Goon

Goon may refer to:

Slang

• A bodyguard, thug, or ruffian employed by a person or people to intimidate, assault, or batter people (usually members of a union) who oppose their employer
• A guard in a prisoner of war camp, (British World War II usage)
• Enforcer (ice hockey), also known as a goon
• Another name for the character in the Kilroy was here graffiti
• Australian slang word for cheap box wine (common among Australian students)
• Goons, members of the Something Awful user forums

People

• The Goons A performer in The Goon Show
• Bill Irwin (born 1954), wrestler briefly known as "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
• Goon (film), a 2011 comedy film starring Seann William Scott

Music

• 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 Alan Licht from State of the Union 2.001 2001

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

• Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji
• Goon Squad (disambiguation)
• Gune, a gnome-like character from the film Titan A.E.