History Music / YoshimiBattlesThePinkRobots

--->'' '''NOW!!!!'''" ''

Whilst not officially a ConceptAlbum (the album title and artwork might beg to differ), many of the songs on ''Yoshimi'' are united by a core range of subjects, including fighting for the things you believe in (as well as the reluctance to fight), the PowerOfLove triumphing over evil, and learning to embrace a world where death is inevitable.

''Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots'' (2002) is the tenth studio album by [[Music/FlamingLips The Flaming Lips]]. It was the follow-up to the widely acclaimed ''Music/TheSoftBulletin'', and went on to have even greater success than its precedessor.

* SiameseTwinSongs: The two parts of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". The first half is a cheery pop ditty that takes Yoshimi's side, whilst the second half is a noisy instrumental that represents the fight itself. Whoever wins - Yoshimi or the robots - [[AmbiguousEnding is left up to debate]], though the applauding of humans at the end of the second part seems to imply that Yoshimi wins.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I don't know where the sunbeams end, and that the starlights begin / It's all a mystery"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"I was waiting on a moment / But the moment never came / All those billion other moments / were just slipping all away..."'']]

%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample * WeAllDieSomeday: "Do You Realize??" and "All We Have Is Now".

The album spawned the hit single "Do You Realize??", which was selected as the Official State Rock Song for Oklahoma - the band's homestate - in 2009, and has become something of a [[SignatureSong signature anthem]] for the group. In 2012 the album was adapted into a Broadway musical, co-written by frontman Wayne Coyne and directed by Des Mcanuff.

* SiameseTwinSongs:
** The two parts of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". The first half is a cheery pop ditty that takes Yoshimi's side, whilst the second half is a noisy instrumental that represents the fight itself. Whoever wins - Yoshimi or the robots - [[AmbiguousEnding is left up to debate]].
** The applauding of humans at the end of the second part seems to imply that Yoshimi wins.

** The two parts of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". The first half is a cheery pop ditty that takes Yoshimi's side, whilst the second half is a noisy instrumental that represents the fight itself. Whoever wins - Yoshimi or the robots - is left up to debate.

* CarefulWithThatAxe: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2", with shrieks provided by Boredoms drummer and OOIOO founder Yoshimi P-We.

* KillerRobot: "They're programmed to destroy us".

* PhlebotinumPills: "She's gotta be strong to fight them. So she's taken lots of vitamins"
* QuestioningTitle: "Are You a Hypnotist??" and "Do You Realize??".

* WeAllDieSomeday: "Do You Realize??" and "All We Have Is Now".

* ShoutOut: Pavonis Mons is a large volcano located on the planet Mars.

* SiameseTwinSongs: The two parts of "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots". The first half is a cheery pop ditty that takes Yoshimi's side, whilst the second half is a noisy instrumental that represents the fight itself. Whoever wins - Yoshimi or the robots - is left up to debate.

''Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots'' (2002) is the tenth studio album by [[Music/FlamingLips The Flaming Lips]]. It was the follow-up to the widely acclaimed ''Music/TheSoftBulletin'', and went on to have even greater success than its precedessor.

!! Ego Troping at the Gates of Hell:

** "In The Morning Of The Magicians" is seemingly named after ''The Morning of the Magicians'', a book on the occult by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier. However, the song otherwise has absolutely nothing to do with the book.

* ExtremeDoormat: The protagonist of "Fight Test", who comes to realise that his refusal to fight for the one he loves has a negative consequences.

* ExtremeDoormat: The protagonist of "Fight Test", who comes to realise that his refusal to fight for the one he loves has a negative impact on his life.

'''''Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots''''' (2002) is the tenth studio album by [[Music/FlamingLips The Flaming Lips]]. It was the follow-up to the widely acclaimed ''Music/TheSoftBulletin'', and went on to have even greater success than its precedessor.

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2" and "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon". The coda to "One More Robot", entitled "Sympathy 3000-21" could also qualify as one.

# "All We Have is Now"
# "Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon (Utopia Planita)"

* FutureMeScaresMe: "All We Have is Now" is about a man meeting a future version of himself, who has some not-so-great news: "You and me were never meant to be part of the future."

* {{Instrumentals}}: "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2" and "Approaching Pavonis Mons By Balloon". The coda to "One More Robot", entitled "Sympathy 3000-21" could also qualify as one.

* WeAllDieSomeday: "Do You Realize??" and "All We Have is Now".

'''''Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots''''' (2002) is the tenth studio album by [[Music/FlamingLips The Flaming Lips]]. It was the follow-up to the widely acclaimed ''Music/TheSoftBulletin'', and went on to have even greater success than its' precedessor.

* CallBack: The test transmissions heard at the beginning and end of "Fight Test" are sampled from the band's Boombox Experiment live shows.