History Recap / CobraKaiS2E3FireAndIce

* BrickBreak: Ice, in Daniel's case, as well as a blind-folded Aisha breaking boards, and a stack of flaming concrete slabs as Johnny's big finish.

* PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: Daniel's Miyagi-Do advertisement is lambasted for supposed cultural appropriation on the grounds of Asian whitewashing and stereotypical music.

* TechnicianVersusPerformer: Daniel develops a demonstration at the fair to promote Miyagi-Do Karate, using Sam and Robby they start slow just doing some kata and gradually ramp up with more impressive choreographed fighting, which earns modest applause and Daniel [[BrickBreak plans to end the demo with breaking sheets of ice]]. They get interrupted with Cobra Kai students running into the crowd chanting and running onto the main stage, doing some more visually impressive moves from the start and ends with Johnny breaking a stack of bricks that are on fire, which makes the crowd cheer enthusiastically.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Daniel learns the hard way that not everyone is open to learning karate through the WaxOnWaxOff method. Not charging for lessons and refusing to explain the purpose of the chores makes it seem like he just wants free labor.
** Nobody would have batted an eye at Daniel's Miyagi-Do commercial back in TheEighties, but in TheNewTens, it gets a lot of criticism from indignant strangers on the internet accusing him of cultural appropriation, ignorant of the fact that Daniel is genuinely knowledgable and respectful of Japanese culture due to his friendship with Mr. Miyagi.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Daniel's Miyagi-Do advertisement is lambasted for supposed cultural appropriation on the grounds of Asian whitewashing and stereotypical music.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Johnny wants to play [[Music/{{ACDC}}"Thunderstruck"]] for his online commercial, but Aisha points out it'd be too expensive to get the rights to that song. The Cobra Kai instructor isn't fazed.

While at the beach, Demetri and Hawk discuss how Cobra Kai makes them more popular with girls. Hawk criticizes Demetri about not joining the dojo, despite constantly tagging along with them and piggybacking on their success. Miguel confronts Johnny after finding out Robby is his son. Johnny finally admits the truth but scolds Miguel anyway, telling him it is none of his business. After being cautioned by Kreese that he could potentially lose Miguel to Miyagi-Do, Johnny makes amends with his star pupil by telling him the story of Robby’s birth and how he was never there for him. He promises to do better by Miguel than he did with Robby.

Daniel is having a hard time finding new students, who are put off by his chore-based training methods. To help get exposure, Daniel decides to hold a solemn karate demonstration with Sam and Robby at the upcoming Valley Fest fair. When Johnny hears about this, however, he and the Cobra Kai interrupt them with a much more flashy demonstration of their own set to "Back in the Game" by Music/{{Airbourne}}, winning over the crowd and stealing the spotlight from Miyagi-Do as Daniel and his students look on with contempt.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Johnny wants to play a certain song for his online commercial, but Aisha points out it'd be expensive to get the rights to that song. The Cobra Kai instructor isn't fazed.

* InternalReveal: Miguel tells Hawk that Robbie is Johnny's son, which he confirms for himself online.

* RealityEnsues:
** Daniel learns the hard way that not everyone is open to learning karate through the WaxOnWaxOff method. Not charging for lessons and refusing to explain the purpose of the chores makes it seem like he just wants free labor.
** Daniel is somewhat dismayed when he sees the comments on his Miyagi-Do ad accusing him of cultural appropriation, but since it's just a few indignant strangers complaining on the Internet, he sensibly ignores it and proceeds with running the dojo.

* ShoutOut: Raymond knows what a bo-staff is, because [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Donatello]] used one.

** Daniel is somewhat dismayed when he sees the comments on his Miyagi-Do ad, but since it's just a few indignant strangers complaining on the Internet, he sensibly ignores it and proceeds with running the dojo.

** Then pawn shop owner is quite rude and obnoxious, but he's right that explaining to Johnny how to use a computer has nothing to do with his job and that Johnny needs to figure it out for himself.

-->''"It'd be nice if you actually earned the Cobra Kai cred you're so happy to take. When are you ever gonna sign up?"''

* JerkassHasAPoint: Hawk may be a jerkass, but it ''is'' wrong for Demetri to use Cobra Kai's reputation to score points with girls, given that he's not even a member of the dojo and contributed nothing to their victory at the tournament.

* TheInternetIsForPorn: Played straight and averted. The first time Johnny ever uses the internet (at age 52), the first thing he searches for is "hot babes". But after spending some time on porn, he discovers it can also be used for 80's nostalgia and karate videos. All of which clearly delights him.

* HopelessWithTech: Johnny has apparently never used a computer before and has no idea how the internet works, let alone social media. In 2019.
** Worst side of this is the fact that a basic Windows XP installation would not natively be capable of getting on the web that smoothly.