Eyecatch

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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.

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.

List of eyecatches

Japanese

Name First half Last half Episodes
Original
Dare da?
 
 
EP001 - EP191
Pocket Monster TV
 
 
EP192 - EP210
    EP211 - EP274 (EP192 - EP274 on VHS)
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
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
SS027 - SS028
XY
Pokémon Quiz     XY001 - present
 

English dub

Name First half Last half Episodes
Original
Who's That Pokémon?
 
 
EP001 - EP116
 
 
EP117 - EP157
 
 
EP158 - EP274
Advanced
Who's That Pokémon?
 
 
AG001 - AG040
Pokémon Trainer's Choice
 
File:PokémonTrainersChoice Seviper.png
AG041 - AG145
Black & White
Who's That Pokémon?     BW001 - BW142
The Series: XY
Who's That Pokémon?     XY001 - present
 


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