Just in case you weren’t sure what a microbe was, it’s actually a word that’s short for microorganism. When you look the word up, Wikipedia explains it as , ‘a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.’ This toy company thought it would be cute to make a bunch of different colored and sized microbe plush toys that – not really surprisingly – tons of people loved! One look into their huge eyes, you can understand why they became so obsessed!