Battle Frontier (English song)

If you were looking for the Japanese song with the same name, see Battle Frontier (Japanese song).

If you were looking for the dub season titled Pokémon: Battle Frontier, see S09.

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Battle Frontier
Dub OP 9 Artist Jason Appleton Lyrics Composer John Loeffler and David Wolfert Arrangement
KOCH Records Title Pokémon X Catalog no. KOC-CD-4185

Battle Frontier is the opening theme song for the English dub of the ninth season, Pokémon: Battle Frontier. It was used from Fear Factor Phony to Home is Where the Start Is!. The opening animation is composed of clips from the tenth Japanese opening Spurt!, as well as episode clips from the season.

Lyrics

TV version

Pokémon!
It's a battle, win or lose
It's the friends you make, it's the road you choose

You've got the right stuff
So make your mind up
Find the courage inside of you

If you're strong you'll survive
And you'll keep your dream alive
It's the Battle Frontier
Pokémon!

Be the best you can be
And find your destiny
It's the master plan
The power's in your hand
Pokémon!

Full version

Pokémon!
It's a battle, win or lose
It's the friends you make, it's the road you choose

You've got the right stuff
So make your mind up
Find the courage inside of you

If you're strong you'll survive
And you'll keep your dream alive
It's the Battle Frontier
Pokémon!

Be the best you can be
And find your destiny
It's the master plan
The power's in your hand
Pokémon!

You've got the
Strength to win it
So stay in it
If you're smart you can take it all

If you're strong you'll survive
And you'll keep your dream alive
It's the Battle Frontier
Pokémon!

Be the best you can be
And find your destiny
It's the master plan
(It's the master plan!)
The power's in your hand
Pokémon!

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Drew
• Harley
• Noland
• Greta
• Tucker
• Lucy
• Spenser
• Anabel
• Brandon

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Butterfree (formerly Ash's)
• Pidgeot (formerly Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Primeape (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Lapras (formerly Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's; Shiny)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Eevee (May's)
• Hariyama (Greta's)
• Swampert (Tucker's)
• Arcanine (Tucker's)
• Tyranitar (Larvitar's mother)
• Skarmory

Opening animation spoilers

• Ash's Phanpy and Grovyle evolving into a Donphan and Sceptile.
• May receiving an Egg, which hatches into an Eevee.

Video

By Pokémon

Trivia

• This song was featured in Another One Gabites the Dust! with slightly modified lyrics. The line, "It's the Battle Frontier", was changed to, "Let the battle begin", and is therefore re-titled Let the Battle Begin.
  • The Brazilian Portuguese and Iberian Spanish dub did not change the lyrics.
  • The Latin American Spanish dub changed to a new vocalist and lyrics as they changed the dubbing company.
  • The Danish, Finnish, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Swedish dubs used the English version.
• This is the first English-language opening where Team Rocket does not appear.
• This is the only English-language opening that was not also used as ending (the ending for the ninth season was the rap portion of Pokémon Go!).
• A karaoke version of the song was released on the German Anime Hits 6 CD.
• The Indian Disney XD Hindi/Tamil/Telugu dubs used an instrumental version of the song as the opening for Battle Frontier, rather than a dubbed or the English version. It was however dubbed later for the episode Another One Gabites the Dust!, translating "Let the battle begin" into the three languages instead of translating "It's the Battle Frontier".

Errors

• When Drew appears, May's Combusken can be seen using Flamethrower, despite it not knowing the move.

In other languages

Language		Title
Danish		Battle Frontier
Dutch		Battle Frontier
Finnish		Battle Frontier
French		Le Tournoi Extrême The Extreme Tournament
German		Über Grenzen gehen Crossing Frontiers
Hebrew		חזית הקרב khazit hakrav
Hindi		मैदान-ए-जंग Maidaan-e-Jung* जंग शुरू हो Jung Shuru Ho*
Italian		Battle Frontier
Portuguese	Brazil	Batalha da Fronteira Battle of the Frontier
	Portugal	Fronteira de Batalha Battle Frontier
Russian		Боевой Рубеж Battle Frontier
Spanish	Latin America	Batalla de la Frontera Battle of the Frontier
	Spain	Frente de Batalla Line of Battle
Swedish		Stridens gång Battle time
Tamil		பாட்டிலே பிரான்டியர் Battle Frontier*
Telugu		యుద్ధం మొదయ్యె Yuddham Modhalayye*

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

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