History Series / Revolution

* What Are Records: Since the younger generation is almost wholly ignorant of pre-Blackout culture. When Miles comments on Jason's "boyband face", Jason asks what a boyband is.

** In season 2, David Schwimmer is apparently the last cast member of ''Series/{{Friends}}'' still alive and works at a side show attraction in New Las Vegas.

* TenLittleMurderVictims: The episode [[{{Cluedo}} Clue.]]

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Miles' main weapon? A katana. Charlie's main weapon? A crossbow.

* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The Japanese opening, named [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cie988pwyvU "HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS ~Get the Power~"]] is performed by ''[[TMRevolution T.M.]][[StealthPun Revolution]]''.

-->'''Aaron''': Hello, SyFy Channel.

** The guy who sells out the rebels in "No Quarter". He ''really'' [[GenreBlindness should have seen it coming]].
** The guy who gives up Miles and Nora's ultimate destination in "Ghosts" gets the same treatment. The Monroe Militia for all of its other deficiencies seems to be DangerouslyGenreSavvy when it comes to dealing with defectors and informants.

* BigDamnHeroes: Miles and Rachel's appearance in Annapolis - ''with a laser-guided missile launcher'' - in "The Stand." One almost expects Rachel to invoke this trope, and Miles to declare, "[[Series/{{Firefly}} Ain't we just!]]"

** Most civilians carry low-tech weapons like swords and crossbows even though cartridge firearms were invented before electricity was harnessed. This is explained as guns being illegal for civilians to own. However, that doesn't explain why militia members, who are allowed to have guns, only use muskets. Could be explained by most of the modern ammunition being used up during the intervening 15 years. Musketballs are probably easier to manufacture with primitive technology. This theory is verified by Episode 3, with Jeremy mentioning that pre-blackout ammunition was a rare commodity and that copper jackets and smokeless powder were beyond at least the Monroe Republic's manufacturing capabilities.

** Season 2 seemingly abandons this trope: ''everybody'' (and their mother) has an M-4 Carbine, a Beretta, and possibly a grenade launcher; and they use ammo like they can pick up another 1000 rounds at the corner store any time they want, with no mention of where it's all coming from. Possibly justified in that the main characters haven't returned to the Monroe Republic (which both banned modern weapons for civilians and was having trouble manufacturing new ammunition) and the other republics [[spoiler: along with the Patriots and now Mexico]] may have been more successful in rebuilding their industrial complexes.

* AppliedPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:The nanites have the ability to reproduce infinitely without any noticeable consumption of mass; absorb electricity; emit electricity--both alternating and direct current--in quantities large enough to power anything from an iPhone to a major city; instantaneously heal compound fractures; partially cure asthma; suppress the spread of cancer; and (as of the Season 2 opener) apparently revive the dead]].

** On showing up at Guantanamo Bay, [[spoiler:President Jackson Davis... now that's not at all a direct reference to Confederate President Jefferson Davis... anyway, Davis says the blackout was caused by "parasites" and "perverts", {{Shout Out}}s to right-wing religion and UsefulNotes/AynRand, respectively.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "Captain Trips", [[spoiler:Rachel realizes the Patriots are purposely killing off people with "undesirable" physical or mental disorders. She all but lampshades the connection by saying, "They're trying to make the town [[NaziGermany pure]]."]]

-->'''Rachel:''' "It's my fault, dad. The bombs. I broke everything." ("Born in the U.S.A.", 2X01)

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*** She is obsessed with killing Monroe to the point where she [[spoiler: walks into his tent holding a grenade with the intent of killing them both]]
*** In Season 2 flashbacks we see that Rachel, after [[spoiler: briefly turning the power back on]] has suffered a mental breakdown and even tried to commit suicide
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** In Season 2 flashbacks we see that Rachel, after [[spoiler: briefly turning the power back on]] has suffered a mental breakdown and even tried to commit suicide

** Rachel.

** Charlie has also invoked the trope again since then.

* NoBikesInTheApocalypse:
** At least not in the pilot - odd considering that bicycles predate electricity.
** Averted in Episode 2, a woman and child are briefly seen riding one in flashback, one week after the blackout. Later on, bikes are seen for sale on a market.

* ParentalAbandonment: As far as Charlie and Danny are (initially) aware, their father died in the first episode, and their biological mother abandoned them sometime after the blackout and is presumably dead. As the story progresses, we learn that their [[spoiler:birth mother is still alive,]] however, a fact that, so far, is known only to Danny and later Charlie Miles and Aaron.

* ChekhovsGun: Aaron's brandy tin. [[spoiler: Later used in a rather neat ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' moment a la Marty McFly's similar version in Film/BackToTheFuture]]

** Season 2: Dr. Horn. [[spoiler:He's clearly experienced with human experimentation.]] And [[BiggerBad beyond Horn]], there's the Patriots in general.

* EasyLogistics: The military success of the Monroe Republic is entirely dependent upon this. They seem to have little problem moving troops and materiel wherever needed, even before they got electricity. Now that the power is on, they always have enough helicopters to do whatever job needs doing, and always have enough fuel to get where they're going. Georgia has operated under fewer constraints all along but at least is more conscious of those constraints that do exist.

Should not be confused with the VideoGames ''VideoGame/{{Revolution 1986}}'', ''VideoGame/RevolutionX'' and ''VideoGame/ReVOLUTION''. Should not be confused with the {{Film}}s ''Film/{{Revolution 1967}}'', ''Film/{{Revolution 1968}}'', ''Film/{{Revolution 1985}}'', ''Film/{{Revolution 1989}}'', ''Animation/{{Revolution 2009}}'', and ''Film/{{Revolution 2012}}''. Should not be confused with the 2013 short story ''Literature/TheRevolution''. Should not be confused with Creator/TheHistoryChannel miniseries ''Series/TheRevolution2006'', the Creator/{{ABC}} series ''Series/TheRevolution'', and the ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'' episode "[[Recap/LawAndOrderCriminalIntentS8E16Revolution Revolution]]". Should not be confused with the production company Creator/RevolutionStudios.

*** Aaron uses a Raspberry Pi to reprogram Ben's nanite capsule to fix Rachel's compound fracture.