History Recap / CobraKaiS2E10NoMercy

* EveryoneHasStandards: Despite all the violence that lead up to it, almost everyone (both Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do) looks horrified when Miguel is injured, with Hawk and Sam running to his side.

* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: The last time Hawk and Demetri faced off against each other, Demetri had barely completed his first few days at Miyagi-Do and decided to try and taunt Hawk with his new "skills," which [[CurbStompBattle predictably did not go well]]. In this episode Hawk targeted Demetri during the school fight, who tried his best to run away, but when they do throw down Demetri's newfound defensive moves catches Hawk off guard, and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome now being a head taller and more emotionally balanced Demetri was easily able to throw him into the trophy cabinet]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Several tragic examples.
** Because they are fighting outside any structure, the Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do fight without any regard for anyone's personal safety. Tory is technically correct when she counters Samantha's accusations of dirty play by indicating they're not in a tournament.
** Many of the participants are seriously hurt in the melee. Sam requires stitches for being cut with Tory's spikes and may have cracked ribs, while Miguel suffers a CareerEndingInjury and ends up comatose after a two-story fall.
** At the tournament last season, Robby experienced a FarmerAndTheViper moment at Miguel's hands. The roles become reversed on the stairway rails, an indicator that Robby still has a few emotional scars.
** None of the kids or adults are prepared for Miguel suffering potentially fatal injuries in the fight and react with horror almost universally.
** What appears to be SocialMediaBeforeReason (the other students taking shots of the battle) might have actually been a sensible idea. One, Moon already tried to get everyone to stop fighting, but to no avail. Two, the brawl escalated as far as it did ''because'' fighters on both sides kept jumping in to intervene for their teammates. Three, the authorities (school and police) will have multiple angles of footage of at least ''some'' of what really happened.
** The school staff from teachers to security guards are caught flat footed when it comes to dealing with a large school fight with well trained martial artists. Despite being adults the kids are not that much smaller and even they are not sure how to keep it in check, with one getting beat down hard and another saying [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they aren't paid enough for this]] (the only person who is able to stop the confrontation, and actually stops it at some points, is Stingray, there applying for a security guard job, who of course is biased towards the Cobra Kai, being one of them). Though realistically, Tory would have been stopped outside the office after making her announcement, if she got to make it at all, which would have negated the entire event before it began.
** Handshake agreements are only as valuable as the integrity of the people who make them. Johnny's landlord doesn't like him much, and since Johnny has no written lease agreement, the landlord leases the Dojo to Kreese without a second thought.
** Cobra Kai emphasizes AttackAttackAttack, a mentality that Tory and Hawk have embrace wholeheartedly. Because of this, they sacrificed defense allowing them to get hit by attacks that would normally be very easy to defend against. Particularly given that Miyagi-Do emphasizes inner balance and taking advantage of an opponent's openings, making it a pretty much perfect style for countering Cobra Kai's hyper-offense.

* WouldHitAGirl: Downplayed. Robby pulls Tory off Sam to try and stop the fight from escalating. Tory proceeds to manhandle him afterward, causing him to flip her into the line of lockers. When Miguel finally reaches them, he thinks Robby is playing this one absolutely straight. Oops.

* GoThroughMe: Doug and Rickenberger briefly try to take on Robby on some stairs, so that Miguel can go after Tory and Sam. Rickenberger even urges Miguel to move.

* GoThroughMe: Doug and Rickenberger briefly try to take on Robby on some stairs, so that Miguel can go after Tory and Sam. Rickenberg even urges Miguel to move.

* GoThroughMe: Doug and Rickenberger briefly try to take on Robby on some stairs, so that Miguel can go after Tory and Sam.

** Cobra Kai emphasizes AttackAttackAttack, a mentality that Tory and Hawk have embrace wholeheartedly. Because of this, they sacrificed defense allowing them to get hit by attacks that would normally be very easy to defend against.

* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: The last time Hawk and Demetri faced off against each other, Demetri had barely completed his first few days at Miyagi-Do and decided to try and taunt Hawk with his new "skills," which [[CurbStompBattle predictably did not go well]]. In this episode Hawk targeted Demetri during the school fight, who tried his best to run away, but when they do throw down Demetri's newfound defensive moves catches Hawk off guard, and [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome now being a head taller Demetri was easily able to throw him into the trophy cabinet]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Sam's WhatTheHellHero to Robby... considering she also just kicked Tory over the railing. Tory's fall was shorter and she caught the rail as she went over, so she wasn't hurt, but could have also broken her neck. Also Sam attacked Tory in self-defense because the latter was about to pound her while wearing spiked knuckles, Robby attacked Miguel even after Miguel showed mercy and stopped fighting after he took Robby down.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Because Rosa never told Carmen about the lunchroom brawl between Miguel and Kyler, Carmen never knew that Johnny teaching Miguel to fight also spared him from Kyler's wrath, which he was facing before he befriended Johnny. This ends up working against Johnny as she accuses Miguel of having been a good kid who never got hurt before meeting Johnny, which is totally untrue.

* AdultsAreUseless: Tory breaks into the school office, physically seizes control of the PA system, and announces to the entire school her intention to attack Samantha. She still has time to find Sam, and fight for several minutes before any adults even show up. When they do, the teachers who try to intervene are entirely outmatched, and the others just say "{{Screw this|ImOuttaHere}}, [[NotInMyContract they don't pay me enough]]."

---> '''Sam:''' Is that the only way you know how to fight? '''DIRTY?!'''\\

* EscalatingBrawl: What was initially meant to only be a DesignatedGirlFight between Sam and Tory, quickly escalates into an all-out war between Cobra Kai and Miyagi-do which spans for the rest of the series.