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6->''"To one who, journeying through night and fog, \
7Is mired neck-deep in an unwholesome bog, \
8Experience, like the rising of the dawn, \
9Reveals the path that he should not have gone."''
10-->-- '''Joel Frad Bink'''
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12Fog can be part of the ominous mood or [[FogOfDoom inseparably tied to a dangerous and ''creepy'' supernatural phenomenon]]. This is only about the ominous mood it creates.
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14Maybe it's the way you feel alone in the fog, even with your companion next to you. Maybe it's how the fog seems to swallow everything and makes noise and sight unfamiliar. Maybe it's the way it curls and sways around you as if it ''knows'' you are there. Maybe it's the fact that a monster could lurk a few meters from you and you wouldn't know it.
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16If the [[EmpathicEnvironment environment is empathic]], it should be possible to read your situation from the weather. Anyone with even a whiff of [[GenreSavvy genre-savviness]] knows that dense fog is about as bad a sign as [[AStormIsComing a howling tornado on the horizon]]. Is sometimes accompanied by [[RedSkyTakeWarning a blood-red sky]].
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18May overlap with MysteriousMist. For a fog that's actively trying to kill you, see FogOfDoom.
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20!!Examples:
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24* Fog also appears when the BigDamnHeroes reach the center of Shinjuku in ''Literature/DemonCityShinjuku''.
25* ''Anime/DenNohCoil'' has fog appear when obsolete space is present. It's not visible without glasses though.
26* ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' gives us the pink "Digital Field", where many of the early fights take place. In the original ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', Myotismon creates an Ominous Fog that cuts Odaiba off from the rest of the world.
27* In ''Manga/{{Gyo}}'', the setting is shrouded in a reeking fog made up of the Death Stench by the time the protagonist wakes up [[spoiler:after being nearly eaten alive by small fish]].
28%%ZCE * ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Results in a ShipTease with holding hands.
29* The geography of ''Manga/OnePiece'' gives us the Florian Triangle, an area of ocean covered in Ominous Fog where the number of ships which have vanished is well in the hundreds if not higher. Within it is the ''Thriller Bark'', the gargantuan ship Gecko Moria uses as his base. The trope is slightly inverted in that the fog is actually ''protecting'' the victims of Moria, who cannot be exposed to sunlight after he steals their shadows. It's played straight at the end of the arc, [[http://www.onemanga.com/One_Piece/490/03/ which implies]] that there is indeed ''something'' within the fog beside the ''Thriller Bark'' that attacks ships.
30* ''Anime/MagicalPokaan'' has a vampire robot that creates its ''own'' fog.
31* In ''Literature/RebuildWorld'', the "colorless mist" is a phenomenon in which a strange, transparent fog descends over an area. It's extremely hard to perceive with the naked eye, only blurring the edges of objects in one's vision, but it's also extremely dangerous, as it scrambles radio, electromagnetic radar, sounds, and smells. Guns will suffer a unilateral drop in effectiveness, electronic locks will cease to work, and all forms of long-range communication will be filled with static. Naturally, this makes things exponentially more difficult for a hunter, even if it also reduces the effectiveness of the monsters' tracking systems.
32* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': In an early episode, clouds of ominous fog cover an oceanic area where ships are vanishing. At the beginning of the episode, a character tells he does not like that eerie fog and it is creeping him out, and another character scoffs that are silly superstitions and [[TemptingFate there is nothing to be frightened of]]... right before they disappear.
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36* ''ComicBook/XMen'': ComicBook/{{Storm|MarvelComics}} from is a weather manipulator who sometimes creates a localised EmpathicEnvironment, either [[PowerIncontinence subconsciously]] or to make some sort of point. Fog does not usually bode well.
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40* In ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'', Hop wakes up in a car that's a forest covered in fog. Turns out this Fog Car is Silent Hill but on the Infinity Train. Joy.
41** The car is revisited in the prequel, ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainKnightOfTheOrangeLily'' and the events in the car are ''darker'' than what happens in ''Blossoming Trail''.
42* ''Fanfic/IWokeUpAsADungeonNowWhat'': Taylor's second-floor global effects include a fog which forms spooky images designed to unsettle adventurers.
43* In ''Fanfic/OSMUFanfictionFriction'', Orla stays behind to guard ''[[DeadlyBook The Book of Ashes]]'' while the others go to The Book Loft, a nearby bookstore. It produces a mist that materializes into a figure of her mother that looks, feels and acts like the real deal. Orla is fooled by this illusion and is quite literally stabbed in the back as a result.
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47* ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'':
48** A sudden fog appears (and disappears just as quickly) during Mother Gothel's DarkReprise.
49** It happens again later when [[spoiler:The Stabbington Brothers attack Eugene and Gothel stages a rescue of Rapunzel to make her come back to the tower]].
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53%%ZCE* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' and its inspiration ''Film/ZeroHour1957''.
54* ''Film/CriesAndWhispers'': The film opens with a shot of the grounds of the mansion enveloped in early-morning fog and mist. The dark and foreboding mood of the picture is firmly established.
55* In ''Film/{{Dagon}}'' everything is fine until the fog and rain start rolling in.
56* In ''[[Film/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher1928France The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' the Usher mansion is continually fogbound, establishing the ominous, foreboding mood.
57* ''Film/TheFog'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]]. A mist that descends on a California beach town contains the spirits of a group of people suffering from leprosy who died in a shipwreck a hundred years ago thanks to sabotage by the townsfolk, who did not want them establishing a leper colony nearby. Now, they're back for revenge.
58* Fog seems to be a constant presence around the castle in ''Film/Frankenstein1970''. The film opens with Caroline being chased through the fog; Morgan says they are going to need to rethink some of the outdoor shots as he cannot film through the fog; and when Row and Rabb desperately race back to the castle, they are driving through fog.
59* For Satan's temptation of Jesus in ''Film/TheGospelAccordingToStMatthew'', the appropriate tone is set when Jesus encounters Satan on a fog-bound hilltop.
60* ''Film/GreatExpectations1946'': Spooky fog helps set a foreboding mood for Pip's first encounter with Magwitch the escaped convict in the graveyard, and his second encounter, when he brings the food and the file that Magwitch told him to get.
61* The KudzuPlot of ''Film/InherentVice'' is starting to get pretty thick indeed by the point where private eye Doc Sportello meets Coy Harlingen, who was reported dead, in a fog-bound alley. Coy tells him of an even deeper criminal conspiracy involving heroin smuggling.
62* In ''Film/{{Insomnia}}'', the first chase leads the protagonist, the police, and the murderer into an unexpected fog field. The poor sight leads to an AccidentalMurder (or implied UnfriendlyFire in the remake).
63%%* Most UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper films.
64* In ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', an entire sequence takes place in an area filled with this. Some of the fog around the upper level of the area clears well enough for Alan Grant to see that the area is a huge aviary...which can only mean that whatever is in there is 1) able to fly and 2) ''[[GiantFlyer huge]]''...and then one of [[TerrorDactyl said flyers]] snatches up the kid they were trying to save.
65* ''Film/KingKong'': In all three versions of the story, the approach to Skull Island is shrouded in fog.
66* ''Film/LostCreek'': In one NightmareSequence, fog is outside of Peter's house when he opens up the door.
67* ''Film/TheMist'', [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin obviously]], being a massive cloud of fog filled with a variety of extradimensional horrors.
68* Franchise/MonsterVerse:
69** ''Film/Godzilla2014'': San Francisco is wreathed in gray fog throughout the scene where Godzilla and the [=MUTOs=] arrive in the city, and it does quite a bit to create an unnerving and ominous atmosphere- especially because it allows the massive {{Kaiju}} to [[StealthyColossus somewhat-convincingly hide and appear without warning]]. For example, the only warning of Hokmuto’s arrival is disabled fighter jets falling out of the cloud cover due to his EMP ability- right before the GiantFlyer himself dives out of the clouds as well.
70** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'': The Boneyard with the remains of Kong's parents is covered in yellow-colored smoke, and a Skullcrawler takes advantage of the smoke's cover to relentlessly stalk and hunt the human cast. At night, as Conrad and Weaver look for Marlow's boat from atop a high cliff, a thick fog rolls in and they see Kong approach them with GlowingEyes.
71** ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKingGhidorah Ghidorah]]'s WeatherManipulation which generates a gigantic, otherworldly tempest wherever he goes causes eerie, billowing clouds of fog, mostly notably during his BigEntrance at Boston.
72* ''Film/PacificRim'': Trespasser makes landfall in San Francisco through thick white fog, which obscures the {{Kaiju}}'s approach until it's too late for the civilians on the Golden Gate. The scene is rather similar to the one set in Manhattan in ''Film/Godzilla1998'' and seems to have partially inspired the one in ''Film/Godzilla2014'' above.
73* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'': One of the features of the Aztec curse seems to be a perpetual fog that follows the ''Black Pearl'' around.
74* ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'': This is a common occurrence throughout the movie, and is quite atmospheric. One notable scene has the fog rolling in at night and ''putting out the torches'' before the titular horseman appears.
75* ''Film/UnderTheBed'': When the monster is about to appear, one thing that can happen is that the room fills up with fog.
76%% * ''Film/TheWolfman2010''
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80* Kuchisake-onna is said to roam especially during ominously foggy evenings, looking for helpless victims.
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84* In ''Literature/BlackDawn'', the Dark Kingdom is constantly filled with eerie, swirling fog and mist that blots out the sun, likely an effect of the spells that keep the place hidden from outsiders. [[spoiler:The fog finally dissipates in the end, once the slaves are freed]].
85* ''Literature/TheBoneMaker'': One perpetually misty mountain valley is so infested with deadly monsters that the locals assume anybody who enters the mists is as good as gone. The heroes {{exploit|edTrope}} this to cover their tracks, but have some very near misses there themselves.
86* In Creator/RobertEHoward's Literature/ConanTheBarbarian novel ''Literature/TheHourOfTheDragon'', Valerius curses the fog until he realizes it would hide his advance.
87* ''Literature/{{Earthsea}}'': In ''Literature/AWizardOfEarthsea'', Duny (who later becomes Sparrowhawk) uses a fog control/illusion spell to confuse invaders and save his village.
88* ''Literature/GoneWithTheWind''. After suffering hunger and cold during the Reconstruction, Scarlett has a recurring dream of running through a mist. The dream comes true after Melanie's death when Scarlett runs home to her mansion in the hopes of reconciling with Rhett. Rhett winds up leaving her. Ominous, indeed.
89* ''Literature/LordPeterWimsey'': In ch. XI of ''Clouds of Witness'', Lord Peter and his man Bunter interview a not very helpful witness who lives in a hut on the moors and then “like two Cockney innocents, Lord Peter and Bunter set forth at a brisk pace down the narrow moor-track toward Grider’s Hole, with never a glance behind them for the great white menace rolling silently down through the November dusk from the wide loneliness of Whemmeling Fell.” They wander around sightless for some hours, completely unaware that not far away, invisible in the fog, is a large and often fatal bog of quicksand. Until...
90* Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheMist''. Even when the monsters are not attacking, the ever-present fog strongly emphasizes the isolation of the survivors and the alien nature of the world outside.
91* Brandon Sanderson's ''Literature/{{Mistborn}}'' trilogy features metal-burning magic-users who [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin have a certain affinity with the concealing mists that form from nowhere at nightfall]], which commoners fear. [[spoiler:When the all-powerful, immortal Lord Ruler is assassinated, the mists begin to emerge during the day, last for weeks, form ghosts, and kill people. Though that was to "snap" the skaa peasants and awaken their magic powers so they could fight in the final battle.]]
92* In the ''Literature/OldKingdom'' series, fog can be a cover for the Dead, for whom sunlight is dangerous.
93* ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'': the fog is symbolic of the mystery of Hyde, and sets up the dark and ominous atmosphere of London, especially the immoral slum of Soho.
94* The ''[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Tales From Camp Crystal Lake]]'' series of books by Eric Morse [[note]]Mother's Day, Jason's Curse, The Carnival, and Road Trip[[/note]] all feature a yellow fog which seems to make everyone feel more negatively, lubricating the lethal intentions of whoever finds the [[BecomingTheMask hockey mask]] as well as the FinalGirl.
95* Ominous fogs and mists are a part of Creator/AlanGarner's fantasy trilogy beginning with ''Literature/TheWeirdstoneOfBrisingamen'', continuing in ''Literature/TheMoonOfGomrath'' and ending - more metaphorically and symbolically - in ''Literature/{{Boneland}}''. The [[OurZombiesAreDifferent dark lich Grimnir]] rises out of Lindow Moss bog in a twilight mist; the battles are fought in fog and mist and snow; and the adult Colin wrestles with the symbolic fog that has settled over his early life and memories, blotting out good and bad together save for flash-frame glimpses.
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99* ''Series/MeaCulpa'''s intro has the host being led through many hallways in a prison (to reach a particular prisoner whose story he wants to hear), all of them choked in roiling fog. Due to the intro's iconic status in Chile, people sometimes joke host Carlos Pinto is followed everywhere by this same fog, even off-camera.
100* {{Justified|Trope}} in the ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' episode "Whispers", in which the monsters create the fog as a predatory mechanism.
101* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "Catspaw". The fog is weird because as Spock points out there is no water anywhere in the region.
102* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}''. In "Monster Movie" a shapeshifter is killing in the manner of 50's movie monsters, so has a handy bucket of dry ice to provide this.
103* In ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'' episode "[[Recap/ThunderbirdsS1E19DangerAtOceanDeep Danger At Ocean Deep]]", unreported mist cloaks the Mediterranean when both ''Ocean Pioneer'' vessels traverse it with a cargo of liquid alsterene. It's implied to be the first signs of the chemical reaction caused by the alsterene and sea fungi OD-60, which progresses to interfering with radio transmissions, to intensifying the onboard nuclear reactor, and finally destroying the ship outright.
104* Some ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' {{kaiju}} can produce this stuff to conceal their presence.
105** Sadorah[[SpellMyNameWithAnS /Sadora/Sadola/Sadolar]] from ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'' possesses the ability to create fog with a secretion from its body. A particularly useful ability as it's not a very strong kaiju and relies heavily on striking at foes from a distance with its extendable pincers.
106** Magnia from ''Series/UltramanTiga'' as a ShoutOut to Creator/StephenKing. The alien parasites that compose its body are perpetually shrouded in fog as they move around allowing them to latch onto hosts by surprise and turn them into zombie-like beings.
107** Banpira from ''Series/UltramanNexus'' is a GiantSpider that fires fog from an organ located above its head. Combined with its incapacitating sonic screech, ability to spit a rope of webbing to snag human prey, and wipe memories of its existence with a flash from its eyes, and you've got some ''especially'' ominous fog with this guy around.
108** ''Series/UltramanOrb'' gives this as the signature ability of the ''Series/UltramanEighty'' monster [[TheHeartless Hoe]]. In his appearance in the series, Hoe is able to produce fog to shroud its presence, bringing a sense of dreary despair to the characters who fear Orb will be defeated by the monster.
109* ''Series/TheUntamed'': Yi City is wreathed in fog and inhabited by [[AxeCrazy Xue Yang]].
110* ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'': A sure sign Damon's near.
111** This hasn't shown up recently; it's unclear whether it's been dropped or if Damon just hasn't felt the need for a while.
112* ''Series/TheXFiles''. In "The Ghosts Who Stole Christmas" Scully wryly notes the presence of ominous fog outside a creepy old house and (correctly) guesses that it must be haunted.
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116* Besides the darkness and the awesome creepy music, Wrestling/TheUndertaker, in Deadman form, also has a good deal of fog covering the entranceway as part of his terror-inducing entrance.
117* Many in Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, most obviously company founder Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa. Wrestling/SamoaJoe's entrance wasn't just preceded by ominous fog to an even more ominous remix of his [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] theme, which is appropriate since he's basically a Misawa {{expy}}.
118* Cemetery fog follows in the wake of Evil Dead, the first Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling Heavyweight Champion.
119* Upon his Wrestling/WWESmackDown debut, Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} was accompanied by fog that wasn't just ominous, [[EvilSmellsBad but odorous]].
120* Wrestling/{{D|affneyUnger}}raculetta was accompanied by it in Wrestling/{{Wrestlicious}}, although it was a CG effect rather than something physically there for the live audience.
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124* In the TabletopRPG ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'', this ability is available to [[BackFromTheDead the Harrowed]], particularly those who were [[PersonalityPowers ominous in life, or closely tied to nature.]] It has little, if any, effect on game mechanics. But boy, is it creepy!
125** One of the setting's monsters is a "Mourning Mist", essentially a mobile, self-aware fog-cloud... that causes people enveloped in it to commit suicide.
126* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in the ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' supplement ''Heroes of Horror'' at the end of a list of ways to turn up the paranoia factor. Also, ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}''.
127--> [[TwoWordsAddedEmphasis One word]]: Fog.
128** ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' setting also gives us the Mournland, which is [[{{Mordor}} an (ex-)country made of mist and spooky sounds]].
129* In ''TabletopGame/RocketAge'' going down into the fog of Venus is an excellent way to die from the pressure, or get eaten by something unseen and slimy. Ganymede also has an area covered by the Black Fog, however, this is actually volcanic gas.
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133* Generously {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''Theatre/The39Steps''. The Heavies are hunting protagonist [[ActionSurvivor Richard Hannay]] and his [[ChainedHeat unwilling sidekick]], [[BelligerentSexualTension Pamela]], across a Scottish moor. One of them comments on the thick fog -- which isn't present, but the line is the cue for fog machines backstage to activate.
134* The Benjamin Britten operas ''Theatre/PeterGrimes'' and ''Theatre/BillyBudd'' have scenes with ominous fog.
135* In ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', the old king's ghost first appears on a foggy night. Which makes sense since they're in Denmark and the castle is probably pretty close to the sea.
136** It's right on the strait between Denmark and Sweden; Swedish soil is visible from the castle.
137* In ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', the witches chant, "Fair is foul, and foul is fair. Hover through the fog and filthy air." (Also, the witches live on a moor, and Scottish moors are prone to fog.)
138--> "Look how suddenly it's come down... out of ''nowhere''."
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142* The last room of ''[[Ride/ThePsychoPathMaze Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates]]'', a haunted house from Ride/UniversalStudios' ''Theatre/HalloweenHorrorNights'' 1999, took place in an oversized bathroom with steam giving off this effect.
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146* The [[SwampsAreEvil swamps of Karda Nui]] in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' are shrouded in fog- it's so thick that it can't be seen through even with XRayVision. During the [[GiantSpider Visorak]] invasion, a thick green mist blocking out the sunlight is also mentioned.
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150* In ''VideoGame/AlanWake'', you spend most of the game running through (natural) fog-shrouded forests. Every so often, the wind will pick up and the fog turns pitch black. From a story perspective, it indicates [[BigBad the Dark Presence]] is nearby, while from a gameplay perspective it indicates that you're about to be swamped by [[TheHeartless the Taken]]. Both are effective at escalating the tension.
151* In ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns'', there is an ominous fog in the Hyde Park sequence. To get out the player must follow the lamps. Besides their light, there is nothing but the fog and the darkness.
152* ''VideoGame/BugFables'': The [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace Forsaken Lands]] are set in perpetual dense fog produced by the factories of the [[MetropolisLevel Termite Capitol]], and as a result, it's very hard to navigate through them (which serves as in-universe justification for why this level serves as TheMaze). [[spoiler:The [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Giants' Lair]] also has a dark purple fog in the lower levels inhabited by the [[EldritchAbomination Dead Landers]], though the exact source and nature of ''this'' fog [[NothingIsScarier is never made clear]].]]
153* This is used in ''VideoGame/{{Chelsea}}'' to establish an eerie atmosphere in the town.
154* One stage of ''VideoGame/CoffeeCrisis'' inexplicably have a fog hitting the city streets, obscuring much of your view as you try fending off alien enemies.
155* ''VideoGame/TheDeadMines'': The toxic gas in the abandoned mine is normally nonlethal since the character is wearing a protective helmet. When the gas gets thicker as the player starts sealing off pipes, it turns into FogOfDoom.
156* In ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', an ominous fog is what caused Boletaria to be overrun with monsters. In-game, harder sections of the dungeons are marked by walls of fog. If you see one in a large passageway, a BossBattle awaits you on the other side. The fog sectioning off the game world also applies to its SpiritualSuccessor ''VideoGame/DarkSouls''.
157* ''VideoGame/{{Diacrisis}}'': It's pretty foggy outside the prison due to a snowstorm. As a result, it can sometimes make it hard to see anything out there.
158* ''VideoGame/EchoNight: Beyond'' featured fog that made the ghosts you were trying to help very ''hostile'', forcing you to try and find ways to avoid or clear it out.
159* ''VideoGame/Fallout4'' ''Far Harbor'' has "The Fog", a heavily radioactive fog that rolls over Mount Desert Island. The Fog is dangerous on two accounts: the [[NuclearMutant monsters in it]] and itself. The Fog is often very thick and therefore shrouds the monsters that live in it such anglers (mutant anglerfish), gulpers (very big and very hungry mutant salamanders), fog crawlers (gigantic amphibious shrimp), and hermit crabs (who are so big they use tankers for shells). The Fog itself has a detrimental effect on the mind, driving them insane and turning normal people into the cannibalistic Trappers if they live that long, as well as being chock full of radiation from the Atlantic ocean (which made the monsters in the first place). The Fog is a natural occurrence though as of late is has been growing larger and thicker, blanketing the entire island in it. The People of Far Harbor (post-War Bar Harbor, Maine) believe that the Children of Atom (a cult that worships the atom as a god) has made it worse while the Children see it as a blessing for their faith. Regardless, people are forced to live in rings of fog condensers to save themselves.
160* In ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', the mountain-based stages are sometimes covered in fog that drastically reduces your party's chance to proceed freely *and* hides enemies from you. You either bring a Thief into the party, get some Torches, or use the Torch staff to solve the problem.
161* ''VideoGame/IntoTheRadius'' has a thick fog surround Pechorsk Radius. Only safe way to travel between rare clear areas is to follow ropelines setup by explorers.
162* Large outdoor portions of ''VideoGame/KentuckyRouteZero'' are set in foggy, poorly-lit areas, both adding to the subtly uncanny atmosphere and shrouding some parts of the scene until the player character gets up close.
163* VideoGame/KirbySuperStarUltra: The True Arena’s rest area gets covered in fog upon reaching the Final Four.
164* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
165** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass'', fog rolls in on the ghost ship to emphasize its eeriness.
166** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' and ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom'': The Lost Woods around Korok Forest is perpetually surrounded by a thick white fog to signify the mystical nature of the place. If Link veers off the intended route, it covers the screen and he is warped back to where he started. This is not FogOfDoom as this effect does not harm Link, and it's more of a defense mechanism to keep outsiders away from Korok Forest than it is actively malevolent. In ''Tears of the Kingdom'', one of Ganondorf's plagues turns the fog black, which completely bars entry from any direction [[spoiler:except from deep below]].
167* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry2LookingForLoveInSeveralWrongPlaces'': The dense fog on Nontoonyt Island that appears and dissipates rather rapidly is a smokescreen for Dr. Nonookee's evil schemes.
168* ''VideoGame/LochNess'': Sometimes, a fog will roll in over the loch, making it harder for you to see anything, least of all a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster Loch Ness Monster]] who will attack anyone who intrudes upon her territory.
169* ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'': The damaged E.M.M.I.-01P emerges from a foggy hallway to attack Samus.
170* The render distance fog in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', particularly in the less stable early versions. While this was a by-product of lower-end PC's requiring the game to set the fog range closer to the player for stable frame-rate, the limited vision makes it hard to discern [[NothingIsScarier whether there are monsters waiting outside the players vision until they attack.]]
171* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunterPC'' has the "Fog" levels, where the game decide to throw indoor fog into the stage. Since it's a maze game where everything's in overhead view, you'll be often obscured by the fog while trying to find the correct weapons to use against the various monsters.
172* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter2004'': The Swamp (renamed Old Swamp in ''Freedom Unite'') has thick purplish fog on areas 1, 2, 4 and 9 that can block your view of enemy monsters and the area in general.
173* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', fog rolls into Ajik City during the final week, and people comment on how unnatural it is. The overworld theme also changes to a more sinister one to indicate that the fog's getting worse in the following days, and a few of your customers start [[LaserGuidedAmnesia forgetting]] why they visited your shop. [[spoiler:By the end of the week, it's revealed that the fog was laced with [[EmotionSuppression Fixer]], which ended up Fixing the population up to 60% the whole time, hence the amnesia of some of your customers.]]
174* ''VideoGame/{{Observo}}'': After the power goes out, a fog starts shrouding the area outside the hotel.
175* ''VideoGame/SlideInTheWoods'': After your second trip down the slide, you see that the forest is shrouded in fog, whereas it was a bright sunny day just before you got into it. This is meant to show that the slide is not what it seems.
176* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
177** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'': There's an ominous dark purple {{advancing wall|OfDoom}} of fog moving throughout level 8-1, which OneHitKill any player characters (and maybe enemies) on impact. The best advice is to run.
178** ''VideoGame/MarioParty6'': The minigame Something's Amist pits two dueling characters in a foggy area surrounded by trees with glowing eyes in the midst of a forest during late night. The objective is to gather gemstones placed in the floor, which cannot be seen due to the fog's extreme density. Whoever manages to scoop three gemstones first wins; but if neither manages to do so after five minutes, the minigame ends in a tie.
179* The second stage of ''VideoGame/MysticDefender'', set in an abandoned, haunted temple, is constantly covered by fog.
180* Both installments of ''VideoGame/{{PAGUI}}'' have fog obscuring every outdoor area, just as the streets are alive with vengeful ghosts and spirits. Especially in the graveyard level when you're attacked by the Hanging Ghost who keeps floating in and out the mist.
181* Indie PC horror game ''VideoGame/ThePath'' features ominous fog when you approach the lake in the woods.
182* In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', murders occur when the fog is heaviest. In the latter parts of the game, it never goes away. The game is centered around [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche finding the truth in the fog]], which means finding the true culprit and bringing them to justice (although if you look deep into the game's philosophy and symbolism, it's a lot more than that). Also, the fog [[spoiler:is used as a symbol of what humanity desires (in the eyes of Izanami)- hope, despair, and emptiness.]]
183* Each and every outdoor level of ''VideoGame/{{Phlegethon}}'' is clouded in thick fog, and fittingly enough the game is set in ''hell''. There are zombies and assorted mosnters waiting in the fog to chew you up for good measure.
184* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
185** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' introduced the fog atmosphere--it lowered your accuracy in battle. The HM Defog could get rid of it, but with a bit of trial and error, it's possible to find your way through without the move.
186** Before fog was a proper game mechanic, it appeared in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' in the haunted cemetery Mt. Pyre.
187** ''VideoGame/PokemonGO'' features "weather boosts", where real-world weather conditions increase the spawn rate and stats of a given set of types. Fog boosts Dark and Ghost types, in keeping with this trope.
188* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaWarriorWithin''. There's a foggy area filled with many enemies the player must pass through before reaching the final boss.
189* ''Franchise/SilentHill'', with fog [[SerendipityWritesThePlot originally added to hide the graphical limitations of the Playstation]], is one of the more obvious examples, and eventually grew to become one of the central parts of the atmosphere; in fact, ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' for PC would ''never'' run on a [=GeForce 4 MX=] card because the fog was so goddamn detailed. It makes the gameplay terrifying, shows that the setting is terrifying, and is also caused by the town's terrifying nature. The review in UK's ''Official [=PlayStation=] Magazine'' actually praised the original ''Silent Hill'' for being a rare example of a ''good'' use of fog.
190* Heavily used throughout beginning zones in ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'', where the coming and going of an unnatural fog is a major element in the plot. A number of more dangerous things in the storyline are accompanied by thickening of the fog as well.
191* The mental facility in ''VideoGame/SilenceOfTheSleep'' is located high up and is constantly surrounded by rain and fog, making it impossible to leave safely.
192* ''VideoGame/TheSkeleton'': Dense Fog Mode covers the map in fog, which the trailer states makes it harder to see [[DemBones the skeleton]].
193* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}} 6: Embodiment of Scarlet Devil's'' very plot involves red fog clouding the sun. [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Though it doesn't show up on your screen.]]
194* In ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', an icy mist fades in and obscures the screen in the area where you fight Papyrus.
195* ''VideoGame/{{Valheim}}:''
196** Skeleton-haunted houses tend to be surrounded in blue fog which appears before the house and skeletons do.
197** Mistlands is one of the end-game biomes, and many parts of it are covered in thick mist. When approaching a Mistlands zone by sea, player may sometimes face a wall of impenetrable fog.
198* Drake Lake in ''[[VideoGame/WaveRace Wave Race 64]]''. It does eventually clear up.
199* ''VideoGame/{{Wick}}'' takes place in a forest steeped in fog.
200* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles3'': Black fog interferes with communications equipment, but also heralds the Annihilation Events, when large portions of the landscape simply ''disappear''. Worse, there is no indication of ''when'' the Annihilation Event will occur; it could happen hours, days, or even years after the black fog appears.
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204* ''Webcomic/{{Derelict}}'', [[http://derelictcomic.com/?strip_id=12 engulfing her boat.]]
205* In ''Webcomic/{{Magience}}'', the area around [[HauntedHouse Sir Erran's]] is [[MysteriousMist permanently foggy]].
206* ''Webcomic/{{Roza}}'' [[http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2008-01-28 Whilet chasing a thief.]]
207* ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'': [[http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch04-pg01-02 a misty fjord.]]
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211* A common element in ''Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos''; it's ''very'' common for a foggy picture of trees to have just one tree, just one [[ParanoiaFuel that looks a bit off]]. [[OhCrap Then you see a man-shaped object among the branches.]]
212* ''Roleplay/ThereIsNoGATEWeDidNotFightThere'': During a supposedly safe patrol into the Thousand Needles, Kytheus and his friends grow uncomfortable when an ominous mist surrounds them, leading him to request more scouts to move ahead at the bemusement of the leading centurion. As it turns out, Kytheus was right to be suspicious as their legion cohort is ambushed by hundreds of Drex soldiers.
213* The theme of ''Series/TheWeather'' episode "Spooky Fog" is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: A series of spooky scenes, each one accompanied by a layer of thick, creepy fog.
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217* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Katara can create fog for cover at a moment's notice. Fog rolling ''inland'' is ominous to those who don't know a waterbender's about. Also parodied in a dream Aang had: he makes a dramatic entrance by kicking in the door, snapping his fingers, and fog rolling in.
218* ''WesternAnimation/TheLiberator'': A platoon of American soldiers is fighting the Germans in World War II Sicily. The opening scene has Sparks and the men advancing nervously through a fog-bound plain. Sure enough, the Germans pounce on them from behind the fog.
219* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' parodies ominous fog in the "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E4TreehouseOfHorrorIX TreehouseOfHorror IX]]" short featuring werewolf Flanders. "Guess I forgot to put the fog lights in!" Also parodied with the other ''Treehouse Of Horror'' short with the fog that turned people inside out.
220* Justified in the ''[[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?]]'' episode "Go Away, Ghost Ship," in that the mysterious fog that accompanies the "ghostly" Redbeard's pirate ship is produced by dumping blocks of dry ice into the water.
221* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E10LairOfGrievous "Lair of Grievous"]] the imposing entrance to the titular creepy hideout is hidden by a thick fog before Knight Nahdar Vebb pushes it aside with the force. It's a hint that the mission is not going to go as smoothly as expected, and it does indeed turn into a horrifying experience with only a single survivor.
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