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A portal in fiction is a magic
Magic

Magic may refer to:* Magic , anything that is not explainable by any present laws of science.** Magical thinking** Folk magic, traditional systems of magic...
al or technological
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 doorway that connects two distant locations.

Portals are a common concept in science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 and fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 fiction. They can be of two forms: either you must step through the frames of an object (a mirror
Mirror

A mirror is an object with one surface polished, which leads to reflection and another opaque. The most familiar type of mirror is the plane mirror, which has a flat surface....
, a cupboard
Cupboard

A cupboard or press is a type of Cabinet , often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food and crockery, and protect them from dust and dirt....
, a picture frame
Picture frame

A picture frame is a container added to a picture in order to enhance it, make it easier to display or to protect it....
, a gateway
Gateway

A gateway is a point of entry or exit at which a gate may be hung.Gateway may also refer to:...
 etc.) which serves as a portal or, when they stand alone, the portal will commonly appear in the form of a vortex
Vortex

A vortex is a Rotation, often Turbulence,flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed Streamlines, streaklines and pathlines is vortex flow....
 of energy
Energy

In physics, energy is a scalar physical quantity that describes the amount of Work_ that can be performed by a force. Energy is an attribute of objects and systems that is subject to a conservation law....
.

Places that a portal will link to include; a different spot in the same universe (in which case it might be an alternative for teleportation
Teleportation

Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, either by paranormal means or through technological artifice....
); a parallel world (inter-dimensional portal); the past or the future (time portal
Time portal

Time portals are doorways in time, employed in various fiction genres, especially science fiction and fantasy to transport characters instantaneously to the past or future....
); and other planes of existence, like heaven
Heaven

Heaven may refer to the physical heavens, the atmosphere or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond. This is the traditional literal meaning of the term in English, however since at least AD 1000, it is typically also used to refer to an afterlife plane of existence in various religions and spirituality philosophy, often descri...
, hell
Hell

In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife, often in the underworld. Religions with a linear Divinity history often depict Hell as endless ....
 or other afterworld
Afterworld

*Afterworld, a Score Entertainment collectible card game*Afterworld is a song by the psychobilly band Tiger Army on their newest album, Music from Regions Beyond....
s.

Portals are similar to the cosmological concept of a wormhole
Wormhole

In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topology feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time. Spacetime can be viewed as a 2D surface, and when 'folded' over, a wormhole bridge can be formed....
, and some portals work using the wormhole
Wormhole

In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topology feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time. Spacetime can be viewed as a 2D surface, and when 'folded' over, a wormhole bridge can be formed....
.

Portals play a primary role in:






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A portal in fiction is a magic
Magic

Magic may refer to:* Magic , anything that is not explainable by any present laws of science.** Magical thinking** Folk magic, traditional systems of magic...
al or technological
Technology

Technology is a broad concept that deals with an animal species' usage and knowledge of tools and crafts, and how it affects an animal species' ability to control and adapt to its Natural environment....
 doorway that connects two distant locations.

Portals are a common concept in science fiction
Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
 and fantasy
Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of Plot , Theme , and/or Setting . Fantasy is generally distinguished from science fiction and horror by the expectation that it steers clear of technological and macabre themes, respectively, though there is a great deal of overlap between the three ....
 fiction. They can be of two forms: either you must step through the frames of an object (a mirror
Mirror

A mirror is an object with one surface polished, which leads to reflection and another opaque. The most familiar type of mirror is the plane mirror, which has a flat surface....
, a cupboard
Cupboard

A cupboard or press is a type of Cabinet , often made of wood, used indoors to store household objects such as food and crockery, and protect them from dust and dirt....
, a picture frame
Picture frame

A picture frame is a container added to a picture in order to enhance it, make it easier to display or to protect it....
, a gateway
Gateway

A gateway is a point of entry or exit at which a gate may be hung.Gateway may also refer to:...
 etc.) which serves as a portal or, when they stand alone, the portal will commonly appear in the form of a vortex
Vortex

A vortex is a Rotation, often Turbulence,flow of fluid. Any spiral motion with closed Streamlines, streaklines and pathlines is vortex flow....
 of energy
Energy

In physics, energy is a scalar physical quantity that describes the amount of Work_ that can be performed by a force. Energy is an attribute of objects and systems that is subject to a conservation law....
.

Places that a portal will link to include; a different spot in the same universe (in which case it might be an alternative for teleportation
Teleportation

Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, either by paranormal means or through technological artifice....
); a parallel world (inter-dimensional portal); the past or the future (time portal
Time portal

Time portals are doorways in time, employed in various fiction genres, especially science fiction and fantasy to transport characters instantaneously to the past or future....
); and other planes of existence, like heaven
Heaven

Heaven may refer to the physical heavens, the atmosphere or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond. This is the traditional literal meaning of the term in English, however since at least AD 1000, it is typically also used to refer to an afterlife plane of existence in various religions and spirituality philosophy, often descri...
, hell
Hell

In many religious traditions, Hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife, often in the underworld. Religions with a linear Divinity history often depict Hell as endless ....
 or other afterworld
Afterworld

*Afterworld, a Score Entertainment collectible card game*Afterworld is a song by the psychobilly band Tiger Army on their newest album, Music from Regions Beyond....
s.

Portals are similar to the cosmological concept of a wormhole
Wormhole

In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topology feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time. Spacetime can be viewed as a 2D surface, and when 'folded' over, a wormhole bridge can be formed....
, and some portals work using the wormhole
Wormhole

In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topology feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time. Spacetime can be viewed as a 2D surface, and when 'folded' over, a wormhole bridge can be formed....
.

Portals play a primary role in:
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    Army Men

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  • Asheron's Call
    Asheron's Call

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  • Avalon
    Avalon

    Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend, famous for its beautiful apples. It first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 1136 pseudohistorical account Historia Regum Britanniae as the place where King Arthur's sword Excalibur is forged and where the king is taken to recover from his wounds after his last battle at Ba...
  • Being John Malkovich
    Being John Malkovich

    Being John Malkovich is a 1999 in film film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. It stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, as well as the actor John Malkovich, who plays a fictionalized version of himself....
  • Broken Angels
    Broken Angels

    Broken Angels is a military science fiction novel by Richard Morgan . It is the sequel to Altered Carbon, and is followed by Woken Furies....
  • Contact (film)
    Contact (film)

    Contact is a 1997 science fiction film drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and adapted from the Carl Sagan Contact . Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact and also served as co-producers....
  • The Dark Tower
    The Dark Tower (series)

    The Dark Tower is a heptalogy written by American author Stephen King between 1970 and 2004. The series incorporates themes from multiple genres, including fantasy fiction, science fantasy, horror fiction and Western fiction elements....
     series
  • Diablo (video game)
    Diablo (video game)

    Diablo is a dark fantasy-themed action role-playing game Software developer by Blizzard North and released by Blizzard Entertainment on January 2, 1997....
  • Diablo II
    Diablo II

    Diablo II is a sequel to the game Diablo , a dark fantasy-themed action role-playing game in a hack and slash and "Dungeon roaming" style....
  • Donnie Darko
    Donnie Darko

    Donnie Darko is a 2001 in film Cult film psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly , and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell....
  • Doom 3
    Doom 3

    Doom 3 is a science fiction survival horror video game developed by id Software and published by Activision. An example of the first-person shooter genre, Doom 3 was first released for Microsoft Windows on August 3, 2004....
  • Farscape
    Farscape

    Farscape is an Australian-United States Science fiction on television series filmed in Australia and produced for the Sci Fi Channel and the Nine Network....
  • Half-Life
  • Halo 3
    Halo 3

    Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie exclusively for the Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2....
  • Harry Potter series
    Harry Potter

    Harry Potter is a Heptalogy fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the eponymous adolescent wizard Harry Potter , together with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry....
  • His Dark Materials
    His Dark Materials

    His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy literature by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights , The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass ....
     series
  • Hot Wheels AcceleRacers
    Hot Wheels AcceleRacers

    Hot Wheels AcceleRacers is an animated series of Films by Mattel. It is computer animation, produced by Mainframe Entertainment out of Vancouver, British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, which also produced ReBoot and distributed by Warner Bros....
  • Hot Wheels World Race
    Hot Wheels World Race

    Hot Wheels World Race is a racing game video game released in 2003 by Climax Group and THQ. The game is based on the movie and TV series of the same name that was released by Hot Wheels and Rainmaker Animation, and 35 Hot Wheels toy automobiles were released in conjunction with the TV series....
  • Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes

    Metroid Prime 2: Echoes is a First person , Action-adventure game video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console....
  • Metroid Prime Hunters
    Metroid Prime Hunters

    Metroid Prime Hunters is a first-person shooter and adventure game for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was developed by American video game developers Nintendo Software Technology and Retro Studios, and was released by Nintendo in North America in March 2006, in Europe and Australia in May 2006, and in Japan in June 2006....
  • Mighty Max
    Mighty Max

    Mighty Max may refer to:* Mighty Max , a series of toys from Bluebird Toys** Mighty Max , a television series based on the toys* Max Weinberg, an American drummer and television personality...
  • Mortal Kombat (series)
    Mortal Kombat (series)

    Mortal Kombat is a best-selling series of fighting games created by Ed Boon and John Tobias. Mortal Kombat began as a series of arcade games, which were picked up by Acclaim Entertainment for the video game console versions....
  • Narnia
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    Planescape

    Planescape is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, originally designed by David "Zeb" Cook. The Planescape setting was published in 1994....
  • Portal (video game)
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    Prey (video game)

    Prey is a first-person shooter video game developed by Human Head Studios and produced by 3D Realms. The Xbox 360 Porting was developed by Venom Games....
  • Sliders
    Sliders

    Sliders is an United States science fiction television program that ran for five seasons from 1995 in television to 2000 in television. The series focuses on a group of travellers who "slide" between Parallel universe by use of a wormhole referred to as an "Sliders#Vortex."...
  • Spyro Series
    Spyro the Dragon (series)

    File:SpyroTheDragonLogo.gifSpyro is a popular platform game and action-adventure game game series starring the video game character Spyro the Dragon , which was originally released for the Sony PlayStation....
  • The Stargate series
    Stargate

    Stargate is a science fiction media franchise owned by MGM that began in early 1994 with the feature film Stargate . The subsequent body of works detail an elaborate fictional universe where people from contemporary Earth interact with Extraterrestrial life in popular culture possessing far superior technology....
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is a science fiction television program that premiered in 1993 and ran for seven seasons, ending in 1999. Rooted in Gene Roddenberry?s Star Trek universe, it was created by Rick Berman and Michael Piller, at the request of Brandon Tartikoff, and produced by CBS Paramount Television....
  • Time Bandits
    Time Bandits

    Time Bandits is a 1981 in film fantasy film, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam.Gilliam wrote the screenplay with fellow Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin, who appears with Shelley Duvall in the small, recurring roles of Vincent and Pansy....
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    Timeline is a 2003 in film film directed by Richard Donner, director of Lethal Weapon. Cinematography by Caleb Deschanel. Music by Brian Tyler....
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    The 10th Kingdom is an epic fantasy TV miniseries written by screenplay writer Simon Moore and released by Hallmark Entertainment. It depicts the adventures of a young woman and her father after they are transported from Manhattan, New York, through a magical mirror into an enchanting world of fairy tales and self-discovery....
  • The Dark Portal
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    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

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  • W.I.T.C.H
  • The Warcraft series


See also

  • Portals in science fiction
    Portals in science fiction

    A common device in science fiction is a portal, or stargate, allowing rapid travel between distant locations, often originating either as a natural phenomenon or technological device....
  • Teleportation
    Teleportation

    Teleportation is the transfer of matter from one place to another, more or less instantaneously, either by paranormal means or through technological artifice....
  • Wormhole
    Wormhole

    In physics, a wormhole is a hypothetical topology feature of spacetime that is fundamentally a 'shortcut' through space and time. Spacetime can be viewed as a 2D surface, and when 'folded' over, a wormhole bridge can be formed....