PearlShipping

PearlShipping is the het ship between Ash and Dawn from the Pokémon fandom.

Canon
Dawn is Ash’s female travelling companion in the Diamond and Pearl saga of the anime series. Before the two met and not long after Dawn started her journey with her water starter Piplup, she came across Ash’s Pikachu, the two got separated not long after they had arrived in Sinnoh; and Dawn took it upon herself to help the lost Pikachu find his trainer after she learned that the lost Pokémon she came across is not a wild one. When the two did meet, Dawn is stunned at the lengths that Ash would go to for his Pikachu.

Pokémon: BW Rival Destinies
In “Piplup, Pansage, and the Meeting of the Times!”, Dawn and Piplup surprise Ash and Pikachu as the latter explore Cynthia’s summer villa in Undella Town. Immediately, Ash wanted to battle Dawn after a long time, but Cilan wishes to use his Conoisseur experience against a veteran trainer from another region.

In "Goodbye, Junior Cup—Hello, Adventure!", Ash and Dawn have a proper battle. Cynthia declares a draw after Pikachu and Quilava show no signs of backing down. Dawn later parted with Ash and his friends on a plane back to her hometown.

Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series
Ash comes across Dawn again in “A Midsummer Night’s Light!”, where she and Chloe tended to an injured Cresselia. They and their Pokémon take on Team Rocket who is after Cresselia and Darkrai, and successfully defeat the grunts.

Fanon
This ship is among the more popular anime-based shippings, along with PokéShipping (Ash×Misty), AdvanceShipping (Ash×May) and ContestShipping (Drew×May). Fans of this ship consider Ash should be with Dawn because of their high level of friendship, and Dawn has objectives before her journey across the Sinnoh region.

Ash and Dawn show in many occasions to keep an eye on one another. Between the two, there is a mentor-student relationship, and the two quickly bind thanks to the fact that they have similar personalities. Because of the Coordinator class, a few fans presumed that Dawn would have returned in the XYZ anime series to become a Pokémon Performer, but she did not.

It rivals with PokéShipping, PengüinShipping (Kenny×Dawn), AppealShipping (Dawn×Zoey), FireRedShipping (Ash×Zoey), NegaiShipping (Ash×Iris), AmourShipping (Ash×Serena), AlohaShipping (Ash×Mallow), AureliaShipping (Ash×Lillie), BlueAngelShipping (Ash×Lana) and JourneyShipping (Ash×Goh).

Fandom
FAN FICTION

DEVIANTART

PIXIV

TUMBLR

WIKIS
 * PearlShipping on Bulbapedia

Trivia

 * The ship name comes from the Diamond and Pearl series of the anime, where Dawn makes her debut.

Variations

 * AmourInterditShipping — the polyship between Ash, Dawn, and Serena
 * DP Trio — the polyship between Ash, Dawn, and Brock
 * ThreeWayTieShipping — the polyship between Ash, Dawn, and Zoey
 * TripearlShipping — the polyship between Ash, Dawn, and Misty
 * WallaceCupShipping — the polyship between Ash, Dawn, and May
 * YajirushiShipping — the polyship between Ash, Dawn, and Iris
 * SilentProtagonistShipping — the ship between Dawn and Red (Ash’s game counterpart)