Eyecatch

(Redirected from Eye catch)
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.

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.

List of eyecatches

Japanese

Name First half Last half Episodes
Pocket Monsters (1997)
Dare da?
 
 
EP001 - EP191
Pocket Monster TV
 
 
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?     BW061 - BW142
BWS01 - BWS02
Pocket Monsters XY
Pokémon Quiz     XY001 - XY077
XY079 - XY140
XYS05 - XYS06
Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon
Dare da?     SM001 - SM145
Pocket Monsters (2019)
Dare da?     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


Name Image Used as First Half Used as Last Half
Pocket Monsters (2023)
N/A   HZ002, HZ003, HZ009 HZ040
  HZ014, HZ018, HZ022, HZ033 HZ002, HZ004
  HZ006, HZ034 HZ003, HZ022
  HZ004, HZ008, HZ013, HZ019, HZ020, HZ025 HZ009, HZ011, HZ012, HZ015, HZ023, HZ026
  HZ005, HZ021, HZ023, HZ028, HZ037, HZ042 HZ006, HZ025, HZ029
  HZ029 HZ005
  HZ007, HZ017 HZ035
  HZ007
  HZ036 HZ008
  HZ010
  HZ010
  HZ011, HZ038
  HZ012, HZ032 HZ042
  HZ013, HZ016, HZ027, HZ039, HZ041
  HZ014, HZ017
  HZ015
  HZ016, HZ044
  HZ018
  HZ019
  HZ020
  HZ021
  HZ024, HZ026 HZ031, HZ032
  HZ031 HZ024, HZ033
  HZ027, HZ035, HZ037, HZ040 HZ036
  HZ028 HZ038
  HZ030
  HZ030
  HZ034
  HZ039
  HZ041
  HZ043
  HZ043
  HZ044

English dub

Name First half Last half Episodes
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold & Silver
Who's That Pokémon?
 
 
EP001 - EP116
 
 
EP117 - EP157
 
 
EP158 - EP274
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Who's That Pokémon?
 
 
AG001 - AG040
Pokémon Trainer's Choice
 
 
AG041 - AG145
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Who's That Pokémon?     BW001 - BW142
Pokémon the Series: XY
Who's That Pokémon?     XY001 - XY077, XY079 - XY140, XYS05
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Who's That Pokémon?     SM001 - SM146
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Who's That Pokémon?     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
 


See also

  This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.