History WhatAnIdiot / CobraKai

'''Or Even Better:''' Blackmail Tory into keeping quiet by offering some financial, medical or living benefits for her destitute family (like he did for Stingray) or threaten to have her locked up in prison if she refused.\\

"'Or Even Better:"' Blackmail her into keeping quiet by offering some financial/medical/living benefits for her destitute family or threaten to have Tory locked up in prison if she refused.\\

'''To Make Matters Worse:''' It's going to most likely take a ''very long time'' for Mitch to regain the trust of the Miyagi-Fangs, considering the fact that his reasons for defection were out of pettiness and greed. Unlike Hawk and Tory, who started out at Cobra Kai with no ill intentions and were corrupted by the dojo’s influence before coming to their senses, and Robby, who at least had a more sympathetic excuse to defect to Cobra Kai in Season 3 before returning to Miyagi-Do in Season 5. Additionally, Hawk, Tory, and Robby were willing to put in the effort to sincerely atone, while it doesn't seem like Mitch would have that level of motivation and the Miyagi-Fangs will likely assume any atonement efforts are just Mitch once again acting in self-interest.\\

'''Or:''' For Daniel to simply speak to the organizer ("My wife was so worried about this...the fundraiser means a lot to her, she's put a lot of work into it..." etc.) This would not only support Amanda, but if Terry had said those things, it would plant a seed of doubt in the organizer's mind, and if he didn't, there's no harm done. At the ''very'' least, he knows how important this is to Amanda; he could be an adult about it and keep his mouth shut.

'''The Result:''' Not only does the LaRusso's reputation take a hit in the community while Silver looks better than ever, Amanda is furious with him and announces she's taking the kids and moving out.

'''To Make Matters Worse:''' It's going to most likely take a ''very long time'' for Mitch to regain the trust of the Miyagi-Fangs, considering the fact that his reasons for defection were out of pettiness and greed. Unlike Hawk and Tory, who started out at Cobra Kai with no ill intentions and were corrupted by the dojo’s influence before coming to their senses, and Robby, who at least had a more sympathetic excuse to defect to Cobra Kai in Season 3 before returning to Miyagi-Do in Season 5. Additionally, Hawk, Tory, and Robby were willing to put in the effort to sincerely atone, while it doesn't seem like Mitch would have that level of motivation.\\

'''The Result:''' The man gets immediately frightened and drives off. This leads to a fight at the chop shop and Johnny and Daniel yet again having another falling out over interrogating the man. The end result was no leads on where Robby is, Johnny ''giving up'' the search for Robby if it meant working with Daniel, Daniel's side-mirror destroyed thanks to Johnny's reckless driving [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the corn nuts Johnny were eating spilled all over the car which leaves Daniel with yet ''another'' Johnny Lawrence-related mess to clean up]]. The only thing achieved from this incident was Johnny taking the Dodge Caravan for himself as he abandoned the Dodge Challenger at the end of Season 2. It was only thanks to a call from Shannon, Robby's mother, that Daniel was able to find him at all.

'''Result:''' Miguel convinces Mitch to join Eagle Fang, while Hawk's loyalty to Kreese (already shaky in light of Kreese earlier expelling Bert for refusing to feed Clarence to the snake, and [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Tory heaping praise upon him for breaking Demetri's arm]] in the arcade fight) is further chipped away at.

'''You'd Expect:''' Brucks to have done at least some basic physical training before he showed up at the dojo, especially in the wake of what happened to Tory's opponent (little hint: Kyler can claim to have done some prep, since he can fall back on his wrestling training).\\

'''Result:''' This frees Tory to resume attacking Sam, eventually managing to lacerate her arm when she turns her spiked bracelet into a knuckle duster.

'''Result:''' Kreese takes out a restraining order against Amanda, and uses the ambush to paint Cobra Kai as VillainsWithGoodPublicity. The only good that comes of this whole mess is that breaking Demetri's arm contributes to Hawk's HeelRealization and eventual HeelFaceTurn, while Daniel is able to help Sam work through her fear of Tory.

'''The Result:''' Lo and behold, Hawk (his former victim, whom he still derisively calls "Lip") rises to the occasion, and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown effectively grinds him into pancake batter.]] Brucks is unable to land anything on him (whereas Mitch scored the first attack on Kyler). Furthermore, he has ''no'' qualms about [[AintTooProudToBeg begging Hawk to show him mercy]] halfway through the beatdown. [[{{Understatement}} A little too late for that, Brucks]].\\

'''Or:''' Ask Barnes to get a copy of the contract. This would not break attorney-client privilege as Barnes was the one who signed it and he should at least have the right to access it again for legal purposes considering that he was the one who signed it back in 1985. Even if he is uneasy with obtaining the contract from the lawyer, knowledge of what other shady information is involved in it can be also used to possibly protect Barnes too from Silver considering that he was a minor at the time of signing. This might not work with Silver in the long-term but with the contract being given to Daniel, an alibi could easily be made with Daniel or more believably, Chozen stealing the contract given that he already beat down Barnes's furniture workers under the pretense of them working under Silver.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' He would try to stay as far away from the area as possible. Clearly, he knows all too well the ''entire [=LaRusso=] family'' has a bad history with Cobra Kai, with Anthony himself being a victim of Kenny's bullying. Anthony should know that being in the dojo's sights could only spell trouble.\\
'''Or Even:''' Have at least a Miyagi-Fang, especially his sister, accompany him. Let's be real, most of the Cobra Kais are [[{{Mook}} mooks]] at this point, with their best fighters being Kenny, Kyler, Devon, and Tory (the latter two aren't even wanting to be involved with their bullying). Someone like Sam, Miguel, Robby, Eli, or Demetri can easily take anyone on and beat them to a pulp.\\

* A minor example but earlier in the same episode from above during their search for Robby, Daniel and Johnny see an unfamiliar driver with Dodge Caravan that Robby stole from the dealership.\\

'''Or:''' Daniel to tell Johnny to go towards him. Daniel may be the more level-headed one in this scenario but the driver of the stolen vehicle is definitely not going to want to confront the owner of the company of where he indirectly stole the vehicle from. Everyone in the Valley knows what Daniel looks like thanks to his commercials and billboards and his karate-themed advertising will definitely dissuade the driver into any physical confrontation one-on-one.\\

'''The Result:''' The man gets immediately frightened and drives off. This leads to a fight at the chop shop and Johnny and Daniel yet again having another falling out over interrogating the man. The end result was no leads on where Robby is, Johnny ''giving up'' the search for Robby if it meant working with Daniel, Daniel's side-mirror destroyed thanks to Johnny's reckless driving [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the corn nuts Johnny were eating spilled all over the car which leaves Daniel with yet ''another'' Johnny Lawrence-related mess to clean up]]. The only thing that was achieved from this incident was Johnny taking the Dodge Caravan for himself as he abandoned the Dodge Challenger at the end of Season 2. It was only thanks to a call from Shannon, Robby's mother, that Daniel was able to find him at all.

'''The Result:''' The man gets immediately frightened and drives off. This leads to a fight at the chop shop and Johnny and Daniel yet again having another falling out over interrogating the man. The end result was no leads on where Robby is, Johnny ''giving up'' the search for Robby if it meant working with Daniel and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Daniel's side-mirror destroyed thanks to Johnny's reckless driving]]. The only thing that was achieved from this incident was Johnny taking the Dodge Caravan for himself as he abandoned the Dodge Challenger at the end of Season 2. It was only thanks to a call from Shannon, Robby's mother, that Daniel was able to find him at all.

'''For That Matter:''' They shouldn't have needed to communicate at all--if Silver didn't pay the ref within an agreed-upon amount of time, the ref could easily blackmail him. Having the ref come to the dojo is just asking for trouble, especially given how blatant some of his rulings were!\\

'''To Make Matters Worse:''' As continued on by Season 5, Tory become disillusioned by Cobra Kai, which eventually results in her aligning with the Miyagi-Fangs during the Season 5 FinalBattle. As for Silver, this eventually becomes his downfall when he himself confesses it to Tory all on camera. On top of ''that,'' this conversation was also most likely caught on camera--if Tory hadn't had the even better clip of herself talking to Silver, she could've used this one instead.

'''For That Matter:''' They shouldn't have needed to communicate at all--if Silver didn't pay the ref within an agreed-upon amount of time, the ref could easily blackmail him. Having the ref come to the dojo is just asking for trouble, especially given how blatant some of his rulings were!

'''Instead:''' He decides to go toe-to-toe with Chozen, a man with over ''forty years'' of experience on him. Additionally, Chozen is carrying multiple weapons (some of which Eli saw earlier), while he's empty-handed.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Given their history, the degrading nature of Tory’s job, and Sam not really wanting to be there in the first place, that Amanda would immediately leave the party with Sam to avoid any kind of issue.\\

'''To Make Matters Worse:''' As continued on by Season 5, Tory become disillusioned by Cobra Kai, which eventually results in her aligning with the Miyagi-Fangs during the Season 5 FinalBattle. As for Silver, this eventually becomes his downfall when he himself confesses it to Tory all on camera.

'''The Result:''' Tory just so happens to notice Silver and the ref through the blinds while on her way to grab her stuff from the locker room, which already gives off a suspicious gesture. And because the door is open, Tory hears just enough of what Silver planned with the ref prior to the tournament — putting the Queen Cobra in a realization that her victory was all for naught. For Silver himself, he pretty much destroys whatever trust Tory has for him and put him in a position where he could now potentially be exposed for his actions.\\

'''The Result:''' Tory just so happens to notice Silver and the ref through the blinds while on her way to grab her stuff from the locker room, which already gives off a suspicious gesture. And because the door is open, Tory hears just enough of what Silver planned with the ref prior to the tournament — putting the Queen Cobra in a realization that her victory was all for naught.\\