Sword Over Head: At the climax of Part II, when he has Chozen at his mercy and asks him, "Live or die, man."
The So-Called Coward: Chozen and his goons repeatedly call Daniel a coward throughout Part II because of his reluctance to fight them. But when a typhoon hits the village, Daniel risks his life to save several villagers, while Chozen cowers in the shelter and refuses to do anything. Sato is so respectively impressed and disgusted with them that he volunteers to help Daniel.
Training from Hell: Especially what Terry Silver puts him through in Part III, which is more like torture disguised as training.
"World of Cardboard" Speech: He gives one of these to Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid after having his knee taken out by Bobby.
Mr. Miyagi
Played by: Pat Morita
Badass: Kicks at least a couple of asses per movie.
Breakout Villain: Technically the only villain to appear in all three movies, although his scene in the second one was actually footage cut from the first.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: He's a Vietnam veteran who demands military precision from his students. Lose your focus for one second, and it's sixty push-ups on your knuckles.
Ordered To Cheat: He instructs Bobby to take out Daniel's knee, even though doing so will result in Bobby's disqualification. Then Johnny also uses "unethical" moves that target the injured knee.
Spoiled Sweet: She's a rich girl who's usually nice to everyone, even working-class boys from Reseda. Don't cross her, though, because she's got a pretty mean right hook.
Uptown Girl: Her relationship with Daniel is type #3.
Kumiko
Played by: Tamlyn Tomika (1986)
Asian Gal with White Guy: She's surrounded by Asian men she doesn't show the slightest bit of interest in, but as soon as Daniel shows up at the front door... Then again, the other suitor with a chance was Chozen of all people.
Disposable Love Interest: Daniel mentions in Part III that she chose to take a job with a dance company in Tokyo instead of coming back to the United States with him. He seems less bitter about it than Ali though, possibly because he knew how much she wanted to be a traditional dancer as opposed to just dumping him for another guy, therefore he knows she's following her dream.
Plucky Girl: She gets points for trying to help Daniel against Chozen, despite knowing how dangerous it is.
Disposable Love Interest: Exaggerated. The writers don't even wait for the sequel to dispose of her.
Girl Next Door: She's fairly cute, rather tomboyish, and works at a pottery store across the street from Miyagi and Daniel's bonsai store.
May-December Romance: Even though their characters were about the same age in the movie, actress Robyn Lively was 11 years younger than Ralph Macchio in real life, and it showed.
Put on a Bus: She goes back home to Ohio midway through the movie, and is never seen or mentioned again. Probably because the producers realized the aforementioned May-December Romance just wasn't working.
Fragile Speedster: He tells Mr. Han that he thinks himself one of these, since he can run really fast. True, but once Mr. Han's through with him, he becomes a Lightning Bruiser in terms of kung fu tournaments. Took a Level in Badass indeed.
Sleep Cute: Towards his mom on the plane ride to China, and with Mr. Han on a train during his training.
Took a Level in Badass: He starts off the movie getting pushed around by a group of bullies. In the end, he beats them fair and square in a kung fu tournament.
