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{{trope}}
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The use of strategically placed steam or smoke to censor the "naughty bits". Used most often in [[Anime]], but also in [[Western Animation]]. Its use in [[Live Action TV|Live Action]] is rarer, as real smoke is hard to control, and is often transparent. Most recently,
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, [[Fan Service]]. 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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A [[Baker's Dozen]] meets the two ideas in the middle.
Coined from the preferred censorship tactic of the [[Fan Service]] anime ''[[
The comedic version is usually [[Relax-O-Vision]].
A similar phenomenon is noted in more recent{{when}} U.S. superhero comics, and is most strongly associated with the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]] character Storm.
A related trope, in which strategic placement of props is used to obscure nudity, is [[Scenery Censor]]. In bath scenes, often replaced with [[Censor Suds]] or a [[Modesty Towel]]. In the bedroom, it's often replaced with the [[Modesty Bedsheet]].
Another related trope, in which the naughty bits simply aren't drawn at all, is [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]].
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== Anime
* Occurs when Yoruichi changes from a cat to [[media:
** Also occurs when Nel {{spoiler|becomes Neliel}}, although this is a little strange, since {{spoiler|her clothing does cover her naughty bits (barely)}}.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' has a special ninja technique he created known as the "Sexy Jutsu," where 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.
** Although in the [[Disney XD]] version of ''Shippuden'', it's expanded so much that it covers pretty much everything but the head.
** Related to Jiraiya, a more explicit panel in the manga showed his view while peeping on women in the hot springs. In this case, censor steam was present, but was apparently in short supply as virtually nothing was left to the imagination.
** In the episode where the Harem Jutsu is first used, it shows the Harem Jutsu is 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.
* Pick any anime based on manga by Ken Akamatsu; ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' 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 [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|"naughty"]] details.
* In ''[[Fruits Basket]]'', 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.
* The ''[[
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Blue Drop]]'' 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.
* Used fairly often in ''[[To
* ''[[Digimon Savers]]'': When [[Big Bad|Kurata]] is upgrading the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]], they're in [[People Jars|tubes]] half-full of
* In ''[[
* Oddly present during Subaru and Teana's [[Shower Scene]] in the ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' [[Comic Book Adaptation|supplementary manga set before the third season]]. Oddly, because the manga isn't shy about displaying the characters in all their [[Barbie Doll Anatomy|undetailed glory]].
* Used every now and then in ''[[
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* While both the ''[[Black Lagoon]]'' manga and anime show Revy's nipples during a [[Shower Scene]], steam conveniently covers her crotch.
* Present whenever the characters of ''[[Saki (
* ''[[
* ''[[The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' uses this ''in-universe'' for the [[Non
** Wasn't it Lampshaded?
* ''[[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu]]'' is fast becoming 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.
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* Kaito from ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.
* ''[[Strike Witches]]'' 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
* In ''[[
* ''[[Fairy Tail]]'' regularly uses steam when the female characters are bathing. How much it covers actually varies much.
* ''[[
==
* A few older ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' 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.▼
* ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'' is quite fond of this. The aforementioned Storm (whose culture doesn't have much of a nudity taboo) is the queen of [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|Innocent Fanservice]], and then there are the numerous occasions on which someone proves to be [[Made of Iron]] and their [[Clothing Damage|outfits don't.]] This happens to men and women alike. Equal opportunity [[Fan Service]]!
* [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5bcfpMCxb6I/SgbNV8-fMTI/AAAAAAAAFOg/siYBDHIV5lI/s1600-h/Spider-Man+%23593+003.jpg The Censor Steam] looks good on Peter Parker, too.
** Gwen Stacy's "return" in the ''Smoke and Mirrors'' arc has an overt case of this.
** ''[[
* Cloud from ''[[The Defenders]]'' had a 'costume' that consisted of swirls of cloud covering her privates.
== Films -- Live Action ==
* ''[[Beowulf (
* The [[Shower Scene]] in the movie ''[[I, Robot (
* The "Arnie" cameo in ''[[The Terminator|Terminator Salvation]]'', as spoofed in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120323202625/http://cartoons.sev.com.au/Sev-Space/Terminator/s965 this Sev Trek cartoon].
* Done to great comedic effect in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', 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!").
* The Oracle in ''[[
* ''[[Harry Potter
* An (interrupted) almost-sex scene in the B-picture [[Hell Comes To Frogtown]] uses the shadow of the the female character's own leg as her
== Literature ==
* Happens in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' [[Disgaea Novels|novels]] when [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness
== Live
* The end of the first season of the 2000s ''[[Battlestar Galactica
** Yes, I believe that's known as a shadow.
* ''[[
* ''[[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.
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== Music Videos ==
* Used in the sauna scenes in the video for the [[Britney Spears]] song ''Womanizer''.
== Tabletop Games ==
▲* A few older ''[[Magic:
== Video Games ==
* Used in ''[[
** And in the [[
* When ''[[Bayonetta]]'' summons a demon, it is formed from her clothes, but a trail of
* Used to obscure some showering co-eds in the second installment of ''[[The Spellcasting Series]]''.
* The [[Shower Scene]] from ''[[
* In [[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".
== Web Comics ==
* In ''[[Magellan]]'' the invulnerable Charisma Epoch has her dress completely burned off by a ball of fire... lucky for her the [https://web.archive.org/web/20120508144607/http://magellanverse.com/?p=635 smoke lingers] long enough to barely shield her modesty.
* ''[[
* Subverted in [http://intragalacticcomic.com/2010/02/05/135-closet-fight/ this] ''[[Intragalactic]]'', where the smoke covers the man's nipples, but not the woman's.
*
* ''[[Nerf Now]]'' [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/1473 joked] about how "[[Steam]]" made [[Double Entendre]] pun of itself by censoring [[eroge]].
* In strip #738 of ''[[Grrl Power]]'' [https://grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-738-dont-ask-where-cloud-9-is/ (might be NSFW)], [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|blue-but-otherwise-Human Alien]] Cora ends up wearing "censor steam" thanks to a hacked holoemitter.
== Western Animation ==
* A ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' 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
* In ''[[Danny Phantom]]'', along with [[Hand or Object Underwear|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).
* The heroine "Fire" in ''[[Justice League 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 [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|to get it past the censors]].
* ''[[
* Censor Steam is used in ''[[
* ''[[Invisible Network of Kids]]'': One episode featured a shot of three boys showering naked; conveniently placed steam was the only thing covering their crotches.
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