Changes: Amanda LaRusso

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"So, have the man-boys filled you in about the whole "mortal enemy dojos battle for the soul of the valley" thing?"

―Amanda to Ali Mills^[src]

Amanda LaRusso is the wife of Daniel LaRusso and the mother of Samantha and Anthony LaRusso.

Biography

Pre-Cobra Kai

Amanda met and fell in love with Daniel LaRusso, and they married. She helped him achieve their mutual dream of establishing a car dealership, opening LaRusso Auto Group together. They had two children together, their eldest Samantha was born a few months after they opened the Auto Group.^[1] Nearly five years later, Amanda had an unplanned pregnancy that eventually led to the birth of their youngest child, Anthony during "an incident on the mat".

Season 1

Daniel and Amanda attend a party together at the Encino Oaks Country Club. Where she is asked by Aisha where Sam is. Amanda lied saying that she went to visit her grandma. She notices Daniel's mood and then later learns from Daniel that the Cobra Kai Dojo has returned.

Daniel invites Kyler over for family dinner. There the whole family is present.

When Daniel was driving to work, he saw a penis drawing on his billboard. He discusses it with Amanda there they decide to paint over the billboard.

At some point when Amanda was inputting the security code at LaRusso Auto, Robby was secretly recording her and she was unaware of what happened.

Daniel's mother Lucille visits the LaRusso home. There she quarrels with Amanda over Louie's unprofessional behaviour.

Johnny trespasses onto the LaRusso household. There she notices Daniel and Johnny being prepared to fight. She then defuses the situation by suggesting to discuss this over breakfast. The reason Johnny did this was because he blamed Daniel's "goons" for destroying his car and he wants a new car. Amanda suggests giving him something from the trade-in lot and not something like an Audi. Daniel reluctantly agrees. Sam was revealed to be involved in a hit and run accident which Amanda responds by confiscating her electronics and grounding her.

Since LaRusso Auto Group is one of the main sponsors for the All-Valley Karate Tournament. Daniel and the rest of the LaRusso family go to watch the tournament.

Season 2

Daniel comes home one night. Amanda claims that Sam is upstairs sulking over Miguel.

Amanda was also worried that Daniel is having a midlife crisis and is worried about the dealership since Daniel spends a lot of time at Miyagi-Do.

At some point Amanda's wallet was stolen. Sam blamed Tory but it was actually Robby's old buddies, Cruz and Trey, who have been spending the summer stealing wallets.

Since Daniel has been spending more time in Miyagi-Do, Amanda is frustrated with him for not making time for the dealership. Daniel tries everything to win her back such as buying her sushi, making his students wax the cars, but eventually they reminisced and reconciled.

Daniel and Amanda go on a date to a Mexican restaurant, which they happen to be in the same place as Johnny and Carmen. Carmen insists on putting the two tables together so they can have some kind of double date.

Aisha messaged Daniel and Amanda asking if Sam was ok after being drunk. This shocked both of them. After the school brawl and Sam suffering many injuries, she demands that Daniel gives up Karate and close down Miyagi-Do for good since it has caused nothing but chaos. Daniel reluctantly agreed.

Season 3

Amanda hears that Tory is expelled. While Daniel is glad to hear it, she states that she belongs in Shawshank. She also says everyone is against them and that since the school brawl, the dealership has been a ghost town. Amanda and Daniel apologised. She also thought it was unfair that Sam got a 2 week suspension when it was Tory that instigated the fight. Louie found out that a 1993 Dodge Caravan was stolen from the dealership and let Daniel and Amanda know. They believe Robby is the one who stole it. So they try to track the car using a GPS

While Daniel and Johnny were looking for Robby, Amanda was horrified after hearing what happened during the trip.

Daniel and Amanda meet with Tom Cole telling them that they will not be selling the dealership to him and they have heard about the Doyona deal. Daniel insists on meeting them in Tokyo and tells Amanda that he is "not coming back without a yes".

Amanda later makes a deal over dinner at the LaRusso house with Armand Zarkarian in attempts to evict Kreese but Armand claims that Kreese is good tenant, better than Johnny, but Amanda claims he is a danger to the community. She asked that he triples the rent and rent it out to someone else. It did not go as planned. Kreese planted a live cobra at the dealership in response to finding out.

Amanda and Daniel agree to reopen Miyagi-Do knowing Kreese won't go away. At some point Amanda confronts Kreese at his dojo and slaps him. Later she tries to file a restraining order against him but he filed a restraining order on her. She was escorted out at the city council meeting to cancel the all valley karate tournament.

Daniel and Amanda attend a Christmas party at the Encino Oaks Country Club. There she meets Ali Mills who she finds out dated Daniel in the past back in high school.

Personality

"Hey, look, we all make mistakes. It's what we do next that counts, right?"

―Amanda LaRusso to Robby Keene^[src]

She is stern, but also loving and supportive of her family, though she can sometimes butt heads with Daniel's mother, Lucille. She is also Daniel's business partner at LaRusso Auto Group.

She takes a stronger role in the partnership when Daniel turns his attention to running the Miyagi-Do Karate dojo. She fails to see what is fueling Daniel's rivalry with Johnny Lawrence, at one point remarking that the town is big enough for two dojos. As Amanda's first meeting with Johnny is decades after Daniel's encounter, she likely does not know the full story, and dismisses most of it as school hijinks. She also warns Daniel his attitude is spilling over into his professional life. Due to spending so much time at the Miyagi-Do dojo, Daniel has missed multiple business meetings. A key point in friction, but still not yet to a boiling point, comes when Daniel is so fixated on teaching a lesson in a meat locker that he blows off a lunch date with Anoush, one of his best employees. Daniel sees cell phone calls from Amanda and Anoush, but silences them both. When Daniel finally arrives at LaRusso Auto, he is sternly told by Amanda that Anoush has been headhunted away by rival car dealer Tom Cole, and Daniel's no-show at the lunch date was the last straw for Anoush. Amanda warns all this may cost Daniel his business, and ultimately their family's livelihood.

Amanda is the constant voice of reason in the series. She is a very wise, grounded, and practical person, and can de-escalate conflicts with a few well-chosen words. Little is known about Amanda's background. When talking to Daniel about Sam's new popular friends, she implies having been unpopular at school. It's possible that her parents are either dead or live far away, as when Amanda tells Aisha that Sam is with her grandmother, Daniel immediately knows she is referring to his mother.

It is also not known how long she and Daniel have been married. Prior to opening LaRusso Auto Group in 2002, she and Daniel had already worked in auto sales together as "Danny and Mandy, the best sales team in the Valley". It is likely that the two have been married since about 2000.

In the Season 2 finale, Amanda takes a tougher stance against Daniel. When Samantha is hospitalized, she threatens to have Tory expelled from West Valley High School. Samantha says her concern is for Miguel Diaz, who is also hospitalized for an undetermined spinal injury. After the doctor diagnoses a broken rib and recommends Samantha undergo X-rays to determine other injuries, Amanda is fed up with all the fighting. She puts her foot down by saying "No more karate!" forcing Daniel to abandon his masterminding of Cobra Kai's demise, as well as have the Miyagi-Do dojo close up shop.

Ignorant to the bullying Sam and her friends are forced to endure from their Cobra Kai rivals, Amanda is initially displeased to catch her daughter disobeying her.

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-|friends = [[Mr Miyagi]] <br/> [[Anoush]] <br>[[Ali Mills]] <br> [[Johnny Lawrence]] (off/on)<br>[[Carmen Diaz]]<br>[[Armand Zarkarian]] (off/on)
+|friends = [[Mr Miyagi]] (father-in-law figure) <br/> [[Anoush]] <br>[[Ali Mills]] <br> [[Johnny Lawrence]] (off/on)<br>[[Carmen Diaz]]<br>[[Armand Zarkarian]]<br>[[Louie LaRusso Jr.]]
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+|first_appearance = ''[[Strike First]]''
 |last_appearance = ''[[December 19]]''
 |portrayed_by = [[Courtney Henggeler]]
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+|born = February 27, 1973 (age 45)
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 |name= Amanda LaRusso
 |enemies=[[Tory Nichols]]<br> [[John Kreese]] <br> [[Robby Keene]] <br> [[Tom Cole]]
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+|love_interest(s)=[[Daniel LaRusso]] (husband)}}{{Quote|So, have the man-boys filled you in about the whole "mortal enemy dojos battle for the soul of the valley" thing?|Amanda to [[Ali Mills]]|December 19}}
+'''Amanda LaRusso''' is the wife of [[Daniel LaRusso]] and the mother of [[Samantha LaRusso|Samantha]] and [[Anthony LaRusso]].
-{{Quote|So, have the man-boys filled you in about the whole "mortal enemy dojos battle for the soul of the valley" thing?|Amanda to [[Ali Mills]]|December 19}}
-'''Amanda LaRusso''' is a major character in the YouTube Premium and Netflix series, ''[[Cobra Kai]]''. She is the no-nonsense wife of [[Daniel LaRusso]] and the mother of [[Samantha LaRusso|Samantha]] and [[Anthony LaRusso]].
 She is portrayed by [[Courtney Henggeler]].
 == Biography ==
-=== Pre-Cobra Kai ===
+=== Pre-''Cobra Kai''===
-Amanda met and fell in love with [[Daniel LaRusso]], and they married. She helped him achieve their mutual dream of establishing a car dealership, opening [[LaRusso Auto Group]] together. They had two children together, their eldest [[Samantha LaRusso|Samantha]] was born shortly after the couple established the Auto Group.<ref>"[[Pulpo]]"</ref> Several years later, Amanda had an unplanned pregnancy that gave them their final child, [[Anthony LaRusso|Anthony]] during "an incident on the mat".
+Amanda met and fell in love with [[Daniel LaRusso]], and they married. She helped him achieve their mutual dream of establishing a car dealership, opening [[LaRusso Auto Group]] together. They had two children together, their eldest [[Samantha LaRusso|Samantha]] was born a few months after they opened the Auto Group.<ref>"[[Pulpo]]"</ref> Nearly five years later, Amanda had an unplanned pregnancy that eventually led to the birth of their youngest child, [[Anthony LaRusso|Anthony]] during "an incident on the mat".
+=== [[Cobra Kai (Season 1)|Season 1]] ===
+Daniel and Amanda attend a party together at the Encino Oaks Country Club. Where she is asked by [[Aisha Robinson|Aisha]] where Sam is. Amanda lied saying that she went to visit her grandma. She notices Daniel's mood and then later learns from Daniel that the [[Cobra Kai Dojo]] has returned.
+Daniel invites [[Kyler]] over for family dinner. There the whole family is present.
+When Daniel was driving to work, he saw a penis drawing on his billboard. He discusses it with Amanda there they decide to paint over the billboard.
+At some point when Amanda was inputting the security code at LaRusso Auto, [[Robby Keene|Robby]] was secretly recording her and she was unaware of what happened.
+Daniel's mother [[Lucille LaRusso|Lucille]] visits the LaRusso home. There she quarrels with Amanda over [[Louie LaRusso, Jr.|Louie's]] unprofessional behaviour.
+[[Johnny Lawrence|Johnny]] trespasses onto the LaRusso household. There she notices Daniel and Johnny being prepared to fight. She then defuses the situation by suggesting to discuss this over breakfast. The reason Johnny did this was because he blamed Daniel's "goons" for destroying his car and he wants a new car. Amanda suggests giving him something from the trade-in lot and not something like an Audi. Daniel reluctantly agrees. Sam was revealed to be involved in a hit and run accident which Amanda responds by confiscating her electronics and grounding her.
+Since LaRusso Auto Group is one of the main sponsors for the [[All Valley Karate Tournament|All-Valley Karate Tournament]]. Daniel and the rest of the LaRusso family go to watch the tournament.
+=== [[Cobra Kai (Season 2)|Season 2]] ===
+Daniel comes home one night. Amanda claims that Sam is upstairs sulking over [[Miguel Diaz|Miguel]].
+Amanda was also worried that Daniel is having a midlife crisis and is worried about the dealership since Daniel spends a lot of time at Miyagi-Do.
+At some point Amanda's wallet was stolen. Sam blamed [[Tory Nichols|Tory]] but it was actually Robby's old buddies, [[Cruz]] and [[Trey]], who have been spending the summer stealing wallets.
+Since Daniel has been spending more time in Miyagi-Do, Amanda is frustrated with him for not making time for the dealership. Daniel tries everything to win her back such as buying her sushi, making his students wax the cars, but eventually they reminisced and reconciled.
+Daniel and Amanda go on a date to a Mexican restaurant, which they happen to be in the same place as Johnny and [[Carmen Diaz|Carmen]]. Carmen insists on putting the two tables together so they can have some kind of double date.
+Aisha messaged Daniel and Amanda asking if Sam was ok after being drunk. This shocked both of them. After the school brawl and Sam suffering many injuries, she demands that Daniel gives up Karate and close down Miyagi-Do for good since it has caused nothing but chaos. Daniel reluctantly agreed.
+=== [[Cobra Kai (Season 3)|Season 3]] ===
+Amanda hears that Tory is expelled. While Daniel is glad to hear it, she states that she belongs in Shawshank. She also says everyone is against them and that since the school brawl, the dealership has been a ghost town. Amanda and Daniel apologised. She also thought it was unfair that Sam got a 2 week suspension when it was Tory that instigated the fight. Louie found out that a [[1993 Dodge Caravan]] was stolen from the dealership and let Daniel and Amanda know. They believe Robby is the one who stole it. So they try to track the car using a GPS
+While Daniel and Johnny were looking for Robby, Amanda was horrified after hearing what happened during the trip.
+Daniel and Amanda meet with Tom Cole telling them that they will not be selling the dealership to him and they have heard about the [[Doyona International|Doyona]] deal. Daniel insists on meeting them in Tokyo and tells Amanda that he is "not coming back without a yes".
+Amanda later makes a deal over dinner at the LaRusso house with [[Armand Zarkarian]] in attempts to evict Kreese but Armand claims that Kreese is good tenant, better than Johnny, but Amanda claims he is a danger to the community. She asked that he triples the rent and rent it out to someone else. It did not go as planned. Kreese planted a live cobra at the dealership in response to finding out.
+Amanda and Daniel agree to reopen Miyagi-Do knowing Kreese won't go away. At some point Amanda confronts Kreese at his dojo and slaps him. Later she tries to file a restraining order against him but he filed a restraining order on her. She was escorted out at the city council meeting to cancel the all valley karate tournament.
+Daniel and Amanda attend a Christmas party at the Encino Oaks Country Club. There she meets [[Ali Mills]] who she finds out dated Daniel in the past back in high school.
 == Personality ==