History Recap / CobraKaiS4E5MatchPoint

Upon returning to the dojo, Silver gathers the students and tells them there will be no more fighting until the tournament. Desiring payback for their humilation on the baseball field, Tory protests, but Silver responds that there is a time and place to get even, advising them to store up their anger and unleash it on their opponents at the tournament. Though he does not contradict his fellow sensei's words, Kreese looks uneasy.

* CerebusRetcon: Reversed, in that a dark thing from past continuity is being made ''less'' dark. In ''Karate Kid Part III'', Silver's ranting painted the picture that he dumped toxic waste full-time, and he mentioned being lucky to make one deal a year without being indicted. Yet in ''Cobra Kai'', far from Silver being in court nonstop (which would have become a matter of public record), the only "dirt" Demetri can find on him is ''one'' toxic waste scandal in Borneo.

** When Amanda asks Daniel if any more Cobra Kais from his past are gonna show up and destroy their lives, Daniel says no… but then likely thinking of old Mike Barnes changes it to “I can’t say that for sure”.
** Bert remarks on how Terry Silver looks like ''Franchise/{{Highlander}}'' before Nate corrects him as "The Highlander, there can be only one." [[spoiler:This analogy eventually follows through when Silver betrays Kreese in the Season Finale and takes over the dojo for himself]].

* SelfServingMemory: During Johnny and Daniel's TrainingMontage, they have flashbacks of what the other did to them to justify why their way is right to the other, ranging from incidents that are quite justified to..... Seeing themselves in the right when they were clearly in the wrong and only remembering the part where they were the victim:
** Johnny recalls ''himself'' as the victim of the beach fight and only remembers Daniel sucker punching him back in 1984, despite instigating the fight. He even believes himself as victim to the blueberry pie incident back in high school when Daniel understandably retaliated to something Johnny did without any provocation. In the present day, Johnny recalls [[Recap/CobraKaiS3E2NatureVsNurture Daniel attacking him at the chop shop]], despite going too far in the interrogation and [[Recap/CobraKaiS2E10NoMercy Daniel kicking his door down]] (to be fair, Johnny was going to give Daniel a call about Samantha being at his apartment and explain everything). However, Daniel bragging about how he kicked Johnny's face [[Recap/CobraKaiS1E1AceDegenerate in Season 1]] to his employees came off as quite passive-aggressive and arrogant, regardless of how much that incident warped Johnny's life. Daniel's attempt at [[Recap/CobraKaiS1E7AllValley shutting down Johnny's attempt to enter Cobra Kai for the All Valley tournament at the board meeting]] along with talking down Johnny about [[Recap/CobraKaiS2E5AllIn whether he can call himself a sensei after his students trashed Miyagi-Do]] also justifies Johnny's animosity considering that Daniel was blaming Johnny for incidents that he had nothing to do with. The former was because of Kreese, Silver and Barnes in 1985 which led to the ban in the first place (despite Johnny clearly not being there) and the latter being because of Hawk, Mitch, Edwin and Big Red acting under Kreese's influence, something Johnny punished the whole class '''severely''' for until they admitted who did the crime. While Johnny's has a grudge against Daniel for "stealing and influencing Miguel" is fueled by jealousy, [[JerkassHasAPoint his disapproval of Daniel being proud of Miguel's sprinkler prank against Cobra Kai instead of fighting them]] does have credence as a former Cobra Kai who was victim to an almost identical prank, considering the incident was what motivated Cobra Kai to shave Hawk's mohawk off which was the breaking point for the two dojos to split.
** Daniel remembers the blueberry pie incident (which is a deleted scene from the original Karate Kid), [[Recap/CobraKaiS1E2StrikeFirst the opening of new Cobra Kai]], [[Recap/CobraKaiS1E9DifferentButSame Johnny showing up to fight Daniel at his house over an incident Louie caused]], [[Recap/CobraKaiS2E3FireAndIce Cobra Kai crashing the Miyagi-Do demonstration at the Valley fest]], [[Recap/CobraKaiS3E2NatureVsNurture Johnny going too far when interrogating one of the goons at the chop shop]] and most understandably, [[Recap/CobraKaiS2E10NoMercy recalling when he kicked Daniel into the TV to stop him from retrieving his daughter who was staying at his apartment]]. These were genuine incidents where Johnny was in the wrong, but Daniel saw himself as the victim in the beach fight (to be fair, Johnny's attitude at the time wasn't helping but Daniel did sucker punch him and made things worse) and Halloween fight back in 1984 (which he unquestioningly provoked with the hose prank). Most recently in this episode, Daniel feels that Johnny has been influencing Sam when in reality, she just wants to learn both styles.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Now openly together, Yasmine and Demetri's relationship is rife with this, particularly from Yasmine's end (e.g. adoring Demetri's TechnoBabble and emphasizing sitting with him at lunch later by ''[[FlirtatiousSmackOntheAss smacking his rear]]'').

* TraumaticHaircut: While Hawk is in the tattoo shop, the Cobra Kais sneak up and pin him to the table and Robby shaves off his mohawk with a straight razor.

** Demitri mentions the toxic waste Silver dumped in Borneo in Film/TheKarateKidPartIII.
** Johnny remembers the scenes where Daniel humiliated him in Film/TheKarateKid and in previous seasons of ''Cobra Kai'' while he works out to Music/{{Survivor|Band}}'s "Burning Heart".

** Bert remarks on how Terry Silver looks like ''Franchise/Highlander'' before Nate corrects him as "The Highlander, there can be only one." [[spoiler:This analogy eventually follows through when Silver betrays Kreese in the Season Finale and takes over the dojo for himself]].

** Bert remarks on how Terry Silver looks like highlander before Nate corrects him as "The Highlander, there can be only one." [[spoiler:This analogy eventually follows through when Silver betrays Kreese in the Season Finale and takes over the dojo for himself]].

* ActorSharedBackground: The image of Terry Silver that Demetri receives from his beta-test coding HEIC is that of Thomas Ian Griffith's real-life IMDB headshot.

** Bert remarks on how Terry Silver looks like highlander before Nate corrects him as "The Highlander, there can be only one." [[spoiler:This analogy eventually follows through when Silver eventually betrays Kreese and takes over the dojo for himself]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kreese tells Johnny that he and Daniel are not equal partners in the combined dojo, and that Daniel sees Johnny as a second fiddle. He's not wrong, but as it turns out, Kreese sees Terry Silver the exact same way, resulting in a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal in the season finale.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Amanda asks Daniel if any more Cobra Kais from his past are gonna show up and destroy their lives, Daniel says no… but then likely thinking of old Mike Barnes changes it to “I can’t say that for sure”.

* PrecisionFStrike: Johnny tells the bartender to "shut the fuck up". Unlike the previous seasons, this won’t be the only F-Bomb dropped in this season.

** In their initial confrontation, Silver ''apologizes'' to Daniel for what happened in the 80's. Daniel, understandably, doesn't believe him for a second and orders him to leave. But is it possible that Silver's apology was sincere? At the start of the season, Silver acknowledges (in a "What the hell was I thinking?" way) that what he did to Daniel in 1985 was insane, encourages the Cobra Kai students not to get into pointless fights, and has more than one scene where he tries to persuade Kreese to focus on simply rebuilding Cobra Kai instead of attacking Miyagi-Do, suggesting that yes, Silver truly would prefer to bury the hatchet with Daniel. Then again, Silver also ends up bushwhacking Johnny, cheating in the tournament, and framing Kreese to get him out of the way, suggesting that no, Silver is just as slimy and ruthless as ever.

* BlatantLies: Amanda demands to know if there are more Cobra Kai villains from Daniel's past that she needs to know about. Daniel says no, which just makes her laugh sardonically. This moment humorously flips to AccidentalTruth in season 5, when Mike Barnes (the last remaining OG ''Karate Kid'' villain) indeed reappears... but reveals that he has no intention of ever again attacking Daniel.

** Johnny recalls ''himself'' as the victim of the beach fight and only remembers Daniel sucker punching him back in 1984, despite instigating the fight. He even believes himself as victim to the blueberry pie incident back in high school when Daniel understandably retaliated to something Johnny did without any provocation. In the present day, Johnny recalls [[Recap/CobraKaiS3E2NatureVsNurture Daniel attacking him at the chop shop]], despite going too far in the interrogation and [[Recap/CobraKaiS2E10NoMercy Daniel kicking his door down]] (to be fair, Johnny was going to give Daniel a call about Samantha being at his apartment and explain everything). However, Daniel bragging about how he kicked Johnny's face [[Recap/CobraKaiS1E1AceDegenerate in Season 1]] to his employees came off as quite passive-aggressive and arrogant, regardless of how much that incident warped Johnny's life. Daniel's attempt at [[Recap/CobraKaiS1E7AllValley shutting down Johnny's attempt to enter Cobra Kai at the board meeting]] along with talking down Johnny about [[Recap/CobraKaiS2E5AllIn whether he can call himself a sensei after his students trashed Miyagi-Do]] also justifies Johnny's animosity considering that Daniel was blaming Johnny for incidents that he had nothing to do with. The former was because of Kreese, Silver and Barnes in 1985 and the latter being because of Hawk, Mitch, Edwin and Big Red acting under Kreese's influence, something Johnny punished the whole class '''severely''' for until they admitted they did the crime. While Johnny's has a grudge against Daniel for "stealing and influencing Miguel" is fueled by jealousy, [[JerkassHasAPoint his disapproval Daniel being proud of Miguel's sprinkler prank against Cobra Kai instead of fighting them]] does have credence as a former Cobra Kai who was victim to an almost identical prank, considering the incident was what motivated Cobra Kai to shave Hawk's mohawk off which was the breaking point for the two dojos to split.

** Johnny

* AmbiguousSituation: In their initial confrontation, Silver ''apologizes'' to Daniel for what happened in the 80's. Daniel, understandably, doesn't believe him for a second and orders him to leave. But is it possible that Silver's apology was sincere? At the start of the season, Silver acknowledges (in a "What the hell was I thinking?" way) that what he did to Daniel in 1985 was insane, encourages the Cobra Kai students not to get into pointless fights, and has more than one scene where he tries to persuade Kreese to focus on simply rebuilding Cobra Kai instead of attacking Miyagi-Do, suggesting that yes, Silver truly would prefer to bury the hatchet with Daniel. Then again, Silver also ends up bushwhacking Johnny, cheating in the tournament, and framing Kreese to get him out of the way, suggesting that no, Silver is just as slimy and ruthless as ever.

* BlatantLies: Amanda demands to know if there are more Cobra Kai villains from Daniel's past that she needs to know about. Daniel says no, which just makes her laugh sardonically.

* ForeignCussWord: Louie calls Johnny a "strunz", this being (mispronounced) Italian for "piece of shit".

* LoopholeAbuse: The Cobra Kais might not be allowed to fight the Miyagi-Do/Eagle Fangs, but they can sure sneak up on Hawk while he's getting his tattoo redone, pin him down without hitting him, and shave off his mohawk.

Johnny arrives at the sparring deck for the fight, but is dismayed to find all the students in attendance due to his Twitter rant. When a last-minute truce fails, he and Daniel agree to settle their grudge once and for all. With Sam and Miguel calling points (and Mitch providing color commentary), Daniel eventually takes a 2-1 lead over Johnny. Looking to finish the fight, Daniel uses Chozen's pressure point technique to disable his opponent's left arm, but Johnny counters with a scissor-leg takedown to even the score at 2-2. He calls out Daniel for using a dirty trick, but Daniel responds that he's not the one who fights dirty. As both men battle to score the final point, they strike each other simultaneously, leaving no clear winner.

** Terry once again uses [[BadassCreed "The 3 D's"]] to teach his class. Except unlike ''Part III'' (where he's only manipulating Daniel into torture), he's much more serious about it given that he's grooming his students for the All-Valley.

** After Daniel tells Johnny about the events of ''Film/TheKarateKidPartIII'', Johnny just focuses on the fact Daniel only had to fight in the final round of the 1985 All Valley tournament.

** Johnny remembers the scenes where Daniel humiliated him in Film/TheKarateKid and in previous seasons of ''Cobra Kai'' while he works out to Music/{{Survivor}}'s "Burning Heart".