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* In ''Webcomic/{{Magellan}}'' the invulnerable Charisma Epoch has her dress completely burned off by a ball of fire... lucky for her the [[http://magellanverse.com/?p=635 smoke lingers]] long enough to barely shield her modesty.

* The ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series spinoff ''Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!'' has a boss fight inside a bathhouse, where 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.

* The first episode of ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' has a censorship ''[[ItMakesSenseInContext cloud]]''.

* Used in a hidden scene in ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganRonpa2'' showing Hiyoko and Mahiru showering together ([[ItMakesSenseInContext there's a reason for it]]).

* The first episode of ''Manga/OnePunchMan'' has a censorship ''cloud''.

* Played for laughs in ''Manga/Oddman11'' (which normally averts 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 {{Censor Lens Flare}}s that not even the ''characters themselves'' can see through.

* During the PublicBathhouseScene in ''Manga/Oddman11'', 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 {{Censor Lens Flare}}s that not even the ''characters themselves'' can see through.

* Done to great comedic effect in ''Theatre/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!").

* Lampshaded in episode 3 of ''Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Come o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru'', when censoring efforts prevent kanade from fulfilling his mission of seeing panties.

* VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty In the ending video, [[spoiler:this happens to Kerrigan.]]

* Used frequently in Manga/YuunaAndTheHauntedHotSprings, especially given most of the anime takes place in a former hot springs inn.

* [[FilmOfTheBook "Measure Of A Man"]] uses this to adapt ''Literature/OneFatSummer'''s Bobby Marks's internal musings. A

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.

* [[FilmOfTheBook "Measure Of A Man"]] uses this to adapt ''Literature/OneFatSummer'''s Bobby Marks's internal musings. A wiping off just enough steam to uncover his face, the rest of Bobby's overweight body remains obscured in the mirror he's looking at as he contemplates a skinnier body for himself.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with]] ExcessiveSteamSyndrome, nor should it be confused with censoring UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.

* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' deliberately invokes this trope in a TakeThat to 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.

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).

Thus the cheapest way to fulfill both needs is not to redo animation just to include FanService, but broadcast it initially censored. For many series, fans became suspicious that this was done intentionally merely to get them to pay up.

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.