In the past, the terms “blue bloater” and “pink puffer” were used to describe COPD. “Blue bloater” referred to chronic bronchitis, and “pink puffer” referred to emphysema.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. The bloater is back and better than ever! More from Variety ...

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 2 of HBO’s “The Last of Us,” now streaming on Max. The bloater is back and better than ever! The biggest and baddest ...

The highlight of the Bloater action occurs when he encounters Tommy (Gabriel Luna) in an alley with nowhere for the hero to hide. Fortunately, Tommy has a flamethrower, which is like Kryptonite to ...

It's pretty hard to upstage the fungal colossus that is a Bloater, but in episode 5 of The Last of Us, one pint-sized Clicker manages to get the job done.I'm speaking, of course, about that little ...

For Season 2, VFX supervisor Alex Wang and his team started creating a new bloater from CGI starting on day one. “That gave us time to prep, understand and design the bloater,” he said.

Before getting flame-roasted, the bloater was also a more purple and dark blue color, in addition to the red and orange, since he originated from the frigid Wyoming mountains.

The bloater is back and better than ever! The biggest and baddest infected monster from “The Last of Us” made his triumphant return from Season 1 in the fiery Jackson battle Sunday night and […] ...