Now that the DP trio is almost over, will it go down in history as anything special?

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To be honest, I can't really see what the DP trio will be remembered for. While nobody will ever forget Dawn, there's really not much this group did to make it stand out over any of the previous groups.

Like most people, I thought the DP trio was rather artificial with forced character interaction, where they never truly felt like real friends. The lack of proper development between Dawn and Brock made it feel like they had nothing to do with each other. Its like the writers didn't even try to have Brock and Dawn bond much or become close friends.

Overall the Ash/Dawn and Dawn/Piplup interactions were well done, but overall I can't possibly see what the DP trio will be remembered as. Doing two co-stars and one sidekick didn't really work, as it made Brock feel even more left out than usual.

So long, DP trio. To me it always felt like this group was missing something. I wonder what kind of sendoff it'll get from the writers.
 
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I think it will. To be honest, there's only been 3 and a half groups, and I definitely imagine the DP trio being one of the most well known.

I think Brock was close to Dawn. They just didn't showcase it at all.
 
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Well for me, having Dawn as an actual co-star unlike Misty or to an extent May is enough for me to always remember the DP saga as something special.
 
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The DP trio will go down in history. Teachers world wide will talk of it to their students.


Well, Dawn is the first girl to get pretty much equal focus to Ash. But how can we know when we don't know how long the animé will go on for and what will follow?
 
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The only thing that I will remember is Ash beating Paul. If Paul will defeat him, I will not remember nothing. A wasted saga.
 
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Hestia said:
The DP trio will go down in history. Teachers world wide will talk of it to their students.
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I think the thing I'll remember the most is how much Piplup was shoved down our throats. :p
 
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As a trio nothing special but looking at the duo's within the trio as you said Gliscor'd, yes.
 
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Iteru said:
As a trio nothing special but looking at the duo's within the trio as you said Gliscor'd, yes.
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I'll agree with this. Individually Dawn herself and the Ash/Dawn interaction will be remembered, but not so much the trio as a whole.
 
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Pearlshippers will keep it alive.
 
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Things I'll remember the most...

That episode when they went into space. That had the best interaction between the group along with Team Rocket.
Now, Brock's interactions with Dawn wasn't very much I agree.
But Ash and Dawn's interactions will be remembered for as long as the show will air, just like Advancedshipping and Pokeshipping is.
 
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Special only in the sense that Dawn had almost equal focus to Ash.
Other than that, no. As a trio, the DP group was super lame.
 
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Terra Voltage said:
Special only in the sense that Dawn had almost equal focus to Ash.
Other than that, no. As a trio, the DP group was super lame.
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True. The thing is the BW heroine is going to get Dawn's level of screentime most likely, so in retrospect Dawn won't be the only girl to get this amount of screentime on the show.
 
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I will agree Dawn will be remembered. And even their greater effort for her to be a co-star. There really isn't anything to remember Brock for here. Not even the Galactic plot, since his own Croagunk outshines him, but not by much. We don't know if he is going yet, though.
 
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Its true, sadly newer generation will consider Brock as background.
 
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DP ending is a little bittersweet for me since I'll probably miss the DP saga once it's all said and done, but I really won't miss Piplup all that much. I will miss most the saga's characters and how Gen IV as a whole affected the series.

I will kind of miss Dawn's contest storyline. It was a bit different from May's, although initially I thought it wasn't going to be that unique. Seeing her development from overconfidence to depression and finally to levelheadedness was nice and showed that even though she had a famous coordinator for a mother, she still had a lot to learn and wasn't completely savvy in them.

The DP trio was pretty blah interaction-wise but I'm sure I will end up missing this series as a whole. I'm ready for the BW saga though, and hope that it'll be even better than the DP saga was.
 
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I dont think it will go down as anything special except for the fact that they brought back some characters (May, Jasmine) for only like an episode each.

Im still hoping that Best Wishes will have something new and good in it cuz for now, it still has to grow on me especially the name.
 
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I'm also noticing a clear difference in wanting to see more of said characters.

When AG ended a lot of people expected/wanted to see specials of May in Johto. However now that DP is ending, it seems like nobody really thinks Dawn will get any specials wherever she goes next.

Strange, really. All throughout DP people constantly brought up May and compared every little thing Dawn did to May. I wonder if it'll be the same with Dawn and BW girl.
 
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While I have no idea what the fandom in general thinks, I did enjoy the D&P group, personally. Each of them had some great (and/or amusing) Pokemon, as well... certainly some of the most engaging of all the various seasons of the show. They also appeared in what were (IMO) the franchise's best movies, 10 and 11 (and to a lesser extent, 12).
 
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I think the most important thing that happened with them is the first real trade seen that lasted, aside from if you count Wobbuffet. First between character trade to say the least.

Aside from that there isn't much stellar about them. Dawn wasn't the first girl, and she wasn't even the first replacement girl.
 
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As a trio, no there wasn't anything special and the reason for that is simple: Brock. period.

Ash's relationship with his pokemon worked, Dawn's relationship with her pokemon worked, Ash & Dawn's friendship to one another was, in my opinion, the most developped in the franchise and the one the had the most impact on each other's plot. Their pokemon had plenty of interactions with one another and they themselves interacted with each other's pokemon. So that duo worked.

On the other hand Dawn and Brock didn't work and Ash and Brock didn't work either... Brock didn't really feel like he was truly friends with neither.

That being said, comparing the DP trio to previous saga is unfair since the show's dynamics were different. In the original series, you had Ash, the hero, and Brock/Misty, the sidekicks. Neither Brock nor Misty really had a well defined plot so neither was really overshadowing the other since they were both overshadowed by Ash.

In AG, Brock was helped because there were 4 people on the main cast. He wasn't focused on more and didn't do more than he did in DP, he was just the babysitter. If an episode focused on one duo, Brock would babysit the third wheel. But we very rarely got episodes that focused on Brock's relationship and chemistry with another member of the quartet.

In DP, they did what they hadn't done before and made Dawn a true co-star, giving her equal focus to Ash. So when you had an episode that focused on Ash, Dawn would often get a minor inclusion in the storyline (ex: Gliscor's release episode) and the contrary is true. But they rarely included Brock in Dawn's place in Ash's episodes or in Ash's place in Dawn's episode since Ash and Dawn were the stars... Had the writers given a sidequest to Brock and focus episodes, they would have found ways to include Ash in some of his episodes and Dawn in some of his episodes, therefore making him feel more included.
 
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