Battle Cry - (Stand Up!)

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~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!)
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~Battle Cry~ (Stand Up!) is the opening theme song for the English dub of Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Galactic Battles.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Barry
• Byron
• Riley
• Cyrus
• Charon
• Mars
• Galactic Grunts

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Grotle (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Steelix (Byron's)
• Staraptor (Barry's)
• Roserade (Barry's)
• Lucario (Riley's)
• Purugly (Mars's)
• Rotom (Heat form)
• Luxio
• Aggron
• Metang

Opening animation spoilers

• The events on Iron Island
• Gliscor learning Fire Fang
• Ash's Gym battle with Byron
  • The Pokémon they will be using
  • Ash's victory
• Dawn using Buneary in the Akebi contest.

Lyrics

Sometimes it's hard to know,
Which way you're supposed to go,
But deep inside you know you're strong,
If you follow your heart you can't be wrong,
Stand Up!
(Stand Up!)
For what is right!
Be brave!
Get ready to fight!
Hold On!
(Hold On!)
We're friends for life!
And if we come together as one,
Complete the quests that we've begun,
We will win the battle!
Galactic Battles! Pokémon!

Trivia

• This is the only opening thus far to be made entirely of scenes from episodes. It contains no clips from Japanese openings or endings.
• This is the longest opening The Pokémon Company International (formerly Pokemon USA) has produced to date.
• Despite it now being kept constantly outside its Poké Ball by this point in the series, Dawn's Piplup does not appear in this opening.

English opening themes of the Pokémon animated series OS: Pokémon Theme • Pokémon World • Pokémon Johto • Born to Be a Winner • Believe in Me AG: I Wanna Be a Hero • This Dream • Unbeatable • Battle Frontier DP: Diamond and Pearl • We Will Be Heroes • Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) • We Will Carry On! BW: Black and White • Rival Destinies • It's Always You and Me XY: Pokémon Theme (Version XY) • Be a Hero • Stand Tall SM: Under The Alolan Sun • Under The Alolan Moon • The Challenge of Life JN: The Journey Starts Today • Journey to Your Heart • With You • Gotta Catch Em All HZ: Becoming Me / We Go (English Ver.) Other: Side by Side • Pokérap GS / Pokémon Chronicles theme • Always Safe

This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.