History Recap / CobraKaiS1E4CobraKaiNeverDies

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While bullying Miguel, Eli, and Demetri, Kyler jokingly asks Eli “What kind of girl would ever kiss this shit(referring to his scarred upper lip). Come Season 4, [[Recap/CobraKaiS4E9TheFall Kyler’s question is finally answered]]

* {Foreshadowing}: While bullying Miguel, Eli, and Demetri, Kyler jokingly asks Eli “What kind of girl would ever kiss this shit(referring to his scarred upper lip). Come Season 4, [[Recap/CobraKaiS4E9TheFall Kyler’s question is finally answered]]

Foreshadowing: While bullying Miguel, Eli, and Demetri, Kyler jokingly asks Eli “What kind of girl would ever kiss this shit(referring to his scarred upper lip). Come Season 4, [[Recap/CobraKaiS4E9TheFall Kyler’s question is finally answered]]

* KickTheDog: Tom Cole had nothing to do with the defaced billboard, but he has no problem ribbing Daniel about it repeatedly, even buying 100 sausages out of his own pocket to ''really'' rub Daniel's nose in it.

Robby Keene is working at an electronics repair shop where a customer approaches him with a malfunctioning laptop. Robby obtains the man's password and takes the laptop out back, where he meets with his delinquent friends (having traded places with one of them who actually works at the store) and proceeds to sell the laptop online. As they leave, Robby picks up a discarded Cobra Kai flyer and reacts with disdain at his father's image.

* BerserkButton: Robby presses Johnny’s with surgical precision: his soreness about losing the All-Valley Championship to Daniel and his struggling business endeavor. Johnny doesn’t bite, though.

Robby Keene is working at an electronics repair shop where a customer approaches him with a malfunctioning laptop. Robby obtains the man's password and takes the laptop out back, where he meets with his delinquent friends (having traded places with one of them who actually works at the store) and proceeds to sell the laptop to the highest bidder online. As they leave, Robby picks up a discarded Cobra Kai flyer and reacts with disdain at his father's image.

As Miguel recovers from the beating he suffered from Kyler's gang, his mother confronts him. Despite Miguel's protests and his grandmother's unwavering support, his mother forbids him to train with Johnny anymore. Meanwhile, Johnny receives yet another call from the school claiming that Robby has been absent for an entire month and could be held back if he does not return. Johnny travels to his ex-girlfriend Shannon's apartment to convince Robby to go back to school, but Robby adamantly refuses. Johnny then tracks down Shannon at a local bar, but she is extremely bitter and rejects his appeal to help their son at this point in their lives, telling him it is too late and that there are "no do-overs."

* ShortCon: The opening proves Robby is actually really good at this.

* RealityEnsues:
** After Miguel comes home beaten senseless, Carmen forbids Miguel from doing Karate with Johnny, and regards him as a loser. Bringing somebody's kid home badly hurt and basically admitting you were at fault will not endear you to them. Miguel was also Cobra Kai's only paying customer at this time. As a result, Cobra Kai nearly had to close.
** Johnny comments to Miguel "You got your ass kicked because you didn't have any defense" towards the end of the episode. Having good defensive skills is critical to being a skilled martial artist. You will get your ass kicked if you have no defense, especially if you try to fight several opponents at once.
** Being a bully is a sure way of putting an end to your relationship, as Kyler learns when Sam discovers that he was a BitchInSheepsClothing all along.

* AttackAttackAttack: At the end of the episode, this is revealed to be Johnny's method of teaching Miguel proper defense. It's teaching more offense.

* BerserkButton: Robby presses Johnny’s with surgical precision: his soreness about losing the All-Valley Championship to Daniel and his struggling business endeavor. He doesn’t bite though.

* CoolOldLady: Miguel’s abuela establishes herself as this with very little screen time, using most of it to be a DeadpanSnarker or support Miguel’s desire to kick some ass.

* DownerBeginning: The episode opens with Johnny delivering Miguel to his home after getting a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Kyler and his gang during the Halloween dance in the lockerroom. As a result, Carmen, Miguel's mother, forbids him from practicing Karate, and Cobra Kai is nearly shut down.

** Being an asshole bully is a sure way of putting an end to your relationship. Which is what Sam did when she discovered that Kyler's a BitchInSheepsClothing all along.

* BeserkButton: Robby presses Johnny’s with surgical precision: his soreness about losing the All-Valley Championship to Daniel and his struggling business endeavor. He doesn’t bite though.

* AttackAttackAttack: Johnny method of teaching Miguel proper defense resolves around teaching more offense.
-->'''Johnny: '''And the best defense... Hai! Is more offense.

--> You'll ''blow'' the competition away!

--> The Valley's big enough for two auto kings! Right, Danny?

-->''It's my fuckin' dad.''

-->''Cobra Kai Never Dies!''

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Seeking the forgiveness he could not attain from his son and his ex-wife, Johnny returns to Miguel's home and pleads with his mother to let Miguel train with him again. The next day, Miguel reappears at the dojo having finally received his mother's blessing. Surmising that Miguel was defeated because he lacked defense, Johnny vows to teach him that "the best defense is more offense." Meanwhile, Daniel learns that Johnny was responsible for defacing his billboard.

Robby Keene is working at an electronics repair shop where a customer approaches him with an ailing laptop. Robby obtains the man's password and takes the laptop out back, where he meets with his delinquent friends (having traded places with one of them who actually works at the store) and proceeds to sell the laptop to the highest bidder online. As they leave, Robby picks up a discarded Cobra Kai flyer and reacts with disdain at his father's image.

As Daniel drives to work the next morning, he is livid to see that someone has defaced his billboard by painting a giant penis in his mouth. He discusses the matter with his wife who tries to calm him down, but they ultimately agree to paint over it. Later, the two of them meet with some marketing executives, who show them the latest television ad from Tom Cole, a rival auto dealer whose ad is a subtle mockery of Daniel's own, and who also ordered 100 sausages delivered to [=LaRusso=] Auto as a way of poking fun at the billboard. Suspecting that Cole is responsible for the vandalism, Daniel confronts him at his dealership, and their war of words culminates with Daniel spin-kicking a drink out of Cole's hand.

** When Carmen is caring for her injured son, she suggests turning to the school for protection. Miguel says that would only make things worst. Considering how useless the school has been to take care of the rampant bullying problem, Miguel has an excellent point.

** Johnny comments to Miguel "You got your ass kicked because you didn't have any defense" towards the end of the episode. Having good defensive skills is critical to being a skilled martial artist. You will get your ass kicked if you have no defense.