Kubfu.

0:00So what if I told you there's a Legendary Pokémon that gets introduced with an apology?

0:04This is Kubfu.

0:09When the old master who raised it introduces it to someone new, one of the first things he says is, "I know, I know.

0:13It's tiny." He believes in it, he really does.

0:17He says it has amazing potential.

0:21Problem is, it's a bit shy.

0:26It just doesn't seem to have much confidence in itself.

0:30If you were the quiet kid, you know that speech.

0:34You stood right there while a grown-up you loved told somebody, "Sorry, my kid's just shy," like you were something that needed an excuse.

0:39And the person apologizing for Kubfu is the same one it ran and hid behind every time it got scared.

0:43Then comes the tower.

0:47Five floors, and Kubfu has to go in as the only Pokémon on the team, so there's nobody in there to hide behind.

0:51When it needs its nerve, it pulls the long white hair on its head and power wells up from the depths of its belly.

0:56Everybody has a version of that, like sitting in the parking lot before an interview going okay, okay, you got this, and not believing a word of it.

1:00On the fifth floor, the final opponent is the old man.

1:04The same one it used to hide behind.

1:09Kubfu wins.

1:13It evolves right there, and he just laughs.

1:17"You've certainly grown, haven't you?

1:21And to think, not long ago you would've run and hid behind me the moment you got scared." So to every kid who stood there while somebody said "Sorry, my kid's just shy," a Legendary got that same introduction and still climbed the whole tower on its own two feet.

1:26And the people who made excuses for you are probably standing at the top of yours, prouder than they know how to say.