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"Johnny gives up, he got his account!"
―Bobby Brown to Johnny Lawrence


Robert "Bobby" Brown is an anti-hero of the original The Karate Kid. He is second strongest student in theCobra Kai Dojo. Some even wonder if Bobby is stronger than Johnny. After 30 years, he is now a pastor.

Fictional Character Biography

Pre Karate Kid

Bobby joined the Cobra Kai dojo at some point where he befriended students Johnny, Dutch, Tommy and Jimmy.

The Karate Kid

Bobby is Kreese's second-best student. Although one of Johnny's gang (he slide tackles Daniel at the first day of school soccer tryouts, prompting Daniel to tackle him and land a punch to his face, thus getting Daniel kicked out of the tryouts), Bobby is seen as a more compassionate character than his friends. He tries to stop Johnny from ruining the beach party, stop him from harassing Daniel, and from doing further damage to Daniel during the fight alongside the South Sea apartments during the Halloween party. During the Semi-finals of the tournament, Kreese orders Bobby to put Daniel "out of commission," which Bobby reluctantly attempts to do by landing a kick to Daniel's knee, severely injuring him. After the kick, Bobby drops down and sincerely and profusely apologizes to a pain-writhen Daniel. Then, Bobby is pulled off Daniel and is disqualified. Because Daniel was unable to continue at that time and Bobby being disqualified, he is the only Cobra Kai member that Daniel doesn't defeat. In the film's novelization, Bobby - remorseful for injuring Daniel and disgusted at not being able to fight him fairly - walks over to Kreese and throws his black belt onto the floor. He then quits the Cobra Kai and leaves the arena.

The Karate Kid Part II

In the parking lot confrontation following the tournament, Bobby defends Johnny from an angry Kreese, as does Tommy who states that Johnny has apologized for his performance. When Kreese attacks Johnny, Bobby and Tommy both attempt to intervene but are assaulted by Kreese.

The Karate Kid Part III

Bobby appears in a montage in the beginning of the movie. Bobby along with the other Cobra Kai members likely left the dojo following the events after the tournament which explains why there aren't any students left at Cobra Kai.

Pre Cobra Kai

Sometime between 1984 and 2018 Bobby became a pastor.

Cobra Kai -

Season 1

Bobby appears in several flashbacks.

Season 2

In Episode 6, Bobby along with Johnny, Jimmy and Tommy spend one more night together before the passing of Tommy. He is distraught when Tommy dies. He can even be in denial as he constantly asks Tommy to wake up.

Personality

Similar to the Cobra Kai, Bobby bullies and harasses Daniel. However, unlike his other fellow Cobra members especially Johnny he is very compassionate, and knows when to draw the line. He frequently has to tell his group particularity Johnny to calm down whenever things are going too far, and he shows remorse when he performs an unethical action, such as illegally kicking Daniel during the tournament.

34 years later Bobby is a pastor and spends a lot of time praying. Ever since his former Cobra Kai friend Tommy has been diagnosed with most likely some form of cancer, he has been praying more. When johnny reveals that he has reopened the Cobra Kai dojo and Kreese is back, Bobby voices his concern and reminds him of what Kreese and Cobra Kai did to them, showing that Bobby still hasn't gotten over Kreese's unethical teachings and does not trust him. He still has his fighting skills as he is able to help Johnny fight against a group of guys causing trouble. He is distraught when Tommy dies.

Trivia

  • Ron Thomas humorously reprised his role as Bobby on an episode of Tosh.0, along with Martin Kove reprising his role as John Kreese.

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