History Fridge / Revolution

** Likely. One likely thing to happen is that people, being aware of just how easily the electricity can be taken away, may purposely choose to maintain skills that came in use during the decade and a half since the blackout. Societies as a whole might even purposely freeze their technological development in a kind of ersatz 1940s dieselpunkish manner to keep such skills from atrophying.

* The premise is about a worldwide blackout and attempts to get the power back on. Let's say they get the power back on. What happens then? One thing for sure is that things will not go back to the way they were before the blackout. The fact is that a lot of electric-powered equipment is broken-down and out of use. People have had to live a different and dangerous life for 15 years. There would have to be measures taken to make sure a worldwide black doesn't happen again. The United States of America effectively died in the blackout. You can be very sure that all the divided territories are not just going to give up their power and control just because the power turned back on. Really, the only difference it would make is that '''everyone''' would have access to electric-powered equipment (if it works) and mass communication. In short, turning the power back on will not end the story by a long shot!

* The premise is about a worldwide blackout and attempts to get the power back on. Let's say they get the power back on. What happens then? One thing for sure is that things will not go back to the way they were before the blackout. The fact is that a lot of electric-powered equipment is broken-down and out of use. People have had to live a different and dangerous life for 15 years. There would have to be measures taken to make sure a worldwide black doesn't happen again. The United States of America effectively died in the blackout. You can be very sure that all the divided territories are not just going to give up their power and control just because the power turned back on. Really, the only difference it would make is that '''everyone''' would have access to electric-powered equipment (if it works) and mass communication. In short, turning the power back on will not end the story by a long shot!

* Charlie [[spoiler:having been forcibly branded with the Monroe militia insignia]] could be an excellent spy. One wonders if the writers will somehow use this in future episodes.

* Charlie [[spoiler:having been forcibly tattooed with the Monroe militia insignia]] could be an excellent spy. One wonders if the writers will somehow use this in future episodes.

*** Miles' dialogue implies that Nora's tattoo is new, so it could be that was the best the tattoo artist could have done since there isn't an electric needle available.

** People loyal to Monroe who have flag tattoos would be great moles to plant in resistance cells. If you look closely at Nora's tattoo, it's not quite the same as a regular US flag. That specific pattern may separate resistance members from random people with flag tattoos.

** The pilot, at least, addresses the fate of people in airplane. Presumably, submarines didn't do much better.

* First and foremost being all the medical conditions that would suddenly become lethal. Everyone you know with diabetes? Dead as soon as their insulin goes bad. Everyone you know with a defibrillator inside them? That’s not gonna do them any good. And as the show its self demenstraits, asthma without treatment ''sucks''

** Also consider those in war zones like in Afghanistan. bunch of soldiers doing their job, suddenly all electronics stop functioning and they can't contact the U.S. or other troops outside of walking/riding distance for that matter. Suddenly they go from soldiers with a government backing them to refugee's stuck behind enemy lines. What do you think their chances are?

** The people most likely to have those tattoos are those who feel particularly patriotic, and lots of them happen to be armed making them a considerable threat to Monroe's plan. Without organization, however, they can be picked apart pretty easily and so they probably were the first up against the wall.

** Which is lots of people. Maybe that's how America got so depopulated? killing folks with American Flag tats?

* So the U.S. flag is apparently outlawed in the Monroe Republic and Nora reveals herself as a rebel by having it tattooed on her back. Bad news for anyone who got an American flag tattoo pre-blackout.

** Also consider those in war zones like in Afghanistan. bunch of soldiers doing their job, suddenly all electronics stop functioning and they can't contact the U.S. or other troops outside of walking/riding distance for that matter. Suddenly they go from soldiers with a government backing them to refugee's stuck behind enemy lines. What do you think their chances are?

* In the pilot, Nate says that he's heading to Chicago in order to get on a fishing boat's crew. Considering [[TheMole who he is]], it stands to reason that there are actually fishing boats (most likely sailing vessels) that are used for this, so it's a valuable alibi, on the off-chance he ran into someone actually from Chicago.

** Explored somewhat in the second episode. The doctor from Australia reveals that she holds onto her non-functioning iPhone because it contains the only pictures of her family that she has and she knows there's a good chance she'll never see them again.

** In reality, the Revolution universe has only lost about 100 years of technology (electricity was around in the 1910s but it wasn't completely universal yet, and most people then knew how to live without it). The problem is that most people in the United States no longer have the skill sets needed to live in a world without electricity. Still, there are books, and some old models in museums--and sailing ships and diesel engines continue to be manufactured to this day. And they've had 15 years to get their act together. But then, we've only seen one episode so far, so we don't know what the world outside the greater Chicago area looks like yet.

** Sailing ships, steam engines, ''diesel'' engines... basically any form of human transportation other than walking or riding on horseback appear to be [[LostTechnology Lost technology]] in the Revolution universe.

* Any loved ones over seas? Consider them gone.

Revelution is a show about a world AfterTheEnd, so expect FridgeHorror