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An '''{{wp|eyecatch}}''' (Japanese: '''アイキャッチ''' ''eyecatch'') is a transitional feature between a {{wp|Television advertisement|commercial break}} and a {{wp|television program}} that originated in Japan and is present in most {{wp|anime}} and {{wp|tokusatsu}} shows. In other countries, mainly the United States and the United Kingdom, the equivalents are "{{wp|Bumper (broadcasting)|bumpers}}".
{{search|anime transitional feature|the images seen in some games when locations are entered|location preview}}
An '''{{wp|Bumper (broadcasting)#Japan|eyecatch}}''' (Japanese: '''アイキャッチ''' ''eyecatch'') is a transitional feature in the [[Pokémon anime]] that appears between {{wp|Television advertisement|commercial break}}s during an [[episode]]. Sometimes, the 12 seconds available are used for two 6-second eyecatches or a single 12-second eyecatch.


The {{pkmn|anime|Pokémon anime}} has featured eyecatches from its very beginning. Sometimes, the 12 seconds available are used for two 6-second eyecatches or a single 12-second eyecatch.
In [[Pokémon the Series]], the only eyecatch retained for Western audiences was ''Dare da?'' (Japanese, kana: だ〜れだ？; translation: ''Who is it?''), which became ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''. Unlike its Japanese counterpart, it continued well into ''[[Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire]]'', ending with ''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson?]]''. It was replaced by ''[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]'', starting with ''[[AG041|What You Seed is What You Get]]'' and ending with ''[[AG145|Pasta La Vista]]'', when eyecatches disappeared in the [[dub]]. ''Who's That Pokémon?'' later returned in ''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]].'' With that, the English dub episodes of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'' are the only ones with no eyecatch entirely.


{{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} have been the only [[core series]] {{pkmn|games|Pokémon games}} so far to feature eyecatches, presenting them when the {{player}} enters specific locations.
In [[Pokémon Horizons: The Series]], the static artwork eyecatches were retained for dubbed releases for the first time.


==In the games==
==List of eyecatches==
This is a list of eyecatches used in the [[core series]] {{pkmn|games}}.
=== Japanese===
 
{| class="roundtable c" style="margin:10px auto; background: #1d2c5e; border: 5px solid #ffcb05; max-width:1000px"
===FireRed and LeafGreen===
{| align="center" style="background: #{{firered color}}; {{roundy}}; border: 5px solid #{{leafgreen color}}"
|- align="center"
! style="background:#{{firered color}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Location
! style="background:#{{firered color}}" | Eyecatch
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}" | {{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Kanto}}
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |Name
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |First half
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |Last half
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |Episodes
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Viridian Forest]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Original series|Pocket Monsters (1997)}}</h4>
| [[File:FL Viridian Forest.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Diglett's Cave]]
|[[Who's That Pokémon?|''Dare da?'']]<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Original series|list]])</small>
| [[File:FL Digletts Cave.png]]
|[[File:Dare da EP001 before.png|200px]]
|[[File:Dare da EP001.png|200px]]
|[[EP001]] - [[EP191]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Mt. Moon]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Who's That Pokémon?|''Pocket Monster TV'']]<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Master Quest|list]])</small>
| [[File:FL Mt Moon.png]]
|[[File:PMTV EP192 before.png|200px]]
|[[File:PMTV EP192 V1.png|200px]]
|[[EP192]] - [[EP210]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Cerulean Cave]]
|[[File:PMTV EP199 before.png|266px]]
| [[File:FL Cerulean Cave.png]]
|[[File:PMTV EP199.png|266px]]
|[[EP211]] - [[EP274]]<br />([[EP192]] - [[EP274]] on VHS)
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Rock Tunnel]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{hoenn color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{hoenn color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire|Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation}}</h4>
| [[File:FL Rock Tunnel.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Kanto Power Plant]]
| rowspan="7" |N/A
| [[File:FL Power Plant.png]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 1.png|200px]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 2.png|200px]]
|[[AG001]] - [[AG002]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Rocket Hideout]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 3.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Rocket Hideout.png]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 4.png|200px]]
|[[AG003]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | {{ka|Safari Zone}}
|[[File:AG eyecatch 5.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Safari Zone.png]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 6.png|200px]]
|[[AG004]] - [[AG104]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Seafoam Islands]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 7.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Seafoam Islands.png]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 8.png|200px]]
|[[AG105]], [[AG109]], [[AG116]], [[AG119]], [[AG123]], [[AG127]], [[AG132]], [[AG138]], [[AG141]], [[AG145]], [[AG146]], [[AG148]], [[AG151]], [[AG154]], [[AG158]], [[AG164]], [[AG166]], [[AG169]], [[AG175]], [[AG179]], [[AG183]], [[AG187]], [[AG191]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | {{ka|Pokémon Mansion}}
|[[File:AG eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Pokemon Mansion.png]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 10.png|200px]]
|[[AG106]], [[AG110]], [[AG114]], [[AG121]], [[AG128]], [[AG135]], [[AG140]], [[AG149]], [[AG153]], [[AG157]], [[AG162]], [[AG167]], [[AG171]], [[AG176]], [[AG182]], [[AG186]], [[AG192]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | {{ka|Victory Road}}
|[[File:AG eyecatch 11.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Victory Road.png]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 12.png|200px]]
|[[AG107]], [[AG111]], [[AG113]], [[AG118]], [[AG124]], [[AG126]], [[AG129]], [[AG131]]<!--Not sure on this one-->, [[AG133]], [[AG136]], [[AG139]], [[AG144]], [[AG150]], [[AG155]], [[AG160]], [[AG161]], [[AG165]], [[AG170]], [[AG172]], [[AG177]], [[AG180]], [[AG185]], [[AG188]], [[AG190]]
|-
|-
! colspan="2" style="background:#{{sevii color dark}}" | {{color2|{{sevii color light}}|Sevii Islands}}
|[[File:AG eyecatch 13.png|200px]]
|[[File:AG eyecatch 14.png|200px]]
|[[AG108]], [[AG112]], [[AG115]], [[AG117]], [[AG120]], [[AG125]], [[AG130]], [[AG134]], [[AG137]], [[AG142]], [[AG143]], [[AG147]], [[AG152]], [[AG156]], [[AG159]], [[AG163]], [[AG168]], [[AG173]], [[AG174]], [[AG178]], [[AG181]], [[AG184]], [[AG189]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Mt. Ember]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{sinnoh color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{sinnoh color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl|Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl}}</h4>
| [[File:FL Mt. Ember.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Berry Forest]]
| rowspan="14" style="text-align:center; background:#fff" |N/A
| [[File:FL Berry Forest.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 1.png|200px]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 2.png|200px]]
|[[DP001]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Icefall Cave]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 3.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Icefall Cave.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 4.png|200px]]
|[[DP002]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Rocket Warehouse]]
| [[File:DP eyecatch 5.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Rocket Warehouse.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 6.png|200px]]
|-
|[[DP003]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[Lost Cave]]
| [[File:FL Lost Cave.png]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Pattern Bush]]
| [[File:FL Viridian Forest.png]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Altering Cave]]
| [[File:FL Altering Cave.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Dotted Hole]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 7.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Dotted Hole.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 8.png|200px]]
|[[DP004]] - [[DP010]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Tanoby Chambers]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
| [[File:FL Tanoby Chambers.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 10.png|200px]]
|[[DP011]] - [[DP120]]
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{firered color}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | &nbsp;
|[[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|266px]]
|}
|[[File:DP eyecatch 12.png|266px]]
 
|[[DP121]], [[DP126]] - [[DP132]], [[DP136]], [[DP139]] - [[DP141]], [[DP145]], [[DP147]], [[DP149]] - [[DP152]], [[DP154]], [[DP157]], [[DP159]], [[DP160]], [[DP163]], [[DP165]], [[DP169]], [[DP170]], [[DP179]], [[DP180]], [[DP180]], [[DP182]], [[DP184]], [[DP188]], [[DP191]]
===HeartGold and SoulSilver===
{| align="center" style="background: #{{heartgold color}}; {{roundy}}; border: 5px solid #{{soulsilver color}}"
|- align="center"
! style="background:#{{heartgold color}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Location
! style="background:#{{heartgold color}}" | Morning eyecatch
! style="background:#{{heartgold color}}" | Daytime eyecatch
! style="background:#{{heartgold color}}" | Evening eyecatch
! style="background:#{{heartgold color}}" | Nighttime eyecatch
|-
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#{{johto color dark}}" | {{color2|{{johto color light}}|Johto}}
|[[File:DP eyecatch 12.png|266px]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|266px]]
|[[DP122]] - [[DP124]], [[DP134]], [[DP137]], [[DP143]], [[DP144]], [[DP146]], [[DP155]], [[DP161]], [[DP161]], [[DP167]], [[DP171]], [[DP174]] - [[DP177]], [[DP186]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Sprout Tower]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 13.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Sprout Tower-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Sprout Tower-Day.png]]
|[[DP125]], [[DP148]], [[DP190]]
| [[File:HGSS Sprout Tower-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Sprout Tower-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Dark Cave]] <small>({{rt|31|Johto}} entrance)</small>
|[[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 13.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Day.png]]
|[[DP133]], [[DP166]], [[DP168]], [[DP173]], [[DP183]], [[DP185]], [[DP187]], [[DP189]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 31-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Dark Cave]] <small>({{rt|45|Johto}} entrance)</small>
|[[File:DP eyecatch 14.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Day.png]]
|[[DP135]], [[DP138]], [[DP142]], [[DP153]], [[DP156]], [[DP172]], [[DP181]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Dark Cave-Route 45-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Ruins of Alph]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Ruins of Alph-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 14.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Ruins of Alph-Day.png]]
|[[DP158]], [[DP178]]
| [[File:HGSS Ruins of Alph-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Ruins of Alph-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Union Cave]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 14.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Union Cave-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DP eyecatch 12.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Union Cave-Day.png]]
|[[DP164]]
| [[File:HGSS Union Cave-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Union Cave-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Slowpoke Well]]
|[[File:DPS01 eyecatch.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Slowpoke Well-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DPS01 eyecatch.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Slowpoke Well-Day.png]]
|[[DPS01]]
| [[File:HGSS Slowpoke Well-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Slowpoke Well-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Ilex Forest]]
|[[File:DPS02 eyecatch.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Ilex Forest-Morning.png]]
|[[File:DPS02 eyecatch.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Ilex Forest-Day.png]]
|[[DPS02]]
| [[File:HGSS Ilex Forest-Evening.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Ilex Forest-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[National Park]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{unova color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{unova color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Black & White|Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!}}</h4>
| [[File:HGSS National Park-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS National Park-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS National Park-Evening.png]]
| [[File:HGSS National Park-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Burned Tower]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; background:#fff" |N/A
| [[File:HGSS Brass Tower-Morning.png]]
|[[File:BW eyecatch.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Brass Tower-Day.png]]
|[[File:BW eyecatch 2.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Brass Tower-Evening.png]]
|[[BW001]] - [[BW006]]
| [[File:HGSS Brass Tower-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Bell Tower]]
|[[File:BW eyecatch 3.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Bell Tower-Morning.png]]
|[[File:BW eyecatch 4.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Bell Tower-Day.png]]
|[[BW007]] - [[BW060]]
| [[File:HGSS Bell Tower-Evening.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Bell Tower-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Whirl Islands]]
|[[Who's That Pokémon?|''Dare da?'']]<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Rival Destinies|list]])</small>
| [[File:HGSS Whirl Islands-Morning.png]]
|[[File:Dare da BW061 before.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Whirl Islands-Day.png]]
|[[File:Dare da BW061.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Whirl Islands-Day.png]]
|[[BW061]] - [[BW142]] <br /> [[BWS01]] - [[BWS02]]
| [[File:HGSS Whirl Islands-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Mt. Mortar]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kalos color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{kalos color light}}|Pokémon the Series: XY|Pocket Monsters XY}}</h4>
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Mortar-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Mortar-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Mortar-Evening.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Mortar-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Ice Path]]
|''[[Pokémon Quiz]]''<br><small>([[Pokémon Quiz#List of quizzes|list]])</small>
| [[File:HGSS Ice Cave-Morning.png]]
|[[File:Pokémon Quiz XY001 before.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Ice Cave-Day.png]]
|[[File:Pokémon Quiz XY001.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Ice Cave-Day.png]]
|[[XY001]] - [[XY077]] <br /> [[XY079]] - [[XY140]] <br /> [[XYS05]] - [[XYS06]]
| [[File:HGSS Ice Cave-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Dragon's Den]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{alola color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{alola color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon|Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon}}</h4>
| [[File:HGSS Dragon's Den-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Dragon's Den-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Dragon's Den-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Dragon's Den-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Mt. Silver]]
|[[Who's That Pokémon?|''Dare da?'']]<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon|list]])</small>
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Morning.png]]
|[[File:Dare da SM001 before.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Day.png]]
|[[File:Dare da SM001.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Day.png]]
|[[SM001]] - [[SM145]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Silver-Night.png]]
|-
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}" | {{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Kanto}}
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{galar color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{galar color light}}|Pokémon Journeys: The Series|Pocket Monsters (2019)}}</h4>
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Tohjo Falls]]
|''[[Who's That Pokémon?|Dare da?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon Journeys: The Series|list]])</small>
| [[File:HGSS Tohjo Falls-Morning.png]]
|[[File:Dare da JN001 before.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Tohjo Falls-Day.png]]
|[[File:Dare da JN001.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Tohjo Falls-Day.png]]
|[[JN001]] - [[JN041]], [[JN046]] - [[JN070]], [[JN072]] - [[JN076]], [[JN078]], [[JN079]], [[JN081]] - [[JN084]], [[JN087]], [[JN089]] - [[JN098]], [[JN100]], [[JN101]], [[JN103]], [[JN105]], [[JN107]], [[JN108]], [[JN112]], [[JN114]], [[JN120]], [[JN127]], [[JN135]] - [[JN147]]
| [[File:HGSS Tohjo Falls-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | {{ka|Victory Road}}
|N/A
| [[File:HGSS Victory Road-Morning.png]]
|[[File:JN eyecatch 1.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Victory Road-Day.png]]
|[[File:JN eyecatch 2.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Victory Road-Day.png]]
|[[JN071]], [[JN077]], [[JN080]], [[JN085]], [[JN086]], [[JN088]], [[JN099]], [[JN102]], [[JN104]], [[JN109]], [[JN110]], [[JN113]], [[JN115]] - [[JN118]], [[JN122]] - [[JN125]], [[JN129]] - [[JN131]], [[JN133]]
| [[File:HGSS Victory Road-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Viridian Forest]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{paldea color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{paldea color light}}|Pokémon Horizons: The Series|Pocket Monsters (2023)}}</h4>
| [[File:HGSS Viridian Forest-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Viridian Forest-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Viridian Forest-Evening.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Viridian Forest-Night.png]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Diglett's Cave]]
| N/A<br><small>([[List of Pokémon Horizons: The Series eyecatches|list]])</small>
| [[File:HGSS Diglett's Cave-Morning.png]]
|[[File:HZ eyecatch Liko Sprigatito V2.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Diglett's Cave-Day.png]]
|[[File:HZ eyecatch Roy Fuecoco.png|266px]]
| [[File:HGSS Diglett's Cave-Day.png]]
|[[HZ002]] - present
| [[File:HGSS Diglett's Cave-Night.png]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Mt. Moon]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Moon-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Moon-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Moon-Evening.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Mt. Moon-Night.png]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Cerulean Cave]]
| [[File:HGSS Cerulean Cave-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Cerulean Cave-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Cerulean Cave-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Cerulean Cave-Night.png]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Rock Tunnel]]
| [[File:HGSS Rock Tunnel-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Rock Tunnel-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Rock Tunnel-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Rock Tunnel-Night.png]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Seafoam Islands]]
| [[File:HGSS Seafoam Islands-Morning.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Seafoam Islands-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Seafoam Islands-Day.png]]
| [[File:HGSS Seafoam Islands-Night.png]]
|-
! colspan="5" style="background:#{{heartgold color}}; {{roundybottom|5px}}" | &nbsp;
|}
|}


==In the anime==
===English dub ===
{{incomplete|section|2=2nd-5th AG eyecatch episodes, first DP high-definition eyecatch episodes, other ''Who's That Pokémon?'' images<!--Johto, Master quest, etc.-->}}
{| class="roundtable c" style="margin:10px auto; background: #1d2c5e; border: 5px solid #ffcb05; max-width:1000px"
The only eyecatch retained for Western audiences was ''Dare da?'' (Japanese, kana: だれだ？; translation: ''Who is it?''), which became ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''. Unlike its Japanese counterpart, it continued well into the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, ending with ''[[AG040|Watt's with Wattson?]]'' and being replaced by ''[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]'' starting with from ''[[AG041|What You Seed is What You get?]]'' ending with ''[[AG145|Pasta La Vista]]'', when eyecatches disappeared in the [[dub]], but then returned in ''[[BW001|In The Shadow of Zekrom!]].'' With that, the English dub episodes of {{series|Diamond & Pearl}} are the only ones with no eyecatch entirely.
 
The following is a list of eyecatches used in the {{pkmn|anime}}.
 
===Original Japanese===
{| width="60%" align="center" style="background: #1d2c5e; {{roundy}}; border: 5px solid #ffcb05"
|- align="center"
! style="background:#3467af; {{roundytl|5px}}" | {{color|1d2c5e|Name}}
! style="background:#3467af" | {{color|1d2c5e|First half}}
! style="background:#3467af" | {{color|1d2c5e|Last half}}
! style="background:#3467af; {{roundytr|5px}}" | {{color|1d2c5e|Episodes}}
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}" | {{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Original series|Original}}
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |Name
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |First half
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |Last half
! style="background:#3467af; color:#1d2c5e;" |Episodes
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Who's That Pokémon?|''Dare da?'']]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kanto color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{kanto color light}}|Original series|Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold & Silver}}</h4>
| [[File:Dare da EP001 first six.png|200px]]
| [[File:Dare da EP001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[EP001]] - [[EP191]]
|-
|-
| style="background:#fff" | [[Who's That Pokémon?|''Pocket Monster TV'']]
| rowspan="3" |''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Original series|list]])</small>
| [[File:PMTV EP222.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP EP001 before.png|200px]]
| [[File:PMTV EP222.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP EP001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[EP192]] - [[EP274]]
|[[EP001]] - [[EP116]]
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{hoenn color dark}}" | {{color2|{{hoenn color light}}|Advanced Generation series|Advanced Generation}}
|[[File:WTP EP117 before.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP EP117.png|200px]]
|[[EP117]] - [[EP157]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center" style="background:#fff" | N/A
|[[File:WTP EP158 before.png|200px]]
| [[File:AG eyecatch 1.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP EP158.png|200px]]
| [[File:AG eyecatch 2.png|200px]]
|[[EP158]] - [[EP274]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG001]] - [[AG104]]
|-
|-
| [[File:AG eyecatch 3.png|200px]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{hoenn color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{hoenn color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire}}</h4>
| [[File:AG eyecatch 4.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG105]], [[AG109]], [[AG116]], [[AG119]], [[AG123]], [[AG127]], [[AG132]], [[AG138]], [[AG141]], [[AG145]], [[AG146]], [[AG148]], [[AG151]] - [[AG192]]<br>(random episodes)
|-
|-
| [[File:AG eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
|''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire|list]])</small>
| [[File:AG eyecatch 10.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP AG001 before.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG106]], [[AG110]], [[AG114]], [[AG121]], [[AG128]], [[AG135]], [[AG140]], [[AG149]], [[AG151]] - [[AG192]]<br>(random episodes)
|[[File:WTP AG001.png|200px]]
|[[AG001]] - [[AG040]]
|-
|-
| [[File:AG eyecatch 5.png|200px]]
|''[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]''<br><small>([[Pokémon Trainer's Choice#List of questions|list]])</small>
| [[File:AG eyecatch 6.png|200px]]
|[[File:PTC AG077.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG107]], [[AG111]], [[AG113]], [[AG118]], [[AG124]], [[AG126]], [[AG129]], [[AG131]]<!--Not sure on this one-->, [[AG133]], [[AG136]], [[AG139]], [[AG144]], [[AG150]], [[AG151]] - [[AG192]]<br>(random episodes)
|[[File:PTC AG077 answer.png|200px]]
|[[AG041]] - [[AG145]]
|-
|-
| [[File:AG eyecatch 7.png|200px]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{unova color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{unova color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Black & White}}</h4>
| [[File:AG eyecatch 8.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG108]], [[AG112]], [[AG115]], [[AG117]], [[AG120]], [[AG125]], [[AG130]], [[AG134]], [[AG137]], [[AG142]], [[AG143]], [[AG147]], [[AG151]] - [[AG192]]<br>(random episodes)
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{sinnoh color dark}}" | {{color2|{{sinnoh color light}}|Diamond & Pearl series|Diamond & Pearl}}
|''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon the Series: Black & White|list]])</small>
|[[File:WTP BW001 before.png|266px]]
|[[File:WTP BW001.png|266px]]
|[[BW001]] - [[BW142]]
|-
|-
| rowspan="10" align="center" style="background:#fff" | N/A
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kalos color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{kalos color light}}|Pokémon the Series: XY}}</h4>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 1.png|200px]]
| [[File:DP eyecatch 2.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP001]]
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 3.png|200px]]
|''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon the Series: XY|list]])</small>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 4.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP XY001 before.png|266px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP002]]
|[[File:WTP XY001.png|266px]]
|[[XY001]] - [[XY077]], [[XY079]] - [[XY140]], [[XYS05]]
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 5.png|200px]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{alola color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{alola color light}}|Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon}}</h4>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 6.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP003]]
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 7.png|200px]]
|''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon|list]])</small>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 8.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP SM002 before.png|266px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP004]] - [[DP120]]
|[[File:WTP SM002.png|266px]]
|[[SM001]] - [[SM146]]
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{galar color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{galar color light}}|Pokémon Journeys: The Series}}</h4>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 10.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP121]] - [[DP124]], [[DP126]] - [[DP132]], [[DP134]], [[DP136]] - [[DP137]], [[DP139]] - [[DP141]], [[DP143]] - [[DP191]]<!--this isn't entirely true-->
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|200px]]
|''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''<br><small>([[List of Who's That Pokémon? segments#Pokémon Journeys: The Series|list]])</small>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
|[[File:WTP JN001 before.png|266px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP125]], [[DP148]], [[DP190]]
|[[File:WTP_JN001.png|266px]]
|[[JN001]] - [[JN041]], [[JN046]] - [[JN070]], [[JN072]] - [[JN076]], [[JN078]], [[JN079]], [[JN081]] - [[JN084]], [[JN087]], [[JN089]] - [[JN098]], [[JN100]], [[JN101]], [[JN103]], [[JN105]], [[JN107]], [[JN108]], [[JN112]], [[JN114]], [[JN120]], [[JN127]], [[JN135]] - [[JN147]]
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{paldea color dark}}" |<h4 class=c>{{color2|{{paldea color light}}|Pokémon Horizons: The Series}}</h4>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 11.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP133]], [[DP168]], [[DP173]], [[DP183]], [[DP185]], [[DP187]], [[DP189]]
|-
|-
| [[File:DP eyecatch 12.png|200px]]
|N/A<br><small>([[List of Pokémon Horizons: The Series eyecatches|list]])</small>
| [[File:DP eyecatch 9.png|200px]]
|[[File:HZ eyecatch Liko Sprigatito dub.png|266px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[DP135]], [[DP138]], [[DP142]], [[DP153]], [[DP172]]
|[[File:HZ eyecatch Roy Fuecoco dub.png|266px]]
|-
|[[HZ002]] - present
| [[File:SS024 eyecatch.png|200px]]
| [[File:SS024 eyecatch.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[SS024]]
|-
| [[File:SS025 eyecatch.png|200px]]
| [[File:SS025 eyecatch.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[SS025]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{unova color dark}}" | {{color2|{{unova color light}}|Best Wishes series|Best Wishes!}}
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" style="background:#fff" | N/A
| [[File:BW eyecatch.png|200px]]
| [[File:BW eyecatch 2.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[BW001]] - [[BW006]]
|-
| [[File:BW eyecatch 3.png|200px]]
| [[File:BW eyecatch 4.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[BW007]] - [[BW060]]
|-
| align="center" style="background:#fff" | [[Who's That Pokémon?|''Dare da?'']]
| [[File:Dare da BW061 before.png|200px]]
| [[File:Dare da BW061.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[BW061]] - [[BW142]]<!--[[SS027]]???-->
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kalos color dark}}" | {{color2|{{kalos color light}}|XY series|XY}}
|-
| align="center" style="background:#fff" | [[Who's That Pokémon?|''Pokémon Quiz'']]
| [[File:none.png|20px]]
| [[File:Pokémon Quiz XY001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[XY001]] - present
|-
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|}
|}


===English dub===
==See also==
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! style="background:#3467af" | {{color|1d2c5e|First half}}
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|-
| style="background:#fff" | ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''
| [[File:Whos That Pokemon Unrevealed.png|200px]]
| [[File:WTP EP001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[EP001]] - [[EP274]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{hoenn color dark}}" | {{color2|{{hoenn color light}}|Advanced Generation series|Advanced}}
|-
| style="background:#fff" | ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''
| [[File:Whos That Pokemon Unrevealed AG001.png|200px]]
| [[File:WTP AG001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG001]] - [[AG040]]
|-
| style="background:#fff" | ''[[Pokémon Trainer's Choice]]''
| [[File:PTC AG041.png|200px]]
| [[File:PokémonTrainersChoice Seviper.png|200px]]<!--Clearer images than the corresponding image of the first picture-->
| style="background:#fff" | [[AG041]] - [[AG145]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{unova color dark}}" | {{color2|{{unova color light}}|Best Wishes series|Black & White}}
|-
| style="background:#fff" | ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''
| [[File:WTP BW001 1.png|200px]]
| [[File:WTP BW001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[BW001]] - [[BW142]]
|-
! colspan="4" style="background:#{{kalos color dark}}" | {{color2|{{kalos color light}}|XY series|The Series: XY}}
|-
| style="background:#fff" | ''[[Who's That Pokémon?]]''
| [[File:none.png|20px]]
| [[File:WTP XY001.png|200px]]
| style="background:#fff" | [[XY001]] - present
|-
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Latest revision as of 02:06, 15 April 2024

This article is about the anime transitional feature. For the images seen in some games when locations are entered, see location preview.

An eyecatch (Japanese: アイキャッチ eyecatch) is a transitional feature in the Pokémon anime that appears between commercial breaks during an episode. Sometimes, the 12 seconds available are used for two 6-second eyecatches or a single 12-second eyecatch.

In Pokémon the Series, the only eyecatch retained for Western audiences was Dare da? (Japanese, kana: だ〜れだ？; translation: Who is it?), which became Who's That Pokémon?. Unlike its Japanese counterpart, it continued well into Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, ending with Watt's with Wattson?. It was replaced by Pokémon Trainer's Choice, starting with What You Seed is What You Get and ending with Pasta La Vista, when eyecatches disappeared in the dub. Who's That Pokémon? later returned in In The Shadow of Zekrom!. With that, the English dub episodes of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl are the only ones with no eyecatch entirely.

In Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the static artwork eyecatches were retained for dubbed releases for the first time.

List of eyecatches

Japanese

Name First half Last half Episodes

Pocket Monsters (1997)

Dare da?
(list) 		    EP001 - EP191
Pocket Monster TV
(list) 		    EP192 - EP210
    EP211 - EP274
(EP192 - EP274 on VHS)

Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation

N/A     AG001 - AG002
    AG003
    AG004 - AG104
    AG105, AG109, AG116, AG119, AG123, AG127, AG132, AG138, AG141, AG145, AG146, AG148, AG151, AG154, AG158, AG164, AG166, AG169, AG175, AG179, AG183, AG187, AG191
    AG106, AG110, AG114, AG121, AG128, AG135, AG140, AG149, AG153, AG157, AG162, AG167, AG171, AG176, AG182, AG186, AG192
    AG107, AG111, AG113, AG118, AG124, AG126, AG129, AG131, AG133, AG136, AG139, AG144, AG150, AG155, AG160, AG161, AG165, AG170, AG172, AG177, AG180, AG185, AG188, AG190
    AG108, AG112, AG115, AG117, AG120, AG125, AG130, AG134, AG137, AG142, AG143, AG147, AG152, AG156, AG159, AG163, AG168, AG173, AG174, AG178, AG181, AG184, AG189

Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl

N/A     DP001
    DP002
    DP003
    DP004 - DP010
    DP011 - DP120
    DP121, DP126 - DP132, DP136, DP139 - DP141, DP145, DP147, DP149 - DP152, DP154, DP157, DP159, DP160, DP163, DP165, DP169, DP170, DP179, DP180, DP180, DP182, DP184, DP188, DP191
    DP122 - DP124, DP134, DP137, DP143, DP144, DP146, DP155, DP161, DP161, DP167, DP171, DP174 - DP177, DP186
    DP125, DP148, DP190
    DP133, DP166, DP168, DP173, DP183, DP185, DP187, DP189
    DP135, DP138, DP142, DP153, DP156, DP172, DP181
    DP158, DP178
    DP164
    DPS01
    DPS02

Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!

N/A     BW001 - BW006
    BW007 - BW060
Dare da?
(list) 		    BW061 - BW142
BWS01 - BWS02

Pocket Monsters XY

Pokémon Quiz
(list) 		    XY001 - XY077
XY079 - XY140
XYS05 - XYS06

Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon

Dare da?
(list) 		    SM001 - SM145

Pocket Monsters (2019)

Dare da?
(list) 		    JN001 - JN041, JN046 - JN070, JN072 - JN076, JN078, JN079, JN081 - JN084, JN087, JN089 - JN098, JN100, JN101, JN103, JN105, JN107, JN108, JN112, JN114, JN120, JN127, JN135 - JN147
N/A     JN071, JN077, JN080, JN085, JN086, JN088, JN099, JN102, JN104, JN109, JN110, JN113, JN115 - JN118, JN122 - JN125, JN129 - JN131, JN133

Pocket Monsters (2023)

N/A
(list) 		    HZ002 - present

English dub

Name First half Last half Episodes

Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold & Silver

Who's That Pokémon?
(list) 		    EP001 - EP116
    EP117 - EP157
    EP158 - EP274

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Who's That Pokémon?
(list) 		    AG001 - AG040
Pokémon Trainer's Choice
(list) 		    AG041 - AG145

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Who's That Pokémon?
(list) 		    BW001 - BW142

Pokémon the Series: XY

Who's That Pokémon?
(list) 		    XY001 - XY077, XY079 - XY140, XYS05

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Who's That Pokémon?
(list) 		    SM001 - SM146

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Who's That Pokémon?
(list) 		    JN001 - JN041, JN046 - JN070, JN072 - JN076, JN078, JN079, JN081 - JN084, JN087, JN089 - JN098, JN100, JN101, JN103, JN105, JN107, JN108, JN112, JN114, JN120, JN127, JN135 - JN147

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

N/A
(list) 		    HZ002 - present

See also

Original series Japanese version: Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture • Pokémon de English
English dub: Kanto Pokérap • Pikachu's Jukebox • Pokémon Karaokémon
Both: Who's That Pokémon?
Ruby and Sapphire Japanese version: Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture • Pokémon Trivia Quiz
English dub: Who's That Pokémon? • Pokémon Trainer's Choice
Diamond and Pearl Japanese version: Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia • Pikachu the Movie Memorial
Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Examination
Black & White Japanese version: Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster • Team Rocket Live Caster
Both: Who's That Pokémon?
XY Japanese version: Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster • Poké TV • Pokémon Quiz
English dub: Who's That Pokémon?
Both: Mega Evolution Pokédex
Sun & Moon Japanese version: Poké Problem
Both: Who's That Pokémon? • Where Are You Going, Eevee?
Journeys Japanese version: Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!! •
Team Rocket Expedition which stands by the evils of love and truth
Both: Who's That Pokémon?
Horizons Japanese version: Professor Friede's Pokémon Seminar •
The Brilliant Terapagos Expedition
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