History Main / EyeCatch

* ''Manga/BlackButler'' has the "Intermission" screen, complete with jazzy background music. Considering the theme of the show and the timing that this thing tends to appear, it often creates a good level of SoundtrackDissonance.

* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'''s eyecatches are accompanied by the same loud fanfare (Da-dun-da-dun dada-da-dun, dadadada da-dun), causing SoundtrackDissonance several times. For the second season, they usually reflected the events or characters of that episode. The ''Shana-tan' DVD specials had eyecatches between each short skit.

** The [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 original cartoon]] had eyecatches before and after each break, each one showing off a different character's transformation and accompanied by the distinctive voice of Victor Caroli intoning, "''The Transformers'' will return, after these messages". The VHS release of some episodes kept these, and added sound effects for flying, transforming, etc. With each season having their own unique set[[labelnote:*]]Season 1 having Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jazz and Laserbeak; Season 2 with Shockwave, Grimlock, Hook, Astrotain, Cosmos, Thrust, Warpath, Devastator and Omega Supreme; Season 3 with Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Blurr, Trypticon and a random Sharkticon; and Season 4 with Scorponok and Highbrow[[/labelnote]]

''[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not]]'' a subtrope of EyeScream.

* In the second set of ''Literature/{{Angelique}}'' {{OVA}}s. The artwork consists of fairly standard images of characters posing on Tarot cards. The ''background'' however contains some [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/s-chan/pink.jpg suspicious background text]] which English-speaking fans figured out came from an article about ''Series/QueerAsFolkUK''. Remember now -- this is supposed to be a very chaste series of {{Dating Sim}}s for girls... but it does have a very large fanbase of {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s due to the sheer amount of slash-worthy guys involved, making this a rather funny occurrence.

** The "Who's That Pokémon" segment, in which viewers are asked to identify a Pokémon by its silhouette (and, in some episodes, some information about its behavior). The Japanese version eventually dropped this, replacing it with normal eyecatches, but the American [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids dub]] kept it up 'til the Hoenn era, where it was replaced with "Trainer's Choice", a quiz on Pokémon knowledge. That lasted until The Pokémon Company International took over the dub.
-->''Okay, trainers! Which of these Pokemon[[note]] Arbok, Sableye, and Suicune[[/note]] evolves into Seviper?\\

** Interestingly, while the Japanese eyecatches almost always tied-in with the episode's plot (one even featured the infamous "Jigglypuff viewed from above"), 4Kids would often swap them out for completely unrelated 'mon, possibly to give TheMerch a better cross-section of spotlight.

* The anime adaption of ''Literature/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' has the first eyecatch showing characters in a parody of cultural references, the second eyecatch shows pictures of the characters' school life.
* A three-part series of eyecatches, for various anime, can be found on Youtube using links [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJmEcuZUvQ 1]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ugEX6UQg4o 2]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49uvn-IRM5U 3.]]
* ''Anime/SailorMoon'' had new catches for each season, usually involving the team jumping around inspirationally. A few of the eyecatches were also recreated for the video games. Noteably the first part of R's eyecatch is recreated in one of the first games, unless Chibi-usa mode is selected, wherein she drops into the eyecatch on top of the Sailor Senshi. The ContinuityReboot ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' uses elaborate artwork for its eyecatches.
** The pre-break eyecatch has the series logo against a baby blue starry sky, with the earth below it. At right, in pastels, a reverse painted silhouette of Sailor Moon is tangled in draped ribbons, along with the moon and inner planets.
** The post-break eyecatch has silhouettes of Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon beneath a large roman column, accented by red rose petals, as the Earth hangs in a white sky with the series logo at right.
* ''[[Anime/BubblegumCrisis Bubblegum Crisis 2040]]'' has a pretty standard logo display eyecatch.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' has an eyecatch with white lettering on a black background, preceded by Japanese kanji shown with startling rapidity.
* ''Anime/{{Planetes}}'' has one where the show's title shifts from one language to another.
* ''Anime/IrresponsibleCaptainTylor'' has one where the show's title is at the bottom of the screen and portraits of the crew are put up with startling rapidity. The process is reversed when the break is over.
* The first season of ''Anime/BloodPlus'' had a shot of Saya's sword as the blood runs through the blade, with a loud noise in the background. The later seasons had a shot of several Shif weapons thrown in the viewer's direction, each making a pretty loud noise when hitting the screen.
* ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' features eyecatches that sort out which members of the LoveDodecahedron are an OfficialCouple. In addition, you can always tell which characters will be featured in the second half of the episode by which ones are shown/come out on top in the EyeCatch.
* The eyecatches in ''Manga/ChouKuseNiNarisou'' feature the UnknownRival hamming it up, and the series lead not noticing.
* ''Anime/{{Simoun}}'' is rare in that it never reuses an eyecatch -- each one is a beautifully detailed drawing of a character in a pose related to the episode. Postcards of the eyecatches, and an eyecatch art gallery, were used as DVD bonus material.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'' places a rule for using the Death Note in each of its eyecatches, much the same way the manga uses a page at the end of each chapter. The exceptions are episodes 25 and 26, in which only "Death Note" is shown.
* ''Anime/DieBuster'' has a small logo in the corner, and for the first 5 episodes has a chorus singing the name a few times. The 6th (final) episode has a silent logo to go with the drama of the episode.
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' had two different eyecatches, one in the first season, one applied to all of the remaining six seasons, and the first one might not have been a proper eyecatch. The differences between the two could be chalked up to the fact that the series was produced by first one studio, then dropped and picked up by a second.
** The first season had a single eyecatch that played in the middle of the episode, and a second one that played just before the end-credits. The former consisted of Genma, in panda form, juggling three pieces of fruit and eating them on the second rotation before washing them down with a cup of tea. The second consisted of Ranma, in girl form, nonchalantly juggling first P-chan (Ryoga's cursed form), then Shampoo's cursed form, then looking horrified and barely managing to catch Genma's panda form.
** The latter seasons had a two-parter proper eyecatch, using SuperDeformed artstyle. When the episode ended for its commercial break, Ranma-boy would come running in from the right side of the screen as an angry Akane pursued with swings of a broom, flipping over her and, to the horror of both, unintentionally landing on P-chan, who had followed Akane. When the episode returned, Ranma-boy would back in from the right as Akane, with P-chan sitting on her head, tried to strike Ranma, who backflipped away and pulled a face -- only to land in a tub of cold water as Genma-panda suddenly rushed onto the scene, emerging with a dumbstruck, exasperated expression in female form.
* The original ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' series had no eyecatch. ''Next'' had a quick montage of the main characters ending with two of them in a couple pose (often wearing school uniforms); amusingly, when Gourry and Zelgadis (both men) ended together the screen would shatter. In ''Try'' the montage showed the main characters as children and ended again on a couple pose, but this one seemed to represent possible pairings as they would be at the end of the main story arc (and the series). Both series reused a set number of eyecatches but had unique ones for the last few episodes. For the first time in the series, ''Literature/{{Slayers}} Revolution'' has the post-break eyecatch showing events directly connected to the current episode. * ''Slayers Next'' has eyecatchers in the form of a SettingUpdate, with memorable cards such as Amelia as a waitress and Goury and Zelgadis as [[spoiler: [[HoYay a gay couple]], which [[CameraAbuse breaks the screen]]]].
* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' uses a Kabuki stage with ''[[KabukiSounds tsuzumi]]'' and ''[[KabukiSounds okawa]]'' sounds in its EyeCatch.
* ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'' parodied this trope in one episode, as it has [[ThreeShorts 11-minute episodes]] and thus no commercial breaks.
* ''Anime/CosplayComplex'' also parodied this trope, since it was an {{OVA}} and had no commercials. Rather, each EyeCatch showed off the cast cosplaying characters from another anime.
* The NonIndicativeFirstEpisode of ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' featured a hand-drawn EyeCatch, done in crayon, halfway through the amateur video that the main characters produced. This was the only episode with an eyecatch, which Creator/KyotoAnimation tends to discard in favour of spending more time on the story. If anything, this is a commentary on Haruhi's personality since she's putting an eyecatch on a movie where there's no commercial interruption. Why? Because she wanted one!
* ''Manga/LuckyStar'' has the round little cat (The AuthorAvatar) from the episode card to the left of the logo with two variations; the first commercial eyecatch is on a green background with the cat yawning; the eyecatch before the [[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]] segment is on a pink background with the cat sleeping and snoring. Both eyecatches conclude with the four main girls saying "Lucky Star!" or "Lucky Channel!" respectively.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** The "Who's That Pokémon" segment, in which viewers are asked to identify a Pokémon by its silhouette (and, in some episodes, some information about its behavior). The Japanese version eventually dropped this, replacing it with normal eyecatches, but the American [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids dub]] kept it up 'til the Hoenn era, where it was replaced with "Trainer's Choice", a quiz on Pokémon knowledge. That lasted until The Pokémon Company International took over the dub.
-->''Okay, trainers! Which of these Pokemon[[note]] Arbok, Sableye, and Suicune[[/note]] evolves into Seviper?\\
If you chose Arbok, you're right!''[[note]]Nothing evolves into Seviper, nor does it evolve into anything. Arbok does not evolve into anything; it evolves ''from'' Ekans.[[/note]]
** After 5 seasons without eyecatches, the dub brought back Who's That Pokémon for ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite''. Eventually, the Japanese version added it back as well after spending [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Hoenn]] and [[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Sinnoh]] with generic eyecatches.
** Interestingly, while the Japanese eyecatches almost always tied-in with the episode's plot (one even featured the infamous "Jigglypuff viewed from above"), 4Kids would often swap them out for completely unrelated 'mon, possibly to give TheMerch a better cross-section of spotlight.
* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'''s eyecatch at the beginning of a break had a distinctive guitar fill; the one at the end of the break had the same riff played backwards.
* In the Creator/ToeiAnimation version of ''Manga/{{Kanon}}'', two different characters, the arrangement changing each time, would [[TitleDrop say the show's name]] while standing beside the logo.
* ''Tsuyokiss Cool X Sweet'' also had a guitar riff, played backwards at the end of the break.
* ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' had a cute eyecatch featured SuperDeformed versions of the protagonists, and then a cute slider puzzle eyecatch.

* ''Manga/AngelicLayer'' changed the eyecatch mid-season from just Misaki to Misaki and Hatoko. In the English voice actors' audio commentaries, someone would often announce "Commercial!" when the eyecatch showed up.
* The first ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' eyecatch was composed of pictures of Lucia and Hanon in glowing stars (apparently ignoring Rina, even though the show is focused on the three as a trio). Once the [[AnimeThemeSong OP]] changed for the first time, Lucia would draw a card from a deck of playing cards, with Hanon and Rina around her. She smiled if the card bore a hero and gasped at a villain; the character on the card was usually a character that had a big role in the episode, and if not, it was Lucia. The second season's eyecatch was one of the mermaids (or [[http://www.jpfankelly.com/Series%20Summaries/PDVD_4731.jpg Hippo]]) surrounded by a bubble border; again, if no specific character [[ADayInTheLimelight held the spotlight]], Lucia or Seira appeared. Caren, Noel and Coco each appeared in this eyecatch a total of ''[[OutOfFocus one time]]''.
* ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'' used them constantly, not just for commercial breaks. For some reason, the early ones were of local MagicalGirl Behoimi. ''Negima!?'' was much the same, probably because it was by the same studio. The use could be excessive -- the last episode of ''Pani Poni Dash!'' felt like it was half eyecatches.
* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' has the various characters with a comic balloon (usually filling most of the screen) saying simply the letter ''A''.
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' uses different eyecatches for every episode. These range from action shots to humorous snippets(such as Nanoha having a MarshmallowDream involving Yuuno) to {{Shipping}} fuel.
* ''Anime/BurstAngel'' usually features Meg and Jo in some sort of badass pose, and occasionally, they feature Amy, Sei and Kyohei.
* ''Manga/MidoriDays'' features the eponymous character waving a wooden sign around.

* The boys love anime ''Manga/GakuenHeaven'' had two. One had the student council president (called the King) approaching the treasury president (called the Queen) as if flirting or asking for a date. The next eyecatch is The King on the floor devastated after being rejected and the Queen walking away nonchalantly. The eyecatches in this series also tend to have action of another sort -- including one in the first episode of the token CreepyTwins with each other.
* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'':
** Mobile Suit Gundam Wing has a pretty simple eyecatch involving a brief montage of all the characters.''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam Victory Gundam]]'' has an evolving eyecatch that advances two frames per episode.
*** For those interested [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFJfHYg7XNI here]] is what you get when watching all of them in one go.
** ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' shows the head of the Shining Gundam in side-view (later replaced by the God Gundam) on a background with circuitry. These represent the circuits of the Mobile Trace System.
** ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Gundam SEED]]'' initially has eyecatches showing off the Gundam. Once Lacus is introduced the post-break eyecatch instead switches to a scene with Lacus and Athrun. Later in the series when [[spoiler: Lacus becomes Kira's love interest, he replaces Athrun in that scene]]. The eyecatch in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' is similar to that last scene.
** ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercury'' simply used the title card as eyecatch. ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' simply uses the episode's title as the eyecatch.
** Since ''Destiny'', recent Gundam series tend not to use eyecatches. However, ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'' re-introduced eyecatches, showing different main characters doing a short dance routine around the series' logo on a green background.
* In general, ''Anime/ExcelSaga'''s eyecatches are nondescript -- except that the characters often talk over them, sometimes [[NoFourthWall about the fact that a break is happening]].
** During the bowling episode, the events happening over the eyecatch take longer than the catch did, so the catch was repeated several times. Naturally, the characters then wondered why the catch was being repeated so many times.
** During the "survival" episode, Excel accidentally shoots Menchi, with a lot of drama in it. In the "be right back" eyecatch, she tosses Menchi's corpse into the Great Will of the Macrocosm, asking her to reset it. In the "back to the show" eyecatch, the Great Will tells her it's done, and Excel pulls a revitalized Menchi back out.

* Every episode of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' has a different eyecatch, usually related to the plot of the episode (with the pre-break eyecatch displaying the episode's heroes, and the post-break eyecatch displays its villains), and always done in a heavily contrasted and exaggerated style with a giant lens flare. Fans took it upon themselves to make high-resolution vectorized images of them to use as wallpaper. After the timeskip, the hiphop-ish BGM of the eyecatches is accompanied by a [[MemeticMutation memetic]] chant of "ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH!"
* In ''Anime/SonicX'', a card would appear with data about one of the characters -- usually one relevant to the plot. That is how the name of Cream the Rabbit's mom Vanilla was revealed. Sometimes they double as TrailersAlwaysSpoil, especially in the case of [[MonsterOfTheWeek the weekly robot]] that hasn't shown up yet. This, however, is averted in Episode 26, where the featured robot, E-99, was shown in silhouette. For that extra-special effect, it took up both of the usual spots of the eyecatch (still in silhouette), and Dr. Eggman even popped up in front of the second occurrence.
* ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana'''s eyecatches are accompanied by the same loud fanfare (Da-dun-da-dun dada-da-dun, dadadada da-dun), causing SoundtrackDissonance several times. For the second season, they usually reflected the events or characters of that episode. The ''Shana-tan' DVD specials had eyecatches between each short skit.
* ''Anime/PrincessTutu'':
** The first season has an eyecatch of the main character's mentor [[spoiler:and the eventual villain]], Drosselmeyer, spinning on a cog while the Nutcracker March (his {{leitmotif}}) plays in the background. The second season originally didn't have an eyecatch, since each episode was split up into two parts and joined with another show--but when they were put back together for the DVD, they added an eyecatch in which a clock spun around to the same tune, then opened to show Drosselmeyer drinking a cup of tea.
** One of the episodes in the first season also replaced the normal eyecatch with a special one in one episode. The marriage-obsessed Mr. Cat believed the main character was going to meet him for a date at the pizza parlor, and the eyecatch shows him waiting patiently for her while humming the Nutcracker March.
* In the second set of ''Literature/{{Angelique}}'' {{OVA}}s. The artwork consists of fairly standard images of characters posing on Tarot cards. The ''background'' however contains some [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v291/s-chan/pink.jpg suspicious background text]] which English-speaking fans figured out came from an article about ''Series/QueerAsFolk''. Remember now -- this is supposed to be a very chaste series of {{Dating Sim}}s for girls... but it does have a very large fanbase of {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s due to the sheer amount of slash-worthy guys involved, making this a rather funny occurrence.
* ''Anime/SkyGirls'' has one halfway through the episode. It will feature closeup (often {{Fanservice}}) of one member of the Sky Girls and a picture of said member piloting their [[MiniMecha Sonic Diver]]. It managed to spoil the [[spoiler: appearances of new members of the Sky Girls team by showing them piloting a new Sonic Diver before they were even introduced as a pilot.]]
* ''Anime/KiddyGrade'' has a different pair of eyecatch images for each episode, often depicting the main characters Éclair and Lumière in similar situations in each image of the pair (e.g., Éclair sitting on a couch with a Lumière doll in one and Lumière sitting on a couch with an Éclair doll in its corresponding image). Each episode featured a different guest artist and some image pairs also sported...unusual art styles.
* ''Anime/KiddyGirlAnd'' continued the trend -- however they were all done by the one artist, Dr. Moro, in how own... unique style.
* ''Anime/StellviaOfTheUniverse'' has a unique pair for each episode, too. The pre-commercial eyecatch is also often (but not always, especially when it doesn't fit) accompanied by light-hearted jingle (which is identified in the soundtrack). The post-commercial eyecatch is always accompanied by a more heroic jingle (which is also identified in the soundtrack).
* ''Manga/SlamDunk'' has several of them, usually featuring Sakuragi, Rukawa and Haruko, or Sakuragi being disciplined by Akagi.
* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'' would show technical data on various robots and tools; two per episode. These could get pretty in depth sometimes. It goes to show you how many robots, mechs and machines showed up in ''[=GaoGaiGar=]'', that despite the series running for 57 episodes (with two eyecatches per episode) it never used the same eyecatch twice. (That said, sometimes devices were introduced in the episode for the specific purpose of being an eyecatch.)
* ''Manga/StrawberryMarshmallow'''s eyecatches always feature Nobue, rather than the younger girls -- though they do sometimes appear in the form of key-chain/cell-phone fob type dolls. They are always against a white background, and usually, in the TV series, from odd angles, such as an extreme closeup of her bottom. The [=OVA=]s also have eyecatches in approximately the middle of the episode (ranging from 8 to 23 minutes into a 24-27 minute episode), despite, obviously, not having to break for commercials. The [=OVA=]s also change them from episode to episode, rather than reusing them as the TV series did.
* ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'' has this in the form of pictures of characters appearing in the episode as someone yells "Fullmetal Alchemist!", but the tone of voice often changes with each episode. During certain dramatic parts of the plot, such as character deaths, the speech would be omitted. Some eyecatches can be downright disturbing. It sounds like some of them are done by native English speakers, but others are done by people who know how to pronounce the title but not what tone of voice to use when doing so. And at least one that was the verbal equivalent of CampGay.
* ''Manga/SpecialA'' has eyecatches featuring the couple of the week starting at the latter episodes.

* ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' makes use of two, but switched rather early: The first is more light-hearted, showing Miaka against a backdrop of food and being pummelled by Tama (who wasn't yet known by non-readers of the manga), who then sits on her head as Yui looks on from behind. This is, of course, complete with bubbly music. After [[spoiler:Yui's FaceHeelTurn]], which takes place in Episode 11, it is changed into Miaka, Tamahome and Yui appearing sequentially against a starry backdrop. The music used for the new eyecatch is more dramatic.
* ''Anime/WandabaStyle'' used the same image for the eyecatch each episode (the first, an image of the girls of [[IdolSinger Mix Juice]], and the second, TeenGenius Susumu and [[RobotGirl Satellite Girl]] Kiku#8), but featured the girls saying something different each time.
* The eyecatch of ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' has one that, like many other things about the series, gets more and more meaningful and poignant as time goes on. The pilots' chairs spin, then stop with the currently selected pilot's chair in front of the camera, and a spotlight shines on it. All the pilots [[spoiler:who haven't died yet]] whisper "bokurano" together, [[spoiler:making for a rather eerie reminder of the DwindlingParty later in the series]].
* ''Manga/FairyTail'''s first season has Happy doing a little dance, then him with a BalloonBelly, having apparently consumed a lot of fish. This is accompanied by a cute little jingle, which can be a moment killer when it follows a serious moment. Notably, who appeared in the eyecatches for the [[spoiler:S-Class Exam]] arc in season 3 changed usually depending on who was the focus of the episode.
* In ''Manga/SgtFrog'''s first season the eyecatch is Keroro holding a sign... with the word eyecatch in giant letters in the background. In season 2, he crashes into the camera while swinging.
* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' had a cute one with Super Deformed versions of the main characters killing some demons, which then form the show's title. Then Botan flies in and Koenma falls on Kuwabara's head.
* ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'' uses an eyecatch with one of the boys in both their normal clothes and then their princess outfits.
* The first season of ''Manga/IkkiTousen'' featured Hakafu kicking the camera for the "going to commercial" eyecatch, followed by her skirt lifting, giving us a panty shot for the "back to show" eyecatch. 2nd-4th seasons feature still images of suggestive poses and revealing attire on the female characters while rock music plays.
* ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'': The eyecatches shows the characters partaking in an activity or a scene related to the current event.
* The eyecatch for ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' featured Lala removing her towel.
* The eyecatches for ''Manga/AhMyBuddha'' almost always featured revealing attire worn by the ladies. The exception was Jotoku Kawahara, the old lady who ran the temple: She was always fully clothed (thank God).
* ''Anime/{{Shuffle}}'' was an interesting case. The first half of the series had light-hearted eyecatches with upbeat ditties, but when the show got more serious, the eyecatches in turn got more dramatic-sounding.
* Spoofed in ''Manga/DNAngel''. In one episode, the eyecatch is used to transition between scenes instead of cut to commercial. This causes it to pop up about once every three minutes. Eventually the characters get sick of it and scream "Knock it off!" when the eyecatch appears.
* ''Manga/GetBackers'' shows one of the characters.
* ''Anime/LastExile'' has a chrome version of the logo with the voice of a random character saying the title. The latter part is kept in [[Anime/LastExileFamTheSilverWing the sequel]], but averted for the most part.
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' is an interesting case. It's not aired on television and is instead aired through cellphones and the internet, and the episodes are only about 5 minutes long, so the eyecatches are used to switch scenes instead. The eyecatches themselves have the logo with a [[MoeAnthropomorphism chibi nation-tan]] popping out from behind the logo and saying the title in a slightly more high-pitched voice.
* ''Anime/ImGonnaBeAnAngel'' is an interesting case in that throughout the whole series its eyecatch featured always [[TheHero Noelle]] and Yuusuke - the main couple, but [[spoiler: in the last episode, it was switched to one with Mikael and Raphael, implying that THEY were the main couple, because Mikael was the real main character]].
* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has the screen cracking and breaking like glass to reveal the show title; a short musical piece plays in the background as soon as the screen cracks, a different one in each season.
* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' has a white/orange screen with the show's title on the white (right) half and the episode number and title on the orange (left) half of the screen, both written in the other half's color.
* ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' featured two different eyecatches in each episode, usually cute pictures of the characters' cursed animal forms. The final handful of episodes just use somber black ones. The DVD has a complete gallery of them on the bonus features.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
** The Japanese dub of ''Anime/YuGiOh'' has a spinning Millenium Puzzle and the word "Yu-Gi-Oh!" appear on the screen. There's also the 'Fair play fair duel' with Yami Yugi's silhouette.
** The Season 0 anime also had one that was more Egyptian themed, usually with Yami Yugi's silhouette.
** ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' has a different one every episode, generally of a character and monster relevant to the plot for that episode.
** ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' has Yusei summoning Junk Warrior or Stardust Dragon. Near the end of the series, they did away with this entirely.
** [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Zexal]] dropped this almost entirely. The only thing that marks the beginning and the ending of a break is the series' logo fading in or out in the screen's corner (often during dramatic close-ups). The following series, [[Anime/YuGiOhArcV Arc-V]], does exactly the same with its own logo.
* ''Anime/LupinIII'':
** ''Anime/LupinIIIPartII'' had some funny ones, such as Lupin's gun firing while he [[JugglingLoadedGuns twirls it on his finger]], or jumping into his car, only for the steering wheel to break off and causing Lupin to roll out the other side.
** ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' uses greyscale images, usually combined with the English text, "Lupin the Third".

* ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}'' uses a map of Tokyo's Marunouchi subway line with each stop representing the current episode. This is a rare case where the eyecatch isn't just a reference to the plot but an important clue in itself since [[spoiler: Marunouchi was targeted in two of Aum Shinrikyo's gas attacks]].
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'': Cards of the seven (at the time) partner Digimon pile up before reforming into a picture of their evolved forms posing as a team.
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': V-mon does incredibly silly things with chocolate eggs, spontaneously spawning the other partner Digimon to pose as a team.
** ''Anime/DigimonTamers'': [[BuiltWithLego Vaguely LEGO-like]] renditions of Guilmon, Renamon and Terriermon pop around for a bit before evolving. Meanwhile, Impmon bonks Culumon on the head, making them evolve again.
** ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': Pictures of the five heroes surrounded by hexagons flash around before focusing on one, turning into a picture of the hero and his Human-spirit form posing with the logo.
** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'': Cards from the Super Digica Taisen game are demonstrated, with cartoony renditions of the heroes popping up. The first half had one of its two eyecatches feature ghostly images of [[CallBack Agumon, Garurumon, V-mon and Guilmon]] popping out of Taiki's X Loader and laughing at him.
** ''Anime/DigimonXrosWarsTheYoungHuntersWhoLeaptThroughTime'': Pictures of one of the six Heroes posing with their unevolved partner, then flicks around into a silhouetted image of them posing with their evolved partner, enclosed in a circle.
* The ''Manga/YuruYuri'' anime has a separate, rather long and elaborate, EyeCatch for each of the main cast, complete with individual themes.
* ''Manga/NatsumesBookOfFriends'' has Nyanko-sensei doing something slightly different with each eyecatch (yawning, trying to catch a butterfly, etc.).
* ''Manga/RozenMaiden'' had a few, always accompanied by two distinctive classical jingles. They usually showed the characters drinking tea.

* ''Manga/BlackButler'' has the "Intermission" screen, complete with jazzy background music. Considering the theme of the show and the timing that this thing tends to appear, it often creates a good level of SoundtrackDissonance.
* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' has two new eyecatches every single episode, all of them being creepy and surreal yet simplistic backgrounds.
* Despite each episode of ''Manga/ICantUnderstandWhatMyHusbandIsSaying'' being three minutes long, they normally have one or two eyecatches peppered through them, often accompanied by the sound of someone typing at a computer (most of them are {{Shout Out}}s). Instead of signaling a commercial break, they're used to go from one scene to the next and more emotional episodes, like [[FlashbackNightmare Episode 11]], don't have any.
* ''Manga/MajesticPrince'' usually didn't have them, but in the BreatherEpisode, we are treated to a very 80's-esque eyecatch of Red 5 slashing its sword in a space background.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': From ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', the eyecatch would show information on a [[FightingSpirit Stand]]. ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Diamond is Unbreakable]]'' added a silhouette of the Stand's user with some tidbits of Morioh landmarks, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' begins their versions with a spinning coin transitioning to the stats adding some shots of areas around Italy, ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' utilizes a short transition with strings shifting from the title.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' takes a somewhat different approach to this, with a chibi version of Tohru burning down the series logo to reveal the episode title. [[spoiler:Due to her having been taken home by her father, the 13th episode instead uses a ripple effect.]]
* Each ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' episode has its unique eyecatch. The pattern is simply a silent black screen with the characters from the title ("デュラララ!!", but with a random and often huge number of ラ) arranged into some sort of shape or formation, like a spiral or a heart. This pattern is kept in the second series, but it adds "×2" and the kanji representing the "cour" the episode is part of.
* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'' rotates around different ones each episode, which consist of players attempting to hit the drink bottle on the other side of the net with the ball with various results and reactions (such as Kageyama succeeding and getting excited about it, and Hinata failing to even get the ball over the net with Tsukishima and Yamaguchi snickering beside him).
* ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' has two narrations from a zookeeper about the real-life version of a [[LittleBitBeastly Friend]] introduced in that episode.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' started out with eyecatches that showed a character's name or a word related to the episode in the writing system used in the series's universe, but after Episode 26, when the show moved to a different timeslot in Japan, they were replaced with the show's logo fading in and out during a scene transition, akin to the ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' examples.
* The ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' anime shows the CG associated with the initial four star card of one of the characters relevant to that episode (starting with a silhouette, eliciting many [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries 'Who's that idol?']] jokes) as a way of helping new watchers to get to know the huge cast.

* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'': Every episode showed a different girl in a state of undress and a provocative pose. On two occasions, it was [[WholesomeCrossdresser Gasper]] [[DudeLooksLikeALady Vladi]] instead.

* ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' uses them as well.

* The Sci-Fi Channel used to have interesting eyecatches used on most shows they played. Normally they depicted something absurd or nonsensical, and then the SciFi logo would fade out partially, leading the word "IF" behind.

* ''Series/DirtyJobs'' uses eyecatches based on the opening credits, with bugs, [[CoveredInGunge unidentified gooey stuff]] and squishy noises present.
* ''Series/GoodEats'' uses a rejoin eyecatch (the title card and a quick snippet of the theme) starting with the third-season episodes.

* ''Series/MythBusters'' shows their title as letters welded on a rusted steel plate (or sometimes cut out of one) with some action occurring either to or near it (like being shot with a [=BB=] gun or moved through their building, M5, on the front of a forklift), usually before and after each commercial break. They use one that reads "Warning: Science Content" sometimes, too. This all fits in with their theme, since they use similar plates reading "Busted," "Plausible," and "Confirmed" at the conclusion of each myth.
* ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcZlgP_IScY the famous catches]] with the robotic-voiced bumpers. BKN infamously overlaid them with their own AdBumpers when they ran the series in 2000. And the Netflix version also leaves them off, what with no commercials to be cutting to.
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** Of course it's not just anime in Japan what uses eyecatches. ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has them too, and the one for ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' was kept in the later episodes of ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' -- the ''Power Rangers'' one, of course, removed the ''Carranger'' name.
*** Averted with ''Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman'', ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'', ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'', and the streak of Sentai shows from ''Series/ResshaSentaiToqger'' to ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' which don't have them -- it's just the animated logo popping up at a corner of the screen. Episode 29 of ''Gokaiger'', which had cameos from ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' characters, did an exception with a proper eyecatch of the "what will happen after the commercial break? Stay tuned!" kind, as a nod to ''Abaranger''[='=]s cliffhangers. ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' uses a different eyecatch every episode on both seasons.
** Showa era ''Franchise/KamenRider'' shows have this too. Shows from the TurnOfTheMillennium onward just directly cut to commercials with the unique exception of 2020-2021's ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'', which employs them (along with an ending credits sequence, which was previously done a grand total of twice since 2000) to shorten the show's running time, facilitating filming around UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic restrictions.
** The Japanese ''[[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man]]'' series has eyecatches too, used as page images on the show's article here.
** Many if not all ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' shows, beginning with ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman'', use their logos this way.

* Some ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' and ''Series/BigTimeRush'' episodes have Customized Eyecatches featuring their recent songs, but that depends if they're using their customized CreditsPushback ending credits.
* ''Series/TwentyFour'' has its signature ticking clock both immediately before, and right after any commercial break.
* ''Series/BetterOffTed'' has a fake ad for Veridian Dynamics (the show's fictional company) before the first commercial break. May be something of an inversion, as it looks so much like an authentic commercial for a generic faceless corporation that it's very easy to tune out (or skip over if you're watching via DVR.)
* The French "shortcom" (short sitcom) format has episodes around 3-5 minutes long. Since they are so short, at least two are usually broadcasted, one just after the other. Even though there's usually no commercial break, the equivalent of eyecatches are used between the episodes.
** ''Series/CameraCafe'' features playing around with the coffee machine and a coffee goblet sporting the series' title. The goblet can fill normally, it can topple, it can fall after the coffee, or something absurd can happen, like the goblet filling with concrete instead of coffee.
** Early seasons of ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' have short gags or scenes from the pilot episodes, showing the knights doing a TeamPowerWalk or [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fleeing]], or [[IneptMage Merlin]] misfiring a {{Fireball|s}}. One was original, though: Myth/KingArthur pulling [[ExcaliburInTheStone Excalibur from the stone]] and stumbling into a pond as a result.
* The MTV reality show ''Run's House'' had one. It was basically a snippet of the opening sequence.
* ''Series/{{iZombie}}'' comes back from commercial with the scene represented as a comic book panel (with a humorous subtitle) before changing to live-action.

* ''[[VideoGame/AtelierIris2TheAzothOfDestiny Atelier Iris 2]]'' had something similar to this when transitioning between Felt and Viese.
* Being [[{{Homage}} what it was]], ''VideoGame/TechRomancer'' had eyecatches for each Mecha's Story Mode between the dialogue and fight in each stage.
* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'' does this intenionally, with the Eyecathes being just like anime ones, and is episodic like a real anime.
* ''VideoGame/{{Rusty}}'' has a different splash screen at the end of each level showing the game's title and FanService of the heroine.

* ''[[VideoGame/TwinBee Detana!! TwinBee, TwinBee Yahoo! and Pop'n TwinBee]]'' have these, after every level is completed. ''Yahoo'' has great eyecatches, with one character per eyecatch (except [=TwinBee=], oddly enough) saying "Yahho!" at the end.

* ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall'', however, does have scheduled advertising in the form of a "mid-roll" ad. While other users tend to ignore the mid-roll (although the Nostalgia Critic sometimes lampshades it), Linkara has a set of specially prepared bumpers to put around it.
* [[https://youtu.be/4ZX7HbkdZ_s This live-actionized "anime" video]] by [[WebVideo/CorridorDigital Corridor]] features a parodying expositional eyecatch, albeit without actual commercials.
* In WebAnimation/EpithetErased, there are screens that pop up before and after ad-breaks, showing facts about various characters, complete with said character saying a variation of the show's name.

* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': Early episodes would occasionally cut to the main logo or characters being in the alley from the intro before cutting back.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' does an eyecatch for its [[MilestoneCelebration 100th episode]] [[ExtraLongEpisode 22-minute special]]; after each commercial break, a short animation of the Crystal Gems (including [[spoiler:Bismuth]]) arriving onto a warp pad, with Steven running to them, then tripping and parlaying it into a pose. (It's repeated for both act breaks with a differently-colored background for each.)
* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' has a variety of these, all featuring the ghost from the GB logo doing something funny and then saying "TRG will return after these messages. / And now back to the RGB.". These include:
** Getting caught whistling outside the "No ghosts" symbol, then jumping back where he's supposed to be.
** Looking left, then ducking down as a bunch of ghosts run by.
** Finding himself upside down, then correcting his position.
** Getting caught trying to saw his way out of the logo's diagonal bar, then hiding the saw while blushing.

* Unusually, ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies'' uses an eyecatch into, but not out of, a break.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''
** The [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 original cartoon]] had eyecatches before and after each break, each one showing off a different character's transformation and accompanied by the distinctive voice of Victor Caroli intoning, "''The Transformers'' will return, after these messages". The VHS release of some episodes kept these, and added sound effects for flying, transforming, etc. With each season having their own unique set[[labelnote:*]]Season 1 having Optimus Prime, Starscream, Jazz and Laserbeak; Season 2 with Shockwave, Grimlock, Hook, Astrotain, Cosmos, Thrust, Warpath, Devastator and Omega Supreme; Season 3 with Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Blurr, Trypticon and a random Sharkticon; and Season 4 with Scorponok and Highbrow[[/labelnote]]
** ''Anime/TransformersArmada'' would have a scene of Optimus posing dramatically for going to commercial, and Megatron for coming back.
** In fact, there's [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Commercial_bumper a whole list]] at the TF Wiki, covering both US and Japan.

* ''Series/TheSuperMarioBrosSuperShow'' had episode-specific eyecatches for its first few weeks.
-->'''[[Wrestling/CaptainLouAlbano Mario]]''': Is he talking about us?
-->'''Luigi''': You better believe it!
-->''(jump sound effect followed by sound of power up emerging from'' [?] ''box)''
* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget''. Dr. Claw: "Inspector Gadget ''may'' return after these messages."[[note]]Except for the pilot, this was usually done for the last eyecatch of the episode.[[/note]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'' has these, with the voice of any of the main characters shown saying variations of "don't go away", and even the opposite "we're back".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}''. The eyecatch is a slow-motion clip of something that happened earlier in the episode. A subversion occurred when Daria and Quinn pick up a hitchhiker. After they drop him off, Daria freaks out that he stole their money. Cue the eyecatch, only for it to cut halfway through and go back to the show, as Quinn explains that she ''gave'' him the money.
* ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'' has one with each member of the team making the team's symbol, a four in a circle.
* Coming Attractions, the ShowWithinAShow from ''WesternAnimation/TheCritic'', features these, usually as a joke at the expense of host Jay Sherman.
* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'' has eyecatches that either use "we'll be back after this" messages or fake "Coming up, this will happen to the protagonists" announcements.
--> "Butt-Head pulls a muscle and Beavis pulls his finger, right after this."

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}}'' cartoon has these, one of Harry and his pals firing and another of Morrigan firing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTeddyRuxpin'' has one that had Teddy's voice saying "My friends and I, will be right back!"
* When ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' was brought to Japan, in addition to new openings being made for it, new eyecatches were made as well. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSw4Xl5qfs See for yourself.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'' had [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbc541YjsMM thirteen bumpers]] over the course of three seasons. Creator/{{Netflix}} lacks them but television reruns and the DVD sets don't. The first few were still images but after a while they became animated. Most are Jem doing something like singing or just moving around, Jem transforming back into Jerrica, or Jem with Rio (though a third season eyecatch is [[LoveTriangle her in the middle of Rio and Riot]]).

* The ''WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears'' cartoon used these for both going to and coming from commercials. These got some rather nice ArtEvolution in the second season, going from flat colors and generic poses to gaining some quality shading and more dynamic action poses.
* In between each episode of ''WesternAnimation/AlmasWay'', there's a short blurb with Alma dancing in front of a teal background and the show logo enlarging.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'' featured a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlBZK3zcijI handful of eyecatches]] featuring Orko. The image of him bursting out of the background would later be featured as a recurring merchandise element.
* ''WesternAnimation/MoonGirlAndDevilDinosaur2023'' features ones that take the appearance of record covers, playing chill instrumentals from the show's original soundtrack.

* There is a trend among magical girl anime in Japan of using the eyecatches to show the heroine having fun with some gadget or toy, such as those featured in ''Anime/PrettyCure''. The item featured is then made into merchandise and sold. Thus, the eyecatch both creates a product and provides it with free advertising.

** Early seasons of ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' have short gags or scenes from the pilot episodes, showing the knights {{Power Walk}}ing or [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere fleeing]], or [[IneptMage Merlin]] misfiring a {{Fireball|s}}. One was original, though: Myth/KingArthur pulling [[ExcaliburInTheStone Excalibur from the stone]] and stumbling into a pond as a result.

* The ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'' anime shows the CG associated with the initial four star card of one of the characters relevant to that episode (starting with a silhouette, eliciting many [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} 'Who's that idol?']] jokes) as a way of helping new watchers to get to know the huge cast.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The "Who's That Pokémon" segment, in which viewers are asked to identify a Pokémon by its silhouette (and, in more recent episodes, some information about its behavior). The Japanese version eventually dropped this, replacing it with normal eyecatches, but the American [[Creator/FourKidsEntertainment 4Kids dub]] kept it up 'til the Hoenn era, where it was replaced with "Trainer's Choice", a quiz on Pokémon knowledge. That lasted until The Pokémon Company International took over the dub.

** After 5 seasons without eyecatches, the dub brought back Who's That Pokémon for the ''Black & White'' series. Eventually, the Japanese version added it back as well after spending Hoenn and Sinnoh with generic eyecatches.

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* The anime adaption of ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'' has the first eyecatch showing characters in a parody of cultural references, the second eyecatch shows pictures of the characters' school life.

* The original ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' series had no eyecatch. ''Next'' had a quick montage of the main characters ending with two of them in a couple pose (often wearing school uniforms); amusingly, when Gourry and Zelgadis (both men) ended together the screen would shatter. In ''Try'' the montage showed the main characters as children and ended again on a couple pose, but this one seemed to represent possible pairings as they would be at the end of the main story arc (and the series). Both series reused a set number of eyecatches but had unique ones for the last few episodes. For the first time in the series, ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Revolution'' has the post-break eyecatch showing events directly connected to the current episode. * ''Slayers Next'' has eyecatchers in the form of a SettingUpdate, with memorable cards such as Amelia as a waitress and Goury and Zelgadis as [[spoiler: [[HoYay a gay couple]], which [[CameraAbuse breaks the screen]]]].

* The NonIndicativeFirstEpisode of ''[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' featured a hand-drawn EyeCatch, done in crayon, halfway through the amateur video that the main characters produced. This was the only episode with an eyecatch, which Creator/KyotoAnimation tends to discard in favour of spending more time on the story. If anything, this is a commentary on Haruhi's personality since she's putting an eyecatch on a movie where there's no commercial interruption. Why? Because she wanted one!

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'''s eyecatches are accompanied by the same loud fanfare (Da-dun-da-dun dada-da-dun, dadadada da-dun), causing SoundtrackDissonance several times. For the second season, they usually reflected the events or characters of that episode. The ''Shana-tan' DVD specials had eyecatches between each short skit.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has the screen cracking and breaking like glass to reveal the show title; a short musical piece plays in the background as soon as the screen cracks, a different one in each season.

* Each ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' episode has its unique eyecatch. The pattern is simply a silent black screen with the characters from the title ("デュラララ!!", but with a random and often huge number of ラ) arranged into some sort of shape or formation, like a spiral or a heart. This pattern is kept in the second series, but it adds "×2" and the kanji representing the "cour" the episode is part of.

* ''Anime/Persona4GoldenTheAnimation'': Before and after the commercial break, the show has cut-in stills of the main characters in various costumes you can acquire in the game ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Golden''.

* ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'': Every episode showed a different girl in a state of undress and a provocative pose. On two occasions, it was [[WholesomeCrossdresser Gasper]][[DudeLooksLikeALady Vladi]] instead.

[[CriticalResearchFailure If you chose Arbok, you're right!]]''[[note]]Nothing evolves into Seviper, nor does it evolve into anything. Arbok does not evolve into anything; it evolves ''from'' Ekans.[[/note]]