# Spook

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**Spook** is a synonym for [ghost](/source/Ghost). **Spook** or **spooks** may also refer to:

## People

- [Spook (nickname)](/source/Spook_(nickname)), shared by several notable people
- [Per Spook](/source/Per_Spook) (born 1939), Norwegian fashion designer
- a [racial slur](/source/List_of_ethnic_slurs) referring to a black person

## Places

- [Spook Bridge](/source/Spook_Bridge), an abandoned bridge over the Withlacoochee River, Georgia, United States
- [Spook Cave](/source/Spook_Cave), a flooded cave in Iowa, US
- [Spook Hill](/source/Spook_Hill), a gravity hill in Florida, US
- [Spook (crater)](/source/Spook_(crater)), a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon

## Arts, entertainment, media

### Fictional characters

- [Spook (comics)](/source/Spook_(comics)), a DC Comics enemy of Batman
- Spook, [a character from the cartoon series *Top Cat*](/source/List_of_Top_Cat_characters#Spook)
- Spook, a character in the comic strip *[The Wizard of Id](/source/The_Wizard_of_Id)*

### Films

- [*Spooks* (1930 film)](/source/Spooks_(1930_film)), a 1930 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short
- [*Spooks* (1953 film)](/source/Spooks_(1953_film)), a 1953 Three Stooges short
- *[Spooks: The Greater Good](/source/Spooks:_The_Greater_Good)*, a British 2015 spy film

### Literature and comics

- *[Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife](/source/Spook:_Science_Tackles_the_Afterlife)*, a 2005 non-fiction book by Mary Roach
- *[Spook's](/source/Spook's)*, a series of dark fantasy novels by Joseph Delaney
- *Spook*, a graphic novel by [Joshua Starnes](/source/Joshua_Starnes) and Lisandro Estherren
- *Spooks*, a children's book by [Colin and Jacqui Hawkins](/source/Jacqui_Hawkins) as part of their *Picture Lions* series
- *Spooks*, a comic book series by [Larry Hama](/source/Larry_Hama)

### Television

- [*Spooks* (TV series)](/source/Spooks_(TV_series)), a UK series broadcast from 2002 to 2011 (called *MI-5* in some countries)
- *[Spooks: Code 9](/source/Spooks:_Code_9)*, a UK series broadcast in 2008

### Music

#### Groups

- [Spooks (group)](/source/Spooks_(group)), an American hip-hop band

#### Albums

- [*Spooks* (album)](/source/Spooks_(album)), a 2010 album by The Beautiful Girls
- *Spooks: Original Comics Soundtrack*, a 2008 album by [Lalo Schifrin](/source/Lalo_Schifrin) and [Andy Garfield](/source/Andy_Garfield), based on the comics by Larry Hama

#### Songs

- "Spooks", by Dance Gavin Dance from the album *[Downtown Battle Mountain II](/source/Downtown_Battle_Mountain_II)*
- "Spooks", by Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) from the *[Inherent Vice](/source/Inherent_Vice_(film))* soundtrack
- "Spooks!", by Louis Armstrong, released in 1954, later found on album *[Satchmo In Style](/source/Satchmo_In_Style)*
- "Spooks", by Marion Brown from the album *[Three for Shepp](/source/Three_for_Shepp)* 1966
- "Spooks", by [Pryda](/source/Pryda) from the single *Spooks / Do It*
- "Spook", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from the album *[Wrong Creatures](/source/Wrong_Creatures)*

### Other arts, entertainment, and media

- [*Spooks* (video game)](/source/Spooks_(video_game)), a 1985 video game

## Military

- "Spook", nickname for a [Mine Protected Combat Vehicle](/source/Mine_Protected_Combat_Vehicle), a Rhodesian armoured fighting vehicle
- "The Spook", emblem of the [McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II](/source/McDonnell_Douglas_F-4_Phantom_II), a United States Navy fighter-bomber

## Other uses

- a concept in the [philosophy of Max Stirner](/source/Philosophy_of_Max_Stirner)

## See also

- [Spooked (disambiguation)](/source/Spooked_(disambiguation))
- [Spooky (disambiguation)](/source/Spooky_(disambiguation))
- [Secret agent (disambiguation)](/source/Secret_agent_(disambiguation))
- [Espionage](/source/Espionage)

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