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Ghoul Daze! (Japanese: 放課後はゴーストタイム It's Ghost Time After School) is the 90th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 556th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 21, 2008 and in the United States on January 17, 2009.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis While Ash and friends are at the Pokémon Summer Academy, they are taught how to deal with Template:Type2 Pokémon, should they ever run into them. They are then paired up to find a hidden medal needed to get points for the activity. While searching, Conway has a run-in with a girl and a Dusknoir.

Major events

• Ash and his friends continue their week in the Pokémon Summer Academy.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Dusknoir

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Conway
• Professor Rowan
• Angie
• Yuzo
• Mitchell
• Kendall
• Professor Rowan's assistants
• Demonic Girl

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Shinx (Angie's)
• Gastly
• Haunter
• Gengar
• Misdreavus
• Shuppet
• Banette
• Duskull
• Dusknoir

Trivia

• The title is a pun of the phrase "school days".
• An earlier episode has a similar dub title.
• This is the first time that music from The Rise of Darkrai is used as background music.
• An updated version of the music from the Sealed Chamber, Desert Ruins, Island Cave and Ancient Tomb in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald is used.
• Template:Type2s introduced in each of the four generations appeared in this episode.
• Coincidentally, in the previous episode Up Close and Personable!, scenes of hypnotic trance are featured as well.
• In one scene, Ash mentioned to Pikachu to just count to ten when a Haunter grabbed Shinx's tail. This could refer to a Japanese myth about a ghost who is unable to count to ten, then suddenly disappears.
• After Dusknoir is knocked out, the ghostly girl smirks before opening a vortex. During the smirk, stock audio of a Mew cry can be heard.

Errors

• In one scene, Professor Rowan's neck and ear are the same color as his hair.

Dub edits

• Dango is called a fried cakeball skew.

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