Bulbapedia:Epicode
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An epicode (short for episode code) is a manner in which an episode is referred to on Bulbapedia. As episodes are released weekly in Japan, and weekly for part of the year in the rest of the world, page moves would happen quite frequently if articles were retitled for their English release — not to mention if an episode title were misinterpreted.
A commonly-accepted system was therefore developed to identify the individual episodes easily. Starting with the first episode, which was labeled as EP001, this numeric format continued throughout the episodes of the original series. After this, however, the episode counts diverged. The first episode of the second series of the anime, Advanced Generation, to some is considered just a continuation of the count from that of the original series, while to others a separate count is established. On Bulbapedia, this episode is considered AG001, and likewise, the first episode in the Diamond & Pearl series is considered DP001. Episodes of the series of specials aired during Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station receive the epicode of H, for Hōsō, which they were referred to prior to their dubbing as Pokémon Chronicles episodes.
Epicodes are not just for episodes of the anime, however. The chapters of Pokémon Adventures feature them too, as do other manga.
Epicode breakdown
Anime
Epicode | Derived from | Used for | Followed by |
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EP | Episode | Episodes of the original series | Three digits (001 - 274) |
AG | Advanced Generation | Episodes of the Advanced Generation series | Three digits (001 - 192) |
DP | Diamond & Pearl | Episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series | Three digits (001 - ongoing) |
H | Hōsōkyoku | Side story episodes of Weekly Pokémon Broadcasting Station | Three digits (001 - 018) |
PK | Pikachu | Pikachu shorts | Two digits (01 - 21) |
M | Movie | Pokémon movies | Two digits (01 - 12) |
Manga
Epicode | Derived from | Used for | Followed by |
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PS | Pokémon Special | Pokémon Adventures rounds | Three digits (001 - ongoing) |
ET | Electric Tale | Electric Tale of Pikachu chapters | Two digits (01 - 20) |
SP | Satoshi & Pikachu | Ash and Pikachu chapters | Two digits (01 - 36) |
PZ | Pokémon Zensho | Pokémon Zensho chapters | Two digits (01 - 10) |
GB | Golden Boys | Golden Boys chapters | Two digits (01 - 23) |
PW | Pokémon Wake | How I Became a Pokémon Card chapters | Two digits (01 - 38) |
MCM | Mezase Card Master | Mezase!! Card Master chapters | One digit (1 - 9) |
P7- | Pokémon 7 | Phantom Thief! Pokémon 7 chapters | Two digits (01 - 12) |
PM | Pocket Monsters | Pocket Monsters chapters | Three digits (001 - ?) |
PMRS | Pocket Monsters RS | Pocket Monsters RS chapters | Two digits (01 - 63) |
PMDP | Pocket Monsters DP | Pocket Monsters DP chapters | |
4K | 4Koma | Pokémon 4Koma chapters | |
CBF | Challenge Battle Frontier | Pokémon Battle Frontier chapters | One digit (1 - 6) |
PPP | PiPiPi Adventure | Magical Pokémon Journey chapters | Two digits for volume number, hyphen, two digits. For bonus chapters, the last two digits are replaced by "b" and one digit (01-01 - 10-b3) |
CCP | Chamo-Chamo Pretty | Pokémon Chamo-Chamo ☆ Pretty ♪ chapters | Two digits for volume number, hyphen, two digits. For bonus chapters, the last two digits are replaced by "b" and one digit (01-00 - ?) |
DPA | Diamond & Pearl Adventure | Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! chapters | Two digits. For special chapters, the last two digits are replaced by "s" and one digit (01 - ongoing) |
GDZ | Get da ze | Pokémon Get da ze! chapters | Two digits (01 - 15) |
GRT | Ginji's Rescue Team | Ginji's Rescue Team chapters | One digit (1 - 6) |
BET | Blazing Exploration Team | Blazing Exploration Team chapters |
Anime without epicodes
Several special episodes lack epicodes, usually due to the fact that they are released under extraordinary circumstances.