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* In ''[=~Vampire: The Masquerade~=]'' (the old ''{{World of Darkness}}''), "Protean level 5" is the ability to turn into mist.

* Laas the Changeling from ''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Star Trek: Deep Space 9]]'' can transform into mist -- so good that O'Brien assumes tampered weather controls. It's implied most changelings can do this, and generally come into any non-hermetic place (Laas can even creep into a runabout, [[WallBanger in space!]]).

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* [[{{Bionicle}} Zaktan]], being made of millions of small creatures called protodites, can act in this manner.
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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.

* Several spells and magical items allow this in ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'', notably the "potion of Gaseous Form", the "Wind Walk" spell, etc.

* In [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0647.html this strip]] of ''{{The Order of the Stick}}'', Elan finds "Wind Walk" to be the best cleric spell ever. Durkon isn't so enthusiastic.

* The TropeNamer is ''CodeLyoko'': 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.
** The Polymorphic Specters can likewise turn into smoke in the real world, and one even uses this shape to clog Jérémie's airways and try suffocating him in episode "Franz Hopper".

* The [[{{Youkai}} Yuki-Onna]] from Japanese legends is able to turn into a cloud of mist when it feels threatened.

* In ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', Dracula can do most of his traditional transformations. See the comics continuation above.

* In the comic continuation of ''{{Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', Dracula cycles through several of his traditional transformations in an attempt to intimidate the Slayers.

Not to be confused with SmokeOut, although it can sometimes look like it.

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* In ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' Dracula could do most of his traditional transformations. In the comic continuation he cycles through several of them in an attempt to intimidate the Slayers that have come to see him.
-->Dracula: You're not frightened?
--> <after failing to scare them with a wolf and a bat>
--> Dracula: How about now?
--> Buffy: I'm not even sure what you are.
--> Dracula: I am fog.
--> Buffy: Oh. Then no.

* Kanna from Shaman King uses smoke from her cigarette as her spirit medium.

* In [[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate 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.

* ''{{World of Warcraft}}'' has the shadow priest move "Dispersion" which turns them into a cloud of purple smoke.

* One of the Front Line of ''NoHero'' has the power to transform into smoke and shoot lightning.

* One of the Front Line of NoHero has the power to transform into smoke and shoot lightning.

** Also, many creatures have this power, including the aforementioned Genies and Vampires. Some fiends, like the Yochlol or Alkilith, can likewise turn into [[DeadlyGas poisonous gas]].

* ''[=~Magic: The Gathering~=]'' 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.

* The [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=158752 Turn to Mist]] card in MagicTheGathering.

* Turning into a cloud of mist is a standard power for [[VampireTropes Vampires]]. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Not every vampire story features this]], however. It tends to be less prevalent in live action, maybe due to the difficulty of rendering it well with special effects, or because it is less known than the classic bat or wolf shapes.

* A monster equipped with the {{Yu-Gi-Oh}} card [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mist_Body Mist Body]] cannot be destroyed by battle.

* Jack Fleming from ''[[TheVampireFiles The Vampire Files]]'' has this as his only alternate form, as opposed to Drac's additional wolf and bat shapes, but with the added perk that his smoke form is invisible--except, oddly, in mirrors. He can still hear when "vanished", but he's blind until he reappears, and while he can move around (like swimming underwater with his eyes shut), he can't touch anything or do anything except brush against people and make them feel really cold. He uses it for evading bad guys and B&E, sometimes simultaneously.
* Saint Dane from ''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 once, though.]]

** In addition, in the Vibora Bay expansion, the vampire Immortals of the New Shadows faction aren't really killed unlike other members of the faction - yes, their body crumbles to dust, but a cloud of mist with a 1/3 full health bar (and utterly invulnerable) flies around for a few moments later before fading; it is implied that they will reform elsewhere later.

* Jack Fleming from ''The Vampire Files'' has this as his only alternate form, as opposed to Drac's additional wolf and bat shapes, but with the added perk that his smoke form is invisible--except, oddly, in mirrors. He can still hear when "vanished", but he's blind until he reappears, and while he can move around (like swimming underwater with his eyes shut), he can't touch anything or do anything except brush against people and make them feel really cold. He uses it for evading bad guys and B&E, sometimes simultaneously.