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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. At this event, many Trainers gather and spend time together for one week while learning various things about Pokémon. The Trainer's first task is to choose a random Poké Ball, train the Pokémon contained inside, and battle with it.

Major events

• Ash, Brock and Dawn enroll in the Pokémon Summer Academy.
• The group meets Conway again.

Debuts

• Angie

Pokémon debuts

• Monferno

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Rowan
• Yuzo
• Conway
• Angie
• Kensuke
• Mitsuki
• Other trainers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Monferno (Trained by Angie)
• 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 Kensuke)
• Slakoth (Trained by Mitsuki)
• Oddish
• Drifloon
• Dodrio
• Bidoof
• Wooper
• Graveler
• Loudred
• Bagon
• Scizor
• Mightyena
• Croconaw
• Sandshrew
• Rhyhorn
• Linoone
• Cherubi
• Growlithe
• Snorunt
• Electrike
• Nuzleaf
• Rattata
• Drowzee
• Butterfree

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  Ash, Pikachu and Raichu

• DawnGrimer.jpg

  Dawn, Piplup and Grimer

• BrockMagnemite.jpg

  Brock and Magnemite

• JessieSmoochum.jpg

  Jessie and Smoochum

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  Conway and Venonat

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  Angie and Monferno

Trivia

• This episode begins the four-part Summer School 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.

Errors

• In one scene when James was disguised, the arch behind him was overlapping his hip.

Dub edits

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