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 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.

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 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.

In Pokémon Horizons: The Series, the static artwork eyecatches were retained for dubbed releases for the first time.

List of eyecatches

Japanese

Name	First half	Last half	Episodes
Pocket Monsters (1997)
Dare da? (list)			EP001 - EP191
Pocket Monster TV (list)			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? (list)			BW061 - BW142 BWS01 - BWS02
Pocket Monsters XY
Pokémon Quiz (list)			XY001 - XY077 XY079 - XY140 XYS05 - XYS06
Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon
Dare da? (list)			SM001 - SM145
Pocket Monsters (2019)
Dare da? (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
N/A			JN071, JN077, JN080, JN085, JN086, JN088, JN099, JN102, JN104, JN109, JN110, JN113, JN115 - JN118, JN122 - JN125, JN129 - JN131, JN133
Pocket Monsters (2023)
N/A (list)			HZ002 - present

English dub

Name	First half	Last half	Episodes
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold & 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

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