Teleportation

"I'll never understand why you parade around in these deathtraps rather than just magicking yourself around town."

- Zelena, commenting on Regina's car

Teleportation, also known as Magical Transportation or Poofing, is a magical ability featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. It first appears in the first episode of the first season of Once Upon a Time.

Description
Teleportation is usually accompanied by a cloud of magical smoke, snow, water or fire. However, some people, like Zoso, Rumplestiltskin, Peter Pan, Zelena, Ingrid, Regina Mills, Maleficent, Emma and Nimue, are able to teleport without it. In addition, when Nyx teleports into Amara's home, she rises out of a puddle of water.

When magical transportation is used to summon objects, it sometimes produces smoke, such as the Book of Spells, the Magic Globe or the Apprentice's wand. However, in most cases, the object simply appears out of nowhere, like Ruth's ring, the Enchanted Compass and the Black Fairy's wand. In addition, the enchanted compass glows brighter when Cora poofs it out of Emma's hand into her own, and the coffee cup that Emma teleports disappears in a flash of light.

Cloud of smokes when someone teleports can sometimes appear different. Most times we can see the smoke come from the ground, going up, and transporting the person. But sometimes the particles of smoke slowly appear in the air, then they pile up, and when the person appears, the smoke bursts in the air. We can see this appearance when the Evil Queen transports to the Dark Dungeon to see Rumplestiltskin.

It is only possible to materialize somewhere else if the exact location is known. Also, in order to teleport yourself, you have to picture the desired location clearly in your mind.

When someone teleports, it is possible that nearby objects are transported away as well, as was the case with Prince Charming's sword being brought with the Evil Queen to her palace.

In order to teleport someone who is in the immediate vicinity of you, you have to see the person, or you might end up teleporting pieces of their body, or things around them. It is possible to teleport someone to your side when they are not in the immediate vicinity of you; however, this requires knowing where the person is. In addition, a cloud of smoke can be sent through a mirror to magically transport away the person who is being spied on.

Magic can be used to stop someone from teleporting, and magical shields can prevent anyone from poofing into a place. Hook suspects Peter Pan cast one of those over his campsite. According to Hades, everything is "shut down" in the area around the Ambrosia Temple, so teleporting in and out of there is impossible.

Trivia

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Production Notes

 * The scene with Isaac and Mr. Gold at Granny's Diner in "Mother" was originally supposed to end with them walking out of the building, but it was changed into Mr. Gold teleporting them away instead.

Appearances
Note: "Archive" denotes archive footage.