Goon may refer to:
Slang
* Humans:
** People noted for brutality, or otherwise as targets of contempt:
*** A guard in a
prisoner of war camp
A prisoner-of-war camp (often abbreviated as POW camp) is a site for the containment of enemy fighters captured by a belligerent power in time of war.
There are significant differences among POW camps, internment camps, and military prisons. ...
(British World War II usage)
*** An
enforcer (ice hockey)
Enforcer is an unofficial role in ice hockey. The term is sometimes used synonymously with "fighter", "tough guy", or "goon". An enforcer's job is to deter and respond to dirty or violent play by the opposition. When such play occurs, the enforce ...
*** A hired thug, in a
goon squad
** Alternative name for the character in "
Kilroy was here"-style graffiti
** Goons, members of the
Something Awful user forums
*
Box wine
Boxed wine (cask wine) is wine sold in a bag inside a box. The box is made of cardboard or corrugated fiberboard, which supports a plastic bladder filled with wine. The wine flows out from a plastic push-release valve.
History
The process for ...
, as Australian slang
Specific persons
*
The Goons
''The Goon Show'' is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 19 ...
, 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
* Goon, a character in the 2021 Canadian-American movie ''
Mister Sister''
* Goon, a Terrakor from the cartoon ''
Robotix''
Music
* "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''
Acronyms
* GOONs,
Guardians of the Oglala Nation
The Guardians of the Oglala Nation (GOONs) was a private paramilitary group established in 1972 by the elected tribal chairman, Dick Wilson under authority of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council. It operated on the Oglala Sioux Pine Ridge Indian Re ...
, 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
*
Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji
*
Goon Squad (disambiguation)
A Goon squad is a group of thugs or mercenaries, commonly associated with anti-union or pro-union violence.
Goon Squad may also refer to:
* Goon Squad (band), a dance music group assembled by Arthur Baker in the mid-1980s
* "Goon Squad", 1979 so ...
*
*
Gooney (disambiguation)
Gooney bird may refer to:
* Albatross or gooney bird
* Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Gooney Bird, a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner
* Gooney Bird character in The "Hard Luck Bears" animatronic show: see Aar ...
*
Goonies (disambiguation)
''The Goonies'' is a 1985 film produced by Steven Spielberg.
Goonies may also refer to:
*'' The Goonies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'', the soundtrack to the film
* ''The Goonies'' (Famicom video game), a video game for the Family Comput ...
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