Double Trouble
Double Trouble is a song from the English version of Pokémon the Series: The Beginning. Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Maddie Blaustein, and Ted Lewis take the lead vocals in the roles of Jessie, James, Meowth, and Giovanni respectively. The song was used in the Pikachu's Jukebox segment in Season 1 and Season 2. Along with many other songs from the segment, it was featured on the Pokémon 2.B.A. Master CD and the Pokémon X CD. It is also used as Team Rocket's theme in Pokémon Puzzle League. A slightly different version debuted in Pokémon Live!.
Episodes
- Electric Shock Showdown (August 1999 rerun)
- The Purr-fect Hero (Pokémon TV)
- The Battle of The Badge (Pokémon TV)
- The Pi-Kahuna
- Bad to the Bone
- Friend and Foe Alike
- The Lost Lapras!
- Shell Shock!
- A Shipful of Shivers
- Get Along, Little Pokémon
- Pokémon Food Fight
- Viva Las Lapras
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Pidgeotto (Ash's)
- Charizard (Ash's)
- Onix (Brock's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Koffing (James's)
- Pikachu (Victor's; Puka)
Lyrics
Original version
Giovanni:
This is the boss and I'm sick of waiting!
I want Pikachu! And this time don't screw it up!
Prepare for trouble,
Make it double,
Prepare for trouble,
Make it double.
James: We'll be the richest rogues of all time.
Jessie: Creators of a grand design.
James: I'll be the king.
Jessie: I'll be the queen.
Meowth: I'll be the joker... of crime.
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Jessie: Prepare for trouble.
James: Make it double.
Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!
James: To unite all peoples within our nation!
Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: James!
Jessie: Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
James: Surrender now, or prepare to fight!
Meowth: That's right!
Chorus:
Team Rocket's rockin,
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble,
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you,
Team Rocket's rockin,
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble,
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you,
Team Rocket: We're gonna capture Pikachu.
Prepare for trouble,
Make it double,
Jessie: Prepare for trouble
Prepare for trouble,
James: Make it double
Make it double,
Chorus & James:
We're Team Rocket and we fight for what's wrong
For mayhem and madness and rare Pokémon.
Jessie: I'm so gorgeous
James: I'm always the man
Giovanni: You're just the players in my master plan
Chorus:
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
Team Rocket: We're gonna capture Pikachu
We're always gonna try it
No one can deny it
We can cause a riot in Sunday School
James: Ooh a riot!
We'll have you believing
Truth can be deceiving
Team Rocket: "Do unto others" is our Golden Rule
Jessie: This is our most ingenious plan ever, if I do say so myself.
James: Even we couldn't screw this one up Jessie.
Meowth: Would you two stop yappin', here they come!
Prepare for trouble
Chorus:
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble
Gonna capture Pikachu
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble
Gonna capture Pikachu
Team Rocket's rockin
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Team Rocket: Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!
TV version
Jessie: To protect the world from devastation!
James: To unite all peoples within our nation!
Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: James!
Chorus & Jessie: Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
Chorus & James: Surrender now, or prepare to fight!
Meowth: That's right!
Chorus:
Team Rocket's rockin,
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble,
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you,
Team Rocket's rockin,
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble,
Double trouble, big trouble,
We're gonna capture Pikachu,
Team Rocket's rockin,
Talkin' trouble, walkin' trouble,
Double trouble, big trouble's gonna follow you,
Team Rocket's Rockin'!
Team Rocket: Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!
Pokémon Live! version
Jessie and James:
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
Prepare for trouble
Make it double
James: To protect the world from devastation!
Jessie: To unite all peoples within our nation!
James: To denounce the evils of truth and law!
Jessie: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: James!
Jessie and James:
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light
Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light
Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
We captured Pikachu!
Jessie: We're Team Rocket, and we fight for what's wrong.
James: For mayhem, for madness and for rare Pokémon
Jessie: I'm so gorgeous.
James: I'm always the man.
Delia: You're just the players in his "master plan".
Jessie and James: Jealous?
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light
Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light
Surrender now or prepare to fight!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
We captured Pikachu!
Team Rocket's rockin!
Reprise
Jessie: Hit it!
Jessie and James:
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
We're gonna capture Ash-ey too!
DP092 version
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble, walking trouble, double trouble
Big trouble's gonna follow you!
Team Rocket's Rockin!
Talking trouble...
Credits
- Lead vocals: Rachael Lillis (Jessie), Eric Stuart (James), Maddie Blaustein[note 1] (Meowth), Ted Lewis (Giovanni)
- BG vocals: Curtis King, Sharon Bryant, Russell Velázquez, Louis Cortelezzi
- Guitars: Larry Saltzman, Bob Mayo
- Co-produced and arranged by Louis Cortelezzi
Trivia
- The video for the song originally premiered after an August 1999 rerun of Electric Shock Showdown, replacing the Pokérap. Instead of the Pikachu's Jukebox intro, it was introduced as a "Pokémon Music Video" using footage of the Kids' WB! backlot.
- This song was used as Team Rocket's theme in the Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Puzzle League.
- This song was used as background music for A Lean Mean Team Rocket Machine!.
- Giovanni tells Team Rocket at the beginning of the CD version that he wants Pikachu, but at this point in the animated series, he does not know about Pikachu. Jessie, James, and Meowth decide themselves in the Pokémon the Series: The Beginning episode Pokémon Emergency! that Pikachu is powerful and that they want to capture it. It is not until the Black & White series episode Enter Iris and Axew! that they actually talk to Giovanni about capturing Pikachu.
- Sheet music for this song is included in the Pokémon 2.B.A. Master piano book.
- When this song was released in Japan as part of the Pokémon de English! Kazu - Iro Hen VHS/DVD, it was presented not as a Pikachu's Jukebox video, but as a Pokémon Karaokémon video, complete with onscreen lyrics. However, the lyrics use a different font than the rest of the Karaokémon videos.
In other languages
Language | Title | |
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Arabic | الرداء الأبيض The White Robe | |
Catalan | Catalonia | El poder del Team Rocket Team Rocket's Power |
Valencia | Molts Problemes Many Problems | |
Czech | Dvojnásobný potíže (Tým Raket) Double Trouble (Team Rocket) | |
Danish | Ballade I Din Gade Trouble In Your Street | |
French | Canada | Nous sommes de retour We're back |
Europe | Nous Sommes de Retour (La Team Rocket est Là) We're back (Team Rocket is here) | |
German | Gleich Gibt es Ärger (Das Team Rocket Kommt) Soon There'll be Trouble (Team Rocket Comes) | |
Greek | Κεφια Ναχεις Kefia Nacheis | |
Hebrew | צרות כפולות Tzarot Kfulot | |
Hungarian | Készülj a harcra Prepare for battle | |
Italian | Doppio Guaio (Team Rocket Porti) Double Trouble (Team Rocket Arrives) | |
Norwegian | Kjempe trøbbel Big Trouble | |
Polish | Zespół R. Team Rocket | |
Portuguese | Brazil | Muitos Problemas (Equipe Rocket) Many Problems (Team Rocket) |
Portugal | Problemas a Dobrar (Team Rocket) Problems Twofold (Team Rocket) | |
Russian | Команда R Komanda R | |
Spanish | Latin America | Equipo Rocket Double Problem (Team Rocket) |
Spain | Ante un Problema, Nuestro Lema (El Poder del Team Rocket) In Face of a Problem, Our Motto (Team Rocket's Power) | |
Turkish | Çifte Belaya (Roket Takımı) Double Trouble (Team Rocket) | |
Notes
- ↑ Credited as "Adam Blaustein"
Related articles
Pikachu's Jukebox songs | |
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2.B.A. Master • Double Trouble • My Best Friends Together Forever • Viridian City • What Kind of Pokémon Are You? |
This article is part of Project Music, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon song, CD and musician. |