Goon
Appearance
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Goon may refer to:
Slang
[edit]- 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
- People noted for brutality, or otherwise as targets of contempt:
- Box wine, as Australian slang
Specific persons
[edit]- The Goons, performers in The Goon Show
- Bill Irwin (wrestler), briefly known by the ring name "The Goon"
Books and comics
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
- Goon, a character in the 2021 Canadian-American movie Mister Sister
- Goon, a Terrakor from the cartoon Robotix
- "The Goons" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a television episode
Music
[edit]- "The Goon Drag," instrumental tune recorded 1941 by Sammy Price and His Texas Bluesicians
- Goon (Tobias Jesso Jr. album), 2015
- Goon (Global Goon album), a 1996 release by Global Goon
- "Goon", a song by Seaway from Colour Blind
- "Goon", a song by Osees from their 2023 album Intercepted Message
Acronyms
[edit]- 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
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- Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji
- Goon Squad (disambiguation)
- All pages with titles beginning with Goon
- All pages with titles containing Goon
- Gooney (disambiguation)
- Goonies (disambiguation)