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Up Close and Personable! (Japanese: 研究発表「湖の伝説」！ Research Presentation: "Legend of the Lake"!) is the 89th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 555th episode of the Pokémon anime. While at a summer school, during a drawing session, Ash, Dawn, Brock, and Aoi find that their Pokémon are becoming hypnotized near a lake and decide to investigate. It first aired in Japan on August 14, 2008.

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

Synopsis

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Anime debuts

• Lumineon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Conway
• Professor Rowan
• Aoi
• Yūzō

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Yanmega (Jessie's)
• Lumineon
• Shinx (Aoi's)
• Slowking (Conway's)
• Carvanha
• Dewgong
• Chinchou
• Sealeo
• Gorebyss
• Goldeen
• Surskit
• Totodile
• Kingler
• Relicanth
• Wooper
• Huntail
• Poliwag
• Corsola
• Remoraid
• Crawdaunt
• Tentacool
• Horsea
• Seel

Trivia

• Both Ash and Aoi were shown to have poor drawing skills when sketching the Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• Conway beat the Pokédex twice, saying Gorebyss and Lumineon's data before Dawn could scan them.
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.
• This is the only episode in the entire Summer School arc where Jessie's Wobbuffet made its appearance.
• The dub's title is a reference to the phrase, "up close and personal".

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  Ash's sketch

• Sealeo by Aoi.jpg

  Aoi's drawing

Errors

Dub edits

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