Dawn (game)

Dawn is the female player character in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl as well as Pokémon Platinum. If the player chooses Lucas, the male player character, Dawn will be Professor Rowan's assistant. She helps you by giving you items on your adventure. She as also on the Pokedex project with you. The other blond haired rival will fight you throughout the game, but Lucas/Dawn (depending on the choice of being a boy or a girl) will only assist you politely. In the game, you will befriend others, such as the champion, and people you tag team with, like Bucky, before and after you beat the game. Dawn will always be in possession of the other starter that wasn't chosen, the one which your starter will have an advantage against. i.e. if you have chosen Chimchar, she will have a Turtwig in her arsenal. The reason being that if you play as Lucas, you won't battle her at any point because she has the Starter Pokemon with a type disadvantage to your own. Similarly, if the player character is Dawn, Lucas will choose the disadvantaged starter.

Trivia

 * Dawn is the anime version of Dawn (game).
 * Dawn's outfit in Platinum is the same outfit Dawn wore in the anime when she, Ash and Brock visited Snowpoint City without the pink barrettes.