Dawn (Pokemon)

**Hikari**, also known as **Dawn**, is one of the main characters from the *Pokemon* anime series.

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.

In the AWA fics, Dawn is a student at the AWA Academy.

## **Appearance**

Dawn had a fair complexion, she had blue eyes, and a long blue hair of the same color. Her usual outfit is a mini dress consisting of a black V-neck tank top with a white shirt under it, a very short pink mini skirt, and a red scarf. On her head, she wears a white beanie with a pink Poké Ball print on it. She also wears gold hair clips that hold up her hair in front. She wears a bracelet on her right wrist and a Pokétch on her left. On her feet, she wears pink knee-high boots with black mid-knee socks. She also has a small yellow backpack with all of her personal belongings.

Dawn's contest outfit is a pink dress with dark pink horizontal and vertical accents, a pink sash, and a necklace with a small red ribbon on it. She also keeps her hair in a ponytail. However, her outfit varies from contest to contest. In the Grand Festival, she wore a cream-yellow mini dress with an orange sash, long white gloves, a white petticoat, and low heel ballet pumps. She also kept a pinkish-red ribbon in her hair, along with an identical one on her chest.

For swimwear, Dawn wears a peachy-orange and yellow two piece. At night, she wears pink pajama bottoms and a matching shirt with a yellow line going down them.

When Dawn returned, her Pokétch was replaced with a Xtransceiver.

## **Personality**

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.

## **Abilities**

Dawn can make amazing Poffins- a lot of Pokémon (including her own and the ones that belong to her friends) like them. She also knows how to fish and can design clothes very well, but she lets her mother and Brock do the sewing for her. She eventually grew to be a good battler and a great performer in her contests.

Dawn also has the ability to sense the feelings of Pokémon, as shown when Mesprit chose to connect with her.

Though Dawn likes to design clothes and admires fashion she also knows how to make pokemon a star. This is clearly shown in the episode Arriving in style when Dawn becomes the grand winner of Hearthiome collection fashion show. She became the winner as she chose to show her Buneary rather than showing the accessories

## **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, Ariados attacked Piplup).
	+ The first time this happened was with Ash, where Pikachu got attacked by Spearow in Pokémon - I Choose You!.
* Dawn's Japanese and English names (**Hikari** and **Dawn**) both mean some type of light.
* As revealed in DP161, 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 of Ash's companions to have caught an Electric-type Pokémon, Pachirisu.
* 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.
* Dawn battled two Gym Leaders in the anime. The first was Maylene, and the second was Cilan.
* Despite the fact that Dawn's catchphrase is "No need to worry," she usually says it in a bad situation.