# 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 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

* 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

### 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