Dawn/Hikari. Her bond with Ash was special, also her girly and cheerful personality was super cute and awesome to me :D She's a strong female, too. Even though she love's contests and girly things, she's not afraid to fight when she needs to. She really was a great character IMO.
I'm happy to see she's the most popular in this poll, too! :D
Awww, I really like May, too. She's nostalgic of my Pokemon watching days around 2004 for me X3; She's also funny and sweetly attractive looking.
Eh, suit yourself. Unfortunately, I'm not at all fond of those two. They reminded me too much of the Fiorello Fangirls from the Pok?mon episode Princess vs. Princess, and the Love Hina girls, not to mention, which I have been taught to at the very least dislike, if not hate (heck, the Fiorello Fangirls and Love Hina in particular are the reason I gave the Female Anime Stereotype the name "Hina stereotype", Love Hina's pretty obvious, but the Fiorello Fangirls' ties dealt with the fact that the setting of the episode was called O-Hina Town in the Japanese version.). I also wasn't fond of the whole overpromotion of Pok?mon Contests (especially when they were little more than side-quests in the games. I mean, what, should we make Secret Bases an actual goal as well?). And as far as May, I really am not fond of the fact that she went on a Pok?mon journey when she outright hated Pok?mon. Here's my view: Regardless if you're girly or a tomboy, if you dislike or hate Pok?mon, DON'T go on a Pok?mon journey. It's that simple. Doesn't help that she is the daughter of a Gym Leader, meaning she most likely would have spent her entire LIFE up to that point being exposed to Pok?mon constantly, and thus she has absolutely NO reason to dislike or hate Pok?mon in the first place (not to mention, Misty and Brock, heck, Jessie and James even, had pretty bad family relationships, and none of them hated Pok?mon as a result. Heck, Jessie and James are especially notable since they're members of an organization that has no qualms with outright murdering Pok?mon to satisfy their goals.). And then there's the fact that May just let what amounted to her own son be abducted by a psychotic pirate in the climax and stood there like a dang coward in what was supposed to be HER movie, thus resulting in Ash having to save the day yet again. And Dawn... look, I was never a big fan of girls basically obsessing over the mirror (heck, anyone of any gender for that matter), so I was not fond of seeing her do that. Another thing I dislike about them is that they were oversexualized, especially for them being 10 year olds (which Masamitsu indicated was very much deliberate). If they were 16, or 18, heck, 20 even, while I wouldn't necessarily like them being subject to sexual fanservice, I'd at least be a bit more tolerant since at least they are, if not actually of the age of consent, then pretty dang close to it, and certainly aren't explicitly prepubescent children). Probably another thing I dislike is that they literally had no reason to join up with Ash, especially when they were doing fine enough on their own. Misty, Iris, heck, even Serena at least actually HAD a reason to join up with Ash (and I'm not even fond of Serena either). I suppose I could respect Dawn for being able to fight if she has to, though.
Don't get me wrong, I have little problem with girly girl characters as long as they're done right (I liked Ariel from The Little Mermaid and in Return to the Sea, and while I'm not too fond of the triplets from Beauty and the Beast, I actually am aloof to them right now, and in fact trust them far more than Belle right now. Heck, I don't even mind Princess Peach from the Mario games. Heck, Misty had plenty of girly moments as well. In fact, Princess vs. Princess, the episode where Misty earned my immense loyalty, literally had her participating in a very girly holiday.), but when they enter territory of them being outright fetishized and go beyond merely girly and come across as being... pardon the bluntness but... bimbos, I am not fond of that at all. And unfortunately, May and Dawn come far too close to that than simply being girly from what I can tell. But, hey, that's just what I think. Won't force you to adopt my line of thinking if you don't want it.