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An almost certainly unfinished list of all the personnel who were part of the Parliament-Funkadelic collective and offshoots throughout its history:

* '''George Clinton''' - vocals, keyboards, synths, [[Record Producer]], mastermind. P-Funk just wouldn't exist without him. Famous for his outlandish costumes and rainbow dreadlocks. [[Xkcd ~~(Webcomic)~~|Randall Munroe]] tried to start a rumour that he had a Ph.D in Mathematics. ''[[The Onion]]'' are also fans.

* '''George Clinton''' - vocals, keyboards, synths, [[Record Producer]], mastermind. P-Funk just wouldn't exist without him. Famous for his outlandish costumes and rainbow dreadlocks. [[Xkcd|Randall Munroe]] tried to start a rumour that he had a Ph.D in Mathematics. ''[[The Onion]]'' are also fans.

* '''Eddie Hazel''' - guitar. Possibly the most famous and influential black guitarist after [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Later left the band, returned, toured sporadically, died in 1992.

* '''Michael Hampton''' aka "Kidd Funkadelic" - guitar. Joined the band in 1976 as a replacement for Hazel. Has a slightly heavier rock style.

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=== The P-Funk collective provides examples of the following tropes; ===

* [[Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder]]: "March to the Witch's Castle" (Justified in the line, "Help him understand that when his loved one remarried, they were truly under the impression that he was dead and would never return").

* [[Careful ~~With~~ That Axe]]: A few times in "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)".

* [[Careful with That Axe]]: A few times in "Bop Gun (Endangered Species)".

* [[Chorus-Only Song]]: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam", "Nappy Dugout".

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Oh yeah. Listen to some of his lyrics, read his song titles... hell, just look at his onstage costumes. "Eccentric" is putting it mildly. Probably because of all the drugs.

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* [[Gratuitous Panning]]

* [[Image Song]]: "Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?"

* [[Intercourse ~~With~~ You]]: "Loose Booty", "I Call My Baby Pussycat", "Miss Lucifer's Love", "Nappy Dugout", "Trash A-Go-Go", "Red Hot Mama", "Alice in My Fantasies", "Sexy Ways", "No Head No Backstage Pass". Those are just the ''Funkadelic'' songs.

* [[Intercourse with You]]: "Loose Booty", "I Call My Baby Pussycat", "Miss Lucifer's Love", "Nappy Dugout", "Trash A-Go-Go", "Red Hot Mama", "Alice in My Fantasies", "Sexy Ways", "No Head No Backstage Pass". Those are just the ''Funkadelic'' songs.

** "Loose Booty" is actually about the aftereffects of taking drugs that have been cut with laxatives.

* [[In the Style Of]]: "Maggot Brain" somewhat imitates [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Early albums (1970-1972) owed quite a bit to the influence of Motown's psychedelic soul bands and hard funk.

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* [[The Power of Rock]]: Er, [[Funk]]. Refer to mythology.

* [[Pop Star Composer]]: ''Muppets in Space''.

* [[Protest Song]]: "Funky Dollar Bill", "Better By The Pound", "The Placebo Syndrome" and "Wizard of Finance" criticise the American society's materialism and complacency. "March to the Witch's Castle" is about scarred Vietnam War veterans returning to America <ref> a lot of which have become drug addicts and have been abandoned by wives who thought they were missing in action or died in combat</ref> and questioning their involvement in the war. "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause" is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" is a call for unity among the disadvantaged. "Cosmic Slop" is about a mother who becomes a prostitute to feed her children.

* [[Protest Song]]: "Funky Dollar Bill", "Better By The Pound", "The Placebo Syndrome" and "Wizard of Finance" criticise the American society's materialism and complacency. "March to the Witch's Castle" is about scarred Vietnam War veterans returning to America <ref> a lot of which have become drug addicts and have been abandoned by wives who thought they were missing in action or died in combat</ref> and questioning their involvement in the war. "If You Don't Like the Effects, Don't Produce the Cause" is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. "You and Your Folks, Me and My Folks" is a call for unity among the disadvantaged. "Cosmic Slop" is about a mother who becomes a prostitute to feed her children.

* [[Sampling]]: G-funksters and gangsta rappers lifted bits of the music for their own tracks in the early 90s.

** [[Word of God]] seems to be very ''supportive'' of sampling saying on a recent podcast that it's been one of the only thing keeping his bands on the radio and heard in recent years.

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* [["I Am" Song]]: "Behold, I am Funkadelic/I am not of your world/but fear not, I will do you no harm..."

* [["I Want" Song]]: "Sir Nose D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M)"

* [[It Runs On Nonsensoleum]]: Try reading the full mythology ''without'' experiencing this or [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]].

* [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]]: Try reading the full mythology ''without'' experiencing this or [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]].

* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Sure, he's a sucker who can't dance or swim and wants to impose the Zone of Zero Funkativity on humanity, but Sir Nose is so incompetent you wonder why Starchild even bothers.

* [[Laughing Mad]]: Sir Nose ''yet again.''