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An eyecatch is a transitional feature between a commercial break and a television show that is present in most Japanese anime. In the rest of the world, the equivalents are commercial bumpers. The Pokémon anime has featured eyecatches from its very beginning. Sometimes in the Pokémon anime, the 12 seconds available is used for two 6 second eyecatches or one 12 second eyecatch.

Original series

Original Japanese

English dub

Who's That Pokémon?

Advanced Generation series

Original Japanese

First six seconds	Last six seconds
AG001 - AG104

First six seconds Last six seconds File:AG eyecatch 3.jpg AG105 - AG192 (random episodes)

First six seconds Last six seconds File:AG eyecatch 5.jpg File:AG eyecatch 6.jpg AG105 - AG192 (random episodes)

First six seconds Last six seconds AG105 - AG192 (random episodes)

First six seconds Last six seconds File:AG eyecatch 9.jpg File:AG eyecatch 10.jpg AG105 - AG192 (random episodes)

English dub

Who's That Pokémon? First six seconds Last six seconds AG001 - AG040

Trainer's Choice First half Last half AG041 - AG145

Diamond & Pearl series

First six seconds Last six seconds File:DP eyecatch 2.jpg DP001

First six seconds Last six seconds File:DP eyecatch 3.jpg DP002

First six seconds Last six seconds File:DP eyecatch 4.jpg DP003

First six seconds Last six seconds DP004 - DP120

First six seconds Last six seconds DP121 - DP124, DP126 - DP132, DP134, DP136 - DP137, DP139 - DP141, DP143 - present

First six seconds Last six seconds DP125, DP148, DP190

First six seconds Last six seconds DP133, DP168, DP173, DP183, DP185, DP187, DP189

First six seconds Last six seconds DP135, DP138, DP142, DP153, DP172

Best Wishes series

First six seconds Last six seconds BW001 - BW006

First six seconds Last six seconds BW007 - Present

Trivia

• The only eyecatch retained for Western audiences was Dare Da?, which became "Who's That Pokémon?". Unlike its Japanese counterpart, however, it continued well into the Advanced Generation series, ending in Watt's with Wattson? and being replaced by Pokémon Trainer's Choice until Pasta La Vista, when eyecatches disappeared in the dub, but than returned in In The Shadow of Zekrom!.
• Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver feature eyecatches when the player enters certain locations.

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