- "Did you expect me to dodge? How quaint."
- ― Olka, mistmeadow witch, Magic: The Gathering flavor text for Turn to Mist
The ability to pass through physical matter.
Also Called
- Ghosting/Ghostwalking
- Insubstantiality
- Permeation
- Phasing
- Quantum Phasing
- Quantum Tunneling
- Noclipping
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
- Attack Ignoring
- Ignore most forms of energy (heat/cold, electricity, etc.) and physical objects, whether solid, liquid, or gas.
- Intangibility Extension
- Physical Disruption
- Water Walking
Techniques
- Intangibility Combat
- Intangibility Infusion- The user can also fuse objects into people making it intangible/untouchable and unreachable.
- Partial Intangibility
- Planetary Dissociation Travel
- Tangibility Interplay
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.
- Living Hive: user's body, being an aggregate of tiny forms such as insects, allows attacks to pass right through them.
- Molecular Oscillation: users molecules move fast enough that they become intangible
- Non-Corporeal Form: the user is untouchable.
- 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
- Imperceptibility
- Molecular Manipulation
- Self-Molecular Manipulation
- Space Sharing
- Space-Time Manipulation
Limitations
- Intangibility Cancellation/Intangibility Immunity
- Electricity can bridge the molecules in quantum phasing.
- 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.
- May be limited to either solids, liquids, gases, or something else.
Known Users
See Also: Intangibility.
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
- Toa Tuyet (Bionicle); via Mask of Intangibility
- Sentrakh (BIONICLE); via Dematerialization Rhotuka, causes target to be intangible.
- Fang (BoboiBoy)
- Tangeans (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
- Spectres and people possessed by XANA (Code Lyoko)
- Ninjas (Code Lyoko Evolution)
- All Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Half Ghosts (Danny Phantom)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom
- Dani Phantom
- Vlad Masters/Plasmius
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
- Ghosts (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Cole
- Ghosts (Monster High)
- Spectra Vondergeist (Monster High)
- 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)
- Discord (My Little Pony series)
- King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Nergal Jr. (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- Toothiana/The Tooth Fairy (Rise of the Guardians)
- Baby Teeth/The Mini-Fairies (Rise of the Guardians)
- The Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Lord Poltergeist (Spongebob SquarePants)
- Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team HyperForce Go!)
- Summertime Song (Regular Show)
- Wuya (Xiaolin Showdown)
- White Pearl (Steven Universe)
- Mala Mala Jong (Xiaolin Showdown)
Comics
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Tanya (Batman & Dracula: Red Rain)
- Ghost (Dark Horse)
- Enchantress (DC Comics)
- Anton Lamont/Fadeaway Man (DC Comics); via Cloak of Cagliostro
- Firestorm (DC Comics)
- Gentleman Ghost (DC Comics)
- Icon (DC Comics)
- Johnny Sorrow (DC Comics)
- Deadman (DC Comics)
- Doctor Manhattan (DC Comics)
- Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
- Miss Martian (DC Comics)
- Phantom Girl (DC Comics)
- Spectre (DC Comics)
- Composite Superman (DC Comics)
- Users of Speed Force (DC Comics)
- Izabel (Image Comics)
- Astra (Marvel Comics)
- Cipher (Marvel Comics)
- Dead Girl (Marvel Comics)
- Feral (Marvel Comics)
- Ghost (Marvel Comics)
- Neophyte (Marvel Comics)
- Nate Grey (Marvel Comics)
- Cassandra Nova (Marvel Comics)
- Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)
- Plutonia (Marvel Comics)
- Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (Marvel Comics)
- The Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics): via Mjølnir
- Vision (Marvel Comics)
- Tommy Shepard/Speed (Marvel Comics)
- Elyon Brown (W.I.T.C.H.)
Movies
- Leah (5ive Girls)
- 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)
- Davy Jones (Pirates of The Caribbean)
- Captain Armando Salazar and his crew (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Reverend Henry Kane/The Beast (Poltergeist series)
- Seth (Race To Witch Mountain)
- MudBud (Super Buddies); via Inspiron power ring
- Camryn Barnes (Twitches)
- Alex Fielding (Twitches)
Literature
- Edgar Badlock (Charlie Bone series)
- Ghosts (Mostly Ghostly series)
- 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)
- Eighth Doctor (Doctor Who); one off
- Gelth (Doctor Who)
- Ghosts (The Haunted Hathaways)
- Felipe Acerra (Heroes)
- D.L. Hawkins (Heroes)
- Samir Mellouk (Heroes)
- Peter Petrelli (Heroes)
- Future Sylar (Heroes)
- Jose Gutierrez (Heroes Reborn)
- Victor/Ángel (Los Protegidos)
- Ruben Hagi (Los Unicos)
- Agent Blaylock (Mighty Med)
- Skylar Storm (Mighty Med)
- Dr. Wrath (Mighty Med)
- 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)
- Wilson Rawls (X-Files)
Anime/Manga
- Hirose Yuichi (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- The Through (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Lille Barro (Bleach)
- Aura Michibane (Bleach)
- Tyki Mikk (D.Gray-Man)
- Shinigami (Death Note)
- Users of Penetration Quanx ability (Denma)
- Hit (Dragon Ball Super)
- Bob (Fairy Tail)
- Keith (Fairy Tail)
- Bloodman (Fairy Tail)
- Wraith (Fairy Tail: 100 Year Quest)
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star); via Muso Tensei
- Raoh (Fist of the North Star); via Muso Tensei
- Narciso Anasui (JoJo's Bizarre Adventures Part VI: Stone Ocean); via Diver Down
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Senko (The Helpful Fox Senko)
- Sein (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha); via Deep Diver
- 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
- Senor Pink (One Piece)
- Tanaka (One Piece)
- Shuzen Akua (Rosario + Vampire II)
- White Rabbit (Soul Eater)
- Ryoko Habuki (Tenchi Muyo!)
- Rinka Urushiba (Tokyo ESP)
- Santa Sasaki (UQ Holder)
- Kotaro Tatsumi (Zombieland Saga)
Video Games
- Terumi Yuuki (BlazeBlue); via his ghost form
- Phantasms (Blood)
- Lilith (Borderlands 1+2)
- Hank Daughtry (inFamous:Second Son)
- Delsin Rowe (InFamous: Second Son)
- Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts)
- 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)
- Girania (NiGHTS Journey into Dreams)
- Kayn (League of Legends)
- Nyx (Quake Champions); via Ghost Walk
- 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)
- Ghost-Type Pokémon (Pokémon)
Web Original
- SCP-023 - Black Shuck (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-106 - The Old Man (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-126 - Invisible Friend (SCP FoundationP)
- SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-343 - "God" (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-748-5 - Industrial Dissolution (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1594 - Earth's Corps (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-2521 - ●●|●●●●●|●●|● (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects
- Phase Stone (Di-Gata Defenders)
- Pass Loop (Doraemon)
- Night Reflection (Highschool DxD)
- Space Stone (Marvel Comics/MCU)
- Phase Shifter (Transformers Prime)
- Serpent's Tail (Xiaolin Showdown)
Gallery
Cartoons
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Big Chill (Ben 10) using his intangibility power.
Ghostfreak (Ben 10) phasing.
Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) intangible.
Mira Nova (Buzz Lightyear of Star Command)
Xana's (Code Lyoko) spector intangibility.
The Lunch Lady Ghost (Danny Phantom) is an intangible ghost.
After an accident in which his molecules are infused with ectoplasm, Danny Phantom (Danny Phantom) developed the ability to walk through walls.
Martian Manhunter (DCAU)
Kwami like Tikki (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) are able to phase through solid objects.
Discord (My Little Pony series) phases through a brick wall.
Serpent's Tail (Xiaolin Showdown) allow the user to pass through solid objects.
Comics
Sonic the Hedgehog (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog) vibrating his molecules to phase through a Caterkiller
Ghost (Dark Horse) lives up to her name with this ability.
The Flash (DC Comics) can accelerate his molecules to phase through things...
...as he demonstrates with a brick wall.
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Composite Superman (DC Comics) possesses Phantom Girl's phasing.
Martian Manhunter (DC Comics)
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Cipher (Marvel Comics) passing through a wall.
Ghost's (Marvel Comics) battle suit allows him to phase out of the dimension phase.
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Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat (Marvel Comics) passing through a wall.
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Vision (Marvel Comics)
Movies
Jack-Jack Parr (The Incredibles)
Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
MudBud (Super Buddies) in addition of being able to turn invisible, could also become intangible.
Kitty Pryde's (X-Men: Days of Future Past) phasing abilities advanced so much that she can phase through space and time.
Literature
Nicky and Tara (Mostly Ghostly)
Live Television
Annie (Being Human)
The First Evil (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
After of being turned into a ghost, Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) passes through Xander.
Jack Landors (Power Rangers SPD) phasing through a wall.
Future Sylar (Heroes) pulling Future Peter through a door.
Anime/Manga
Hirose Yuichi (Alive: The Final Evolution) can become the intangible void.
The Through (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Tyki Mikk's (D.Gray-Man) "Choose" ability allows him to phase through anything he pleases.
Shingami (Death Note) such as Ryuk are, by default, intangible to the human world, unless they willingly interact with them.
Hit (Dragon Ball Super) turns intangible to avoid Goku's punches.
Keith (Fairy Tail) is intangible to Gray's attacks.
Alucard (Hellsing) can pass through walls with ease.
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.
Brook (One Piece), while in his spectral form, can phase through walls.
Senor Pink (One Piece) can phase through solid ground and walls to "swim" through them.
Shuzen Akua (Rosario + Vampire II) can alter her Dimension Blade technique to allow herself to become intangible.
Ryoko Habuki (Tenchi Muyo!)
Ghost-Type Pokemon (Pokemon) can make themselves intangible due to their ghost physiolog
Mirio Togata's quirk Permeation (My Hero Academa)
Video Games
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In Mist Form, Kain (Legacy of Kain) is capable of phasing through gates.
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.
Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Ghost (Valkyrie Crusade) can become intangible and invisible.
As a spirit, Phantom (Valkyrie Crusade) can become intangible and invisible.
Web Original
The main reason why SCP-2521 - ●●|●●●●●|●●|● (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.
Videos
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