History Series / BlackMirror

The first series premiered on December 4, 2011, and ended up winning the International Emmy for best TV movie or miniseries. The second series started on February 11, 2013. There has also been a ChristmasSpecial, released in the UK on December 16, 2014. Creator/{{Netflix}} picked up the third and fourth series, which were released on October 21st, 2016 and December 29th, 2017, respectively. A film, ''Bandersnatch'', was released on December 28, 2018.

In case you prefer reading to those dangerous televisions, Brooker is also editing a literary series of original ''Black Mirror'' stories. A fifth series is set to be released on the fifth of June, 2019.

->''"The future is broken."''

* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Mostly hard SF, falling around 5 (Speculative Science) or even 5.5 (Futurology).

** "Black Museum" most certainly isn’t this trope initially, [[spoiler: Featuring the most horrific examples of AndIMustScream in the entire series, and the most depraved villain the series, but it ends on an unambiguously positive note, with Haynes being dead and those harmed by him set free.]]

* GutPunch: When it comes to Black Mirror, the episodes’ dark tones are almost always cemented by either {{Plot Twist}}s or [[TheReveal horrifying reveals]].

* DecoyProtagonist: Most notably showcased in "USS Callister," as Robert Daly, while initially appearing to be the protagonist, is actually the antagonist that his newest employee, Nanette, has to overcome with the help of her real-life coworkers' virtual equivalents. Later on, in "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too," Rachel is a Decoy Protagonist for Ashley Too when the latter (a "smart" doll based on the pop singer Ashley O) has her limiter removed, thus turning her into an unfiltered, profanity-spewing version not unlike her real-life equivalent.

In case you prefer reading to those dangerous televisions, Brooker is also editing a literary series of original ''Black Mirror'' stories. A fifth series has been announced, but no other details (like the release date) have been put out.

* ThePowerOfLove: Two of the only three episodes with completely happy endings revolve around a relationship. Every other episode is either [[BittersweetEnding bittersweet]] or a [[DownerEnding downer episode]].

[[DescribeTopicHere Look at you.]] [[NewMediaAreEvil Glued to your chair, eyeballs helplessly fixated towards your intoxicating, mesmerizing computer screen]], the [[TitleDrop black mirror]] through which you view the world around you. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife You've spent countless hours assigning meaningless labels to places that aren't real and people you will never meet, and for what?]] [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Perhaps you'd be better off categorizing the tropes of your own life.]]

''Black Mirror'' is a UK [[ScienceFiction science fiction]]-{{horror}} [[GenreAnthology anthology]] series produced (and primarily written) by ''Series/DeadSet'' creator Creator/CharlieBrooker. The series is inspired by ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' and [[MeaningfulName is named for]] the reflection visible in a blackened digital screen. The episodes [[ThematicSeries all]] explore techno-paranoia and general unease with the world. They are usually set in an alternative present or the near future and often have dark and satirical tones, although some are more experimental and even lighter.

* AndIMustScream: If you pick an episode at random, it's more likely than not it has an instance of it.

* ''BlackMirror/{{Bandersnatch}}''

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* BlackMirror/{{Bandersnatch}}

* BlackMirror/Bandersnatch

The first series premiered on December 4, 2011, and ended up winning the International Emmy for best TV movie or miniseries. The second series started on February 11, 2013. There has also been a ChristmasSpecial, released in the UK on December 16th 2014. Creator/{{Netflix}} picked up the third and fourth series, which were released on October 21st, 2016 and December 29th, 2017, respectively.

[[DescribeTopicHere Look at you.]] [[NewMediaAreEvil Glued to your chair, eyeballs helplessly fixated towards your intoxicating, mesmerizing computer screen]], the [[TitleDrop black mirror]] through which you view the world around you. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife You've spent countless hours assigning meaningless labels to places that aren't real and people you will never meet, and for what?]] Perhaps you'd be better off categorizing the tropes of your own life.

Look at you. [[NewMediaAreEvil Glued to your chair, eyeballs helplessly fixated towards your intoxicating, mesmerizing computer screen]], the [[TitleDrop black mirror]] through which you view the world around you. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife You've spent countless hours assigning meaningless labels to places that aren't real and people you will never meet, and for what?]] Perhaps you'd be better off categorizing the tropes of your own life.

Look at you. [[TheNewMediaIsEvil Glued to your chair, eyeballs helplessly fixated towards your intoxicating, mesmerizing computer screen]], the [[TitleDrop black mirror]] through which you view the world around you. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife You've spent countless hours assigning meaningless labels to places that aren't real and people you will never meet, and for what?]] Perhaps you'd be better off categorizing the tropes of your own life.

Look at you. [[NewMediaIsEvil Glued to your chair, eyeballs helplessly fixated towards your intoxicating, mesmerizing computer screen]], the [[TitleDrop black mirror]] through which you view the world around you. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife You've spent countless hours assigning meaningless labels to places that aren't real and people you will never meet, and for what?]] Perhaps you'd be better off categorizing the tropes of your own life.

* OnceAnEpisode: Characters looking into mirrors and/or darkened screens. Doubles as a visual TitleDrop for the series as a whole.

* YouBastard: As observed in numerous reviews of the series, Black Mirror's stories take ''many'' digs at the selfishness and pettiness of contemporary humans as amplified by technology.