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Camping It Up!

DP088   EP554 ポケモンサマースクール開講！！ Pokémon Summer School Course!!

First broadcast Japan August 7, 2008 United States January 3, 2009

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together2008 Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Assistant director 山田浩之 Hiroyuki Yamada Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de

Camping It Up! (Japanese: ポケモンサマースクール開講！！ Pokémon Summer School Course!!) is the 88th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 554th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 7, 2008 and in the United States on January 3, 2009.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On their way toward Celestic Town, Ash and his friends arrive at a Pokémon Summer Academy and decide to participate there after an invitation from Professor Rowan. At this event, many Trainers gather and spend time together for one week while learning various things about Pokémon. After being separated into one of three teams (Red, Blue, and Green), the Trainer's first task is to choose a random Poké Ball, train the Pokémon contained inside, taking a day to bond with it, and battle with it the next day. Many of the Pokémon that were highlighted had some kind of social issue, from lack of confidence in the case of Dawn's Grimer, to the all-out paranoia of Ash's Raichu. It is unknown if many of the other Pokémon had such quirks, but being able to overcome such obstacles and befriend their Pokémon would require much more skill and patience and thus be a fitting test of a Trainer's ability to bond with their Pokémon.

Ash and friends also meet Angie, a competitive tomboy who quickly becomes Ash's rival. In a twist of fate, Angie and Ash are both assigned to the Red team and examples of the two competing occur throughout the first day, their antics causing them to be punished and their team to lose points. The two make up and get along better in the evening, but their rivalry picks right back up the next morning.

The morning before their battles, Ash and Angie do some last-minute training to overcome their Pokémon's issues. Ash boosted Raichu's confidence by encouraging it to use strong attacks, while Angie bonded with Monferno by dodging the disobedient Pokémon's Ember attacks. Dawn had also been busy the day before, teaching Grimer some poses to boost its confidence. Team Rocket stayed totally off the radar, with Jessie (under the alias Jessilinda) spending all of her time gushing over her Smoochum, while James and Meowth posed as janitors.

During the battles, Jessie squared off against Brock, Dawn faced Conway, and Ash battled Angie. After being hit with an attack while gushing over her Smoochum in the middle of battle, Jessie forfeit her round. The battle between Dawn and Conway was inconclusive, and the match between Ash and Angie, while intensely heated, ended in a draw once time ran out.

At the end of the day, Dawn wins the award for most development in their relationship with their Pokémon. The blue team came in first, the green in second, and the red in last. Even though Dawn's team got the most points, Ash and Angie lost them points for quarreling and their "daytime nap".

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

• Angie

Pokémon debuts

• Monferno

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Rowan
• Yuzo
• Conway
• Angie
• Kendall
• Mitchell
• Other trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Monferno (Trained by Angie; debut)
• Raichu (Trained by Ash)
• Grimer (Trained by Dawn)
• Magnemite (Trained by Brock)
• Venonat (Trained by Conway)
• Smoochum (Trained by Jessie)
• Shinx (Angie's)
• Makuhita (Trained by Kendall)
• Slakoth (Trained by Mitchell)
• Oddish
• Drifloon
• Dodrio
• Bidoof
• Wooper
• Graveler
• Loudred
• Bagon
• Scizor
• Mightyena
• Croconaw
• Sandshrew
• Rhyhorn
• Linoone
• Cherubi
• Growlithe
• Snorunt
• Electrike
• Nuzleaf
• Rattata
• Drowzee
• Butterfree

• AshRaichu.jpg

  Ash, Pikachu and Raichu

• DawnGrimer.jpg

  Dawn, Piplup and Grimer

• BrockMagnemite.jpg

  Brock and Magnemite

• JessieSmoochum.jpg

  Jessie and Smoochum

• ConwayVenonat.jpg

  Conway and Venonat

• AoiMonferno.jpg

  Angie and Monferno

Trivia

• This is the first episode of the four-part Pokémon Summer Academy arc.
• Summer Vacation Fan Club is used as background music.
• In past episodes Jessie wanted to have her own Smoochum. In this episode, she gets to train one.
• None of James's Pokémon appear throughout the Summer Academy arc.
• Team Rocket do not appear in their standard uniforms throughout the Summer Academy arc.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

• Chinese (Taiwan): 神奇寶貝暑期講座開課！！
• Czech: Pokémonový tábor
• Dutch: Op Zomerkamp!
• French: La rentrée des classes !
• German: Die Pokémon-Sommer-Akademie!
• Polish: Letnia szkoła już nas woła!
• Italian: L'accademia Pokémon estiva!
• Brazilian Portuguese: O Acampamento de Verão!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La academia Pokémon de verano!
• Iberian Spanish: Campamento Pokémon

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