The Karate Kid/YMMV

Alternate Character Interpretation: In the years to come, many fans would start seeing Johnny and Daniel in opposite lights, with Daniel being painted as the real bully. This would eventually culminate in the creation of the made-for-streaming series Cobra Kai.
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.

"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."

Moral Event Horizon: Chozen crosses this by refusing to help Daniel save a child's life during a storm. Just in case nobody got it, in the finale he holds a knife to Kimiko's throat and punches her lights out.
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.

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