EP255

Why? Why Not! (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.

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

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Major events

• Clair tells Ash about the Silver Conference.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

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

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Steelix

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• 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)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Wobbuffet (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, this episode has two titles. Moreover, some dubs,like Iberian 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.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Le vol des badges
• German. Die Orden sind weg!
• Italian: Doppio furto
• Latin American Spanish: ¿Por qué? Wynaut!
• Iberian Spanish: ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué no?

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