[*]In Dawn of a New Era, Dawn felt that Ash didn't respect or acknowledge her and both argued with each other through out most of the episode, so she challenged Nando to a battle hoping to make Ash realize how good she was as a trainer, and in the end after Nando managed to explain to them that there was no reason to argue both apologized to one another and exchanged a few very sentimental words thus strengthening their new friendship. [*] In Setting the World on its Buneary, Dawn was having a bad hair day and had her Piplup fix her hair. Before fixing her hair, she refused to let Ash see her for fear of having him judge her, or that she was simply being self-conscious. She also asked Ash afterwards if he would like his done too. [*] In Mounting a Coordinator Assault, Dawn commented on how awesome Ash looked when making his appeal in the Jubilife Contest. [*] In O'er the Rampardos we Watched, Dawn donned on a cute cheerleading outfit and she and her Pokémon began cheering and dancing for Ash to win and thus giving him the confidence to earn his first gym badge in Sinnoh. This is a first since neither Misty nor May ever went to such lengths in any of Ash's battles; they usually sat at the side lines discussing if he would win, though they would usually throw him a few cheers. [*] In Buizel Your Way Out Of This, when Ash shows Dawn his Misty lure, Dawn says, "I've never seen a lure like that," and Ash's reply was "This? Cool huh? I got it from Misty a long time ago." With this said Dawn seemed a little shocked that she had never heard of Misty and is found to be a little jealous of her. When Brock notices this he tells her that Misty was an old friend of theirs that they used to travel with and Dawn seemed to calm down a little, as Brock just said "friend". [*] In One Big Happiny Family!, Dawn copied Ash on saying her name then her hometown when introducing herself. It might show a form of admiration. [*] In Once There Were Greenfields, When Gardenia suggests to do a tag battle, Dawn quickly says she wants to be Ash's partner. [*] In Tanks for the Memories!, Dawn was crying about her recent contest failure. When Ash approached her, she didn't want him to worry about it and played along with his assumption that she had dirt in her eyes. Then Ash says he is hungry and Dawn suggests that they get ice cream so that Ash wouldn't have to worry about her. [*] In Lost Leader Strategy!, Dawn says that she wonders if her contests are holding Ash back, showing that she cares about his dreams almost more than her own. [*] In A Triple Fighting Chance!, Dawn cheers Ash again with more dancing for his Gym battle against Maylene. [*] In Enter Galactic!, Ash says that the reason he won his new badge from Maylene was because of all the training Dawn did with Buizel when it was still hers. This causes Dawn to blush and she says "Thanks, but it was all worth it to see an amazing battle between you and Maylene, Ash." [*] In Our Cup Runneth Over!, at the start of the episode, Dawn comments on how Ash does very good in training his Pokémon and even saying: "Ash is incredible!". [*] In Chim - Charred!, Dawn had to be restrained by Brock from coming to Ash's aid in calming Chimchar. [*] In Cream of the Croagunk Crop!, when Ash runs into Crasher Wave and falls to the ground, Dawn is concerned over Ash's well-being. In another scene, Dawn is so frightened by the appearance of the Croagunk, she holds onto Ash and hides behind him. [*] In Hungry for the Good Life!, while Dawn is making Poffins, she tells Monica that she really admires Ash.
- When Ash falls off Team Rocket's machine, she yells to Ash, hoping that he is okay.
[*] In The Psyduck Stops Here!, Dawn becomes worried that Ash's plan to get past the Psyduck will fail and that Ash will end up hurt.