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{{quote|''I imagined many moons in the sky lighting the way to freedom.''|'''[[Robot or Spaceman Alter Ego|Cindi Mayweather]]'''}}
Janelle Monáe Robinson, also known as [[Janelle Monáe]], was born on December 1, 1985 in [[Kansas City]], Kansas. As a child, she had always dreamed of being a performer on the stage. She left Kansas for New York to study theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. At first, Monáe aimed to become a performer on Broadway, but she changed her mind and went to music instead. She felt that music has the power to change the world. Later on, Monáe moved to Atlanta, GA, where she met Big Boi from [[
With a few exceptions, Monáe's songs [[Concept Album|tell the story]] of the futuristic dystopia of Metropolis and Cindi Mayweather, a [[Ridiculously
* ''The Audition''<ref>A self-published release from back before Monáe founded the Wondaland Arts Society. It has not been re-released under her label.</ref>
* ''Metropolis: Suite I (The Chase)'' (2008)
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* [[Agony of the Feet]]: "57821" describes Anthony looking for Cindi until "his feet became bloody and tired".
* [[All Part of the Show]]: The only people that suspect something is wrong when Cindi has a seizure in the "Many Moons" video are Lady Maestra and 6ix Savage.
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* [[Black Cloak]]: The Punk Prophets and the guards at the Palace of the Dogs Asylum.
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: Near the end of "BaBopByeYa".
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This life of strife and sorrow
My freedom calls and I must go!'' }}
* [[The Cameo]]: The "Many Moons" video features appearances by Big Boi as Sir Luscious Leftfoot and Deep Cotton as the Punk Prophets; both of these artists are featured on songs in ''The ArchAndroid''.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]
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* [[The Chosen One]]: Cindi is the ArchAndroid, [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot|whatever that means]].
* [[Concept Album]]: From the very beginning, it seems. ''The Audition'' generally doesn't adhere to the concept, but "Metropolis", for example, has ties to the Cindi Mayweather plot.
* [[Cool Shades]]: [http://cdn.concreteloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/27918pcn_viper09.jpg Here you go.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Costume Porn]]: "Many Moons" features an auction of several specialized Alpha Platinum 3000s, and as such, Monáe in several different outfits.
* [[Cover Song]]: A cover of [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s "Smile" appears on ''The Chase''.
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* [[Deader Than Dead]]: Whichever bounty hunter catches Cindi must turn her cybersoul in to the Star Commission, presumably so that this trope can be carried out.
* [[Development Hell]]: Apparently, a video for "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!" was shot but remains unreleased due to unstated technical problems. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYQovhSPuO0 This appears to be a simple recording by someone on the set.]
* [[Do Androids Dream?]]: The drama track that opens ''The Chase'', "March of the Wolfmasters", indicates that androids have "cybersouls". The [[Trope Namer]] is also referenced in "Make the Bus".
* [[Epiphanic Prison]]: Shown in the song "Many Moons".
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* [[Fading Into the Next Song]]: Several examples.
* [[Fantastic Arousal]]: "Wondaland" has the lines "I'm so inspired / You touched my wires".
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* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: The announcer in "March of the Wolfmasters" is gushingly cheerful about the bounty on Cindi's head and the fact that it's only redeemable if you kill her with "chainsaws and electro-daggers" and rip out her soul to boot.
* [[Incredibly Long Note]]: The end of "Come Alive"
* [[Intercourse
* [[Interspecies Romance]]/[[Robosexual]]/[[What Measure Is a Humanoid?]]: Central to the plot is the romance between Cindi Mayweather, an android, and Anthony Greendown, a human.
* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: Very little of the plot has been explicitly shown.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: The reason why she dresses up in a tuxedo all of the time? She considers it her uniform, and it represents the working people.
* [[New Sound Album]]: ''The Chase'' (and later work) is very different from her first album ''The Audition,'' which had a more conventional R&B/pop sound.
* [[Nice Hat]]: She wears a white hat from time to time. The "Many Moons" video features her in equestrian helmets and top hats. And let's not get started on the one she wears in the [http://i.imgur.com/1VSFS.jpg ArchAndroid cover].
* [[Non
* [[Performance Video]]: "Many Moons", although it still fits into the ''Metropolis'' concept.
* [[Protest Song]]: "Mr. President", which is mainly about putting education over warfare.
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* [[Repurposed Pop Song]]: "Tightrope".
* [[Robot Girl]]/[[Robot or Spaceman Alter Ego]]: Cindi Mayweather.
* [[Science Fantasy]]: The setting is an ultra-futuristic city full of [[Ridiculously
* [[Shout
** Electric sheep are mentioned in "Faster", and the story's full title, ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'', is mentioned in "Make the Bus".
** "Metropolis" mentions searching for [[Paradise Lost|paradise found]].
** The music video for "Tightrope" features two cloaked figures with flat mirrors as masks. These same figures appeared in Maya Deren's classic 1940 avant garde film "Meshes of the Afternoon."
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Star
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Averted, which is uncommon for R&B singers. She has yet to even show cleavage.
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* [[Super Prototype]]: Cindi is the prototype for her line and appears to have powers that later models don't.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: [[Invoked]]; Monáe tears up in the "Cold War" video.
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* [[Wretched Hive]]: Metropolis seems to be one, based on all the crimelords present at the robot auction shown in the "Many Moons" video.
* [[X Meets Y]]:
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** [[Overly Long Gag|...meets Parliament-Funkadelic meets David Bowie meets Claude Debussy meets Prince meets John Barry meets Stevie Wonder...]]
* [[Yandere]]: Cindi, if a line in "Violet Stars Happy Hunting!" that goes "I love you, and I won't take no for an answer" is to be taken seriously.
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