Takeshi's Paradise

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 Paradise (Japanese: タケシのパラダイス Takeshi no Paradise) is the ninth Japanese ending theme of the original series. It debuted in EP157, replacing Exciting² Pokémon Relay. It was replaced by Exciting Pokémon Relay in EP163. It was also used as the first ending theme for the Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station side story episodes, being used in HS01. Much later, it returned as the fourth Japanese ending theme for Pokémon Journeys: The Series, being used in JN139.
Since the ending debuted, it has been used as part of a running gag in . 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 his or Ash's Corphish.
==Ending animation==
===Synopsis===
The animation starts with a pair of s falling in front of bright patterns. In mid-bounce, it cuts to a pair of 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 ; he is dancing with the maracas in front of a 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.
It cuts to a pile of these hearts, which Pikachu and Vulpix dig themselves out of, then shifts to the top of the pile where Brock is sitting waist-deep in these hearts, giddy and giving a lovestruck swoon; beside him, Psyduck attempts to eat one of the hearts.
The focus returns to a heart-eyed Brock swooning over another cut-out, this one of Daisy, Violet and Lily with their Seel. He jumps with his arms spread wide, but when he tries to embrace the image, it disappears and he crashes to the ground; Pineco and Pikachu sigh in response. He floats after a cut-out of the Nurse Joy from the Orange Islands with a Slowpoke, but it turns into a giant Magikarp and knocks him away; Togepi and Vulpix laugh at this. He continues to jump after these images, but they disappear before he can grab them every time: first Officer Jenny, then Nurse Joy, then one which floats in front of the camera, never showing the image on the other side, but turns sideways and vanishes to show Brock leaping towards the camera where it was, then trying to stop and falling forward.
It switches back to backgrounds in the style of the start of the ending, this time with red tropical flowers and Brock's hands moving in a hula motion. It cuts again to a larger image, showing Brock wearing a and doing the in front of a background. The full image is again Brock dancing on the beach, doing the hula in a grass skirt as a quartet of Oddish hop from foot to foot around him.
He delivers the line, "O-ne-e-sa-n!" again, and this time each syllable shows women: Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, 's sisters, the Orange Islands Joy, and then as a joke a Jynx who winks and blows a . It cuts to a small shot of an unhappy Brock getting a large hug and a sloppy kiss on the cheek from the Jynx, and finishes with a picture of him in the first outfit in the maracas surrounded by the shape of a heart.
===Characters===
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* Officer Jenny
* Nurse Joy (×2)
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====Pokémon====
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* (Nurse Joy's)
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* (Cerulean Gym's)
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* (multiple; background image)
==Lyrics==
===Japanese===
====TV size====
! Japanese
! English
|-
| lang="ja" | <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Lalala la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, the line of characters!
La-la-la, it is
La-la-la, it is....
I fall in love easily
I know!
My heart is breaking
Spilling and falling
A foothold for my feet
Isn't there!
A frivolous man
They thought I was
The things I did
Made them laugh at me
Of me I have
Of me I have
Of me I have a dream!
So la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, my paradise!
La-la-la, it is
La-la-la, it is....
O-NE-E-SA-N!</ab>
|}
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====Full version====
! Japanese
! English
|-
| lang="ja" | <ab>
</ab>
| <ab>Lalala la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, the line of characters!
La-la-la, it is
La-la-la, it is....
I fall in love easily
I know!
My heart is breaking
Spilling and falling
A foothold for my feet
Isn't there!
A frivolous man
They thought I was
The things I did
Made them laugh at me
Of me I have
Of me I have
Of me I have
A dream!
So la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, the sound of the word!
La-la-la, it is
La-la-la, it is....
O-NE-E-SA-N!
Heartbreak is painful
I know!
My heart is weak
And withering
Any option but to laugh
Isn't there!
A man who never learns
They thought I was
My clownish ways
Made them laugh at me
Of me I have
Of me I have
Of me I have
A dream!
So la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, the sound of the word!
Lalala la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, my paradise!
La-la-la, it is
La-la-la, it is....
O-NE-E-SA-N!
So la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, the sound of the word!
Lalala la-la-la, how beautiful
Lalala la-la-la, my paradise!
La-la-la, it is
La-la-la, it is....
O-NE-E-SA-N!</ab>
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===English===
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.
4Kids lyrics:
! English
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| <ab>So la la la, look at my smiling face.
There are lots of girls, I'm in my happy place.
So la la la, this is my paradise'll live on.
Oh-lé-Yeah-Yo-Mmm. Oh!</ab>
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The TPCi dub took a slightly different direction with the song, calling it For The Girls. In Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight!, Brock sings these lyrics:
! English
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| <ab>La la la la la la,
I kinda like this song.
La la la la la la,
Why don't you sing along?
La la la la la la,
I sing my la la la,
For the Girls.
For! The! Girls! Yeah! Mmm!</ab>
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==Trivia==
* In The March of the Exeggutor Squad, 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.
* Two Perfect Girls could be seen as the English equivalent of this song, though it puts more focus on Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy.
* "Takeshi's Paradise" has been used as part of a running gag in :
** In Same Old Song and Dance, Brock performs it continuously for the audience of a "Brittany and the Loony Balloons" concert while , Ash, and Misty try rescue her Brittany's two , named Gigglybiff and Gigglybuff, from , to the audience's eventual frustration, until he finally collapses.
** In Lights, Camerupt, Action!, Brock performs the song with his to an audience of children in an emergency intermission at the screening of Elijah's and film while he, Ash, , and Max retrieve his stolen projector from Team Rocket. Once again, it's the only song he has prepared, and the children grow bored by the time he finishes.
** In Once in a Mawile, when Lombre is accidentally stolen by Team Rocket at the Shooting Star talent show, Ash, May, Max, and Samantha go after them. May once again suggests Brock can stall them. Brock asks lovelorn to join him for the performance instead. By the time everyone gets back, he's worn out, but the audience reaction is unclear.
** In Strategy Tomorrow - Comedy Tonight, Brock breaks out new lyrics for his performance for the children at a hospital, accompanied by a new dance routine by Corphish.
** In The Psyduck Stops Here!, Brock attempts to distract a group of using the song, dragging along, wearing the same ensemble, complete with the sombrero and the maracas. Brock initially chants "For! The! Girls!" over and over, but by the time he starts singing the fuller second version, Dawn is visibly confused, and also concerned that the diversion isn't working very well.
** In Rocket Revengers!, Brock distracts Jessie's Yanmega and James's Amoonguss by having his use on them while he and dance along. The song, however, is replaced in the English dub, although Ludicolo can still be heard singing along to it.
* The PopUp.Version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ references the song, with a picture of Brock wearing the outfit he uses for the song and dancing with his and . In updated versions of the ending, after Brock wins a Pokémon Egg, he takes a seat in the image and Croagunk is the one dancing instead, complete with Brock's hat, mustache, and maracas.
* This is the only Japanese ending which has been dubbed into Hindi.
** The Jynx shown at the end appears in its updated appearance with a purple skin instead of black.
* In the ending's animation, 's sisters, , , and , are seen with a . It is unknown whether this is supposed to be the Cerulean Gym's Seel that had evolved into a in The Misty Mermaid, another Seel that occupies the Gym (as seen, for example, in The Blue Badge of Courage), or merely a fantasy Seel.
* An edited version of the ending with a recolored is available on Prime Video in Japan. This version is also used for the airing of JN139.
EDJ09 Jynx original.png|Original Jynx
EDJ09 Jynx edit.png|Recolored Jynx
==In other languages==
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