Goon, gooner, or gooning may refer to:

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
  • Supporters of Arsenal F.C.
  • 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 (The Goon Show), performers in The Goon Show
  • 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

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

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

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

  • Arsenal F.C. supporters, also known as Gooners
  • Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji
  • Go On (disambiguation)
  • Gooney (disambiguation)
  • Goonies (disambiguation)
  • Goon Squad (disambiguation)