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:'''''Black out''' redirects here. If you were looking for TCG theme deck, see [[Blackout (TCG)]].''
:''For the glitch screen, see [[Glitch screen#Blackout|Blackout]].''
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[[File:DP Blackout.gif|thumb|200px|right|Blacking out from a wild battle in {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}]]
The {{player}} will '''black out''' when all the Pokémon on the player's team faint; it is effectively the {{wp|game over}} screen of the Pokémon games. This generally occurs in battle, but can possibly occur outside of battle due to the effects of {{status|poison}} in the first three [[generation]]s. It was known as a '''white out''' in [[Generation II|Generations II]] and {{gen|III}} for unknown reasons, but returned to the original name in [[Generation IV]]. There is no known reason as to why the player blacks out and is not mentioned in the {{pkmn|anime}} or {{pkmn|manga}}.

==Effects==
The player will lose a sum of [[Pokémon Dollar|money]]. In {{pkmn|Trainer}} battles, the money will be paid to the winner, but in battles with [[wild Pokémon]], the money will be dropped in panic. Before [[Generation IV]], half of the money on hand was lost and this loss was not explicitly stated to the player. In {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} and the Generation IV games, however, the money lost depends on the level of the player's Pokémon and the number of [[Badge]]s he/she has earned. In these games, the player receives a message about how much was lost. Prior to Generation IV, if a Pokémon that would [[evolve]] via [[level up]] achieves this [[level]] in the battle, but the player blacks out, the Pokémon will not be given the opportunity to evolve.

Furthermore, the player will rush back to the last visited [[Pokémon Center]] to restore their Pokémon's health. This will not occur in special occasions such as the player's initial battle as a Trainer in [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Red, Blue]], {{v2|Yellow}}, [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Versions|FireRed, LeafGreen]], {{v2|Platinum}}, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions|Black, White]], [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2, White 2]], or in [[Pokémon battle|Link Battles]] and facilities of the [[Battle Frontier]]. In FireRed, LeafGreen, and from Generation IV and on, a cutscene plays featuring a description of the player's rush back to the Pokémon Center and protecting the [[party]] from harm. If the player blacks out during a [[Sky Battle]] but still has usable Pokémon in their party which were ineligible for the battle, they will not be returned to a Pokémon Center.

If a Pokémon Center has not been used at all before the party has fainted, the player's [[mom|mother]] will revive the party and remark about stocking up on [[Potion]]s.

===Formula for money lost===
{{main|Prize money}}
Prior to {{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}} and in {{game|Emerald}}, the amount of money lost was simply half of the money the player had. In FireRed and LeafGreen and from Generation IV on, the money lost is calculated using the following formula:
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[[File:Money lost formula.png]]

Where ''Level'' is the level of the player's highest-level Pokémon and ''Base Prize money'' is looked up using the following table:

{| class="roundy" style="border:2px solid #333333; background:#909090; margin-left:5px; margin-right:5px; margin-bottom:5px"
! class="roundytl" style="background:#595959; padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" rowspan="2" | Badges
! class="roundytr" style="background:#595959; padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" colspan="4" | Payout
|- style="background:#898989"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | FRLG
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | G4
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | G5
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | G6
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 0
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}8
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}8
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 1
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}16
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}16
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 2
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}24
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}24
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 3
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}36
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}36
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 4
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}48
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}48
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 5
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}60
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}60
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}64
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}64
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 6
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}80
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}80
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}80
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 7
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}100
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}100
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}100
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}??
|- style="background:#FFF"
| class="roundybl" style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | 8
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}100
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}120
| style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}120
| class="roundybr" style="padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px" | {{pdollar}}120
|}

For example, if the player loses to another Trainer with only a Level 96 {{p|Venusaur}} in his or her party when he or she has seven Badges, {{pdollar}}9600 will be lost. The minimum amount of money that the player can lose is {{pdollar}}8 (if the player's Pokémon at the highest level is at level 1 and the player has 0 Badges; 1×8=8), while the maximum is {{pdollar}}12000 (if the player's Pokémon at the highest level is at level 100 and the player has 8 Badges; 100×120=12000). 

If the player is currently holding less money than the amount calculated, (s)he will simply lose all his or her money when (s)he blacks out.

== In other generations ==
{{movegen
|type=Black
|genI=Black Out I
|genII=White Out II
|genIII=White Out RSE
|FRLG=White Out FRLG
}}
{{movegen
|type=Black
|genIV=Black Out DPPt
|HGSS=Black Out HGSS
|genV=Black Out V
}}

==Trivia==
* When using a [[GameShark]] to enter a battle with no Pokémon, the {{?|10}} that is sent out is incapable of attack and blacks the player out once the fight button is clicked. In {{2v2|Diamond|Pearl}}, the game will simply freeze.
* [[List of glitches in Generation I#Deposit glitch|A glitch]] in [[Generation I]] causes a black out to occur out of battle and without poisoned Pokémon by using a [[PC]] to store all Pokémon except ones that have [[fainting|fainted]].
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