Spurt!

スパート！
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AG OP 5 Artist 松本梨香 {{{artistname_ro}}} Lyrics 戸田昭吾 {{{lyricistname_ro}}} Composer たなか　ひろかず {{{composername_ro}}} Arrangement たなか　ひろかず {{{arrangername_ro}}}
Pikachu Records Title スパート！／私、負けない！～ハルカのテーマ～ Catalog no. ZMCP-2852

スパート！ (English: Spurt!) was the fifth and final opening theme song for the Japanese Advanced Generation Pokémon anime series. It debuted in AG166, replacing Battle Frontier. It is somewhat famous for sparking large amounts of fan speculation, as it shows several of Ash's old Pokémon.

It was also used as the Pokémon Sunday ending from PS074 onwards.

Opening animation

Characters

Human

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty (on a card)
• May
• Brock
• Tracey Sketchit (on a card)
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Drew
• Harley
• Scott (on a card)
• Professor Oak (on a card)
• Delia Ketchum (on a card)
• Noland
• Greta
• Tucker
• Spenser
• Lucy
• Anabel
• Brandon (silhouette)
• Solana (AG172 - AG191)
• Jack Walker (AG172 - AG191)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Butterfree (Ash's)
• Pidgeot (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Primeape (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's
• Butterfree (Ash's Butterfree's mate)
• Larvitar (Ash's)
• Tyranitar (Larvitar's mother)
• Arcanine
• Gyarados
• Aerodactyl
• Skarmory
• Aipom (Ash's)

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
思い出　今はしまっておこう あの場所めざし　スパートかけようぜ！	omoide ima-wa shimatte okō ano basho mezashi supāto kakeyō ze!	Let's put away memories for now, Aim for that place, let's go at full speed!
ノドがかわく　ハラがへる なのに　チカラがわいてくる キズがうずく　アセがとぶ だけど　はっきり見えてくる	nodo-ga kawaku hara-ga heru na-no-ni chikara-ga waite kuru kizu-ga uzuku ase-ga tobu da kedo hakkiri miete kuru	I thirst, I hunger, Yet my strength is growing. My wounds hurt, my sweat flies, But it's coming clear.
世界の広さって ほら　思う以上に　とんでもない 笑っちゃうほど　むしゃぶるい	sekai-no hirosa tte hora omou ijō-ni tonde-mo nai waratchau hodo mushaburui	The breadth of the world, Look! It's far greater than I thought; I'm so excited I'm laughing
何万マイル　夢を追いかけ まだ　まだ　まだ　まだ ポテンシャル！	nanman mairu yume-o oikake mada mada mada mada potensharu!	Pursuing my dreams for tens of thousands of miles, I still have Lots and lots of potential!
くつひも　ギュッと結びなおそう 未来のオレとの　やくそく果たそう！	kutsuhi-mo gyutto musubinaosō mirai-no ore-to-no yakusoku hatasō!	I'll retie my shoelaces tighter, I'll fulfil my promise with the future me!
ぶつかりあっても　わかりあえるぜ 本気も本気　いっしょに走ろう！	butsukariatte-mo wakariaeru ze honki-mo honki issho-ni hashirō!	Even if we collide, we can still understand each other! Seriously, I mean it; let's run together!
いくぜ！ We'll be There!	iku ze! We'll be there!	Go! We'll be there!

Trivia

• Ash's Donphan does not fly with the other Pokémon after the title was shown.
• Ash's Butterfree has the yellow scarf that Brock gave it.
• Ash's Haunter does not make an appearance.
• Ash's Primeape, like Ash's Charizard and Ash's Squirtle, does not appear in the section showcasing released Pokémon.
• Ash's Lapras was not included in the opening two scenes with the rest of Ash's Pokémon.
• Most of the Pokémon that Ash was battling were that people in the Pokemon Special use: Gold helped Falkner capture a Skarmory, Misty traded her Gyarados to Red, Red has an Aerodactyl, and Crystal has an Arcanine.

Variants

1. AG166 - AG169: The original animation.
2. AG170: Animation updated to include Anabel.
3. AG171 - AG172: Solana and Jack Walker replace the final scene at the Battle Pyramid.
4. AG173 - AG177: Director 須藤典彦 Norihiko Sudō is added.
5. AG178 - AG180: Animation is updated to include Brandon.
6. AG181 - AG191: Planner 深沢幹彦 Mikihiko Fukazawa is removed.

AG	≤ 169	170	171	172	173	174	175	176	177	178	179	180	181	182	183	184	185	186	187	188	189	190	191
Variant	1	2	3		4					5			6
Sound effect at the very beginning			✓							✓			✓		✓				✓
Sound effect after the AG logo			✓

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Variant 1: AG166 - AG169

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Variant 2: AG170

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Variants 3 - 4: AG171 - AG177

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Variant 5: AG178