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4	[[quoteright:350:[[Manga/{{Nisekoi}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2vbvhp6_82.png]]]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:Steaming hot action, behind steaming hot... steam.]]
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7	->''"If those wisps of smoke are meant to hide Omega Red's 'carbonadium tentacle' in order to make sure this thing could still be approved by the Comics Code, then Arkady's genitals are positioned in a weirdly high spot on his crotch. Congratulations: You now know more about Omega Red's ding-dang than you did five minutes ago."''
8	-->-- '''Chris Sims''' [[http://comicsalliance.com/bizarro-back-issues-omega-red-and-his-mutant-death-factor/ on]] Creator/JimLee's ''ComicBook/XMen''
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10	The use of strategically placed steam or smoke to censor the "naughty bits". Used most often in {{Anime}}, but also in WesternAnimation. Its use in {{Live Action\|TV}} is rarer, as real smoke is hard to control, and is often transparent unless extremely thick (at which point it tends to cover up ''everything'', eliminating the titillation factor), though it can be done via CGI. Most recently, Censor Steam can also be seen in the form of glimmering rays of light, or [[CensorShadow black shadows]].
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12	In recent years, many shows are marketed with explicit intent to be released on DVD, and for anime one of the best incentives to encourage people to buy is, literally, {{Fanservice}}. However, many broadcast networks have particular policies against sexually explicit content (as opposed to direct sale via [=DVDs=], which has none).
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14	Thus the cheapest way to fulfill both needs is not to redo animation just to include Fanservice, but [[TooHotForTV broadcast it initially censored]]. For many series, fans became suspicious that this was done intentionally merely to get them to pay up.
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16	A BonusEpisode meets the two ideas in the middle.
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18	Coined from the preferred censorship tactic of the fanservice anime ''Manga/GirlsBravo'', which often obscured entire scenes until the second season premiered on another network.
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20	The comedic version is usually RelaxOVision.
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22	A similar phenomenon is noted in more recent U.S. superhero comics, and is most strongly associated with the ''ComicBook/XMen'' character Storm.
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24	A related trope, in which strategic placement of props is used to obscure nudity, is SceneryCensor. In outdoor bath scenes, it's often replaced with LensFlareCensor, while indoor scenes opt for CensorSuds, or a ModestyTowel. In the bedroom, it's often replaced with a ModestyBedsheet.
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26	[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ExcessiveSteamSyndrome, nor should it be confused with censoring Platform/{{Steam}}.
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28	Another related trope, in which the naughty bits simply aren't drawn at all, is BarbieDollAnatomy.
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31	!!Examples:
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35	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
36	* {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in episode 3 of ''Literature/MyMentalChoicesAre'' when censoring efforts prevent Kanade from fulfilling his mission of seeing panties.
37	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
38	** Occurs when Yoruichi changes from a cat to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kerai/1108697944926.png a (naked) woman]], complete with conveniently-placed smoke.
39	** Also occurs when Nel [[spoiler:becomes Neliel]], although this is a little strange, since [[spoiler:her clothing does cover her naughty bits (barely)]].
40	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
41	** Naruto has a special ninja technique he created known as the "Sexy Jutsu", wherein he changes into a beautiful, naked woman to throw opponents off-guard. Every time he does this, clouds of smoke cover the naughty bits. This can be partly written off, however, as just about ''every'' jutsu that ninja perform creates smoke. However, in the Creator/DisneyXD version of ''Shippuden'', it's expanded so much that it covers pretty much everything but the head.
42	** Related to Jiraiya, a more explicit panel in the manga shows his view while peeping on women in the hot springs. In this case, censor steam is present but apparently in short supply, as virtually nothing is left to the imagination.
43	** When the Harem Jutsu is first used, it's shown as basically the same thing, only that multiple clones of the naked girl they have transformed into have appeared. Of course, smoke that slowly moves out of the way covers their chest and groin.
44	* A male example occurs in ''Anime/WaveLetsGoSurfing'', in the shower room of a surfing club.
45	* Pick any anime based on manga by Creator/KenAkamatsu; ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has this in ''spades''. In his mangas there is often no steam, and the outlines of breasts and buttocks will be plainly displayed, but the characters will be drawn without [[BarbieDollAnatomy "naughty"]] details.
46	* In ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', when the Juuninshi turn back from animals into (completely naked) humans, the transformation is accompanied by clouds of magical glittery stuff that handily obscures almost everything but the character's face.
47	* The ''Manga/AirGear'' anime parodies this by using doofy-looking crows that appear out of nowhere, sometimes even when the original manga panel had ''already'' used Censor Steam. On occasion, the crows start cawing, or fly away when they're done covering people up.
48	* ''Manga/GirlsBravo'' has this a ''lot'', especially since the bath is very important to the plot.
49	* In the ''Manga/BlueDrop'' anime, the scene between Mari and Hagino in the pool gets obscured by immense air bubbles right at the moment [[spoiler:when the girls declare their love and kiss]], in a degree of prudishness that is quite removed from the [[{{Hentai}} straightforward nature]] of the original manga.
50	* Used fairly often in ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' whenever any of the cast are naked. Lala also uses her tail for this purpose if no steam is convenient.
51	* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'': When [[BigBad Kurata]] is upgrading the QuirkyMinibossSquad, they're in [[PeopleJars tubes]] half-full of CensorSteam. The two males are sufficiently covered, while the lone female is sitting down for some reason.
52	* In ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis'', while fan-favorite Atobe Keigo takes a shower.
53	* Oddly present during Subaru and Teana's ShowerScene in the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' [[ComicBookAdaptation supplementary manga]]. Oddly, because the manga isn't shy about displaying the characters in all their [[BarbieDollAnatomy undetailed glory]]. It's also used during Rinne's ShowerScene in the third episode of ''Anime/VividStrike''.
54	* Used every now and then in ''Manga/OnePiece'', ''especially'' when Nami gets naked ([[MsFanservice which is quite a few times]]). The author even {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d this in his question-and-answer corner:
55	-->'''Eiichiro Oda:''' If it didn't just so happen to obscure the view, you'd see his weenie.
56	* While both the ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' manga and anime show Revy's nipples during a ShowerScene, steam conveniently covers her crotch.
57	* Present whenever the characters of ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' are bathing in the TV version. Naturally, these were removed in the DVD version.
58	* ''Manga/XxxHOLiC: A Midsummer Night's Dream'' plays this trope perfectly. In an opening scene, Yuuko is naked and half turned away from the screen, covered by transparent spirits.
59	* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s anime adaptation uses this ''in-universe'' for the movie the characters make for the SchoolFestival, which doubles as the anime's NonIndicativeFirstEpisode.
60	* ''Literature/HarukaNogizakasSecret'''s anime adaptation is infamous for the nearly comic overuse of this, including multiple frames where the screen essentially goes totally white. Odder still, unedited shots reveal that the characters are quite covered.
61	* It shows up in the onsen episode of ''VisualNovel/PrincessLover'', even to the extent that the girls comment on it.
62	* Kaito from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''.
63	* ''Anime/StrikeWitches'' takes liberal use of this in the bath scenes, and the steam is then removed for the DVD releases. Becomes a bit too obvious as the steam follows the more naked characters around while ignoring others.
64	* In ''Manga/CherryJuice'', a combination of literal steam and BarbieDollAnatomy are used to cover the naughty bits of the protagonists in their bath scenes.
65	* ''Manga/FairyTail'' regularly uses steam when the female characters are bathing. How much it covers actually varies much.
66	* {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d in Ujiie Tozen's ''Petit Petit Tantan Petit Tantan'' manga in chapter 13. Steam censors appear over the girls' genitals, with the words "Steam Guard" appearing on the steam itself.
67	* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'' uses this in [[HotSpringsEpisode episode 20]] to cover the girls up.
68	* In episode 33 of ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', [[spoiler:after being briefly defeated by Gemini Paradox, Ryuhou is shown floating in some kind of limbo, [[OutOfClothesExperience naked]], [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdnjqdVcrt1ri7mqwo1_1280.jpg while some kind of black mist covers his naughty parts]]. Another shot during the same scene, showing him from the back, [[http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdqwlxZL7T1rxyeyoo3_1280.jpg averts this]].]]
69	* In one chapter of the manga version of ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'', in which Nepgear, Uni, Rom and Ram were turned into babies, their private parts are convieniently censored by this and GodivaHair when they return to their normal ages.
70	* The first episode of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' has a censorship ''cloud''.
71	* In ''Manga/Brave10'', even Yukimura complains in-universe about the obscuring steam in the HotSpringsEpisode.
72	* In ''Manga/MariaTheVirginWitch'', Maria's incubus Priapus has a cloud covering his crotch. Maria justifies creating him this way because [[spoiler:she's never so much as ''looked'' as another man's privates before]].
73	* The anime featured in the page photo, ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'', actually got ''more'' steam added to its bath scenes in the ninth episode on DVD release, which some have called trolling by Creator/StudioShaft.
74	* Used frequently in ''Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings'', especially given most of the anime takes place in a former hot springs inn.
75	* PlayedForLaughs in ''Manga/Oddman11'' (which normally {{avert\|edTrope}}s this trope completely). During the PublicBathhouseScene, Setsu is convinced to show off her breasts to Nuida, Inuta and Chouko, only for them to be covered up in a combination of steam and a LensFlareCensor that not even the ''characters themselves'' can see through.
76	* {{Invoked\|Trope}} in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademiaVigilantes''. Oboro Shirakumo shows up to class sopping wet while trying to get a kitten out of the rain. Rather than stay in wet underwear, he strips down in the middle of class while using his own cloud-producing Quirk to censor himself "just enough" to remain decent.
77	* In the original ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' anime version, the class works together to bathe Midoriya after his spending several days as a muck covered vigilante. He gets plopped in the bath and Bakugo, who’s apparently still at one of the wash stands, stands up to yell at them for not washing Midoriya first, traditional Japanese-style, and getting dirt in the tub. The only reason we don’t see indecent parts of Bakugo is the steam cloud in front of his crotch.
78	* ''Anime/CrossAnge'''s streaming version uses extra patches of steam to cover up any female nudity, though the characters have BarbieDollAnatomy in the uncensored version anyway.
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81	[[folder:Card Games]]
82	* A few older ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' cards, most notably [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2723 Essence Vortex]]. What the illustration and card text have to do with one another is... a good question sometimes.
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85	[[folder:Comic Books]]
86	* ''ComicBook/XMen'' is quite fond of this. The aforementioned Storm (whose culture doesn't have much of a nudity taboo) is the queen of [[InnocentFanserviceGirl Innocent Fanservice]], and then there are the numerous occasions on which someone proves to be MadeOfIron and their [[ClothingDamage outfits don't.]] This happens to men and women alike. Equal opportunity {{Fanservice}}!
87	* [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bcfpMCxb6I/SgbNV8-fMTI/AAAAAAAAFOg/siYBDHIV5lI/s1600-h/Spider-Man+%23593+003.jpg The Censor Steam]] looks good on [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker]], too.
88	** Gwen Stacy's "return" in the ''Smoke and Mirrors'' arc has an overt case of this.
89	** Mary-Jane Watson and Felicia ''Black Cat'' hardy also get this from time to time.
90	** ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'' is fond of this trope. It seems like Spidey can't beat the bad guys for good unless one of them (and often both) is naked and only censored by steam or [[LensFlareCensor light]]. Electro is probably the worst offender.
91	* Cloud from ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'' had a 'costume' that consisted of swirls of cloud covering her privates.
92	* A variant involving speed lines is used when Samaritan has his dreams of flying naked in ''ComicBook/AstroCity''.
93	* ''ComicBook/MightyAvengers'': zigzagged to the point of parody when the Avengers face off with a new version of Ultron, that takes the form of a nude metal-and-flesh copy of Wasp. While Ultron's new body is VERY curvaceous, long views of her and one closeup show she has BarbieDollAnatomy, lacking nipples or genitals. This may not have been enough to placate the MoralGuardians, so in most closeups she has the same three patches of steam covering her naughty bits (even after the steam should have dissipated). In one very tongue-in-cheek panel, the steam over her cleavage looks like a ''hand giving her a squeezer.''
94	* ComicBook/RedSonja takes a WaterfallShower surrounded by strategic Censor Steam just before she is captured by an EvilSorcerer at the start of ''Red Sonja Annual'' #4.
95	* Censor ''bubbles'' obscure the 13 year old Rowan's form when she is submerged in the pool during the flashback in ''ComicBook/BlackMagick'' #6.
96	* In the 1990s ''ComicBook/{{Superboy\|1994}}'' comic book, Roxy Leech is covered in censor steam when Superboy pulls her out of the chamber used to graft her DNA onto Superboy's to prevent him from total degeneration.
97	* In ''Comicbook/AllStarSuperman,'' the smoke version is used on Doomsday ([[spoiler:a [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing transformed]] Comicbook/JimmyOlsen]]) during his battle with Superman.
98	* ''ComicBook/Calico2020'': When [[TheProtagonist Hector]] is having a shower after some speed bag training, there's enough steam to keep the reader from seeing anything explicit.
99	* The shower scene in ''ComicBook/HarleyAndIvy'' uses conveniently located steam and CensorSuds to obscure Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy's private parts.
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102	[[folder:Fan Works]]
103	* ''Fanfic/DuranAndKiyohimesOmakeTheater'': When Shizuru gets...shall we say, [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces amorous at the bath house]], she and Natsuki are almost discovered by their friends, until Kiyohime, alerted by Duran's barking, provides a steamy cover for the girls.
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106	[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
107	* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Beowulf\|2007}}'' fights the monster Grendel unarmed and completely naked (in order to fight on equal ground). When unexplained smoke isn't around, most of the battle consists of Beowulf jumping around like a circus monkey playing [[SceneryCensor "Hide the Wiener."]]
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110	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
111	* ''Film/DrJekyllAndMsHyde'': Helen Hyde is introduced showering in a glass cabinet, but the glass is steamed over to prevent showing too much detail. When she steps out a moment later, a whole cloud of (added in post-production) steam obscures her even further, probably to hide the use of a body double for the actress.
112	* The ShowerScene in the movie ''Film/IRobot''.
113	* The "Arnie" cameo in ''Film/TerminatorSalvation'', as spoofed in [[http://cartoons.sev.com.au/Sev-Space/Terminator/s965 this Sev Trek cartoon]].
114	* Done to great comedic effect in ''Film/MyFairLady'', when Professor Higgins's servants give Eliza Doolittle her first bath. The entire frame fills with steam as they close in on her, so that all we see are billows of white and an occasional towel (all while she loudly protests, "I'm a good girl, I am!").
115	* The Oracle in ''Film/ThreeHundred''. Not entirely, but for the most part.
116	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallowsPart1'': Ron's vision of [[spoiler: Locket! Harry and Hermione making out while naked]] Definitely helped it get a PG-13 rating.
117	* An (interrupted) almost-sex scene in the BMovie ''Film/HellComesToFrogtown'' uses the shadow of the female character's own leg as her CensorSteam.
118	* ''[[FilmOfTheBook Measure of a Man]]'' uses this to adapt ''Literature/OneFatSummer'''s Bobby Marks's internal musings. While looking in a mirror after a hot bath, Bobby wipes away just enough steam to uncover his face, leaving the rest of his overweight body obscured as he contemplates having a skinnier body.
119	* Copious amounts get used on Selene in ''Film/UnderworldAwakening''. She breaks out of her cryogenic chamber and is lying on the floor naked for at least a minute before she gets up to retrieve her gear. All the while, not a single "naughty bit" was seen.
120	* TV airings of ''{{Film/Carrie 1976}}'' use lots of CGI steam to censor the nudity that the original scene has.
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123	[[folder:Literature]]
124	* Happens in the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' [[Literature/DisgaeaNovels novels]] when [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Flonne and Etna]] are bathing in a hot spring.
125	* Used in one illustration in ''Literature/GirlsKingdom'', to block sight of Misaki's chest while she's bathing with Himeko, keeping things safe for work. Himeko, meanwhile, has GodivaHair covering her nipples.
126	* ''Lady of the Bees'' by Thomas Burnett Swan has censor steam [[http://www.goodshowsir.co.uk/2013/04/lady-of-the-bees on its cover]]
127	* ''Literature/ThePaperBagPrincess'': The aftermath of the dragon's attack is shown as Princess Elizabeth standing in the smoldering ruins of her castle, a cloud of smoke the only thing keeping her decent as she realizes her clothes have been burned to cinders.
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130	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
131	* The end of the first season of the 2000s ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}'' has a mob of identical Cylon women nude save for unexplained black shadow-like censor steam.
132	* ''Series/{{Highlander}}: The Series''' first episode, Tessa's shower scene. Interestingly, the amount of censor steam had to be upped for the US version-the amount in the original wasn't enough to get past US censors.
133	* On ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', when Hilary poses for Magazine/{{Playboy}}. She's clearly nude in the picture we see, but clouds are covering her breasts and pelvic region.
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136	[[folder:Music]]
137	* In the Music/{{Genesis\|Band}} song "The Fountain of Salmacis", when Hermaphroditus first meets the title character: "He turned and saw her, in a cloak of mist alone".
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140	[[folder:Music Videos]]
141	* Used in the sauna scenes in the video for the Music/BritneySpears song ''Womanizer''.
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144	[[folder:Video Games]]
145	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''
146	** Used in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'' with the "Goddess" (a naked lady) side of Chadarnook, a boss which is a haunted painting.
147	** And in the Platform/PlayStation port of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' for Magissa; in the original, her "armour" covers her belly ''and nothing else''.
148	* When ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' summons a demon, it is formed from her clothes, but a trail of Censor Steam still remains to preserve her modesty.
149	* Used to obscure some showering co-eds in the second installment of ''VideoGame/TheSpellcastingSeries''.
150	* The ShowerScene from ''VideoGame/CosmicFantasy 2'' has this in all versions except the ''Cosmic Fantasy Visual Collection''.
151	* In ''VideoGame/{{Turgor}}'' when interacting with the Sisters to give them Color, they're completely naked save for binding chains that, for the most part, obscure all of their "fiddly bits".
152	* ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' In the ending video, [[spoiler:this happens to Kerrigan.]]
153	* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' deliberately invokes this trope in a TakeThat to Website/YouTube's takedown of the uncensored PantyShot video. When characters are getting changed or are in the buff, they're surrounded by a white haze that blocks the view of certain restricted areas of their bodies... and only those parts of their bodies. However, more recent updates of the game have the characters wear [[ModestyTowel towels]] instead.
154	* The ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'' series spinoff ''VideoGame/LikeADragonIshin'' has a boss fight inside a bathhouse, where [[FullFrontalAssault both combatants are nude]] and shielded by conveniently-placed steam clouds. Gets a CallBack and LampshadeHanging in ''[[VideoGame/Yakuza1 Yakuza Kiwami]]'' when Kiryu and Majima get into an argument over a movie called ''Passionate Manly Bathhouse Battle'': Majima is convinced it's porn but Kiryu insists that it's a perfectly innocent martial arts piece, and that it's not "indecent" thanks to all the steam.
155	* ''VideoGame/BulletGirlsPhantasia'' features three different variations: beams of light, white steam, or black scribbles.
156	* In ''[[VideoGame/Persona4 Persona 4 Golden]]'', after [[spoiler:saving Marie from the Hollow Forest]], the female members of the Investigation Team are bathing in the Amagi Inn's hot springs, all of whom are very obviously naked save for the steam. Taken to literal extremes with Marie, who is very barely covered by any steam.
157	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': One of the earliest scenes is everyone taking a bath after a long battle, then getting into an argument. Heavy amounts of steam are provided for the audience, but it's clear that the characters can see everything--[[NoNudityTaboo and that they don't care]], which is another early sign that something strange is going on with the soldiers.
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161	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
162	* Used in the all ages version of volume 1 of ''VisualNovel/{{Nekopara}}'' when Chocolat and Vanilla bathe with Kashou.
163	* Used in a hidden scene in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'' showing Hiyoko and Mahiru showering together ([[ItMakesSenseInContext there's a reason for it]]).
164	* ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'' uses this for an optional scene set in a public bath.
165	* The OmegaEnding of ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' tries to use steam from a hot tub to cover Polly's breasts, but the steam is clearly see-through so it's obvious [[BarbieDollAnatomy she doesn't really have anything to censor.]]
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168	[[folder:Webcomics]]
169	* In ''Webcomic/{{Magellan}}'' the invulnerable Charisma Epoch has her dress completely burned off by a ball of fire... lucky for her the smoke lingers long enough to barely shield her modesty.
170	* ''Webcomic/TheWhiteboard'' uses the steam from a [[http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb970.html cup of coffee]] to conceal a nude Pirta's nipples from the viewer.
171	* Subverted in [[http://intragalacticcomic.com/2010/02/05/135-closet-fight/ this]] ''{{Webcomic/Intragalactic}}'', where the smoke covers the man's nipples, but not the woman's.
172	* Combined with GodivaHair in [[http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Crossoverkill/5367110/ this shower scene]] from ''Webcomic/{{Crossoverkill}}''.
173	* Used in ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' when [[CuteMonsterGirl Akila]] is bathing. The steam is somewhat transparent, but you don't see anything due to her conveniently placed tentacles.
174	* In ''Webcomic/GirlsInSpace'', Red's modesty is preserved in this [[http://www.girlsinspace.co.uk/comic/around-the-universe-in-a-bath-towel-page-05/ shower scene]]
175	* During the OpeningMonologue of ''Webcomic/ApricotCookies'', there is a panel of Apricot in the shower, which uses some steam for censorship.
176	* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Eventually gets around to showing some of the characters in a sauna... with steam billowing in just the right places to keep the reader from seeing their private parts.
177	* [[InvokedTrope Engineered]] in ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' with [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/lingerie fog-based lingerie]].
178	-->'''Woman:''' I could just be naked?\
179	'''Man:''' But where is the ''mystery?!''
180	* Sex scenes in the freely available version of ''Webcomic/UnknownLands'' are censored with white steam shaped objects that have no explanation in comic.
181	* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', a [[https://www.egscomics.com/sketchbook/2005-11-05 sketchbook comic]] features a nude Nanase standing on a cloud with smaller clouds all around her 3 of which are positioned to serve as this.
182	* In a ''WebComic/NerfNow'' story arc that crossed it over with ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', Morgan's Quirk was to produce this (or more often beams of light) to censor nudity, demonstrated by Jane attempting to flash the class. Predictably, Mineta doesn't take it well.
183	-->'''Mineta:''' THIS WOMAN IS A VILLAIN!
184	* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'': {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d at the [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3800/fc03734.htm Convenient Censer,]] a nude spa with drone-mounted incense burners to provide strategic cloud cover.
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187	[[folder:Western Animation]]
188	* A ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' featured an Animated Segment called "Full Frontal Nudity", in which a man trying to watch a naughty film is prevented from seeing any "naughty bits" by increasingly bizarre Censor Steam and SceneryCensor, someone casting a shadow on the screen and, in the end, a traffic pileup in the middle of the theater.
189	* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'', along with [[HandOrObjectUnderwear using his hands to cover his you-know-what]], steam covers Danny's naughty zone when he's taking a shower (and exposed to the public).
190	* In the ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' special episode, "Fairly Odd Baby," there's one scene where Timmy steps out of the shower, obviously naked, and sees that all of Fairy World has shown up in his bathroom to celebrate Cosmo and Wanda's baby shower. Luckily, the steam from the hot shower covered up his private parts until he wished for a [[ModestyTowel towel.]]
191	* The heroine "Fire" in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited'', while using her power, is essentially naked, except for strategically placed wisps of green flame. The artists had to go through several different designs to get it past the censors.
192	* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' is famous for it. During Fanservice bits (Yumi taking a bath or Aelita in the shower, just to name a few), [=MoonScoop=] made sure to have the water steam up or to cut the frame so that viewers didn't see their naughty bits.
193	* Censor Steam is used in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' episode 22, when Sadlygrove (suffering from a sun fever) is hallucinating of Evangelyne showering.
194	* ''WesternAnimation/InvisibleNetworkOfKids'': One episode featured a shot of three boys showering naked; conveniently placed steam was the only thing covering their crotches.
195	* The ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Memories of Boom Boom Mountain" [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]]. One of the multitude of problems listed for Finn to solve is a wizard proclaiming that [[NakedPeopleAreFunny he's naked]]. [[MoodDissonance (Though, he certainly sounds happy about it)]] After getting a dragon to breathe fire into a pond, the wizard grabs some of the steam and wears it as a hat saying, [[BlatantLies "not naked"]].
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