History Recap / CobraKaiS1E6Quiver

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** West Valley's RagtagBunchOfMisfits and bullied kids all rush to join Cobra Kai after witnessing Miguel beat up Kyler. However, many of them end up quitting after the first lesson, either after realizing that karate isn't for them or being turned off by Johnny's antagonistic teaching style.
*** Since his only experience of martial arts is learning from Kreese, Johnny doesn't yet know how to encourage a student to be better without insulting them.
** Bullies like Kyler typically rely on having an overwhelming power advantage to select their victims. Once Miguel beats the hell out of him in front of everybody, Kyler avoids Miguel like the plague.

** While this led him to getting humiliated by Johnny, Demetri is still correct that verbally and physically abusing clients isn't exactly a good business practice.

* CoitusEnsues: Retrospective example; this was apparently how Daniel's son Anthony was conceived, after his mom and dad had [[StealthPun gone to the mat]] while practicing some karate ten years ago...

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Miguel is correct [[WhatTheHellHero calling Johnny out]] for insulting his new students, many of whom [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere quit due to his bullying]]. However, Johnny is later proven correct in that it's shown to be effective at weeding the weaker ones out.

* BaitAndSwitch: Towards the end, it seems like Sam gets another harassing message about the rumors about her. Instead, to her delight, it's Miguel sending her a pig Animoji about the dissection.

* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: As a child, Johnny used to wear headphones to isolate his stepfather's verbal abuse.

** While this led him to getting hit by Johnny, Demetri is still correct that verbally and physically abusing clients isn't exactly a good business practice.

* CallBack: Seeing Daniel's success, Robby assumed that Daniel came from money and was surprised to learn he grew up in Receda and Newark, NJ before that. Daniel's response: "Things aren't always as they seem."

* TakeThat: Amanda says that Daniel once described her spin class as "a long sweaty ride to nowhere."

* RealityEnsues:
** A mutual case of when PoorCommunicationKills: after the fight in the school cafeteria goes viral, a bunch of bullied kids rush to learn what Miguel knows. However, Johnny's degrading attitude towards them causes many of them to quit. It turns out disrespecting your students will not keep them around. On the same token, it is a bad idea to disrespect your instructor, especially when said instructor is a master martial artist.
** When Johnny tells his class to "fall in" during their first lesson, they have no idea what he means.
** Bullies like Kyler typically rely on having an overwhelming power advantage to select their victims. Once Miguel beats the hell out of him in front of everybody, Kyler avoids Miguel like the plague.

** Sam still has to face the consequences of the nasty rumors Kyler has spread about her, via stupid pranks and brutal cyberbullying.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: When Johnny questions if Eli is a challenged kid, the latter states that he could be on the (autism) spectrum, according to his doctor. Ignorant of neurological disorders, Johnny simply tells him to "get off of it".

* BaitAndSwitch: Towards the end, it seems like Sam gets another harassing message about the rumors about her. Instead, it's a joke about the dissection from Miguel.

* AnythingButThat: Daniel invites Amanda to do some karate training together, as they have done it before. Amanda then reminds him [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence the last time they got hot and heavy in the dojo]], which resulted in Anthony, and the look on Daniel's face is very much NOT wanting that to happen again.

* GodwinsLaw: Demitri tells Johnny "The Nazis lost the war" when he points out some people will attack you no matter what the law states.

* TheReveal: After Miguel accuses Johnny of not understanding what it's like to be an outcast like the Cobra Kai students, a flashback reveals that he was actually just like them before he joined the dojo.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Before joining Cobra Kai, Johnny was a meek social outcast who was abused by his stepfather but loved by his mother...

At school, Sam finds herself without a partner in science lab, but Miguel volunteers to take her into his group with Demetri. Sam thanks Miguel for standing up for her in the lunch room, but playfully points out a flaw in his fighting technique and the two begin to bond. Back at the dojo, Johnny is dismayed that there are fewer students than the day before, with many having quit due to his degrading teaching style. He points out Eli (whom he has nicknamed "Lip") as a positive example of a non-quitter, but when the boy objects to the name, Johnny encourages him to "flip the script" and do something to take the focus away from his scar. Instead, Eli walks out in humiliation. After class, Miguel stands up for his friends by telling Johnny "You don't know what it's like to be us." Later that night, Johnny returns home and has a flashback to his childhood where he asks his stepfather if he can take karate lessons, only to be mocked and berated (thus revealing that he knows what Miguel's abused friends feel like after all).

In a flashback to 1979 in Encino Hills, California, 12-year-old Johnny Lawrence goes on a bike ride where he discovers the original Cobra Kai dojo. In the present day, he observes the new crop of students drawn to his dojo, but denounces them all as "losers" and "nerds". He openly ridicules Miguel's friend Eli, who has an unsightly scar from a cleft lip surgery, which in turn draws an objection from his friend Demetri. After he challenges Johnny's authority, Johnny orders Demetri to hit him and quickly flips him to the ground as a lesson to the others. Demetri then quits the dojo, claiming that as long as he is friends with Miguel, no one at school will bother him anyway. As if to demonstrate the point, a battered and bruised Kyler approaches the pair, but meekly turns and walks the other direction.

At school, Sam finds herself without a partner in science lab, but Miguel volunteers to take her into his group with Demetri. Sam thanks Miguel for standing up for her in the lunch room, but playfully points out a flaw in his fighting technique and the two begin to bond. Back at the dojo, Johnny notices far fewer students than the day before, with many having quit due to his degrading teaching style. He points out Eli (whom he has nicknamed Lip), but when the boy objects to the name, Johnny encourages him to "flip the script" and do something to take the focus away from his scar. Instead, Eli walks out in humiliation. Miguel stands up for his friends by telling Johnny, "You don't know what it's like to be us." Later that night, Johnny returns home and has a flashback to his childhood where he asks his stepfather if he can take karate lessons, only to be mocked and berated.

The next day at Cobra Kai finds even fewer students in attendance, which Johnny claims is his fault. Though he makes no apologies for his harsh methods, he tells his students that he used to be just like them, and that with training, Cobra Kai can help them find their true power. At that moment, Eli re-enters the dojo with a blue mohawk and a cocky new attitude, thus earning Johnny's approval and the new nickname of Hawk. After reciting the Cobra Kai creed, Johnny prepares to lead his students in another training session.

* DrillSergeantNasty: How Johnny instructs his class. In the beginning, he frequently assigns degrading nicknames to his students and bullies them. [[TookALevelInKindness Even after he softens up and takes a kinder approach,]] he is still quite a tough instructor.

* IJustWantToBeBadass: Turns out to be the reason Johnny joined Cobra Kai when he was 12 years old. [[DareToBeBadass He tries to encourage this outlook on his students.]]

** When Johnny tells his class to fall in during their first lesson, they have no idea what he means.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Miguel delivers a much needed one to Johnny about how his style of instructing is driving students away, [[TookALevelInKindness thus helping him become a better instructor.]]

-->'''qui-ver''' / kwiver / ''verb''. Tremble or shake with a slight rapid motion.\\

!!This episode contains the following tropes:

-->''You don't know what it's like to be us.''

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** While this lead him to get hit by Johnny, Demetri is still correct that verbally and physically abusing clients isn't exactly a good business practice.