Dragon Ball Super Changes the Franchise's Iconic Teleportation Forever

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Warning! Spoilers ahead for Dragon Ball Super chapter 85!

Vegeta's opponent Gas just completely repurposed the original use of Instant Transmission in Dragon Ball Super to the point where it will never be the same again. Incredibly, this is now the second (possibly even the third) time in which Super has retconned the iconic teleportation technique in recent chapters.

Upon its introduction at the beginning of the Android saga in DBZ, Dragon Ball's Instant Transmission solely served as a means for its user to get from one place to another within the blink of an eye, so long as the teleporting individual could lock onto another person's ki they recognized. Goku later revolutionized the technique whereby he could transport multiple people with him to wherever he was teleporting to so long as they were all in physical contact with each other. There was never any inkling that Instant Transmission could be utilized as an attack except when Goku later teleported himself and a self-destructing Cell away from everyone else so that the villain would basically only be harming himself (and Goku, too). But, again, Goku had to place a hand on his opponent to initiate the plan.

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Now in chapter 85 of Dragon Ball Super by mangaka Akira Toriyama and artist Toyotarou, the villain Gas actually weaponizes Instant Transmission against Vegeta. The villain adopts this unprecedented strategy after Vegeta proves (and gloats) that every time Gas successfully lands powerful blows on him, Vegeta's Ultra Ego allows him to return the favor in kind. Annoyed, Gas merely points at Vegeta and forces the Saiyan to teleport above him so that he can kick Vegeta soundly