warp and can teleport their army around the map.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'', the game goes so far as to specifically give plot-relevant villains Warp and Rewarp staves in order to facilitate the usual VillainExitStageLeft behavior that prevents the player from permakilling them several chapters early. The most notorious users of these items are [[SmugSnake Lekain]] and [[MadScientist Izuka]]. The former is only taken down in the actual endgame, and the latter also spams summoned minions to get in the player army's way. The game also has a plot-only item referred to as Warp Powder, which allows non-mages to pull the same trick. The only person we ever see using it is the BlackKnight.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', the most visible user of the Warp spell is Excellus, who teleports into one map immediately after the boss's death to taunt the heroes. He likewise teleports out before poor Say'ri can stab him to death.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', the Death Knight and the Flame Emperor repeatedly disappear after being defeated, in true RecurringBoss fashion. Both of them also teleport ''into'' maps, even occasionally during sequences when the player can attack them immediately.
* There are good teleporters in the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' series, but none use it as much as the bad guys in combat. Nightmare, Dark Mind and Daroach use TeleportSpam most prominently.
* Plot-important characters in ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' often have the ability to teleport with "Dimension Door" (which spell when it was usable by players in the previous game didn't work like that) for convenience. They're usually the villains, most notably the BigBad Irenicus himself, in whose case it's easily justified since he's an insanely powerful wizard. They can also teleport others with them, a handy way of kidnapping.
* Pops up in ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda''. It's one of the main abilities of the Wizzrobes [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaI whenever]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast they]] [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker appear]]. While [[BigBad Ganon]] himself hardly ever uses it (preferring to engage Link in direct swordplay instead), this is a favorite technique of [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Zant]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Ghirahim]]; battles against those two have to be planned based on the assumption that they'll occasionally teleport behind Link and try to strike at him. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds Yuga]] also does this in the FinalBattle, in addition to eventually using his wall-merging technique. The functionality of any teleporting Link gets, meanwhile, is limited to the WarpWhistle and the EscapeRope. The [[{{Ninja}} Yiga Clan]] in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' also have this as one of their signature abilities.
* In ''VideoGame/BrainDead13'', during the intro, Fritz is next to Lance when Lance first meets Neurosis, and when Dr. Nero Neurosis goes into a rage, Fritz goes offscreen, but the second Dr. Nero Neurosis tells Fritz to kill Lance, Fritz is above Lance.
* In ''VideoGame/YsIIAncientYsVanishedTheFinalChapter'', Dalles has a habit of suddenly appearing to do his evil work and then promptly disappearing with an EvilLaugh.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', you enter an apparently empty barn, then Mendez "teleports in" [[HeWasRightThereAllAlong behind Leon]].
* Later enemies in VideoGame/TheDarkness 2 have purple and smoky teleport.
* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', the sand monsters teleport into the areas where you fight them and also if you get too far away from them. Luckily, they don't actually use TeleportSpam as a form of attack.
* In ''VideoGame/LunarTheSilverStar'', Xenobia and the Magic Emperor can teleport in or out of the scene when the plot requires it. It seems fairer than most examples since the player's party also gets a form of teleportation.
* In ''VideoGame/DiabloII'', boss monsters with the random Teleportation modifier also ''heal'' on each teleport, and it is completely random and independent of their AI or animations. In other words, either you deal enough damage to kill them outright or you will never kill them. The teleporting Council doomed many underpowered variant builds until Blizzard removed the heal in the expansion pack patch.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Dishonored}}'', [[TheDragon Daud]] does this when he assassinates Jessamine in the prologue.
* Bonnie and Freddy from ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' can teleport, while Chica only moves to adjacent rooms. This is particularly noticeable with a cheat code enabled that allows the player to track the animatronics' locations.

** [[MechaMooks Promethean Knights]] in ''VideoGame/Halo4'' were able to teleport, usually if it is caught off guard or losing a battle, much to the frustration of many players. This ability was removed from the Knights in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', being used by Promethean Soldiers instead, this time leaving a visible trail that allows players to track them. All Promethean constructs as well as the Warden Eternal can use slipspace portals to get to locations quickly, but generally don't use them in combat.

* VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} has Reapers [[http://overwatch.wikia.com/wiki/Shadow_Step shadow step]], which has him teleporting with a shadowy animation. His 'nevermore' skin has him sinking into the ground to teleport.
** His partner Sombra can also teleport, via the use of thrown beacons. Mostly used (in-game and in-story) to [[ScrewThisImOutOfHere nope out of a bad situation]] or to [[RightBehindYou get the drop on an unsuspecting victim]].

* In ''VideoGame/RavenswordShadowlands'', when you fight [[TheDragon Kavanaugh]], he will teleport all over the place, even coupling this with being invisible most of the time.
* Multiple bosses in ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' are able to teleport, most notably the Soul Master, Troupe Master Grimm and [[spoiler: Nightmare King Grimm]], the Hollow Knight (to an extent), and [[spoiler: The Radiance]].
* In ''VideoGame/ShovelKnight'', [[MadBomber Plague Knight]] and [[OurLichesAreDifferent Specter Knight]] are both capable of this - Plague Knight through [[MadScience alchemy]], Specter Knight [[CastingAShadow because he's a lich.]]
* The Quarter Knights from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' are capable of this, and each teleports in their own individual fashion. Zeikfried teleports through the floor, Alhazad becomes either a warp or ball of light, depending on the version, Lady Harken leaps and lands in order to teleport, Berserk appears and disappears from head to toe, Boomerang and Luceid either form from shadows or fade in and out.
* [[BigBad Vandheer Lorde]] and [[GodOfEvil Network]] from the ''VideoGame/ArmedWithWings'' series both have the ability to teleport, so it's safe to assume that if one can teleport and isn't a Blackmist avatar, they're probably a bad guy instead. Vandheer's case is especially notable in ''Culmination''... [[spoiler:mostly because you'll probably be spamming it to hell and back when you get the chance to ''be'' the boss fight.]]

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{{Teleportation}} is an awesome power to have. Even with [[TeleporterAccident the risks involved]], it's hands down ''the'' best way to travel in fiction and in fact, it tends to be a case of [[StoryBreakerPower winning]] the SuperpowerLottery. A hero with this ability could simply whisk up to a MacGuffin, dump TheDragon in jail, and spray [[HolyBurnsEvil holy water]] on the BigBad before he even [[OrcusOnHisThrone shuffles off his throne]].

* The aliens from ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' possess this kind of powers.
* The members of the Oni Clan in ''VideoGame/{{Harukanaru Toki no Naka de}}'' (and [[DarkMagicalGirl Ran]] when she is on their side) all have teleportation powers; at least one incident in the ''Hachiyou Shou'' TV series shows that these can be cancelled out through UsefulNotes/{{onmyodo}}-based shields, but only if the user is sufficiently weak.

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'': In ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'', the titular BigBad teleports himself away to escape from Batgirl and Supergirl.

* In ''ComicBook/RobinSeries'', Dodge starts out as a wannabe hero with a stolen prototype teleportation device. When the thing malfunctions while he's allowing his untrained arrogance to endanger a group of hostages it ends up fused to him. His anger at Robin for saving the hostages makes him decide he'd rather play a villain.

* Skywarp, a Decepticon {{Mook|s}} from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersGeneration1'', can teleport. He does it rarely, however, and doesn't see to accomplish anything useful with it. [[MemeticMutation Because a surprise push down some stairs is hilarious.]]

* ''Anime/IlSolePenetraLeIllusioni'': [[TheCorrupter Cerebrum]] can teleport even outside of Daemonia space.

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'':
** The titans rarely make use of their resident [[SuperPowerLottery lottery winner's]] teleportation, preferring instead to travel in the [[{{Thememobile}} T-car]], but it is shown to work quite well when they do.
--->'''[[TheLeader Robin]]:''' ''[as the secret base crumbles around them]'' ComicBook/{{Raven}}, get us out of here.

** Many of the villains (except Eudial) just teleport away when the MonsterOfTheWeek is beaten. FridgeLogic screams "Why aren't they teleporting away" when ThePlotReaper sloooowly announces they're about to die? Sapphire of the Dark Moon Tribe did this... once, but he dies anyways. Eudial really gets the bad end of it, as she actually drives her car to and from the villain headquarters.

* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', various witches and other supernatural beings can teleport (dissolving into a could of gold butterflies and reforming somewhere else), but the demon [[Literature/ArsGoetia Gaap]] specifically has the power to teleport herself and others, which she mostly uses to set up impossible closed-room mysteries.

** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton'', ComicBook/{{Darkseid}} uses Boom Tubes to transport his troops from Apokolyps to Themyscira.

* ComicBook/GhostDCComics is a scientist who created a teleporter and used it to turn into a super-villain.

** The X-Men tend to play with this. Their main teleporter, ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}} is heroic, but [[DarkIsNotEvil looks rather demonic and villainous]]. Others ([[ComicBook/IllyanaRasputin Magik]] and Vanisher) are even at their best firmly in the [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] camp. [[GenkiGirl Pixie]] did not become a teleporter until after losing a part of her soul to Magik.

* In ''Anime/IlSolePenetraLeIllusioni'', [[TheCorrupter Cerebrum]] can teleport even outside of Daemonia space.

* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' up until 6th edition all demonic forces had to arrive at the battlefield via teleportation. Which was not exactly good for them. It is also true for Space Marine Terminators and Chaos Obliterators and Horrors from the ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' RTS. Both factions were shown to perform genocide on the planets scale, so they both probably count.

** Of ''course'' the only character with a teleporting Quirk is a member of the League of Villains. While there ''is'' more to him, the guy's power is primarily used to transport villains onto the scene unannounced, and then withdraw them before they can be caught.
** TheManBehindTheMan of the League also possesses a warping Quirk, which takes the heroes by surprise when he reveals himself during the Hideout Raid.

SubTrope of AntagonistAbilities. Compare InvisibleJerkass, a SisterTrope. See also MobileMenace.

* Echidna Parass, TheDarkChick in ''Manga/BlackCat'' is a teleporter.

* [[DarkMagicalGirl Kraehe]] in ''Anime/PrincessTutu''; [[spoiler:Mytho]] gains the ability, too, after his FaceHeelTurn. They use it for escapes and other convenient transportations, but they can only teleport around the town (and apparently to wherever [[BigBad the Raven]] [[SealedEvilInACan was sealed in]]).

* The ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' franchise has this as a common villain ability. They teleport whenever they lose. [[VillainExitStageLeft Some villains don't have this ability, though.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'': A rather blatant example in issue #40. After finding out that Dick Grayson was the Batman who attacked his parade, and not Bruce Wayne, Joker seems shocked that Bruce made it down to the dionesium supply, which likely would destroy his plan. Seemingly minutes or seconds later, he's down there, far far below Gotham, and attacks Bruce.
** In ''ComicBook/TheAttackOfTheAnnihilator'', the titular BigBad teleports himself away to escape from Batgirl and Supergirl.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Ys}} II'', Dalles has a habit of suddenly appearing to do his evil work and then promptly disappearing with an EvilLaugh.

* In ''Anime/RageOfBahamutGenesis'', senior demons are capable of this, and when combined with their immunity to non-magical weapons, it makes them extremely difficult to kill. Even being fried by a divine Wave Motion Sword wasn't enough to stop Azazel from bugging out when a battle turned against him.

* Aion of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' anime has this as just one of his many abilities upon his ascension as one of the Sinners during the World, used most prominently to [[spoiler:hurl Chrono in devil mode away from him as he's having his way with Azmaria before allowing his minions to hold him down and make him watch]].

* ''ComicBook/BatmanEndgame'': A rather blatant example in issue #40. After finding out that Dick Grayson was the Batman who attacked his parade, and not Bruce Wayne, Joker seems shocked that Bruce made it down to the dionesium supply, which likely would destroy his plan. Seemingly minutes or seconds later, he's down there, far far below Gotham, and attacks Bruce.