History Recap / CobraKaiS1E6Quiver

** Demitri's snarking to Johnny about how it's not okay to mock people is met with the reply that not everyone gives a damn about what he, or society is general, says is "okay" to do. When Demitri continues to mouth off, Johnny gets in his face and very forcefully proves his point.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Miguel is correct [[WhatTheHellHero calling Johnny out]] for insulting his new students, many of wjom [[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.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Miguel is correct [[WhatTheHellHero calling Johnny out]] for insulting his new students, which many of them [[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.

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

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: A lot of students quits Cobra Kai from Johnny's abuse.

** 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.

* 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.

** 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.

** When Johnny tells his class to fall in, they have no idea what he is saying.

** 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. Demtri.

** 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. Demtri.

* AbusiveParents: Johnny's stepdad Sid is revealed to have been one.

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.

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

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

The next day at Cobra Kai finds even fewer students in attendance, which Johnny claims is his fault. He tells his students that he used to be just like them, but with training, Cobra Kai can help them find their true power. At that moment, Eli re-enters the dojo sporting a brand new look: A blue mohawk, 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.

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

Meanwhile, Daniel has resumed his regular training routine but yearns for someone to train with. He approaches Sam, but she is too dejected by having become a target of Yasmine's cyber bullying to participate. His wife and his young son Anthony are also uninterested. At the car dealership, Robby has seemingly become a model employee, but Daniel's loutish cousin Louie begins to haze him by suggesting that he move one of the cars in the crowded showroom closer to the front window, as a favor to Daniel. Robby obligingly enters the car and turns on the engine, but Daniel quickly intervenes and scolds him for the reckless act, causing Robby to quit. Upon realizing the truth of the matter, Daniel goes after him to apologize but accidentally startles Robby, prompting the boy to wheel around with his fists raised. Daniel talks him down and corrects a flaw in Robby's punching technique, and the two reconcile.

Meanwhile, Daniel has resumed his regular training routine but yearns for someone to train with. He approaches Sam, but she is too dejected by having become a target of Yasmine's cyber bullying to participate. His wife and his young son Anthony are also uninterested. At the car dealership, Robby has seemingly become a model employee, but Daniel's loutish cousin Louie begins to haze him by suggesting that he move one of the cars in the crowded showroom closer to the front window, as a favor to Daniel. Robby obligingly enters the car and turns on the engine, but Daniel quickly intervenes and scolds him for the reckless act, causing Robby to quit. Upon realizing the truth of the matter, Daniel goes after him to apologize but accidentally startles Robby, prompting the boy to wheel around with his fists raised. Daniel talks him down and points out a flaw in Robby's punching technique, and the two reconcile.

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 dares 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.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Demitri's snarking to Johnny about how it's not okay to mock people is met with the reply that not everyone gives a damn about what he, or society is general, says is "okay" to do. When Demitri continues to mouth off, Johnny gets in his face and very forcefully proves his point.

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 dares Demetri to hit him and quickly flips him to the ground. 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.

** Demitri's snarking to Johnny about how it's not okay to mock people is met with the reply that not everyone gives a damn about what he says is "okay" to do. When Demitri continues to mouth off, Johnny gets in his face and very forcefully proves his point.

** Amanda describes spin class as a long "sweaty ride to nowhere."

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

At Larusso, Louie is forced to apologize to Robby for tricking him, but gives Robby the task of hand delivering the company sales report to Daniel's house that night as a peace offering. When Robby arrives, he finds Daniel in the midst of a kata session, which intrigues him. Upon revealing that the sales report was in fact another prank by Louie, Daniel invites Robby to stay and learn about kata, and Robby accepts.

* FakeShemp : We see "Kreese" from the back in the flashback to Johnny's first sight of the Cobra Kai dojo.

* MeaningfulName: "Quiver," as pointed out in the title sequence, means a large group of cobra snakes.

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

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

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Miguel delivers a much needed one to Johnny about how his style of instructing is driving students away, thus helping him TakeALevelInKindness.
-->''You don't know what it's like to be us.

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 abrasive 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.

At school, Sam finds herself without a group 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 abrasive 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. He tells his students that he used to be just like them, but with training, Cobra Kai can help them find their true power, and all that matters is that they become "badass". At that moment, Eli re-enters the dojo sporting a brand new look: A blue mohawk, 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.