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* LongestSongGoesFirst: The album opens with "P. Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" at 7:41. None of the other tracks cross the 7-minute mark.
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* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: Easter Island is mentioned in "Mothership Connection".
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-->''"Oh, we want the funk\\
Give up the funk\\
Oh, we need the funk\\
Gotta have that funk"''
-->'''Parliament''', "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"

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->''"Oh,
we want the funk\\
funk\\
Give up the funk\\
funk\\
Oh, we need the funk\\
funk\\
Gotta have that funk"''
-->'''Parliament''', -->-- '''Parliament''', "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"Sucker)"












* TheMothership: It's right there in the title.
** From the title track:
-->"Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come on up to the Mothership"

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* TheMothership: It's right there in Along with the title.
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title, from the title track:
-->"Put -->Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip and come on up to the Mothership"Mothership



But can you imagine [=Doobiein'=] your funk? Ho!"

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But can you imagine [=Doobiein'=] your funk? Ho!"Ho!"

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As usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothership_Connection The Other Wiki]].
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* {{Parabombing}}: "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)," "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"

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# "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"
# "Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
# "Unfunky UFO"
# "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication"
# "Handcuffs"
# "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
# "Night of the Thumposaurus Peoples"


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[[AC: Side A]]
# "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"
Up)" (7:41)
# "Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
Child)" (6:13)
# "Unfunky UFO"
UFO" (4:23)

[[AC: Side B]]
# "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication"
"Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication" (5:03)
# "Handcuffs"
"Handcuffs" (4:02)
# "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
Sucker)" (5:46)
# "Night of the Thumposaurus Peoples"

Peoples" (5:10)
!!2003 CD remaster bonus track
# "Star Child (Mothership Connection)" (3:08)
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* TheBermudaTriangle: Mentioned in "Mothership Connection"



* DoNotAdjustYourSet: The opening words:
-->"Good evening, do not attempt to adjust your radio, there is nothing wrong."
* EenieMeenieMinyMoai: Easter Island is mentioned in "Mothership Connection".



* FunWithAcronyms: The radio station in "P. Funk" is called [=WEFUNK=].



-->"Put a slide in your glide and a dip in your hip and come on aboard the Mothership"

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-->"Put a slide glide in your glide stride and a dip in your hip and come on aboard up to the Mothership"



* PyramidPower: From "Mothership Connection":
-->"We have come to claim the pyramids"



* SingerNamedrop: "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"

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* SingerNamedrop: "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"Up)"
* TakeThat: From "P. Funk":
-->"Then I was down south and I heard funk with some main ingredients\\
Like Doobie Brothers, Blue Magic, Music/DavidBowie\\
It was cool\\
But can you imagine [=Doobiein'=] your funk? Ho!"
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* TheMothership: It's right there in the title.
** From the title track:
-->"Put a slide in your glide and a dip in your hip and come on aboard the Mothership"

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\nAs usual, you can find the basics at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothership_Connection The Other Wiki]].






* {{Afrofuturism}}: Acknowledged by George Clinton himself, since he was a big ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'' fan and had the idea of having black people on a spaceship.

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* {{Afrofuturism}}: Acknowledged by George Clinton Music/GeorgeClinton himself, since he was a big ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'' fan and had the idea of having black people on a spaceship.


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* RecordProducer: George Clinton, of course.
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[[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mothershipconnection.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:270:Give up the funk, you punk]]


-->''"Oh, we want the funk\\
Give up the funk\\
Oh, we need the funk\\
Gotta have that funk"''
-->'''Parliament''', "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"



''Mothership Connection'' is [[Music/GeorgeClinton Parliament]]'s fourth album, released in 1975.



!! Tracklist
# "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"
# "Mothership Connection (Star Child)"
# "Unfunky UFO"
# "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication"
# "Handcuffs"
# "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
# "Night of the Thumposaurus Peoples"



!! "Oh, we want the tropes, give up the tropes, oh we need the tropes, gotta have those tropes":
* {{Afrofuturism}}: Acknowledged by George Clinton himself, since he was a big ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'' fan and had the idea of having black people on a spaceship.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: "Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication"
* EpicRocking: "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)" runs 7:41, and the shortest song, "Handcuffs," runs 4:02.
* FlyingSaucer: "Unfunky UFO"
* {{Funk}}: One of the definitive examples.
* ObligatoryBondageSong: "Handcuffs," which was officially a {{Parody}} of [[TestosteronePoisoning hyper-macho]] RAndB.
* {{Parabombing}}: "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)," "Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)"
* SingerNamedrop: "P. Funk (Wants To Get Funked Up)"

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