Blackout
Appearance
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Blackout(s), black out, or The Blackout may refer to:
Loss of lighting or communication
[edit]- Power outage, a loss of electric power
- Blackout (broadcasting), a regulatory or contractual ban on the broadcasting of an event
- Blackout (fabric), a textile material that blocks light
- Blackout (wartime), the practice of minimizing outdoor lighting for protection from attack
- Communications blackout, a halt to communication abilities or utilization
- Media blackout, censorship of news related to a certain topic
- Protests against SOPA and PIPA, the 2012 web blackout
Medicine
[edit]- Blackout (drug-related amnesia), loss of memory with medicines or alcoholic beverages
- Blackout or lost time, a common symptom of psychogenic amnesia and dissociative identity disorder
- Syncope (medicine), a loss of consciousness, also known as fainting
- Freediving blackout, a loss of consciousness caused by cerebral hypoxia towards the end of a breath-hold dive
- Transient global amnesia, a temporary inability to establish new memories with otherwise unimpaired cognitive functions
- Blacking out also known as falling-out, a culture-bound syndrome
Arts and entertainment
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Blackout (Buffy novel), a 2006 novel based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Blackout (Connie Willis novel), first of a two-part series
- Blackout (Grant novel), third novel of a series by Mira Grant
- Blackout (Elsberg novel), a 2012 disaster thriller by Marc Elsberg
- Blackout (picture book), a 2011 children's novel by John Rocco
- Blackout (young adult novel), a 2021 young adult novel by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon
- Black Out (novel), a 2008 novel by Lisa Unger
- Blackout, a novel by Campbell Armstrong
- Blackouts (Torres novel), a 2023 novel by Justin Torres
Films
[edit]- Blackout, American title of Contraband, a British wartime spy film starring Conrad Veidt and Valerie Hobson
- Blackout (1942 film), a 1942 Bollywood film
- Blackout (1950 film), a British film
- Murder by Proxy, a 1954 film also known as Blackout
- Black Out (1970 film), a Swiss film
- Blackout (1985 film), an American television film starring Keith Carradine
- Blackout (1986 film), a Norwegian film directed by Erik Gustavson and starring Henrik Scheele
- Blackout (1988 film), an American thriller film starring Gail O'Grady
- The Blackout (1997 film), an American film directed by Abel Ferrara
- Black Out p.s. Red Out, a 1998 Greek film
- Blackout (2007 film), an American television film starring Jeffrey Wright and Zoe Saldana set during the Northeast Blackout of 2003
- Blackout (2008 American film), a horror film starring Amber Tamblyn and Aidan Gillen
- Blackout (2008 Finnish film), a Finnish film
- The Blackout (2009 film), an American horror film
- Blackout (2010 film), a German television action film
- Black Out (2012 film), a Dutch crime action comedy
- Blade Runner Black Out 2022, a 2017 short film set in the Blade Runner universe
- The Blackout (2019 film), a Russian science fiction thriller film
- Blackout (2021 film), a Nigerian drama
- Blackout (2022 film), an American action thriller film
- Blackout (2023 film), an American horror film
- Blackout (2024 film), an Indian Hindi-language black comedy thriller
Television
[edit]- Series
- Black Out (TV series), a 2024 South Korean television series
- Blackout (Australian TV show), a 1989–1995 ABC TV series by and about Indigenous Australians
- Blackout (game show), a 1988 American game show
- Blackout (British TV series), a 2012 BBC One drama miniseries
- Episodes
- "Blackout", a 2015 episode of the American Experience series on PBS
- "The Blackout", a 2000 episode of Black Books
- "Blackout" (Bugs), an episode of the BBC series Bugs
- "The Blackout" (Chowder episode), a 2009 episode of Chowder
- "Blackout" (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu), an episode of Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
- "Blackout" (M.A.S.K. episode), a 1985 episode of M.A.S.K.
- "Blackout!", an episode of season 3 of Phineas and Ferb
- "Blackout!" (Ugly Betty), an episode of the American series Ugly Betty
- "Black Out" (American Horror Story), an episode of the eleventh season of American Horror Story
- "Black Out" (The Professionals), an episode of the crime-action drama series
Music
[edit]Bands and record labels
[edit]- Blackout Records, a record label
- The Blackout (band), a Welsh alternative rock band
- The Blackouts, a Seattle post-punk band
- Blackout (musician), American record producer, engineer and composer
Albums
[edit]- Black Out (The Good Life album), 2002
- Blackout (Britney Spears album), 2007
- Blackout (Dominion album)
- Blackout (Dropkick Murphys album), 2003
- Blackout (Steffany Gretzinger album), 2018
- Blackout (Hed PE album)
- Blackout (Scorpions album), 1982
- Blackout (The Brilliant Green album), 2010
- Blackout (Affiance album)
- Blackout (Audrey Horne album), 2018
- Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album)
- Blackouts (Ashra album), a 1978 album by Manuel Göttsching, originally released by the band Ashra
- The Blackout (album), a 2008 album by Derek Minor
- Blaque Out, a 2001 album by Blaque
- Black Out (Woo Won-jae album), 2020
Songs
[edit]- "Blackout" (Bonnie Anderson song), 2014
- "Blackout" (David Bowie song), 1977
- "Blackout" (Breathe Carolina song), 2011
- "Blackout" (Linkin Park song), 2010
- "Blackout" (Wretch 32 song), 2013
- "Blackout", by Allister on the albums Before the Blackout and 20 Years and Counting
- "Blackout", by Asian Kung-Fu Generation on the album Fanclub
- "Blackout", by Attila on the album Villain
- "Blackout", by British Sea Power on the album The Decline of British Sea Power
- "Blackout", by Garbage on the album Strange Little Birds
- "Blackout", by Lupe Fiasco on the album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
- "Blackout", by Funkoars on the album The Greatest Hits
- "Blackout", by Heatmiser on the album Dead Air
- "Blackout", by Hybrid on the album Morning Sci-Fi
- "Blackout", in the musical In the Heights
- "Blackout", by Lovedrug on the album Pretend You're Alive
- "Blackout", by Mashonda from her debut Japan only album January Joy
- "Blackout", by Heidi Montag on the album Superficial
- "Blackout", by Muse on the album Absolution
- "Blackout", by Parkway Drive on the album Killing with a Smile
- "Blackout", by Pepper on the album Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations
- "Blackout", by Scorpions on the album Blackout
- "Blackout", by Senses Fail on the album Life Is Not a Waiting Room
- "Blackout", by Stratovarius on the album Destiny
- "Blackout", by The Whip on the album X Marks Destination
- "Blackout", by Unsraw from the EP Calling
- "Blackout", by Turnstile from the album Glow On
- "The Blackout", by Like Moths to Flames from the album An Eye for an Eye
- "The Blackout", by U2 from the album Songs of Experience
- "The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!", debut EP by the band Blackout
Comics
[edit]- Blackout (Marcus Daniels), the first character with the name in the Marvel Universe
- Blackout (Lilin), the second character with the name in the Marvel Universe
- Blackout (Farooq), a minor character in the DC Universe
Other uses in arts and entertainment
[edit]- Blackout, a lighting cue used in theater, film and video
- Blackout (podcast), a suspense/thriller podcast starring and produced by Rami Malek
- Blackout gag, a comedy technique used primarily in animation
- Blackout, a common feature of midnight ghost shows
- Blackout (horror experience), an immersive horror experience derived from haunted house attractions
- Blackout convention, a bidding convention in contract bridge
- Blackout (card game), a British variant of the card game "Oh, Hell"
- Blackout, a downloadable Halo 3 map that is part of the Legendary Map Pack
- The Blackout (professional wrestling), a wrestling stable
- Blackout, a battle royale game mode in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
- Blackout, a robot super villain character in the Transformers film series
- Black out performance, a theatrical performance intended for a Black majority audience
See also
[edit]- Blackout Day, a digital social campaign occurring on a seasonal basis
- Blackout cake (sometimes Brooklyn Blackout cake), a chocolate cake
- Blackout tattoo, a type of tattoo that involves tattooing an area of the body completely black.
- .300 AAC Blackout, a rifle cartridge