Eyecatch
- 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 animated series 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 the Black & White series, beginning with In The Shadow of Zekrom!. Eyecatches continued in each later series, meaning 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
English dub
Name | First half | Last half | Episodes |
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Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold and 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
This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation. |