Pokémon Counting Song

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The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name.

GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~
Japanese ending themes
I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~
ポケモンかぞえうた
PokémonKazoeuta.png
Pokémon Kazoe Uta
Pokémon Counting Song
AG ED 6
Artist 金沢明子
Akiko Kanazawa
Lyrics 戸田昭吾
Akihito Toda
Composer たなかひろかず
Hirokazu Tanaka
Arrangement たなかひろかず
Hirokazu Tanaka
Choreography パンプキン北野
Pumpkin Kitano
Pikachu Records single
Title バトルフロンティア
Battle Frontier
Catalog no. ZMCP-2302
This song debuted in the eighth Pokémon movie a week before its television debut.

Pokémon Counting Song (Japanese: ポケモンかぞえうた Pokémon Kazoe Uta) is the sixth Japanese ending theme of Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire. It debuted in AG135, replacing GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~, and ended in AG149, changing back to the previous song.

The ending is reminiscent of a previous ending, Pokémon Ondo, in both music and animation. It features many of the series' main Pokémon dancing. Many other anime change to Ondo theme songs in summer.

Ending animation

Synopsis

Meowth is shown pounding on a drum. Then Pikachu is shown clapping in between two lanterns. While Meowth is pounding on the drum, Wobbuffet and Chimecho appear, followed by Pikachu. Then Pikachu appears by a screen, showing a Charmander using Flamethrower. The flame reaches Meowth, who is in winter, but it then changes to summer and Meowth sweats. Another screen appears near Pikachu, this time showing an Articuno breathing Icy Wind out of its beak. the scene changes to Meowth again, this time enjoying the summer, but gets frozen when the scene changes to winter.

Then Combusken, Phanpy, Corphish, Pikachu, Squirtle, Mime Jr., and Grovyle all are dancing, while Meowth pounds on a drum and Bonsly is dancing in the balcony.

Then it changes to Pikachu and the screen again, which is showing a Mudkip laughing. It then shows Meowth pouring water on the Mudkip. Then it shows a Duskull wandering around. The scene changes to show Charmander. It turns out the Duskull was just protecting the flame on the Charmander's tail.

Then it switches to a scene with the Pokémon dancing again.

Characters

Pokémon

Lyrics

  • During Pokémon Counting Song, the initials「(ほのお)」,「(ア、ヨイショ)」, and「(わらう)」were included only in the full version and not in the TV size version.

TV size

Japanese English
ア、ソレ ア、ゲット

ひとつ数えりゃ ヒトカゲのほのお
冬は重宝 けど夏はタマラン
ふたつ数えりゃ フリーザーの吐息
夏は重宝 けど冬はカンベン

唄って踊って ポケモンモン
踊って数えて いまいくつ?

みっつ数えりゃ ミズゴロウわらう
水もしたたる いいポケモン
よっつ数えりゃ ヨマワルまわる
ヒトカゲのしっぽに 火の用心

唄って踊って ポケモンモン
踊って数えて いまいくつ?
Ah, that! Ah, get it!

Count to one, a Charmander's flame
It's handy in winter but unbearable in summer
Count to two, Articuno's breath
It's handy in summer, but not in winter

Sing, dance, Pokémon-mon
Dance, now, how many can you count?

Count to three, Mudkip laughing
Would it be okay to drop water on that Pokémon?
Count to four, Duskull patrolling
Protecting the flame on Charmander's tail

Sing, dance, Pokémon-mon
Dance, now, how many can you count?

Full version

Japanese English
ア、ソレ ア、ゲット

ひとつ数えりゃ ヒトカゲのほのお(ほのお)
冬は重宝 けど夏はタマラン
ふたつ数えりゃ フリーザーの吐息
夏は重宝 けど冬はカンベン

唄って踊って ポケモンモン(ア、ヨイショ)
踊って数えて いまいくつ?

みっつ数えりゃ ミズゴロウわらう(わらう)
水もしたたる いいポケモン?
よっつ数えりゃ ヨマワルまわる
ヒトカゲのしっぽに 火の用心

唄って踊って ポケモンモン(ア、ヨイショ)
踊って数えて いまいくつ?

いつつ数えりゃ イトマルこまる(こまる)
自分の糸で こんがらがっちゃん
むっつ数えりゃ ムチュールのチュチュチュ
うれし恥ずかし ハイお菓子

ア、サテ ア、サテ ア、明々後日
ア、来テ ア、見テ ア、持ッテッテ

ななつ数えりゃ ナマケロおきる(おきる)
おきてソンした すぐねむる
やっつ数えりゃ ヤルキモノねむる
ねむってソンした すぐおきる

唄って踊って ポケモンモン(ア、ヨイショ)
踊って数えて いまいくつ?

ここのつ数えりゃ ココドラのボディ(ボディ)
かた焼きせんべの 千倍かたい
とおまで数えりゃ トゲピーもにこり
にこりにこにこ 数え唄

唄って踊って ポケモンモン(ア、ヨイショ)
踊って数えて ごくろうさん!

ア、ヨイショ ア、コラショ ア、領収書
ア、ラブリー ア、チャーミー ア、イイ感ジ
ア、ニョッキ ア、ペンネ ア、カルパッチョ
ア、ドーモ ア、ドーモ ア、腰低ク
Ah, that! Ah, get it!

Count to one, a Charmander's flame (flame)
It's handy in winter but unbearable in summer
Count to two, Articuno's breath
It's handy in summer, but spare us in winter

Sing, dance, Pokémon-mon (A heave-ho)
Dance, now, how many can you count?

Count to three, Mudkip laughing (laughing)
It's a good Pokémon dripping with beauty, isn't it?
Count to four, Duskull encircling
It needs to watch out for the flame on Charmander's tail

Sing, dance, Pokémon-mon (A heave-ho)
Dance, now, how many can you count?

Count to five, Spinarak is troubled (troubled)
Tangled in its own strings
Count to six, Smoochum's kisses
Delightful yet embarrassing, have some sweets

Ah well, ah well, and three days after
Ah, come. Ah, look. Ah, hang on

Count to seven, Slakoth waking (waking)
It couldn't get up, so it went back to sleep
Count to eight, Vigoroth sleeping
It couldn't sleep, so it got back up

Sing, dance, Pokémon-mon (A heave-ho)
Dance, now, how many can you count?

Count to nine, Aron's body (body)
It's a thousand times harder than a hard-baked cracker
Count to ten, even Togepi is smiling
Smiling with a friendly grin, the counting song

Sing, dance, Pokémon-mon (A heave-ho)
Dance and count, you did great!

A heave-ho, a heigh-ho, a receipt-oh
Ah lovely, ah charming, ah feels so good
A gnocchi, a penne, a carpaccio
Ah thank you, ah thank you, and a bow

Trivia

  • In traditional Japanese counting songs, names or objects carrying the sound of numbers from one to ten are used.
    • Hitokage, Freezer, Mizugorou, Yomawaru, Itomaru, Muchul, Namakero, Yarukimono, Cokodora, and Togepy correspond to 1(hitotsu), 2(futatsu), 3(mittsu), 4(yottsu), 5(itsutsu), 6(muttsu), 7(nanatsu), 8(yattsu), 9(kokonotsu), and 10(tō).

Errors

External links


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JN: Pokémon ShiritoriSupereffective TypeOne Hundred Fifty-One
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Get Fired Up, Spiky-eared Pichu!Which One ~ Is It?Can You Name All the Pokémon? BW
Look Look☆HereLet's Join HandsPeace Smile!Roaring All-Stars
GLORY DAY ~That Shining Day~
Japanese ending themes
I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~
  This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician.