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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 [[~~Outkast~~]] and founded the Wondaland Arts Society. Big Boi introduced Monáe to Sean "P Diddy" Combs which led her to be signed to Bad Boy Records in 2006.

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 [[OutKast]] and founded the Wondaland Arts Society. Big Boi introduced Monáe to Sean "P Diddy" Combs which led her to be signed to Bad Boy Records in 2006.

With a few exceptions, Monáe's songs [[Concept Album|tell the story]] of the futuristic dystopia of Metropolis and Cindi Mayweather, a [[Ridiculously-Human Robots|popular musician android]] and [[Super Prototype|prototype]] for the equally popular, mass-produced Alpha Platinum 3000 droid model. Cindi falls in love with a human named Anthony Greendown and finds a bounty placed on her head as a result.

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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 ~~With~~ You]]: "Wondaland", which makes reference to [[Fantastic Arousal|touching of wires]] and leaving underpants somewhere.

* [[Intercourse with You]]: "Wondaland", which makes reference to [[Fantastic Arousal|touching of wires]] and leaving underpants somewhere.

* [[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.

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** "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 ~~With~~ an "S"]]: Is it Cindi or Cindy? Official sources lean heavily toward the former.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Is it Cindi or Cindy? Official sources lean heavily toward the former.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Cindi and Anthony; in Metropolis, an android who falls in love with a human faces the death penalty, whether they act on their feelings or not. It's implied that Anthony is being hunted down as well. This trope is lampshaded in "March of the Wolfmasters", where Cindi is introduced as "a new star-crossed winner in our Heartbreak Sweepstakes."

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Averted, which is uncommon for R&B singers. She has yet to even show cleavage.

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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]]:

** [[~~Outkast~~|Andre 3000]] meets [[Alicia Keys]].

** [[OutKast|Andre 3000]] meets [[Alicia Keys]].

** [[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.