The Karate Kid
William Zabka and Ralph Macchio reprise their office as Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso fromThe Karate KidinCobra Kai , and a whole new cast of characters is introduce , including the independent protagonists ' children and new students for each of their dojos .
The recur characters onCobra Kaihave varying intelligence level and there are some side graphic symbol , like Daniel ’s cousin , Louie , who are definitely some of the most stupid characters of the show . And there are other main character , like John Kreese and Amanda LaRusso , who are clearly some of the smart .
Warning : The following check spoilers for Cobra Kai Season 5 .
Updated on September 12th , 2022 by Amanda Bruce : It ’s always unmanageable to measure the intelligence of a fabricated role since there are so many mark with which to appraise . There are methods to track academic intelligence operation and job - solve skills in the real creation that can be showcased in serial like Cobra Kai , but it ’s more unmanageable to evaluate worked up news . There ’s also the fact that reference with a wealthiness of donnish noesis might not have the most common sense , or frailty versa . In Cobra Kai , there ’s a immense miscellanea of types of intelligence operation and horizontal surface of intelligence , and Seasons 4 and 5 of the show really allow the hearing to see the strengths in all type of intelligence .
Raymond Porter (Stingray)
His initial introductions might make the audience consider that Stingray is n’t an reasoning man . After all , he spends most of his liberal clock time playing games with teenagers or hold over to them in leadership roles . He ’s not stupid though , just someone who missed out on some crucial milestones in his youth and has hassle wee friends .
Stingray is a pretty originative person , capable to craft Dungeons & Dragons campaigns inspired by his clock time in the Cobra Kai dojo , He is perfectly capable of telling an intricate lie to protect himself . Stingray might be emotionally stuck , but he ’s still smart .
Anthony LaRusso
Anthony is mostly presented as nothing more than an galling small blood brother in the first two season ofCobra Kai . He does n’t seem to have an interest in karate ; instead , Anthony prefers to put his focus on video games .
Anthony is a fresh kid , though he often allows his own jealousies to get the better of him . He catfishes Kenny while playing a video plot , and explicate a spate of originative pranks that lead to him bullyrag Kenny . Anthony spend a mickle of time using his adult mind for bad act , but by Season 5 , he knows that he ’s been cruel and tries to change . His originative thought process starts being put to better use helping the Eagle Fang and Miyagi - do pupil learn their lessons .
Moon
It ’s not clear if Moon is as academically disposed as some other adolescent in the serial , but she ’s certainly got a higher stage of emotional word than most of the master persona . Moon is incredibly perceptive . Her good friend might be a mean girl , but she is n’t .
moonshine looks to emotionally connect with just about everyone around her . She see the commodity in Eli even when he becomes Hawk , but she also knows when to disregard ties with him while he get wind to be less responsive . Moon is the one to provide up advice to Sam most when she need it , whether it ’s about her romantic or platonic relationship .
Johnny Lawrence
Johnny Lawrence is taste to convert inCobra Kaiby creating a new dojo and teaching his small fry to have the ego - self-assurance to stand up for themselves and push .
He has some uproarious and witty line in the showthat tend to reflect the path he still lives with a 1980s outlook and does n’t in full understand the New worldly concern , most notably calculator and engineering . Johnny is hear to watch and change , especially with the helper of his new scholar , Miguel , but he still stick to dangerous and unintelligent habits , like drunk driving . Johnny has made stride to see adolescent in the modern daytime over the course of Cobra Kai ’s five season , and he ’s trying to make more logical decisions , but he ’s still more likely to react to a office with his fists than his mind .
Samantha LaRusso
Samantha seems to be a able scholar , but she also expend most of the series being naive and is n’t convinced with her decisions . She allow her new friend Yasmine mercilessly hector her once - best - acquaintance Aisha , and does n’t stand up to her or even ease Aisha , even though she feels terrible about it .
Samantha attempt to solve problems without furiousness , much like her father typically does , but she rarely goes about it in a sassy agency . She tends to guard in what she actually intend and feels , especially in her relationships with Robby and Miguel , and it causes a tidy sum of trouble throughout the serial publication . By the time Samantha gets to Season 5 , she expend a stack of time put voice to her touch sensation and accept to fix her own fault , but she is becoming a lot better at formulating programme to take Cobra Kai down .
Robby Keene
Robby is , like his father Johnny , trying to change and become a unspoilt soul throughout the series . He has a unmanageable past , where he was despondent and fell in with a group that institutionalise petty crimes .
Robby starts to think he can have a better life when he becomes close to Daniel and start dating Sam . But the fact that he has lied to both Daniel and Sam about Johnny being his father and Miguel come back Mr. Miyagi ’s Medal of Honor proves that he does n’t make the most intelligent decisions , not to advert losing his ascendence during the Season 2 finish engagement . Robby works very hard to sour his life history around , and a lot of the skill that he pick up from his days as part of a radical of thieves really make him more street - voguish than most characters .
Tory Nichols
Tory is savvier and tends to capture on quicker than most of the other teenagers on the show . She starts a relationship with Miguel after convert him to move on from Sam and cursorily pick up on the fact that the two still have feeling for each other .
She knows how to stand up for herself and is capable to speak her judgment , but she still , unfortunately , ready some unintelligent decisions , like starting the fight at the death of Season 2 and seeming to choose Kreese over Johnny . Tory is implausibly capable , as she proves in Season 5 while she single - handedly tries to discover a way to bring Cobra Kai down from the inside .
Eli Moskowitz (Hawk)
Eli start the serial as a tender and kind kid who seems to be an incredibly intelligent scholarly person in schoolhouse , buthe turns into Hawk and start to gyrate out of control condition , as he takes on the young part . Hawk makes straightaway and harsh decisions without thinking through the consequences , and he tends to go straight to violence and bullying to solve his problem . And although not Eli ’s fault , he ab initio falls for Kreese ’s manipulation and fix unintelligent decisiveness when he wrecks Miyagi - Do and take Kreese over Johnny .
When Eli decides to leave Cobra Kai for good , there ’s a minute of an adjustment point for him . He still wants to react the way Hawk would to a lot of situations - with bravado and ferocity . He has to relearn how to problem - solve as he would before , but he show himself able to think logically instead of reacting emotionally .
Aisha Robinson
Aisha is a caring , confident , and intelligent character who really grow throughout the serial without losing her core kindness . She wants to get along with everyone , especially her off - and - on best friend Sam , and although she fend up for Cobra Kai and is n’t afraid to fight , she does n’t cerebrate that they really require to fight each other .
Aisha is one of the few characters who unfeignedly tries to get the two groups to get along . She grows from her experience with Cobra Kai , and even after moving off from all of the karate rivalry and drama , she still gives Sam some judicious advice for dealing with her own hurt .
Daniel LaRusso
Daniel is evidently an intelligent and savvy fibre who has work up a successful commercial enterprise sinceThe Karate Kid , but he ’s focalize too much on Miyagi - Do and allowing his obligation with his wife at the car group to waver . He tries his estimable to be a good father to his two kids and to Robby when he begins training him , but he tend to overreact to typical things teenagers do , like Robby lie to him , and his harsh reaction cause a mess of worry .
Daniel also makes speedy decisions without full consider through the consequence , like manipulating the rent at Cobra Kai without thinking about the other businesses he ’s hurting , and he always feels rue when he really opine thing through after the fact . As the rivalry gets more vivid , and more traumatic moments from his past are lend up , Daniel learns to get his quick temper in substantiation and make more well - reckon - out and intellectual conclusion .
