Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3’s Bizarre Post-Credits Scene, Explained

This text incorporates spoilers for “Cobra Kai.”

“Cobra Kai” is the best-case situation for what a legacy sequel ought to be. It is filled with homages and references to the original “Karate Kid” movies, from replaying their hottest songs to reusing total traces of dialogue and replicating moments and iconography. And but, it by no means feels just like the present is winking on the viewers or being cheeky in its meta-ness. As a substitute, there is a sense of issues being cyclical in “Cobra Kai,” that college students be taught from their academics after which cross on these classes to college students of their very own.

It helps that “Cobra Kai” is consistently bringing again actors from previous “Karate Kid” films for cameo appearances — or to play central roles — and displaying how a lot they’ve (or have not) modified over the previous 4 many years. Take Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and the way a lot he channels Mr. Miyagi (the late, nice Pat Morita) all through the present, whereas characters like Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) and Robby (Tanner Buchanan) echo Daniel’s position within the authentic “The Karate Child.” This consists of Robby getting injured throughout his last match match within the Season 1 finale and Daniel making an attempt to assist him. Fairly than a cringe-worthy reference, the scene comes throughout as a deja vu or a cute nod, a case of historical past repeating itself.

That is to say that followers of “Cobra Kai” count on the present’s allusions to be intelligent and surprising … which makes the very last scene of the sequence so extremely weird. Let’s discuss it.

The “Cobra Kai” sequence finale is as good as you possibly can count on. In an unimaginable homage to the primary “Karate Child” film, an underdog emerges triumphant, solely this time it is Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) who will get to play the hero. He lastly wins the large match, defeats the dangerous guys, reclaims his dojo, and will get his life collectively.

After an epilogue displaying the place each character finally ends up after the Sekai Taikai, we meet again with Daniel and Johnny at a diner in a post-credits scene. Besides, earlier than we see them, we hear a dialog between two guys on the counter. The blokes are named Jake and Jeremy and they’re performed by “Cobra Kai” creators Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz. The 2 are speaking about an thought for a present that will be “set in Hill Valley, alternate 1985.” Simply in case that does not ring a bell, Jake (Hurwitz) lists some very acquainted folks, like (Thomas F.) Wilson, (Lea) Thompson, Crispin (Clover), and Mike (J. Fox).

That is proper, the creators of “Cobra Kai” ended their present by pitching a “Again to the Future” TV sequence set in an alternate timeline. Actually, that is the one factor that will get me excited a couple of potential revisit to that franchise (which, to be honest, already acquired an animated present in 1991). Hurwitz, Heald, and co-creator Hayden Schlossberg earned themselves an enormous quantity of goodwill with “Cobra Kai.” They did the inconceivable by reviving a property that appeared to have run out of gasoline way back and turning it into among the best reveals of the streaming period. If anybody might make a return journey to Hill Valley value it, it will be them. 

Plus, even when Michael J. Fox did not come out of retirement to star within the sequence, he might all the time function a director as a substitute. Certain, everybody concerned with making the “Again to the Future” trilogy has firmly rejected the idea of a reboot, however who is aware of, stranger issues have occurred.

Throughout a roundtable interview /Movie participated in forward of the discharge of “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Half 3, Jon Hurwitz talked in regards to the “Again to the Future” gag within the finale.

In response to Hurwitz, his and Josh Heald’s cameo happened after Hayden Schlossberg had already appeared on digicam within the center 5 episodes of the ultimate season as Ezra, Terry Silver’s (Thomas Ian Griffith) flashy lawyer. The 2 different co-creators then determined to leap onto the stage for the finale, casting themselves as a pair of fellows who simply occur to be speaking proper close to the place Johnny and Daniel are having lunch as pals. As for why their scene alludes to “Again to the Future?” Hurwitz stated it’s “a franchise that we love as a lot as we love ‘Karate Child.'”

“We have, in our personal fan-fiction nerd methods, had the fantasies of what you’ll do if we acquired the chance to do a sequence about that incredible world,” Hurwitz continued. In fact, the “Cobra Kai” inventive crew are conscious that “Again to the Future” creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis have spent many years squashing every rumor of a possible sequel or reboot, and know the way unlikely it’s {that a} “Again to the Future” sequence will truly occur. “Now we have nice respect for everybody who made that franchise, however at the very least in ‘Cobra Kai,’ a pair younger filmmakers can dream,” Hurwitz added.

So there’s that. Is the post-credits scene a secret pitch from the “Cobra Kai” creators for making their very own “Again to the Future” sequence? No. However on the very least, it means the characters of the “Cobra Kai” universe may need a celebrated legacy sequel sequence based mostly on a beloved ’80s franchise to name their very own (on this case, one which’s set in Hill Valley relatively than San Fernando Valley).

“Cobra Kai” is now streaming in its entirety on Netflix.

This text incorporates spoilers for “Cobra Kai.”

“Cobra Kai” is the best-case situation for what a legacy sequel ought to be. It is filled with homages and references to the original “Karate Kid” movies, from replaying their hottest songs to reusing total traces of dialogue and replicating moments and iconography. And but, it by no means feels just like the present is winking on the viewers or being cheeky in its meta-ness. As a substitute, there is a sense of issues being cyclical in “Cobra Kai,” that college students be taught from their academics after which cross on these classes to college students of their very own.

It helps that “Cobra Kai” is consistently bringing again actors from previous “Karate Kid” films for cameo appearances — or to play central roles — and displaying how a lot they’ve (or have not) modified over the previous 4 many years. Take Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and the way a lot he channels Mr. Miyagi (the late, nice Pat Morita) all through the present, whereas characters like Miguel (Xolo Maridueña) and Robby (Tanner Buchanan) echo Daniel’s position within the authentic “The Karate Child.” This consists of Robby getting injured throughout his last match match within the Season 1 finale and Daniel making an attempt to assist him. Fairly than a cringe-worthy reference, the scene comes throughout as a deja vu or a cute nod, a case of historical past repeating itself.

That is to say that followers of “Cobra Kai” count on the present’s allusions to be intelligent and surprising … which makes the very last scene of the sequence so extremely weird. Let’s discuss it.

The “Cobra Kai” sequence finale is as good as you possibly can count on. In an unimaginable homage to the primary “Karate Child” film, an underdog emerges triumphant, solely this time it is Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) who will get to play the hero. He lastly wins the large match, defeats the dangerous guys, reclaims his dojo, and will get his life collectively.

After an epilogue displaying the place each character finally ends up after the Sekai Taikai, we meet again with Daniel and Johnny at a diner in a post-credits scene. Besides, earlier than we see them, we hear a dialog between two guys on the counter. The blokes are named Jake and Jeremy and they’re performed by “Cobra Kai” creators Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz. The 2 are speaking about an thought for a present that will be “set in Hill Valley, alternate 1985.” Simply in case that does not ring a bell, Jake (Hurwitz) lists some very acquainted folks, like (Thomas F.) Wilson, (Lea) Thompson, Crispin (Clover), and Mike (J. Fox).

That is proper, the creators of “Cobra Kai” ended their present by pitching a “Again to the Future” TV sequence set in an alternate timeline. Actually, that is the one factor that will get me excited a couple of potential revisit to that franchise (which, to be honest, already acquired an animated present in 1991). Hurwitz, Heald, and co-creator Hayden Schlossberg earned themselves an enormous quantity of goodwill with “Cobra Kai.” They did the inconceivable by reviving a property that appeared to have run out of gasoline way back and turning it into among the best reveals of the streaming period. If anybody might make a return journey to Hill Valley value it, it will be them. 

Plus, even when Michael J. Fox did not come out of retirement to star within the sequence, he might all the time function a director as a substitute. Certain, everybody concerned with making the “Again to the Future” trilogy has firmly rejected the idea of a reboot, however who is aware of, stranger issues have occurred.

Throughout a roundtable interview /Movie participated in forward of the discharge of “Cobra Kai” Season 6 Half 3, Jon Hurwitz talked in regards to the “Again to the Future” gag within the finale.

In response to Hurwitz, his and Josh Heald’s cameo happened after Hayden Schlossberg had already appeared on digicam within the center 5 episodes of the ultimate season as Ezra, Terry Silver’s (Thomas Ian Griffith) flashy lawyer. The 2 different co-creators then determined to leap onto the stage for the finale, casting themselves as a pair of fellows who simply occur to be speaking proper close to the place Johnny and Daniel are having lunch as pals. As for why their scene alludes to “Again to the Future?” Hurwitz stated it’s “a franchise that we love as a lot as we love ‘Karate Child.'”

“We have, in our personal fan-fiction nerd methods, had the fantasies of what you’ll do if we acquired the chance to do a sequence about that incredible world,” Hurwitz continued. In fact, the “Cobra Kai” inventive crew are conscious that “Again to the Future” creators Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis have spent many years squashing every rumor of a possible sequel or reboot, and know the way unlikely it’s {that a} “Again to the Future” sequence will truly occur. “Now we have nice respect for everybody who made that franchise, however at the very least in ‘Cobra Kai,’ a pair younger filmmakers can dream,” Hurwitz added.

So there’s that. Is the post-credits scene a secret pitch from the “Cobra Kai” creators for making their very own “Again to the Future” sequence? No. However on the very least, it means the characters of the “Cobra Kai” universe may need a celebrated legacy sequel sequence based mostly on a beloved ’80s franchise to name their very own (on this case, one which’s set in Hill Valley relatively than San Fernando Valley).

“Cobra Kai” is now streaming in its entirety on Netflix.