Johnny (played by William Zabka in The Karate Kid)
Johnny Lawrence is a bully so ruthless that he doesn’t even flinch when one of his Cobra Kai toadies calls for him to “get him a body bag!” during his All-Valley karate battle with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) at the end of 1984’s Karate Kid.
Of course, as his arc in the Karate Kid TV spinoff Cobra Kai proved, even cocky blond guys in ’80s movies are more complex than they seem — Cobra Kai has shown us the softer side of Johnny as he embraces fatherhood and the far less frequent use of body bags.
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