I Wanna Be a Hero

If you were looking for the the theme song of Pokémon the Series XY: Kalos Quest, see Be a Hero.

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English opening themes

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I Wanna Be a Hero
Dub OP 6 Artist David Rolfe Lyrics John Siegler and David Rolfe Composer John Siegler and David Rolfe Arrangement
KOCH Records Title Pokémon X Catalog no.

I Wanna Be a Hero is the opening theme to the sixth season of the English-language Pokémon dub, Pokémon: Advanced. Most of its scenes are composed of Advance Adventure with the exception of one anime used scene. It was used from Get the Show on the Road! to Watt's with Wattson?.

Opening animation spoilers

• May and Max join Ash's party.
• May receives her starter Pokémon, Torchic.
• The capture of Ash's Taillow.
• The return of Brock.
• The capture of James's Cacnea.
• The capture of Jessie's Seviper.
• The capture of Ash's Treecko.
• The capture of Brock's Lotad.
• The capture and evolution of May's Wurmple.
• The capture of Brock's Mudkip.
• The evolution of May's Silcoon.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Team Aqua
• Team Magma

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Taillow (Ash's)
• Treecko (Ash's)
• Torchic (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Lotad (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Pelipper
• Vigoroth
• Cascoon
• Shroomish
• Wurmple
• Seedot
• Zigzagoon
• Wingull
• Carvanha
• Sharpedo
• Wailmer
• Duskull
• Sableye
• Kyogre (silhouette)
• Groudon (silhouette)
• Latios
• Latias
• Absol
• Mightyena

Lyrics

A kid from Pallet Town with a brand new world to see
Don't know what's ahead but it won't get the best of me
There's so much to learn and battles to be won
I've advanced so far but still there's always more to come

Take a step and I'm on my way...
Gonna start all over again

I wanna be a hero!
Pokémon: Advanced!
I'm on my way!
I wanna be a hero!
Give me just one chance...
And the future will decide...
If there's a hero buried deep inside...
I wanna be a hero!
Pokémon!!

Trivia

• This song was included on the Pokémon X, Exclusive Target Mix!, and Exclusive Toys R Us Mix! CDs.
• This song is the first English anime theme to not have an extended version played in a movie, and only exists as a song 47 seconds long.
• An instrumental version of this song was used over the ending credits of Taming of the Shroomish.
• The German version is sung by Noel Pix.
• This opening theme has the largest number of opening animation spoilers of all of the dub opening themes, with 11.

Errors

• When the group is seen on a raft, May's skirt is red instead of white.

In other languages

Language		Title
Croatian		Zelim biti heroj
Danish		For jeg vil være mester
Finnish		Mä haluun kaikki voittaa
French		Je veux devenir un héros
German		Ich will ein held sein
Hebrew		אני עוד אנצח ani od anatze'akh
Hindi		बनाना मैं चाहूँ हीरो Banana Main Chaahoon Hero
Norwegian		Jeg Vil Bli En Mester
Portuguese	Brazil	Um Mestre Quero Ser
	Portugal	Quero ser um herói
Russian		А я героем буду!
Spanish	Latin America	Yo quiero ser tu héroe
	Spain	Yo quiero ser un héroe
Swedish		För jag ska bli en hjälte

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

← Believe in Me

English opening themes

This Dream →

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