Goon

Goon 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
 * 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, performers in The Goon Show
 * Bill Irwin (wrestler), briefly known by the ring name "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, 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
 * Goon, a character in the 2021 Canadian-American movie Mister Sister
 * Goon, a Terrakor from the cartoon Robotix
 * "The Goons" (The Amazing World of Gumball), a television episode

Music

 * "The Goon Drag," instrumental tune recorded 1941 by Sammy Price and His Texas Bluesicians
 * 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 Osees from their 2023 album Intercepted Message

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