History Main / FogFeet

** Angels in 4th-Edition ''D&D'' have bodies made of what look like strands of light that trail off into a tail.

* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The ghost fish that Mercury makes:

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%% * The library ghost in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''.
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* ''Literature/LaSagaDuPretreJean'': In book 2 ''L'Œil du Sphinx'' (''The Eye of the Sphinx''), hostile desert spirits attacking a caravan look like humans above the waist, but have nothing but a whirlwind below.

* This is a [[OurGeniesAreDifferent common representation of genies]]. While the upper torso appears solid, the legs end in a wisp of smoke, generally connected to the [[GenieInABottle lamp, bottle or whatever genie artifact]] they're supposedly coming from.

%% * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
%% ** Angels in 4th Edition ''D&D''.
%% ** Water and Air archons have this too.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'',: Mephiles in the crystalline form, has no feet, hovering just above the ground with dark-purple mist-like effect. Interestingly enough, the legs are still present, but everything knees down is replaced with crystalline stumps.

* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Danny had a [[ShapedLikeItself ghost-like tail]] some of the time.

* [[CuteGhostGirl Sayo]] from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' even manages to ''[[CuteClumsyGirl trip]]'' over her nonexistent legs.

%% * ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has Mima, Konngara, and Soga no Tojiko (funnily enough, she has two of them).

* The entire lower body is replaced by a cloud for ''VideoGame/MegaMan7's'' Cloud Man and his ''Videogame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' counterpart.

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* Mephiles from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', in the crystalline form, has no feet, hovering just above the ground with dark-purple mist-like effect. Interestingly enough, the legs are still present, but everything knees down is replaced with crystalline stumps.
* The Firelord hero from ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'' has a humanoid torso, but moves along on a tail made of magma.
* The Firelord design extends to Fire, Air, and Water Elementals in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with a special mention going to Voidwalker demons. The most impressive example of this trope would be Ragnaros, who is ''the'' Fire Lord and [[LargeAndInCharge bigger than ten lesser elementals standing on each other]].
* Kisei from ''VideoGame/{{Onmyoji}}'', who always levitates in a sitting position because of this. However, he's shown to be able to occasionally stand up in midair.
* Ghosts in ''VideoGame/PuzzlePirates'' are wisps of smoke from the waist down, but act as if they had normal legs.

* Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' all have clouds for lower torsos in their Incarnate Formes.

* Elias from ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' has normal feet, but her lower body transforms into a cyclone during her attacking animation. [[http://intsys.co.jp/game/panepon/img/g/mizu2.gif One of her official artworks]] evokes this, too.
* In ''[[VideoGame/CatacombFantasyTrilogy Catacomb Abyss]]'', spectres (if that's really what they're called) are bat-featured vaguely humanoid insubstantial-looking creatures that taper down to a point and float just above the ground.
* A common trait of spectral or semi-incorporeal demons in the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' franchise. Some examples:

* Yu and Rei, the ghost twins from ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'', have little ghostly curls where their legs would be. Yet, Yu tries to dance without legs anyway, a fact lampshaded by Raffina and Suketoudara.

* The Blue Ghosts in ''Webcomic/TheRedac'' are drawn with a stubby, legless lower body and float above the ground.

* Sprites in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', which is appropriate since most are prototyped with and take on the memories and form of dead people close to the player. Curiously, though, actual dead people and ghosts ''don't'' follow this trope.

* ''Disney/{{Aladdin}}'': Genie has [[ShapedLikeItself a tail of the same shape as that of an archetypical genie]] most of the time. When his connection to the lamp is broken at the end of the film by Aladdin's final wish, the tail is broken off of the lamp and he grows a pair of legs... though the legs are seen at least once before that.
* Hades on ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'', whose robes dissolve into wisps of smoke.

* ''La Saga du Prêtre Jean'': In book 2 ''L'Œil du Sphinx'' (''The Eye of the Sphinx''), hostile desert spirits attacking a caravan look like humans above the waist, but have nothing but a whirlwind below.

* Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' all have clouds for lower torsos. In their Incarnate Formes anyways.

* Sprites in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', which is appropriate since most are prototyped with and take on the memories and form of dead people close to the player. Curiously, though, actual dead people and ghosts [[spoiler:such as Aradia]] ''don't'' follow this trope.

Perhaps a combination of PartialTransformation and SuperSmoke or a general characteristic of beings that aren't of this Earth, including but not limited to genies and ghosts. Characters with fog feet operate as if they have a full anatomy, but some portion of their lower body is invisible or insubstantial.

* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has demons made of smoke; they wear cloaks and don't have feet, but still hover and such.

* Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus from ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' all have clouds for lower torsos.

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* Secret from the comic book version of ''ComicBook/YoungJustice''.
* Veil from ''ComicBook/AvengersAcademy''.
* [[CuteGhostGirl Emily]] from ''ComicBook/AnyasGhost'', although she's [[VoluntaryShapeshifting capable of forming separate legs]].
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* The library ghost in ''Film/{{Ghostbusters|1984}}''.

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* ''La Saga du Prêtre Jean'': In book 2 ''L'Œil du Sphinx'' (''The Eye of the Sphinx''), hostile desert spirits attacking a caravan look like humans above the waist, but have nothing but a whirlwind below.

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* The ghost housekeeper Bloody Bridget in the MonsterMash noir ''Literature/CityOfDevils''.

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* ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' has demons made of smoke; they wear cloaks and don't have feet, but still hover and such.

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* This is a [[OurGeniesAreDifferent common representation of genies]]. While the upper torso appears solid, the legs end in a wisp of smoke, generally connected to the [[GenieInABottle lamp, bottle or whatever genie artifact]] they're supposedly coming from.
* In Myth/JapaneseMythology, ghosts are typically depicted as legless.
* Cartoon depictions of ghosts in Western culture often portray them as legless, but there's no real cultural evidence that ghosts are thought to be this way... it seems to simply be a visual shorthand to imply their otherworldly nature.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
** Angels in 4th Edition ''D&D''.
** Water and Air archons have this too.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Wendigos have legs, just not feet.
* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheLost'': While not depicted one of The Gentry is called "A Gentleman of Spiderleg Arms and Fog-Feet".
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* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' has Mima, Konngara, and Soga no Tojiko (funnily enough, she has two of them).

** Mephiles from ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006'', in the crystalline form, has no feet, hovering just above the ground with dark-purple mist-like effect. Interestingly enough, the legs are still present, but everything knees down is replaced with crystalline stumps.

** The Firelord design extends to Fire, Air, and Water Elementals in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', with a special mention going to Voidwalker demons. The most impressive example of this trope would be Ragnaros, who is ''the'' Fire Lord and [[LargeAndInCharge bigger than ten lesser elementals standing on each other]].

** The Classic Elementals Flaemis, Aeros, and Aquans.
** The Islamic Jinn, a LawyerFriendlyCameo of Disney's Genie.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Sins}}'', Lust tends to get stuck with this a lot.

* The LiteralGenie of ''Webcomic/ThePrincessPlanet''; the page quote from the artist explains why.

--> the the front half of a fish. Everything behind the main fins dissolved into a trail of indistinct mist.

* In Myth/{{Japanese mythology}}, ghosts are typically depicted as legless.

* In ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound Beginnings}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'', defeated party members appear as floating ghosts with tails instead of legs. ''VideoGame/{{Mother 3}}'' breaks this tradition by having defeated party members remain alive and corporeal, but too weak to fight.

* In ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', anyone flying via the cleric spell ''Wind walk'' is depicted this way.

* In Japanese mythology, ghosts are typically depicted as legless.

* ''VideoGame/ZettaiHeroKaizouKeikaku'' has an item that replaces the main character's legs with a cloud.

* In ''VideoGame/{{EarthBoundBeginnings}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}'', defeated party members appear as floating ghosts with tails instead of legs. ''VideoGame/{{Mother3}}'' breaks this tradition by having defeated party members remain alive and corporeal, but too weak to fight.

Perhaps a combination of PartialTransformation and SuperSmoke or a general characteristic of beings that aren't of this Earth, including but not limited to genies and ghosts. Characters with [[TitleDrop fog feet]] operate as if they have a full anatomy, but some portion of their lower body is invisible or insubstantial.

* [[CuteGhostGirl Sayo]] from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' even manages to ''[[{{Dojikko}} trip]]'' over her nonexistent legs.