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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': In “Jazzberries Unplugged”, Billie’s ''massive'' light show manages to blow out the House Of Jam’s generator. They manage to get it back up and running partway through the episode… only for it to be blown out ''again'' by The Shock’s titanic pile of amps. Fortunately, they do find a solution that allows them to perform their show that night.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'' has the properly named "Power Out". When Dollarnator attempts to play a movie from the future, the resulting use of so much energy causes a city-wide blackout. Mr. Mufflin is left to play with a stick and hoop, and only the Frosty Mart has power when Lenny hooks it up to a power generator. This attracts a large amount of angry citizens, and the boys attempt to use the only source of power to play Dollarnator's movie.
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* In ''VideoGame/GoodbyeVolcanoHigh'', the asteroid's electromagnetic field triggers rolling blackouts on the planet, which intensify as it gets closer over the months. In episode 5, one happens [[spoiler:just as Worm Drama is about to perform for Battle of the Bands, and on an impulse, Fang performs a solo act with an acoustic guitar before power is restored]].
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* ''Series/StreetHawk'': In the episode "Follow The Yellow Gold Road", roadwork near Command Center cuts the power to the building for days, so Jesse and Norman have to make do without [[CoolBike most]] of Norman's electronics wizardry to solve the case of the week.
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* ''WebVideo/UnwantedHouseguest'': This happens when the Shadow Demon returns. [[spoiler: The lack of any light stronger than the fireplace is what forces the Houseguest to flee his home.]]
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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "[[Recap/NCISS07E08 Power Down]]" deals with a massive power outage that affects the DC Metropolitan area, and the team has to solve a case related to it, without access to their computers or electronic equipment.

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* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'': The episode "[[Recap/NCISS07E08 Power Down]]" deals with a massive power outage that affects the DC Metropolitan area, and the team has to solve a case related to it, it without access to their computers or electronic equipment.equipment. A fair amount of hilarity ensues when they have to improvise non-electronic methods of investigation -- Gibbs hands out several Polaroid Instant Cameras, Abby jury-rigs a potato battery for her boombox, somebody digs up a mimeograph machine to print a BOLO flyer...
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* The season 5 finale of ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' revolves around a blizzard hitting Rakke Town and putting everyone in danger when it knocks out the power and thus central heating. Doubles as BigStormEpisode.
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* ''Series/{{Silo}}'' is set in an underground structure with over a hundred floors, all powered by a large main generator. The generator hasn't been shut down for major fixes in the silo's centuries-long history, but it is teetering on the verge of collapse, threatening the thousands of people who live in the silo with perpetual darkness. Juliette manages to get the mayor to agree to an eight-hour silo-wide blackout as the engineers risk their lives to fix it. This also leads to discomfort among the residents, who are gathered in shelters.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': ** In "Eenie Eenie Aye Over," the power goes out while the kids are playing video games, so Nat and Walter show them how to play a game outdoors. Towards the end of the episode, the power comes back on, but Molly keeps playing outside anyway.

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** In "Eenie Eenie Aye Over," the power goes out while the kids are playing video games, so Nat and Walter show them how to play a game outdoors. Towards the end of the episode, the power comes back on, but Molly keeps playing outside anyway.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': ** In "Eenie Eenie Aye Over," the power goes out while the kids are playing video games, so Nat and Walter show them how to play a game outdoors. Towards the end of the episode, the power comes back on, but Molly keeps playing outside anyway.
** In "Fire, Food, and Family," a blizzard hits Qyah and leaves the Mumford house without power.
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Can overlap with BigStormEpisode, HeatWave[[note]]Heat itself doesn't cause blackouts, but it can cause people to use their air conditioning a lot, generating more friction and potentially indirectly causing a blackout that way[[/note]], ColdSnap, or ItWasADarkAndStormyNight and RainRainGoAway if the power cuts out because of the weather. See also BigBlackout, with which this might overlap. Sometimes leads to characters being LockedInARoom, which is a good excuse for a BottleEpisode. Can be the result of a character who ForgotToPayTheBill. Compare BlackoutBasement for when you have to navigate through the dark in a video game but it usually only lasts for one level or achievement.

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Can overlap with BigStormEpisode, HeatWave[[note]]Heat itself doesn't cause blackouts, but it can cause people to use their air conditioning a lot, generating more friction which can overload the power grid and potentially indirectly causing thereby cause a blackout that way[[/note]], blackout[[/note]], ColdSnap, or ItWasADarkAndStormyNight and RainRainGoAway if the power cuts out because of the weather. See also BigBlackout, with which this might overlap. Sometimes leads to characters being LockedInARoom, which is a good excuse for a BottleEpisode. Can be the result of a character who ForgotToPayTheBill. Compare BlackoutBasement for when you have to navigate through the dark in a video game but it usually only lasts for one level or achievement.
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* ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'' had an episode where the whole neighborhood experienced a blackout and it was winter, so Manny has to keep Carrie's pet chicks warm.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HandyManny'' had an episode where the whole neighborhood experienced a blackout and it was winter, so Manny has to keep Carrie's Cassie's pet chicks warm.
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--->'''Worker 1''': That's all it was? That big red switch over there?
'''Worker 2''': You think I would've know that. I mean I got a Ph.D.

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--->'''Worker 1''': That's all it was? That big red switch over there?
'''Worker 2''': You think I would've know that. I mean I got a Ph.D.
'''Worker 1''': You work that into every conversation.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Blackout!", the power goes out all over Danville thanks to Doofenshmirtz's "Big-Sad-Eye-inator" using so much power and exploding.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Blackout!", the power goes out all over Danville thanks to Doofenshmirtz's "Big-Sad-Eye-inator" using so much power and exploding. The power is later turned back on when Perry goes over to the Danville power plant and turns on a red switch.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Blackout!", the power goes out all over Danville thanks to Doofenshmirtz's "Big-Sad-Eye-inator" using so much power and exploding.
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* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': Chapter 27's plot is about Static and the main trio solving a power outage in Mauville City, caused by a wild Electivire going berserk.

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* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossingFlyMeToTheMoon'': ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': Chapter 27's plot is about Static and the main trio solving a power outage in Mauville City, caused by a wild Electivire going berserk.berserk after absorbing too much electricity.
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* At the end of ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidCabinFever'', all the lights and electricity in the house go off, forcing Greg, his older brother and his mother to try and survive during a blizzard. [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that Greg's younger brother, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Manny]] hacked into the circuit breaker and made all the lights go out]]. The reason why [[he did that]]? [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution Because nobody taught him how to tie his shoes]]!

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* At the end of ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidCabinFever'', all the lights and electricity in the house go off, forcing Greg, his older brother and his mother to try and survive during a blizzard. [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that Greg's younger brother, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Manny]] hacked into the circuit breaker and made all the lights go out]]. The reason why [[he did that]]? [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution Because nobody taught him how to tie his shoes]]!shoes]]]]!
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* At the end of ''Literature/DiaryOfAWimpyKidCabinFever'', all the lights and electricity in the house go off, forcing Greg, his older brother and his mother to try and survive during a blizzard. [[spoiler:At the end, it's revealed that Greg's younger brother, [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling Manny]] hacked into the circuit breaker and made all the lights go out]]. The reason why [[he did that]]? [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution Because nobody taught him how to tie his shoes]]!

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