Face Forward Team Rocket!

This article is about the song. For the CD, see Face Forward Team Rocket! (single).

The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name.

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← To My Best Friend

Japanese ending themes

Pocket-ering Monster-ing →

← Riding on Lapras

Japanese ending themes

Type: Wild →

前向きロケット団！
Maemuki Roketto-dan! Face Forward Team Rocket!
TV ED 11; Pokémon Sunday ED Artist ロケット団 (ムサシ、コジロウ、ニャース) Rocket-dan (Musashi, Kojirō & Nyarth) Lyrics 戸田昭吾 Akihito Toda Composer たなか　ひろかず Hirokazu Tanaka Arrangement たなか　ひろかず Hirokazu Tanaka
Pikachu Records single Title 前向きロケット団！ Face Forward Team Rocket! Catalog no. ZMCP-1259
前向き maemuki may be taken literally as "facing forward", however, it can also be used metaphorically as "forward-looking". There is a remixed version on the CD single, もっと前向きロケット団！ Facing Forward More Team Rocket!.

Facing Forward Team Rocket! (Japanese: 前向きロケット団！ Maemuki Roketto-dan! exact, Maemuki Rocket-dan!) is the eleventh Japanese ending theme of the original series. It debuted in EP192, replacing To My Best Friend. It was replaced by Pocket-ering Monster-ing in EP239. It returned as the sixth Japanese ending theme of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, being used only in JN145.

It was also used for the first 15 episodes of Pokémon Sunday.

Ending animation

Synopsis

The scenes in this ending alternate between Jessie, James, and Meowth dancing on a Team Rocket themed stage with their Pokémon and a scene with the trio in a forest recovering from their latest defeat. They sing about how despite being defeated once again, they have chosen to focus on the future instead of dwelling on their past failures. Filled with new energy they prepare themselves for their next big scheme.

Characters

• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Victreebel (James's)

Lyrics

• Jessie
• James
• Jessie and James
• Meowth
• All (or Wobbuffet)

TV size

Japanese English パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ パッパパラパッパー！　（ソーナンス！） パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ らりるれロケット団！ やっとアジトにたどりつく ぼろぼろロケット団 今日の敗因ニャんだろう？ はい！　反省会はじめーっ！ ざっと振り返ってみましょ 今日の戦いを あそこでああすりゃよかったニャ・・・・ はい！　反省会おわりーっ！ くよくよタイムなんで　５秒でじゅうぶん そんなことより　明日のための　ごはんです！ やる気が　もりもりもり　もりあがる 希望が　むくむくむく 前向きロケット団！ （ソソソ、ソーナンス！！） パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ パッパパラパッパー！ パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ らりるれロケット団！ 前向きロケット団！！ （ソーナンス！！） Pappa parapara paraparapara! Pappa para pappaa! (Wobbuffet!) Pappa parapara paraparapara! P-Q-R-S-Team Rocket! We finally make it back to our hideout A worn out Team Rocket Why were we defeated today? Okay! Let the review meeting begin! Let's glance back At today's fight We should have done this when that happened.... Okay! Review meeting adjourned! Five seconds is enough moping time What's more important is food for tomorrow! Our motivation is rising, rising, rising, rising up! Hope is facing, facing, facing towards us Facing-forward Team Rocket! (Wobbo wobbo, Wobbuffet!) Pappa parapara paraparapara Pappa para pappaa! Pappa parapara paraparapara P-Q-R-S Team Rocket! Facing-forward Team Rocket!! (Wobbuffet!!)

Full version

Japanese English パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ パッパパラパッパー！　（ソーナンス！） パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ らりるれロケット団！ やっとアジトにたどりつく ぼろぼろロケット団 今日の敗因ニャんだろう？ はい！　反省会はじめーっ！ ざっと振り返ってみましょ 今日の戦いを あそこでああすりゃよかったニャ・・・・ はい！　反省会おわりーっ！ くよくよタイムなんで　５秒でじゅうぶん そんなことより　明日のための　ごはんです！ やる気が　もりもりもり　もりあがる 希望が　むくむくむく 前向きロケット団！ （ソソソ、ソーナンス！！） もっとわれらに出番を！ 長目のセリフを！ ついでにタイトル変更を！ はい！　“すすめロケット団” きっといつかは主役に！ そしてスーパースター！ そのうえ国民栄誉賞！ はい！　すすめロケット団 ささやかで控えめな　われらの望み ファンのみなさん　どうぞ応援　よろしく！ 明るい未来をつくる　ロケット団 あなたの心の恋人　らりるれロケット団！ やる気が　もりもりもり　もりあがる 希望が　むくむくむく 前向きロケット団！ （ソソソ、ソーナンス！！） パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ パッパパラパッパー！ パッパパラパラパラパラパラ！ らりるれロケット団！ 前向きロケット団！！ （ソーナンス！！） Pappa parapara paraparapara! Pappa para pappaa! (Wobbuffet!) Pappa parapara paraparapara! P-Q-R-S-Team Rocket! We finally make it back to our hideout A worn out Team Rocket Why were we defeated today? Okay! Let the review meeting begin! Let's glance back At today's fight We should have done this when that happened.... Okay! Review meeting adjourned! Five seconds is enough moping time What's more important is food for tomorrow! Our motivation is rising, rising, rising, rising up! Hope is facing, facing, facing towards us Facing-forward Team Rocket! (Wobbo wobbo, Wobbuffet!) Give us more scenes! And longer lines! While you're at it, change the title! Yes! "Go Forth, Team Rocket!" Someday we'll surely be the lead roles! And then we'll be superstars! On top of that, we'll have the People's Honour Award! Yes!　Go forth, Team Rocket! Those are our meager, humble wishes All our fans, please cheer for us! Team Rocket is creating a bright future! You can't live without us, P-Q-R-S Team Rocket! Our motivation is rising, rising, rising, rising up! Hope is facing, facing, facing towards us Facing-forward Team Rocket! (Wobbo wobbo, Wobbuffet!) Pappa parapara paraparapara Pappa para pappaa! Pappa parapara paraparapara P-Q-R-S Team Rocket! Facing-forward Team Rocket!! (Wobbuffet!!)

Trivia

• The line "Our motivation is rising" is a play on words, as the word for "rising" is also the word for "forest", and the video shows a forest in the background.
  • The line "Hope is facing toward us" is also a play on words, as the word for "facing" is similar to the word "peel", and they are shown peeling bananas in the video.

External links

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 • 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 • 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 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

← Riding on Lapras

Japanese ending themes

Type: Wild →

← To My Best Friend

Japanese ending themes

Pocket-ering Monster-ing →

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