Spook
Appearance
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Spook is a synonym for ghost. Spook or spooks may also refer to:
People
[edit]- Spook (nickname), shared by several notable people
- Per Spook (born 1939), Norwegian fashion designer
- a ghostwriter
- a racial slur referring to a black person
- an undercover agent or spy
Places
[edit]- Spook Bridge, an abandoned bridge over the Withlacoochee River, Georgia, United States
- Spook Cave, a flooded cave in Iowa, US
- Spook Hill, a gravity hill in Florida, US
- Spook (crater), a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon
Arts, entertainment, media
[edit]Fictional characters
[edit]- Spook (comics), a DC Comics enemy of Batman
- Spook, a character from the cartoon series Top Cat
- Spook, a character in the comic strip The Wizard of Id
Films
[edit]- Spooks (1930 film), a 1930 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short
- Spooks (1953 film), a 1953 Three Stooges short
- Spooks: The Greater Good, a British 2015 spy film
Literature and comics
[edit]- Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife, a 2005 non-fiction book by Mary Roach
- Spook's, a series of dark fantasy novels by Joseph Delaney
- Spook, a graphic novel by Joshua Starnes and Lisandro Estherren
- Spooks, a children's book by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins as part of their Picture Lions series
- Spooks, a comic book series by Larry Hama
Television
[edit]- Spooks (TV series), a UK series broadcast from 2002 to 2011 (called MI-5 in some countries)
- Spooks: Code 9, a UK series broadcast in 2008
Music
[edit]Groups
[edit]- Spooks (group), an American hip-hop band
Albums
[edit]- Spooks (album), a 2010 album by The Beautiful Girls
- Spooks: Original Comics Soundtrack, a 2008 album by Lalo Schifrin and Andy Garfield, based on the comics by Larry Hama
Songs
[edit]- "Spooks", by Dance Gavin Dance from the album Downtown Battle Mountain II
- "Spooks", by Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) from the Inherent Vice soundtrack
- "Spooks!", by Louis Armstrong, released in 1954, later found on album Satchmo In Style
- "Spooks", by Marion Brown from the album Three for Shepp 1966
- "Spooks", by Pryda from the single Spooks / Do It
- "Spook", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from the album Wrong Creatures
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Spooks (video game), a 1985 video game
Military
[edit]- "Spook", nickname for a Mine Protected Combat Vehicle, a Rhodesian armoured fighting vehicle
- "The Spook", emblem of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a United States Navy fighter-bomber
Other uses
[edit]- a concept in the philosophy of Max Stirner