# Blackout

Blackout(s), black out, or The Blackout may refer to:

## Loss of lighting or communication

* 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

* 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
### Novels

* 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 (novel), a 2023 novel by Justin Torres

### Films

* 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
#### 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 American Experience
* "Black Out", an episode of Batman Beyond
* "The Blackout" (Black Books), 2000
* "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
#### Bands and record labels

* 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

* Black Out (The Good Life album), 2002
* Black Out (Woo Won-jae album), 2020
* Black Out (EP), 2024
* 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
* Blaque Out, 2001
* The Blackout (album), a 2008 album by Derek Minor

#### Songs

* "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 Swans on the album Filth
* "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

* 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 DC Comics character

### Other uses in arts and entertainment

* 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 character in the Transformers film series
* Black out performance, a theatrical performance intended for a Black majority audience