Goober may refer to:

Food

* Another word for a

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...

Goober (brand) Goober is a combination of peanut butter and jelly in a single jar. It is sold in US, the UK, Canada, Singapore, and other parts of the Commonwealth, and is named after a familiar denomination for peanut in American English, goober pea, from t ...

, a food product combining peanut butter and fruit preserves * Goobers, a Nestlé brand name of

chocolate-coated peanut Chocolate-coated (or chocolate-covered) peanuts are a popular bulk vending product. They consist of peanuts coated in a shell of chocolate. They have a reputation in many countries of being an item most familiar from the concession counter. In s ...

Fictional characters

Goober Pyle Goober Pyle is a fictional character in the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and its sequel series '' Mayberry RFD''. He was played by George Lindsey. Lindsey first read for the part of Gomer Pyle, Goober's cousin, which went to ac ...

, on the television shows ''The Andy Griffith Show'', ''Mayberry R.F.D.'' and ''Hee-Haw'' * Goober, a dog in the 1970s animated series ''

Goober and the Ghost Chasers ''Goober and the Ghost Chasers'' is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, broadcast on ABC from September 8, 1973, to August 30, 1975. A total of 16 half-hour episodes of ''Goober and the Ghost Chasers'' were prod ...

'' * Goober, a gremlin in the BBC children's comedy sketch show ''

Stupid! Stupid! is a British television comedy sketch show aimed at children of primary and secondary school age, which was first broadcast on CBBC and subsequently BBC One. Main characters King Stupid (played in Series 1 by Marcus Brigstocke, and Se ...

'' * Goober, the player character in the Mac computer game ''

GooBall ''GooBall'' is a 2005 an arcade-style puzzle video game developed by Over The Edge Entertainment (now Unity Technologies) for Mac OS X and published by Ambrosia Software. It is Over The Edge's first game, and runs on an early beta version of the Un ...

'' * Goober, a member of the Satan's Mothers MC in '' The Warriors'' * Roland Goubert, "The Goober", a main character in the young adult novel ''

The Chocolate War ''The Chocolate War'' is a 1974 young adult literature, young adult novel by American author Robert Cormier. It was adapted into a film in 1988. Although it received mixed reviews at the time of its publication, some reviewers have argued it is o ...

'' by Robert Cormier

Other uses

* A nickname of Edward E. Cox (1880–1952), US representative from Georgia * WGGC, an American FM radio station branded as "Goober 95.1" * Slang for silly, foolish or old people as epitomized by

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