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'''Goon''', '''gooner''', or '''gooning''' may refer to: {{TOC right}}

==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== {{Canned search|goon}} * Arsenal F.C. supporters, also known as Gooners * Go-on, a possible way of reading certain Japanese Kanji{{srt}} * Go On (disambiguation) * Gooney (disambiguation) * Goonies (disambiguation) * Goon Squad (disambiguation)