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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.

Synopsis

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.

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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