PenguinShipping

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PenguinShipping is the belief of a romantic relationship between Dawn and Kenny. Kenny and Dawn are childhood friends, who are now also Contest rivals. This Shipping is called PenguinShipping due to the fact that both of them have members of the Piplup evolution family.

Hints

Even though there are not many hints due to Kenny's lack of appearances, it has been shown that he and Dawn know each other well. Kenny even calls Dawn Dee-Dee (Japanese: ピカリ Pikari).

• Getting the Pre-Contest Titters.

When Kenny sees Dawn in her contest dress he is momentarily speechless. She starts flirting with Kenny and asks him if he thinks she's pretty to which he blushes and hastily tries to change the subject.

• Settling a Not-So-Old Score

Kenny seems jealous of Ash and Dawn being together. He promises to Dawn after Jessie's appeal that he would make "that Seviper lady look bad."

• Journey to the Unown!

When Dawn is being lifted into the Solaceon Ruins due to the confused Unown, Kenny worriedly calls out her name. He does this again when Dawn falls, later in the episode. He is the only one who does this on both occasions. Towards the end of the episode, he wants to make sure Dawn did not find out how scared he was in the ruins, and when Brock says, "Everyone has secrets hidden in their closet," Kenny gets embarrassed.

This article is part of Project Shipping, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each couple in Pokémon.