Wikipedia / Goon
Wikipedia / Goon
Goon may refer to:
People
Bill Irwin (wrestler), briefly known by the ring name "The Goon"
Roy Goon (1913–1999), Australian pilot
Tuli Goon (born 1988), Indian soccer player
Yang Goon (born 1979), South Korean entertainer
Goon, a guard in a prisoner of war camp (British World War II usage)
Goon, a hired thug in a goon squad
Goon, participant in gooning (kidnapping)
Media, arts and entertainment
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
Goon (film), a 2011 comedy film starring Seann William Scott
Goon: Last of the Enforcers, a 2017 sequel, also starring Seann William Scott
The Goon Show, a British radio comedy programme
"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
Organizations
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
Places
Rangiora, Waimakariri, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand; carrying the local nickname "Goon", from shortening of the town nickname "Rangoon"
Rangiora High School, Rangiora, New Zealand; nicknamed "Goon High School", from the nickname of the town
Sports
Other uses
Alternative name for the character in "Kilroy was here"-style graffiti
Goons, members of the Something Awful user forums
Box wine, known as "goon" in Australian slang