EP255
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| Why? Why Not! | |
|---|---|
| ソーナノ!?ジムバッジとソーナンス!! Sohnano!? Gym Badge and Sonans!! | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | July 4, 2002 |
| USA | June 28, 2003 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Believe in Me |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| 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 Hiroshi Sakai |
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: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
- Clair tells Ash about the Silver Conference.
Debuts
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.
Errors
- When remembering his badges, Ash says he received the Glacier Badge twice. The first one was actually the Zephyr Badge.
Dub edits
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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