The Karate Kid/YMMV

YMMVs for the original film series:
""Get him a body-bag! Ye-heah!" "Sweep the leg." "Johnny, you're a cream puff!" "Banzai!" "Daniel-san." And of course, "Wax On, Wax Off.""
 * Awesome Music: "You're the best, around, nothing's ever gonna keep you down!"
 * Bill Conti's score deserves mention also. Including the main theme derived from Survivor's "Moment of Truth." Survivor had the freakin' market cornered on rousing 80's anthems.
 * Not to mention "Glory of Love" by Peter Cetera.
 * Memetic Mutation: Many things, most famously the Crane Kick in the sunset image. But some of the dialogue has achieved that point as well.


 * Moral Event Horizon:
 * Narm Charm: Glory of Love would've been a super ultra narmy and cheesy love song that Tastes Like Diabetes... if it wasn't performed by a pro like Peter Cetera, who makes it really charming.
 * Really, most of the movies feature this heavily. A lot of scenes would be completely ridiculous (like when Daniel uses the drum technique against Chozen, it's basically just the camera shooting them both from the waist up while Chozen fakes getting hit and Daniel twists back and forth looking pissed off), if the emotional buildup to them wasn't so intense or they weren't done with such sincerity.

YMMVs for the 2010 remake:

 * Awesome Music: About midway through the film, a Mandarin version of "Dirty Harry" by Gorillaz can be heard. Commence scooping up the pieces of your mind now.
 * The score is by James Horner, that's right, the same guy who scored Avatar, The Land Before Time, An American Tail, Titanic, and Willow.
 * He Really Can Act: Jackie Chan plays a dramatic role surprisingly well.
 * Fans initially scoffed when they heard that Jaden Smith was playing the Daniel-san Expy, accusing Will Smith of nepotism. However, Jaden's performance was also praised.
 * Toy Ship: Both Dre and his crush Mei Ying are both around 12 years old.