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** Miyagi, a former street-fighter and decorated UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran, is dismissive of karate the sport's use of belt color to denote skill level, replying "canvas" when Daniel asks him what belt he is. When filling out entry forms for the karate tournament, when he's told of the requirement that entrants be brown belt or higher, he puts Daniel down as a black belt.
** Mr. Miyagi gives Daniel his keys and tells him to drive his truck. When Daniel protests that he doesn't have a license, Miyagi replies "Me neither."
** Miyagi, a former street-fighter and decorated UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran, is dismissive of karate the sport's use of belt color to denote skill level, replying "canvas" when Daniel asks him what belt he is. When filling out entry forms for the karate tournament, when he's told of the requirement that entrants be brown belt or higher, he puts Daniel down as a black belt.
** Mr. Miyagi gives Daniel his keys and tells him to drive his truck. When Daniel protests that he doesn't have a license, Miyagi replies "Me neither."
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* CripplingTheCompetition: Contains one of the most famous film examples when the evil instructor orders his student to "take him out of commission" in the semi-finals against Daniel. This means the guy will be disqualified for an illegal hit, but injury will prevent Daniel from facing the instructor's prize pupil in the actual Final Round, guaranteeing victory. The plan only fails because Mr Miyagi has HealingHands and Daniel has learned the iconic Crane Stance that lets him keep his weight off the injured leg.
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* CripplingTheCompetition: Contains one of the most famous film examples when the evil instructor orders his student to "take take him out "out of commission" in the semi-finals against Daniel. This means the guy will be disqualified for an illegal hit, but injury will prevent Daniel from facing the instructor's prize pupil in the actual Final Round, guaranteeing victory. The plan only fails because Mr Miyagi has HealingHands and Daniel has learned the iconic Crane Stance that lets him keep his weight off the injured leg.
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-->'''Miyagi:''' ''(points to his belt)'' Canvas. Heheh, you like? JC Penny, Penney, $3.98.
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'''Miyagi:''' Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later (''makes squish gesture'') get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," (''makes squish gesture'') just like grape. Understand?\\
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'''Miyagi:''' Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later (''makes squish gesture'') get the squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," (''makes squish gesture'') just like grape. Understand?\\
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-->Mercy is for the weak. We do not train to be merciful here. If a man faces you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: About two-thirds of the way into the film Daniel walks in on a very drunk Mr. Miyagi dressed up in a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era US Army uniform. Miyagi earned the Medal of Honor fighting in the European theatre as part of the all-''nisei'' (Japanese-American) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) 442nd Infantry Regiment]]. TruthInTelevision: The 442nd is the most heavily decorated military unit in American history, including earning 21 [=MOHs=] for the European war. A member of the regiment later said that they fought all the harder to prove their loyalty to America in the face of their fellow ''nisei'' being packed into internment camps back home (in which Miyagi's wife and son died in childbirth).
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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: About two-thirds of the way into the film Daniel walks in on a very drunk Mr. Miyagi dressed up in a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era US Army uniform. Miyagi earned the Medal of Honor fighting in the European theatre as part of the all-''nisei'' (Japanese-American) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) 442nd Infantry Regiment]]. TruthInTelevision: The 442nd is the ''the most heavily decorated military unit in American history, history'', including earning 21 [=MOHs=] for the European war. A member of the regiment later said that they fought all the harder to prove their loyalty to America in the face of their fellow ''nisei'' being packed into internment camps back home (in which Miyagi's wife and son died in childbirth).
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* DeathByChildbirth: Miyagi's wife and newborn son both died in childbirth due to birthing complications, and 40 years later he's still grieving over it.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Seemingly in play, but ultimately averted. To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. While it's true that Daniel manages to catch up in only two months, the set up before the TrainingMontage makes it clear that Daniel is being pushed through extreme training, spending entire days from dawn to dusk working to build up his core muscles, then to follow up with balance, skill, and technique. Such intense training, with a proper teacher, makes such a quick increase in skill believable. Plus, Daniel wasn't a complete novice as he did have some basic training at the YMCA. Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Seemingly in play, but ultimately averted. To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. While it's true that Daniel manages to catch up in only two months, the set up before the TrainingMontage makes it clear that Daniel is being pushed through extreme training, spending entire days from dawn to dusk working to build up his core muscles, then to follow up with balance, skill, and technique. Such intense training, with a proper teacher, teacher (working exclusively, rather than with a whole class), makes such a quick increase in skill believable. Plus, Daniel wasn't a complete novice as he did have some basic training at the YMCA. Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique.
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* WeakButSkilled: Daniel did not have a long time to train for the tournament and it's clear he doesn't have the same athletic energy as any of his opponents, but Miyagi focused on teaching fundamentals and efficient move sets. As such everyone else is wasting energy while he makes precision moves to earn the necessary points to win his matches.
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* ShoutOut: After Miyagi rescues Daniel from Johnny and his friends. Daniel wakes up to see Miyagi nursing him back to health, then asks where's the guy who saved him.
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** Mr. Miyagi himself might be an obscure reference to Teinosuke Yagi, a Japanese 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. His full name, back when it was canonically Keisuke Miyagi, is an even more clear reference to T''ei''no''suke'' ''Yagi''.
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* NoSympathy: Freddy. New kid just got the hell beaten out him in front of you by a much tougher bully? Geez, what a ''loser''; you'd better ostracize him.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better. Plus, Daniel wasn't a complete novice as he did have some basic training at the YMCA. Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique. See also DickDastardlyStopsToCheat.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Seemingly in play, but ultimately averted. To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. While it's true that Daniel goes through a manages to catch up in only two months, the set up before the TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider it clear that Kreese Daniel is either being pushed through extreme training, spending entire days from dawn to dusk working to build up his core muscles, then to follow up with balance, skill, and technique. Such intense training, with a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better.proper teacher, makes such a quick increase in skill believable. Plus, Daniel wasn't a complete novice as he did have some basic training at the YMCA. Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique. See also DickDastardlyStopsToCheat.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Bobby says he's entirely capable of defeating Daniel-san on his own and he's probably right given he's bigger, stronger, and has more experience with karate. Lawrence has all of these qualities as well. Kreese, however, gets Bobby disqualified (and hands Daniel the win) before trying to get Lawrence to win by exploiting the injury Bobby just made. This throws Lawrence's head off the game and gets Daniel to do an exotic move which he has no defense against. Kreese's LoopholeAbuse cost him not only the tournament but also the respect of his students.
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* RealityEnsues: Having a philosophy of "Belts only good to hold up pants" is great for your personal life, less so when entering an organized tournament that is restricted to those ranked brown belt or higher. Belt rankings serve a legitimate purpose of ensuring a equal footing for all competitors.
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* TheAllegedCar: Mrs. [=LaRusso=]'s green station wagon. Has a faulty starter, providing a never-ending source of embarrassment to Daniel when she has to drive him on dates.
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** Also on belts.
-->'''Daniel:''' Hey, what kind of belt do you have?
-->'''Miyagi:''' ''(points to his belt)'' Canvas. Heheh, you like? JC Penny, $3.98.
-->'''Daniel:''' Hey, what kind of belt do you have?
-->'''Miyagi:''' ''(points to his belt)'' Canvas. Heheh, you like? JC Penny, $3.98.
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* ShoutOut: After Miyagi rescues Daniel from Johnny and his friends. Daniel wakes up to see Miyagi nursing him back to health, then asks where's the guy who saved him.
--> '''Daniel:''' So where's Spider-Man?
--> '''Miyagi:''' Who?
--> '''Daniel:''' So where's Spider-Man?
--> '''Miyagi:''' Who?
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better. Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique. See also DickDastardlyStopsToCheat.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better. Plus, Daniel wasn't a complete novice as he did have some basic training at the YMCA. Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique. See also DickDastardlyStopsToCheat.
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* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: Bobby says he's entirely capable of defeating Daniel-san on his own and he's probably right given he's bigger, stronger, and has more experience with karate. Lawrence has all of these qualities as well. Kreese, however, gets Bobby disqualified (and hands Daniel the win) before trying to get Lawrence to win by exploiting the injury Bobby just made. This throws Lawrence's head off the game and gets Daniel to do an exotic move which he has no defense against. Kreese's LoopholeAbuse cost him not only the tournament but also the respect of his students.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better. Also, Notably, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique. See also DickDastardlyStopsToCheat.
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* LoopholeAbuse: There's nothing technically illegal about the way Kreese wanted Lawrence to win. After all, it was Bobby who disqualified himself by injuring Daniel's leg before the final round. However, it's setting up Daniel (a teenager) with an injury to make him vulnerable to a legal leg sweep. Lawrence's EvenEvilHasStandards reaction is due to the fact it makes a mockery of the tournament as a fair competition and the fact it's meant to be a display of their skill levels.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better.
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* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better. Also, Daniel barely wins and is clearly outmatched physically. He wins, instead, on technique.
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* GameBreakingInjury: "Sweep the leg."
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* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: the beatings Daniel receives frequently leave him covered in bruises and/or blood.
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* HerosClassicCar: Mr. Myagi gives Daniel a 1948 Ford Super [=DeLuxe=], one of his classic cars that Daniel had to WaxOnWaxOff on, as a 16th birthday present.
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* HerosClassicCar: Mr. Myagi Miyagi gives Daniel a 1948 Ford Super [=DeLuxe=], one of his classic cars that Daniel had to WaxOnWaxOff on, as a 16th birthday present.
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Daniel and his mother moved to California as a result of her new job with Rocket Computers ("Flight to the future!"). The original script reveals why Freddy had "never heard of it" and also sheds some light on why it seems that Mrs. LaRusso might be an employee of the restaurant across from the Cobra Kai dojo. As she shares with Daniel:
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Daniel and his mother moved to California as a result of her new job with Rocket Computers ("Flight to the future!"). The original script reveals why Freddy had "never heard of it" and also sheds some light on why it seems that Mrs. LaRusso might be an employee of the restaurant across from the Cobra Kai dojo. As she shares with Daniel:
-->"They went bankrupt!...[But] listen to this. I walk out of Rocket with the beginning of Excedrin headache one through ten about to come on, and I'm going back to the car when this woman comes flying out of this restaurant, The Orient Express, and she's screaming, 'I quit! I quit!' Right behind her is this guy and he's yelling just as loud, 'You can't quit! You're fired!' It's one minute to noon, people are coming in to lunch, I'm the first but only applicant - I got the job!"
** When Daniel questions her new position as a waitress, his mother clarifies that she is not a waitress. She is a hostess.
-->"They went bankrupt!...[But] listen to this. I walk out of Rocket with the beginning of Excedrin headache one through ten about to come on, and I'm going back to the car when this woman comes flying out of this restaurant, The Orient Express, and she's screaming, 'I quit! I quit!' Right behind her is this guy and he's yelling just as loud, 'You can't quit! You're fired!' It's one minute to noon, people are coming in to lunch, I'm the first but only applicant - I got the job!"
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The first film introduced Daniel Larusso, a teenager whose father had passed away (although the viewers wouldn't learn this until the second movie) and he just moved with his Mom from New Jersey to Reseda, California. Daniel has a little bit of a temper, but is overall a good kid. He doesn't fare well making new friends, upon trying to get close to a girl he likes, Ali, he gets into a fight with her ex-boyfriend Johnny. Johnny happens to be the prize student of the Cobra-Kai Karate Dojo, whose sensei John Kreese encourages such behavior. After they fight, which ends with Daniel [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown losing badly]], Johnny leads his gang into tormenting Daniel whenever possible.
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The first film introduced Daniel Larusso, a teenager whose father had passed away (although the viewers wouldn't learn this until the second movie) and he just moved with his Mom from New Jersey to Reseda, California. Daniel has a little bit of a temper, but is overall a good kid. He doesn't fare well making new friends, upon trying to get close to a girl he likes, Ali, he gets into a fight with her ex-boyfriend Johnny. Johnny happens to be the prize student of the Cobra-Kai Karate UsefulNotes/{{Karate}} Dojo, whose sensei John Kreese encourages such behavior. After they fight, which ends with Daniel [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown losing badly]], Johnny leads his gang into tormenting Daniel whenever possible.
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* PomPomGirl: Ali, who appropriately is one of the few kids who supports Daniel when he runs afoul of Cobra Kais.
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* CripplingTheCompetition: Contains one of the most famous film examples when the evil instructor orders his student to "sweep the leg" in the semi-finals against Daniel. This means the guy will be disqualified for an illegal hit, but injury will prevent Daniel from facing the instructor's prize pupil in the actual Final Round, guaranteeing victory. The plan only fails because Mr Miyagi has HealingHands and Daniel has learned the iconic Crane Stance that lets him keep his weight off the injured leg.
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The crane stance, which in RealLife could be defeated with a good shove to the chest. Heck, if you pause the movie right before the Crane Kick, you can see that Johnny has a ''clear'' shot to the chin lined up...
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* AwesomeButImpractical: The crane stance, which in RealLife could be defeated with a good shove to the chest. Heck, if you pause the movie right before the Crane Kick, you can see that Johnny has a ''clear'' shot to the chin lined up...up. This becomes a plot point in the sequel where Chozen effortlessly counters it.
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* CripplingTheCompetition: Contains one of the most famous film examples when the evil instructor orders his student to "sweep the leg" in the semi-finals against Daniel. This means the guy will be disqualified for an illegal hit, but injury will prevent Daniel from facing the instructor's prize pupil in the actual Final Round, guaranteeing victory. The plan only fails because Mr Miyagi has HealingHands and Daniel has learned the iconic Crane Stance that lets him keep his weight off the injured leg.
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* HerosClassicCar: Mr. Myagi gives Daniel a 1948 Ford Super [=DeLuxe=], one of his classic cars that Daniel had to WaxOnWaxOff on, as a 16th birthday present.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Miyagi does this several times; early on to Daniel to avoid teaching him karate, then putting him through WaxOnWaxOff training, then even at the tournament he obfuscates not knowing English so that Ali can be by Daniel's side as Miyagi's "interpreter".
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sato is a Corrupt Land Owner who is willing to destroy the village to goad Miyagi into that fight of his. He already had a monopoly on the fishing industry (condemning the villagers to a life of poverty) when Miyagi arrived to see his father.
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** When Daniel first goes to Mr. Miyagi's house for training, he sees oil pumps and asks Miyagi if he's in the oil business. Mr. Miyagi replies, "[[WaxOnWaxOff Not everything is as seem.]]"
** The poster of Sato breaking a log. Miyagi breaks a wooden beam of similar size in one blow to save Sato from being pinned under it during the typhoon.
** When Daniel first goes to Mr. Miyagi's house for training, he sees oil pumps and asks Miyagi if he's in the oil business. Mr. Miyagi replies, "[[WaxOnWaxOff Not everything is as seem.]]"
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**{{Foreshadowing}}: When Daniel first goes to Mr. Miyagi's house for training, he sees oil pumps and asks Miyagi if he's in the oil business. Mr. Miyagi replies, "[[WaxOnWaxOff Not everything is as seem.]]"
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The original movie in ''Film/TheKarateKid'' series, released in 1984.
The first film introduced Daniel Larusso, a teenager whose father had passed away (although the viewers wouldn't learn this until the second movie) and he just moved with his Mom from New Jersey to Reseda, California. Daniel has a little bit of a temper, but is overall a good kid. He doesn't fare well making new friends, upon trying to get close to a girl he likes, Ali, he gets into a fight with her ex-boyfriend Johnny. Johnny happens to be the prize student of the Cobra-Kai Karate Dojo, whose sensei John Kreese encourages such behavior. After they fight, which ends with Daniel [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown losing badly]], Johnny leads his gang into tormenting Daniel whenever possible.
It finally leads into a serious fight with the gang chasing Daniel down and beating him up just outside his apartment complex. Coming to his rescue is the elderly Japanese handyman, Mr. Miyagi. Despite his age, Miyagi protects Daniel and defeats the Cobra-Kai gang with ease. Upon seeing Miyagi's skill, Daniel requests to be trained. After seeing that appealing to Kreese won't work, Miyagi agrees to train him but arranges a deal that the Cobra-Kai will stop bothering Daniel if he enters an upcoming tournament.
Daniel is hesitant about the tournament, but willing to learn karate at the least to defend himself. The first few days Miyagi had Daniel do several chores: paint the fence, sand the decks and wax the car. Daniel endures it patiently, but eventually blows up at Miyagi for using him as a slave instead as a student. Miyagi then demonstrates what WaxOnWaxOff really means. Daniel is stunned, then begins to understand that Miyagi wasn't trying to teach him how to fight, [[AnAesop but how to apply martial arts to his life]].[[note]]And get some needed housework done as payment for training Daniel.[[/note]]
The main theme of this film is balance and self-respect, that martial arts should be used in discipline and not for aggression. Mr. Miyagi doesn't teach Daniel to be a vicious badass, but how to calm himself and deal with his problems as they come.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Ali.
* ApologeticAttacker: Bobby begs Daniel's forgiveness after kicking his knee.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The crane stance, which in RealLife could be defeated with a good shove to the chest. Heck, if you pause the movie right before the Crane Kick, you can see that Johnny has a ''clear'' shot to the chin lined up...
* BarbaricBully: The first movie is a rather iconic example. It gives us High School bullies which Daniel eventually sees off by besting his tormenters in a karate tournament.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sato is a Corrupt Land Owner who is willing to destroy the village to goad Miyagi into that fight of his. He already had a monopoly on the fishing industry (condemning the villagers to a life of poverty) when Miyagi arrived to see his father.
* DeadpanSnarker: Miyagi in the first film especially.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The first film shows that the Cobra Kai are young bullies, but not exactly hardened criminals:
** Bobby and Johnny balk when ordered to injure Daniel, though Kreese ultimately intimidates them into it.
** Bobby also tries to convince Johnny at one point that Johnny is going too far with a particularly nasty attack on Daniel.
* EvilMentor: Instructing his students to cheat? Check. Inspiring them to be sadistic bullies? Check. Strangling them for failing? Check. All Kreese needs is a whip and a cat, and he'd be the trope picture.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: the beatings Daniel receives frequently leave him covered in bruises and/or blood.
* FinishHim: Kreese's instructions to the Cobra Kai.
* FireForgedFriends: John Kreese and Terry Silver.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When Daniel first goes to Mr. Miyagi's house for training, he sees oil pumps and asks Miyagi if he's in the oil business. Mr. Miyagi replies, "[[WaxOnWaxOff Not everything is as seem.]]"
** The poster of Sato breaking a log. Miyagi breaks a wooden beam of similar size in one blow to save Sato from being pinned under it during the typhoon.
* GoodTimesMontage: Montage of Daniel and his love interest having a good time at the arcade.
* GameBreakingInjury: "Sweep the leg."
* GracefulLoser: Johnny, after [[spoiler:Daniel wins the tournament]]. Kreese... Not so much.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Cobra Kai as a whole.
* KickTheDog: Kreese ordering his minions to use dirty tactics to injure Daniel shows that he's the source of Cobra Kai's villainy. His students are just impressionable kids.
* KidsAreCruel: In the first film, besides Daniel being bullied by the Cobras, some of the kids ridicule him after being beaten up by Johnny. Ali's girlfriends also rather inexplicably despise Daniel from the get-go.
* LiteralMinded:
-->'''Daniel:''' ''(upon being instructed on WaxOnWaxOff)'' Where did all these cars come from?\\
'''Miyagi:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Detroit.]]
* MilesGloriosus: Dutch, despite being the most aggressive and bloodthirsty of the Cobras, is the Tournament Opponent Daniel defeats the easiest. Dutch isn't cowardly, but he does seem to be far, far less formidable than he thinks he is.
* MoodWhiplash: Drunk Miyagi, it starts off as very funny until he relives a moment where he finds out about his wife and kid's passing.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Daniel's initial fight with Johnny, and even more the Cobra Kai gang-beating he receives in the school dance scene.
* OrderedToCheat: "Sweep the Leg" is the former {{Trope Namer|s}} (though the "out of commission" order fits much better).
* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: About two-thirds of the way into the film Daniel walks in on a very drunk Mr. Miyagi dressed up in a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era US Army uniform. Miyagi earned the Medal of Honor fighting in the European theatre as part of the all-''nisei'' (Japanese-American) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) 442nd Infantry Regiment]]. TruthInTelevision: The 442nd is the most heavily decorated military unit in American history, including earning 21 [=MOHs=] for the European war. A member of the regiment later said that they fought all the harder to prove their loyalty to America in the face of their fellow ''nisei'' being packed into internment camps back home (in which Miyagi's wife and son died in childbirth).
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Ali is nice, pretty, the ex-girlfriend of Johnny, and lives with upper-class parents in a BigFancyHouse...and that's all that's really known about her before she's easily written out of the sequel.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Kreese attacks Johnny after destroying his trophy, prompting Miyagi to give him a little lesson.
* ThereIsNoTry:
-->'''Miyagi:''' Now, ready?\\
'''Daniel:''' Yeah, I guess so.\\
'''Miyagi:''' Daniel-san, must talk.\\
(''they sit down'')\\
'''Miyagi:''' Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later (''makes squish gesture'') get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," (''makes squish gesture'') just like grape. Understand?\\
'''Daniel:''' Yeah, I understand.\\
'''Miyagi:''' Now, ready?\\
'''Daniel:''' Yeah, I'm ready.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Bobby is by far the most civil of the Cobra-Kai, being the only one who even worries about taking their abuse of Daniel too far.
* VillainousBSOD: Bobby who was always the most laid back of the Cobra Kais has a minor one after Kreese forces him to injure Daniel's knee and practically breaks down in tears apologizing.
* VirtueIsWeakness: Sensei Kreese delivers a denigrating speech about mercy to his students.
-->Mercy is for the weak. We do not train to be merciful here. If a man faces you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Er, where did that Freddy kid go in the first film? He seemed set up to become a good friend of Daniel's but he just...disappeared. His other friends peer pressure him into ditching Daniel in the football practice scene after the beach fight. He can however briefly be seen watching the tournament right at the end and is presumably part of the crowd that lifts Daniel onto their shoulders after he wins.
* YouHaveFailedMe: A variation. Kreese ''strangles'' Johnny for failing to win and for telling him off for acting crazy. Who knows how far he would have gone had Miyagi not been there.
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The original movie in ''Film/TheKarateKid'' series, released in 1984.
The first film introduced Daniel Larusso, a teenager whose father had passed away (although the viewers wouldn't learn this until the second movie) and he just moved with his Mom from New Jersey to Reseda, California. Daniel has a little bit of a temper, but is overall a good kid. He doesn't fare well making new friends, upon trying to get close to a girl he likes, Ali, he gets into a fight with her ex-boyfriend Johnny. Johnny happens to be the prize student of the Cobra-Kai Karate Dojo, whose sensei John Kreese encourages such behavior. After they fight, which ends with Daniel [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown losing badly]], Johnny leads his gang into tormenting Daniel whenever possible.
It finally leads into a serious fight with the gang chasing Daniel down and beating him up just outside his apartment complex. Coming to his rescue is the elderly Japanese handyman, Mr. Miyagi. Despite his age, Miyagi protects Daniel and defeats the Cobra-Kai gang with ease. Upon seeing Miyagi's skill, Daniel requests to be trained. After seeing that appealing to Kreese won't work, Miyagi agrees to train him but arranges a deal that the Cobra-Kai will stop bothering Daniel if he enters an upcoming tournament.
Daniel is hesitant about the tournament, but willing to learn karate at the least to defend himself. The first few days Miyagi had Daniel do several chores: paint the fence, sand the decks and wax the car. Daniel endures it patiently, but eventually blows up at Miyagi for using him as a slave instead as a student. Miyagi then demonstrates what WaxOnWaxOff really means. Daniel is stunned, then begins to understand that Miyagi wasn't trying to teach him how to fight, [[AnAesop but how to apply martial arts to his life]].[[note]]And get some needed housework done as payment for training Daniel.[[/note]]
The main theme of this film is balance and self-respect, that martial arts should be used in discipline and not for aggression. Mr. Miyagi doesn't teach Daniel to be a vicious badass, but how to calm himself and deal with his problems as they come.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Ali.
* ApologeticAttacker: Bobby begs Daniel's forgiveness after kicking his knee.
* AwesomeButImpractical: The crane stance, which in RealLife could be defeated with a good shove to the chest. Heck, if you pause the movie right before the Crane Kick, you can see that Johnny has a ''clear'' shot to the chin lined up...
* BarbaricBully: The first movie is a rather iconic example. It gives us High School bullies which Daniel eventually sees off by besting his tormenters in a karate tournament.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Sato is a Corrupt Land Owner who is willing to destroy the village to goad Miyagi into that fight of his. He already had a monopoly on the fishing industry (condemning the villagers to a life of poverty) when Miyagi arrived to see his father.
* DeadpanSnarker: Miyagi in the first film especially.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The first film shows that the Cobra Kai are young bullies, but not exactly hardened criminals:
** Bobby and Johnny balk when ordered to injure Daniel, though Kreese ultimately intimidates them into it.
** Bobby also tries to convince Johnny at one point that Johnny is going too far with a particularly nasty attack on Daniel.
* EvilMentor: Instructing his students to cheat? Check. Inspiring them to be sadistic bullies? Check. Strangling them for failing? Check. All Kreese needs is a whip and a cat, and he'd be the trope picture.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: the beatings Daniel receives frequently leave him covered in bruises and/or blood.
* FinishHim: Kreese's instructions to the Cobra Kai.
* FireForgedFriends: John Kreese and Terry Silver.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** When Daniel first goes to Mr. Miyagi's house for training, he sees oil pumps and asks Miyagi if he's in the oil business. Mr. Miyagi replies, "[[WaxOnWaxOff Not everything is as seem.]]"
** The poster of Sato breaking a log. Miyagi breaks a wooden beam of similar size in one blow to save Sato from being pinned under it during the typhoon.
* GoodTimesMontage: Montage of Daniel and his love interest having a good time at the arcade.
* GameBreakingInjury: "Sweep the leg."
* GracefulLoser: Johnny, after [[spoiler:Daniel wins the tournament]]. Kreese... Not so much.
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: To get to the level of competition that the Cobra Kai students are at requires years of training and physical conditioning. Daniel goes through a TrainingMontage of a few weeks and wins the tournament. It makes sense when you consider that Kreese is either a bad karate instructor and/or Miyagi is that much better.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Cobra Kai as a whole.
* KickTheDog: Kreese ordering his minions to use dirty tactics to injure Daniel shows that he's the source of Cobra Kai's villainy. His students are just impressionable kids.
* KidsAreCruel: In the first film, besides Daniel being bullied by the Cobras, some of the kids ridicule him after being beaten up by Johnny. Ali's girlfriends also rather inexplicably despise Daniel from the get-go.
* LiteralMinded:
-->'''Daniel:''' ''(upon being instructed on WaxOnWaxOff)'' Where did all these cars come from?\\
'''Miyagi:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Detroit.]]
* MilesGloriosus: Dutch, despite being the most aggressive and bloodthirsty of the Cobras, is the Tournament Opponent Daniel defeats the easiest. Dutch isn't cowardly, but he does seem to be far, far less formidable than he thinks he is.
* MoodWhiplash: Drunk Miyagi, it starts off as very funny until he relives a moment where he finds out about his wife and kid's passing.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Daniel's initial fight with Johnny, and even more the Cobra Kai gang-beating he receives in the school dance scene.
* OrderedToCheat: "Sweep the Leg" is the former {{Trope Namer|s}} (though the "out of commission" order fits much better).
* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: About two-thirds of the way into the film Daniel walks in on a very drunk Mr. Miyagi dressed up in a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII-era US Army uniform. Miyagi earned the Medal of Honor fighting in the European theatre as part of the all-''nisei'' (Japanese-American) [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/442nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States) 442nd Infantry Regiment]]. TruthInTelevision: The 442nd is the most heavily decorated military unit in American history, including earning 21 [=MOHs=] for the European war. A member of the regiment later said that they fought all the harder to prove their loyalty to America in the face of their fellow ''nisei'' being packed into internment camps back home (in which Miyagi's wife and son died in childbirth).
* SatelliteLoveInterest: Ali is nice, pretty, the ex-girlfriend of Johnny, and lives with upper-class parents in a BigFancyHouse...and that's all that's really known about her before she's easily written out of the sequel.
* SecondPlaceIsForLosers: Kreese attacks Johnny after destroying his trophy, prompting Miyagi to give him a little lesson.
* ThereIsNoTry:
-->'''Miyagi:''' Now, ready?\\
'''Daniel:''' Yeah, I guess so.\\
'''Miyagi:''' Daniel-san, must talk.\\
(''they sit down'')\\
'''Miyagi:''' Walk on road, hm? Walk left side, safe. Walk right side, safe. Walk middle, sooner or later (''makes squish gesture'') get squish just like grape. Here, karate, same thing. Either you karate do "yes" or karate do "no." You karate do "guess so," (''makes squish gesture'') just like grape. Understand?\\
'''Daniel:''' Yeah, I understand.\\
'''Miyagi:''' Now, ready?\\
'''Daniel:''' Yeah, I'm ready.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Bobby is by far the most civil of the Cobra-Kai, being the only one who even worries about taking their abuse of Daniel too far.
* VillainousBSOD: Bobby who was always the most laid back of the Cobra Kais has a minor one after Kreese forces him to injure Daniel's knee and practically breaks down in tears apologizing.
* VirtueIsWeakness: Sensei Kreese delivers a denigrating speech about mercy to his students.
-->Mercy is for the weak. We do not train to be merciful here. If a man faces you, he is the enemy. An enemy deserves no mercy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Er, where did that Freddy kid go in the first film? He seemed set up to become a good friend of Daniel's but he just...disappeared. His other friends peer pressure him into ditching Daniel in the football practice scene after the beach fight. He can however briefly be seen watching the tournament right at the end and is presumably part of the crowd that lifts Daniel onto their shoulders after he wins.
* YouHaveFailedMe: A variation. Kreese ''strangles'' Johnny for failing to win and for telling him off for acting crazy. Who knows how far he would have gone had Miyagi not been there.
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