History Main / CampingEpisode

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** The Bradys camp out in the season 1 episode "A Camping We Will Go'", where the girls have little camping experience, and the boys essentially spend the whole time mocking them.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013'' short "WesternAnimation/RoughinIt" has Mickey trying to rough it out in nature, while Donald and Goofy prefer satisfy their creature comforts in Donald's large RV.

In fiction, it can be used to provide an easy change of tempo or environment, and it also gives a strong backdrop for interpersonal dynamics, as the characters have to work together more closely in an often unfamiliar way. The goal of the characters to have fun or relax also makes it easy to set up and knock down expectations.

** In "Fernfern & the Secret of Moos Mountain" Fern and Francine disobey the orders of their scout master on a camping trip and try to find a legendary mountain in the woods all by themselves.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' have had a few camping episodes. In "Squirrely Puffs" Timmy's Dad takes him and his friends camping while Mom takes the girls and the whole episode is an attempt by the groups to outdo each other. In "Dinklescouts" Timmy wishes that Mr. Dinkleberg was the group's scout master instead of his dad. In "Dimmsdale Tales" Timmy and the group must tell scary stories to pass the time as Dad has to find camping supplies.

* In a ''Series/JimmyNeutron'' episode Hugh decides to take Jimmy and the boys camping on a trip that it totally devoid of technology, that is until Jimmy sets up a high-tech camp with all the comforts of home. After destroying the camp the group is forced to use natural instincts to find their way home.

** "Arthur Goes to Camp" When Arthur goes to a summer camp, it is boys against girls, until they must band together when it becomes camp against camp.

Has nothing to do with "Main/{{Camp}}" (the exaggerated, theatrical style) but you ''can'' have a campy camping episode.

Has nothing to do with "Main/{{Camp}}" (the exaggerated, theatrical style), but you ''can'' have a campy camping episode.

If just about everything goes wrong, it is a HorribleCampingTrip. See also RoadMovie, RoadTripEpisode, VacationEpisode, BeachEpisode. A common way to set up a MachoDisasterExpedition or LotsOfLuggage.

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* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Camping Episode]]" had [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Squidward camping out in the backyard, and Squidward winds up getting attacked by a [[BearsAreBadNews sea bear]].

** In season 5's "Out of This World", Bobby and Cindy camp out in the backyard hoping to see an alien.

* The ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' episode "The Call of the Mild" combines this with SnowedIn, as the cabbies attend a wilderness retreat only to get trapped in their cabin without food or provisions during a blizzard.

** The Bradys camp out in [=S1E8=]--''A Camping We Will Go'' where the girls had little camping experience, and the boys essentially made fun of them.
** When camping in the Grand Canyon in Season 3, Bobby and Cindy got lost in the canyon; they were found by a resident Native American boy they befriended.
** Bobby & Cindy camp out in the backyard hoping to see an alien.

* ''Series/SilverSpoons'': Ricky and his father & grandfather all go hunting (which is essentially "camping but with guns") as a bonding experience. Ricky enjoys it until he has to shoot a deer. Even after that, he says that he liked all the rest of it and that is what he'll remember. It is the first time we see the father & grandfather get along and enjoy each other's company.

* In the aptly named ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' episode ''Camping In'', a transport strike forced the staff to stay overnight in the store using tents from the camping department.

* The ''Series/{{Taxi}}'' episode "The Call of the Mild" combines this with SnowedIn.

* In the aptly named ''AreYouBeingServed'' episode ''Camping In'', a transport strike forced the staff to stay overnight in the store using tents from the camping department.

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* In MegamanBattleNetwork 2 the main team go to camping in Okuden.

* Chapter 15 of MagickChicks has [[TheProtagonist Mel]], [[BlackBestFriend Jacqui]], [[StudentCouncilPresident Faith]], and [[AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil the student council]] all mysteriously [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/statistically_unlikely decide to go camping]] at the same time. It's eventually revealed to be [[spoiler: a trap set by [[EvilRedhead Cerise]] to get them out of the way while she [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/even_her_enemies took over the school!]]]]

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Garfield Special|s}}'' "Garfield In The Rough" had Garfield, Jon, and Odie go on a camping trip, only to be attacked by a [[PantheraAwesome panther]] that had escaped from a zoo.

* The ''WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants'' episode "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Camping Episode]]" had Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward camping out in the backyard, and Squidward winds up getting attacked by a [[BearsAreBadNews sea bear]].
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode, "The Legend of Satchmo", Grandpa Lou and the children camp out in the Pickles' backyard. Stu, who had a bad camping experience as a kid, worries about them the entire time.
* An episode of XMenEvolution had the main characters going on a survival weekend camping trip where they competed against The Brotherhood. The X-Men had the option of staying home and doing survival training with Wolverine, and gleefully jumped at the (inevitably less painful) camping option.

* ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E6SleeplessInPonyville Sleepless In Ponyville]], wherein they tell scary camp stories that keep Scootaloo up at night, partly because she's afraid to admit they scared her.
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In the episode ''Roughin it'' Arnold's Grandpa takes Arnold and Gerald on a weekend camping trip, to bond and to teach basic survival. At the site they find Helga, Pheobe and Helga's dad, who are also roughin it in a high-tech RV. When everyone goes hiking on a mountain trail they get lost in the woods, and Arnold and Gerald have to use the survival skills Arnold's Grandpa taught them to help everyone else find their way back to camp.
* '' WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' has two episodes. The first time, Bianca brings LotsOfLuggage, the second time... she gets to the camp site on a helicopter and brings in tents with air conditioning as well.