Exciting Pokémon Relay

ポケモンはらはらリレー
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Pikachu Records Title ポケモンはらはらリレー Catalog no. ZMDP-1092

Exciting Pokémon Relay (Japanese: ポケモンはらはらリレー ) is the eighth ending theme song of the Japanese Pokémon anime.

It debuted in EP145, replacing ニャースのパーティ Meowth's Party. It was replaced by タケシのパラダイス Takeshi's Paradise in EP157. It was used as the ending theme again from EP163 before being replaced by ぼくのベストフレンドへ To My Best Friend in EP173.

Opening animation

Synopsis

The two versions of this song each tell a story of a Pokémon with a problem, which is ultimately resolved after a long series of unlikely events involving other Pokémon. The first and slower version of the song is about a Pichu that's in a bad mood. It angrily shocks a Meowth so that its skeleton is revealed. A passing Cubone mistakes the shocked Meowth for another Cubone and shakes its club as a greeting. Inspired by Cubone's moves a Marill starts to sing, which causes a group of Bellossom to start dancing. The dancing Bellossom cheer up the depressed Pichu who becomes cheerful again.

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
	Pokemon hara hara rirei!	Pokémon exciting relay!
	Gokigen naname no Pichū	There's a Pichu in bad mood
	Minna hara hara	Everyone's exciting
	Gokigen naname no Pichū	There's a Pichu in bad mood
	Totemo shinpai	Is very concerning
	Nani ga atta ka shiranai keredo komatta mondai dai mondai	What we can do? I don't now. It's a problem, a big problem!
	Pichū ga okoridasu to denki biriri nagaredasu	Pichu it's angry so it shoots electric shock BUZZ
	Denki biriri nagaredasu to soba ni ita Nyarth ga shibirechau	Shoots electric shock BUZZ and the Meowth besides it gets paralyzed
	Soba ni ita Nyarth ga shibirechau to gaikotsu marumie	The Meowth besides it gets paralyzed and looks like a skeleton
	Gaikotsu marumie da to Garagara ga nakama to machigaeru	Looks like a skeleton and Cubone thinks it's one of his friends
	Garagara ga nakama to machigaeru to hone o futte aizu suru	Cubone thinks it's one of his friends and it waves it's bone around as a signal
	Hone o futte aizu suru to Mariru ga omowasu utaidasu	It waves it's bone around as a signal and Marill suddenly begins to sing
	Mariru ga omowasu utaidasu to	Marill suddenly begins to sing and
	Tanoshii rizumu ga umareru	A fun rhythim is born
	Tanoshii rizumu ga umareru to	A fun rhythim is born and
	Kireihana ga odoridasu	Bellossom begins to dance
	Kireihana ga odoridasu (Kireihana ga odoridasu?)	Bellossom begins to dance (Bellossom begins to dance?)
	Pichū no gokigen hai motodoon!	Pichu is...Yes! In good mood again!

In the second version, a Ditto is incapable of transforming. This causes the Pokémon Mimicry Association to look for a new mascot. They eventually pick a Sudowoodo as their new mascot. The Sudowoodo celebrates its promotion by launching some fireworks which accidentally knock a passing Ledyba out of the sky. The Ledyba falls towards an Electabuzz in the middle of a baseball game who mistakes it for a baseball and catches it. Thinking Electabuzz caught a real baseball, the Meowth that's acting as umpire shouts to end the inning. Ditto, who was watching the entire thing is so confused that it unintentionally manages to transform.

Characters

Pokémon

• Pichu
• Pikachu
• Marill
• Cubone
• Meowth
• Bellossom (four)
• Ditto (Duplica's)
• Machoke (Ditto transformation from Ditto's Mysterious Mansion)
• Bulbasaur (Ditto transformation from Ditto's Mysterious Mansion)
• Electabuzz

Variants

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Pikachu Records Title ポケモンはらはらリレー Catalog no. ZMDP-1092

From EP152 to EP156, a different version of the song with a faster tempo beat and different lyrics was used as the ending. Because of the faster tempo beat, this version is commonly referred to as Exciting² Pokémon Relay. Like how the 2001 Whiteberry version of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master is a remix of song first heard in 1997 with Rica Matsumoto as the artist. Template:EpisodePrevNext