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

If you were looking for the dub season titled Pokémon: Battle Frontier, seeS09.

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

Battle Frontier is the opening theme song for the Englishdub of the ninthseason,Pokémon: Battle Frontier. It was used fromFear Factor Phony toHome is Where the Start Is!. The opening animation is composed of clips from the tenth Japanese openingSpurt!, 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 (formerlyAsh's)
• Pidgeot (formerlyAsh's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Primeape (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's)
• Lapras (formerlyAsh'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 aDonphan andSceptile.
• May receiving an Egg, which hatches into anEevee.

Video

Trivia

• This song was featured inAnother 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-titledLet the Battle Begin.
  • TheBrazilian Portuguese andIberian Spanishdub did not change the lyrics.
  • TheLatin American Spanish dub changed to a new vocalist and lyrics as they changed the dubbing company.
  • TheDanish,Finnish,Italian,Polish,Russian, andSwedish dubs used the English version.
• This is the first English-language opening whereTeam 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 ofPokémon Go!).
• A karaoke version of the song was released on theGermanAnime Hits 6 CD.
• TheIndian Disney XD Hindi/Tamil/Telugu dubs used an instrumental version of the song as the opening forBattle Frontier, rather than a dubbed or the English version. It was however dubbed later for the episodeAnother One Gabites the Dust!, translating "Let the battle begin" into the three languages instead of translating "It's the Battle Frontier".

Errors

In other languages

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