Blackout

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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

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

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
• Blackout, the performance name of actor Michael Biggins

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

300 AAC Blackout (7.62×35mm)

Sports

• Blackout Rugby, a rugby union management game
• The Blackout (professional wrestling)

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