History Main / BlobMonster

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': These are referred to as Oozes, and are a common creature type associated with Green mana; most are living waves of greenish jelly, implied to feed by dissolving organic matter and absorbing it into themselves. Green is associated with traditionalism, nature, and a rejection of excessively "civilized" or intellectual pursuits in favor of a simpler, more direct life. Oozes embody the most extreme form of that concept by remaining firmly at the oldest, most primal stage of life, before living things were caught up in extravagances like "thoughts" and "limbs" and "senses", back then were was only life, hunger, and survival.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The [[GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke Simic Combine]] have a knack for creating ooze creatures. [[EvilutionaryBiologist Momir Vig's]] ultimate creation, Experiment Kraj, was a gargantuan ooze mutant that could leech away the abilities of other creatures. From a later set, [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=262866 Predator Ooze]] was explicitly created as an homage to ''Film/TheBlob1958''.

* ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': The [[https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/631928/part-21-of-the-palaververse-the-immortals post on immortals]] mentions "The Smooze’s ooze-like species are widely reckoned to be immortal in their home environment, the depths of the Black Ocean"

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': Odo in his [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm natural state]] (his usual form resembles a Bajoran, because that is the species that found and raised him), as well as his species, the Founders, in their natural state -- when they are healthy. Also, a Founder can take a lot of energy -- one shot from Klingon blaster can kill a human (or Klingon) -- but hundreds of them were needed to bring down the Founder [[spoiler:impersonating General Martok]]. Odo is actually not as stable with his abilities as the average Founder, or as good at shapeshifting, due to spending most of his life separate from them. He cannot hold a solid form for more than 16 hours or so, and has difficulty mimicking specific individuals. Also, in one episode, Odo is subject to some substance which turns him into literal Blob Monster (i.e., with similar personality).
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E22SkinOfEvil Skin of Evil]]" has the crew encountering an intelligent and malevolent blob monster named Armus who resembles a humanoid oil slick. In one of the more chilling scenes, he absorbs Cmdr. Riker into himself.

** Like-Likes are gelatinous creatures that engulf Link, [[MooksAteMyEquipment steal his equipment]], and spit him back out.

Blob monsters. Amorphous due to their unique (lack of) anatomy, these creatures range from mindless eating machines to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting tricky shape-shifters]] or something in between. How tough they are varies, whether they're [[NighInvulnerability Nigh-Invulnerable]], or [[MadeOfPlasticine ludicrously fragile]]. Sometimes based on jellyfish, amoebas and similar invertebrates (or, in sillier cases, gelatinous desserts), this creature can be found throughout speculative fiction environments. Possibly [[AcidAttack acidic]], how it is usually defeated varies between each work, whether by being [[KillItWithIce frozen]], or [[KillItWithFire melted]], or [[LudicrousGibs blown up]], or [[SquashedFlat squished]], or by heroes who taking advantage of its chemical composition, or other creative methods.

** Like-Likes are gelatinous creatures that engulf Link, [[MooksAteMyEquipment steal his equipment]], and spit him back out..

** ''Anime/DragonBallZBioBroly'': Bio-Broly, after being mutated to a deformed blob monster and became bigger after merging with the culture fluid, [[spoiler: but gains a weakness towards water]].

* The title character of ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'' is an amorphous orange blob that EscapedFromTheLab and is constantly on the run from Fat Doc and Slim Doc, a pair of scientists who work at that laboratory. "Monster" might be a bit much in this case, as Lamput is actually very friendly to most people - including the docs on occasion.

** Caitlin Fairchild became this following [[spoiler: her death and rebirth]], displaying a nifty teleportation ability with it as well, though it doesn't seem that she retained these powers following [[ComicBook/FlashpointDCComics the DC 2011 reboot]] when the series was merged with DC.

* The Chaos Devil from ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', a horror comprised of [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Chaos]] and the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Yellow Devil]]. It's a very dangerous foe, nearly overpowering Bass and Metal Sonic in its debut. Even attacking its eye (Yellow Devil's weakness) had little effect against it due to the Chaos fluid, and it nearly took down Sonic and Mega Man before [[spoiler: [[BigDamnHeroes Duo stepped in]]]].

-->'''Private Franz''': Ze cook said that ze lunch is ready, und he requests a flamethrower.\\
'''Officer''': What for?\\
'''Private Franz''': Well... he said that ze lunch has taken fictious life und is slithering towards our lines.\\
'''Officer''': [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall If you want to work in a horror comic try to find a better excuse!]]

%%** ''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/TalesFromEarthsea'': A hallucination (of [[MythologyGag the Shadow]]) and [[spoiler: Lord Cob]].

* ''Literature/DifferentlyMorphous'' features many of these ([[Literature/CthulhuMythos specifically shoggoths]]) who have recently immigrated [[spoiler: or, more accurately, sought asylum]] into Great Britain. They're GoodAllAlong and much of the plot [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything addresses society adjusting to their joining the workforce and existing in public]].

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

%%* PlayerCharacter version: Arakune (of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'') [[spoiler: WasOnceAMan]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'' features at least three separate varieties. The second runthrough of Tai Kreung features a large humanoid martial artist made of liquid metal as one of the mini-bosses. The second visit to Iron Kingdom features more traditional slime monsters roaming the sewers and factory who can reflect physical damage inflicted on them. At the end is the boss, the Slime Queen, [[spoiler: (a mutated Mary corrupted by a combination of Kala's brainwashing and the slime permeating the city)]] sharing the same reflective properties but can turn into a [=DnD=] slime cube impervious to damage unless Anja uses the Goddess Hand powerup to smash through.

** [[spoiler: Carla Radames]]' C-Virus mutation from ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6'' gives her a massive, gooey body which she can expand and generate clones of herself.

* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': One of the animals Strong Bad makes up in the WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail "[[Recap/StrongBadEmailE119Animal animal]]" is a big vomit-like blob with Strong Bad's face named [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Da_Huuuuuudge Da Huuuuuudge.]] Strong Bad then tries to make up two more animals - the Red Steckled Elburmung and El Pardack - and questions why his made-up animals keep turning out as "nasty blob things".

* Ditto for Myrrh from ''Webcomic/TheWotch'', a maid who tried to clean up a pile of magical ingredients (with a pinch of ginger) that her insane Wizard master left out. The mess fought back, and the resultant mass vaguely took on the maid's shape, memories, and personality (with a slightly better body). Originally a bit of fanart from a sub-comic [[CanonImmigrant that was made a bit character]] in the main comic, later [[spoiler: became a secondary character, a roommate for UnluckyEverydude Ming]].

* Many microorganisms, such as amoebas and slime molds, move and feed in the manner of blobs. In particular, Dictyostelium discoideum is a slime mold that looks like the typical RPG monster during its reproductive phase - although only a few millimeters wide.

* [[InconsistentSpelling Slauf/Slough]] the demon from ''Webcomic/{{Building12}}''.

* ''Webcomic/AModestDestiny'' has a textbook example.
* In ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'', Cube and the Gibbering Mouther.

* An example mor rude than evil is Lime from ''WebAnimation/{{Kofi}}''.

* ''Film/CaltikiTheImmortalMonster'' is such a beast -- and intensely radioactive.

** Later games had green slimes that would splatter pieces of themselves around as an attack.

* Stanley G. Weinbaum's 1935 story "Parasite Planet" has monstrous Venusian blobs called "Doughpots" that ooze through the jungles of Venus absorbing anything that gets in their way.

* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'': Slime monsters are a recurring enemy in the series. The first game just had a large blob bouncing around followed by smaller blobs. Later games had green slimes that would splatter pieces of themselves around as an attack. The last game has the pink Slimegals, who takes the form of CuteMonsterGirl enemies but revert to their blob form to slither around or when they eat Shantae.

* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Slauf/Slough]] the demon from ''Webcomic/{{Building12}}''.

Exactly what these creatures are supposed to be also varies, if they are given a specific nature or origin at all. They may be a kind of amorphous "animal", something like a squishier version of a common slug, or else amoeboid MegaMicrobes. Sometimes they are not a single creature at all, but something more like a slime mold or a moving colony of microorganisms, which can split apart, fuse with others of its kind, and grow and reabsorb simple organs and appeandages as needed. Another version depicts less so as creatures or colonies of creatures and more as a kind of magical or industrial waste product, which forms spontaneously from arcane residue collecting as {{Ectoplasm}} or chemical pollutants festering and reacting until they get up and ooze away.

%%* "Literature/TheDoubleMinds": The ''grethlanth'' and the ''shleath''. (A ''shleath'' is like a ''grethlanth'', only fifty feet in diameter.)%%All right, but why are they example?

** ''Literature/MonsterBlood'' and its sequels, with the titular blood.

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': Slimes are a minor recurring enemy, seen in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDissonance'' and first appearing as {{Chest Monster}}s in ''Vampire Killer''.

* ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'': Slimes are a minor recurring enemy, first appearing as {{Chest Monster}}s in ''Vampire Killer''.