Blob may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

  • The Blob (film series), a franchise of American science fiction monster-horror films
  • The Blob, 1958 American science-fiction film
  • The Blob (1988 film), a remake of the 1958 film
  • The Blobs, a 1980 animated TV series
  • Blob (video game), 1993
  • B.O.B., a character in the 2009 animated film Monsters vs. Aliens
  • Blob, a character in ClayFighter video games
  • Blob (Marvel Comics), a comic book character
  • Blobs, a former animated mascot of BBC Three
  • Blob (card game), a variant of Oh Hell

Science and technology

Computing

  • Object storage, or blob storage, that manages data as "blobs" or "objects"
  • Binary blob, or blob, a non-free object in open source software
  • Blob URI scheme, a URI scheme for binary data
  • Image blob, a region of an image subject to detection

Other uses in science

  • Blob (visual system), sections of the primary visual cortex
  • Physarum polycephalum, or the blob, a slime mold

Other uses

  • The Blob (Antarctica), a knoll on the north coast of Siple Island
  • The blob (Chukchi Sea algae), a large algae bloom in 2009
  • The Blob (Pacific Ocean), a mass of warm water in the Pacific 2013–2016
  • Blob, related unit of slug (unit)
  • Blob, mascot of the short-lived United States Football League team Philadelphia Stars (2022)

See also

  • Beware! The Blob, a sequel of the 1958 film
  • A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, 1989 video game
  • A Boy and His Blob, 2009 video game
  • Blobbing, an outdoor water activity
  • Blobfish (disambiguation), the common name of several species
  • Cold blob, a mass of cold water in the North Atlantic
  • de Blob, a 2008 Wii video game
  • The Problem Blob, a fictional villain in TV series the Numberjacks