History Film / TheNextKarateKid

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* BareYourMidriff: In keeping with the '90s fashion of the time, Julie wears many of her plaid shirts tied up in a Daisy Dukes-style knot in front.

* AccidentalPervert: Mr. Miyagi accidentally walks into the bathroom while Julie is using it. He immediately realizes his mistake and hastily backs out again, but Julia is nevertheless not amused.

Nine years after the last movie, Mr. Miyagi (Creator/PatMorita) and Daniel have parted ways and the venerable old man found a new student to help, Julie Pierce (Creator/HilarySwank), who is the maternal granddaughter of an army buddy of Miyagi's and his wife Louisa Pierce (Constance Waters), with the Pierce family grieving after the deaths of both Julie's mother and Louisa's daughter, Susan, and her husband. She is struggling with a para-military group that almost runs her high school, with the leader Dugan (Creator/MichaelIronside) just as ruthless as Kreese from the earlier films. This time he takes her to a local monastery to learn about peace of mind.

* WrongNameOutburst: Julie's grandmother calls her "Susan!" in the middle of a heated argument, the name of her late daughter (supposedly, but Miyagi establishes later that Louisa's late husband was Julie's paternal grandfather). This turns out to be a BerserkButton of Julie and she yells at her grandmother for trying to bring her mother back by calling her by her mother's name.

* BareYourMidriff: In keeping with the 90s fashion of the time, Julie wears many of her plaid shirts tied up in a Daisy Dukes style knot in front.
* BlatantLies: Dugan trying to claim the reason Eric's been beat to hell and back and his car just exploded from being doused with gasoline is just a "car accident."

* ParentalSubstitute: Following the death of her birth parents in a car accident, Julie is raised by her grandmother Louisa; after Mr. Miyagi offers Julie's grandmother stay at his house in LA, Miyagi stays in Boston where he appoints himself Julie's caretaker.

* WrongNameOutburst: Julie's grandmother calls her "Susan!" in the middle of a heated argument, the name of her late daughter. This turns out to be a BerserkButton of Julie and she yells at her grandmother for trying to bring her mother back by calling her by her mother's name.

* DirtyOldMan: This trope is flirted with. Old Mr. Miyagi has taken on a young female pupil to replace Daniel [=LaRusso=] from the previous films, and in one scene he is shown entering a women's clothing store to buy a prom dress for her. Miyagi is obviously playing the role of grandfather; but since he and the girl are obviously not of the same blood, [[NotWhatItLooksLike a TV viewer flipping through that scene might get the wrong idea]].

Five years after the last movie, Mr. Miyagi (Creator/PatMorita) and Daniel have parted ways and the venerable old man found a new student to help, Julie Pierce (Creator/HilarySwank), who is the maternal granddaughter of an army buddy of Miyagi's and his wife Louisa Pierce (Constance Waters), with the Pierce family grieving after the deaths of both Julie's mother and Louisa's daughter, Susan, and her husband. She is struggling with a para-military group that almost runs her high school, with the leader Dugan (Creator/MichaelIronside) just as ruthless as Kreese from the earlier films. This time he takes her to a local monastery to learn about peace of mind.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Dugan, who insists on going by the title of "Colonel" despite having ''never actually served in the military'' and running his Alpha Elite squad like they're some prestigious military academy instead of a school security force. It's unclear just ''how'' he was planning to get Eric in the Air Force Academy if he has no real sway besides at the school.
** What? Dugan mentions that he served in the Army.

Five years after the last movie, Mr. Miyagi (Creator/PatMorita) and Daniel have parted ways and the venerable old man found a new student to help, Julie Pierce (Creator/HilarySwank), who is the maternal granddaughter of an army buddy of Miyagi's and his wife Louisa Pierce (Creator/ConstanceWaters), with the Pierce family grieving after the deaths of both Julie's mother and Louisa's daughter, Susan, and her husband. She is struggling with a para-military group that almost runs her high school, with the leader Dugan (Creator/MichaelIronside) just as ruthless as Kreese from the earlier films. This time he takes her to a local monastery to learn about peace of mind.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Dugn, who insists on going by the title of "Colonel" despite having ''never actually served in the military'' and running his Alpha Elite squad like they're some prestigious military academy instead of a school security force. It's unclear just ''how'' he was planning to get Eric in the Air Force Academy if he has no real sway besides at the school.

* ThePowerOfLove: What makes Eric leave the Alpha Force after Colonel Dugan forbids him from answering the phone call from Julie, even though he'll lose that place in the Army that Dugan had promised him and that was going to be his future.

Five years after the last movie, Mr. Miyagi and Daniel have parted ways and the venerable old man found a new student to help, Julie Pierce (Creator/HilarySwank), who is the maternal granddaughter of an army buddy of Miyagi's and his wife Louisa Pierce (Creator/ConstanceWaters), with the Pierce family grieving after the deaths of both Julie's mother and Louisa's daughter, Susan, and her husband. She is struggling with a para-military group that almost runs her high school, with the leader Dugan (Creator/MichaelIronside) just as ruthless as Kreese from the earlier films. This time he takes her to a local monastery to learn about peace of mind.