Gotta Catch Em All (song)

For other uses, see Gotta catch 'em all! (disambiguation).
Gotta Catch Em All is the second opening theme song for the English dub of the twenty-fifth season, Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series. It was used from The Road Most Traveled! to The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!. The opening animation is composed of clips from various episodes and openings, while the ending animation is composed of clips from the second Pokémon Journeys: The Series Japanese ending, Supereffective Type. The lyrics are taken from Pokémon Theme.
The full version of the song was released on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, YouTube Music, and under the title Gotta Catch 'em All! on September 7, 2023.
==Lyrics==
===TV version===
<ab>POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
POKÉMON!
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
POKÉMON!
Gotta catch 'em all
POKÉMON!</ab>''
===Ending version===
POKÉMON!
===Full version===
<ab>POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
POKÉMON!
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
POKÉMON!
Gotta catch 'em all
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
I will travel across the land
Searching far and wide
Each Pokémon to understand
The power that's inside
(The power inside)
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
POKÉMON!
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
POKÉMON!
Gotta catch 'em
Gotta catch 'em all
Every challenge along the way
With courage I will face
I will battle every day
To claim my rightful place
Come with me
The time is right
There's no better team
Arm in arm, we'll win the fight
(It's always been our dream)
It's always been our dream
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
It's you and me
I know it's my destiny
POKÉMON!
Oh, you're my best friend
In a world we must defend
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
POKÉMON!
Gotta catch 'em all
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
A heart so true
Our courage will pull us through
You teach me and I'll teach you
POKÉMON!
(Gotta catch 'em all)
Gotta catch 'em all
Gotta catch 'em all
POKÉMON!</ab>''
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Max (photo) 
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* Goh (photo)
* Chloe (photo)
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* (; Ash-Greninja)
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* (; Dynamax; Gigantamax)
* (; Mega Lucario)
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* ('s; Alolan form; Snowy; photo)
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* (Pink Butterfree)
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==Trivia==
* This opening marks the first time a single dub season has had more than one opening song when going by the home video definition.
** While Pokémon Theme and Pokémon World share the season title of "Pokémon" in their openings, their seasons were retroactively given different names.
* is the only one of Ash's friends to not appear in this opening. While the scene where he appeared in a photo from its Japanese equivalent is used in this opening, the photo with Tracey is obscured due to the scene not lasting as long as in the Japanese opening.
* As of this opening, Ash's Larvitar, , , and are the only ones of , pre-evolve or current, who do not appear in any of the English openings since their debut in , , and respectively.
* Although John Siegler and John Loeffler are not credited in the ending credits within the episodes themselves, they receive a writing credit on streaming platforms such as Spotify.
* The single cover and the press release announcing the song's release format the song's title as "Gotta Catch 'Em All!".
* This is the shortest-running English opening theme, being used for only 11 episodes.
===Errors===
* The opening credits erroneously credit as "Series Construction" instead of "Character Design".
==In other languages==
==External links==
* On digital platforms
Category:English opening themes
es:OP26
fr:Attrapez-les tous
it:Acchiappali tutti (sigla)
zh:Gotta Catch Em All