Pokémon World (song)

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Pokémon World
Dub OP 2 Artist Russell Velázquez Lyrics John Loeffler Composer Arrangement John Siegler
KOCH Records Title Pokémon World Catalog no. KOC-CD-8903

Pokémon World is the opening theme song for the English dub of the second season, Pokémon: Adventures in the Orange Islands. It was used from The Lost Lapras (from Pallet Party Panic in the VIZ Media DVD release) to The Rivalry Revival, even though a shorter version was used starting from The Pokémon Water War. The opening animation is composed of clips from the second Japanese opening The Rivals, and clips from the episode Pikachu Re-Volts. It was written by John Loeffler and John Siegler and was sung by Russell Velázquez.

A version sung by Youngstown and Nobody's Angel was the opening theme to the second Pokémon movie, The Power of One, and appeared on the movie's soundtrack, Pokémon the Movie 2000. It also was one of the few English Pokémon songs to get its own official single.

A non-lyrical version is featured in the game Pokémon Puzzle League as the theme song for Gary Oak.

Lyrics

TV version (EP081 - EP105)

So you wanna be the Master of
Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be
Number one!?

I wanna take the ultimate step
Find the courage to be bold (Pokémon)
To risk it all and not forget
The lessons that I hold
I wanna go where no one's been
Far beyond the crowd (Pokémon) Yeah!
Learn the way to take command
Use the power that's in my hand
Oh hey!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(Greatest Master)
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
Put myself to the test
To be better than all the rest
Ungh!

So you wanna be the Master of
Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be
Number one!?
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
Got the power right in your hands
Po-ké-mon!

TV version (EP106 - EP116)

So you wanna be the Master of
Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be
Number one!?

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
Got the power right in your hands
Po-ké-mon!

Ending version

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(Greatest Master)
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
Put myself to the test
To be better than all the rest
Ungh!

So you wanna be the Master of
Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be
Number one!?
We all live in a Pokémon world
Got the power right in your hands
Po-ké-mon!

Extended version

Yeah...yeaah...
Got the power
Yeah...yeaah...

So you wanna be a Master of
Pokémon!
Understand the secrets and
Have some fun
So you wanna be a Master of
Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be
Number one!?

I wanna take the ultimate step
Find the courage to be bold (Pokémon)
To risk it all and not forget
The lessons that I hold
I wanna go where no one's been
Far beyond the crowd (Pokémon) Yeah!
Learn the way to take command
Use the power that's in my hand
Oh hey!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(Greatest Master)
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I put myself to the test
And be better than all the rest
Ungh!

Yeah...yeaah...
G-G-Got the power
Yeah...yeaah...

Every day along the way
I will be prepared
(Pokémon)
With every challenge I will gain
The knowledge to be shared
(P-P-P-Pokémon)
In my heart there's no doubt
Of who I want to be
I'm right here, standing strong
The greatest Master of Pokémon
Oh hey!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(Greatest Master)
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I put myself to the test
And be better than all the rest
Ungh!

So you wanna be a Master of
Pokémon!
Understand the secrets and
Have some fun!
So you wanna be a Master of
Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be
Number one!?

Pokémon

G-G-Got The Power

Pokémon

Use the power that's in my hand
Oh hey!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(Greatest Master)
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I put myself to the test
And be better than all the rest

Oh hey!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
Got the power right in your hands
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I put myself to the test
And be better than, better than, better than all the rest

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(Greatest Master)
We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I put myself to the test
And be better than all the rest

Oh hey!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Po-ké-mon)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all!
(The greatest Master of Pokémon)
We all live in a Pokémon world

Movie version

So you wanna be the Master of Pokémon!
Understand the secrets and have some fun
So you wanna be the Master of Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be number one?
Number one!
(Let's do it)

I wanna take the ultimate step
Find the courage to be bold
To risk it all and not forget
The lessons that I hold
I wanna go where no one's been
Far beyond the crowd
To learn the way to take command
Use the power that's in my hand

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest
(Ugh, come on, what)

Every day along the way
I will be prepared (Will be prepared)
With every challenge, I will gain
The knowledge to be shared
And in my heart there's no doubt
Of who I want to be
I'm right here, standing strong
With no one next to me
I will risk all I can, hey, minus the name
The greatest Master of Pokémon!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest

So you wanna be a Master of Pokémon!
Understand the secrets and have some fun
So you wanna be a Master of Pokémon!
Do you have the skills to be number one?

We're living
(I say we're living in a)
We're living
(In a Pokémon world, well in living in a)
We're living
(In a Pokémon world)
We're living in a
(In this World, Pokémon!)

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest
Better than all the rest!

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest
Master of them all
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest

We all live in a Pokémon world
(Pokémon world)
I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
We all live in a Pokémon world
Put myself to the test to be better than all the rest

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Giovanni
• Delia
• Ritchie
• Officer Jenny
• Nurse Joy
• Gary
• Samurai
• Duplica
• Jeanette Fisher
• Mandi
• A.J.
• Giselle
• Hiker from Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Lickitung (Jessie's)
• Growlithe (Gary's)
• Pikachu (Ritchie's; Sparky)
• Pinsir (Samurai's)
• Ditto (Duplica's)
• Bellsprout (Jeanette Fisher's)
• Golbat (Mandi's)
• Sandshrew (A.J.'s)
• Cubone (Giselle's)
• Cloyster (Prima's)
• Rhyhorn (Hiker's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Gyarados
• Ponyta
• Vulpix
• Flareon
• Kadabra
• Vaporeon
• Starmie
• Seaking
• Wartortle
• Poliwag
• Gastly
• Slowbro
• Magneton
• Grimer
• Voltorb
• Growlithe
• Jolteon
• Electabuzz
• Rhydon

Opening animation spoilers

• The arrival of Tracey Sketchit.
• Ash owning a Lapras for an extended period of time.
• Tracey's capture of Scyther.

Video

By Pokémon

Trivia

• This is the first English theme to be partially made with digital animation, the portion in question being the power display by Misty's Staryu, Ash's Snorlax, and Ash's Charizard. The first fully digitally animated theme was this song's successor, Pokémon Johto.
• Gary is shown with a Growlithe in this opening, even though he has never been seen using one, nor has it ever been confirmed if he obtained his Arcanine as a Growlithe.
• The movie version of this song features a duet, making it the first English dub opening to feature a duet, while the opening for the TV series was still a solo performance. An opening duet for the TV series would not happen until High Touch! in the original, and Black and White in the English dub.
• For reasons unknown, the European Portuguese dub used their version of Pokémon Theme instead.
  • This was also the case in the Arabic dub, probably because the Pokémon Theme was very popular, there was no point in changing it.
• Despite leaving the TV version undubbed in English, Bulgaria, Iceland, and Slovakia did dub the song's movie version as well as the movie version of Pokémon Johto.
• Due to the Orange Islands arc being skipped in the Finnish dub, only the full version of the song, used during the opening of The Power of One, exists in Finnish.
• A part of the extended version of the song is heard in the Pokémon: Path to the Peak episode Internationals.
  • In the Japanese dub of this episode, the beat of the song was kept and the lyrics were dubbed into Japanese. This was done instead of replacing the song with the corresponding Japanese opening theme, which would have been The Rivals.

In other languages

Language		Title
Bulgarian		Покемон свят Pokémon world
Catalan	Catalonia	Això és Pokémon This is Pokémon
	Valencia	El Poder Pokémon The power of Pokémon
Croatian		Pokémon svijetu Pokémon World
Danish		Pokémon Færd Pokémon Journey
Dutch		Een wereld vol Pokémon A world full of Pokémon
Finnish		Pokémon-maa Pokémon world*
French		Un Monde Pokémon A Pokémon World
German		Pokémon Welt Pokémon World
Hebrew		עולם הפוקימון The Pokémon World
Hindi		पोकेमोन की दुनिया Pokémon ki Duniya * पोकेमोन दुनिया Pokémon Duniya *
Hungarian		Pokémon Láz Pokémon Fever
Italian		Mondo Pokémon Pokémon World * Questo mondo è nostro This world is ours *
Norwegian		Pokémon-land Pokémon land
Polish		Pokémonów Świat Pokémon World
Portuguese	Brazil	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
	Portugal	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
Russian		Покемон — суперсущество Pokémon — Supercreature
Slovak		Svet plný Pokémonov World full of Pokémon
Spanish	Latin America	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
	Spain	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
Swedish		Pokémon värld Pokémon world
Tamil		போகிமொன் வேர்ல்ட் Pokémon World * போகிமொன் உலகமே Pokémon Ulagamey *
Telugu		పోకెమోన్ వరల్డ్ Pokémon World *

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

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