History Film / TheKarateKid2010

* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of Cheng's cronies tells him to stop hurting Dre, after he has beaten him up significantly.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dre encourages Meiying to play hooky and skip school for a day, and she is almost late for her violin audition which was moved up a day. Meiying's parents are not pleased with this, and believe Dre to be a bad influence, forbidding her from seeing Dre. [[spoiler:Luckily with Mr. Han's help, Dre apologizes to Meiying's father and he allows Meiying to go to his tournament, as she made a promise to Dre and in her family, they never break their promises.]]

* OverprotectiveDad: Meiying's father disapproved of his daughter's friendship with Dre because he saw him as a bad influence to his daughter, causing her to be late for her recital and forbade her from spending time with him. However, he turns out to be much more reasonable than the stereotypical version. [[spoiler:When Dre respectfully approaches him and apologizes (in phonetic Chinese) for bringing dishonor to his family, he reconsiders and is later seen actively cheering for Dre.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Sherry is in just as much flux about moving from Detroit to Beijing as Dre, but she tries to make the best of it by putting on a sunny disposition and relentlessly trying to see the positives of their new environment for Dre's benefit. When Dre [[CallingTheOldManOut finally snaps]] she lets the facade drop.

* CallingTheOldWomanOut: When Dre is pushed to a breaking point between the bullying, culture shock, and language barriers he angrily and tearfully vents to his Mom that she's only concerned with how amazing Beijing is without taking Dre's feelings into account.
--> '''Dre:''' (''tearfully'') You don't care what's wrong. All you care about is "how happy I am?" or "how great the ice cream is?" Well, I'm not happy. I hate it here! '''I wanna go home!'''

* MovingAngst: Dre is not very happy about moving from Detroit to China because of his mother's job. That he ends up getting bullied by the local kids only adds to his unhappiness. At one point, he tearfully tells his mother he hates their new environment.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dre encourages Meiying to play hooky and skip school for a day, and she is almost late for her violin audition which was moved up a day. Meiying's parents are not pleased with this, and believe Dre to be a bad influence, forbidding her from seeing Dre.

* PetTheDog: A non-villainous example with Mr. Han (who acts like a bit of a jerk when he is first introduced). During the tournament, when Dre knocks one of the Dragons down, it is Mr. Han who helps him up. This little gesture is in sharp contrast with Li's behaviour, who considers showing the opponent kindness a sign of weakness, and even mistreats his students.

* OverprotectiveDad: Meiying's father disapproved of his daughter's friendship with Dre because he saw him as a bad influence to his daughter, causing her to be late for her recital and forbade her from spending time with him. However, he turns out to be much more reasonable than the stereotypical version. [[spoiler:When Dre respectfully approaches him and apologizes (in phonetic Chinese), he reconsiders and is later seen actively cheering for Dre.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The police are never involved considering six children attempted to assault an elderly man.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Some of the Chinese characters, including Mr. Han, Cheng, Meiying, and Mrs. Po, have a decent command of English.

!!''The Karate Kid (2010)'' contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion:
** Jaden's father Creator/WillSmith did a parody of ''Karate Kid'' on an episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'' with Pat Morita, the original Miyagi, guest starring.
** Also, at one point Dre was just relaxin all cool and shooting some basketball outside of school and is then interrupted by bullies.
* AdultFear: A very painful and realistic one for Mr. Han. During an argument with his wife while driving, they would end up in a horrific crash that would kill her and their son. Beyond the painful relatability of losing one's family so quickly, the fact that your last memories of them were arguing over something you cannot even remember just makes it feel worse.

* ArtifactTitle: Being set in China, the film uses kung fu rather than karate.

* BilingualBonus: Viewers who knew Mandarin would have pegged Meiying's father as a potential source of conflict early on once they heard Cheng and Meiying's first conversation (which didn't show up in the subs).

* CrazyCulturalComparison: The scene involving the hot water switch.

* CurbStompBattle: The first fight between Cheng and Dre does not go well for Dre at all.

** Averted in the the alternate ending/deleted ending, in which Master Li doesn't suck it up. Mr. Han has to stop him from beating his students, to which Li starts a fight and Han humiliates him in front of an entire spectator crowd as a ContinuityNod to the original films. These scenes were taken out because the producers believed it took too much focus away from Dre's character winning.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The Chinese tend to stay silent out of respect after a performance of any sort. So after Meiying's recital, they were opt to remain silent. However, Dre, who came from United States, cheered and clapped. This invoked anger from his crush's father.
* DolledUpInstallment: The movie was called "The Kung-Fu Kid" internally, since of course Dre is not learning karate like Daniel did in the original film, he's learning kung fu.[[note]]Not to mention that karate is a ''Japanese'' martial art, and the film is set in China.[[/note]] However, producer Jerry Weintraub insisted on keeping the original title for brand recognition and marketing.

* GameBreakingInjury: "I don't want him beaten; I want him ''broken''" and "Break his leg."

* KungFuKid

* MamaBear: In a deleted alternate ending scene, when Li attempts to strike Cheng for losing, Han stands up to Li and pins him down with a leg-to-head lock, [[HoistByHisOwnPetard reminding him of his own "no mercy" rule]], and Dre talks him out of attacking him. Just before she departs, Sherry punches Li in the jaw for ordering his students to attack her son.
* MartialMedic: In a shout-out to the first film, Mr. Han applies the fire cup healing which enables him to continue in the tournament.

* NonindicativeName: The movie is called "The Karate Kid," even though no karate appears in the movie.
** They threw in a line about Dre knowing "a little Karate" to justify the ArtifactTitle, and the term is used as a derisive nickname a few times.
** There are a couple of scenes of Dre trying in earnest to use karate (albeit trying to learn from an infomercial or some such thing.) The results are less than indicative of the title.
** Dre's mother mistakes Kung Fu for Karate.
** The original title was "The Kung-Fu Kid" (with many of the film crew using that name during production), but it was changed due to its name recognition and nostalgia factor.
* OrderedToCheat: Master Li orders two of the Fighting Dragons to break Dre's leg.

* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler: Mr. Han towards his family.]]

* SassyBlackWoman: Dre's mother.

* ThugDojo: It would hardly be a ''Karate Kid'' remake without one.
* UnderdogsNeverLose

* PostGameRetaliation: The alternate ending has Master Li doing after his students lose to Dre. Mr. Han intervenes and trashes Li in a fight, contributing to his HumiliationConga.

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!!The 2010 remake has examples of:

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** The kids who bully Dre are perfectly willing to attack an adult in their way. Unfortunately for them, it is a retired martial artist (aka Jackie Chan) who they are targeting.

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: The kung fu tournament in the film goes freely full-contact and allows throwing, submissions moves and even some striking on the ground. In real life, full-contact kung fu tournaments are usually held under sanshou/san da rules (essentially kickboxing with throws allowed), which absolutely don't resemble the tournament in the film, and also demand regulatory attire and protective gear whenever they are geared to children.

** Cheng is the one who [[spoiler:gives Dre the winning trophy. Then, he and the other boys who had bullied and fought with Dre also pay their respects to Mr. Han. Master Li is also forced to suck it up and applaud Mr. Han's victory]].
** Averted in the the alternate ending/deleted ending, in which Master Li doesn't suck it up. Mr. Han has to stop him from beating his students, to which Li starts a fight and Mr. Han humiliates him in front of an entire spectator crowd as a ContinuityNod to the original films. These scenes were taken out because the producers believed it took too much focus away from Dre's character winning.

* ComfortingComforter: A rather [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments sweet]] scene when Dre falls asleep onto Mr Han's lap and a hesitating Mr Han places a hand on his shoulder.

Sits outside the main {{Canon}} of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' {{Franchise}}.[[note]]Although there's nothing in the film that contradicts or even references the main canon of the series (outside of [[CelebrityParadox Jackie Chan being name-dropped]] in ''Series/CobraKai''), so it's really up to you to decide.[[/note]]

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: The kung fu tournament in the film goes freely full-contact and allows throwing, submissions moves and even some striking on the ground. In real life, full-contact kung fu tournaments are usually held under sanshou/san da rules, which absolutely don't resemble the tournament in the film, and also demand regulatory attire and protective gear whenever they are geared to children.

Sits outside the main {{Canon}} of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' {{Franchise}}.[[note]]Although there's nothing in the film that contradicts or even really references the main canon of the series (outside of [[CelebrityParadox Jackie Chan being name-dropped]] in ''Series/CobraKai''), so it's really up to you to decide.[[/note]]

Sits outside the main {{Canon}} of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' {{Franchise}}.

A ContinuityReboot of ''Film/TheKarateKid'' series that premiered in June 2010, borrowing elements of the first one but set in Beijing, China. Jaden Smith (Creator/WillSmith's son) plays the lead role of Andre "Dre" Parker and Creator/JackieChan is the old mentor, Mr. Han. [[ArtifactTitle There is almost no karate in this film]]; the lead character trains in kung fu instead.

** Cheng is the one who [[spoiler:gives Dre the winning trophy. Then, him and the other boys who had bullied and fought with Dre also pay their respects to Mr. Han. Master Li is also forced to suck it up and applaud Mr. Han's victory]].

* MartialMedic: