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 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?
Dare da EP001 before.png
Dare da EP001.png
EP001 - EP191
Pocket Monster TV
PMTV EP192 before.png
PMTV EP192 V1.png
EP192 - EP210
PMTV EP199 before.png PMTV EP199.png EP211 - EP274
(EP192 - EP274 on VHS)
Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation
N/A
AG eyecatch 1.png
AG eyecatch 2.png
AG001 - AG002
AG eyecatch 3.png
AG eyecatch 4.png
AG003
AG eyecatch 5.png
AG eyecatch 6.png
AG004 - AG104
AG eyecatch 7.png
AG eyecatch 8.png
AG105, AG109, AG116, AG119, AG123, AG127, AG132, AG138, AG141, AG145, AG146, AG148, AG151, AG154, AG158, AG164, AG166, AG169, AG175, AG179, AG183, AG187, AG191
AG eyecatch 9.png
AG eyecatch 10.png
AG106, AG110, AG114, AG121, AG128, AG135, AG140, AG149, AG153, AG157, AG162, AG167, AG171, AG176, AG182, AG186, AG192
AG eyecatch 11.png
AG eyecatch 12.png
AG107, AG111, AG113, AG118, AG124, AG126, AG129, AG131, AG133, AG136, AG139, AG144, AG150, AG155, AG160, AG161, AG165, AG170, AG172, AG177, AG180, AG185, AG188, AG190
AG eyecatch 13.png
AG eyecatch 14.png
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
DP eyecatch 1.png
DP eyecatch 2.png
DP001
DP eyecatch 3.png
DP eyecatch 4.png
DP002
DP eyecatch 5.png
DP eyecatch 6.png
DP003
DP eyecatch 7.png
DP eyecatch 8.png
DP004 - DP010
DP eyecatch 9.png
DP eyecatch 10.png
DP011 - DP120
DP eyecatch 11.png DP eyecatch 12.png 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
DP eyecatch 12.png DP eyecatch 11.png DP122 - DP124, DP134, DP137, DP143, DP144, DP146, DP155, DP161, DP161, DP167, DP171, DP174 - DP177, DP186
DP eyecatch 13.png DP eyecatch 11.png DP125, DP148, DP190
DP eyecatch 11.png DP eyecatch 13.png DP133, DP166, DP168, DP173, DP183, DP185, DP187, DP189
DP eyecatch 14.png DP eyecatch 11.png DP135, DP138, DP142, DP153, DP156, DP172, DP181
DP eyecatch 11.png DP eyecatch 14.png DP158, DP178
DP eyecatch 14.png DP eyecatch 12.png DP164
DPS01 eyecatch.png DPS01 eyecatch.png DPS01
DPS02 eyecatch.png DPS02 eyecatch.png DPS02
Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!
N/A BW eyecatch.png BW eyecatch 2.png BW001 - BW006
BW eyecatch 3.png BW eyecatch 4.png BW007 - BW060
Dare da? Dare da BW061 before.png Dare da BW061.png BW061 - BW142
BWS01 - BWS02
Pocket Monsters XY
Pokémon Quiz Pokémon Quiz XY001 before.png Pokémon Quiz XY001.png XY001 - XY077
XY079 - XY140
XYS05 - XYS06
Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon
Dare da? Dare da SM001 before.png Dare da SM001.png SM001 - SM145
Pocket Monsters (2019)
Dare da? Dare da JN001 before.png Dare da JN001.png 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 JN eyecatch 1.png JN eyecatch 2.png 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 File:HZ eyecatch 1.png HZ002, HZ003, HZ009 HZ040
File:HZ eyecatch 2.png HZ014, HZ018, HZ022, HZ033 HZ002, HZ004
File:HZ eyecatch 3.png HZ006, HZ034 HZ003, HZ022
File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png HZ004, HZ008, HZ013, HZ019, HZ020, HZ025 HZ009, HZ011, HZ012, HZ015, HZ023, HZ026
File:HZ eyecatch 4.png HZ005, HZ021, HZ023, HZ028, HZ037, HZ042 HZ006, HZ025, HZ029
File:HZ eyecatch 5.png HZ029 HZ005
File:HZ eyecatch 2 V2.png HZ007, HZ017 HZ035
File:HZ eyecatch 6.png HZ007
File:HZ eyecatch 7.png HZ036 HZ008
File:HZ eyecatch 8.png HZ010
File:HZ eyecatch 9.png HZ010
File:HZ eyecatch 10.png HZ011, HZ038
File:HZ eyecatch 11.png HZ012, HZ032 HZ042
File:HZ eyecatch 7 V2.png HZ013, HZ016, HZ027, HZ039, HZ041
File:HZ eyecatch 4 V2.png HZ014, HZ017
File:HZ eyecatch 12.png HZ015
File:HZ eyecatch 13.png HZ016, HZ044
File:HZ eyecatch 2 V3.png HZ018
File:HZ eyecatch 6 V2.png HZ019
File:HZ eyecatch 14.png HZ020
File:HZ eyecatch 1 V3.png HZ021
File:HZ eyecatch 1 V4.png HZ024, HZ026 HZ031, HZ032
File:HZ eyecatch 15.png HZ031 HZ024, HZ033
File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2 2.png HZ027, HZ035, HZ037, HZ040 HZ036
File:HZ eyecatch 1 V3 2.png HZ028 HZ038
File:HZ eyecatch 16.png HZ030
File:HZ eyecatch 16 V2.png HZ030
File:HZ eyecatch 17.png HZ034
File:HZ eyecatch 16 V3.png HZ039
File:HZ eyecatch 7 V3.png HZ041
File:HZ eyecatch 18.png HZ043
File:HZ eyecatch 19.png HZ043
File:HZ eyecatch 20.png HZ044

English dub

Name First half Last half Episodes
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold & Silver
Who's That Pokémon?
WTP EP001 before.png
WTP EP001.png
EP001 - EP116
WTP EP117 before.png
WTP EP117.png
EP117 - EP157
WTP EP158 before.png
WTP EP158.png
EP158 - EP274
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Who's That Pokémon?
WTP AG001 before.png
WTP AG001.png
AG001 - AG040
Pokémon Trainer's Choice
PTC AG077.png
PTC AG077 answer.png
AG041 - AG145
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Who's That Pokémon? WTP BW001 before.png WTP BW001.png BW001 - BW142
Pokémon the Series: XY
Who's That Pokémon? WTP XY001 before.png WTP XY001.png XY001 - XY077, XY079 - XY140, XYS05
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Who's That Pokémon? WTP SM002 before.png WTP SM002.png SM001 - SM146
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Who's That Pokémon? WTP JN001 before.png WTP JN001.png 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
  HZ eyecatch Liko Sprigatito dub.png HZ eyecatch Roy Fuecoco dub.png HZ002 - present
 


See also

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