{{wiktionary|spot}} '''Spot''' or '''SPOT''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}
==Places== * The Spot, New South Wales, a locality in Sydney, Australia * South Pole Traverse, sometimes called the South Pole Overland Traverse
==People== * 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== * 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== {{see also|#Fictional characters|l1=Fictional dogs}} * 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==
===Fictional characters=== * Spot, a character in the 2015 Disney/Pixar animated film ''The Good Dinosaur'' * Spot (chicken), in ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'' * Spot (Marvel Comics), 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
===Entertainment=== "The Spot", a branding used by several independent television stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, which include: * WXPX-TV in Bradenton, Florida * KASW in Phoenix, Arizona * KWBA-TV in Sierra Vista, Arizona * KCDO-TV in Sterling, Colorado * KIVI-DT2 in Nampa, Idaho * KMCI-TV in Lawrence, Kansas * KMCC in Laughlin, Nevada * KUPX-TV in Provo, Utah * WGNT in Portsmouth, Virginia * WACY-TV in Appleton, Wisconsin * Montana Television Network
===Music=== * ''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 == * Spot (fish), a fish (''Leiostomus xanthurus'') * SpoT, a bacterial protein that hydrolizes (p)ppGpp * Another term for a pimple
==Brands and enterprises== * SPoT Coffee, a coffee chain * Spotify (NYSE: SPOT), Swedish media company * Spot, a mascot for 7 Up soft drinks
==Technology== * 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== * 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
==See also== * {{lookfrom|Spot}} * Spotz (disambiguation)
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