Breakout or Break Out may refer to:

Narratives

Breakout character A breakout character is a character in serial fiction, especially a member of an ensemble cast, who becomes much more prominent, popular, discussed, or imitated than expected by the creators. A breakout character may equal or overtake the oth ...

Breakthrough role A breakthrough role, also known as a breakout role, is a term in the film industry to describe the performance of an actor or actress which contributed significantly to the development of their career and beginning of critical recognition. The si ...

, also known as a "breakout role"

Television

* ''Breakout'' (Singaporean TV series), a 2010–2011 Singaporean TV drama broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8 * ''Breakout'' (Canadian TV program), a 2010–2013 Canadian documentary television program dramatizing real life prison breakouts that aired on National Geographic Channel * ''Breakout'', an Indonesian

NET Net or net may refer to: Mathematics and physics * Net (mathematics), a filter-like topological generalization of a sequence * Net, a linear system of divisors of dimension 2 * Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up ...

music program * "Breakout" (''Joe 90''), a 1969 episode of ''Joe 90'' * "Breakout" (''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes''), the first episode of the animated TV series, ''The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' * "Breakout", two episodes of Lego ''

Hero Factory A Lego theme is a product line of Lego construction toys produced by The Lego Group based on a central concept. Before 1978, Lego produced several construction sets with common themes, but they were not necessarily branded as part of a single seri ...

Film

* ''

Danger Within ''Danger Within'' (American title: ''Breakout'') is a 1959 British war film set in a prisoner of war camp in Northern Italy during the summer of 1943. A combination of POW escape drama and whodunit, the movie is based upon the 1952 novel '' Deat ...

'', a 1959 British film retitled ''Breakout'' for the U.S. market * ''Break Out'' (film), a 2002 South Korean film * ''Breakout'' (1959 film), a British drama film *

Breakout (1970 film) ''Breakout'' is a 1970 American TV film which broadcast on NBC.NBC May Hasten Film Programming Smith, Cecil. Los Angeles Times 23 Nov 1970: e23. Cast *James Drury as Joe Baker *Red Buttons as Pipes *Kathryn Hays as Ann Baker *Woody Strode Woodr ...

, an American TV film which broadcast on NBC * ''Breakout'' (1975 film), a film starring Charles Bronson and Robert Duvall * ''Breakout'' (1997 film), a British television film starring Neil Dudgeon and Samantha Bond

Music

Breakout (band) Breakout was a Polish blues rock band, formed on 1 February 1968. History After a few years of playing as Blackout, the first performance of Breakout took place at the Musicorama festival in February 1968. In April the new bass player - Michał ...

, a Polish blues/rock band

Albums

* ''Breakout'' (Spyro Gyra album), 1986 * ''Breakout'' (Miley Cyrus album), 2008 * ''Breakout'' (Johnny Hammond album), 1971 * ''Break Out'' (Pointer Sisters album), 1983 * ''Breakout'' (Swing Out Sister album), 2001 * ''Break Out'' (Soulive album), 2005 * ''Breakout...!!!'', by

Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels The Detroit Wheels were an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1964. They served as Mitch Ryder's backup band from 1964 to 1967. The band had a number of top twenty hits in the mid-1960s before lead singer Ryder was enticed away by Bob Cr ...

, 1966

Songs

* "Breakout" (Swing Out Sister song), 1986 * "Breakout" (Foo Fighters song), 2000 * "Breakout" (Miley Cyrus song), 2008 * "Breakout" (Cryoshell song), 2012 * "Breakout", by Black Sabbath from ''

Never Say Die! ''Never Say Die!'' is the eighth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released on 29 September 1978. It was the last studio album with the band's original lineup and the last studio album to feature original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne u ...

'' * "Breakout", by Sean Paul from ''

The Trinity The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the Fa ...

'' * "Breakout", by Bon Jovi from ''

Bon Jovi Bon Jovi is an American Rock music, rock band formed in 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey. It consists of singer Jon Bon Jovi, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, guitarist Phil X, and bassist Hugh McDonald (American musician), Hugh McD ...

'' * "Breakout", by Ratt from ''Ratt'' * "Breakout", by Ace Frehley from ''Frehley's Comet'' * "Breakout", from the first act of '' Lord of the Dance'' * "Breakout", by Margaret Durante from ''Shake It Up: Break It Down'' soundtrack * "Break Out", 1966 single by

* "Break Out", 1968 single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich * "Break Out", 1968 song by

Normie Rowe Norman John Rowe (born 1 February 1947) is an Australian singer and songwriter of pop music and an actor of theatre and soap opera for which he remains best known as Douglas Fletcher in 1980s serial '' Sons and Daughters''. As a singer he was ...

* "Break Out!, 1996 song by

Nanase Aikawa is a Japanese singer. She publishes her music under the Motorod label, a division of Avex Group. Biography Early life Nanase Aikawa was born on February 16, 1975, in Osaka, Japan. Throughout her school years, Nanase had sung and participate ...

* "Break Out!" (Tohoshinki song), 2010

Electronics

Breakout board Breakout or Break Out may refer to: Narratives * Breakout character * Breakthrough role, also known as a "breakout role" Television * ''Breakout'' (Singaporean TV series), a 2010–2011 Singaporean TV drama broadcast by MediaCorp Channel 8 * ...

, hardware that allows hand-access to densely spaced pins on a microchip *

Breakout box A breakout box is a piece of electrical test equipment used to support integration testing, expedite maintenance, and streamline the troubleshooting process at the system, subsystem, and component-level by simplifying the access to test signals. B ...

, an electrical device that separates individual signal paths in a multi-conductor input connector into separate connectors

Gaming

* ''Breakout'' (video game), an influential 1976 arcade game by Atari, and later home versions ** ''Breakout'' clone, a video game with gameplay similar to the original ''Breakout'' * Breakout (magazine), a gaming magazine first published in 1981

Slang

* Breakout, slang for a

prison escape A prison escape (referred as a bust out, breakout, jailbreak, or prison break) is the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways. Normally, when this occurs, an effort is made on the part of authorities to recapture the ...

* Breakout, a North American slang term for

acne vulgaris Acne, also known as ''acne vulgaris'', is a long-term skin condition that occurs when dead skin cells and oil from the skin clog hair follicles. Typical features of the condition include blackheads or whiteheads, pimples, oily skin, and po ...

Other uses

Breakout (military) A breakout is a military operation to end a situation of investment (being surrounded) by offensive operations that achieve a breakthrough—escape from offensive confinement. It is used in contexts such as this: "The British breakout attempt fro ...

, a military operation to end a situation of encirclement or siege *

Breakout (technical analysis) A breakout is when prices A price is the (usually not negative) quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for goods or services. In some situations, the price of production has a different name. If the p ...

, when prices pass through, and stay through an area of support or resistance * Breakout session or breakout room, when participants in a meeting change from a plenary session to choices of workshop sessions