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April 02, 2008

Chinese Theme Songs to Cartoons

Yesterday I posted about cartoons that were shown in both America and Taiwan. I thought it would be interesting to see the Chinese theme songs in English, even if the Chinese theme songs are totally different from the American versions. Here are the lyrics for the theme songs of The ThunderCats, The Smurfs, She-Ra Princess of Power, and Dennis the Menace.
The Chinese lyrics came from here.

ThunderCats theme song, translated from Chinese

Thunder Planet exploded
The ThunderCats took a spaceship and escaped, escaped
On the ship was the most wise Magical Cat,
Tiger Cat, capable of becoming invisible,
Fleet of movement Leopard Cat,
The most fierce Fierce Cat,
There were the strange cats, the little Kai Cats,
And king of the ThunderCats, Lion Cat
Mutants from Plun-Darr pursued, pursued
The Thunder Eye of the mysterious sword they wanted, they wanted
We have the most wise Magical Cat,
Tiger Cat, capable of becoming invisible,
Fleet of movement Leopard Cat,
The most fierce Fierce Cat,
There are the strange cats the little Kai Cats,
And king of the ThunderCats, Lion Cat
Plun-Darr mutants, you come on, come on
The most brave ThunderCats don't fear, don't fear
Beat you until you are utterly defeated

Key to proper names:

Thunder Planet - Thundera
Thunder Eye - Eye of Thundera
Magical Cat - Jaga
Tiger Cat - Tygra
Fierce Cat - Panthro
Leopard Cat - Cheetara
Kai Cats - WilyKat and WilyKit
Lion Cat - Lion-O

The Smurfs theme song, translated from Chinese

Little elves, little elves
In a little world,
A beautiful little village,
Live a group of cute blue elves
Wearing a little white cap
Their faces glow with blue light
Innocent and lively, happy and peaceful
Peace-loving, clever and alert
Not afraid of hardship or difficulty
United in cooperation
[To] defeat the enemy
Every one is brave
Little elves, little elves
Carefree, happy and healthy
The sound of their happy voices in song travels everywhere
La la la la la la
La la la la la la

Note: The name of the show is The Little Blue Elves.

She-Ra Princess of Power theme song, translated from Chinese

Superwoman, Superwoman
Magical Superwoman
Riding a flying horse from the magical kingdom
Swift and mighty magical sword
The power to uphold justice
Going all out against the Thousand Demons King
Fighting evil and overthrowing tyranny
Upholding loyalty

Note: The name of the show is Magical Superwoman.

Dennis the Menace theme song, translated from Chinese

There is a child
His name is Adam
He's a real hassle
Tell him to help out and he won't
But will make a mess of everything
And he'll come around pestering

There is a child
His name is Adam
He's something else
Look at all the tricks he's got
Mother can't control him
He makes people cry and laugh in equal halves

Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan
Naughty Adam
Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan Dan
Naughty Adam

Note: "Dan" is the second syllable of Dennis's Chinese name, Adan. The name of the show is Naughty Adam.

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