Blackout
Appearance
Blackout(s) may refer to:
Loss of lighting or communication
- Blackout (broadcasting), a regulatory 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
- English Wikipedia blackout, a protest action in response to proposed U.S. legislation
- New Zealand Internet Blackout, an online protest
- Media blackout, censorship of news related to a certain topic
- Power outage, an intentional or unintentional loss of electric power
- Rolling blackout, an intentional loss of electric power
Medicine
- Blackout (drug-related amnesia)
- Syncope (medicine), a loss of consciousness, also known as fainting
- Deep water blackout (loss of consciousness)
- Shallow water blackout (loss of consciousness)
- g-force induced loss of vision
Real Persons
- Blackout (person), the performance name of Michael Biggins
Fiction
- Blackout (Buffy novel)
- Blackout (comics), two characters in the Marvel universe
- Blackout (Connie Willis novel), first of a two-part series
- Blackout (Grant novel), third novel of a series by Mira Grant
- Blackout (John Rocco novel), a novel for children
- Blackout (Transformers), several characters in the Transformers franchise
- Blackout, a novel by Campbell Armstrong
Film, stage and television
Film
- Blackout (1950 film), a British film starring Maxwell Reed
- 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
- 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 Northeast Blackout of 2003
- Blackout (2008 American film), a horror film starring Amber Tamblyn and Aidan Gillen
- Blackout (2008 Finnish film), a Finnish film
- Blackout (2010 film), a German film
- Black Out (2012 film), a Dutch film
- The Blackout (2013 film) An American comedy starring Michael Graziadei and Autumn Federici
Television
- "Blackout" (M.A.S.K. episode), a 1985 episode of M.A.S.K.
- Blackout (game show), a 1988 game show
- "The Blackout", a 2000 episode of Black Books
- Blackout (TV series), a 2012 BBC One series
Other
- Blackout gag, a comedy technique used primarily in animation
Games
- Oh Hell, a card game a.k.a Blackout
- Blackout convention, a bidding convention in contract bridge
- Choking game, synonym
- Blackout, a downloadable Halo 3 map that is part of the Legendary Map Pack
Music
Bands and record labels
- Blackout Records, a record label
- The Blackout (band), a Welsh alternative rock band
- The Blackouts (a.k.a. simply "Blackouts" on some releases), a Seattle post-punk band that included future members of Ministry
Albums
- Black Out (The Good Life album)
- Blackout (Britney Spears album)
- Blackout (Dominion album)
- Blackout (Dropkick Murphys album)
- Blackout (Hed PE album)
- Blackout (Scorpions album)
- Blackout (The Brilliant Green album)
- Blackout!, an album by Redman and Method Man
- Blaque Out, an album by Blaque
- The Blackout! The Blackout! The Blackout!, debut EP by the band The Blackout
Songs
- "Blackout" (David Bowie song)
- "Blackout" (Breathe Carolina song)
- "Blackout", a song by Asian Kung-Fu Generation on the album Fanclub
- "Blackout", a song by British Sea Power on the album The Decline of British Sea Power
- "Blackout", a song by Lupe Fiasco on the album Lupe Fiasco's The Cool
- "Blackout", a song by Funkaors on the album The Greatest Hits
- "Blackout", a song by Hybrid on the album Morning Sci-Fi
- "Blackout", a song in the musical In the Heights
- "Blackout", a song by Linkin Park on the album A Thousand Suns
- "Blackout", a song by Lovedrug on the album Pretend You're Alive
- "Blackout", a single by Mashonda from her debut Japan only album January Joy
- "Blackout", a song by Heidi Montag on the album Superficial
- "Blackout", a song by Muse on the album Absolution
- "Blackout", a song by Parkway Drive on the album Killing with a Smile
- "Blackout", a song by Pepper on the album Pink Crustaceans and Good Vibrations
- "Blackout", a song by Scorpions on the album Blackout
- "Blackout", a song by Senses Fail on the album Life Is Not a Waiting Room
- "Blackout", a song by The Whip on the album X Marks Destination
- "Blackout", a song by Unsraw from the EP Calling
- "Blackout" (Wretch 32 song), a song by Wretch 32
Shooting
Sports
- Blackout Rugby, a rugby union management game
- The Blackout (professional wrestling)