Shipping:AppealShipping

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AppealShipping (Japanese: ノゾヒカ NozoHika) is the possible pairing between Dawn and Zoey from the Pokémon anime.

Dawn's Hints

In Mounting a Coordinator Assault Dawn blushes heavily at Zoey's minor compliment, and continues to compliment her back throughout Arrival of a Rival.
In A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, Zoey had hurt her ankle. When Dawn saw what condition she was in she searched through her backpack trying to find out what she could use to help Zoey out. Much to her dismay, she only found some candy and a can of soda.

Dawn and Zoey as seen in Mounting a Coordinator Assault

In Mounting a Coordinator Assault, Zoey had found Dawn's missing choker and returned it to her. Later in the episode, Dawn has having a hard time putting her hair up in a ponytail. Zoey came to the rescue again and helped her with her hair problem.
In Mounting a Coordinator Assault and Arrival of a Rival Zoey continues to comment on Dawn being "sweet" and compliments her constantly.
In A Stand-Up Sit-Down!, Zoey coached Dawn on how to do a Double Performance for the upcoming contest. Jessie seeing Dawn constantly failing to perform, appears and mocks her, making Zoey angry. Jessie proceeds to challenge Dawn, but Zoey takes her place instead, despite her pain on her leg.
In DP061, after being shown watching the Soleceon Town Contest from a Pokémon Center somewhere out in the forest, Zoey visits Dawn after her loss. After pointing out Dawn's mistake, Zoey then starts to train Dawn to help her regain her confidence. It is unknown just how far out of her way she came just to do this.