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== Original series ==
=== Daniel LaRusso ===
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'''Miyagi:''' Don't know. Never been attacked by a tree. }}
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]
* [[Friend to All Children|Friend to All Children and Teenagers]]: Miyagi seems to get along more with kids and teenagers than he does with adults. He tries to become a mentor for Daniel and later Julie and is [[Papa Wolf|very protective of them]]. During the typhoon in part two, he and Daniel help rescue kids caught up in the storm. While he's fought them off before, it can also be extended to the original members of Cobra Kai. When Johnny gets strangled by Kreese, Miyagi demands him to let Johnny go. Tommy, in a [[OOC Is Serious Business|surprising move]] to his [[Hot-Blooded|usual self]], agrees with Miyagi, calmly trying to beg Kreese to let Johnny go. When assigning Julie to Babysit, [[The Gadfly|he tells the kids ahead of time]] to bombard Julie with toy balls and projectiles in an effort to [[Trickster Mentor|secretly train her.]] [[Up to Eleven|Even going so far as adding more toys]] to the house to [[Troll|mess with Julie.]]
* [[Martial Pacifist]]
* [[Nice Guy]] His coolness aside, he is a genuine nice guy who tries to help people out whenever he can. [[Beware the Nice Ones|Though make no mistake, you try to hurt someone he cares about and he'll kick your ass.]]
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* [[Trickster Mentor]]
=== Johnny Lawrence ===
{{quote|Played by: William Zapka (1984-86)}}
* [[Beauty Is Bad]]: He is perhaps the most handsomest of the teens in the first movie and
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Though he doesn't appear again after he gets berated by Kreese for losing at the beginning of Part II.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Hey, some kid from Jersey stole his girlfriend. That shit don't fly in California.
* [[Jerk Jock]]
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* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: He's a Vietnam veteran who demands military precision from his students. Lose your focus for one second, and it's sixty push-ups on your knuckles.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Miyagi.
* [[Noble Demon]]: Not by much, but when Miyagi demands that Cobra Kai leaves Daniel alone to train for the tournament. He agrees.
* [[Ordered to Cheat]]: He instructs Bobby to take out Daniel's knee, even though doing so will result in Bobby's disqualification. Then Johnny also uses "unethical" moves that target the injured knee.
* [[Politically Incorrect Villain]]: Due to his experience in the Vietnam War, he extends his bigotry to [[Up to Eleven|all Asians]]. Referring to Miyagi as a "Slope" on many occasions.
* [[Second Place Is for Losers]]: "Defeat does not exist in this dojo!"
* [[Would Hurt A Child]]: When Johnny lost, Kreese simply kicked him off the team. When Johnny told him off, Kreese broke his trophy and proceeded to strangle him. Much to the shock of his [[Even Evil Has Standards|other students]]. When Tommy tried to beg him to let Johnny go, Kreese smacked him. It's implied that Kreese would have killed Johnny then and there had Miyagi not intervene. He also implied he would have done much worse to Daniel and Miyagi if they didn't show up at the Tournament.
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: He strangled his top student for earning second place after losing to Daniel.
=== Sato ===
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Miyagi
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: After Miyagi saves his life.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: While initially he hated Miyagi, out of respect for Miyagi's father who taught him Karate, Sato lets Miyagi see him on his death bed. When Miyagi's father demands they come by his side, you can tell Sato is visbly shaken at seeing his mentor dying. Showing that on top of respect, Sato did care about him. The only request he couldn't honor was the Father's dying request to end their feud. However he does allow Miyagi three days to mourn him and attends his funeral. When he sees that Daniel was using the breathing technique to break the sheets of ice, even though he bet against him, he looked impressed that the kid knew so much. After Miyagi saves him from the Typhoon, he demands Chozen to help Daniel save the Bell Girl. When Chozen refuses, Sato goes out there himself. His last act of being a jerk, was to disown Chozen for his cowardice and stubbornness. Which he later regrets. After the Typhoon, he graduates to being a [[Nice Guy]]. Apologizing to Miyagi and offering to help rebuild the village and handing the deed to the villagers. When Daniel requested O'Bon dance to be held at the castle, he obliges. When Chozen crashed the party and holds Kumiko hostage, he tries to appeal to him.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]
* [[Rival Turned Evil]]
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{{quote|Played by: Thomas Ian Griffith (1989)}}
* [[Chessmaster]]: Anyone could have easily walked in on Daniel and Miyagi, pretended to be on their side only to manipulate them. With little to no effort. Yet Terry goes the extra mile. He has his tailors get close to make him look poor and humble. He also has his mechanic give him a car to match the look. His plans also have careful precision and choices right down to the time and date he performs them. From spying on Miyagi's home to gain information at night, to appearing to falsely announce Kreese's demise, to "defending" Daniel from Mike Barnes, after secretly sending him after him once before. Even after he reveals himself for what he truly is, Daniel is so shaken by the experience [[All According to Plan|that he was initially too scared to continue fighting.]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: He's made millions of dollars as a professional toxic waste dumper.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Miyagi
* [[Evil Plan]]: Of the ''[[Revenge|Vengeance Is Mine!]]'' variety, targeting Daniel and Mr. Miyagi for what they did to Kreese in the first movie.
* [[Eviler Than Thou]]: Granted both Kreese and Silver are both nuts, Kreese is the more calmer of the two. Silver on the other hand is not just batshit insane, but incredibly smart and sadistic. What he does to Daniel, makes what Kreese did to Johnny look like a slap on the wrist.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: A somewhat noble example. Kreese saved Silver's life in Vietnam. So Silver owes him a life debt. It becomes less noble, when he pays Kreese back by helping him torment and challenge Daniel and Miyagi back into the Tournament.
* [[Large Ham]]: Oh so very much.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Obviously Evil]]: In-Universe the man makes a living dumping toxic waste on illegal grounds. As well as form elaborate schemes against a teenager and an old man. Not only that but he has trouble containing his smirk even when he's trying to deceive Daniel and Miyagi into thinking he is nice.
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Probably the most over-the-top comical example of the trope. When Silver begins to make his plans, he halts all of his business ventures and focuses all his money and resources into revenge against Daniel and Miyagi.
{{Quote|'''Terry Silver:'''For the next few weeks my business is strictly revenge.}}
* [[Smug Snake]]: At the end of the movie.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]
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{{quote|Played by: Elisabeth Shue (1984)}}
* [[The Chick]]: Elisabeth Shue had played many girl next door type of characters, but this is her most iconic.
* [[Disposable Love Interest]]: Daniel tells Mr. Miyagi at the beginning of ''Part II'' that she left him for a football player from UCLA.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
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{{quote|Played by: Tamlyn Tomika (1986)}}
* [[Amicable Exes]]: Daniel and Kumiko become this in contrast to his break up with Ali. Because she managed to achieve her dream to become an international dancer, [[I Just Want My Beloved to Be Happy|Daniel is not only happy for her, but they left on good terms.]]
* [[Asian Gal with White Guy]]: She's surrounded by Asian men she doesn't show the slightest bit of interest in, but as soon as Daniel shows up at the front door... Then again, the other suitor with a chance was ''Chozen'' of all people.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She is very nice to Daniel and Miyagi and the kids she teaches OBon Dance to. However hurt someone she likes and she won't hesitate to hurt you. When Chozen challenges Daniel to a fight to the death, Kumiko [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|tries to strangle him]]. He punches her, but she was able to pull him a good distance before.
* [[The Chick]]
* [[Disposable Love Interest]]: Daniel mentions in ''Part III'' that she chose to take a job with a dance company in Tokyo instead of coming back to the United States with him. He seems less bitter about it than Ali though, possibly because he knew how much she wanted to be a traditional dancer as opposed to just dumping him for another guy, therefore he knows she's following her dream.
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{{quote|Played by: [[Hilary Swank]] (1994)}}
* [[Action Girl]]: She showed hints of being one in the beginning. Showing that she's capable of evading capture. Later on after an argument with Miyagi, she almost gets hit by a car, causing her to leap into "Tiger Position" landing on the hood. She reveals that her father used to teach her Karate before he died, treating it like a fun game between the two. She finds out that Miyagi taught her Grandfather, who in turn taught her father. After training with Miyagi, she becomes this full on.
* [[Kindly Vet]]: One of the subplots of the movie has her nursing an injured hawk back to health.
* [[Kuudere]]
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: While she already knew some Karate, Miyagi's teachings with the help of the monks made her this way.
=== Yukie-san ===
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== 2010 Revival ==
See its character page [[The Karate Kid (2010 film)/Characters|here.]]
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