History Main / OminousFog

* ''VideoGame/{{Mega}}'': The city is enveloped in a fog that keeps any objects in the distance obscured... including the {{Kaiju}} stomping about the city and will attack you on sight.

* ''{{VideoGame/Valheim}}'': Skeleton-haunted houses tend to be surrounded in blue fog which appears before the house and skeletons do.

* ''{{VideoGame/Valheim}}: Skeleton-haunted houses tend to be surrounded in blue fog which appears before the house and skeletons do.

* ''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 [[NuclearNasty 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.

* ''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.

* 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.]]

* ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'': The damaged E.M.M.I.=01P emerges from a foggy hallway to attack Samus.

* 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.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Derelict}}'', [[http://derelictcomic.com/?strip_id=12 engulfing her boat]].

* ''Webcomic/{{Roza}}'' [[http://www.junglestudio.com/roza/?date=2008-01-28 Whilet chasing a thief]].
* ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'': [[http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch04-pg01-02/ a misty fjord]].

* In ''[[Recap/ThunderbirdsS1E19DangerAtOceanDeep Thunderbirds: 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.

* In ''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.

* ''VideoGame/LochNess'': Sometimes, a fog will roll in over the loch, making it harder for you to see anything, leach of all a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster Loch Ness Monster]] who will attack anyone who intrudes upon her territory.

* ''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.

** ''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 Big Entrance at Boston]].

* For Satan's temptation of Jesus in ''Film/TheGospelAccordingToStMatthew'', the appropriate tone is set when Jesus encounters Satan on a fog-bound hilltop.

%% * Well at least ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' got that part of UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco right.

* In ''[[Film/TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher1928France The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' the Usher mansion is continually fogbound, establishing the ominous, foreboding mood.

** ''Film/KongSkullIsland'' also features this, as well as fog hiding the Crawler nest

%%ZCE* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' and its inspiration ''Film/ZeroHour1957''

%%ZCE* ''Film/TheFog'' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin plays this straight.]]

%%ZCE* ''Film/{{Airplane}}'' and its inspiration ''Film/ZeroHour''

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' parodies ominous fog in the ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' 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.