Team Rocket Forever: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 23:34, 12 August 2024

This article is about the song. For the CD, see Team Rocket Forever (CD).

The subject of this article has no official English name.
The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name.

Team Rocket Forever (Japanese: ロケット団よ永遠に Roketto-dan yo Eien ni, lit. Rocket Gang Forever) is a song sung by Jessie, James and Meowth. It was composed by Hirokazu Tanaka, with lyrics by Takeshi Shudō.

It has been used in several episodes: The Song of Jigglypuff, the beginning in Go West, Young Meowth, Same Old Song and Dance (with some minor changes), Training Daze (replaced by Double Trouble in the dub), A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine! (instrumental version), Unova's Survival Crisis! (as the ending theme during the first Japanese airing), and New Places... Familiar Faces (removed in the dub).

Lyrics

Japanese version

Japanese

English

宇宙の果てが暗闇ならば
白々明けてみせましょう
走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! （にゃーんてな）

愛が正義か正義が悪か
どんでん返しのからくり芝居
見てよ我らが主役のドラマ
ポケモン時代は明日があるウン

宇宙の果てに明かりが見えりゃ
そこに我らの顔がある
ムサシ! コジロウ! ニャースでニャース!

（セリフ）うるさい! おまえ!
いてて
わたしたちのうたなのよ
なにするにゃー

夢がほんとかほんとが悪夢
ぐるりぐりりのいつかは主役
見てろ! 我らが花開く
ポケモン時代は明日があるニャー

（ラップ）アースは地球
地球はニャース
ナス食べるならまーぼーニャース
ぴりから
からぴり
地球は回る

一転二転三転とくるくるとってもいい感じ
四点五点六点とどんどん増えていい感じ
けれどもその先七転バットウバッタンキュウ
いつものパターンニャ
やな感じー!
キュウキュウ
トウトウ
やな感じー!
けれどやめない不屈の闘志
この世に宇宙のある限り
我らは進むまことの道を

なゼだ!?
なゼなの!?
なゼなんにゃー!?
答える
義理は
にゃいにゃいが
やっちゃいましょうか?
やりましょうか!

（セリフ）なんだかんだと聞かれたら
答えてあげるが世の情け
世界の破壊を防ぐため
世界の平和を守るため
愛と真実の悪を貫く
ラブリー・チャーミーな敵役
ムサシ
コジロウ
銀河をかけるロケット団の二人には
ホワイト・ホール。白い明日がまってるゼ
にゃにゃーんてな

やったね! これ CDになるのよねっ
メジャーだはかりしれない
世界制覇だっ!
対決だ!
ムサシ!
コジロウ!
関門海峡
門司
下関
にゃにいってんだか

宇宙の果てが暗闇ならば
白々明けて見せましょう
走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! (にゃにゃにゃーんてな)

愛が正義か正義が悪か
どんでん返しのからくり芝居
夢がほんとかほんとが悪夢
ぐるりぐりりのいつかは主役
見てよ我らが主役のドラマ
ポケモン時代は明日が
明日が
明日があるニャー

If there is darkness at the end of the universe,
Let us show you the light!
Run! Sparkle! Show how you shine! (Right, meow!)

Is love justice? Is justice evil?
A puppet show with a sudden reversal!
Watch this play where we are the stars!
There is a future in the Pokémon era!

If you see light at the end of the universe;
There you will find our faces.
Musashi! Kojirō! And Nyarth, meow!

(Spoken) Quiet, you!
Ouch!
This is our song!
What are you doing!?

Dreams are reality? Reality will be a nightmare
Once we assume command!
Watch as we bloom!
There is a future in the Pokémon era! Meow!

(Rap) Soil is the Earth.
The Earth is nyasu (nice).
And we'd all eat some eggplant were it up to Nyarth!
From the bottom,
to the bottom,
the Earth is to turn!

One time, two times, three times, and lots of whirling! This feels good!
Four times, five times, six times, and steadily increasing! This feels good!
But before that, seven times--thump, thud, blast!
The usual pattern!
This feels bad!
Blast! Blast!
Thump! Thump!
This feels bad!
But that won't stop us; we are dauntless!
So long as the universe exists,
We will follow the path of truth!

Why?
Why!?
Why, meow!?
The answer...
It's our duty.
No, no...
Shall we do it?
We'll give you this!

(Spoken) If you ask us this or that;
We will answer out of sympathy for the world!
To prevent the world's destruction!
To protect the world's peace!
To bring love and honesty's evils to light!
In the role of the lovely, charming villains!
Musashi!
Kojirō!
The couple from the Rocket Gang soars through the galaxy!
A white hole... a white tomorrow is waiting for us!
Right, meow!

We did it! This is going to be a CD!
This is major, unfathomable!
World conquest!
Showdown!
Musashi!
Kojirō!
Kanmon Strait...
Moji...
Shimonoseki...^{[nb 1]}
Meow... What are you talking about?

If there is darkness at the end of the universe,
Let us show you the light!
Run! Sparkle! Show how you shine! Meow, meow! Right!

Is love justice? Is justice evil?
A puppet show with a sudden reversal!
Dreams are reality? Reality will be a nightmare
Once we assume command!
Watch this play where we are the stars!
There is a future in the Pokémon era!....
A future...
A future! MEOW!

↑ These five lines are referencing a real-world historical event: Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō (the name basis for Jessie and James's Japanese names, Musashi and Kojirō) fought their famous duel on an island in the Kanmon Straits, which is located between Moji and Shimonoseki.

TV Size (BW097)

Japanese	English
宇宙の果てが暗闇ならば白々明けてみせましょう走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! （にゃーんてな）愛が正義か正義が悪かどんでん返しのからくり芝居見てよ我らが主役のドラマポケモン時代は明日があるポケモン時代は明日が明日が明日があるニャー	If there is darkness at the end of the universe, Let us show you the light! Run! Sparkle! Show how you shine! (Right, meow!) Is love justice? Is justice evil? A puppet show with a sudden reversal! Watch this play where we are the stars! There is a future in the Pokémon era! There is a future in the Pokémon era!.... A future... A future! MEOW!

English version (The Song of Jigglypuff)

Jessie & James:
You know us as Team Rocket and we fight for what is wrong.
We're tired of our motto so we thought we try a song!

Jessie:
Jessie!

James:
James!

Jessie & James:
The speed of light
Prepare to fight!

Meowth:
Meowth, that's right!

James:
I am the handsome one!

Jessie:
I'm the gorgeous one!

Jessie & James:
Looking good is lots of fun.
We get some things wrong
But we keep rolling along!

All:
We want to capture Pikachu, we hope to do it soon.
And when we do we'll be the new stars of this... cartoon!

English version (Same Old Song and Dance)

Jessie & James:
You know us as Team Rocket and we fight for what is wrong.
We're tired of our motto so we thought we try a song!

James:
James!

Jessie:
Jessie!

Jessie & James:
The speed of light
Prepare to fight!

Meowth:
Meowth, that's right!

James:
I'm the handsome one!

Jessie:
I am the gorgeous one!

All:
We may get some things wrong
But we keep rolling along!

Jessie & James:
We want to capture Pikachu, we hope to do it soon.

Jessie:
And when we do

James:
We'll be the new

All:
Stars of this... cartoon!

Trivia

This is the first insert song in the anime to be actually sung by characters.

In other languages

Language		Title
Valencian		Equip Rocket per a Sempre Team Rocket Forever
Czech		Team Rocket Forever
Danish		Team Rocket for evigt Team Rocket Forever
Dutch		Team Rocket-strijdlied Team Rocket's Battle Song
Finnish		Team Rocket Forever
German		Team Rocket Forever
Hindi		Team Rocket Forever
Norwegian		Team Rocket Forever
Brazilian Portuguese		Equipe Rocket para Sempre Team Rocket Forever
Russian		Team Rocket Forever
Latin American Spanish		Team Rocket Para Siempre Team Rocket Forever
Swedish		Team Rocket Forever
Tamil		Team Rocket Forever
Telugu		Team Rocket Forever

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

[1] These five lines are referencing a real-world historical event: Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojirō (the name basis for Jessie and James's Japanese names, Musashi and Kojirō) fought their famous duel on an island in the Kanmon Straits, which is located between Moji and Shimonoseki.

[nb 1]

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-It has been used in several episodes: ''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]'', the beginning of ''[[EP070|Go West, Young Meowth]]'', ''[[EP243|Same Old Song and Dance]]'' (with some minor changes), ''[[SS012|Training Daze]]'' (replaced by [[Double Trouble]] in the [[dub]]), ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'' (as the ending theme during the first Japanese airing), and ''[[BW109|New Places... Familiar Faces]]'' (removed in the [[dub]]).
+It has been used in several episodes: ''[[EP045|The Song of Jigglypuff]]'', the beginning in ''[[EP070|Go West, Young Meowth]]'', ''[[EP243|Same Old Song and Dance]]'' (with some minor changes), ''[[HS12|Training Daze]]'' (replaced by [[Double Trouble]] in the [[dub]]), ''[[DP092|A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!]]'' (instrumental version), ''[[BW097|Unova's Survival Crisis!]]'' (as the ending theme during the first Japanese airing), and ''[[BW109|New Places... Familiar Faces]]'' (removed in the [[dub]]).
 ==Lyrics==
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 {{tt|宇宙の果てが 暗闇ならば|Uchū no hate ga Kurayami naraba}}
 {{tt|白々明けて見せましょう|Shirajira akete misemashō}}
-{{tt|走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! (にゃ にゃ にゃーんてな)|Hashire! Kagayake! Hikatte misero! (Nya Nya Nyānte da)}}
+{{tt|走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! (にゃ にゃ にゃーんてな)|Hashire! Kagayake! Hikatte misero! (Nya Nya Nyānte na)}}
 {{tt|愛が正義か 正義が悪か|Ai ga seigi ka Seigi ga aku ka}}
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 {{tt|白々明けてみせましょう|Shirajira akete misemashō}}
-{{tt|走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! （にゃーんてな）|Hashire! Kagayake! Hikatte misero! (Nyā nde na)}}
+{{tt|走れ! 輝け! 光って見せろ! （にゃーんてな）|Hashire! Kagayake! Hikatte misero! (Nyānte na)}}
 {{tt|愛が正義か 正義が悪か|Ai ga seigi ka Seigi ga aku ka}}
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-===English version===
+===English version (The Song of Jigglypuff)===
-<ab>'''Jessie and James:'''
+<ab>'''Jessie & James:'''
 ''You know us as Team Rocket and we fight for what is wrong.
 We're tired of our {{motto}} so we thought we try a song!''
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 ''James!''
-'''Jessie and James:'''
+'''Jessie & James:'''
-''The speed of light, prepare to fight!''
+''The speed of light
+Prepare to fight!''
 '''Meowth:'''
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 ''I'm the gorgeous one!''
-'''Jessie and James:'''
+'''Jessie & James:'''
-''Looking good is lots of fun. We get some things wrong, but we keep rolling along!
+''Looking good is lots of fun.
+We get some things wrong
+But we keep rolling along!''
+'''All''':
+''We want to capture {{TP|Ash|Pikachu}}, we hope to do it soon.
+And when we do we'll be the new stars of this... [[breaking the fourth wall|cartoon]]!''</ab>
+===English version (Same Old Song and Dance)===
+<ab>'''Jessie & James:'''
+''You know us as Team Rocket and we fight for what is wrong.
+We're tired of our {{motto}} so we thought we try a song!''
+'''James:'''
+''James!''
+'''Jessie:'''
+''Jessie!''
+'''Jessie & James:'''
+''The speed of light
+Prepare to fight!''
+'''Meowth:'''
+''Meowth, that's right!''
+'''James:'''
+''I'm the handsome one!''
+'''Jessie:'''
+''I am the gorgeous one!''
+'''All''':
+''We may get some things wrong
+But we keep rolling along!''
+'''Jessie & James''':
+''We want to capture {{TP|Ash|Pikachu}}, we hope to do it soon.''
+'''Jessie''':
+''And when we do''
+'''James''':
+''We'll be the new''
 '''All''':
-We want to capture {{TP|Ash|Pikachu}}. We hope to do it soon. And when we do we'll be the new stars of this... [[breaking the fourth wall|cartoon]]!''</ab>
+''Stars of this... [[breaking the fourth wall|cartoon]]!''</ab>
 ==Trivia==
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 ==In other languages==
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+|fi={{DL|List of Finnish Pokémon themes|Team Rocket Forever}}
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 [[Category:Japanese songs]]
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+[[de:Rocket-dan yo Eien ni]]
+[[it:Rocket-dan yo eien ni]]
+[[ja:ロケット団よ永遠に]]
 [[zh:永遠的火箭隊]]

Team Rocket Forever: Difference between revisions

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