I still don't get what the writers were thinking of when they made this desision. Since they are Japanese, they probably got drunk. I mean, Buneary and Pachirisu hasn't had enough spotlight, and we have no idea what they are capable of. Ash on the other hand, has had the same team since episode 12. We have seen the potential of all his Pokemon. Dawn is different story, Pachirisu and Buneary are hardly used, and giving Dawn yet another Pokemon just takes them out of the spotlight completely. I say they should develop her team more before she gets a new Pokemomn. But Hell, she will get buizel, the writers are crackhead, what else is new?