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?			EP001 - EP191
Pocket Monster TV			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?			BW061 - BW142 BWS01 - BWS02
Pocket Monsters XY
Pokémon Quiz			XY001 - XY140 XYS05 - XYS06
Pocket Monsters Sun & Moon
Dare da?			SM001 - SM145
Pocket Monsters (2019)
Dare da?			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	File:HZ eyecatch 1.png	File:HZ eyecatch 2.png	HZ002
	File:HZ eyecatch 1.png	File:HZ eyecatch 3.png	HZ003
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 2.png	HZ004
	File:HZ eyecatch 4.png	File:HZ eyecatch 5.png	HZ005
	File:HZ eyecatch 3.png	File:HZ eyecatch 4.png	HZ006
	File:HZ eyecatch 2 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 6.png	HZ007
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 7.png	HZ008
	File:HZ eyecatch 1.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	HZ009
	File:HZ eyecatch 8.png	File:HZ eyecatch 9.png	HZ010
	File:HZ eyecatch 10.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	HZ011
	File:HZ eyecatch 11.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	HZ012
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 7 V2.png	HZ013
	File:HZ eyecatch 2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 4 V2.png	HZ014
	File:HZ eyecatch 12.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	HZ015
	File:HZ eyecatch 13.png	File:HZ eyecatch 7 V2.png	HZ016
	File:HZ eyecatch 2 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 4 V2.png	HZ017
	File:HZ eyecatch 2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 2 V3.png	HZ018
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 6 V2.png	HZ019
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 14.png	HZ020
	File:HZ eyecatch 4.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V3.png	HZ021
	File:HZ eyecatch 2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 3.png	HZ022
	File:HZ eyecatch 4.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	HZ023
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V4.png	File:HZ eyecatch 15.png	HZ024
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 4.png	HZ025
	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V4 2.png	File:HZ eyecatch 1 V2 2.png	HZ026

English dub

Name	First half	Last half	Episodes
Pokémon the Series: The Beginning and Pokémon the Series: Gold & Silver
Who's That Pokémon?			EP001 - EP116
			EP117 - EP157
			EP158 - EP274
Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire
Who's That Pokémon?			AG001 - AG040
Pokémon Trainer's Choice			AG041 - AG145
Pokémon the Series: Black & White
Who's That Pokémon?			BW001 - BW142
Pokémon the Series: XY
Who's That Pokémon?			XY001 - XY140, XYS05
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Who's That Pokémon?			SM001 - SM146
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Who's That Pokémon?			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

See also

• Bonus segment

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