- "Did you expect me to dodge? How quaint."
- ― Olka, mistmeadow witch (Magic: The Gathering), flavor text for Turn to Mist
The ability to phase through physical matter.
Also Called
- Ghosting/Ghostwalking
- Ghostform
- Insubstantiality
- Permeation (Boku no Hero Academia)
- Phase Shifting
- Phasing
- Pondus (The Lorien Legacies)
- Noclipping
- Untouchability
- Untouchable
Capabilities
The user is able to move through solid objects and ignore most physical effects in their way, exact means how this is done vary between slipping partially into other dimensions, being able to make their own particles move between other particles, being non-physical being of energy, vibrating their molecules into a new quantum frequency, etc. Regardless the user is able to ignore most attacks, physical dangers, and gravity.
The user can also fuse objects into people making it intangible/untouchable and unreachable.
Applications
- Air Walking/Flight/Levitation
- Cleanliness Inducement by phasing solid matter out of synch with stain inducing products.
- Ignore most forms of energy (heat/cold, light, etc.) and physical objects, whether solid, liquid, or gas.
- Physical Disruption
- Selective Intangibility
- Sinkability can sink into the ground by going intangible.
- Water Walking
Techniques
- Intangible Interaction
- Intangibility Combat
- Intangibility Infusion- The user can also fuse objects into people making it intangible/untouchable and unreachable.
- Partial Intangibility
- Phase-Receiving
- Phasing Regeneration
- Planetary Dissociation Travel
- Tangibility Manipulation
Variations
- Amalgamation: User merges into the object and emerges from the other side.
- Cartoon Physics: User becomes a drawing on a wall or jump out of the second dimension.
- Conditional Tangibility: User becomes intangible under certain conditions.
- Density Manipulation: User reduces their density to allow them go through solid objects, or vice versa.
- Dimension Shifting: User shifts between dimensions to become intangible at various planes.
- Elemental Intangibility: User takes on the forms of certain elements (fire, water, energy, etc.) to allow all attacks to simply pass through them.
- Intangibility Magic: User becomes intangible through magical nature and/or spells.
- Intangible Bodily Fluids: User possesses intangible bodily fluids.
- Living Hive: User's body, being an aggregate of tiny forms such as insects, allows attacks to pass right through them.
- Molecular Oscillation: User's molecules move fast enough that they become intangible
- Non-Corporeal Form: The user is untouchable.
- Quantum Tunneling: The user acts like a wave and phase through object through quantum mechanics.
- Selective Intangibility: User selectively determines what can interact with them.
- Spatial Mimicry: User folds the space around for similar effect.
- Spirit Physiology: User becomes untouchable, and pass through solids.
- Ultimate Intangibility: User becomes simultaneously intangible and tangible.
Associations
- Ghost Physiology
- Defense Powers
- Inaudibility
- Inodorosity
- Intangibility Immunity
- Intra-Phasing
- Invisibility
- Invulnerability
- Imperceptibility
- Molecular Manipulation
- Self-Molecular Manipulation
- Space Sharing
- Space-Time Manipulation/Time Travel by phasing through space-time and entering through different timelines throughout the space-time.
- Superior Human Physiology
Limitations
- Intangibility Cancellation/Intangibility Immunity
- Non-Physical Interactors can bypass the user.
- Electricity can bridge the molecules in phasing. Potentially harming the user even while insubstantial.
- May need to hold their breath while inside solid objects.
- Some materials/effects may be un-passable.
- May be affected by energy or mystical effects.
- May be limited in terms of effect (some may only be able to allow physical attacks to phase through their bodies, for example).
- May only be able to phase certain parts of the body.
- May be able to be harmed by other intangibility users.
- Other intangible users may counter phase the user.
- May be limited to either solids, liquids, gases, or something else.
- May need to hold their breath while intangible as air could pass right through them.
- May fling out of whatever planet or object that they are on as they even pass through gravity.
Known Users
See Also: Intangibility.
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Hirose Yuichi (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Lille Barro (Bleach)
- Aura Michibane (Bleach)
- The Through (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Prinz (Chainsaw Man)
- Inori (Darwin's Game)
- Shinigami (Death Note)
- Yuu Ninomiya (Deatte 5 Byou de Battle)
- Tyki Mikk (D.Gray-Man)
- Users of Penetration Quanx ability (Denma)
- Hit (Dragon Ball Super)
- Bloodman (Fairy Tail)
- Bob (Fairy Tail)
- Keith (Fairy Tail)
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Wraith (Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star); via Muso Tensei
- Raoh (Fist of the North Star); via Muso Tensei
- King Ghidorah (Godzilla: The Planet Eater)
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Senko (The Helpful Fox Senko)
- Narciso Anasui (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Part VI: Stone Ocean); via Diver Down
- Sein (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha); via Deep Diver
- Swim Swim/Ayana Sakanagi (Magical Girl Raising Project)
- Otome Yunomae (Medaka Box)
- Mirio Togata (My Hero Academia)
- Obito Uchiha (Naruto); via Kamui
- Jibril (No Game No Life)
- Brook (One Piece); in spectral form
- Perona (One Piece); via astral projection
- Tanaka (One Piece)
- Shuzen Akua (Rosario + Vampire II)
- White Rabbit (Soul Eater)
- Bujack (SSSS.GRIDMAN)
- Ryoko Habuki (Tenchi Muyo!)
- Ryo-Ohki(Tenchi Muyo!) via Cabbit form
- Rinka Urushiba (Tokyo ESP)
- Santa Sasaki (UQ Holder)
- Kotaro Tatsumi (Zombieland Saga)
Cartoons
- Ancient Sleeping Magi of Life Giving (Adventure Time)
- Lady Rainicorn (Adventure Time)
- Charlie (Adventure Time)
- Amperi (Ben 10 series)
- Ectonurites (Ben 10 series)
- Ghostfreak
- Zs' Skayr
- Necrofriggians (Ben 10 series)
- Big Chill
- Freezeghost
- Ultimate Big Chill
- Ultimate Kevin
- Sentrakh (BIONICLE); via Dematerialization
- Toa Tuyet (BIONICLE); via Mask of Intangibility
Rhotuka, causes target to be intangible.
- Fang (BoboiBoy)
- Tangean Royals (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
- Spectres and people possessed by XANA (Code Lyoko)
- Ninjas (Code Lyoko Evolution)
- Intangibility Users (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Vlad Masters/Plasmius
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Nergal Jr. (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Ghosts (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Cole
- Kwamis (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Alya Césaire/Lady Wifi (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir); via only phones
- Nadja Chamack/Prime Queen (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir); via only TVs & monitors
- Penny Rolling/Troublemaker (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Ghosts (Monster High)
- Spectra Vondergeist (Monster High)
- Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Summertime Song (Regular Show)
- Baby Teeth/The Mini-Fairies (Rise of the Guardians)
- Toothiana/The Tooth Fairy (Rise of the Guardians)
- The Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Lord Poltergeist (Spongebob SquarePants)
- White Pearl (Steven Universe)
- Zoe Walker (Super Monsters)
- Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team HyperForce Go!)
- Will Vandom (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Mala Mala Jong (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Yang (Yin Yang Yo!)
- Yin (Yin Yang Yo!)
Comics
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Tanya (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain)
- Ghost (Dark Horse)
- Arnus/Augustus Freeman/Icon (DC Comics)
- Boston Brand/Deadman (DC Comics)
- James Craddock/Gentleman Ghost (DC Comics)
- Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins/Sandman (DC Comics)
- J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
- June Moone/Enchantress (DC Comics)
- Anton Lamont/Fadeaway Man (DC Comics); via Cloak of Cagliostro
- Firestorm (DC Comics)
- Joseph Meach/Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- M'gann M'orzz/Miss Martian (DC Comics)
- Jonathan Osterman/Doctor Manhattan (DC Comics)
- Ashley Rayburn/Primer (DC Comics)
- Johnny Sorrow (DC Comics)
- Spectre (DC Comics)
- Users of Speed Force (DC Comics)
- Tinya Wazzo/Phantom Girl (DC Comics)
- Katherine Fela/Alley-Cat (Extinctioners)
- Izabel (Image Comics)
- Astra (Marvel Comics)
- Maria Callasantos/Feral (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost (Marvel Comics)
- Nathaniel Grey (Earth-295) (Marvel Comics)
- Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Simon Hall/Neophyte (Marvel Comics)
- Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)
- Moonbeam/Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Cassandra Nova (Marvel Comics)
- N'zyr/Plutonia (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics): via Mjølnir
- Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (Marvel Comics)
- Norrin Radd/Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Tommy Shepard/Speed (Marvel Comics)
- Steven Strange (Marvel Comics)
- Alisa Tager/Cipher (Marvel Comics)
- Vision (Marvel Comics)
- Elyon Brown (W.I.T.C.H.)
Movies
- Leah (5ive Girls)
- MudBud (Air Buddies); via an Inspiron Power Ping
- Adam Stone (Bomb Squad)
- Ghosts (The Frighteners)
- Ghosts (The Haunted Mansion)
- Jack-Jack Parr (The Incredibles)
- The Twins (The Matrix Reloaded)
- Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street series)
- Mr. Tanaka (One Piece Film: Gold)
- Several Characters (Pirates of The Caribbean)
- Davy Jones
- Captain Armando Salazar
- The Crew of the Silent Mary
- Reverend Henry Kane/The Beast (Poltergeist series)
- Seth (Race To Witch Mountain)
- Camryn Barnes (Twitches)
- Alex Fielding (Twitches)
Literature
- No Clip Humans (The Backrooms)
- Edgar Badlock (Charlie Bone series)
- Number Eight (Lorien Legacies)
- Ghosts (Mostly Ghostly series)
- Rosa Schwein (RWBY: After The Fall)
- Ghosts (Shadow Falls)
- Witches (Twitches)
- Wraith (Wild Cards series)
Live Television
- Ghosts (Being Human)
- The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Ghosts (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Drazi (Charmed)
- Masselin (Charmed)
- Tuatha (Charmed)
- Julieta Bladimof (Chica Vampiro)
- Vice (Kamen Rider Revice); while in his non-corporeal form.
- Q (Star Trek)
- Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who); one off
- Gelth (Doctor Who)
- Sam Harvey (Fate: The Winx Saga)
- Ghosts (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Felipe Acerra (Heroes)
- D.L. Hawkins (Heroes)
- Samir Mellouk (Heroes)
- Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
- Future Sylar (Heroes)
- Jose Gutierrez (Heroes Reborn)
- Saikou Shadow (Kamen Rider Saber)
- Victor/Ángel (Los Protegidos)
- Ruben Hagi (Los Unicos)
- Monica Rambeau (Marvel Cinematic Universe/WandaVision)
- Agent Blaylock (Mighty Med)
- Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
- Dr. Wrath (Mighty Med)
- Intangible Moleculars (Mutant X)
- Nathan Reynolds (Mutant X)
- Jack Landors/S.P.D. Red Ranger (Power Rangers S.P.D.)
- Arnold Rimmer (Red Dwarf)
- Whitney Fordman (Smallville); temporary, due to a kryptonite tattoo.
- Poli Truper (Supertorpe)
- Many kaiju and aliens (Ultraman)
- Ava Silva (Warrior Nun)
- Wilson Rawls (X-Files)
Video Games
- Terumi Yuuki (BlazeBlue); via his ghost form
- Phantasms (Blood)
- Lilith (Borderlands 1+2)
Spirit (Friday Night Funkin)
- Deathly Doom (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Dracula (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Hank Daughtry (infamous:Second Son)
- Delsin Rowe (Infamous: Second Son)
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
- Kayn (League of Legends)
- Kain (Legacy of Kain)
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Fi (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword)
- The Wink (Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects)
- Hunter Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
- Vex (Minecraft)
- Girania (NiGHTS: Journey into Dreams)
- Ghost-Type Pokémon (Pokémon)
- Nyx (Quake Champions); via Ghost Walk
- Robloxians (ROBLOX); via Noclip command
- Ghost Roaster (Skylanders)
- Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Boos (Super Mario Bros.)
- Boo Luigi (Super Mario Galaxy series)
- Boo Mario (Super Mario Galaxy series)
- Reimu Hakurei (Touhou)
- Ghost (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine); walk through the inky broken walls
Web Original
- The Demiurge/The God of Flesh/Važjuma/Saklas/Samael/God-Eater/Devourer/His Undulating Vastness/The Great Winnower/The God of Flesh/Nüwa/The Dragon in the Great Brass Cage/Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-023 - Black Shuck (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-106 - The Old Man (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-126 - Invisible Friend (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-343 - "God" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-531-D - Dreamer (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-606 - "The Teacher" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-748-5 - Industrial Dissolution (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-993 - Bobble The Clown (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1489 - A "Ghost Train" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1594 - Earth's Corps (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2521 - ●●|●●●●●|●●|● (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-3396 - The Empyrean Parasite (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4233 - The Dreadnought (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4444 - Garber Gore (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4885 - Find Him (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-5151 - The Black Knight (SCP Foundation)
- UIU File 2014-014 (SCP Foundation)
- Archons of Yaldabaoth (SCP Foundation)
- Grand Karcist Ion (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects
- Ghost Bow (Battle Kitty)
- Phase Stone (Di-Gata Defenders)
- Pass Loop (Doraemon)
- Night Reflection (Highschool DxD)
- Space Stone (Marvel Comics/MCU)
- Unnamed Phasing Orb (Phineas and Ferb)
- Phase Shifter (Transformers Prime)
- Serpent's Tail (Xiaolin Showdown)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Shingami (Death Note) such as Ryuk are, by default, intangible to the human world, unless they willingly interact with them.
Obito Uchiha (Naruto) using Kamui to teleport parts of his body to another dimension, rendering him spatially intangible for 5 minutes max.
Perona (One Piece) uses her "astral projection" ability to become intangible bypassing all Usopp attacks.
Shuzen Akua (Rosario + Vampire II) can alter her Dimension Blade technique to allow herself to become intangible.
Cartoons
After an accident in which his molecules are infused with ectoplasm, Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) developed the ability to walk through walls when he is either in ghost form or human form.
Tangeans (BLSC) can turn intangible to avoid attacks, sink into the ground, briefly float and survive in space while being intangible, and use it in a form of Telepathy by pushing their hands into their brains. Sometimes they can even pass through force-field but only when they concentrate enough.
Comics
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) vibrating his molecules to phase through a Caterkiller
Alley-Cat (Extinctioners) as a superhuman feline with the power of intangibility and possession via eye-contact.
Movies
Kitty Pryde's (X-Men: Days of Future Past) phasing abilities advanced so much that she can phase through space and time.
Literature
Live Television
Video Games
In Mist Form, Kain (Legacy of Kain) is capable of phasing through gates and allows, being totally immune to physical,energetic and magical attacks.
While in the Spectral Realm, Raziel (Legacy of Kain) is capable of a limited form of intangibility, allowing him to phase through permeable barriers such as gates.
Web Original
● (SCP Foundation) is virtually impossible to contain, is that not only he can teleport as long as someone says his name in any way, but he can also be intangible.