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Louie LaRusso, Jr is a supporting character in Cobra Kai. He is portrayed by Bret Ernst.
Louie is the cousin of Daniel LaRusso, the son of Louie LaRusso Sr., and the cousin-in-law of Amanda LaRusso.
Cobra Kai[]
Season 1[]
Louie is not that bright, so Daniel gave him a job opportunity, for him to move out to Los Angeles from New Jersey and work at his car dealership. Louie means well and loves his family dearly, but he also is prone to playing rude pranks with and he mainly targeted newcomer Robby Keene. He is prone to acting before thinking. This is shown when he has some biker friends destroy Johnny's car by lighting it on fire, which further strains the already rough relationship between Daniel and Johnny, and forces Daniel to give Johnny a new car to replace the one Louie destroyed. The following day Daniel implies Louie has been fired by saying Louie is never allowed to step foot in the dealership ever again. After Louis was fired, he found work at Fat Sals and worked there for the entire summer.
Season 3[]
Louie is once again working at LaRusso Auto Group. When asked why this is the case despite Daniel's earlier termination, he admits that when Samantha was hurt, Louie was the first member of the extended family to help her. Arguably thankful for being saved from unemployment, Louie is now more professional at his work. He mentions that he worked at Fat Sal's all summer while he helps investigate Robby's disappearance, and shows Daniel and Amanda that a 1993 Dodge Caravan minivan was stolen and missing from the dealership. His assistance helped Amanda and Daniel realize that Robby took it after fleeing the school and going on the run with it, since he was the only employee with the door code. When Tom Cole and Anoush (the latter who had quit LaRusso Auto and began working for Tom Cole late season 2) come to LaRusso Auto, Anoush tells Louie that Tom convinced Doyona International (the importer for all the Japanese car companies) to cut its ties with the LaRusso Auto Group without the consent of Daniel and Amanda, and is planning on buying the struggling LaRusso Auto. Louie then tells Daniel and Amanda this information. Daniel goes to Japan to save his business. While his plan fails, the dealership is ultimately saved when Daniel goes to Okinawa and receives assistance from Kumiko (Daniel's ex-girlfriend) and Yuna (a child Daniel saved during the typhoon storm in 1985), with the latter being an employee of Doyona International.
One day, he is shown supposedly selling a car to a customer, with Amanda remarking that Louie is a good salesman. Later, when the employees of LaRusso Auto run away screaming due to there being a snake (planted by John Kreese), Anoush (who rejoined LaRusso Auto earlier in the season), jumps into Louie's arm. Louie shows him no sympathy at first, but then runs in fear, after seemingly being touched by the snake.
Season 4[]
In Match Point, he and Anoush approach Daniel about his upcoming rematch with Johnny later in the episode, telling him that it is a bad idea, saying that Johnny is a bad man.
Later in Party Time, he is seen at the LaRusso house for Miguel and Sam's prom night. He interacts with Johnny for the first time since Season 1, and tells him he's no longer friends with the bikers that burned his car.
Season 5[]
Louie makes it up to Johnny for destroying his car and treats him and the others to some drinking & dancing to celebrate Carmen's pregnancy. At the club he gets into a fight with Anoush over him dating Vanessa but later apologizes to him.
Season 6[]
When Johnny attempts to open his own car dealership tries to get several employees to leave LaRusso Auto to work for him, Louie refuses due to his loyalty to the LaRusso Family.
Personality[]
Louie is an unintelligent and immature bully that tends to slack off, make foolish decisions and play pranks rather than do his work. When Robby starts working at LaRusso Auto Group, Louie plays a few pranks on him, such as tricking Robby into believing that moving the Porsche would impress Daniel and tricking him into taking a folder full of magazines to Daniel's house, though the former got him in trouble.
He is known for taking actions without thinking. Two examples of this are when he cooperates with a group of bikers into turning the LaRusso Auto Group into a motorcycle company, as well as destroys Johnny's car with a group of bikers (possibly the same bikers he cooperated with), though the former angers Daniel and Amanda, while the latter results in him being fired by Daniel.
In season 3, Daniel reveals he rehired Louie for being the first one at the door after Sam's injury at the school brawl, and says he does care about his family. He is shown to be more responsible, such as helping Daniel and Amanda locate Robby, and supposedly selling a car to a customer (with Amanda remarking that he is a good salesman). His personality, however, still remains the same. While Louie still tends to be immature, he genuinely cares about his family, and is more responsible than before.
In season 4, he tells Johnny at the LaRusso house while taking a photo that's a send off for Miguel & Samantha to the prom about how he no longer hangs out with those bikers that helped him destroy his car.
In season 5, Louie is with Daniel at the country club when Silver shows up after warning Daniel & Chozen not to mess with him as he treats them all to drinks on his tab. Then later on he's at the dealership with Amanda, Daniel, & Johnny as they talk about Silver making his moves in the valley. He offers to treat Johnny to dancing & drinking as a apology for what he and his former biker friends destroying his Firebird to celebrate Carmen's pregnancy. Then at the club he and Anoush get into a fight over him dating Vanessa but then later on apologizes for the fight.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
- "Ace Degenerate"
- "Esqueleto"
- "Cobra Kai Never Dies"
- "Quiver"
- "All Valley"
- "Molting"
- "Different but Same" (mentioned)
Season 3[]
Season 4[]
Season 5[]
Season 6[]
Trivia[]
- Like Yasmine, he did not make any appearances in season 2.
- He is the first family member of Daniel LaRusso to work at LaRusso Auto (Not counting Amanda because she comes from a different family).
- He has on and off relationships with Anoush.
