Cobra Kai: Every Karate Kid Easter Egg You Missed

Cobra Kai has managed to mine depth out of the light hearted popcorn fair of the Karate Kid franchise. The series that launched a million teenage karate students in the 80s has continued to loom large in the zeitgeist as we contemplate who the real bully was or if Daniel’s final kick should have counted as a point. After the original movie the sequels added even more characters and more background until the over the top cartoon-like third film featuring the gleefully bad Terry SIlver and his elaborate plane to torture and humiliate a teenager over a karate tournament win. Sure we’ve all been exploring the world suggested by the three movies and what their ramifications might have been, not everyone thought that the series would be something that could be revisited over thirty years after Daniel-san delivered his last All Valley Under-18 tournament win. That is until the series Cobra Kai revisited the seminal 80s bully Johnny Lawerence living his life haunted by that one kick and how it has prevented him from moving on. A chance encounter prompts Johnny from bringing back Cobra Kai which brings all of those most eventful two years of young Daniel’s life. With the past being churned up like a yard full of dogs, there’s plenty of opportunities to do callbacks, some small, some large. Season five ups the game, but the references have been coming fast and loose the whole time. What’s your favorite callback? Let us know in the comments and while you’re there be sure to like and subscribe for the latest videos in your inbox.

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:48 Elizabeth Anne Rooney
1:20 Roots Strong
1:42 Comparing Notes
2:20 Bleeding Knuckles
3:02 Daniel-san
3:17 “I Like That”
3:47 The Ascot
4:15 Erasing Legacies
4:52 Legacy of the Crane Kick
5:22 Silver’s Branding
6:01 Chozen’s Ill Conceived Scam
6:47 Chopping Through Ice
7:13 Mike Barnes’ Ridiculous Contract
7:43 Stingray
8:26 Daniel’s Sunglasses
8:51 Silver’s Legal Issues
9:20 Sudden Death
9:35 Standee
9:55 Mr Miyagi’s Cars
10:06 Golf n Stuff
10:46 Honking the Nose
11:14 How Many Weeks is Weeks?
11:38 Everyone is Doing Something New
12:15 Soundtrack Callbacks
12:47 Daryl Vidal
13:15 Skeletons
13:33 Things Ali Remembers
14:04 Finishing Moves

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Written by: Ryan Carbrey
Narrated by: Grant Kellett
Edited by: Guillermo Arriola

[ScreenRant]

With a Cobra Kai movie on the way, do you think it will be full of the original Karate Kid references?

[AadamSaleem]

It's amazing how many original cast members they got.

[rpc]

Kreese telling Daniel that he "doesn't want his greasy cousin" as a lawyer is the best Easter egg ever.

[danderson]

I’m always a sucker for stories about friendship. The way that Johnny, Chosen, & Daniel became close friends really made me smile. Additionally I really liked how Robby & Miguel baca me friends too.

[julianbigelow]

Was Daniel the real bully?

This may be hindsight bias, but I sincerely believe that, in the first KK film, Daniel wads a flawed hero and Johnny was an anti-hero. The villain was Kreese. That is what the writers where trying to tell us with Miyagi's famous line, "there is no such thing as a bad student, only a bad teacher."

[vibeofthees_]

By far season 5 is one of my favorite and most nostalgic and fun seasons to watch lol great job Cobra Kai creators and the writers as well.

[danski]

Watched the sunglasses part last night and immediately realized that it was an easter egg. He even held them for the camera a little bit longer

[jamesday]

@ 5:20 I see that as a little throwback to when Myagi throws Silver into the mirror at the end of their fight in the dojo

[jessisanchez]

Chozen was my favorite character but I wish we saw more of Mike

[oliverjacktaylor]

You missed mike Barnes saying Having trouble breathing and in the first season Kyler and Johnny say having trouble breathing

[williamj.dovejr.]

A retro poster based on Rocky III for Cobra Kai would be cool.

[andreadeamon]

Daniel didn't buy mr miyagis ticket to Okinawa - he used his college money to get his own passport and to buy a ticket so he could go with mr miyagi. He said it cost him more because he bought the ticket the same day as the flight.

[tonyjackson]

Silver is evil turned to 11. He wants to take over the world with karate schools. Crazy thing? He sells it so well I'm like "Good plan".

[seongkang]

Was "a cousin lawyer" referencing Ralph Macchio in "My Cousin Vinny" in the prison visiting scene with Daniel, Johnny and Kreese not mentioned because it's not in the "Karate Kid" universe?

[donwinslow]

Silver also told Kenny the same thing he told Daniel. "You like that, huh?"

[leroylawrence]

I didn’t notice the stance Stingray used was just like the stance Miyagi used!

[bobfleet]

The small temple statue in chozen's dojo. Is the same figure from the karate kid cartoon

[Savagemister]

Uncle SAYDO??? My gosh, man. Did you even watch the originals? You. Are. NOT. Worthy.

[nadavegan]

You missed Mike Barnes, "In order to do my very best, I am going to need 50%".

[TheSoleProprietor]

I love seeing Chozen honking Daniel's nose and laughing his ass off. Make me laugh every time!