After five seasons of returning heroes and villains from the Karate Kid movies Cobra Kai is running out of Karate Kid cameos for season 6.
It took five seasons but Cobra Kai is finally running out of Karate Kid cameos. From established characters like Daniel La Russo and Johnny Lawrence to deep-cut cameos like the girl who Daniel saved from the storm in The Karate Kid Part II Cobra Kai has revisited the Karate Kid films in a way that most reboots and sequels have failed to do. Still the Miyagi verse as described by the Cobra Kai creators only extends through four movies and after five seasons of Cobra Kai there are not many Karate Kid characters left for Cobra Kai to revisit.
Unlike other popular franchises Cobra Kai did not ignore the less popular Karate Kid movies. While The Karate Kid Part II and The Karate Kid Part III were far from being as good as The Karate Kid Cobra Kai acknowledged all movies Ralph Macchio is Daniel LaRusso was in and it incorporated characters and storylines from all three films into the show. However, now that both Terry Silver and Mike Barnes from Karate Kid 3 returned Cobra Kai has used all the main villains from the first three Karate Kid movies. Cobra Kai has also revisited several Karate Kid supporting characters, including the original Cobra Kai students from Karate Kid Kumiko from Karate Kid 2 and Jessica from Karate Kid 3. As such the number of potential cameos for Cobra Kai season 5 is drastically reduced.
Despite the number of remakes reboots and sequels to 80s classics, not many movies or shows have used the nostalgia element as well as Cobra Kai. At a time when franchises like Star Wars and the MCU are criticized for over relying on cameos and returning characters Cobra Kai proved that it is possible to revisit the original story while also moving the franchise forward. As the story of what happened to Johnny Lawrence more than 30 years after the fight against Daniel LaRusso in the All Valley Cobra Kai was built on returning Karate Kid characters. However those returning characters including Daniel and Johnny are mostly there to contribute to the stories of young characters like Miguel Robby, and Sam.
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