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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 Rowen. At this event, many Trainers, including Conway in this instance, 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 pokemon 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 pokemon had such quirks, but being able to overcome such obstacles and befriend their pokemon would require much more skill and patience and thus be a fitting test of a trainer's ability to bond with their pokemon.
Ash and friends also meet Angie, a competative 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 Pokemon's issues. Ash boosted Raichu's confidence by encouraging it to use strong attacks, while Angie bonded with Monferno by dodging the disobedient pokemon'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.
