Eyecatchers

An eyecatcher is a scene or illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a Japanese TV program, especially in anime and tokusatsu shows.

In One Piece, there are two eyecatchers in every episode, and each one shows one of the Straw Hat Pirates accompanied by some short background music, different for each of them.

From episode 1 to episode 206 the eyecatchers showed an image of one of the Straw Hat Pirates, on a wanted poster. The wanted poster was seen flying in the wind and then it stopped, showing us the image on the wanted poster. The Straw Hat Pirates have a different tune that suits the specific person.

From episode 207 to current the eyecatchers have changed. They still show one of the Straw Hat Pirates in each one, and they still have the same tune for each of them, but the content is different. In each of them we see one of the Straw Hat Pirates, and then some items that are unique to the specific Straw Hat Pirate through a telescope.

Llist of the special items in the eyecatcher for each crewmember

 * Monkey .D. Luffy: The straw hat and his vest
 * Roronoa zoro: His swords
 * Nam: A map, a pinwheel, and some tangerines
 * Ussop: A bullseye target
 * Sanji: Soup
 * Tony Tony Chooper: A sakura tree and a box of medicine
 * Nico Robin: A history book, with a shadow of her growing arms
 * Franky: Mechanisms and Cola
 * Brook : A violin, with a fancy tea dinner.

Trivia

 * Only Franky and Brook didn't appear in the first set of eyecachers.
 * Someone will have an eyecacher only after he joins the Straw Hat Pirates.
 * The images of the Straw Hats in the wanted posters from the first set of eyecachers are different from the images on their actual wanted posters.
 * When Vivi was part of the straw hat crew, she had an eyecacher of her own, which shows Vivi and Carue on a wanted poster.