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* A couple mistakes are made with the [[Pokémon Triathlon|Triathlon]] point system in the book: | * A couple mistakes are made with the [[Pokémon Triathlon|Triathlon]] point system in the book: | ||
** The book states that after the [[Summit Ruins]] event, the Green Team has 220 points while the Red Team has 180 points, when it was the other way around in the actual episode. | ** The book states that after the [[Summit Ruins]] event, the Green Team has 220 points while the Red Team has 180 points, when it was the other way around in the actual episode. | ||
** In the book, the only placements that award points are 1st and 2nd, when it was all placements in the actual episode, although [[Yuzo]] tells the Red Team before the Triathlon that their overall point total is calculated by the points earned by all members. | ** In the book, the only Triathlon placements that award points are 1st and 2nd, when it was all placements in the actual episode, although [[Yuzo]] tells the Red Team before the Triathlon that their overall point total is calculated by the points earned by all members. | ||
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| ISBN: | 978054517721 |
| Published: | March 2008 |
| Publisher: | Scholastic |
| Author: | Katherine Fang |
| Preceded By: | N/A |
| Succeeded By: | The Lost Riolu |
Pokémon Academy by Katherine Fang is a Pokémon chapter book in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was published in March 2008 by Scholastic. It is an adaptation of the Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl episodes Camping It Up!, Ghoul Daze!, and One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!. None of the events of Up Close and Personable! are featured. It is 62 pages long.
Blurb
It's back to school for Ash and Pikachu!
Ash, Dawn, Brock, and their Pokémon are attending a week-long Pokémon academy. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to meet other trainers and work with new Pokémon.
Ash can't wait to put his skills to the test! A Pokémon triathlon is just what he had in mind. But battling a spooky Ghost-type Pokémon is another story....
Plot
After receiving an invitation from Professor Rowan, Ash and his friends rush over to the Pokémon Summer Academy near Mt. Coronet for a one-week training camp. After being separated into one of three teams (Red, Blue, and Green), the Trainer's first task is to choose a random Poké Ball, handed out by Professor Rowan's assistant Yuzo, containing a new Pokémon which they will train with. Ash and friends are all on the Red Team along with the newly met Angie, a competitive tomboy who quickly becomes Ash's rival. Ash receives a skittish Raichu, Angie selects an energetic Monferno, Dawn receives a Grimer, while Brock is happy with his Magnemite. Old acquaintance Conway is also in attendance and on the Blue Team. Team Rocket remain off the radar, with Jessie, disguised as Jessilinda, on the Green Team, gushing over her Smoochum, while James and Meowth bide their time by working as janitors for the school, exasperated by Jessie's antics.
Angie gives chase to her Monferno, who tries to pick a fight with a Trainer's Croconaw. Ash's Pikachu tries to intervene, and Angie responds by calling out her own Shinx. Ash also gets involved, until Professor Rowan scolds the pair for trying to start a fight and reminds them that they at the school to learn.
The book cuts to that night at lights out, with Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Angie in their shared dorm room. Dawn reveals that she has a deck of cards, so Ash, Angie and Brock decide to stay up and play a game. Conway also tries to join them, but Dawn throws a pillow to keep him out. Angie reveals that she is often busy working at a Pokémon Day Care and plans to take over the business someday. Ash and his friends all reveal their own dreams - Ash's dream to be a Pokémon Master, Dawn's dream to be a top Pokémon Coordinator, and Brock's dream to be a top Pokémon Breeder - before Yuzo barges in and angrily enforces their curfew.
The book then cuts to the fourth day of the academy, where Professor Rowan is giving the students a lesson on how to correctly approach Ghost-type Pokémon, when ever and where ever they encounter them. They are told to pair up with another member of their team who they will race with to find a hidden medal in the Summit Ruins. The medal and how fast it's retrieved is needed to get points for the activity. Angie, noting how friendly her Shinx has become with Pikachu, asks Ash to pair up with her. While searching for a partner, Conway has a run-in with a mysterious girl, and is put into a trance.
That night, the paired-up Trainers line up at the entrance to the forest to begin the race. Ash and Angie rush ahead. After a while, they slow down, and a Haunter grabs Shinx's tail, causing Pikachu to react by attacking it and driving it into the bushes. Ash and Angie do not notice the Haunter until Pikachu points out where it, as well as a Gastly and Gengar, are hiding in fear of Pikachu. Ash apologizes to the Ghost Pokémon, and he and Angie press forward.
Meanwhile, back at the entrance to the forest, one of Professor Rowan's assistants is seeing off the last pair of Blue Team students when a girl on the Blue Team runs up to the starting line, having been left behind. This confuses the assistant, who had seen the 10 Blue Team members off moments before, not realizing that Conway's partner was not actually an academy student. The assistant then sends the straggler into the forest on her own.
The book then cuts to Dawn and her partner Kendall in the forest. Much to Dawn's chagrin, Kendall vows to protect her - while hiding behind her. Dawn had not wanted to partner with Kendall, but they were the last two members of the Red Team to pair up, so she had little choice in the matter. The pair comes across eating sounds, and Kendall fears he'll be eaten next and runs back to the Academy in fright before Dawn can tell him that it's just Ghost Pokémon eating Pokémon food. Just as Dawn resolves to press on alone, she sees Conway shuffling through the forest alone in a trance, and she follows him.
The book switches to Conway's perspective as the ghostly girl leads him through the forest. The ghost girl steps off a cliff and onto thin air and attempts to lure Conway over the cliff. Just as he is about to fall over the edge, a Dusknoir grabs his arm, waking Conway from his daze. After it pulls him to safety, Conway looks up at the Dusknoir and faints in terror. Dawn then arrives on the scene to see Conway on the ground, with Dusknoir ominously overhead. Dawn misinterprets the scene as Dusknoir having hurt Conway, and she confronts it yelling, "Alright, what did you do to Conway?!" The Dusknoir exclaims and waves its arms before fading away. Dawn rushes up and wakes Conway. Conway explains to Dawn that he was following a girl, and according to what the Pokédex said about Dusknoir, Dawn and Conway incorrectly assume that Dusknoir took the ghostly girl to the spirit world, and was about to take Conway too, and rush back to the Academy.
Returning to Ash and Angie, they are startled by a Misdreavus that jumps out of a boulder at them then uses Screech, making Ash and Angie run away and get lost. The ghost girl appears and beckons Ash and Angie to follow her.
Meanwhile, Dawn and Conway, having returned to the Academy, tell Professor Rowan about their encounter with Dusknoir. All of the other academy students except Ash and Angie had also returned, all of them reporting having been chased out of the forest by an angry Dusknoir. Being that Pokémon in the area are monitored and documented, the reports of a Dusknoir are alarming to Professor Rowan, especially since Dusknoir is a forest-dwelling Pokémon with no need to be in the area. Rowan also explains that an accident occurred one day when a mysterious cave was uncovered behind a wall. He also states that it might be the entrance to the spirit world, and that he assumes Dusknoir is trying to take someone there. Conway tells Rowan that he followed a girl and he thinks Dusknoir has taken her away.
Back to Ash, Angie, and the ghost girl, they finally emerge from the forest and reach the Summit Ruins to obtain the medal. After Ash and Angie celebrate their victory, the girl tries to coax Ash and Angie into the cave Professor Rowan mentioned, when Dusknoir appears and blocks their path. Pikachu and Shinx try to attack the Dusknoir, only to get pinned to the ground by its Psychic. Ash and Angie see that the Dusknoir is preparing to attack the girl and rush it to try to protect her, only to also get pinned by Psychic. As Pikachu and Shinx shake free, their trainers order them to attack. They successfully hit and momentarily stun Dusknoir, then the girl tries to suck them into the spirit world through the cave. Angie is pulled into the air, but caught by Ash. As his grip slips, she tells him to let her go to save himself, but to her surprise, he vows that he will never give up, "even if that means forever!" Dusknoir gets up and grabs Ash and Angie to protect them from the wind sucking them into the portal, then blasts the ghost girl into the portal, causing the portal to fade and the cave entrance in front of it to collapse. Ash and Angie are shocked and realize Dusknoir was trying to protect them all along and thank it.
Brock, Dawn, Conway, Professor Rowan, and several of his assistants then rush out of the forest as the Dusknoir disappears. Ash and Angie tell the others that Dusknoir saved them and recount what happened. Angie asks Professor Rowan if the now-sealed portal led to the Spirit World, to which he responds that he doesn't know. Conway is mortified as he realizes that the girl he partnered with was, in fact, a ghost.
The next morning, Professor Rowan, impressed that all of the teams had gotten through the night unharmed despite the incident with Dusknoir and the ghost girl, awards all three teams 30 points, leaving Conway's Blue team in the lead with 260 points, followed by Jessie's Green Team with 220 points, with Ash's Red Team in last place with 180 points. Ash and Angie, however, are determined to make a comeback in the final event, the Pokémon Triathalon. Yuzo explains the rules of the race, including that the first place finisher will receive 50 points and the second place finisher will receive 30 points, and that each team's point total will be calculated using the points earned by all of their players.
Out in the schoolyard, Ash begins talking to Dawn, Brock, and Angie about how he will win, when Angie butts in saying that she will win. The two immediately begin arguing before Dawn separates them and Brock reminds them that no matter which of them gets first, if the other gets second they'll still earn the same number of points for the Red Team. Ash then wishes Angie good luck by extending his hand for a handshake. Angie blushes, remembering how Ash saved her, and storms off when he asks about it. Ash is clueless as always about what just happened and begins prepping for the race. Conway pops up and tells Dawn he has her marked as his most formidable rival.
Cutting to the start of the race, an aide fires the starting pistol and Jessie quickly takes the lead. She easily reaches the first checkpoint, but after receiving a Hippowdon. she begins fumbling for a better pick as Ash and company reach the checkpoint, grabbing their Poké Balls without a second thought. Ash, Dawn, and Angie receive Spoink, Dodrio, and Ariados respectively and begin the first leg. Dawn takes the lead with Ash closely following when Angie uses String Shot to propel herself into first.
Angie reaches the second checkpoint and trades Ariados for a Lapras. Ash closely follows, having passed Dawn, and receives a Mantyke. He catches up to Angie when she again takes the lead with Ice Beam, creating an iceberg that Lapras slides up then down for a burst of speed. Ash and Angie reach the third checkpoint in a practical dead heat and return their Pokémon. Angie calls out Shinx and the third leg begins with both sprinting towards the end.
Meanwhile, Jessie finally reaches the second checkpoint and picks up her next Pokémon, which unfortunately is a Magikarp. She tries to throw it away in disgust, but Magikarp suddenly takes off across the lake, dragging Jessie along as she hangs on for dear life. Magikarp turns out to be incredibly fast, surging past Brock, Dawn, and Conway before flinging her onto the shore by the third checkpoint. Conway arrives after her and congratulates her. Jessie is unsure whether to be flattered or annoyed, but goes with the latter as she and her Seviper run away from him, and Conway gives chase with his Slowking as they try to catch up to Ash and Angie.
As Ash and Angie enter a tunnel, Jessie and Conway manage to catch up with them, and Jessie orders Seviper to attack Conway, much to everyone's surprise. After Ash calls her out for breaking the rule against battling other Trainers, she orders Seviper to attack him and Angie. The Trainers duck and their Pokémon leap aside to dodge the attack, but Shinx fails to stick the landing and rolls into a pit. Angie dives after it and barely manages to stop their fall by wedging herself into a corner. Conway and Slowking dodge another of Seviper's attacks, causing it to knock itself out against the tunnel wall, then taunts Jessie before running ahead, with her following close behind while dragging Seviper by the tail. Angie inches to the top of the pit, and Ash leans down to grab her hand. He helps her climb out, and they both collapse in exhaustion. She thanks him, and his cheerful, almost too casual reply causes Angie's breath to catch, taken aback by the contrast between his insufferable competitive zeal and his relentless drive to save and protect his friends at his own expense. Ash points out that they have to make up a lot of ground, and they resume racing with renewed fervor.
Running at full speed, Ash and Angie quickly come close to the finish line where Jessie and Conway are exhaustedly closing in. Seeing them approach, Jessie and Conway redouble their efforts to win, Conway's legs give out as he tries to dash for the finish line and falls down, and Jessie trips over him. Ash and Angie race for the finish and Ash wins by a hair. Ash begins celebrating and Angie congratulates him. As the other competitors cross the finish line, Ash and Angie bask in the victory they have won for not just themselves, but the Red Team as a whole.
After a short and sweet awards ceremony where all of the members receive a plaque, the participants hold a final celebration for the end of the Summer Academy with a bonfire in the courtyard. While most of the students are mingling and eating, Angie sits alone at the end of the courtyard, gazing at the stars. Ash notices and comes over to ask what's wrong. Angie reminisces that despite having attended the Summer Academy many times before, this time was the best yet, citing the two times Ash saved her as the highlight. Ash, clueless to her crush on him, replies that he is her friend. As they consider the journeys ahead of them, Ash promises that the next time he goes to Solaceon Town, where Angie's parents' Day Care Center is, he will come see her so they can have a battle. She accepts, and Angie and Ash end their rivalry on a note of friendship.
Major events
- Ash, Brock, and Dawn enroll in the Pokémon Summer Academy.
- The group meets Conway again.
- Ash meets Angie, another participant in the Summer Academy.
Debuts
Humans
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- The book describes the ghost girl as possessing blue eyes with "an eerie gleam in them". This may or may not be true, as the ghost girl's eyes, if she possesses any, were not actually visible or discernible in her appearances in the episode. It may be noteworthy that the description of the ghost girl's eyes is detailed at a behind-the-scenes point in the book, preceding to the anime scene of Conway being found to be following the ghost girl, so it may be possible that the ghost girl possesses blue eyes only in the "canonity" of that moment in the book specifically.
- In 2009, Scholastic published a tête-bêche (double-sided book) featuring Pokémon Academy on one side and The Lost Riolu on the other, with a sheet of temporary tattoos between the last pages of the two. This edition of the two books was made available for distribution only through "the school market," i.e. Scholastic Book Fairs. The ISBN of this publication is 978-0-545-20050-9.
Errors
- The book describes the ghost girl as having bare feet. However, in the episode the book is based on, the ghost girl wore sandals. Since the wording was "bare feet" instead of "barefoot", however, this could merely mean she did not wear socks, etc., thus leaving her feet exposed.
- A couple mistakes are made with the Triathlon point system in the book:
- The book states that after the Summit Ruins event, the Green Team has 220 points while the Red Team has 180 points, when it was the other way around in the actual episode.
- In the book, the only Triathlon placements that award points are 1st and 2nd, when it was all placements in the actual episode, although Yuzo tells the Red Team before the Triathlon that their overall point total is calculated by the points earned by all members.
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