Pokémon World (song)

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English opening themes

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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 Pallet Party Panic to The Rivalry Revival. The opening animation is composed of clips from the second Japanese opening, The Rivals. 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.

Opening animation spoilers

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

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

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

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!

Full version

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

So you wanna be a Master?
Pokémon!
Understand the secrets and
Have some fun
So you wanna be a Master?
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)
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!

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)
Put myself to the test
And be better than all the rest
Ungh!

So you wanna be a Master?
Pokémon!
Understand the secrets and
Have some fun!
So you wanna be a Master?
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)
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)
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)
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

Trivia

• This is the first English theme 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".
• The movie version of this song features a duet making it the first dub opening to feature a duet, while the opening for the TV series was still solo. An opening duet for the TV series would not happen until High Touch! in the original and Black and White in the dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Croatian		Pokémon Svijetu Pokémon World
Danish		Pokémon Færd Pokémon Journey
Finnish		Pokémon-maa Pokémon world*
French		Un Monde Pokémon A Pokémon World
German		Pokémon Welt Pokémon World
Hebrew		עולם הפוקימון olam haPokémon
Hindi		पोकेमोन की दुनिया Pokémon ki Duniya * पोकेमोन दुनिया Pokemon Duniya *
Hungarian		Pokémon Láz Pokémon Fever
Italian		Pokémon Mondo Pokémon World
Polish		Pokémonów Świat Pokémon World
Portuguese	Brazil	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
	Portugal	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
Russian		Покемон — суперсущество Pokémon — Supercreature
Spanish	Latin America	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
	Spain	Mundo Pokémon Pokémon World
Swedish		Pokémon värld Pokémon world

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

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