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This Dream is the opening theme to the seventh season of the English-language Pokémon dub, Pokémon: Advanced Challenge. It was used from AG041 to AG092.

The opening animation featured footage from the seventh Japanese opening, Challenger!!. When the opening debuted, it featured many spoilers, listed below.

Contents 1 Characters 1.1 Humans 1.2 Pokémon 2 Spoilers 3 Lyrics 4 Dub edits

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Drew
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rayquaza
• Combusken (May's)
• Gardevoir
• Hariyama
• Charizard (Possibly Ash's)
• Venusaur (Possibly allusion to Ash's)
• Blastoise (Possibly allusion to Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Mudkip (Brock's)
• Lombre (Brock's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Roselia (Drew's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Spoink
• Torchic
• Medicham
• Loudred

Spoilers

• The evolution of May's Torchic into Combusken.
• The capture of May's Skitty.
• The evolution of Brock's Lotad into Lombre.
• The capture of Ash's Torkoal.
• The evolution of Ash's Treecko into Grovyle.
• The evolution of Ash's Taillow into Swellow.

Lyrics

Pokémon!

Every Trainer has a choice
To listen to that voice inside.
I know the battle may be long,
Winners may have come and gone -
I will carry on.

Yeah, this dream will last forever,
This dream will never die,
We will rise to meet the challenge every time.
(Advanced Challenge)
Yeah, this dream keeps us together,
I know that you and I -
We'll be the best that the world's ever seen,
Because we always will follow this dream!

Pokémon!

Dub edits

• The first scene to appear is the American title screen.
• Instead of the first scene being the camera focusing on Ash and May's tag battle, it was changed to a shortened and sped up version of where Ash is standing on the mountain and Rayquaza flies past them. The original first scene appears there after.
• Ash and May's tag battle is cut short, cutting the battle between Combusken and Gardevoir.
• The scene where Ash runs with Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise is moved forward.
• The scene with Max and his PokéNav is cut.
• A scene from the anime of Ash throwing a Poké Ball is added in.
• The scene where the group is running with all their Pokémon is shortened and the scene where they sit on the hill is sped up.
• The cross scene of May and Drew is cut out and it immediate goes to May dancing with her Beautifly. This is moved from its original position.
• The scene when Max pulls on Brock's ears is moved forward, before Drew and Roselia. This is also moved from its original position.
• The scene with Professor Oak, Tracey, Delia and Misty is cut. However, this scene appears in the English end credits, available on the DVDs.
• The scene with Ash and the waterfall is cut.
• The scene where Ash is carrying his injured Pikachu is cut.
• Many scenes from the anime appear at the end instead and then is followed by the American title.

English opening themes of the Pokémon Anime
Pokémon Theme | Pokémon World | Pokémon Johto | Born to Be a Winner | Believe in Me | I Wanna Be a Hero | This Dream | Unbeatable | Battle Frontier | Diamond and Pearl | We Will Be Heroes