Goon

Goon may refer to:

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Slang

• Humans:
  • People noted for brutality, or otherwise as targets of contempt:
    • A guard in a prisoner of war camp (British World War II usage)
    • An enforcer (ice hockey)
    • A hired thug, in a goon squad
    • Participants in gooning (kidnapping)
  • Alternative name for the character in "Kilroy was here"-style graffiti
  • One who engages in the practice of gooning (sexual practice)
  • Goons, members of the Something Awful user forums
• Box wine, as Australian slang

Specific persons

• The Goons, performers in The Goon Show
• Bill Irwin (wrestler), briefly known by the ring name "The Goon"

Books and comics

• The Goon, comic book series created by Eric Powell
• One of a fictional race of creatures living on Goon Island in the Popeye cartoon series (see Alice the Goon)
• Mr Goon, oafish local policeman in Enid Blyton's Five Find-Outers series of children's books

Radio, film and TV

• The Goon Show, a British radio comedy programme
• Goon (film), a 2011 comedy film starring Seann William Scott
  • Goon: Last of the Enforcers, a 2017 sequel, also starring Seann William Scott
• "The Goons" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a television episode
• Goon, a Terrakor from the cartoon Robotix

Music

• Goon (album), by Tobias Jesso Jr., 2015
• Goon, a 1996 album by Global Goon
• "Goon", a song by Seaway from Colour Blind
• "Goon", a song by Osees from their 2023 album Intercepted Message
• "The Goon Drag," instrumental tune recorded 1941 by Sammy Price and His Texas Bluesicians

Acronyms

• GOONs, Guardians of the Oglala Nation, private paramilitary group active on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the early 1970s
• GOONS, an acronym for the Guild of One-Name Studies

See also

• Gooners, Arsenal F.C.'s fanbase
• Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji
• Goon Squad (disambiguation)
• Template:Srt
• Gooney (disambiguation)
• Goonies (disambiguation)