Pogo

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Pogo or POGO may refer to:

Toys

• Pogo stick, a toy used for jumping up and down with the aid of a spring
  • Extreme Pogo, an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks on specially designed "extreme" pogo sticks
• Pogo ball, a toy similar to a pogo stick, based on a rubber ball
• Pogo, a skateboarding trick

Entertainment

• Pogo (dance), a dance style
• Pogo Joe, a video game
• Pogo.com, a website featuring free online games
• Pogo (comic strip) by Walt Kelly, and its title character
• Pogo Plane, a fictional airplane from the Fantastic Four comic
• Pogo TV, an Indian cable television channel
• Pokémon GO, a mobile game

Music

• Moshing
• DJ Pogo, a DJ and producer known for his involvement in the British hip-hop scene
• Pogo (electronic musician), Australian musician who uses samples from movies, TV programmes & news bulletins
• "Pogo," a song by Digitalism

Organizations

• Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, an oceanography organization
• Project on Government Oversight, a non-profit organization which investigates corruption and other misconduct
• Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany

Places

• Pogo, Alabama, United States
• Pogo, Ivory Coast, a settlement in Ouangolodougou Department
• Pogo, Mali
• Pogonissonkaha, Ferkessédougou Department, Ivory Coast, often called "Pogo"

Technology

• Bell Pogo, a two-person rocket-powered platform
• Pogo Mobile and nVoy, a handheld networked device launched in 2000
• Convair XFY Pogo, an experimental aircraft
• Pogo oscillation, a potentially dangerous rocket engine behavior
• PoGo, a Polaroid digital printer
• Pogo pin, a device used in electronics to connect two printed circuit boards
• AT&T Pogo, a web browser
• Pogo, a name for a Retroreflector target on a rod used in surveying

People

• Madonna Wayne Gacy, ex-keyboard player for Marilyn Manson
• Pogo the Clown or John Wayne Gacy (1942-1994), American serial killer
• Mr. Pogo or Tetsuo Sekigawa (born 1951), Japanese professional wrestler

Other uses

• Pogo (gorilla), a female gorilla at the San Francisco Zoo
• A brand of corn dog in Canada.

See also

• Pogo cello, a folk percussion instrument
• Pogopalooza, the annual gathering and competition of stunt pogoers
• Pogo Pops, a pop rock band
• Pogo Au Go-Go, an album by Bickley
• Poco, a country rock band from California
• Ogopogo, a Canadian lake monster