Toon

Toon is a term popularized by the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit; it commonly refers to distinguish characters appearing in cartoons from regular humans. Related to this usage are:

• Toon (role-playing game), a role-playing game published by Steve Jackson Games in which the players take the parts of cartoon characters
• Toontown Online, a 2003 online computer role-playing game

toon may also refer to:

Places

• Newcastle United F.C., a football (soccer) team also nicknamed "The Toon"
• Tōon, Ehime, a Japanese city in Ehime Prefecture
• Toon, the former name of Ferdows, a city in South Khorasan Province, Iran
• Toon, Somaliland, a town in the Garoodi region of Somaliland

People

Surname

Father-and-son American football wide receivers:

• Al Toon (Albert Lee Toon Jr.; born 1963), former professional American football player
• Colin Toon (born 1940), English footballer who played for Leicestershire
• James Toon (1916–1987), English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire
• Joseph Toon (1879–1950), English cricketer
• Malcolm Toon (1916–2009), American diplomat
• Maurice Toon, New Zealand paralympic boccia player
• Michael Toon (born 1979), Australian rowing coxswain
• Michael Simon Toon (born 1977), English filmmaker and builder
• Nick Toon (Nicholas Adam Toon; born 1988), American football wide receiver for the New Orleans Saints
• Owen Toon (born 1947), American professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences
• Paige Toon (born 1975), English romantic fiction writer
• Peter Toon (1939–2009), English Anglican priest
• Thomas F. Toon (1840–1902), Confederate States Army brigadier general

Given name

• Toon van Driel (born 1945), Dutch cartoonist. He is the winner of the 1988 Stripschapprijs
• Toon Dupuis (1877–1937), Dutch sculptor and medallist of Belgian origin
• Toon Greebe (born 1988), Dutch darts player
• Toon van Helfteren (born 1951), Dutch former basketball player and coach
• Toon Hermans (1916–2000), noted Dutch comedian, singer and writer
• Toon Hiranyasap (born 1954), Thai film actor
• Toon Meerman (born 1933), retired Dutch footballer who was active as a striker
• Toon Oprinsen (1910–1945), Dutch football midfielder
• Toon Pastor (born 1929), former boxer from the Netherlands
• Toon Tellegen (born 1941), Dutch writer, poet, and physician, known for his children's works

Other

• Newcastle upon Tyne/Scottish, for "town" as pronounced in the English Geordie and Scots dialects
• Toon, trees of the genus Toona

See also

• All pages with titles containing Toon
• Tune (disambiguation)
• Cartoon (disambiguation)