History Main / BlobMonster

** An alien form for the Omnitrix called Upgrade requires Ben to turn into a blob in order to possess technology and, well, upgrade it.

** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce'' plays it straight with the alien hero form, Goop. Unlike most examples, he needs a UFO-like anti-gravity projector floating above him to remain solid, due to the low gravity of his species' home planet.

Their appearance will also vary depending on the work, as well as whether they are supposed to be cute or disgusting. Eastern media tends to depict them [[CuteSlimeMook as cute gum-drop like blobs with bright colors]] and small BlackBeadEyes when cute, and [[GoodColorsEvilColors dark or harsh colors]] and {{jagged mouth}}s when evil. Western works also tend to give them water droplet-like bodies when cute, but instead give them large, bulging eyeballs that loosely float in their mass for the same effect; when evil, they tend to have runnier bodies and usually have other villainous features, such as teeth, or being hazardous to the touch. In both cases, strictly neutral or mindless examples are simply shapeless masses of goo, gelatin or ectoplasm, with no outward distiguishing features and strictly stimulus-response behavior.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh'': The Revival Jam monster. When hit by an attack, it splatters into little globs of goo and promptly reconstitutes itself. Marik uses this card as part of a combo centered around [[PhysicalGod Slifer the Sky Dragon]].

* ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'' has Blobulonians. Although they are a race of cute-looking slimes, they are actually intergalactic conquerors who were only stopped by their loss during the unsuccessful winter campaign into the coldest region of space. Now they are spread throughout Gungeon, reliving their days of glory. They come in many forms and varieties, from the most basic to very unpredictable and dangerous. [[spoiler: A gigantic Blobuloid, the general of the empire, is fought as a boss of secret Oubliette floor. ]]

* ''Fanfic/BlackStar'': By the time the Thieves confront Shimizu's Shadow, his distortion has run rampant to the point that [[spoiler:his Shadow is just a formless mass of ranting darkness with [[EyesDoNotBelongThere way too many eyeballs]]. It's also merged completely with his Palace, resulting in a giant, lifeless structure that his Shadow can control and rearrange at will.]]

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Carne's Notorious B.I.G is a flesh-consuming creature that attacks and consumes the fastest-moving thing in the vicinity.

%%* ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty'': Bachilus.

%%* ''Anime/CuteyHoney'': Bubble Claw.

*** In the manga, this becomes his "infinite" form when Trunks splits him in half when his fusion begins wearing off. But because of Zamasu's immortality, they can't defuse and the two halfs become an amorphous mass that can shapeshift between Merged Zamasu and Goku Black...and begins to start rapidly multiplying uncontrollably.

* ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'s teammate Protean. Not a villain, but certainly a fratboyish {{Jerkass}}. [[spoiler:He owes his power to an alien sexually transmitted disease.]]

* The ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain the Blob is a morbidly obese mutant who can't be hurt by anything (and in some continuities, could "suck up" attacks into his folds of flesh). Other, more appropriate examples include a student who was essentially a walking pile of biogenic paraffin wax with a brain, and a sentient puddle in a body suit.

* ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'' includes a crossover with ''Film/TheBlob1958''/''Film/TheBlob1988'', with the organic-matter-devouring blob in this case being created by [[spoiler:the Collective, as a weapon to cull the human race]]. It's mildly repelled by bleach, and can be immobilised by freezing it, but is [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]] to physical force, and fire or lightning only cause ScratchDamage because it can consume the burned tissue to recover most of its losses.

%%* A favorite motif of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and Creator/StudioGhibli films:
%%** ''Anime/PomPoko'': An [[http://www.obakemono.com/obake/umibozu/ Umibozu]] appears briefly.
%%** ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'': The cursed gods (sort of) and [[spoiler:the decapitated Deer/Forest spirit]].
%%** ''Anime/SpiritedAway'': No Face and the Stink Spirit ([[spoiler:actually a river god suffering from pollution]]).
%%** ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'': The Witch of the Waste's familiars.

%%** ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'': Fujimoto's familiars.

* ''WesternAnimation/RaggedyAnnAndAndyAMusicalAdventure'': The Greedy is a giant lake of liquid taffy who loves to eat sweets, including [[ITasteDelicious himself]].

%%* ''Film/TheStuff'': The Stuff takes this form after enough of it roams free.

** ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'': The shapeshifting liquid metal robot T-1000 can mimic everything it touches, from a floor to a human being (complete with clothes), and in human shape, it is malleable enough to simply walk "through" the bars of a prison door by flowing around them. It can also utilise its abilities in interesting ways in combat, for example turning itself back to front when pinned to a wall, or melting its head around a thrown punch to grip the attacker's arm. He is defeated by John, Sarah, and T-800 by weakening him with liquid nitrogen and later throwing him into a pool of molten iron.

%%* These are common in old pulps. Examples include "Ooze" by Anthony M. Rud (''Weird Tales'', March 1923), "The Malignant Entity" by Otis Adelbert Kline (''Weird Tales'', May 1924), and "Wrath of the Purple" by Howard Fast (''Amazing Stories'', October 1932).%%Examples aren't general, no context.
%% Despite being a wall of text, this example never explains that the creatures are blobs. Please rewrite it with context and remove the fat. * ''Literature/AgentToTheStars'': The [[StarfishAliens Yherjak]]. Each one of them is actually a sentient colony organism, capable of altering its overall shape. They normally communicate via smells but are able to generate sound (presumably by vibrating their gelatinous bodies) to communicate with humans (even the name Yherjak is not what they call themselves, since it's hard to turn a smell into words). They are actually quite friendly, but, after arriving into Earth's orbit on their STL asteroid ship, they [[AliensStealCable received our transmissions]] and learned from our entertainment media that humans would, most likely, perceive them as ugly and hostile. So, instead of the typical TakeMeToYourLeader approach, they call up (as in, on his cell phone) the head of an LA talent agency and ask him to find a competent agent to give the Yherjak a positive public image before revealing themselves to humanity. [[spoiler:They can also engage in MindControl via tiny tendrils reaching into brains, but they only use it on animals. They can also absorb memories and even temporarily "possess" people, although it's a ''big'' taboo among them.]] It's also stated that, since they reproduce via a method similar to mitosis, all Yherjak are genetically indistinguishable (indeed, the YouALLLookFamiliar makes perfect sense with them from a human viewpoint and is not simple racism). The only thing distinguishing one Yherjak from another is its personality (or soul, as they refer to it). Each Yherjak's personality is an amalgamation of the parent's personality/memories and those of one or more other Yherjak, who "meld" with the parent for the purpose of conception. The process of memory/trait selection is even described in a similar manner to how a human offspring's DNA is formed from that of his or her parents (e.g., dominant traits come through, recessive traits don't). The parent then splits into two identical-looking Yherjak, one of which has all its memories and the other is the offspring. During the "melding" process, all parties must drop their mental defenses in order for it to work, and some nefarious individuals can use the moment to overwrite the others' minds with their own. This is called "[[DeathOfPersonality soul death]]" and is the most heinous crime the Yherjak can think of (equivalent to the worst kind of murder or, as one of them puts it, equal to about "five of the Ten Commandments").

** ''Literature/TheHorrorAtCampJellyjam'': [[spoiler:King Jellyjam]].

%%* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'': Rover.

* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'': A monster made entirely from goo makes a cameo appearance. He is shown walking (or oozing) down the pavement but accidentally slips down a rainwater gutter leaving only his eyes and mouth left.