EP255

Why? Why Not! File:Why Wynaut.jpg.png

EP255   ソーナノ!?ジムバッジとソーナンス!! Sohnano!? Gym Badge and Sonans!!

First broadcast Japan July 4, 2002 United States June 28, 2003

English themes Opening Believe in Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ready Go! Ending ポケッターリ・モンスターリ

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director 酒井啓史 Keishi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

Why? Why Not! (Japanese: ソーナノ!?ジムバッジとソーナンス!! Sohnano!? Gym Badge and Sonans!!) is episode 255 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 4, 2002 and in the United States on June 28, 2003.

Team Rocket steal all of Ash's badges which are then stolen by a Wynaut. Will Ash be able to get them back?

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Clair tells Ash about the Silver Conference.

Debuts

• Wynaut

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Clair
• Professor Oak
• Falkner (flashback)
• Bugsy (flashback)
• Whitney (flashback)
• Morty (flashback)
• Chuck (flashback)
• Jasmine (flashback)
• Pryce (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's; flashback)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Chikorita (Ash's; flashback)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Cyndaquil (Ash's; flashback)
• Totodile (Ash's; flashback)
• Noctowl (Ash's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Victreebel (James's)
• Dragonair (Clair's)
• Kingdra (Clair's; flashback)
• Gyarados (Clair's; flashback)
• Hoothoot (Falkner's; flashback)
• Scyther (Bugsy's; flashback)
• Miltank (Whitney's; flashback)
• Haunter (Morty's; flashback)
• Machoke (Chuck's; flashback)
• Steelix (Jasmine's; flashback)
• Piloswine (Pryce's; flashback)
• Wooper
• Wynaut (hidden)

Trivia

• Throughout the entire Blackthorn City arc, Wynaut is never seen by a human. This perhaps accounts for its perceived rarity outside of Hoenn.
• On the corresponding page on Pokémon.com the episode is called Why? Wynaut! instead of Why? Why Not! However, on the title card in the episode itself the latter title is printed. Therefore, there is a confuision about the episode's title. Moreover, some dubs (like Spanish) use translations of the second title whereas others (like Latin American Spanish) use the first.

Errors

• When remembering his badges, Ash says he received the Glacier Badge twice. The first one was actually the Zephyr Badge.

In other languages

• French: Le vol des badges
• Italian: Doppio furto
• Latin American Spanish: ¿Por qué? Wynaut!
• Spanish: ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué no?

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