It's Always You and Me

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It's Always You and Me
Dub OP 16 Artist Neal Coomer and Kathryn Raio Lyrics John Loeffler and David Wolfert Composer John Loeffler and David Wolfert Arrangement John Loeffler and Manny Corallo

It's Always You and Me is the opening theme song for the English dub of the sixteenth season, Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond. It was used from Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! to The Dream Continues!. It has three versions that are composed of clips from the different Japanese openings for Best Wishes! Season 2. A full-length version is used as the opening song of Genesect and the Legend Awakened.

Lyrics

TV version

It's the next chapter, the ultimate goal
Ready for battle, brave and bold
I know we're gonna make it
We will find a way

Oh-oh
We've come so far
We fought so hard to get where we are
Oh-oh
We belong together
It's always you and me
Pokémon!

Movie version

It's the next chapter, the ultimate goal
Ready for battle, brave and bold
I know we're gonna make it
We will save the day

One story ends and another begins
We can never do it without our friends
When we stand united
We will find a way

Oh-oh
We've come so far
We fought so hard to get where we are
Oh-oh
We've found our destiny
Oh-oh
We belong together
We are best friends forever
It's always you and me

You give me the courage, that sets me free
I count on you, you're always there for me
No matter where this road takes us,
By your side is where I wanna be

Oh-oh
We've come so far
We fought so hard to get where we are
Oh-oh
We've found our destiny
Oh-oh
We belong together
We are best friends forever
It's always you and me
Pokémon!

Oh-oh
We belong together
We are best friends forever
It's always you and me
(Always you and me)
Pokémon!

Version 1 (BW098 - BW109)

Version 1 is composed by clips from Be an Arrow!.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Tracey
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Delia
• Professor Oak
• Trip
• Bianca
• Stephan

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Primeape (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's; multiple)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Quilava (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Torterra (Ash's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Serperior (Trip's)
• Emboar (Bianca's)
• Sawk (Stephan's)
• Dragonite
• Hydreigon
• Braviary
• Woobat
• Yamask
• Ducklett
• Cottonee
• Scrafty
• Bouffalant
• Liepard
• Rattata
• Cubchoo
• Fraxure
• Mienshao
• Blitzle
• Minccino
• Patrat
• Eevee
• Stoutland
• Wingull
• Lapras
• Tympole
• Wailord
• Swanna
• Mantine
• Frillish
• Jellicent
• Alomomola
• Basculin

Opening animation spoilers

• The return of Team Rocket.

Version 2 (BW110 - BW122)

Version 2 retains some of the footage used in the first version, but most clips are replaced by clips from Be an Arrow! 2013.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• N
• Anthea and Concordia
• Aldith
• Barret

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Liepard (Aldith's)
• Reshiram

Opening animation spoilers

• Ash's Charizard returning.
• The reveal of Team Plasma.

Version 3 (BW123 - BW142)

Version 3 retains little footage used in the first version, almost every clip being replaced by clips from Summerly Slope.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Porter

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Watchog (Mrs. Ripple's)
• Purrloin (Mrs. Ripple's)
• Swablu (multiple)
• Altaria (multiple)
• Swanna (multiple)

Video

By Pokémon

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Trivia

• This international dub opening has the record for having the most distinct versions, with a total of three.
• For unknown reasons, in many airings several episodes of the Decolore Islands arc used the second opening instead of the third: To Catch a Rotom! through The Path That Leads to Goodbye!, as well as Capacia Island UFO! and A Pokémon of a Different Color!. This error occurred in the Cartoon Network airing in the United States, Australian airings on Toasted TV, the US DVD release, and Australian DVD releases. The error was corrected on the US Netflix release.
• Additionally, Toasted TV in Australia and the Australian DVD releases used the second version of the opening instead of the first version for the episodes BW098 to BW109.
• For unknown reasons, Cartoon Network Latin America uses the first version for the opening up until BW130 onwards, when the opening switches to the third version.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Jsme Spolu Ty a Já You and I are together
Danish		Det' Bare Dig og Mig It's Just You and Me
Dutch		Samen zijn we sterk We are strong together
Finnish		Yhteen kuulutaan We belong together
French		Juste toi et moi Just you and me
German		Was bleibt, sind du und ich What remains are you and I
Greek		Για Πάντα Εσύ κι Εγώ Forever You and Me
Hindi		हो तुम और हूँ मैं ही  Ho Tum Aur Hoon Main Hi
Italian		Per Sempre Io e Te Forever me and you
Polish		Na zawsze ja i ty Forever me and you
Portuguese	Brazil	Sempre Eu e Você Always You and Me
	Portugal	Iremos Triunfar We'll Triumph
Russian		Это всегда ты и я It's always you and me
Spanish	Latin America	Somos Tú y Yo We're You and Me
	Spain	Tú y Yo Seremos You and I Will Be
Swedish		Det är alltid du och jag It's always you and me
Tamil		முன்னேறி செல்கிறோம் Munneri Selgirom
Telugu		It's Always You and Me
Turkish		Daima sen ve ben Always you and me

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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