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We Will Be Heroes
Dub OP 11 Artist John Loeffler (movie) Kirsten Price (DP) Lyrics John Loeffler and David Wolfert Composer John Loeffler and David Wolfert Arrangement

We Will Be Heroes is the opening theme song for the English dub of The Rise of Darkrai and the eleventh season, Pokémon DP: Battle Dimension. It was used from Tears For Fears! to Sleepless In Pre-Battle!. The opening animation is composed of clips from the eleventh Japanese opening, Together, and from the first Diamond & Pearl ending, By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~, along with some selected scenes from the anime, mostly from Bibarel Gnaws Best.

It was written by John Loeffler and David Wolfert. The opening used in the main series episodes was sung by Kirsten Price, whereas the movie version was performed by John Loeffler.

Lyrics

TV version

On a road, far from home,
you don't have to feel alone.
Brave and strong, together we will be.
It's our destiny!

We will be heroes,
We can change the world if we try!
I go where you go,
Forever friends, you and I!

We will be heroes!
Battle Dimension
Pokémon!

Movie version

Pokémon!
Another day, another fight
Another chance to make things right (Pokémon!)
We will be strong, the way it should be
Ready for the challenge, you and me!

We will be heroes (Pokémon!)
We can change the world if we try (Darkrai!)
I go where you go (Pokémon!)
Forever friends, you and I (Darkrai!)
We will be heroes
Pokémon!

The moment's right, the time has come
For us to stand, together as one
So take my hand and follow me
To win it all's our destiny!

We will be heroes (Pokémon!)
We can change the world if we try (Darkrai!)
I go where you go (Pokémon!)
Forever friends, you and I (Darkrai!)
We will be heroes
Pokémon!

We will be heroes (Pokémon!)
We can change the world if we try (Darkrai!)
I go where you go (Pokémon!)
Forever friends, you and I (Darkrai!)
We will be heroes
Pokémon!
We will be heroes
Pokémon!
We will be heroes
Pokémon!

We will be heroes
Pokémon!

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)*
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Aipom (Dawn's)*
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Dustox (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Manaphy
• Mantyke
• Magmar
• Aggron
• Rhydon

Trivia

• The English, French, Danish, Hebrew, Russian, European Spanish, Hindi, European Portuguese, Swedish and German versions of this song are the first title song that is sung by a solo female.
  • The Latin American Spanish, Polish, Italian, Dutch, Brazilian, Finnish, Norwegian and Czech versions of this song are sung by a male.
• The Dutch TV version is sung by Herman van Doorn.
• It is the first time that credits appear during a TV opening.
• It is the first anime opening that was used in the movie corresponding to the season before its release.
• Normally the dub openings would follow in the same pattern as the Japanese openings. However, at the time the Japanese Diamond & Pearl series had yet to make a second opening. Therefore, scenes that were not used in the first dubbed opening, Diamond and Pearl, were added in.
• The end credit variant of We Will Be Heroes is used for the Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Hebrew, Hindi and Czech intros.
• The French version of the opening is the only version so far to translate the opening credits into that countries respective language.
• Whilst all versions use the English logo, the French, Danish, Dutch, Hindi, Italian, Swedish, Iberian Spanish, Finnish, Norwegian and German versions of the song use the words "Battle Dimension" in English.
• The Russian version features voiceover credits for Hisao Shirai, Shinji Miyazaki and Norihiko Sudou. The logo is also translated via voiceover.
• This is the first time that the Italian language's dub of the anime did not use their own opening distinct from the Japanese and English openings.
  • This is also the first time an Italian opening theme is not sung by Cristina D'Avena and Giorgio Vanni.
• On Cartoon Network India, this song was mistakenly used instead of the Hindi dubbed one, हम बनेंगे हीरोस. This error was continued from Our Cup Runneth Over! until Cream of the Croagunk Crop!.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Strach někdy míváš
Danish		Snart Er Vi Helte Soon we'll be Heroes
Dutch		Ja, wij zijn helden! Yes, we are Heroes
Finnish		Oot sankarimme You are our hero
French		Nous serons les héros We will be heroes
German		Dann sind wir Helden Then we are heroes
Hebrew		כולנו יחד kulanu yakhad
Hindi		हम बनेंगे हीरोस Hum Banenge Heroes
Hungarian		Van egy nagy álmunk There is a big dream
Italian		Saremo Eroi We will be heroes
Norwegian		Vi skal bli helter We Will Be Heroes
Polish		Bohaterami Heroes
Portuguese	Brazil	Seremos Heróis We Will Be Heroes
	Portugal	Seremos Heróis We Will Be Heroes
Romanian		Vom fi eroi We will be heroes
Russian		Ведь мы герои' Ved' my geroi
Spanish	Latin America	Seremos Héroes We Will Be Heroes
	Spain	Seremos Héroes We Will Be Heroes
Swedish		Vi ska bli hjältar We Will Be Heroes

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