Dawn (Pokemon Anime)

Dawn, also known as Hikari, Pikari, Dee Dee and Maya, is one of the main characters from the Pokemon series.
== Charactah Account ==
Dawn is a newbie trainer from Sinnoh who met Ash after she ran into Pikachu, who’d been separated from his trainer by Team Rocket. Like May before her, Dawn aspires to be a Pokémon Coordinator.
Dawn is carefree, upbeat, and cheerful. Whenever she makes a mistake, she often quickly recovers and strives to do better. She's also confident- even from the beginning of her journey, Dawn is very confident in her abilities (sometimes even a little overconfident, as shown when she ordered her newly evolved Ambipom to use Swift), though not to the same extent as Ash. While she's kind and supportive, she is sometimes quick-tempered and often gets emotional when she loses, so Ash and Brock often have to help her cope. She also became very depressed when she lost two contests in a row, not even managing to get through the first round of appeals. However, she regained her confidence after she won the Wallace Cup, along with a new found sense of maturity. She is also very sensitive and supportive of her friends—a clear example occurred when she worked on a cheerleading recital to help Ash feel better after he fell into depression following his humiliating defeat at the hands of his bitter rival. She also seems to be more fixated on her appearance than the other two main female characters- in one episode, Dawn refused to show herself to Ash and Brock until she straightened out her bed hair.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Pokemon (2019)
* Pokemon (2019): Arceus Who is Called a God
* Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
* Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Specials
* Pokemon Movie 10: The Rise Of Darkrai
* Pokemon Movie 11: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
* Pokemon Movie 12: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
* Pokemon Movie 13: Zoroark - Master of Illusions
=== Manga ===
* Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life
* Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior
* Pokemon: The Rise Of Darkrai
* Pokemon: Zoroark - Master of Illusions
== Trivia ==
* Dawn's bike was destroyed by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, a sort of ongoing gag that has been used with Misty and May, but Dawn wasn't angry at Ash or Pikachu for it due to unfavorable circumstances (attacked by Team Rocket) on their end. This ended with Iris, who started the gag of being shocked by Pikachu directly.
* Dawn is the second character who got their starter Pokémon attacked by a wild Pokémon. In her case, Ariadosattacked Piplup).
** The first time this happened was with Ash, where Pikachu got attacked by Spearow in "Pokémon - I Choose You!"
* Dawn's Japanese name is Hikari, and her main rival's is Nozomi. The Hikari and the Nozomi are two Shinkansen"bullet train" lines in Japan. The Nozomi is faster than the Hikari, possibly symbolizing the trend of Zoey being farther along in her coordinating skills than Dawn in the anime.
* As revealed in "Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!", Dawn's nickname (Pikari/Dee Dee) is tied with her fear of Plusle and Minun.
* Dawn is the first main character other than Ash to see a Legendary Pokémon right at the beginning of their journey. Ash saw Ho-Oh with Pikachu on his side while Dawn saw Mesprit after saving Piplup.
** Ash later encounterd Azelf during the Wallace Cup, with the subsequent conversation seeing Zoey reveal herself as being from Snowpoint City.
* Dawn is the first female character to:
** Have caught or received an Electric and Ground-type Pokémon.
** Have caught or received a pure Electric-type Pokémon.
** Have received one of her Pokémon through a trade.
** Battle a member of the Elite Four and a Gym Leader.
** Have a fully evolved Normal, Ice and Ground-type.
* Dawn's personality reflects that of the Emotion Pokémon Mesprit.
* Dawn is the first female protagonist to trade Pokémon with Ash.
* Dawn is Ash's only companion who didn't have a particular reason for traveling with Ash and Brock through a region.
* Dawn is the second character besides May to travel to another region Ash had already been through. In Dawn's case, she traveled to Hoenn (the origin of Contests) where Ash previously traveled and May traveled to Johto where Ash was traveling before meeting her.
* Dawn became famous for winning the Wallace Cup.
* Despite the fact that Dawn's catchphrase is "No need to worry", she usually says it in a bad situation.
* Sometimes her socks are in the middle of her kneecaps, but other times they're just below her kneecaps.
* So far Dawn is the only one of Ash's former Travelling Companions to have met Chloe alongside Goh.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Dawn (anime) at Pokemon Wiki
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