History Recap / CobraKaiS2E8GloryOfLove

After Kreese's termination from the dojo, Johnny tries to rein his students back in with a lesson about mercy... and headbutting. He has also developed a crush on Carmen, but before he can express his feelings to her, he finds that she has a new boyfriend named Graham. Miguel, unaware of Johnny's true feelings, encourages his sensei to start dating by using a dating app. After failing to connect with a string of women, Johnny decides to write Ali a message via Facebook Messenger. Although he briefly has second thoughts about it, an attractive woman at the bar bumps into him, causing him to unwittingly send the message. While Johnny and the woman seem to be perfect for each other, he ditches her when he overhears Graham speaking ill of Carmen nearby. He proceeds to rough up Graham outside the bar, intimidating him into leaving Carmen alone.

** Miguel is dressed up in Johnny's old Cobra Kai red biker jacket. While Johnny is not an 80's reference in-universe, Miguel ends up vaguely resembling Music/MichaelJackson from "Thriller."

* AutoErotica: Johnny suggests this to his date, it was actually a pretty good pick up line, he just tried it with the wrong woman.

* MythologyGag: "Glory of Love" was the name of the AwardBaitSong by [[Music/{{Chicago}} Peter Cetera]] written for ''Film/TheKarateKidPartII.''

** Miguel is dressed up in Johnny's old Cobra Kai red biker jacket. While it's not an 80's reference in-universe, he ends up vaguely resembling Music/MichaelJackson from "Thriller."

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Miguel wearing Johnny's classic red biker jacket in the 80's night is seen, but Johnny giving it to him is not.

** Miguel is dressed up in Johnny's old Cobra Kai red biker jacket. While it's not an 80's reference in-universe, he probably he may vaguely resemble Music/MichaelJackson from "Thriller."

** Miguel is dressed up in Johnny's old Cobra Kai red biker jacket, while in-universe he's not a specific 80's icon he may vaguely resemble Music/MichaelJackson from "Thriller."

%%* IAmVeryBritish: Graham, the guy Carmen is dating before Johnny intervenes, has a very distinct British accent.

* RealityEnsues: Tory rudely [[ContrivedClumsiness slams into Sam at the roller rink]] and Sam responds with a hard sweep, which got her and Robby kicked out. The one who makes the first aggressive move tends to be overlooked, but in turn, it makes the retaliation seem far bigger.

* TheEighties: The whole episode is 80s-riffic, including a CallBack to Johnny's iconic red Cobra Kai jacket from the first film, and the costumes the characters wear to Eighties Night. And rollerskating.
* AssholeVictim: Johnny happens to run into Carmen's current suitor, Graham, talking about bailing on her "after a few bangs" and picking up other women. He follows the guy outside and beats him up until he promises to ghost her.

* CaptainObvious: [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment In his Facebook message to Ali, Johnny explains that Facebook is an app on his smartphone]]. Justified, given his ignorance on technological advancements which have occurred since the 2010s.

* EroticDream: The episode opens with the most hilariously 80s-riffic, Whitesnake-inspired erotic dream ever witnessed.
* ExactEavesdropping: Johnny conveniently happens to be in the same bar as Graham, at the right time to overhear him trash talk about Carmen.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Daniel is seen waking up on the couch. He claims to his mom he spend the night there because he has a fever, but it more likely has to do with his and Amanda's argument last episode.

* RealityEnsues: Tory rudely [[ContrivedClumsiness slams into Sam at the roller rink]] and Sam responds with a hard sweep, which got her and Robby kicked out. The one who makes the first aggressive move tends to be overlooked, but in turn it makes the retaliation seem far bigger.

* UseYourHead: The lesson given at Cobra Kai involved learning how to headbutt, given the TrainingFromHell Cobra Kai pushes, that involves real world practice against each other. Johnny later uses the same move against a sleezeball trying to manipulate Carmen.

* GrandRomanticGesture: Daniel attempts several of these to try and get back in Amanda's good graces, sushi for lunch didn't work because she already had a lunch meeting and bringing Miyagi-Do to the dealership [[WaxOnWaxOff to wax cars]] didn't work because it looked like child labor. After talking with his mom, he found one that did work and was a more low-key reminder of when they had champagne/sparkling cider in the back of a car when the dealership opened.

-->She's mine. You can have the next one.

* ContinuityNod: During Johnny's string of bad blind dates he comes across the woman in the first episode who got him fired for mounting the TV on the wrong wall. It even includes the same "stop bitching" vs. "you are a bitch" joke.