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- "Alright, let me let you in on a little secret. It's not just a haircut or the back tattoo. It's a way of life, man. You just gotta feel the energy and just live in the moment, you know?"
- ―Hawk to Demetri[src]
Eli "Hawk" "Lip" Moskowitz is one of the main characters of the YouTube Web series Cobra Kai. He is a supporting later main character in Season 1 and one of the key characters in Seasons 2 and 3, as well as the secondary antagonist in the end of Season 1, throughout season 2, and almost all of Season 3 until he redeems himself in the season 3 finale. He is a bullied student who joins the Cobra Kai Dojo after witnessing Miguel Diaz's fight with Kyler's gang. He is arguably the second best student among the next generation Cobra Kai students, inferior only to Miguel.
Seeing his error of his ways, he ultimately defects Cobra Kai by helping Demitri fight off against Cobra Kai members and later joins with the Eagle Fang Karate, which is merged with Miyagi-Do Karate.
Character
Appearance
Eli is a young man with a scar on his lip (as a result from surgery in regards to his cleft palette) which he is often bullied for. He has blue eyes and short ginger hair. After Johnny Lawrence mocks his lip scar and says that he should "flip the script", Eli gives himself a make over (to boost his self esteem and confidence) as he arrives back at the dojo with a mohawk; which is dyed blue. Soon after he gets a tattoo of a hawk (with matching mohawk) on his back. In Season 2 Eli's mohawk is dyed red; as well as the mohawk tattoo on his back.
Personality as Eli
Eli is a quiet but somewhat sullen teenager who is often bullied for his deformed lip. This is most likely a result of Kyler and his friends frequently harassing him and his friends Miguel and Demetri, along with his insecurity about the scar on his lip, that he is afraid to stand up for himself.
In all likelihood Eli spent all his life bottling up an ever-growing rage over the constant rejection and bullying he faced, which was set free when Cobra Kai finally gave him an outlet for it and the confidence to express it. This rage finally coming out likely helped fuel his transformation from the meek Eli to the aggressive Hawk.
Personality as Hawk
His personality takes a drastic turn immediately after becoming Hawk; he goes from being shy and insecure, to being hotheaded and overconfident. However, it does not take long for Cobra Kai's ruthless mentality to turn Hawk into a merciless, and disobedient bully. John Kreese's ruthless mentality further takes over his mind, causing his personality to take an ever darker turn, as represented by his shift from blue to a red mohawk at the beginning of All In.
His ego tends to get the better of him, which causes him to him to behave violently, evident when he was disqualified after attacking Robby from behind before the round started when the latter made fun of his Mohawk, as well as bullying Demetri when the latter writes a bad yelp review about Cobra Kai.
All of the bullying he faced before his transformation was likely so severe that it caused him to eventually become just like the people that bullied him, or worse after his transformation.
All of Hawk's bullying are most likely his ways of showing power, expressing anger for how he used to be abused, and eliminating his former self. Since he faced a lot of bullying and abuse, he probably feels that people deserve to feel the pain he felt. It is possible that he hates his former self for being weak, and thinks that being aggressive and a bully will prevent him from being that person again.
The influence Kreese and Cobra Kai's initial teachings are so great, that after Johnny believed he had gotten rid of Kreese and tried to instill humility and mercy into his students, Hawk was shown to be clearly infuriated by this concept as he greatly enjoyed the confidence and power it the initial teachings had given him and was sickened at the concept of showing mercy to a world which had shown him none since the day he was born.
Hawk's actions show that he is the most corrupted student of Cobra Kai, as well as is a perfect example of how innocent bullied victims can turn into vicious bullies.
Despite Cobra Kai corrupting Hawk and turning him into a bully, he does still show some good qualities, such as loyalty to his Cobra Kai friends and Sensei Kreese, feelings for Moon even after the latter dumps him, and briefly bonding with Demetri over Doctor Who before going back to bullying him. So, there is still some good and Eli in him, whether or not he wants to admit it. Hawk eventually redeems himself to an extent by defending his former best friend and defecting from Cobra Kai.
Season 1
Eli like the other misfits in his school, is a very quiet and introverted individual. His only friend is Demetri. After witnessing Miguel Diaz beating Kyler's gang, he joins Cobra Kai.
After Johnny Lawrence mocks him for his deformed lip, Eli becomes angry and unhappy. However, he later learned how to use his deformed lip to "flip the script" and gain confidence of himself.
After becoming the Hawk his personality drastically changes as he is aggressive, hotheaded and disobedient. His new behavior however gets the better of him as he angrily attacks Robby from behind during the All Valley tournament, but shows no remorse in doing when his act gets him disqualified.
Season 2
- "Defeat does not exist."
"There's that winning attitude that pushed her away in the first place. I think you need a healthy dose of inner peace." - ―Hawk and Demetri[src]
Hawk's behavior and actions become much worse and more dangerous compared to season 1, as he adopts a far more thuggish, cruel, and dark approach toward life, given that he is shown intimidating new students and calling them "fresh fishes", as well as bullying people and trashing the Miyagi dojo. Hawk even turns on his best friend Demetri and bullies him after the latter writes a negative review about Cobra Kai, as well as allows Johnny's sensei Kreese to poison and corrupt his mind. During the high school brawl, Hawk attacks Demetri who kicks his former best friend into a trophy case and defeats him. At the end, after Johnny walks into the dojo and finds out that Kreese, along with Hawk and the others have betrayed him, Hawk openly blames Johnny for Miguel being hospitalized.
Season 3
While Hawk remains just as aggressive as ever in season 3 he shows signs of his conscience bothering him. Kreese's merciless methods don't sit with him as well as he initially thought. When he joint locks Demetri during the Lazer Tag brawl, he is clearly conflicted about injuring his old friend, despite their contentious recent history. Eventually, during the invasion in the LaRusso house, Hawk begins to realize that Kreese's ways are wrong, which results in in him saving Demetri and apologizing to him for his actions, as well as siding with the Miyagi Do's in the fight. Afterwards he leaves Cobra Kai and joins Daniel and Johnny's unified dojo at the end of the season.
Pre-Cobra Kai
Eli was born with a cleft palette and when it was removed it left a permanent scar. At some point prior to the events of Cobra Kai he meets Demetri and the two become best friends. Eli was a fan of Harry Potter and Doctor Who, which Demetri similarly enjoyed. Eli was often bullied because of the scar on his face. Eli was even a quiet individual according to Demetri.
Cobra Kai
Season 1
At first Eli is quiet and shy, and he is often teased for his deformed lip. Miguel immediately becomes friends with Eli and Demetri due to them all being unpopular. The three are picked on by Kyler and his friends.
After Miguel beats up Kyler and his friends both Demetri and Eli join the Cobra Kai Dojo. At the dojo, Sensei Johnny Lawrence insults Eli's lip even when he tells him to stop. Johnny tells Eli to flip the script in order to stop the others from making fun of him. Eli then leaves, possibly quitting which makes Johnny upset. He however returns the next day with a Mohawk and says he has flipped the script, which impresses Johnny. From then on his name is Hawk. He even has a tattoo on his back which his parents don't know about that. Not only does his looks change, but his personality changes as well as he goes from being shy, scared and insecure, to overconfident, over the top, aggressive and hot headed. In a way he turns into Dutch, Johnny's friend at Cobra Kai when they were students at the Cobra Kai dojo.
His new look and personality causes Moon, who used to bully him for his deformed lip, to become attracted to him. The two kiss and supposedly become a couple at the lake. At the all valley tournament he reaches the semifinals where he faces Johnny's son Robby Keene. He wins the first point against Robby, but loses the second. After losing the second point, Hawk taunts Robby and in response Robby mocks Hawk's Mohawk, which infuriates Hawk and causes him to kick Robby from behind in the shoulder, thus dislocating it and causing Hawk to get disqualified from the tournament. Following his disqualification an upset Johnny asks him why he did what he did, but Hawk angrily defends his action and shows no remorse. After Miguel wins the tournament for Cobra Kai, Hawk and the other's cheer for him.
Season 2
Hawk's role increases significantly, as his story-line is one of the central plots of the season. He can be considered as one of the main characters of this season.
Following Miguel's victory in the All Valley tournament, Hawk along with Miguel, Aisha, Moon and Demetri celebrate. The following morning however, Hawk and Miguel are forced by Johnny to do 50 push ups because of their cheap moves against Robby in the tournament.
After some time, Miguel finds out that Robby is Johnny's son and he tells Hawk, causing them both to believe the only reason Johnny is being hard on them because they attacked his son. When they confront Johnny, an angry Johnny tells them that despite Robby being his son, he doesn't tolerate unethical behavior. He also tells them to mind their own business.
Over the course of the season Hawk becomes a flat out bully, intimidating and insulting the new students, and bullying Demetri after the latter writes a bad review about Cobra Kai. When Demetri is at the comic store in the mall, Hawk and some of his fellow Cobra Kai classmates corner him, and Hawk attempts to threaten Demetri to take down his yelp review about Cobra Kai. When Demetri refuses, Hawk attacks him. Demetri then runs away, but Hawk and his gang corner him. Hawk is about to attack him again, but Robby and Samantha arrive. Hawk and his gang fight them, but Hawk is beaten by Robby, and the rest of the gang is bested as well. However, his new behavior scares Moon and causes her to dump him. Furious over the breakup Hawk takes his anger out on a punching bag. Johnny's sensei Kreese then uses Hawks anger against him by manipulating him into behaving more aggressively.
Encouraged by Kreese and without Johnny's knowledge, Hawk leads a small group of students to vandalize and destroy Daniel LaRusso's dojo, and Hawk steals the Medal of Honor which belonged to Daniel's sensei Mr. Miyagi. In retaliation, Johnny collectively punishes the dojo with endless exercises, but Kreese tells Hawk to not come clean. During a competition Miguel notices Hawk with the Medal of Honor and realizes he destroyed Daniel's dojo. Hawk is confronted by Miguel, whom he challenges to get it. Despite putting up a good fight Hawk is defeated by Miguel. Miguel then takes the Medal of Honor and gives it to Robby. Surprisingly, Hawk is not angry at Miguel for this loss, surmising that the fight was fair and square.
During a party at Moon's house Hawk tries to win her back by flirting with another girl, but is shocked when Moon kisses her and reveals they are dating. Hawk is upset as a result. Demetri comes and they manage to briefly bond over "Doctor Who", but after Demetri suggests he have inner peace Hawk responds by pouring beer on his head. Demetri gets revenge on him by taking a mic and revealing embarrassing stories about Hawk. An enraged Hawk tries to attack him, but the cops arrive. Hawk then tells Demetri he will see him at school and runs off.
On the first day of school, Hawk gladly participates in the school brawl. He beats up several Miyagi Do students, before chasing Demetri. Eventually he catches Demetri and starts attacking him, but Demetri defends himself with Daniel's Miyagi-Do Karate teachings and manages to beat Hawk. Hawk witnesses Miguel lying on the ground unconscious. Back in the dojo Hawk along with Tory, Raymond, Mitch and some other students are training with Kreese. When Johnny comes to the Dojo, Kreese reveals he now owns the dojo. Johnny accuses the students of abandoning him, only for Hawk to blame him for Miguel's injuries.
Season 3
When Kreese asks which students are uncomfortable feeding the mouse to the snake, Hawk is among the handful that doesn't raise their hands. Hawk however is shocked when Kreese permanently kicks out the ones that objected. Hawk tells Kreese that it isn't the right time to make cuts since the school fight, but Kreese questions him if he is bothered, to which Hawk says no. After finding out that the Miyagi Do's are hosting a fundraiser for Miguel's surgery, Hawk vows they won't get away with this. In the end of the day, when the fundraiser ends, Hawk, Mitch and two other Cobra Kai's corner Nathaniel, take the money for Miguel's surgery (Mitch says they plan on giving it to him themselves), and beat up Nathaniel.
At school, Hawk destroys Demetri's project, angering him. At a school soccer game, the Miyagi and Cobra Kai's get physical, with Demetri pushing and leg sweeping Hawk as revenge, and Hawk getting back by headbutting Demetri. One day, Hawk, Mitch and some other Cobra Kai's cause havoc in the arcade, causing some of the Miyagi Do's to stop him, resulting in a fight. After pinning Demetri to the ground, the other Cobra Kai's tell him to break his arm, while Demetri plants him not to. After momentarily hesitating, he breaks it, but shows some discomfort when Demetri screams in pain.
When Kyler and Brucks join Cobra Kai, Hawk is unhappy as they were his former bullies, and he tells Kreese they aren't Cobra Kai material, but Kreese says they are natural athletes. When Kyler and Brucks encounter Hawk, they make fun of him. Mitch then loses to Kyler in a sparing match, causing Kreese to kick him out of the dojo. While Hawk says Mitch is loyal, Kreese still kicks him out for not being Cobra Kai material. When it is Bruck's turn to fight, Hawk says he will fight him. Brucks mockingly says he will fix his lip, but is then freaked out when he sees the Eagle tattoo on Hawk's back. Hawk then aggressively beats him up most likely due to his past bullying. In the end Brucks is groaning in pain, while Kyler becomes scared of Hawk.
After Miguel returns to school, Hawk greets him. In the cafeteria, he mocks Mitch and tells him to sit at the losers table. He however is then confronted by Miguel for breaking Demetri's arm and going against their sensei Johnny, only for Hawk to say that Johnny betrayed them and is no longer their sensei, making Miguel upset who tells him he is letting Kreese take over his mind. Hawk is then shocked to learn from Miguel that Johnny has started a dojo. Miguel tries to persuade Hawk to join. When Johnny shows up at school later that day, he approaches Hawk and some of the Cobra Kai's, where he acknowledges his mistakes. However, Hawk criticizes Johnny for making them pay the price by quitting and going soft on them, which causes an angry Johnny to remind Hawk that he, not Kreese is the reason that Hawk went from being a whip to a tough guy. He then tells them that Kreese doesn't care about them and that they should come to his dojo tomorrow.
The following morning when Johnny's students are there, Hawk shows up with the other Cobra Kai's and Kreese, where he reminds Johnny that he is Cobra Kai for life. Hawk's behavior causes his friendship with Miguel to end. After finding out that Robby is apart of Cobra Kai, Hawk is angry at first.
One day, Hawk along with some of the Cobra Kai's, which includes Robby plan to sneak into the Zoo and steal a snake for Kreese. While Hawk aborts the mission due to Kyler forgetting the snake pole, Robby ends up getting the snake. That night after bringing the snake, Kreese reveals to them all that Miguel and Sam are now working together.
Then, on that same night, when the Miyagi Do's and Eagle Fang's who had agreed to work together, were at Sam's house, Hawk and seven other Cobra Kai's show up and at Eventually however, he begins to second guess his decision after seeing several of his classmates beating up Miyagi Do and Eagle Fang students. He starts to remember what Johnny and Miguel said at school, as well as what Kreese said about enemies. After this, he sees one of his classmates holding Demetri's arm. The person encourages him to break it. Hawk runs up, but knocks down both of the Cobra Kai's and saves Demetri. After saving Demetri, he apologizes to Demetri for everything, resulting in their friendship being rekindled, and the two then work together to defeat several Cobra Kai's.
After defeating the Cobra Kai's in Sam's house, he heads to Miyagi Do dojo along with Miguel and Demetri, where they see Tory, who was just disarmed by Sam. Hawk tells Tory the fight is over, but she refuses to believe it's over. She leaves, but not before telling Hawk to watch his back. The following morning, Hawk goes to Miyagi Do, where he high fives Demetri, and trains with the Miyagi Do and Eagle Fang students under Johnny and Daniel's leadership.
Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues
Hawk appears as a playable character when playing the Cobra Kai side of the story and boss in the Miyagi Do side of the story in the video game Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues.
Fighting Style
- "Prepare to face the fury of the Hawk."
- ―Eli Moskowitz to Robby Keene[src]
Once he enters training in season 1, Hawk develops into an aggressive fighter with a penchant for high risk techniques. In season 1, he does demonstrate a solid defense when pressed, weathering an intense combination from Robby only to counter with a well-timed take-down. In season 2 his style becomes even flashier and more reckless, incorporating aerial kicks and other high risk moves.
Hawk tends to focus most of his attention on offense and brute strength, but both hurt him when facing opponents superior in defense and technique. After scoring a point on Robby in the all valley, the latter starts using his technique to counter Hawk's strike and take him down. In season 2, though he gets some hits on Robby during their fight, Robby has the upper hand overall due to his superior technique, and manages to beat him.
When fighting Demetri during the school brawl Hawk gains the upper hand and at first, but is ultimately beaten when Demetri blocks all his attacks and follows with a sharply timed counter.
Hawk being defeated by both Robby and Demetri demonstrate that his overuse of offense and brute strength are of limited utility when he is facing opponents with superior technique, even if they are physically weaker and less experienced. It should also be noted, however, that Hawk was caught off guard by the improvement of Demetri's technique.
Relationships
Demetri is Hawk's former best friend and the main rival. They were friends even before Cobra Kai. They became friends due to their similar interests, ad possibly unpopular status. They become friends with Miguel in season 1 of Cobra Kai. Halfway into season 1 they join Cobra Kai, though Demetri quits after being embarrassed by sensei Johnny. Despite quitting, the two are still friends.
In season 2, their friendship becomes strained when Demetri complains to him about being hit by Kreese, but Hawk insults him and shows no sympathy. Their friendship comes to an end after Demetri rights a bad review about Cobra Kai due to Kreese hitting him, causing Hawk to attack him in the mall along with some of his Cobra Kai friends.
Later in the season, Demetri attempts to bond with Hawk at Moon's party by talking to him about "Doctor Who", which appears to work as Hawk seems interested, but then it sours when Demetri suggests Hawk has inner peace, causing Hawk to respond by dumping beer on his head. Furious over the treatment, Demetri gets revenge by revealing embarrassing stories about Hawk, enraging the latter. The following morning during the school brawl, Hawk attempts to get revenge by chasing Demetri across the school and attacking him, but is defeated in the end when the latter uses his Miyagi Do tactics to counter all of his strikes, before kicking him into a trophy case.
In season 3, their rivalry doesn't end and they’re still enemies. However, as Hawk's conscience begins to return, he shows increasing signs of remorse over his behavior towards his former best friend. This culminates in Hawk defecting and saving Demetri and reconciling with his best friend.
Hawk is Miguel's best friend. They immediately become friendly, due to them being bullied by Kyler and his gang. Eli joins Cobra Kai after witnessing Miguel using his skills at Cobra Kai to beat up Kyler and his gang. After becoming Hawk, he would go on to become one of the top students along with Miguel. Despite Hawk's abrasive personality and actions, as well as the two getting into a fight over Mr. Miyagi's badge of honor that Hawk stole, they remain close friends. After Miguel is admitted to the hospital due to Robby kicking him off the railing. Hawk tries to wake Miguel up, but a cop tells him to back off. Hawk even angrily blames their sensei Johnny for this. However, Miguel clarified to him that it isn't Johnny's fault and he convinced him to join Eagle Fang.
Moon is Hawk's former bully and ex-girlfriend. Moon and Yasmine alongside with Kyler and Brucks have first been making fun of Eli's lip for years. When Eli turned into "Hawk," and got his mohawk, their relationship changed. The first time we see them getting along is at Yasmine's party when they make out. This officially confirms that they're a couple.
In season 2, Moon dumps Hawk for beating up Demetri, as she rejects bullying, which angers him. Later in the season at Moon's party, Hawk attempts to flirt with Piper, (who doesn't know that's Moon's new girlfriend) to make her jealous. He then sees Moon kiss her and doesn't know that she is bisexual. Moon however is nice and introduces Piper, her new girlfriend to him. Hawk tells her that it is awesome, covering the fact that he's jealous and still into Moon. He then stares at them kissing with jealous for the majority of the party.
In the season 3 teaser trailer, we see Hawk beating up someone in the Cobra Kai dojo with his shirt off and we also see that he covered up his Moon tattoo with the grim repear implying that he got over the breakup with him and Moon.
Not much is known about the relationship between Mrs. Moskowtiz and her son Hawk. What we do know is the she is a caring mother for him and loves him very much. The only time we see his mother is in a flashback when Eli was crying coming home for school because he was getting bullied. She calls the school and reports that her son is getting bullied by kids at the school. Eli doesn't like it but he appreciate that his mother is caring for him. After she finishes the phone call, Eli tells his mother that he is a freak and that he will never get a girlfriend, that he will never have any other friend besides Demetri and that they will never stop making fun of him. However this has all changed. When Eli transformed into Hawk, his mother does know that he has a mohawk and that he takes karate lessons but what she doesn't know is that he get's called hawk, doesn't know about his tattoos, doesn't know that he isn't friends with Demetri anymore and doesn't know that he became a bully.
Johnny was Hawk's former sensei at the Cobra Kai Dojo. When Eli first joins Cobra Kai halfway into season 1, Johnny mocks his lip and tells him to flip the script. Eli takes his message to heart and shows up the next day with a Mohawk, impressing the latter. From then on he becomes Hawk. However, when Hawk is disqualified in the semifinals at the All valley tournament for kicking Robby when his back was turned, an angry Johnny confronts him, but Hawk shows no remorse.
In the beginning of the season 2, Hawk and Miguel are punished by Johnny for their dirty tactics in the tournament. Halfway into the season, Hawk seemingly starts losing faith in Johnny, and is being more obedient to Johnny's sensei Kreese. In the finale, Hawk and a handful of students have joined Kreese, who has now taken over the dojo. When Johnny confronts Hawk and the students, Hawk angrily blames Johnny for Miguel's injury.
In the season 3, Hawk is shown telling Johnny that they (the students) paid the price for Johnny going soft on them. However when Johnny tells him that Kreese doesn't actually care about Hawk, he ultimately defects Cobra Kai and apparently forgives his former sensei.
Tory is the girlfriend of Hawk's best friend Miguel. Due to Tory dating Miguel, Hawk is often seen hanging out with her and Miguel. While they don't have much interaction, it can be assumed that they are on friendly terms. However he is later betraying Cobra Kai when he helped Demetri fight off against his former members. Also he convinced Tory to stop the fight, however Tory tells him to watch his back.
Hawk and Aisha have a amicable relationship both in and out of the Cobra Kai Dojo. While Hawk and Aisha are not as close as Hawk is to Miguel, or Aisha is to Sam, (Later Tory) Hawk can be seen through out the series being sociable with Aisha. A Prime example is when they celebrate with Victory Nachos after the win at the All-Valley Tournament. Additionally; when Aisha says "but the waitress was not feeling Hawk's fake I.D." , Hawk does not admonish Aisha, but meekly reminds her that his parents follow her on Instagram. This leads a viewer to believe that not only does Hawk not want to get in trouble for a fake I.D. but he seems to have a good relationship with Aisha and respects her both as a member of Cobra Kai, but as a person.
Robby is Hawk's second rival. They first meet in the semifinals of the All Valley Tournament in season 1. Hawk attempts to intimidate him before fight starts. After Robby mocks his mohawk, an enraged Hawk kicks him when his back is turned, resulting in Robby's shoulder being injured, and Hawk being disqualified.
Similar to season 1, they have very little interaction in season 2. When Hawk and his Cobra Kai friends corner Demetri in the mall, Robby and Sam jump in and tell them leave. Then a fight breaks out between both groups. Robby has the upper-hand on and win in the end by knocking him unconscious. At the school brawl, Hawk has an anger look towards Robby as he kicks Miguel (his closest friend) out of the railings, possibly leading to Miguel to die.
In season 3, when seeing Robby Keene joining Cobra Kai, he shows his disgust as he claims that Robby isn't a Cobra Kai material. Showing his envy towards Keene apparently led Hawk to defect Cobra Kai for good and joining the unified dojo of Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang.
Hawk is the most corrupted by Kreese's teachings, to the point of becoming a sadistic jerk, who seemed to enjoy tormenting people Hawk is encouraged by Kreese and without Johnny's knowledge, Hawk leads a small group of students to vandalize and destroy Daniel LaRusso's dojo, and Hawk steals the Medal of Honor which belonged to Daniel's sensei Mr. Miyagi. The influence Kreese and Cobra Kai's initial teachings are so great, that after Johnny believed he had gotten rid of Kreese and tried to instill humility and mercy into his students, Hawk was shown to be clearly infuriated by this concept as he greatly enjoyed the confidence and power it the initial teachings had given him and was sickened at the concept of showing mercy to a world which had shown him none since the day he was born. However when his former sensei Johnny Lawrence and his friend Miguel convinced that Kreese doesn't care about Hawk, he ultimately betrays Cobra Kai and apparently Kreese for good.
Kyler and his gang were Hawk's former bullies. In their one interaction in season 1, Eli, Miguel and Demetri are bullied by Kyler and his friend Brucks in the library, with Kyler grabbing Eli's chin and mocking his lip. After Kyler and his gang are defeated My Miguel, Eli isn't harassed by them again. Eli would then go on to become Hawk.
In the season 3 trailer, a flashback of Kyler and Brucks bullying Hawk in season 1 is shown, and in the present day Hawk turns to see Kyler while in the dojo. There is also a scene of Hawk aggressively beating someone up, which could be Kyler.
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Trivia
- Eli can be compared to the following characters
- Dutch - Both are:
- Johnny- Both :
- Are influenced by their sensei to behave mercilessly
- They have also been their Sensei's most favored student.
- Have been major bullies.
- Have been victims of bullying.
- Are leaders of their respective gangs
- Harassed their victims
- Cornered their victims (with their gang members assistance) and proceeded to beat them up, only for them to be beat up in the end by their victims' savior/s.
- Have seen the error of ways and redeemed
- Are influenced by their sensei to behave mercilessly
- Bobby Brown- Both reached the semifinals of the All Valley Tournament, but got disqualified after committing an illegal move against their opponent.
- However, Hawk's illegal move was intentional and he did not regret committing the move, while Bobby reluctantly committed the illegal move and showed remorse after doing so. Bobby was ordered to do so by his sensei, whereas Hawk lashed out on his own initiative.
- Tommy- both of their physical appearances are look-alike.
- Mike Barnes- Both:
- Are hotheaded
- Aggressively bully and harass their victims.
- Mike however was hired to harass Daniel LaRusso, while Hawk has been manipulated into harassing his victims.
- Daniel- Both:
- Were bullied
- Joined Karate to stand up to the bullies
- Hawk however had ended up becoming a bully himself.
- Eli seems to be the most affected by the Cobra Kai's ruthless mentality, like Dutch.
- Hawk is most comparable to Dutch.
- Eli was more of a side character in the first half of season 1, but became a more important character in the second half of the season, and one of the main characters in season 2.
- Eli is arguably the most focused Cobra Kai student in seasons 2 and 3.
- He has fought Robby twice, but did not emerge victorious either times as he got disqualified the first time, and lost to Robby the second time.
- While Hawk can be seen as the main villain of season 2 due to him bullying and harassing people similar to Johnny in the original Karate Kid, his actions are a result of John Kreese corrupting his mind and manipulating him into acting this way, making the latter the main villain.
- Towards the end of Season 3 however, he has shown the error of his ways and decides to defect Cobra Kai by helping Demetri in the fight against Cobra Kai members.
Quotes
- "Alright, let me let you in on a little secret. It's not just a haircut or the back tattoo. It's a way of life, man. You just gotta feel the energy and just live in the moment, you know?"
- ―Hawk to Demetri[src]
- "Defeat does not exist."
"There's that winning attitude that pushed her away in the first place. I think you need a healthy dose of inner peace." - ―Hawk and Demetri[src]
- "Prepare to face the fury of the Hawk."
- ―Eli Moskowitz to Robby Keene[src]
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