Narratives

• Breakout character
• Breakthrough role, also known as a "breakout role"

• "Breakout", African Patrol episode 19 (1958)
• "Breakout", American Dragon: Jake Long season 2, episode 6 (2006)
• "Breakout", A.T.O.M. season 1, episode 20 (2006)
• "Breakout", Body of Proof season 3, episode 12 (2013)
• "Breakout", Callan series 3, episode 8 (1970)
• "Breakout", Centurions episode 47 (1986)
• "Breakout", Combat! season 4, episode 14 (1965)
• "Breakout", Custer episode 8 (1967)
• "Breakout", Delilah & Julius season 2, episode 18 (2008)
• "Breakout", Garrison's Gorillas episode 2 (1967)
• "Breakout", Hero Factory episodes 8–9 (2012)
• "Breakout", Joe 90 episode 22 (1969)
• "Breakout", Max Steel (2000) season 2, episode 13 (2001)
• "Breakout", Megas XLR season 1, episode 7 (2004)
• "Breakout", Mr. and Mrs. North season 1, episode 29 (1953)
• "Breakout", Peter Gunn season 1, episode 27 (1959)
• "Breakout", Prisoner Zero episode 19 (2016)
• "Breakout", Rescue Me (American) season 6, episode 4 (2010)
• "Breakout", Robozuna series 1, episode 5 (2018)
• "Breakout", Spellbinder episode 16 (1995)
• "Breakout", Spiral Zone episode 17 (1987)
• "Breakout", Star Wars Resistance season 2, episode 13 (2019)
• "Breakout", Super Dinosaur episode 24 (2019)
• "Breakout!", The A-Team season 3, episode 13 (1984)
• "Breakout", The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes season 2, episodes 6–7 (2010)
• "Breakout", The Bill series 7, episode 105 (1991)
• "Breakout", The Felony Squad season 1, episode 22 (1967)
• "Breakout", The Glades season 2, episode 13 (2011)
• "Breakout", The Rough Riders episode 2 (1958)
• "Breakout", V: The Series episode 3 (1985)
• "Breakout", Viper season 3, episode 11 (1998)
• "Breakout", Wanted Dead or Alive season 2, episode 4 (1959)
• "The Breakout", Gallipoli episode 5 (2015)
• "The Breakout", Spyforce episode 30 (1972)
• "The Breakout", Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters special 1 (2018)
• "The Breakout", The Batman season 4, episode 5 (2006)
• "The Breakout", The Broken Marriage Vow season 2, episode 26 (2022)
• "The Breakout", The Iron Heart season 1, episode 4 (2022)

• 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 music program

• Danger Within, 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), 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), a Polish blues/rock band
• Breakout (Spyro Gyra album), released in 1986
• Breakout (Miley Cyrus album), released in 2008
• Breakout (Johnny Hammond album), released in 1971
• Break Out (Pointer Sisters album), released in 1983
• Breakout (Swing Out Sister album), released in 2001
• Break Out (Soulive album), released in 2005

• Breakout…!!!, by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, released in 1966

• "Breakout" (Swing Out Sister song), released in 1986
• "Breakout" (Foo Fighters song), released in 2000
• "Breakout" (Miley Cyrus song), released in 2008
• "Breakout" (Cryoshell song), released in 2012
• "Breakout", by Black Sabbath from the album Never Say Die!
• "Breakout", by Sean Paul from the album The Trinity
• "Breakout", by Bon Jovi from the album Bon Jovi
• "Breakout", by Ratt from the album Ratt
• "Breakout", by Ace Frehley from the album Frehley's Comet
• "Breakout", from the first act of Lord of the Dance
• "Breakout", by Margaret Durante from the soundtrack Shake It Up: Break It Down
• "Break Out", 1966 single by Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
• "Break Out", 1968 single by Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich
• "Break Out", 1968 song by Normie Rowe
• "Break Out!" (Tohoshinki song), released in 2010
• "Break Out!", 1996 song by Nanase Aikawa
• "Break Out! Break Out!", 2005 song by All Time Low from the album The Party Scene

Electronics

• Breakout board: A type of hardware that makes it easier to connect to closely spaced pins on a microchip.
• Breakout box: An electrical device that divides each signal path from a connector with many wires into separate connections.

Gaming

• Breakout (video game) is an important 1976 arcade game created by Atari. Later versions include home editions and similar games called Breakout clones, which have gameplay that resembles the original Breakout.
• Breakout (magazine) is a gaming magazine that first appeared in 1981.

Other uses

• Breakout (military): A military action to end a situation where forces are surrounded or under siege.
• Breakout (technical analysis): A moment when prices move past and remain above or below a key price level.
• Breakout session or breakout room: A time when meeting participants leave a main session to join smaller group activities or workshops.
• Breakout (aviation): A maneuver where an airplane is directed to change its path away from the usual landing route when multiple planes are landing at the same time.