An eyecatch (Japanese: アイキャッチ eyecatch) is a transitional feature between a commercial break and a television program that originated in Japan and is present in most anime and tokusatsu shows. In other countries, mainly the United States and the United Kingdom, the equivalents are "bumpers".

The 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.

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver have been the only core series Pokémon games so far to feature eyecatches, presenting them when the player enters specific locations.

In the games

This is a list of eyecatches used in the core series games.

FireRed and LeafGreen

Location Eyecatch
Kanto
Viridian Forest  
Diglett's Cave  
Mt. Moon  
Cerulean Cave  
Rock Tunnel  
Kanto Power Plant  
Rocket Hideout  
Safari Zone  
Seafoam Islands  
Pokémon Mansion  
Victory Road  
Sevii Islands
Mt. Ember  
Berry Forest  
Icefall Cave  
Rocket Warehouse  
Lost Cave  
Pattern Bush  
Altering Cave  
Dotted Hole  
Tanoby Chambers  
 

HeartGold and SoulSilver

Location Morning eyecatch Daytime eyecatch Evening eyecatch Nighttime eyecatch
Johto
Sprout Tower        
Dark Cave (Route 31 entrance)        
Dark Cave (Route 45 entrance)        
Ruins of Alph        
Union Cave        
Slowpoke Well        
Ilex Forest        
National Park        
Burned Tower        
Bell Tower        
Whirl Islands        
Mt. Mortar        
Ice Path File:HGSS Ice Cave-Morning.png File:HGSS Ice Cave-Day.png File:HGSS Ice Cave-Day.png File:HGSS Ice Cave-Night.png
Dragon's Den        
Mt. Silver        
Kanto
Tohjo Falls        
Victory Road        
Viridian Forest        
Diglett's Cave        
Mt. Moon        
Cerulean Cave        
Rock Tunnel        
Seafoam Islands        
 

In the anime

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Reason: 2nd-5th AG eyecatch episodes, first DP high-definition eyecatch episodes, other Who's That Pokémon? images

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 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.

The following is a list of eyecatches used in the anime.

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, AG109, AG116, AG119, AG123, AG127, AG132, AG138, AG141, AG145, AG146, AG148, AG151 - AG192
(random episodes)
    AG106, AG110, AG114, AG121, AG128, AG135, AG140, AG149, AG151 - AG192
(random episodes)
    AG107, AG111, AG113, AG118, AG124, AG126, AG129, AG131, AG133, AG136, AG139, AG144, AG150, AG151 - AG192
(random episodes)
    AG108, AG112, AG115, AG117, AG120, AG125, AG130, AG134, AG137, AG142, AG143, AG147, AG151 - 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
    BW007 - BW060
Dare da?     BW061 - BW142
XY
Pokémon Quiz     XY001 - present
 

English dub

Name First half Last half Episodes
Original
Who's That Pokémon? File:Whos That Pokemon Unrevealed.png   EP001 - EP274
Advanced
Who's That Pokémon? File:Whos That Pokemon Unrevealed AG001.png   AG001 - AG040
Pokémon Trainer's Choice   File:PokémonTrainersChoice Seviper.png AG041 - AG145
Black & White
Who's That Pokémon? File:WTP BW001 1.png   BW001 - BW142
The Series: XY
Who's That Pokémon?     XY001 - present
 


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