# Spot

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'''Spot''' or '''SPOT''' may refer to:
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==Places==
* [The Spot, New South Wales](/source/The_Spot%2C_New_South_Wales), a locality in Sydney, Australia
* [South Pole Traverse](/source/South_Pole_Traverse), sometimes called the South Pole Overland Traverse

==People==
* [Spot Collins](/source/Spot_Collins) (1922-1996), American football player and coach
* [Jack Comer](/source/Jack_Comer) (1912–1996), Polish-born English gangster nicknamed "Spot"
* [Jerry Chamberlain](/source/Jerry_Chamberlain) (known as "Spot"), the guitarist for the rock group the Swirling Eddies
* [Scott Draves](/source/Scott_Draves) (known as "Spot"), digital artist and VJ
* [Spot (producer)](/source/Spot_(producer)), Glenn Michael Lockett (1951–2023), house producer and engineer for the label SST Records
* [Spot (rapper)](/source/Spot_(rapper)) (born 1987), American rapper
* [Moondog Spot](/source/Moondog_Spot), a ring name for professional wrestler Larry Booker

==Advertising==
* [Radio spot](/source/Radio_spot), an over-the-air advertisement
* [TV spot](/source/TV_spot), a televised advertisement
* [Underwriting spot](/source/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](/source/List_of_individual_dogs)
* [Spot Fetcher](/source/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](/source/The_Good_Dinosaur)''
* [Spot (chicken)](/source/Spot_(chicken)), in ''101 Dalmatians: The Series''
* [Spot (Marvel Comics)](/source/Spot_(Marvel_Comics)), a Spider-Man villain
* [Spot (franchise)](/source/Spot_(franchise)), the titular puppy in a series of children's books and animated television shows created by Eric Hill
* [Spot (''Star Trek'')](/source/Spot_(Star_Trek)), a pet cat in ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''
* Spot, a pet dog in the ''[Dick and Jane](/source/Dick_and_Jane)'' textbook series
* Spot, a cat in the cartoon series ''[Hong Kong Phooey](/source/Hong_Kong_Phooey)''
* Spot, a pet dog from the William Joyce series ''[Rolie Polie Olie](/source/Rolie_Polie_Olie)''
* Spot, a pet amoeba in the animated series [''SpongeBob SquarePants'' season 11](/source/SpongeBob_SquarePants_(season_11))
* Spot, a deity in a sketch by Canadian comedy troupe [The Kids In The Hall](/source/The_Kids_In_The_Hall)
* Spot, a pet dragon in the TV series ''[The Munsters](/source/The_Munsters)''
* Spot, Dairine's sentient computer in the [Young Wizards series](/source/Young_Wizards_series)
* Spot, a dog in the ''[Isle of Dogs](/source/Isle_of_Dogs_(film))'' movie
* Spot Helperman, the main protagonist in Disney animated series ''[Teacher's Pet (TV series)](/source/Teacher's_Pet_(TV_series))''
* Spot Splatter Splash, a [Lalaloopsy](/source/Lalaloopsy) doll and character in the [TV series](/source/Lalaloopsy_(TV_series))

===Entertainment===
"The Spot", a branding used by several independent television stations owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, which include:
* [WXPX-TV](/source/WXPX-TV) in Bradenton, Florida
* [KASW](/source/KASW) in Phoenix, Arizona
* [KWBA-TV](/source/KWBA-TV) in Sierra Vista, Arizona
* [KCDO-TV](/source/KCDO-TV) in Sterling, Colorado
* [KIVI-DT2](/source/KIVI-TV) in Nampa, Idaho
* [KMCI-TV](/source/KMCI-TV) in Lawrence, Kansas
* [KMCC](/source/KMCC) in Laughlin, Nevada
* [KUPX-TV](/source/KUPX-TV) in Provo, Utah
* [WGNT](/source/WGNT) in Portsmouth, Virginia
* [WACY-TV](/source/WACY-TV) in Appleton, Wisconsin
* [Montana Television Network](/source/Montana_Television_Network)

===Music===
* [''Spot'' (album)](/source/Spot_(album)), by the synth-pop band And One
* "[Spot!](/source/Spot!)", a song by Zico featuring Jennie
* [Spot (music festival)](/source/Spot_(music_festival)), a music festival held in Denmark
* "Sex Pistols On Tour Secretly" or SPOTS, a name the [Sex Pistols](/source/Sex_Pistols) toured under in the United Kingdom

== Biology and healthcare ==
* [Spot (fish)](/source/Spot_(fish)), a fish (''Leiostomus xanthurus'')
* [SpoT](/source/SpoT), a bacterial protein that hydrolizes (p)ppGpp
* Another term for a [pimple](/source/pimple)

==Brands and enterprises==
* [SPoT Coffee](/source/SPoT_Coffee), a coffee chain
* [Spotify](/source/Spotify) (NYSE: SPOT), Swedish media company
* Spot, a mascot for [7 Up](/source/7_Up) soft drinks

==Technology==
* [SPOT (satellite)](/source/SPOT_(satellite)) (''Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre''), an Earth-observing satellite family
* [Single Point of Truth](/source/Single_Point_of_Truth) or SPOT, a principle aimed at reducing duplication in software engineering
* [Smart Personal Objects Technology](/source/Smart_Personal_Objects_Technology) or SPOT, a Microsoft initiative
* [SPOT Satellite Messenger](/source/SPOT_Satellite_Messenger), a GPS tracking device
* Spot, a four-legged canine-inspired robot made by [Boston Dynamics](/source/Boston_Dynamics)
* Spot, a [3D test model](/source/3D_test_model) of a cow

==Other meanings==
* [USS ''Spot''](/source/USS_Spot), an American World War II submarine later sold to Chile and renamed
* [Spot (professional wrestling)](/source/Spot_(professional_wrestling)), a pre-planned wrestling move or series of moves
* [SPOT (TSA program)](/source/SPOT_(TSA_program)), or "Screening of Passengers by Observation Techniques", an airport security technique
* [Spotlight](/source/Stage_lighting_instrument), called spot for short
* Spot, American slang for a [music venue](/source/music_venue) or club
* Spot, old Australian and New Zealand slang for [one hundred dollars](/source/Australian_and_New_Zealand_punting_glossary)
* [Spots (cannabis)](/source/Spots_(cannabis)), a method of smoking cannabis, often called hotknifing in the United States

==See also==
* {{lookfrom|Spot}}
* [Spotz (disambiguation)](/source/Spotz_(disambiguation))

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