Eyecatch
An eyecatch is a transitional feature between a commercial break and a television show that is present in most Japanese anime. In the rest of the world, the equivalents are commercial bumpers. The Pokémon anime has featured eyecatches from its very beginning. Sometimes in the Pokémon anime, the 12 seconds available is used for two 6 second eyecatches or one 12 second eyecatch.
Original Japanese
Name | First Half | Last Half | Episodes |
---|---|---|---|
Original | |||
Dare Da? | File:Dare da EP001 first six.png | EP001 - EP191 | |
Pocket Monster TV | EP192 - EP274 | ||
Advanced Generation | |||
N/A | AG001 - AG104 | ||
AG105 - AG192 (random episodes) | |||
AG105 - AG192 (random episodes) | |||
AG105 - AG192 (random episodes) | |||
AG105 - AG192 (random episodes) | |||
Diamond & Pearl | |||
N/A | DP001 | ||
DP002 | |||
DP003 | |||
DP004 - DP120 | |||
DP121 - DP124, DP126 - DP132, DP134, DP136 - DP137, DP139 - DP141, DP143 - DP191 | |||
DP125, DP148, DP190 | |||
DP133, DP168, DP173, DP183, DP185, DP187, DP189 | |||
DP135, DP138, DP142, DP153, DP172 | |||
File:SS024 eyecatch.png | File:SS024 eyecatch.png | SS024 | |
File:SS025 eyecatch.png | File:SS025 eyecatch.png | SS025 | |
Best Wishes! | |||
N/A | BW001 - BW006 | ||
N/A | BW007 - BW060 | ||
Dare Da? | BW061 - Present | ||
English dub
Trivia
- The only eyecatch retained for Western audiences was Dare Da?, which became "Who's That Pokémon?". Unlike its Japanese counterpart, however, it continued well into the Advanced Generation series, ending with Watt's with Wattson? and being replaced by Pokémon Trainer's Choice starting with from What You Seed is What You get? ending with Pasta La Vista, when eyecatches disappeared in the dub, but then returned in In The Shadow of Zekrom!. With that, the English dub episodes of Diamond & Pearl series are the only ones with no eyecatch entirely.
- Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver feature eyecatches when the player enters certain locations.
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