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 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