diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json
index 9fca8a82ad007..fbff405380590 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/other.json
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
     "id": "slime_scrap",
     "category": "other",
-    "name": { "str": "blob glob" },
+    "name": { "str": "slime glob" },
     "weight": "238 g",
     "color": "dark_gray",
     "use_action": [ "POISON" ],
     "comestible_type": "FOOD",
     "symbol": "%",
     "calories": 174,
-    "description": "A little hunk of glop that fell off a blob monster.  It doesn't seem hostile, but it does wiggle occasionally.",
+    "description": "A little hunk of glop that fell off a slime monster.  It doesn't seem hostile, but it does wiggle occasionally.",
     "price": 0,
     "price_postapoc": 0,
     "volume": "250 ml",
diff --git a/data/json/monster_factions.json b/data/json/monster_factions.json
index 5614331a49660..a9a2e70928d13 100644
--- a/data/json/monster_factions.json
+++ b/data/json/monster_factions.json
@@ -17,26 +17,26 @@
   {
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
     "name": "zombie",
-    "friendly": [ "blob", "cult", "zombie_aquatic" ],
+    "friendly": [ "slime", "cult", "zombie_aquatic" ],
     "neutral": [ "small_animal", "insect", "fish" ],
     "by_mood": "bee"
   },
   {
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
     "name": "zombie_aquatic",
-    "friendly": [ "blob", "cult", "zombie" ],
+    "friendly": [ "slime", "cult", "zombie" ],
     "neutral": [ "small_animal", "insect" ],
     "by_mood": "bee"
   },
   {
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
-    "name": "blob",
+    "name": "slime",
     "friendly": [ "zombie", "nether", "cult" ]
   },
   {
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
     "name": "nether",
-    "friendly": [ "blob", "cult" ]
+    "friendly": [ "slime", "cult" ]
   },
   {
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
diff --git a/data/json/monsters/slimes.json b/data/json/monsters/slimes.json
index 737c914b7a406..3f3e5bda751d6 100644
--- a/data/json/monsters/slimes.json
+++ b/data/json/monsters/slimes.json
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
   {
     "id": "mon_blob",
     "type": "MONSTER",
-    "name": { "str": "blob" },
+    "name": { "str": "slime" },
     "description": "A black blob of viscous goo, oozing across the ground like a glob of living oil.",
-    "default_faction": "blob",
+    "default_faction": "slime",
     "bodytype": "blob",
-    "species": [ "NETHER", "BLOB" ],
+    "species": [ "NETHER", "SLIME" ],
     "diff": 1,
     "volume": "62500 ml",
     "weight": "81500 g",
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
   {
     "id": "mon_blob_brain",
     "type": "MONSTER",
-    "name": { "str": "brain blob" },
-    "description": "A gigantic black blob of viscous goo, oozing across the ground like a glob of living oil.  Other blobs seem to swarm around it.",
-    "default_faction": "blob",
+    "name": { "str": "brain slime" },
+    "description": "A gigantic black blob of viscous goo, oozing across the ground like a glob of living oil.  Other slimes seem to swarm around it.",
+    "default_faction": "slime",
     "bodytype": "blob",
-    "species": [ "NETHER", "BLOB" ],
+    "species": [ "NETHER", "SLIME" ],
     "diff": 5,
     "volume": "875000 ml",
     "weight": "200 kg",
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@
   {
     "id": "mon_blob_large",
     "type": "MONSTER",
-    "name": { "str": "big blob" },
+    "name": { "str": "big slime" },
     "description": "A large black blob of viscous goo, oozing across the ground like a glob of living oil.",
-    "default_faction": "blob",
+    "default_faction": "slime",
     "bodytype": "blob",
-    "species": [ "NETHER", "BLOB" ],
+    "species": [ "NETHER", "SLIME" ],
     "diff": 1,
     "volume": "92500 ml",
     "weight": "120 kg",
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@
   {
     "id": "mon_blob_small",
     "type": "MONSTER",
-    "name": { "str": "small blob" },
+    "name": { "str": "small slime" },
     "description": "A small black blob of viscous goo, oozing across the ground like a glob of living oil.",
-    "default_faction": "blob",
+    "default_faction": "slime",
     "bodytype": "blob",
-    "species": [ "NETHER", "BLOB" ],
+    "species": [ "NETHER", "SLIME" ],
     "diff": 1,
     "volume": "30000 ml",
     "weight": "40750 g",
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     "name": { "str": "amoebic mold" },
     "description": "A formless slime mold the size of a cow.  Crusty bits of cytoplasm fall away as it oozes across the ground.",
     "bodytype": "blob",
-    "default_faction": "blob",
+    "default_faction": "slime",
     "species": [ "NETHER" ],
     "diff": 2,
     "volume": "92500 ml",
diff --git a/data/json/scent_types.json b/data/json/scent_types.json
index a900792cc25b2..eb6cbc714285e 100644
--- a/data/json/scent_types.json
+++ b/data/json/scent_types.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "FISH",
       "MUTANT",
       "NETHER",
-      "BLOB",
+      "SLIME",
       "FUNGUS",
       "INSECT",
       "SPIDER",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
       "FISH",
       "MUTANT",
       "NETHER",
-      "BLOB",
+      "SLIME",
       "FUNGUS",
       "INSECT",
       "SPIDER",
diff --git a/data/json/species.json b/data/json/species.json
index 0122bda32e612..1d23da15c8925 100644
--- a/data/json/species.json
+++ b/data/json/species.json
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
   },
   {
     "type": "SPECIES",
-    "id": "BLOB",
-    "description": "a blob",
+    "id": "SLIME",
+    "description": "a slime",
     "footsteps": "plop."
   },
   {
diff --git a/data/mods/Magiclysm/monsters/monsters.json b/data/mods/Magiclysm/monsters/monsters.json
index 2a15957aab636..32f7caa701804 100644
--- a/data/mods/Magiclysm/monsters/monsters.json
+++ b/data/mods/Magiclysm/monsters/monsters.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "default_faction": "ooze",
     "bodytype": "blob",
     "symbol": "O",
-    "species": [ "BLOB" ],
+    "species": [ "SLIME" ],
     "diff": 1,
     "volume": "62500 ml",
     "weight": "81500 g",
diff --git a/data/mods/My_Sweet_Cataclysm/sweet_monster_factions.json b/data/mods/My_Sweet_Cataclysm/sweet_monster_factions.json
index 952cab643e02a..e8851ba1e073b 100644
--- a/data/mods/My_Sweet_Cataclysm/sweet_monster_factions.json
+++ b/data/mods/My_Sweet_Cataclysm/sweet_monster_factions.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "type": "MONSTER_FACTION",
     "name": "zombie",
     "friendly": [
-      "blob",
+      "slime",
       "cult",
       "zombie_aquatic",
       "crackers",