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Team Rocket's motto: Original versus Current

Which motto do you prefer?


  • Total voters
    18

Ampris

Slip slidin'
This is a pretty straightforward poll, simply asking which version of Team Rocket's oft repeated motto do you like better and why. Having only heard the dub version of the new one I can't comment fully, but the old one just seemed to have a better rhythm to it and flowed more easily, even though I love how Meowth has more lines in the new.

Prepare for trouble!
Make it double!
To protect the world from devestation,
To unite all people within our nation.
To denounce the evils of truth and love,
To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie!
James!
Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!
Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Meowth, that's right!

Japanese (Please correct me if it's wrong.)

Nanda kanda to kikare tara
Koteate ageru ga yono nasake
Sekai no hakai o fusego tame
Sekai no heiwa o mamoro tama
Ai to shinjitsu no aku o tsuronuku
Raburii chaamii na katake yaku
Musashi
Kojirou
Ginga o kakeru Roketto Dan no futari niwa
White hooru, shiroi ashita ga materez (sp)
Nyante, nya!

-Translation (Again, please tell me if this is inacurate)

If you ask us about this and that
The answer we give will be the universe's sympathy
To prevent the world's destruction,
To protect the world's peace
To bring love and honesty's evils to light
We are the lovely, charming villians
Musashi
Kojirou
The couple from the Rocket Gang soars through the galaxy
A white hole, a white tomorrow is waiting for us
(I don't know this line, and it was wrong in that Japanese, too>>)

The new one, and I'd be extremely grateful if someone could tell me the new Japanese version.

Prepare for trouble!
Make it double!
An evil as old as the galaxy
Sent here to fulfill our destiny
And there's me!
To denounce the evils of truth and love
To extend our reach to the stars above
Jessie!
James!
And Meowth are the names!
Wherever there is peace in the universe...
Team Rocket will be there...
To make everything worse!

...Or something to that effect. Which do you prefer?
 

Satoshi

リーリエの為に戦ってるトレーナー
~Ampris said:
The new one, and I'd be extremely grateful if someone could tell me the new Japanese version.
Nandakanda to koe ga suru
Chiheisen no kanata kara...
Bigu ban no kanata kara...
Warera wo yonderu koe ga suru!
Omatase nya!
Kenage ni saita aku no hana!
HAADO de SUI~TO na katakiyaku!
Musashi!
Kojirou
Nyaasu de nyai su!
Roketto dan no aru tokoro...
Sekai wa...
Uchuu wa
Kimi wo matteiru!


There is a voice saying [something]
From beyond the horizon...
From beyond the Big Bang...
A voice is calling to us
Thanks for waiting!
Evil flowers have courageously bloomed
The sweet-hearted villians have appeared
Musashi!
Kojirou!
The place where Rocket-Dan belongs is...
The world...
The universe...
Awaits you!


Eh, personally I prefer the old one.

If you ask us about this and that
The answer we give will be the universe's sympathy
To prevent the world's destruction,
To protect the world's peace
To bring love and honesty's evils to light
We are the lovely, charming villians
Musashi
Kojirou
The couple from the Rocket Gang soars through the galaxy
A white hole, a white tomorrow is waiting for us
(I don't know this line, and it was wrong in that Japanese, too>>)
The last line is "That's right!".
 
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wobbanut

Team Awesome
I like both mottos equally. The original one was good for the nice long time they had it, especially once they began varying what went with "Prepare for trouble/Make it double" on a regular basis. The second one is good too, because Meowth has more of a role in it (I'm not surprised about James's comment that Meowth "begged for that line", since his role in the motto had virtually diminished with Wobbuffet and Chimecho joining in), and I love the new ending much more than the old one.

And I don't ever want to stop hearing the motto, it's often the best part of the show. :)
 

FlamingRuby

The magic of Pokemon
"To protect the world from devastation" is the one practically everybody knows, and I feel that it's a classic...so give me "To protect the world from devastation" any day
 

PDL

disenchanted
Original motto forever.

The only benefit of the new motto is that now Meowth has lines to say in the main motto aside from just saying "Meowth, That's Right", which has been crowed by Team Rocket's other pokemon (Wobbufett, Chimecho and Manene respectively)
 

Lil Brother

Just kinda there.
I'm tempted to say the original since I've memorized it and I probably never forget it until the day I die. But to be honest, I enjoy both equally.

I just wish the new version would say consistant. Stop changing your lines, Team Rocket! One of my favorite parts of the series is saying the motto aloud with our favorite antagonists, and I can't do that if they say different things from one week to another. >>

And I'd just like to comment that I like "Manene!" more than "Chime!" I think I'll like "Chime!" more than "Mime!" though.
 

DarkLatios

SHINE GET
There are 5 mottos:
1: The obvious one
2: Same as 1 except Wobuffet added
3: 2, But with Chimecho added
4: The new motto
5: New motto with Manene
Out of them, I liked 4s the greatest because they are finnaly doing something different!
 
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