Spot
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Spot or SPOT may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Spot, North Carolina, a community in the United States
- The Spot, New South Wales, a locality in Sydney, Australia
- South Pole Traverse, sometimes called the South Pole Overland Traverse
People
[edit]- Spot Collins (1922-1996), American football player and coach
- Jack Comer (1912–1996), Polish-born English gangster nicknamed "Spot"
- Jerry Chamberlain (known as "Spot"), the guitarist for the rock group the Swirling Eddies
- Scott Draves (known as "Spot"), digital artist and VJ
- Spot (producer), Glenn Michael Lockett (1951–2023), house producer and engineer for the label SST Records
- Spot (rapper) (born 1987), American rapper
- Moondog Spot, a ring name for professional wrestler Larry Booker
Advertising
[edit]- Radio spot, an over-the-air advertisement
- TV spot, a televised advertisement
- Underwriting spot, an announcement made on public broadcasting outlets, especially in the United States, in exchange for funding
Animals
[edit]- Spot, a dog that remained faithful after his master's death, described in the List of individual dogs
- Spot Fetcher, a dog owned by U.S. President George W. Bush
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Spot, a character in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film The Good Dinosaur
- Spot (chicken), in 101 Dalmatians: The Series
- Spot (character), a Spider-Man villain
- Spot (franchise), the titular puppy in a series of children's books and animated television shows created by Eric Hill
- Spot (Star Trek), a pet cat in Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Spot, a pet dog in the Dick and Jane textbook series
- Spot, a cat in the cartoon series Hong Kong Phooey
- Spot, a pet dog from the William Joyce series Rolie Polie Olie
- Spot, a pet amoeba in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants season 11
- Spot, a deity in a sketch by Canadian comedy troupe The Kids In The Hall
- Spot, a pet dragon in the TV series The Munsters
- Spot, Dairine's sentient computer in the Young Wizards series
- Spot, a dog in the Isle of Dogs movie
- Spot Helperman, the main protagonist in Disney animated series Teacher's Pet (TV series)
- Spot Splatter Splash, a Lalaloopsy doll and character in the TV series
Music
[edit]- Spot (album), by the synth-pop band And One
- "Spot!", a song by Zico featuring Jennie
- Spot (music festival), a music festival held in Denmark
- "Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly" or SPOTS, a name the Sex Pistols toured under in the United Kingdom
Biology and healthcare
[edit]- Spot (fish), a fish (Leiostomus xanthurus)
- SpoT, a bacterial protein that hydrolizes (p)ppGpp
- Another term for a pimple
Brands and enterprises
[edit]- SPoT Coffee, a coffee chain
- Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Swedish media company
- Spot, a mascot for 7 Up soft drinks
Technology
[edit]- SPOT (satellite) (Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre), an Earth-observing satellite family
- Single Point of Truth or SPOT, a principle aimed at reducing duplication in software engineering
- Smart Personal Objects Technology or SPOT, a Microsoft initiative
- SPOT Satellite Messenger, a GPS tracking device
- Spot, a four-legged canine-inspired robot made by Boston Dynamics
- Spot, a 3D test model of a cow
Other meanings
[edit]- USS Spot, an American World War II submarine later sold to Chile and renamed
- Spot (professional wrestling), a pre-planned wrestling move or series of moves
- SPOT (TSA program), or "Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques", an airport security technique
- Spotlight, called spot for short
- Spot, American slang for a music venue or club
- Spot, old Australian and New Zealand slang for one hundred dollars
- Spots (cannabis), a method of smoking cannabis, often called hotknifing in the United States