Goon

• 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==