Born to Be a Winner

Born to Be a Winner is the opening theme song for the English dub of the fourth season, Pokémon: Johto League Champions, as well as Celebi: The Voice of the Forest. It was used from A Goldenrod Opportunity to Machoke, Machoke Man!. The opening animation is composed of clips from the fourth Japanese opening Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Whiteberry Version), two episode clips for the anime, as well as original footage especially created for the opening.
Lyrically, it borrows heavily from the original Pokémon Theme. The TV version is available on the CD, .
==Lyrics==
===TV version===
<ab>Pokémon!
Pokémon!
Pokémon...
...Let's do it
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was (Ever was, ever was) 
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
My whole life has led to this
Time to test my skills
I know I just can't miss
Gonna show the world
Born to be a winner 
(Johto)
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best 
(Pokémon Johto)
Born to be a winner
Pokémon!</ab>
===Ending version===
<ab>...Let's do it
Born to be a winner
(Johto)
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
(Pokémon)
Born to be a winner
(Johto)
Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
(Pokémon Johto)
Born to be a winner
Pokémon!</ab>
===Movie version===
<ab>Pokémon!
Pokémon!
Pokémon!
Pokémon...
...Let's do it
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was (no one ever was)
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
My whole life has led to this
Time to test my skills
I know I just can't miss
Gonna show the world
Born to be a winner
Born to be a Champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
Born to be a winner!
Pokémon!
Every challenge along the way 
With courage I will face (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 (there's no better team!)
Arm in arm we'll win the fight
Gonna live our dream
Born to be a winner
Born to be a Champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best (the very best)
I was born to be a winner
Born to be a Champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
Born to be a winner!
(born to be the very best)
Born to be a winner,
Pokémon!</ab>
==Characters==
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* Nurse Joy
* Falkner
* Bugsy
* Whitney
* Morty
* Chuck
* Jasmine
* Pryce
* Clair
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==Video==
==Trivia==
* The fact that this theme borrows heavily from the original is similar to how Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the first Japanese opening theme, was remixed and used as the fourth Japanese opening theme.
* Aside from a few scenes from the fourth Japanese intro and two episode clips, most of the animation used in this opening is original.
* In some areas, this intro did not begin at the fourth season starting episode, but much later.
* This is the only opening so far to not be translated into .
* A special remix was to be made for the German version, but was cut out of the final version.
* Some international dubs, like the and , missed the reference to the original theme song at the beginning of this theme song, using completely new lyrics instead of the original lyrics from Pokémon Theme.
* This opening features the most Gym Leaders, with a total of ten: , , Falkner, Bugsy, Whitney, Morty, Chuck, Jasmine, Pryce, and Clair.
** Despite being in the opening, Pryce and Clair do not appear until the next season.
* This theme's debut and final appearance both occur in episodes that has a Gym battle. Its debut is in A Goldenrod Opportunity, where he battles Whitney for the first time, and its final appearance in Machoke, Machoke Man!, which features his Gym battle against Chuck.
* This is the last opening theme written and composed by John Loeffler until .
===Errors===
* When Whitney is on-screen, the sphere on 's tail disappears for a split-second.
* When appears, it briefly overlaps , despite being behind it.
* In the shot showing all of Ash and ' Pokémon, the cream part of 's belly is disconnected from its face.
OPE04 error.png|The overlap error
OPE04.png|Snorlax's belly
==In other languages==
Category:English opening themes
de:Wir sind die Gewinner
es:OP04
fr:Né pour être vainqueur
it:Sono un vincitore