The Karate Kid (1984)

The Karate Kid (1984)

starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita

directed by John Avildsen

127 minutes

Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) moves from New Jersey to southern California with his mother. He goes to a beach party with some guys he just met. He is flirting with Ally, a girl he just met, when Johnny, her ex-boyfriend shows up. Johnny doesn't starts hassling Ally. Daniel steps in to help Ally. Johnny and his friends beat up Daniel.

Daniel has a few more run-ins with Johnny and his friends, all of whom study karate at the Cobra Kai Dojo. Their teacher, John Krese, espouses a very tough, take no prisoners version of karate. 

Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), the maintenance man in the building where Daniel and his mother live, takes Daniel under his wing. He teaches him karate and sets up a showdown with Johnny at the All Valley Karate Tournament which buys Daniel some time to improve his skills. Daniel trains with Mr. Miyagi and gets to know Ally a little better in the days, weeks, and months that lead up to the tournament.

Cobra Kai 1.10

Mercy

The 2018 All-Valley Under 18 Tournament begins. Cobra Kai is represented by Miguel, Aisha, Hawk, and several other of Johnny's students. Robby also signs up for the tournament. Zander, the 2017 champion, is also there.

Miguel, Aisha, Hawk, and Robby all make it to the quarterfinals. Aisha gets eliminated in the quarterfinals. Sam is there with her parents and her brother. She has a chat with Aisha after her quarterfinal match. It starts off a little bumpy but it ends with Aisha encouraging Sam to get back into karate.

Miguel goes on to face and defeat Zander in the first semifinal match. Hawk and Robby square off in the other semifinal. Hawk is eliminated for striking Robby during an official pause in the fighting. Robby's shoulder is injured but he insists on continuing.

Robby and Miguel face off in the final. Robby is still hurting. Miguel gets away with an illegal move. The fight goes the distance but Miguel wins in the end. He looks around for Sam but she has already left with her mother and brother.

Cobra Kai 1.09

Different But Same

Johnny shows up at the LaRusso house ready to fight. He's angry about what happened to his car. Danny refuses to accept the blame for what his cousin did. They are about to fight when Amanda interrupts and convinces them to sit down and talk it out.

Miguel gives Samantha the cold shoulder when she balks at the idea of him meeting her parents. She suggests they go out again. He says he can't because needs to train for the All-Valley Tournament.

Amanda talks Daniel into giving Johnny a replacement for the car his cousin destroyed. Danny takes Johnny to the dealership and lets him pick from the used cars that people have traded in. Johnny selects a sports car but he wants to take it for a test drive first.

Aisha sees that Yasmin insulted her online. She then sees that Yasmin is planning to throw a birthday party for herself at the canyon. Aisha, Hawk and Miguel plan to get their first and throw their own party.

Cobra Kai 1.08

Molting

Johnny takes his students to a junkyard to train. He creates an obstacle course for them to run. He has them break things. He has dogs chase them around the junkyard. He confides in Miguel later on that his expectations aren't very high for the All Valley Tournament.

Miguel shows Johnny a picture of Sam, his girlfriend. Johnny recognizes her as being Danny's daughter. He tries to talk Miguel into breaking up with Sam. He tells Sam his version about what happened when he and Danny met in high school. Danny is the bad guy in Johnny's version. 

Danny's mother comes to visit her son and his family. She and Amanda do not get along. Robby comes over to train with Danny and meets Samantha for the first time. Danny takes Robby out in to the woods to train. Robby tries to tell Danny who his father is but he chickens out.

Cobra Kai 1.07

All Valley

Robby gets more training from Danny. His friends want him to help steal car parts from LaRusso Automotive. He gets the code to help them break in but then he changes his mind. His friends decide to beat him up when he won't give them the code to the door. They try but he fights them off. They run off once he points out that they are being filmed by a security camera.

Miguel asks Sam out on a date. She tells him no. She doesn't want to date anyone. He convinces her to go on a non-date with him. He is ready to take her to the observatory but Johnny convinces him to take her to mini-golf. They have a great time. Sam kisses Miguel after demonstrating one of her karate moves on him.

Johnny finds out that the All Valley tournament is coming up. He tries to get the Cobra Kai Dojo signed up. He finds out that Cobra Kai has been banned from the All Valley tournament. He goes to the tournament committee meeting to try and get them to change their mind. There he finds out that Danny is on the committee and why Cobra Kai is banned from the tournament. Johnny pleads his case. Danny doesn't change his mind but the committee votes on it and decides to let the Cobra Kai Dojo in to the tournament. Danny is not happy.

Cobra Kai 1.06

Quiver

Johnny starts to give lessons to large group of teens who recently joined his class. Most of them don't last very long. Within a few lessons the group has thinned out. Demetri and Eli are among those who decide to leave. Miguel tries to get Johnny to take it easy on the others. Miguel's words and an old cassette trigger some memories for Johnny of what he was like when he first got interested in karate.

Sam continues to get harassed by other students in school, mostly over the internet. Miguel crosses paths with Kyler in school. Kyler doesn't give him a hard time. He doesn't say anything to Miguel. He just turns around and walks away. Miguel and Sam work together in biology class.

Cobra Kai 1.05

Counterbalance

Miguel continues to train at the Cobra Kai dojo. Johnny sublets the space to a yoga class because he isn't making enough money to cover the rent. Aisha wants to join the dojo. Johnny laughs and says no until Miguel points out that Johnny is desperate for money.

Danny uses a bit of subterfuge to cause Johnny's landlord to raise the rent on the space he is renting for the dojo.

Robby, Johnny's son, tries talking to his mother. That gets him nowhere. He goes to see his father but changes his mind after he sees Johnny talking to Miguel. Robby applies for and gets hired at LaRusso Auto Group.

Sam confronts her friends and learns that Kyler claimed that she went down on him. She confronts Kyler in the cafeteria at school. He laughs it off. Miguel steps up and tells Kyler off. He gets into a fight with Kyler and his friends and beats them up. The other students are very impressed. A bunch of them show up later at the Cobra Kai dojo eager to sign up.

Danny goes to visit Mr. Miyagi's grave. He feels uncertain. He remembers something Mr. Miyagi told him. He goes home and clears some space and starts training.

Cobra Kai 1.04

Cobra Kai Never Dies

Johnny gets drunk and defaces one of Danny's billboards. Miguel's mother forbids him from taking lessons with Johnny after she sees what happened to her son. Sam continues to hold a grudge against her father for showing up at the dance. The object of her anger shifts to Kyler after she sees him bullying Miguel and his friends.

Robby, Johnny's son, gets into trouble again. Johnny tries to act resposible but Robby won't listen to him. Robby's mother won't listen either. Johnny begs Carmen to give him another chance as Miguel's teacher. She gives in and Johnny finds out just as he is about to shut down the dojo.

Cobra Kai 1.03

Esqueleto

Johnny's bills are starting to pile up he needs money to fund the school. He hangs up flyers around the neighborhood in the hopes of generating some interest in his school.

Danny worries that Kyle, Sam's boyfriend, is bad news. He volunteers to chaperone the Halloween dance. Sam is not thrilled when she learns that her father will be at the dance.

Miguel gets Johnny to teach him how to kick. The beginning of the training is a little unconventional. Johnny ties Miguel's hands together and then pushes him into a pool. Miguel has to use his legs to keep himself afloat.

Cobra Kai 1.02

Strike First

Johnny starts to train Miguel. Johnny has Miguel help him clean up the dojo. They get a visit from the health inspector who makes it abundantly clear that Johnny can't open the dojo until he meets some minimum requirements.

Daniel meets some of his Samantha's friends. He isn't impressed with them. Amanda, Daniel's wife, talks him into rethinking the approach he is taking towards their daughter's friends. He convinces Samantha to invite over Kyler, a guy she likes.

Miguel sees Samantha in school. He starts to walk over to talk to her when Kyler shows up sits down next to her. Miguel backs off.

Johnny gets a call from one of the guidance counselor's at his son's school. Bobby, his son, was caught with drugs.

Kyler has dinner with the Samantha and her parents. Daniel asks about the bruises. Kyler tells him about how they were beat up by a homeless looking guy. Daniel confronts Johnny later that night about what he did to Kyler. No blows are exchanged.

Cobra Kai 1.01

Ace Degenerate

Johnny Lawrence's life isn't going great. His job sucks. He sees reminders all around town of his big loss to Daniel LaRusso in the All-Valley Karate Tournament, when they were in high school. LaRusso owns a successful car dealership and his face is on billboards all around town.

Johnny gets arrested for helping his teenage neighbor fight off a bunch of bullies. His car gets hit by a group of teenage girls. His car is taken to LaRusso's body shop for repairs. Johnny runs into Danny when he goes to pick it up. Danny is delighted to see him but the feeling is not mutual.

The episode ends with Johnny deciding to use a check he received from his step-father to open a karate school.