Smile

If you were looking for the Japanese ending theme song for the sixteenth Pokémon movie, see Smiling Face.

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: synopsis of the ending in the anime

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← Polka O Dolka

Japanese ending themes

Full of Summer!! →

スマイル
File:Smile.png Sumairu Smile
AG ED 3 Artist 江崎とし子 Toshiko Ezaki Lyrics 江崎とし子 Toshiko Ezaki Composer 江崎とし子 Toshiko Ezaki Arrangement 恩田直幸]] Naoyuki Onda
Pikachu Records single Title チャレンジャー!! Challenger!! Catalog no. ZMCP-1719
A version with string quartet & piano accompaniment is included on the GLORY DAY single, as well as a piano instrumental version.

Smile (Japanese: スマイル lit. Sumairu) is the third ending theme song of the Japanese Advanced Generation Pokémon anime series, the 16th ending overall, and the first ending track that was not composed by Hirokazu Tanaka.

It debuted in AG052, and a second cut with different lyrics debuted in AG062. It was replaced by Full of Summer!! in AG083, but the second cut was used afterwards from AG092 to AG098.

Smile is notable in that it was the first ending sequence to be updated whenever one of the main characters caught or evolved one of their Pokémon. Updating opening and ending sequences with team changes is now standard practice in the anime.

Characters

Human

• Ash
• May
• Max
• Brock
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Lotad (Brock's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)

Lyrics

Japanese English こらえきれずに　今流した 君の涙が光って それでも変わらずに 気ままな風は胸を揺さぶるよ 頑張ることは大切だけど 正直な君の弱さを 隠すためだけにある 強さなら　なくていいから 今は見えなくても 確かに君の胸の中にある 何かを信じ抜く強さは 君の笑顔を待ってる ひとはみな誰もが　今日をさまよう ちいさな旅人 時には迷い　時にははぐれ 明日を探してる 傷つくことから　逃げ出して 今日に立ちすくんだとしても 何も無くしてしまうものなど きっと　ないはずさ 明日のはじまりに ぼくらは立っているから 小さくても大事な一歩は 君の未来を描き出すよ 何かをつかんだ その汚れた手は　君の勲章 今は見えなくても 確かに君の胸の中にある 何かを信じ抜く強さは 君の笑顔を待ってる The tears you shed now, Unable to hold them back, are shining Even so, that doesn't change The unrestrained wind that moves your heart It's important to try hard, but If your strength only exists To hide your honest weakness, You're better off without it. Even if you can't see it now, It is certainly there in your heart: The strength to keep believing in something Awaits your smile. All people wander through today, Little travelers Sometimes getting lost, sometimes straying As they search for tomorrow Escape from being hurt, Even if you can't move today There's nothing to lose, Surely Because we are standing At the beginning of tomorrow A step so small, yet important Will depict your future Grab hold of something Your own dirty hands are your medal Even if you can't see it now It is certainly there in your heart: The strength to keep believing in something Awaits your smile

Trivia

Japanese ending themes of the Pokémon animated series OS: One Hundred Fifty-One • Meowth's Song • Fantasy in My Pocket Pokémon Ondo • Type: Wild • Riding on Lapras GS: Meowth's Party • Exciting Pokémon Relay • Exciting² Pokémon Relay Takeshi's Paradise • To My Best Friend • Face Forward Team Rocket! • Pocket-ering Monster-ing AG: Because the Sky is There • Polka O Dolka • Smile • Full of Summer!! GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~ • Pokémon Counting Song • I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~ DP: By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ • Message of the Wind • Surely Tomorrow Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu! • Which One ~ Is It? • In Your Heart, LaLaLa BW: Fanfare of the Heart • Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW • Seven-colored Arch Look Look☆Here‎ • Sakura Go-Round • Let's Join Hands XY: X Strait Y Scenery • Peace Smile! • DreamDream • Roaring All-Stars • Puni-chan's Song Team Rocket's Team Song • Brilliantly • Pikachu's Song • Meowth's Ballad SM: Pose • Twerp, Twerpette • Breath • Notebook of the Heart • Type: Wild JN: Pokémon Shiritori • Supereffective Type • One Hundred Fifty-One Takeshi's Paradise • Riding on Lapras • Face Forward Team Rocket! • Type: Wild HZ: RVR ~Rising Volt Tacklers Rap~ • Let me battle • Sparkle! PK: Pika Pika Massaichu • Colorful Winter Vacation • Soaring Pokémon Kids • Christmas Eve Santa is Coming Soon! • We are the Pichu Brothers! • Friends' Anniversary Big Midsummer Plan! • Pocket-ering Monster-ing • It's the Start of an Adventure!! Hello! Thank You! • Big Meowth Day • Full of Summer!! • Stay with This Finger Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu! • Which One ~ Is It? • Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW Look Look☆Here • Let's Join Hands • Peace Smile! • Roaring All-Stars

← Polka O Dolka

Japanese ending themes

Full of Summer!! →

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