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* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'': U-Foes member Vapor can transform into any known gas, usually the most lethally poisonous she can imagine while invading an opponent's body. Vapor can transform into her fully human state for only brief periods, and is vulnerable to having her gaseous form scattered by strong winds or explosive force..

** Several spells and magical items allow this, notably the "potion of Gaseous Form", the "Wind Walk" spell, etc.

* The "Desolidification" power in ''[[TabletopGame/{{Champions}} Hero System]]''.

** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0647.html "Be Prepared"]], Elan finds "Wind Walk" to be [[ItsTheBestWhateverEver the best cleric spell ever]]. Durkon isn't so enthusiastic.

* {{Inverted}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince,'' where [[BlackMagicianGirl Claudia]] demonstrates the ability to create wolves out of smoke (by blowing on some dust that [[AllThereInTheManual extra materials]] imply were cremated wolf ashes).

%%* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'': U-Foes member Vapor.

->''"When in mist form, I am invulnerable to physical weapons, blade and claw. I can seep through locked doors and cracks and move swiftly, like a shadow fleeing light.

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Amelia Voght of Magneto's Acolytes. She can also do this to other objects, including people. At a range, and the means by which she does this isn't visible; no ray to block or avoid or something. It appears that part of the power is that she has to reform her target, whether it's herself or others - she could conceivably turn someone to vapor and never turn them back, a GameBreaker power of ''long-range instant death that can't be blocked, avoided, or resisted,'' but she's not the type to do that, ''thankfully.'' Again, it has been theorized that she ''has'' to bring things back eventually, as evidenced by a darker, alternate version of her killing by transforming the ''air'' around a victim into whatever her vapor is made of and waiting for suffocation to take place (instead of just willing that the victim go 'poof' forever, and having it happen.) At any rate, as she uses it, it's essentially a form of [[TeleportersAndTransporters Teleportation]].

* The "foglets" in ''ComicBook/{{Transmetropolitan}}'' upload their brains into clouds of {{Nanomachines}} smoke, and take any form they like.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'', this power was a side effect of Marian Press becoming the Blond Bombshell.
* Mass Master of ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' could disperse himself as a cloud of his own molecules or condense into a miniature of himself that weighed the same and was more solid. Occasionally victim to an ArtisticLicensePhysics, when comic book writers who only comprehend density alteration as IntangibleMan assume that "turn into a cloud" means "turn into a cloud of water vapor" (or in fact, ANY vapor—the power alters the density of the user, not the physical state—i.e., solid, liquid, vapor—of their body's matter).

* Creator/MarvelComics villain Nitro becomes sentient vapor for a while each time he explodes.
* Minor ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' villains Knight and Fogg features Fogg, who has this as a superpower. He doesn't become fully intangible though, seeing as he gets taken down by electricity.
* Vincente, a minion of ''ComicBook/GenerationX'' villain Emplate.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'': Amelia Voght of Magneto's Acolytes. She can also do this to other objects, including people. At a range, and the means by which she does this isn't visible; no ray to block or avoid or something. It appears that part of the power is that she has to reform her target, whether it's herself or others - she could conceivably turn someone to vapor and never turn them back, a GameBreaker power of ''long-range instant death that can't be blocked, avoided, or resisted,'' but she's not the type to do that, ''thankfully.'' Again, it has been theorized that she ''has'' to bring things back eventually, as evidenced by a darker, alternate version of her killing by transforming the ''air'' around a victim into whatever her vapor is made of and waiting for suffocation to take place (instead of just willing that the victim go 'poof' forever, and having it happen.) At any rate, as she uses it, it's essentially a form of [[TeleportersAndTransporters Teleportation]].
%%* ''ComicBook/IncredibleHulk'': U-Foes member Vapor.
* One of the Front Line of ''ComicBook/NoHero'' has the power to transform into smoke and shoot lightning. Her name is Smoke Lightning or "Smoke".

* ''Creator/{{Wildstorm}}'': Backlash a.k.a. Marc Slayton had this power back in the '90s.
* Various genies in ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'' use this to [[GenieInABottle enter/exit a bottle]]. Or a lamp. Or a ''shoe'', in one case.
* ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' reintroduced classic pulp era character John Aman as the mysterious Prince of Orphans. His most notable ability was turning into a green mist that could still partially solidify and attack people.
* ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}'': Cassidy asks the vampire who acts like a ClassicalMovieVampire if he ever tried this. The guy says he did once, breaking both his legs.

* Saint Dane from ''Literature/ThePendragonAdventure'' can turn into smoke upon being "killed" (or just at will) and reform elsewhere. [[spoiler:So can the other travelers, in the last book. We only see Bobby do it twice, though.]]
* The Black Court vampire Mavra in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' can naturally do this, as ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' was written to describe their powers and vulnerabilities. When Harry complains that she's late to a meeting she, in a surprisingly human moment for an inhuman character, attributes it to there being a headwind.

* In ''Literature/TheZombieKnight'', Xuan Sebolt's ''[[SuperMode pan-rozum]]'' form is a cloud of phosphorus-oxide smoke that also wields [[PlayingWithFire fire]] and [[HollywoodAcid acid]] powers. Presumably other servants with gaseous elements could do the same, although Xuan gets extra credit for achieving the effect with a compound of his normally-solid element.

* ''Literature/BloodSuckingFiends'': Tommy comes across as WrongGenreSavvy for asking the fledgling vampire Jody to turn into smoke, but it's later revealed that more experienced vampires can do so.
* In ''Literature/CastleHangnail'', one of the castle's former masters was a Vampire Lord who could transform into a mist.
* In ''Literature/TheCloakSociety,'' [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Misty]] has this ability, and can turn other people along with her if she's touching them.

* Laas the Changeling from ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' can transform into mist -- so good that O'Brien assumes someone has tampered with the weather controls. It's implied most changelings can do this, and can use it to get into any non-hermetic place. (Laas can even creep into a runabout, in space!)
* [[spoiler:The Man In Black]] on ''Series/{{Lost}}'', otherwise known as the Smoke Monster. It's not very ''intangible'' smoke, though.

* One of the [[MonstersOfTheWeek supers-of-the-week]] on ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' has this power.

* One episode of ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSinbad'' has a villain with this power courtesy of the "Sword of Hades", which would turn him into smoke when unsheathed (thus making him practically invulnerable in combat) while remaining quite solid and dangerous to his enemies itself. Notable for also showcasing the ''weakness'' of such a form -- the villain is ultimately defeated by [[spoiler:the heroes using a giant fan they built overnight to create enough wind to disperse his smoke form beyond recovery]].

* Kyle Nimbus, a.k.a. "The Mist" from ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' is a death row criminal who was in a gas chamber during a MassSuperEmpoweringEvent. As a result, he has the power to willingly turn into a cloud of poisonous gas and retain movement control. While under this shape he can also move about as fast as the Flash, but it is exhausting and he's soon forced to return to his human form. Barry later learns to suffocate him by rapidly spinning his arms to create a suction vortex.
* Half Demon Parker and his brother both have this power in ''Series/{{Charmed|2018}}''. Unclear if this is a standard demonic power or reserved for more powerful demons.

* Myth/ClassicalMythology: Zeus is said to have entered the locked, windowless room of one of his many conquests through the airholes as a shower of gold.

* In ''VideoGame/JinniZeala,'' the genie Zeala uses this to appear and disappear.
* In Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{Genie}}'', the genie's lower torso is shown as a swirl of magic smoke.
* The green ''jinn'' of ''Pinball/MagicGirl'' have magic smoke where their legs should be.

** 1st edition also has the "Choking Cloud" power, the ultimate form of the "Asphyx" Discipline. It's effectively the same as Body of Spirit... just replace "mist" with [[PoisonousPerson "mustard gas"]].
%%* The Diffuse advantage in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'', a spell allows you to turn into smoke. It makes you invulnerable to almost every attack, but you can't fight back. Gust spells are one of the only ways to harm a person in this form. Vampires also have this ability by default.
* The "Desolidification" power in ''[[TabletopGame/{{Champions}} Hero System]]''.

* Damned Queen Chesspiece of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 3'' can turn into a cloud of mist that's untouchable until she recollects herself.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' has the Shadow Priest ability Dispersion which turns them into a cloud of purple shadow, rendering them almost invulnerable, unable to attack, and restores {{mana}} very quickly.

* ''VideoGame/MortalKombat'':
** Smoke. This extends even to his robotic form, strangely enough. Later installments decided to explain this as "nanomachines".
** Since the reboot, Smoke is [[spoiler:apparently an amnesiac {{youkai}} called an enenra, a Japanese smoke monster that lives in bonfires. This is because he was a cult's HumanSacrifice as a child, burned alive to summon a demon. [[GoneHorriblyRight They got one all right]]. They probably didn't count on it being the spirit of the child they'd just murdered coming back to kill them all right back in revenge, except ''they'' don't get to become smoke monsters in human form.]]
* In a ''VideoGame/StarcraftII'' cinematic, it is shown that Dark Templar Zeratul's invisibility manifests like this.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' series, this is one of the abilities available to Suika Ibuki, due to her power to control density.

* In ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II'', vampires slain in combat turn to a small cloud of mist and fly away at speed. Non-random encounter vampires will fly back to their coffin to reform, where they can be staked and permanently put down.
* In ''VideoGame/TheLostCrown'', the ghostly Ager brothers sometimes manifest as black-clad glowering figures, and other times as billowing ink-black columns of malevolent vapor.
* Delsin Rowe, the protagonist ''VideoGame/InfamousSecondSon'' has smoke as the first power he [[PowerCopying absorbs]]. With it, he can fire off projectiles (including a shotgun-like blast), turn into smoke when he dashes and travel through vents. Hank Daughtry, the Conduit he absorbed it from can do the same thing.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Battleborn}}'', [[{{snowlem}} Kelvin's]] Sublimate ability allows him to become a cloud of frigid air for a brief time. According to a number of Kelvin's lore challenges, this is actually the state Kelvin had before [[MushroomMan Miko]] and others helped him attain a more stable physical form.
* Reaper's Wraith form in ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'', in the [[GameplayAndStorySegregation game itself]] he retains a vaguely humanoid form but is invulnerable and unable to attack, while in the cinematics he looks more like tendrils of smoke and can slip through small cracks.

* Elizabeth from ''Webcomic/{{Blip}}'' has this power, as she's a vampire.
* In ''Webcomic/TheKingfisher'', this seems to be a power of the Kellgren lineage. Patricia is shown using it to move quickly in Theodore's backstory (form of a mist), and Theodore himself uses it in front of Jack. Sombretas can also become a shadowy dustdevil for a short time.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', [[spoiler:John Egbert]] demonstrates this ability during Act 6 Intermission 3, while duelling Jack Noir.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Chaos can assume the shape of a [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-05-01 monstrous "cloud" form]] with many heads and wispy tendrils that are [[http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2007-05-03 constantly shifting and changing.]]

* Scorcher from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' has this power, and can even sink into your throat to make you choke.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLittlePrince'', [[BigBad the Snake]] can turn into black smoke at will. This means he's completely impossible to confront physically; the Little Prince's efforts are entirely toward thwarting his plans, not fighting him.
* {{Inverted}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince,'' where [[BlackMagicianGirl Claudia]] demonstrates the ability to create wolves out of smoke (by blowing on some dust that [[AllThereInTheManual extra materials]] imply were cremated wolf ashes).

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Morel Mackernasey can transmute his BattleAura into smoke which [[ShapingYourAttacks he can shape into countless constructs]] such as rabbits, ropes, doll,s rafts and even replicas of people fully capable of human speech.

* Bardiel from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' initially floats around as a storm cloud, infecting Unit 03 when the carrier plane flies through him.

* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', Emperor Ganishka is able to turn himself into a giant humanoid cloud of fog with lightning powers. He also (even while in human form) can blanket a city with OminousFog that allows him to sense anything that happens in the cloud.

* ''Film/DraculaDeadAndLovingIt'', being surprisingly well-researched for a parody movie, includes Dracula turning into fog.
* The ''Film/HarryPotter'' films gave Voldemort and the Death Eaters this power instead of Apparition (teleportation), presumably for RuleOfCool purposes.

* Hades from ''Disney/{{Hercules}}'' can turn his arms into semi-solid smoke to extend his reach.

** The TropeNamer: William gains the "Super Smoke" power along with his EvilCostumeSwitch. This allows him to move very quickly on Lyoko, on par with Ulrich's SuperSpeed, to fly and to escape many attacks. His avatar keeps this power in ''Series/CodeLyokoEvolution'', even though he's back among the good guys.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'': The penultimate new alien, Gutrot, is a walking chemical laboratory (As Dr. Animo puts it) who displays the ability to expel all kinds of gases, from laughing gas to tear gas to [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers To'kustar pheromones]].

* ''Literature/BloodSuckingFiends'': Tommy comes across as WrongGenreSavvy for asking the vampire Jody to turn into smoke, but it's later revealed that more experienced vampires can do so.

This power may have various applications. The most common is [[NighInvulnerability invulnerability to]] [[IntangibleMan most physical attacks]]. It also allows slipping into tiny cracks to invade any place that isn't airtight. In some case, the cloud can gain very fast movement, maybe depending on the wind. The transformation can double as an attack if the gaseous form is also a DeadlyGas. Poison or no, villains with this power are not above forcing themselves down a victim's airway. It will also probably make the creature invisible if within any cloud or bank of similar-looking smoke or mist.

This power may have various applications. The most common is [[NighInvulnerability invulnerability to most physical attacks]]. It also allows slipping into tiny cracks to invade any place that isn't airtight. In some case, the cloud can gain very fast movement, maybe depending on the wind. The transformation can double as an attack if the gaseous form is also a DeadlyGas. Poison or no, villains with this power are not above forcing themselves down a victim's airway. It will also probably make the creature invisible if within any cloud or bank of similar-looking smoke or mist.

* Smoke of Pain, one of Mysterious's powers in ''Fanfic/MyLittleUnicorn''.

* The Draugr of Norse Mythology were known for turning into mist in order to escape their graves.

* ''Creator/{{Wildstorm}}'': Backlash a.k.a. Marc Slayton had this power back in the 90s.

* The being from between dimensions in ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' is shown as this.
* Smoke of Pain, one of Mysterious's powers in ''FanFic/MyLittleUnicorn''.
* Maximilian, being a Boggart, can do this in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor''; indeed, that is how Boggarts usually shapeshift — they turn into smoke and then reform into a new shape, and part of his [[TrainingTheSGiftOfMagic training]] involved learning how to shapeshift ''without'' the intermediate. He can also use this ability to seemingly "vanish" by scattering the particles that make up the fog.

* The Diffuse advantage in ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}''.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has the Enchant Creature [[http://ww2.wizards.com/Gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?id=26641 Gaseous Form,]] which turns a creature into mist so that it could neither deal nor take damage in combat. The [[http://ww2.wizards.com/Gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?&id=23018 Urborg Phantom]] could activate this ability at will. Also the [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=158752 Turn to Mist]] card.

* In ''VideoGame/RuneScape'', Vanstrom Klause turns into a cloud of mist in the final stage of the boss fight in the quest "The Branches of Darkmeyer."

** In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0647.html "Be Prepared,"]] Elan finds "Wind Walk" to be [[ItsTheBestWhateverEver the best cleric spell ever]]. Durkon isn't so enthusiastic.

* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', many [[TheFairFolk Faerfolc]] can shapeshift and often turn into smoke or mist to disappear and appear in different locations.

* In ''Podcast/MetamorCity'' mist is one of the easier transformations for vampires to master, being an instinctive defense mechanism. A fledgeling typically needs five minutes to change, [[spoiler: after getting dropped off a skyscraper in ''Things Unseen'']] Morgan Drauling manages to do it in 21 seconds.
* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Vampire Lord, as [[OneWingedAngel Vampire Genesis]], can turn into a damaging pink mist.