109 Fun Facts About Cobra Kai

Where did 'Cobra Kai' stream for its first two seasons?

YouTube Red became YouTube Premium while the show was there; it declined a fourth season, and Netflix took the show in 2020.

In Cobra Kai's season 4, Miguel lures the rival dojo to a baseball field and soaks them with what?

The sprinklers do the fighting: Cobra Kai turns up for a brawl at the diamond, gets drenched instead, and Miguel's side drives off laughing without a punch thrown.

Which car is Johnny Lawrence driving when Cobra Kai begins?

Johnny's red Pontiac Firebird is hit by a car carrying Sam and her friends and towed to Daniel's dealership, which is what throws the two old rivals back together.

Which muscle car does Johnny test-drive with Daniel and later repaint black with Cobra Kai logos?

Johnny turns the Dodge Challenger into a rolling advert for the dojo, and swaps its sound system for a cassette deck so he can play his mixtapes.

Which carmaker built the yellow 1940s convertible that Miyagi gave Daniel and that he still drives in Cobra Kai?

Ford built the Super De Luxe that Miyagi gives Daniel for his 18th birthday; in season 2 Cobra Kai students vandalise it when they wreck his dojo.

Miguel Diaz's family heritage traces to which South American country?

Ecuador is the country Carmen fled while pregnant with Miguel, to escape her criminal husband Hector, who never knew he had a son.

Which health condition does Johnny mock to toughen up Miguel Diaz when his Cobra Kai training begins?

Asthma has Miguel reaching for an inhaler early in season 1, yet the training builds him up enough to win the All Valley tournament.

In what major conflict did John Kreese serve before founding the Cobra Kai dojo?

Kreese served in the Vietnam War as a Special Forces soldier; Season 3 flashbacks show the captivity and forced fights that shaped Cobra Kai's no-mercy philosophy.

In season 3 of Cobra Kai, where does Robby steal a snake as a gift for Kreese?

The zoo: Robby lifts the snake as a present for Kreese, and the stunt wins over Cobra Kai teammates who had been wary of the boy who hurt Miguel.

Thomas Ian Griffith rejoins the franchise as a main cast member in which season of 'Cobra Kai'?

The fourth season brings Griffith back as Terry Silver, 32 years after 'The Karate Kid Part III'; Silver first turns Kreese down, saying he has found peace, then rejoins the dojo.

Which word ends the Cobra Kai motto that begins 'Strike First, Strike Hard, No'?

Mercy is what the creed forbids, and Johnny sees its cost in the season 1 final, when Miguel wins by attacking Robby's injured shoulder.

After Kreese takes Cobra Kai away from him, what does Johnny Lawrence name his new dojo?

Eagle Fang Karate is born when Johnny walks out with his most loyal students; within a season they are training side by side with Daniel's Miyagi-Do.

Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg first made their names writing which film series?

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle was the pair's breakthrough script; with Josh Heald they later pitched Cobra Kai to Hollywood buyers using a mock trailer cut together from old film footage.

At the end of Cobra Kai, best friends Demetri and Hawk enrol together at which university?

Caltech is where both end up: Demetri turns down MIT, the dream school Hawk never applied to, and the two friends go to college together.

On which website does Demetri post the scathing review of Cobra Kai that sends Hawk after him at the mall?

Yelp is where Demetri pans the dojo; when he refuses to take the review down, Hawk's gang chases him through the mall until Sam and Robby fight them off.

Before reopening his dojo, what was Johnny Lawrence's primary job?

Johnny is fired from his handyman job after arguing with a customer, right before he stumbles into teaching Miguel karate.

In season 4 of Cobra Kai, Daniel bonds with Miguel by teaching him which everyday skill?

How to drive: Daniel gives Miguel lessons after fixing his mother's car, and their growing bond leaves Johnny feeling pushed aside.

In Cobra Kai, Miguel, Sam and Hawk are all students at which high school?

West Valley High is where the rival dojos share classrooms, which is why their feud explodes into an all-out brawl in the school corridors on the first day of term.

Which apartment complex from The Karate Kid (1984) was reused as a filming location in Cobra Kai's first season?

South Seas Apartments was Daniel's home in the 1984 film; in season 1 he and Johnny wander round the old complex together during a test drive.

Which insecure, scarred Cobra Kai character adopts a new persona?

Eli Moskowitz is mocked by Johnny for his lip scar, comes back to class with a radical new look and a swagger to match, and Johnny christens him Hawk.

In Cobra Kai's season 2 school brawl, Miguel falls over a railing and wakes from a coma with damage to what?

Miguel's fall over the stairwell railing damages his spine; he wakes from the coma unable to feel his legs, and Season 3 follows his fight to walk again.

What do Cobra Kai's students do to Hawk in season 4 that makes him quit karate for a while?

They shave his head, mohawk and all, in revenge for a prank; he drops out of karate, then comes back without the swagger and wins the boys' All Valley title that season.

Which rich-girl clique leader torments the heroes in Cobra Kai's first season but later becomes Demetri's girlfriend?

Yasmine is humiliated with a very public wedgie in season 1, disappears for a while, and returns having warmed to Demetri.

At the end of which Cobra Kai season does Kreese take the dojo away from Johnny?

The second season ends with the students blaming Johnny's softer teaching for Miguel's fall and siding with Kreese, who has quietly got the landlord to sign the dojo over.

In season 3, Daniel travels to which Japanese island, where Chozen now teaches Miyagi-Do?

Daniel visits Okinawa, where Tomi Village has become a shopping mall; he reunites with Kumiko and Chozen, who teaches him a Miyagi-Do pressure-point technique.

Which actress plays Tory Nichols in Cobra Kai?

Peyton List joined in season 2 as Tory, who starts the school brawl after seeing Sam kiss her boyfriend Miguel.

In Cobra Kai's first season, Miguel takes Sam on a date to which mini-golf park from the 1984 film?

Golf N' Stuff hosted Daniel's first date in 1984 and Miguel's in Cobra Kai; by season 3 it is a battleground, when Cobra Kai jumps a Miyagi-Do student working there.

In Cobra Kai's Season 3 flashbacks, what job does young John Kreese hold before enlisting?

Busboy at a diner in 1965: Kreese is bullied there by a football star until he beats him up for hitting his girlfriend Betsy, then signs up for the Army.

In Cobra Kai season 5, Johnny and Robby travel to which country after Miguel runs off to find his father?

Mexico, where Miguel is searching for his biological father Hector Salazar; the trip forces Johnny and Robby to work as a team.

Which actor plays Demetri, Hawk's childhood best friend, in Cobra Kai?

Gianni DeCenzo's Demetri begins as the gang's karate sceptic, gets roughed up when he tries Cobra Kai, and ends up joining Miyagi-Do in season 2.

How does Chozen end his sparring rematch with Daniel in season 3, echoing The Karate Kid Part II?

He honks Daniel's nose, the mock death blow Daniel once dealt him, then laughs: the menace was a prank, and he goes on to teach Daniel his pressure-point secrets.

Which wealthy bully, also Sam's first boyfriend in the series, officially joins Cobra Kai in season 3?

Kyler Park is the bully Miguel flattens in the school cafeteria in season 1; two seasons later Kreese recruits him, and he stays loyal to the dojo until the season 5 finale.

In season 4 of Cobra Kai, Johnny needs a girl fighter and recruits Devon Lee from which school team?

The debate team supplies her: the All Valley adds a girls' division, Johnny's dojo has no female fighters, and Devon becomes his recruit from the high school.

In Cobra Kai's season 4, whom does Terry Silver beat up and then persuade to pin the attack on Kreese?

Stingray, the adult hanger-on, is beaten by a drunken Silver when he begs to rejoin; Silver then buys his story with a place in the dojo, and Kreese is arrested.

Which animal gives its name to the stance Daniel uses to win the 1984 All Valley final?

The crane kick wins Daniel the 1984 final on one good leg, after a Cobra Kai fighter is disqualified for deliberately injuring his knee.

Which Cobra Kai student transfers out after the season 2 school brawl and later turns up in Santa Barbara?

Aisha Robinson, the first girl Johnny ever trained, resurfaces in season 4 when Sam drives up the coast to ask her how to handle Tory.

Who is Hawk's on-and-off girlfriend in Cobra Kai?

Moon, played by Hannah Kepple, dumps Hawk over his aggression before the two eventually reunite.

Which Halloween costume, the one he wore in 1984, does Johnny give Miguel in Season 1?

A skeleton suit, the look Johnny's gang wore to chase Daniel in the 1984 film; Miguel wears it to the school dance and is beaten up there by bullies.

Which character is initially bullied by Anthony LaRusso, leading him to join Cobra Kai for self-defense?

Kenny Payne is tormented by Anthony and his friends, so his jailed brother points him to Robby for lessons; by the season's end Kenny is the one beating Anthony up.

In Cobra Kai season 2, Johnny's ex Shannon apologises to Robby and reveals she is going where?

Rehab is her fresh start after her boyfriend walks out; by season 3 Daniel and Johnny are visiting her at the centre while they search for a runaway Robby.

Which actor plays Hawk in Cobra Kai?

Jacob Bertrand plays Hawk through a full turn: Cobra Kai's most vicious enforcer switches sides mid-brawl in the season 3 finale to defend his oldest friend.

In Cobra Kai's season 2 finale, Tory hijacks what on the first day of school to call out Sam?

Tory seizes the school PA system to announce that Sam kissed Miguel and that she is coming for her, triggering the all-out brawl between the dojos that ends Season 2.

Which university accepts Miguel in Cobra Kai's final season?

Stanford is Miguel's dream school all season; he also steps in for an injured Robby to win the Sekai Taikai boys' title before leaving for college.

What is the title of the first episode of 'Cobra Kai'?

'Ace Degenerate' opens Season 1: a freshly fired Johnny beats up the bullies tormenting Miguel, is arrested for it, and Miguel then begs him for karate lessons.

Which studio distributes Cobra Kai?

Sony Pictures Television produces and distributes 'Cobra Kai'; Sony's Columbia Pictures released the original 'Karate Kid' films, which kept the franchise in house.

Which show beat Cobra Kai's third season to the 2021 Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series?

Ted Lasso took the 2021 award. Cobra Kai ran in the comedy race as a half-hour show, ordered as a 'half-hour comedy' even though the executive who bought it called it a dramedy.

Which habit is Miguel's grandmother Rosa known for in 'Cobra Kai'?

Smoking marijuana is the running gag about Rosa: at Miguel's season 1 tournament she is suspiciously calm about his injuries and admits she had a joint first.

Where was Cobra Kai's principal photography mostly based, despite its Valley setting?

Atlanta, Georgia doubled for the San Fernando Valley throughout; Los Angeles itself was used for a handful of exteriors such as Daniel's old apartment block.

Cobra Kai's 2019 promo for season 2 parodied which ESPN documentary series?

30 for 30 got the spoof treatment in a six-minute short in which real ESPN personalities picked over the 1984 Daniel-Johnny final as if it were sports history.

Cobra Kai held its world premiere in April 2018 at which film festival?

Tribeca hosted the world premiere in New York on April 24, 2018; a night later the first two episodes played nearly 700 cinemas alongside the original film.

On their season 1 test drive in Cobra Kai, Daniel and Johnny sing along to which band on the radio?

REO Speedwagon's 'Take It on the Run' has the old rivals singing together, a truce that lasts only until Johnny finds his son training at Daniel's house.

How did Netflix release Cobra Kai's final season?

Three parts of five episodes each, months apart; every one of the five earlier seasons had landed whole on a single day.

Which veteran actor played Johnny's wealthy, verbally abusive stepfather Sid Weinberg?

Ed Asner's Sid hands Johnny a cheque to buy him out of his life for good, and Johnny spends the money on reopening the Cobra Kai dojo.

Which Karate Kid Part II actress returned as Kumiko in Cobra Kai's third season?

Tamlyn Tomita's Kumiko shows Daniel a box of love letters Mr. Miyagi wrote to her aunt Yukie, including one written the week he died.

Which country singer performed 'The Moment of Truth' in a Cobra Kai season 4 cameo?

Carrie Underwood takes the All Valley stage between the skills contest and the fights to sing 'The Moment of Truth', the Survivor song that was the 1984 film's main theme.

Which character did Robyn Lively bring back in Cobra Kai season 5, decades after The Karate Kid Part III?

Jessica Andrews: Daniel's friend from the 1989 film turns out to be Amanda's cousin, the person who introduced the couple in the first place.

Which 'Dexter' actor joined Cobra Kai's final season as Master Kim Sun-Yung, a figure first named in Part III?

C. S. Lee, Dexter's Vince Masuka, played the old master, who is killed by his own granddaughter Kim Da-Eun before she vows to teach more peacefully.

Which rock frontman plays himself at a Season 3 concert Johnny takes Miguel to?

Dee Snider of Twisted Sister plays himself singing 'I Wanna Rock', and the night out pays off: Miguel finds he can tap his foot, the first feeling to return to his legs.

Which actor from Johnny's 1984 gang missed season 2's reunion, with his character Dutch said to be in prison?

Chad McQueen never reprised Dutch, whom the script puts in Lompoc prison; after his death in 2024, a season 6 episode was dedicated to him.

Who composed the Cobra Kai score across all six seasons?

Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson scored all six seasons, and their soundtrack albums credit Bill Conti on the cues that rework his music from the 1984 film.

Which actress returned in Cobra Kai season 3 as Ali Mills, the old flame of both Johnny and Daniel?

Elisabeth Shue came back for two episodes: Ali, now a pediatric surgeon separated from her husband, is home for the holidays and meets Johnny for lunch.

Which movie star's company was an executive producer of Cobra Kai?

Will Smith: his Overbrook Entertainment had already produced the 2010 Karate Kid remake, starring his son Jaden, before it backed this series.

Netflix moved Cobra Kai season 3 a week earlier so that it premiered on which holiday?

New Year's Day 2021: in the announcement video Johnny looks at the January 8 date on Netflix, says 'Nah, too long' and changes it himself.

Which Cobra Kai actor missed season 3 because of a clash with filming Cruella overseas?

Paul Walter Hauser was meant to be in season 3, but Cruella shot overseas on the same schedule, so Stingray vanished for a year and came back in season 4.

Which fighter wins the girls' title at the season 4 All-Valley tournament in Cobra Kai?

Tory Nichols beats Sam in the final, then learns her win was bought when she catches Terry Silver paying off the referee.

What excuse does Johnny give for missing the birth of his son?

His mother had just died, Johnny says, and he drank through the birth in 2002; yet the headstone shown in the finale dates her death to 2007.

What beer is Johnny usually seen drinking in Cobra Kai?

Coors Banquet is so rarely out of Johnny's hand that for season 4 the brewer ran a contest: a year's worth of beer for a viewer who could tally its appearances.

Which 1986 film does Johnny name as his favourite movie?

Iron Eagle: when Miguel sets up his dating profile, Johnny lists his likes as muscle cars, martial arts, this film and its sequel.

Where does Daniel open Miyagi-Do Karate in Season 2?

Mr. Miyagi's old house: Daniel turns its garden into a dojo and advertises the lessons as free, because for him it is about the karate, not the money.

Why does Johnny find Cobra Kai banned for life from the All-Valley in season 1?

Kreese and Silver's 1985 misconduct drew the lifetime ban; Daniel, who sits on the committee, argues to keep it, yet Johnny's plea persuades the board to lift it.

In Cobra Kai season 1, which relative of Daniel's has biker friends set Johnny's car on fire?

His cousin Louie meant it as payback for a defaced billboard; instead Daniel bars him from the dealership and has to hand Johnny a replacement car.

How does Johnny punish his team for dirty fighting as Cobra Kai season 2 opens?

Johnny demotes them all to white belts for the cheap shots at the All Valley, and soon has the class climb into a cement mixer and turn its drum by leg power.

What does Kreese repair to win back Johnny's trust in Cobra Kai season 2?

The 1984 second-place trophy: Kreese had smashed it in a rage when Johnny lost, so returning it mended is the apology that gets him back through the dojo door.

Where was Johnny when Kreese persuaded the landlord to sign the dojo over to him?

Visiting his dying friend Tommy: Johnny joins his old teammates on one last trip, and after a night's camping they wake to find Tommy has died in his sleep.

What does a drunk Johnny miss when he throws his phone away as Cobra Kai season 2 ends?

A friend request from Ali arrives on Facebook just as he gives up on the phone; he only finds and accepts it in season 3.

How does Johnny raise money for Miguel's surgery in season 3?

He pawns one of Sid's statues: when his rich stepfather refuses to pay for the operation, Johnny simply walks out of the house with it.

Where does the Cobra Kai season 3 finale brawl between the dojos take place?

The LaRusso house: Cobra Kai's fighters burst in while the adults are away at a country-club Christmas party, and the attack finally pushes Daniel and Johnny to train their students together.

What injury interrupts Miguel's season 4 All-Valley semifinal against Hawk before he walks out on the match?

A pulled back muscle stops the bout, but Miguel is cleared to fight on; he disappears instead of returning, which sends Hawk through to the final.

Who hijacks Johnny, Daniel and Chozen's limo in season 5 demanding revenge on Silver?

Silver had burned down Barnes's furniture store.

What weapon does Terry Silver use to seriously wound Chozen in their Cobra Kai season 5 duel?

A katana: Chozen, fighting with a pair of sais, has Silver beaten until Johnny's screams distract him, and Silver slices him across the back.

Which city hosts the Sekai Taikai in season 6?

Barcelona: each dojo may bring only six fighters, so Miyagi-Do's students have to compete against one another for a place on the trip.

Which dojo does Sensei Wolf lead at the Sekai Taikai in Cobra Kai's final season?

Iron Dragons: the dojo turns out to be backed by Terry Silver, who resurfaces as its manager to take revenge on Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai alike.

How did Devon sabotage Kenny during the capture-the-flag selection in season 6?

She put laxatives in his water, taken from Mitch's supply, then let a teammate take the blame until guilt finally made her confess.

Which dojo is thrown out of the Sekai Taikai for doping, handing Cobra Kai its place in the last four?

Tiger Strike: four of the Russian dojo's six fighters fail a drug test, so the already eliminated Cobra Kai is called back as the next-highest scorer.

How does Kwon Jae-Sung die during the Sekai Taikai brawl?

He impales himself on Kreese's eunjangdo: Kwon snatches up the knife to go after Axel, who kicks him in mid-air so that he lands on the blade.

Which old Cobra Kai friend, now a pastor, officiates Johnny's wedding in the show's final season?

Bobby, Johnny's old teammate turned pastor, officiates at short notice: the bride goes into labour, so the wedding takes place in the hospital.

What do Johnny and his wife name their newborn daughter in Cobra Kai's final season?

Laura: the baby is named after Johnny's mother, whose wedding ring he had been given to propose with.

How does Kreese die in Cobra Kai's final season?

Blowing up Silver's yacht: after overhearing a plan to kidnap Johnny's wife and baby, Kreese fights Silver aboard and tosses his lit cigar into spilled fuel.

In The Karate Kid, Daniel LaRusso and his mother Lucille move to Reseda, California from where?

Newark, New Jersey: Lucille moves them across the country because she has accepted a job with a California computer firm.

What was Daniel's surname in early Karate Kid scripts, before Ralph Macchio's casting made him Italian-American?

Webber: when Macchio turned up, writer Robert Mark Kamen thought he looked like 'a son of Italy' and changed the hero's surname to LaRusso.

Which keepsake do Cobra Kai students steal when they trash Daniel's dojo in season 2?

Mr. Miyagi's Medal of Honor is taken by Hawk; Miguel later wins it back from him in a fight and hands it to Robby, who hides how it was returned.

Which rival dealer helped dissolve Daniel's partnership with Doyona International in season 3?

Tom Cole used the school brawl to talk Doyona into cutting ties with Daniel's dealerships, which sent Daniel flying to Tokyo to plead his case in person.

Which Karate Kid Part II character turns out to be the Doyona executive who saves Daniel's business?

Yuna, the girl he rescued from a typhoon in Part II, has become Doyona's vice president of sales, and she repays him by keeping the deal alive.

What job does Johnny take in Cobra Kai season 5 to provide for the baby on the way?

Rideshare driver: his first day brings a run of one-star reviews, and he wants to quit until a shop owner's talk about providing for a family persuades him to carry on.

Where does Amanda go after storming off during Silver's manipulation in season 5?

Her hometown in Ohio: there a cousin who knew Daniel in the 1980s tells her how dangerous Silver really is, and she goes back to stand with him.

What was Terry Silver's nickname among his army squadmates?

Twig: the young Silver served beside a squadmate known as Ponytail, and after Kreese saved his life in the war he swore he would be in Kreese's debt for good.

How does Kreese stage his death to escape prison at the end of season 5?

Using melted Jell-O as blood, Kreese fakes a stabbing with a fellow inmate's help, then springs up in the infirmary just as the doctor works out what the red gel is.

Where does Kreese retreat after escaping prison in season 6?

Kreese heads to South Korea, where he reunites with Kim Da-Eun and rebuilds Cobra Kai's team for the Sekai Taikai.

What is the brutal fighting creed that Kim Sun-Yung's teaching handed down to Cobra Kai called?

The Way of the Fist: Kreese and Silver trained under Kim in person, and decades later Silver brings the master's own granddaughter to the Valley to teach it.

Who plays John Kreese in 'Cobra Kai'?

Martin Kove's Kreese does not return until the season 1 finale, when he walks into the dojo to congratulate Johnny on reviving Cobra Kai.

Who plays Miguel Diaz in 'Cobra Kai'?

Xolo Maridueña: his Miguel begins as the bullied new neighbour Johnny rescues and ends the series as a world champion.

Who plays Robby Keene in 'Cobra Kai'?

Tanner Buchanan: his Robby takes a job at Daniel's dealership as a school dropout and ends up the first student of the revived Miyagi-Do.

Who plays Sam LaRusso in 'Cobra Kai'?

Mary Mouser: her Sam ends by withdrawing from the world tournament rather than fighting on, a choice her father backs after a dream about Mr. Miyagi.

Who plays Daniel LaRusso's wife, Amanda?

Courtney Henggeler: after the laser-tag ambush, her Amanda walks into Cobra Kai alone, slaps Kreese across the face and vows to shut him down.

Who plays Sensei Kim Da-Eun in 'Cobra Kai'?

Alicia Hannah-Kim's sensei arrives in season 5 as a villain recruited by Terry Silver, yet ends the show reformed and in a romance with Chozen.

Who plays Johnny Lawrence in 'Cobra Kai'?

William Zabka had never trained in karate when he was cast as the 1984 film's bully; he was a high-school wrestler who learned the moves for the part.

Who plays Chozen Toguchi in 'Cobra Kai'?

Yuji Okumoto: his Chozen challenged Daniel to a fight to the death in Part II, then returns decades later to make amends and fight at his side.

Which late actor played Mr. Miyagi, the mentor whose memory guides Daniel throughout Cobra Kai?

Pat Morita: the producer at first did not want the Happy Days comic for the part, until a bearded, accented screen test won him over.

In Cobra Kai season 5, a drunk Chozen leaves a voicemail confessing his love for which Part II character?

Kumiko: Chozen says he should have brought her to America with him, but in the final season she writes back that she loves him only as a friend.