Takeshi's Paradise: Difference between revisions

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type=ED 9 |

language=ja |

title=タケシのパラダイス |

transliterated=Takeshi no Paradaisu |

translated=Takeshi's Paradise |

screenshot=TakeshinoParadise.png |

artist=ja |

artistname={{an|Brock|タケシ}}（[[Yūji Ueda|上田祐司]]） |

artistname_ro=Takeshi (Yūji Ueda) |

lyricist=ja |

lyricistname=戸田昭吾 |

lyricistname_ro=Akihito Toda |

composer=ja |

composername=[[Hirokazu Tanaka|たなか　ひろかず]] |

composername_ro=Hirokazu Tanaka |

arranger=ja |

arrangername=たなか　ひろかず |

arrangername_ro=Hirokazu Tanaka |

choreographer=none |

album=ja |

albumtype=single |

albumtitle=ポケモンはらはらリレー |

albumtitle_ro={{single|Exciting Pokémon Relay}} |

catalognumber=ZMDP-1092 |

recordcompany=[[Pikachu Records]] |

colorscheme=Johto |

footnotes=

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It debuted in [[EP157]], replacing ポケモンはらはらリレー ''[[Exciting Pokémon Relay]]'', and was replaced by

'ポケモンはらはら²リレー ''[[Exciting² Pokémon Relay]]'' in [[EP163]].

Since the ending debuted, it has been used as part of a running gag in the anime. Often, Brock will be left to entertain a crowd. It starts well but he will continue singing this song over and over again because "it's the only song I know". At various times, he has received some help in this from [[Brock's Ludicolo|his Lombre]] or [[Ash's Corphish]].

The animation starts with a pair of [[Poké Ball]]s falling in front of bright patterns. In mid-bounce, it cuts to a pair of {{wp|maraca}}s with Poké Ball designs held in front of clouds and being shaken by Brock. It then cuts to a larger shot of him wearing a purple and red outfit with pink frilled sleeves and a {{wp|sombrero}}; he is dancing with the maracas in front of a {{wp|cactus|cacti}} and Diglett pattern. It cuts to a full shot of him dancing on a beach with a pair of Exeggutor. During this whole first segment, all the backgrounds retain a unique woven fabric texture.

It then shifts to the delivery of the line, ''"O-ne-e-sa-n!"'' For each syllable of the word, Brock strikes a pose in front of a solid-colored background, except for the last syllable where he squirms as if with giddy joy.

Brock is next seen standing in his original clothes, next to a floating image with a cut-out appearance of Officer Jenny with a Growlithe. He smiles at it, then turns and starts to drift after it with hearts for eyes, but it fades and he returns to the ground, sad. Behind him, a second image appears in the same style, this one of Nurse Joy with her Chansey. He notices it, and leaps joyfully towards it with hearts for eyes again. Soon, hearts in a rainbow of colors start to fall all around.

* {{p|Oddish}} (four)

* {{p|Exeggutor}} (two)

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| lang="ja" | <ab>《お》《ね》《え》《さ》《ん》！</ab>

| style="font-style: italic;" | <ab>{{tt|O-NE-E-SA-N!|Individual characters of the word onēsan, a respectful way to address a woman.}}</ab>

{| class="roundy" style="width: 100%; text-align:center; background: #d2d2d2; border: 3px solid gray;"

|- style="background: #d2d2d2;"

| lang="ja" | <ab>《お》《ね》《え》《さ》《ん》！</ab>

| style="font-style: italic;" | <ab>{{tt|O-NE-E-SA-N!|Individual characters of the word onēsan, a respectful way to address a woman.}}</ab>

While no full, official English translation of Takeshi's Paradise has been released, the scenes where Brock sings a segment of the song were kept in the English dub.

:''Oh-lé-Yeah-Yo-Mmm. Oh!''

The TPCi dub took a slightly different direction with the song, calling it '''For The Girls'''. In ''[[AG184|Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight!]]'', Brock sings these lyrics:

* In ''[[EP043|March of the Exeggutor Squad]]'', Brock is seen wearing a white outfit with pink frills on the sleeves and cuffs of the pants and holding a pair of maracas. Due to similarities between the two, these clothes may have been inspiration for the trademark outfit Brock wears in the Takeshi's Paradise ending.  

* A brief reference is made to Takeshi's Paradise in the PopUp.Version of ''[[By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~]]'', where a still picture is seen of Brock wearing the outfit he uses for the song and dancing with his {{TP|Brock|Croagunk}} and {{TP|Brock|Sudowoodo}}. In updated versions of the ending, after Brock wins an {{pkmn|Egg}}, he takes a seat in the image and Croagunk is the one dancing instead, complete with Brock's hat, mustache, and maracas.

==Errors==

* In the ending's animation, {{an|Misty}}'s sisters, {{an|Daisy}}, [[Violet]] and {{ka|Lily}}, are seen with a {{p|Seel}}, which is presumably supposed to be the one at the [[Cerulean Gym]]. However, the Cerulean Gym's Seel evolved into a {{p|Dewgong}} in ''[[EP061|The Misty Mermaid]]'', a whole 96 episodes before the debut of the ending.  

** However, it could potentially be a different Seel since on is seen later on in ''[[SS005|The Blue Badge of Courage]]'' which is another Seel at the Gym.

** Considering the animation is entirely Brock's fantasy, it is possible that he either forgot about the evolution or chose Seel over Dewgong because of his own preference. However, from the most literal view of the ending, it appears to be an oversight by the animators.

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