Team Rocket Forever

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.

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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... 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!

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.