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* AwesomeMcCoolName: Cobra Kai translates from Japanese as "Cobra Society".
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** At the same time, it might be as well an obscure reference to Teinosuke Yagi, a real life bonesetter and former jujutsu master who introduced the young Jigoro Kano (the founder of UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}) to his art when the latter was being bullied. The character's full name, back when it was canonically Keisuke Miyagi, was an even bigger reference to T''ei''no''suke'' ''Yagi''.
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* RunningGag: Reminding people that [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY it's pronounced Mi-ya-''gi'', not Mi-ya-ji]].
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* BreakoutVillain: John Kreese appeared in only three scenes in the original film but was so memorably over-the-top that he was present in the next two sequels [[spoiler:and returns at the end of season one of ''Cobra Kai'']]. Granted, his scene in ''Part II'' was initially filmed for the first movie.
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* BreakoutVillain: BreakoutVillain:
** John Kreese appeared in only three scenes in the original film but was so memorably over-the-top that he was present in the next two sequels [[spoiler:and returns at the end of season one of ''Cobra Kai'']]. Granted, his scene in ''Part II'' was initially filmed for the firstmovie.movie.
** Terry Silver as well, being arguably the main highlight of ''Part III'' due to his hammy personality as an over-the-top villain. His character was so popular with fans that it managed to convince Thomas Ian Griffith to make a return to acting in reprising his role for ''Cobra Kai'' season 4.
** John Kreese appeared in only three scenes in the original film but was so memorably over-the-top that he was present in the next two sequels [[spoiler:and returns at the end of season one of ''Cobra Kai'']]. Granted, his scene in ''Part II'' was initially filmed for the first
** Terry Silver as well, being arguably the main highlight of ''Part III'' due to his hammy personality as an over-the-top villain. His character was so popular with fans that it managed to convince Thomas Ian Griffith to make a return to acting in reprising his role for ''Cobra Kai'' season 4.
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** Daniel [=LaRusso=] is TheHero of the first three films. He wears a white karategi in contrast to his rivals at the Cobra Kai dojo who wear black.
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** Daniel [=LaRusso=] is TheHero of the first three films. He wears a white karategi in contrast to his rivals at the Cobra Kai dojo who wear black.
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* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Daniel's plea to Miyagi to perform the pressure point healing technique on his leg, letting his master know that he fully understands the meaning of balance.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Johnny rolling a joint in the bathroom.
** The Tea Ceremony. When Yukie and Miyagi did that, Miyagi showed up next scene [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex sweating and wearing a tank top.]] Since Kumiko and Daniel were doing the same ceremony, it's pretty obvious what she wanted with him... until hurricane cockblock showed up.
** Johnny rolling a joint in the bathroom.
** The Tea Ceremony. When Yukie and Miyagi did that, Miyagi showed up next scene [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex sweating and wearing a tank top.]] Since Kumiko and Daniel were doing the same ceremony, it's pretty obvious what she wanted with him... until hurricane cockblock showed up.
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* ''Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues'' (2019-2020)
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->''[[WaxOnWaxOff "Wax on, wax off!"]]''
-->-- '''Mr. Miyagi'''
A successful 1980's multimedia franchise that has gotten some re-exposure in the 2010's due to NostalgiaFactor. The stories follow a similar pattern to the first ''{{Film/Rocky}}'' movie (
directed the first films of both franchises), focusing on a student-master relationship.
Many people have noticed that Creator/DCComics is credited in the films, but contrary to popular belief, the films are not directly based on any comic book. Creator/ColumbiaPictures obtained permission from DC (as a professional courtesy) to use the title "The Karate Kid" because the name was already in use for the ComicBook/KarateKid in DC's ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comic, but the films draw no inspiration from the character.
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!!Installments in the multimedia franchise:
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* [[Film/TheKarateKid Films]]:
** ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|1984}}'' (1984)
** ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' (1986)
** ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' (1989)
** ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' (1994)
** ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|2010}}'' (2010)
* Video Games:
** ''The Karate Kid Part II: The Computer Game'' (1986)
** ''VideoGame/TheKarateKid'' video game (1987)
* Television series:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheKarateKid'' cartoon (1989)
** ''Series/CobraKai'' web series (2018--present)
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!!This multimedia franchise has examples of:
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Kreese in the first; Chozen in the second; Silver in the third. Gets more literal in the fifth film where he uses kung fu.
* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts:
** The actual crane kick is a twirling kick in which you jump, kick, and land ''all on the same leg''. No one working on the film could do it, so they invented a new, purely fictional kick involving a flamingo pose into a front kick.
** In the first film, Miyagi claims that there is no defense against a properly performed crane kick. There's no martial arts move to which there is no defense. In fact, the crane kick would be extremely easy to defense against because the pose very obviously forewarns your opponent that you're about to use it.This is apparently acknowledged in ''Karate Kid 2'', where the crane kick is defended by stepping slightly to the side.
** The "Drum Technique" in ''Karate Kid, Part II'' is presented as a dangerous and effective move, with the highly skilled Chozen powerless against it, but it consists of nothing but windmilling telegraphed haymakers.
* ArtisticLicenseSports: Barnes's fouls on Danny in the final showdown are so blatant and close together that even the most lenient ref would've disqualified him halfway through the match.
* AssKickingPose: The Crane Technique is set up with the user standing on one leg with his arms outstretched to the side and above their head.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Cobra Kai translates from Japanese as "Cobra Society".
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: After time, Daniel was able to point out the flaws in others techniques and able to improve upon them.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mr. Miyagi is calm and peaceful, but that doesn't mean he's lacking in fighting skill.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mr. Miyagi gets to do this at least [[OncePerEpisode Once per Movie]]. Daniel gets his own moment in ''Karate Kid 2'', when he rescues the stranded village bellringer during the height of a typhoon.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Ali, Kumiko, and Jessica, respectively. Daniel obviously isn't picky when it comes to hair color.
* BreakoutVillain: John Kreese appeared in only three scenes in the original film but was so memorably over-the-top that he was present in the next two sequels [[spoiler:and returns at the end of season one of ''Cobra Kai'']]. Granted, his scene in ''Part II'' was initially filmed for the first movie.
* BullyBrutality: Every one of the nasty karate students Daniel runs into (the Cobra Kai, Chozen) gives him sound beatings.
* ChekhovsSkill: Used as a finishing move for each of the films, standing on one leg, using a child's drum, doing katas and the praying mantis jump kick.
* CombatPragmatist:
** Kreese's philosophy reads like this on paper; in actual effect, it's... rather different. He's effectively teaching the kids to be thugs.
** Miyagi has never fought for points, only for his life. A bit strangely for a heroic character, he seems to have no compunction against using a GroinAttack in combat, or against teaching Daniel to do the same.
* CoolCar: Miyagi has several and lets Daniel pick one of them as a birthday present.
* CoolOldGuy: Mr. Miyagi is a World War 2 veteran in the 80's but has plenty of sass and knowledge to spread around.
* CurbStompBattle: Pretty much every time Mr. Miyagi gets his hands dirty.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Most kids who bully Daniel quickly move to attempted murder once he tries to defend himself. Inverted in ''Part 3'', where Barnes starts entirely too much shit throughout the movie, but gets off with nothing more than a loss by a single point. [[Series/CobraKai The series]] eventually reveals that the Cobra Kai dojo suffered the bulk of the retribution by being banned for life for Barnes' fouls.
* EvilWearsBlack: Well mean bullies wear black, but the Cobra Kai uniforms otherwise count.
* FightMagnet:
** For a guy who doesn't want to fight, Mr. Miyagi beats up a lot of people.
** Same goes for Daniel; the first two movie pretty much shows NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished.
* ForTheEvulz:
** It may not be why Terry first harasses Daniel, but it's certainly why he ''enjoys'' it.
** The whole series features some of the most nonsensical villains you'll ever see. Good luck coming up with any motivation by the time you get to Dugan from ''Next''.
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: A ballroom filled with refined, upper-crust partygoers all stop dancing and put down their canapes just to laugh at Daniel-San after he bumps into a waiter and gets bolognese sauce all over his outfit. They're probably mocking the poor waiter too, but it doesn't come across as strongly.
* GangOfBullies: The Cobras band together and are almost always wearing matching outfits when they beat up or antagonize Daniel.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Johnny rolling a joint in the bathroom.
** The Tea Ceremony. When Yukie and Miyagi did that, Miyagi showed up next scene [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex sweating and wearing a tank top.]] Since Kumiko and Daniel were doing the same ceremony, it's pretty obvious what she wanted with him... until hurricane cockblock showed up.
* GroinAttack:
** Mr. Miyagi, believe it or not. It was a five on one battle... that soon became a four on one.
** Daniel delivers one to Chozen at the sock hop dance, using a technique Miyagi taught him.
** In the only non-comic example, Mike Barnes blatantly cheats in his tournament match by kicking Daniel in the groin.
* HealingHands: Mr. Miyagi knows a few PressurePoint techniques. Mr. Han in the reboot uses similar techniques.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Daniel is in high school and Mr. Miyagi is a man in his 60's.
* KungFuKid: Pretty much the Ur-example as the young student who learns life through the martial arts. It's literal in the remake, where karate has been replaced by Kung Fu.
* MagicalAsian: Mr. Miyagi has some very impressive healing abilities.
* MartialPacifist: Mr. Miyagi hates fighting, but is VERY competent when the situation calls for it.
* MartialMedic: Mr. Miyagi can use pressure points to relieve pain and set bones.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Johnny and his friends are too busy beating up Daniel to notice Miyagi jumping the fence, ready to jump them.
* {{MST}}: The commentary for the DVD collection invokes this, with the writer, the director, and even Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita themselves snarking over the film.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Mr. Miyagi only ''appears'' ignorant and senile.
* OldMaster: Miyagi teaches Karate; possibly the TropeCodifier.
* OneSteveLimit: Johnny Lawrence and John Kreese. Name confusion is avoided because the only character who calls the latter "Johnny" doesn't enter the series before Johnny Lawrence leaves.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Daniel's being made to perform menial tasks for Mr. Miyagi to build the strength and muscle memory necessary for effective blocks. For Julie, he sets up his teaching of the waltz as a typical karate instruction.
* OrderedToCheat: The former TropeNamer, back when OrderedToCheat was called SweepTheLeg. Kreese first orders Bobby Brown to take out Daniel's knee, then orders Johnny to directly attack the previously injured knee. Neither boy wants to follow the order, but they both comply.
* ParentalSubstitute: Miyagi and Daniel form a very close father/son dynamic throughout the films. So do {{Distaff Counterpart}}s Yukie and Kumiko. ''Cobra Kai'' reveals that John Kreese was this to Johnny Lawrence as well, as Johhny's own stepfather was a neglectful {{Jerkass}}. Not that Kreese was much better.
* PoliceAreUseless: Many of the things the various antagonists get up to are straight-up violent crimes, but at no point do any of them get arrested.
* QualityOverQuantity: The novelization had Daniel complain to Mr. Miyagi before the tournament that he didn't know very many moves. Miyagi replied that he was better than the Cobra-Kais at the ones he did know.
* RetiredBadass:
** Mr. Miyagi, who'd earned medals in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, including the ''Medal of Honor'' (some TruthInTelevision and FridgeBrilliance there, given Miyagi is apparently a Japanese national. Those Japanese who signed up to fight with the US armed forces during World War II were put together in one unit. That unit earned more medals and Medals of Honor per head than any other in any branch of service. This was mentioned in the third film too).
** Even more of both in a sad way, as Miyagi's pregnant wife was taken to a Japanese interment camp and died there in childbirth, as did the son she gave birth to. Miyagi's drunken re-reading of the telegram informing him of this leads to a small HeroicBSOD in the first movie.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Terry Silver and John Kreese may talk about restoring the Cobra Kai Dojo to its former glory but their desire to humiliate Daniel and Mr. Miyagi speaks louder.
* RunningGag: Reminding people that [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY it's pronounced Mi-ya-''gi'', not Mi-ya-ji]].
* SerialEscalation: The first film had Daniel dealing with a gang of bullies who at worst would rough him up repeatedly. His big showdown with them takes place at a tournament with rules, regulations, and time outs if things get too rough. The sequel has Daniel in a real fight at the end, with the very real possibility that he could lose his life.
* ShoutOut:
** Mr. Miyagi's name is probably a reference to Chojun Miyagi, founder of the Goju-ryu karate school.
** At the same time, it might be as well an obscure reference to Teinosuke Yagi, a real life bonesetter and former jujutsu master who introduced the young Jigoro Kano (the founder of UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}) to his art when the latter was being bullied. The character's full name, back when it was canonically Keisuke Miyagi, was an even bigger reference to T''ei''no''suke'' ''Yagi''.
* TaughtByExperience: Miyagi was formally trained by his father, but had little knowledge on how tournaments work. He didn't even know much about the belt system.
-->'''Daniel:''' I thought you said you've been in plenty of fights?\\
'''Miyagi:''' Hai, for life, not for points.
* ThugDojo: The Cobra Kai is probably the most famous example to Western audiences.
* TookALevelInBadass: Daniel goes from a complete scrub to winning a tournament handicapped in the first movie.
* TrainingMontage: "You're the Best (Around)" (not by Survivor, of "Eye of the Tiger" fame, but by Joe "Bean" Esposito) played during the tournament montage. Not exactly a training montage, but Daniel learned how good he had gotten from Miyagi's training. It makes sense, given that the first three movies were directed by John G. Avildsen, who also directed ''Film/{{Rocky}}''. Not to mention that, while performed by Esposito, the song is written by Bill Conti, who composed "Gonna Fly Now" for ''Rocky''.
* TricksterMentor: Mr. Miyagi fools Daniel into learning a lot of basic karate techniques by doing mundane chores.
* WaxOnWaxOff: TropeNamer (also inverted in the fourth movie when Mr. Miyagi teaches Julie a new "kata": the waltz).
* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Subverted. Daniel can [[ImprobableChopsticksSkill catch a fly with chopsticks]] on his first go, even Miyagi can't. BeginnersLuck.
* TheWorfEffect: Daniel suffers this in both the sequels.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Daniel's plea to Miyagi to perform the pressure point healing technique on his leg, letting his master know that he fully understands the meaning of balance.
* YouNoTakeCandle:
** Mr. Miyagi's stereotypical broken English. [[TruthInTelevision Miyagi's accent is based on his stunt performer, martial artist Fumio Demura, an actual immigrant from Okinawa.]]
** Possibly inverted by the fight announcer from the first film, who somehow got a job [=MCing=] a karate tournament without knowing how Japanese syllables are pronounced ("Me-yah-jee-doh Karate").
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->''[[WaxOnWaxOff "Wax on, wax off!"]]''
-->-- '''Mr. Miyagi'''
A successful 1980's multimedia franchise that has gotten some re-exposure in the 2010's due to NostalgiaFactor. The stories follow a similar pattern to the first ''{{Film/Rocky}}'' movie (
directed the first films of both franchises), focusing on a student-master relationship.
Many people have noticed that Creator/DCComics is credited in the films, but contrary to popular belief, the films are not directly based on any comic book. Creator/ColumbiaPictures obtained permission from DC (as a professional courtesy) to use the title "The Karate Kid" because the name was already in use for the ComicBook/KarateKid in DC's ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comic, but the films draw no inspiration from the character.
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!!Installments in the multimedia franchise:
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* [[Film/TheKarateKid Films]]:
** ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|1984}}'' (1984)
** ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII'' (1986)
** ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'' (1989)
** ''Film/TheNextKarateKid'' (1994)
** ''Film/{{The Karate Kid|2010}}'' (2010)
* Video Games:
** ''The Karate Kid Part II: The Computer Game'' (1986)
** ''VideoGame/TheKarateKid'' video game (1987)
* Television series:
** ''WesternAnimation/TheKarateKid'' cartoon (1989)
** ''Series/CobraKai'' web series (2018--present)
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!!This multimedia franchise has examples of:
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Kreese in the first; Chozen in the second; Silver in the third. Gets more literal in the fifth film where he uses kung fu.
* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts:
** The actual crane kick is a twirling kick in which you jump, kick, and land ''all on the same leg''. No one working on the film could do it, so they invented a new, purely fictional kick involving a flamingo pose into a front kick.
** In the first film, Miyagi claims that there is no defense against a properly performed crane kick. There's no martial arts move to which there is no defense. In fact, the crane kick would be extremely easy to defense against because the pose very obviously forewarns your opponent that you're about to use it.This is apparently acknowledged in ''Karate Kid 2'', where the crane kick is defended by stepping slightly to the side.
** The "Drum Technique" in ''Karate Kid, Part II'' is presented as a dangerous and effective move, with the highly skilled Chozen powerless against it, but it consists of nothing but windmilling telegraphed haymakers.
* ArtisticLicenseSports: Barnes's fouls on Danny in the final showdown are so blatant and close together that even the most lenient ref would've disqualified him halfway through the match.
* AssKickingPose: The Crane Technique is set up with the user standing on one leg with his arms outstretched to the side and above their head.
* AwesomeMcCoolName: Cobra Kai translates from Japanese as "Cobra Society".
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: After time, Daniel was able to point out the flaws in others techniques and able to improve upon them.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Mr. Miyagi is calm and peaceful, but that doesn't mean he's lacking in fighting skill.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mr. Miyagi gets to do this at least [[OncePerEpisode Once per Movie]]. Daniel gets his own moment in ''Karate Kid 2'', when he rescues the stranded village bellringer during the height of a typhoon.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Ali, Kumiko, and Jessica, respectively. Daniel obviously isn't picky when it comes to hair color.
* BreakoutVillain: John Kreese appeared in only three scenes in the original film but was so memorably over-the-top that he was present in the next two sequels [[spoiler:and returns at the end of season one of ''Cobra Kai'']]. Granted, his scene in ''Part II'' was initially filmed for the first movie.
* BullyBrutality: Every one of the nasty karate students Daniel runs into (the Cobra Kai, Chozen) gives him sound beatings.
* ChekhovsSkill: Used as a finishing move for each of the films, standing on one leg, using a child's drum, doing katas and the praying mantis jump kick.
* CombatPragmatist:
** Kreese's philosophy reads like this on paper; in actual effect, it's... rather different. He's effectively teaching the kids to be thugs.
** Miyagi has never fought for points, only for his life. A bit strangely for a heroic character, he seems to have no compunction against using a GroinAttack in combat, or against teaching Daniel to do the same.
* CoolCar: Miyagi has several and lets Daniel pick one of them as a birthday present.
* CoolOldGuy: Mr. Miyagi is a World War 2 veteran in the 80's but has plenty of sass and knowledge to spread around.
* CurbStompBattle: Pretty much every time Mr. Miyagi gets his hands dirty.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Most kids who bully Daniel quickly move to attempted murder once he tries to defend himself. Inverted in ''Part 3'', where Barnes starts entirely too much shit throughout the movie, but gets off with nothing more than a loss by a single point. [[Series/CobraKai The series]] eventually reveals that the Cobra Kai dojo suffered the bulk of the retribution by being banned for life for Barnes' fouls.
* EvilWearsBlack: Well mean bullies wear black, but the Cobra Kai uniforms otherwise count.
* FightMagnet:
** For a guy who doesn't want to fight, Mr. Miyagi beats up a lot of people.
** Same goes for Daniel; the first two movie pretty much shows NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished.
* ForTheEvulz:
** It may not be why Terry first harasses Daniel, but it's certainly why he ''enjoys'' it.
** The whole series features some of the most nonsensical villains you'll ever see. Good luck coming up with any motivation by the time you get to Dugan from ''Next''.
* TheFreelanceShameSquad: A ballroom filled with refined, upper-crust partygoers all stop dancing and put down their canapes just to laugh at Daniel-San after he bumps into a waiter and gets bolognese sauce all over his outfit. They're probably mocking the poor waiter too, but it doesn't come across as strongly.
* GangOfBullies: The Cobras band together and are almost always wearing matching outfits when they beat up or antagonize Daniel.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Johnny rolling a joint in the bathroom.
** The Tea Ceremony. When Yukie and Miyagi did that, Miyagi showed up next scene [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex sweating and wearing a tank top.]] Since Kumiko and Daniel were doing the same ceremony, it's pretty obvious what she wanted with him... until hurricane cockblock showed up.
* GroinAttack:
** Mr. Miyagi, believe it or not. It was a five on one battle... that soon became a four on one.
** Daniel delivers one to Chozen at the sock hop dance, using a technique Miyagi taught him.
** In the only non-comic example, Mike Barnes blatantly cheats in his tournament match by kicking Daniel in the groin.
* HealingHands: Mr. Miyagi knows a few PressurePoint techniques. Mr. Han in the reboot uses similar techniques.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Daniel is in high school and Mr. Miyagi is a man in his 60's.
* KungFuKid: Pretty much the Ur-example as the young student who learns life through the martial arts. It's literal in the remake, where karate has been replaced by Kung Fu.
* MagicalAsian: Mr. Miyagi has some very impressive healing abilities.
* MartialPacifist: Mr. Miyagi hates fighting, but is VERY competent when the situation calls for it.
* MartialMedic: Mr. Miyagi can use pressure points to relieve pain and set bones.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Johnny and his friends are too busy beating up Daniel to notice Miyagi jumping the fence, ready to jump them.
* {{MST}}: The commentary for the DVD collection invokes this, with the writer, the director, and even Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita themselves snarking over the film.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Mr. Miyagi only ''appears'' ignorant and senile.
* OldMaster: Miyagi teaches Karate; possibly the TropeCodifier.
* OneSteveLimit: Johnny Lawrence and John Kreese. Name confusion is avoided because the only character who calls the latter "Johnny" doesn't enter the series before Johnny Lawrence leaves.
* TheOnlyWayTheyWillLearn: Daniel's being made to perform menial tasks for Mr. Miyagi to build the strength and muscle memory necessary for effective blocks. For Julie, he sets up his teaching of the waltz as a typical karate instruction.
* OrderedToCheat: The former TropeNamer, back when OrderedToCheat was called SweepTheLeg. Kreese first orders Bobby Brown to take out Daniel's knee, then orders Johnny to directly attack the previously injured knee. Neither boy wants to follow the order, but they both comply.
* ParentalSubstitute: Miyagi and Daniel form a very close father/son dynamic throughout the films. So do {{Distaff Counterpart}}s Yukie and Kumiko. ''Cobra Kai'' reveals that John Kreese was this to Johnny Lawrence as well, as Johhny's own stepfather was a neglectful {{Jerkass}}. Not that Kreese was much better.
* PoliceAreUseless: Many of the things the various antagonists get up to are straight-up violent crimes, but at no point do any of them get arrested.
* QualityOverQuantity: The novelization had Daniel complain to Mr. Miyagi before the tournament that he didn't know very many moves. Miyagi replied that he was better than the Cobra-Kais at the ones he did know.
* RetiredBadass:
** Mr. Miyagi, who'd earned medals in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, including the ''Medal of Honor'' (some TruthInTelevision and FridgeBrilliance there, given Miyagi is apparently a Japanese national. Those Japanese who signed up to fight with the US armed forces during World War II were put together in one unit. That unit earned more medals and Medals of Honor per head than any other in any branch of service. This was mentioned in the third film too).
** Even more of both in a sad way, as Miyagi's pregnant wife was taken to a Japanese interment camp and died there in childbirth, as did the son she gave birth to. Miyagi's drunken re-reading of the telegram informing him of this leads to a small HeroicBSOD in the first movie.
* RevengeBeforeReason: Terry Silver and John Kreese may talk about restoring the Cobra Kai Dojo to its former glory but their desire to humiliate Daniel and Mr. Miyagi speaks louder.
* RunningGag: Reminding people that [[ItsPronouncedTroPAY it's pronounced Mi-ya-''gi'', not Mi-ya-ji]].
* SerialEscalation: The first film had Daniel dealing with a gang of bullies who at worst would rough him up repeatedly. His big showdown with them takes place at a tournament with rules, regulations, and time outs if things get too rough. The sequel has Daniel in a real fight at the end, with the very real possibility that he could lose his life.
* ShoutOut:
** Mr. Miyagi's name is probably a reference to Chojun Miyagi, founder of the Goju-ryu karate school.
** At the same time, it might be as well an obscure reference to Teinosuke Yagi, a real life bonesetter and former jujutsu master who introduced the young Jigoro Kano (the founder of UsefulNotes/{{Judo}}) to his art when the latter was being bullied. The character's full name, back when it was canonically Keisuke Miyagi, was an even bigger reference to T''ei''no''suke'' ''Yagi''.
* TaughtByExperience: Miyagi was formally trained by his father, but had little knowledge on how tournaments work. He didn't even know much about the belt system.
-->'''Daniel:''' I thought you said you've been in plenty of fights?\\
'''Miyagi:''' Hai, for life, not for points.
* ThugDojo: The Cobra Kai is probably the most famous example to Western audiences.
* TookALevelInBadass: Daniel goes from a complete scrub to winning a tournament handicapped in the first movie.
* TrainingMontage: "You're the Best (Around)" (not by Survivor, of "Eye of the Tiger" fame, but by Joe "Bean" Esposito) played during the tournament montage. Not exactly a training montage, but Daniel learned how good he had gotten from Miyagi's training. It makes sense, given that the first three movies were directed by John G. Avildsen, who also directed ''Film/{{Rocky}}''. Not to mention that, while performed by Esposito, the song is written by Bill Conti, who composed "Gonna Fly Now" for ''Rocky''.
* TricksterMentor: Mr. Miyagi fools Daniel into learning a lot of basic karate techniques by doing mundane chores.
* WaxOnWaxOff: TropeNamer (also inverted in the fourth movie when Mr. Miyagi teaches Julie a new "kata": the waltz).
* WhenYouSnatchThePebble: Subverted. Daniel can [[ImprobableChopsticksSkill catch a fly with chopsticks]] on his first go, even Miyagi can't. BeginnersLuck.
* TheWorfEffect: Daniel suffers this in both the sequels.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Daniel's plea to Miyagi to perform the pressure point healing technique on his leg, letting his master know that he fully understands the meaning of balance.
* YouNoTakeCandle:
** Mr. Miyagi's stereotypical broken English. [[TruthInTelevision Miyagi's accent is based on his stunt performer, martial artist Fumio Demura, an actual immigrant from Okinawa.]]
** Possibly inverted by the fight announcer from the first film, who somehow got a job [=MCing=] a karate tournament without knowing how Japanese syllables are pronounced ("Me-yah-jee-doh Karate").
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