DP088

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DP088   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

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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.
• 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)
• 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

• Ash, Pikachu and Raichu
  Ash, Pikachu and Raichu
• Dawn, Piplup and Grimer
  Dawn, Piplup and Grimer
• Brock and Magnemite
  Brock and Magnemite

• Jessie and Smoochum
  Jessie and Smoochum
• Conway and Venonat
  Conway and Venonat
• Angie and Monferno
  Angie and Monferno

Trivia

• This episode begins the four-part 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 or Dawn's Pokémon (besides Piplup) appear throughout the Summer Academy arc.
• Team Rocket do not appear in their standard uniforms throughout the Summer Academy arc.
• That's the only episode that Ash uses a Raichu, making a wish of some fans who want to see Ash using one.

Dub edits

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