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  • - [Narrator] Season 3 of Cobra Kai

  • picks up in the aftermath of season 2's

  • apocalyptic high school brawl.

  • But just because it's a brand new season,

  • doesn't mean that there aren't still plenty

  • of Easter eggs and callbacks.

  • So put on your gi and tighten your black belts,

  • cause it's time to kick it with this roundup

  • of Cobra Kai Season 3, Easter eggs.

  • In the first episode, Daniel gets serious deja VU,

  • when he sees a cardboard cutout of John Kreese

  • at the Cobra Kai dojo.

  • A nod to creases odd self-promotion across the franchise.

  • Take note, owning a cardboard cutout of yourself,

  • huge red flag.

  • In an episode 2 flashback,

  • we see a 1947 Ford super deluxe pull up,

  • the same model of car that Mr.Miyagi gives to Daniel

  • for his birthday in the Karate Kid.

  • The title of episode 3 is a reference to a line

  • from the original Karate Kid.

  • - Now you're gonna pay.

  • - [Narrator] That Hawk repeats,

  • - Oh, you're gonna pay all right.

  • - [Narrator] Crossing bicyclists while driving motorcycles

  • is a mother thing, Cobra Kai students have picked up.

  • You know what they say, 'like sensei like student'.

  • The drunk businessman's toast,

  • (speaking foreign language)

  • is a callback to the time Mr.Miyagi gives up

  • teaching Daniel Japanese.

  • (speaking foreign language)

  • - In Karate Kid 2 Daniel and Miyagi arrive in Okinawa

  • to find Miyagi's home village turned into a base.

  • Daniel shows back up 30 years later to find the village

  • turned into a mall, because progress.

  • Daniel and Kumiko drink tea together,

  • just like the tea ceremony from Karate Kid 2.

  • - Maybe if we had the Facebook and Instagram back then

  • we would've never lost touch.

  • - [Narrator] Good thing for Daniel's marriage, that it's not

  • exactly like the tea ceremony from Karate Kid 2.

  • Turns out teaching the O-bon dance to kids

  • is Kumiko's life's work.

  • Here she is doing the exact same thing 30 years apart.

  • Mitch asks Hawk if he wants a warm beer,

  • - Who's for a warm one?

  • - [Narrator] the same way Tommy does in 1984.

  • - Who's for a warm one? Here you go.

  • - Who the hell wants a warm beer.

  • - [Narrator] One of the relics in Chosen's dojo

  • is a sneaky reference to the short-lived Karate Kid cartoon.

  • We won't say which one, but if, you know,

  • leave it in the comments.

  • Chosen's brutal finishing move is the same technique,

  • Daniel and Mr.Miyagi use in the Karate Kid 2.

  • (groaning sounds) (loud laughing sound)

  • Daniel and Chosen discuss the story of Miyagi Do founder,

  • Shimpo sensei, which Miyagi tells Daniel and Karate Kid 2.

  • - 10 year later, he come back with Chinese wife and two kids

  • and secret for Miyagi family karate.

  • - [Narrator] When chosen gives Daniel

  • the Miyagi-do's scroll, he says,

  • - "you keep for your correction"

  • - [Narrator] Which is the exact same thing he said to Daniel

  • 30 years ago in a much more menacing context.

  • - You keep for your correction.

  • - [Narrator] Unfortunately Kreese hasn't shown

  • the same personal growth as Chosen.

  • - You're a pushy little bastard aint you.

  • But I like that, I like that.

  • You're a feisty one, but I like that.

  • I like it.

  • (slap sounds)

  • It's open season on them, and you.

  • It's open season on him, and you.

  • - [Narrator] Kreese only knows like two threats.

  • Daniel takes Sam out for a father-daughter fishing trip

  • calling back a similar scene from the original movie.

  • (laughing sounds)

  • Miyagi may be disappointed in Daniel's fashion choices

  • as he was solidly against wearing karate belts.

  • - Oh, come on, even Elvis Presley got a black belt.

  • - Borrow from Elvis next time seeing him.

  • - [Narrator] Apparently Golf N' Stuff has been playing

  • the same single of the Eighties power ballad

  • Feel the Night for the last 30 years.

  • (feelgood music)

  • The Encino Oaks Country Club is the same one

  • scene in Karate Kid.

  • At the end of this episode, Johnny sees Daniel

  • talking to Allie, dredging up painful memories.

  • - Forget it man, it's ancient history.

  • - Who told you man?

  • - [Narrator] If there's one thing the Encino Oaks

  • Country Club has been known for for the last 30 years,

  • it's their spaghetti.

  • And if there's one important bit of advice Daniel

  • would give his younger self it's,

  • 'don't wear white to a place known for its marinara'

  • - Hey watch it I'm wearing white here.

  • You think I want that all over me.

  • - [Narrator] This episode takes place right around Christmas

  • on December 19th, the same date as the all Valley tournament

  • in the first Karate Kid.

  • And finally, Allie and Daniel have some conflicting memories

  • about their relationship.

  • Just like I told you that the brakes on Mr Miyagi's car

  • we're gonna go, I hope you didn't tell him

  • that it was my fault it crashed?

  • - No of course not.

  • First I let Allie borrow the car

  • and she redesigns my fender.

  • And I don't know what to do with the engine

  • but that ain't running right either.

  • - [Narrator] Well, that's it, that's all the Easter eggs,

  • references and callbacks we found.

  • Did we miss any?

  • Let us know in the comments.

  • And also while you're at it,

  • tell us what you thought of Season 3 of Cobra Kai

  • and start placing your bets as to who will show up

  • to kick in Season 4.

  • - What the heel do you think you're doing man?

  • - Kicking your ass.

  • (upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Season 3 of Cobra Kai

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