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

• Internet blackout, complete or partial failure of the internet services

==Loss of memory==

• 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), 2021, by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon

• Black Out (novel), 2008, by Lisa Unger

• Blackout, a novel by Campbell Armstrong

• Blackouts (novel), 2023, 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 made-for-television psychological thriller film starring Keith Carradine and Richard Widmark

• 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 (Scorpions album), 1982

• Blackout (Dominion album), 1998

• Blackout (Hed PE album), 2003

• Blackout (Dropkick Murphys album), 2003

• Blackout (Britney Spears album), 2007

• Blackout (The Brilliant Green album), 2010

• Blackout (Affiance album), 2014

• Blackout (Audrey Horne album), 2018

• Blackout (Steffany Gretzinger album), 2018

• Blackout (From Ashes to New album), 2023

• Blackout! (Method Man & Redman album), 1998

• Blackouts (Ashra album), a 1978 album by Manuel Göttsching, originally released by the band Ashra

• Blaque Out, 2001

• The Blackout (album), 2008, by Derek Minor

Songs

• "Blackout" (Bonnie Anderson song), 2014

• "Blackout" (David Bowie song), 1977

• "Blackout" (Breathe Carolina song), 2011

• "Blackout" (Emilia, Tini and Nicki Nicole song), 2025

• "Blackout" (Linkin Park song), 2010

• "Blackout" (Turnstile song), 2021

• "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 Sumac on the album What One Becomes

• "Blackout", by Swans on the album Filth

• "Blackout", by The Whip on the album X Marks Destination

• "Blackout", by Unsraw from the EP Calling

• "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 (DC Comics), a 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

See also

• 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