Spot or SPOT may refer to:

Places

Spot, North Carolina Spot is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community in Currituck County, North Carolina, United States. History A post office called Spot was established in 1928. The community was so named on account of Spot (fish), spot fish ...

, a community in the United States *

The Spot, New South Wales The Spot is a locality in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, south-east of the Sydney central business district, CBD. The Spot is located in the south-eastern part of the suburb of Randwick, around the intersection of Per ...

, a locality in Sydney, Australia *

South Pole Traverse The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse (SPoT), or McMurdo–South Pole Highway is an approximately flagged route over compacted snow and ice in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen� ...

, sometimes called the South Pole Overland Traverse

People

* Spot Collins (1922-1996), American football player and coach *

Jack Comer Jack "Spot" Comer (born Jacob Colmore ; 12 April 191212 March 1996) was a Jewish gangster who rose to rule London's underworld. Early life Born Jacob Colmore in Mile End, London, Comer was the youngest of four children. His father was a Jewis ...

(1912–1996), Polish-born English gangster nicknamed "Spot" *

Jerry Chamberlain Jerry Chamberlain is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, best known for his work with the rock bands Daniel Amos and the Swirling Eddies (credited as "Spot"). In late 1974, Chamberlain was asked to join Jubal's Last Band ...

(known as "Spot"), the guitarist for the rock group the Swirling Eddies *

Scott Draves Scott Draves is an American digital artist. He is the inventor of fractal flames and the leader of the distributed computing project Electric Sheep. He also invented patch-based texture synthesis and published the first implementation of this ...

(known as "Spot"), digital artist and VJ *

Spot (producer) Glenn Michael Lockett (July 1, 1951 – March 4, 2023), better known as Spot, was an American record producer best known for being the house producer and engineer for the influential independent punk rock, punk record label SST Records. He styl ...

, Glenn Michael Lockett (1951–2023), house producer and engineer for the label SST Records * Spot (rapper) (born 1987), American rapper *

Moondog Spot Larry Wayne Booker (June 6, 1952 – November 29, 2003), better known by his ring names Moondog Spot and Larry Latham, was an American professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career Early career (1977–1981) Booker debuted in ...

, a ring name for professional wrestler Larry Booker

Advertising

* Radio spot, an over-the-air advertisement *

TV spot A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization. It conveys a message promoting, and aiming to market, a product, service or idea. ...

, a televised advertisement *

Underwriting spot An underwriting spot, known as sponsor credit () in Japan, is an announcement made on public broadcasting outlets, especially in the United States, in exchange for funding. These spots usually mention the name of the sponsor, and can resembl ...

, an announcement made on public broadcasting outlets, especially in the United States, in exchange for funding

Animals

* Spot, a dog that remained faithful after his master's death, described in the

List of individual dogs The following is a list of individual dogs. Actors Advertising * Alex the dog, Banjo, portrayed Carlos, an Irish Setter-Golden Retriever mix and star of Stroh Brewery Company, Stroh's beer advertising in the 1980s. Also mentioned in the 1 ...

Spot Fetcher Spot "Spotty" Fetcher (March 17, 1989 – February 21, 2004) was U.S. President George W. Bush's dog. She was an English Springer Spaniel, named after Scott Fletcher, a baseball player with the Major League Baseball team Texas Rangers, a team G ...

, a dog owned by U.S. President George W. Bush

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

* Spot, a character in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film ''

The Good Dinosaur ''The Good Dinosaur'' is a 2015 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The film was directed by Peter Sohn and produced by Denise Ream, from a screenplay written by Meg Le ...

'' * Spot (chicken), in ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' *

Spot (Marvel Comics) The Spot is a supervillain appearing in American comic book, American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most often as an adversary of Spider-Man and Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), Daredevil. The character, created by Al Milgrom and He ...

, a Spider-Man villain *

Spot (franchise) Spot is a fictional puppy created by Eric Hill, an English people, English author and illustrator of children's picture books. The success of Hill's books about Spot led to other media productions, including television and home video titles, mus ...

, 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 ''Dick and Jane'' are the two protagonists created by Zerna Sharp for a series of basal readers written by William S. Gray to teach children to read. The characters first appeared in the ''Elson-Gray Readers'' in 1930 and continued in a subseq ...

'' textbook series * Spot, a cat in the cartoon series ''

Hong Kong Phooey ''Hong Kong Phooey'' is an American Saturday morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and originally broadcast on ABC. The original episodes aired from September 7 to December 21, 1974, and then in repeats until ...

'' * Spot, a pet dog from the William Joyce series ''

Rolie Polie Olie ''Rolie Polie Olie'' is an animated television series created by William Joyce, and is produced by Nelvana in co-production with French broadcaster La Cinquième/France 5. It was produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporati ...

'' * 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 ''The Munsters'' is an American sitcom about the home life of a family of benign monsters that aired from 1964 to 1966 on CBS. The series stars Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster (Frankenstein's monster),Episodes referring to the fact that Herman is ...

'' * Spot, Dairine's sentient computer in the

Young Wizards series ''Young Wizards'' is a series of novels by Diane Duane. The Young Wizards series presently consists of eleven books, focusing on the adventures of two young wizards named Nita and Kit. Each novel pits Nita and Kit against the "Lone Power", an e ...

* Spot, a dog in the ''

Isle of Dogs The Isle of Dogs is a large peninsula bounded on three sides by a large meander in the River Thames in East London, England. It includes the Cubitt Town, Millwall and Canary Wharf districts. The area was historically part of the Manor, Haml ...

'' movie * Spot Helperman, the main protagonist in Disney animated series ''

Teacher's Pet (TV series) ''Teacher's Pet'', also known as ''Disney's Teacher's Pet'', is an American animated sitcom produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The series follows a 9-year-old boy and his dog who dresses up as a boy. Created by Gary Baseman—the ar ...

'' * Spot Splatter Splash, a

Lalaloopsy Lalaloopsy is a line of plastic rag dolls from MGA Entertainment. Originally released in 2010 as Bitty Buttons, the brand name was changed to ''Lalaloopsy'' shortly after launch. They began to grow in popularity during the holiday season in 2010 ...

doll and character in the

TV series A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming platf ...

Music

* ''Spot'' (album), by the synth-pop band And One * " Spot!", a song by Zico featuring Jennie *

Spot (music festival) SPOT is an annual music festival in the city of Aarhus, Denmark, showcasing up-and-coming Danish and Scandinavian talent. Close to two hundred artists and bands from most genres of contemporary popular music - such as rock, hip hop and electro ...

, a music festival held in Denmark * "Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly" or SPOTS, a name the

Sex Pistols The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975. Although their initial career lasted just two and a half years, they became culturally influential in popular music. The band initiated the punk movement in the United Ki ...

toured under in the United Kingdom

Biology and healthcare

* Spot (fish), a fish (''Leiostomus xanthurus'') *

SpoT Spot or SPOT may refer to: Places * 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 * Spot Coll ...

, a bacterial protein that hydrolizes (p)ppGpp * Another term for a

pimple A pimple or zit is a kind of comedo that results from excess sebum and dead skin cells getting trapped in the pores of the skin. In its aggravated state, it may evolve into a pustule or papule. Pimples can be treated by acne medications, anti ...

Brands and enterprises

SPoT Coffee SPoT Coffee & Spot Coffee (Canada) Ltd. (abbreviated SPP) is an international coffee company and coffeehouse List of coffeehouse chains, chain which is headquartered in Buffalo, New York. SPoT designs, builds and operates community- oriented ca ...

, a coffee chain *

Spotify Spotify (; ) is a List of companies of Sweden, Swedish Music streaming service, audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. , it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services ...

(NYSE: SPOT), Swedish media company * Spot, a mascot for

7 Up 7 Up (stylized as 7UP worldwide) or Seven Up is an American brand of Lemon-lime drink, lemon-lime–flavored non-caffeinated soft drink. The brand and formula are owned by Keurig Dr Pepper, although the beverage is internationally distributed ...

soft drinks

Technology

SPOT (satellite) SPOT (, lit. "Satellite for observation of Earth") is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth observation satellite system operating from space. It is run by Spot Image, based in Toulouse, France. It was initiated by the CNES (''Centre nati ...

(''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 The Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) is a discontinued initiative by Microsoft to create intelligent and personal home appliances, consumer electronics, and other objects through new hardware capabilities and software features. Developme ...

or SPOT, a Microsoft initiative *

SPOT Satellite Messenger SPOT is a GPS tracking device that uses the Globalstar satellite network to provide text messaging and GPS tracking (depending on the subscription type purchased). It has a coverage area that includes a large portion of the planet, with the ex ...

, 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

* USS ''Spot'', an American World War II submarine later sold to Chile and renamed *

Spot (professional wrestling) Professional wrestling has accrued a considerable amount of jargon throughout its existence. Much of it stems from the industry's origins in the days of carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that o ...

, a pre-planned wrestling move or series of moves *

SPOT (TSA program) Behavior Detection and Analysis (BDA), until 2016 called Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques (SPOT), is a program launched in the United States by the Transportation Security Administration to identify potential terrorists among people ...

, or "Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques", an airport security technique * Spotlight, called spot for short * Spot, American slang for a

music venue A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from a small coffeehouse for folk music shows, an outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium. Ty ...

or club * Spot, old Australian and New Zealand slang for one hundred dollars *

Spots (cannabis) Spots (also known as spotting, knifers, knife hits, knife tokes, dots, hot knives, kitchen tracking blades, or bladers) refers to a method of smoking cannabis. Small pieces of cannabis are rolled (or simply torn from a larger bud) to form the spo ...

, a method of smoking cannabis, often called hotknifing in the United States