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ソーナノ！？ジムバッジとソーナンス！！
Sohnano!? Gym Badges and Sonans!!
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First broadcast
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July 4, 2002
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| United States
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June 28, 2003
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Why? Wynaut! (Japanese: ソーナノ！？ジムバッジとソーナンス！！ Sohnano!? Gym Badges and Sonans!!) is the 255th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 4, 2002 and in the United States on June 28, 2003.
Blurb
Having defeated Clair and earned his eighth gym badge, Ash must now set out for the Johto League championship, which he learns is to be held on Mt Silver in three months time. As Ash heads toward New Bark Town, where he will register for entry in this competition, he is stopped by two reporters who ask for a shot of the trainer making his triumphant return. The reporters turn out to be none other than Jessie and James of Team Rocket. They trick Ash out of all eight of his badges, but the plan backfires when a passing Wynaut steals the badges from Wobbuffet. Remembering each of the eight victories that earned him these badges, Ash sets out after Team Rocket, determined to get back what is rightfully his.
Plot
Still in Blackthorn City Ash and friends are sitting on Clair's outdoor balcony, attached to the gym, eating Breakfast with Clair. After some discussion Ash plans to go to New Bark Town to register for the Johto Silver Conference now that he has all eight Badges even though the Silver Conference is in three months. Team Rocket has plans of their own, and they decide to steal Ash’s Badges for their own purposes. Meowth and James want to sell the badges, while Jessie wants to enter the Silver Conference using them. In the midst of their discussion Team Rocket's food is stolen, with Wobbuffet coping the blame.
Jessie and James pose as a reporter and cameraman just as Ash and friends are walking out of the gates. Jessie takes Ash's jacket handing it to Meowth who is hidden behind a photographer's background, whilst James puts Ash into an oversized red coat and golden crown. Ash poses for several photos, and Meowth and Wobbuffet are admiring Ash's now stolen badges. Jessie then returns Ash's jacket and begins to walk away. Ash utters the word 'prepared', and suddenly Jessie and James stop in their tracks attempting to resist the urge to say their motto. Ash mentions the word 'trouble', and Team Rocket reveal their true identities. Meowth and James tell Ash they have come for his badges. Ash peers inside his coat, noticing the eight badges have been replaced with bottle caps.
Meanwhile, Wobbuffet meets a Wynaut in the woods who steals the Badges from Team Rocket. When Ash realizes his loss of Badges, he goes through the list of the Gym Leaders he fought to get them. Ash and friends gives chase to Team Rocket, meanwhile Wobbuffet is further ahead with the case of badges and decides to rest on a marked ledge with a 'Jessie' flag on it. Wobbuffet then moves from its position, smelling then locating red fruit-filled trees. Wobbuffet imagines Jessie, James and Meowth happily thanking it and stuffing their faces with the fruit. It fills the badge carrying case with the fruit as Wynaut watches hidden behind some shrubs. The Wynaut's appendages reach over and grab the case filled with the berries and Ash's badges. Wobbuffet quickly notices and the two Pokémon have some sort of interchange. Jessie and gang suddenly arrive, startling Wobbuffet, this allows Wynaut time to disappear. Unable to locate the case Wobbuffet tries to explain what happened, with Meowth translating its accounts. and draws a picture of Wynaut in the dirt. James believes that a Wynaut drawing by Wobbuffet was his childhood nanny, but after Wobbuffet states that the thief was blue, Jessie believes a Wooper stole the Badges, and they try to find one.
While Ash tries on his own to try to find the Badges. Clair mentions that Ash could have the badges reissued. Ash acknowledges this, though states those particular badges had special meaning and he begins to reminisce about all of his gym challenges in the Johto region, Falkner through to Clair.
Team Rocket suddenly stumble across a Wooper sitting on a rock in the middle of a running stream. She attempts to grab it with her bare hands, though it dodges the trio and runs into the forest with Jessie, James and Meowth trailing behind. Meanwhile Ash calls upon Noctowl and Bayleef, and Clair riding her Dragonair search above the forest canopy, Misty and Brock stay together whilst Ash goes in a different direction for o find Team Rocket. Noctowl and Bayleef find Wynaut and the Badges and some berries it has in a box. Wynaut is having trouble opening the case, so Bayleef lends it vines and returns the case back to Wynaut. With glee the blue Pokémon tips the contents of the case on to the ground, and to Bayleef's astonishment Ash's badges also fall out. Noctowl flies off, locating Ash by a stream and notifies him of the find.
Bayleef has since gathered the badges on a large leaf. And Wynaut's snack is suddenly interrupted when Wooper followed by Team Rocket appear. Team Rocket state Wooper led them to the badges. Arbok and Victreebel are sent out to deal with the situation. Bayleef jumps backwards holding both Wooper and the leaf of badges to avoid Arbok's Poison Sting. Victreebel's Vine Whip trips the fleeing Bayleef, separating it from the badges. Jessie again calls for a Poison Sting attack, but the Wynaut's Counter intercepts, sending the attack back towards Arbok. Just as Meowth retrieves the badges from the ground Ash arrives on the scene. Another Poison Sting, this time allowing Team Rocket to escape to their awaiting Meowth balloon. Bayleef's Vine Whip send Ash hurtling towards Team Rocket. He narrowly misses the balloon's basket, and begins falling to the ground. Ash slips from Noctowl's claws, but is rescued by Clair and Dragonair.
Ash gets Noctowl to pick Pikachu up from the ground, reaching the escaping Team Rocket soon after. Pikachu lets out a Thunderbolt, and the balloon bursts sending Team Rocket flying. Ash and crew manage to rescue seven of the eight badges, with only the Rising Badge missing. The group disperse once again to find the missing badge in the surrounding greenery. Wynaut appears from the bushes, with the Rising Badge in hand, and hands it to Bayleef. Bayleef then gives the badge to Ash who is searching nearby, and Wynaut has disappeared. A ship carrying logs suddenly travels past with Wynaut waving from it, though by the time Ash looks up both the ship and Wynaut have passed through. Misty, Clair and Brock regather near Ash, where he shows them his relocated badge.
The group are next seen in a Pokémon Center talking to Professor Oak via the video phone, where Ash announces he has all eight of his Johto badges. The call ends abruptly when Ash's Pokémon (Snorlax, Kingler, Bulbasaur and Muk) become too enthusiastic, crushing Professor Oak.
Now that Ash has all eight Badges, Clair tells Ash to follow a road to the sea, then to follow the coastline to reach New Bark Town, which she estimates will take a day or so, to register for the Johto League Silver Conference. The group wave goodbye to Clair and begin to head towards their next destination.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Steelix (US and international), Wynaut (Japan)
Trivia
- One version, such as certain broadcasts and the first US home video release, has the erroneous title Why? Why Not! somewhat ignoring the intended pun. Another version, including the version streaming on Pokémon TV and the second US home video release, gives the title correct as Why? Wynaut! making the pun clearer.
- Some dubs, like Iberian Spanish, use translations of the first title whereas others, like Latin American Spanish, use the second.
- Throughout the entire Blackthorn City arc, Wynaut is never seen by a human. This perhaps accounts for its perceived rarity outside of Hoenn.
- This is one of the few times in the anime a member of Team Rocket (in this case, Jessie) refers to Ash by his name and not "twerp" or "brat". The first time was in Electric Shock Showdown when Meowth was cheering for Pikachu and Ash, the second time was in Fire and Ice when Jessie was talking about how the crowd was cheering for Ash, and the third time was in Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up when she addresses Brock as "Brock".
- They were in disguise during the first, third and fourth incidents.
- This is the only episode where a Pokémon from a future Generation is used in Dare da? — its Pokédex number is listed as ???.
- Music from Pikachu's Rescue Adventure can be heard during Wobbuffet's fantasy.
- In the original Japanese version, Wobbuffet and Wynaut's conversation contains a pun that was lost in translation. Their Japanese names, ソーナノ (Wynaut) and ソーナンス (Wobbuffet) translates into "Really?" and "That's right!" respectively.
- This episode is featured on Pokémon All-Stars: Wobbuffet from Magna Pacific's Pokémon All-Stars series.
Errors
- When remembering his Badges, Ash says he received the Glacier Badge twice. The first one was actually the Zephyr Badge.
- Meowth was holding the leaf that had Ash's Badges in it, then it shows Meowth holding nothing, and then holding the leaf again.
- Ash says he won his Plain Badge from Whitney in the Goldenrod Gym; however, this is incorrect as he won it on her uncle's Miltank farm. Though it's highly possible he was referring to how she is the Gym Leader at Goldenrod.
- In the recap of the previous episode, the Seismic Toss animation is flawed.
- There is a repeated frame when Team Rocket finds Ash's badges.
Dub edits
In other languages
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