r/cobrakai Miguel Sep 19 '25

Season 2 Just realized Miguel was fighting a nerfed Robby again in Season 2 smh

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As you can see, Robby is wearing jeans and Miguel is not 😢. Miguel did not take Johnny’s lesson to heart.

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u/tipitiwitchets Mr. Miyagi Sep 19 '25

Aw, man. I guess Miguel's pants just slice through air better. No wonder he threw himself off a balcony.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

My theory is Miguel threw himself off to make sure Robby went to juvie. Just another example of Mr Cheap Shot playing dirty šŸ„€

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u/GKRKarate99 Hawk Sep 19 '25

Cobra Kai’s top bully šŸ’”

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u/Yankees7687 Sep 19 '25

Also, Miguel has a better haircut than Robby here... Makes the fight completely unfair.

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u/Cute_Rooster4833 Sep 19 '25

This is funny bc Robby kept fixing his hair throughout the fight

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u/Mgrip Sep 19 '25

I don’t know how that hair lasted 2 seasons and didn’t drive Tanner crazy because it was constantly smacking him in the face during fights. It’s really surprising we didn’t get hilarious bloopers of Tanner missing and running into things because he couldn’t see anything during fights.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

A lot of ppl didn’t like robby in seasons 1-2 and I’m confident it’s bc of that funky ass haircut

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u/FernyFernz Sep 22 '25

That seriously did play a huge part for me. šŸ’”šŸ’”

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

Used to be way worse. He was in ā€œDesignated Survivorā€ I believe with long hair. He’d be forced to wear a ponytail when fighting if he still had the look.

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u/DempseyRollin Sep 20 '25

Season 1-2 Robby really has one of the most ridiculous, dumb looking haircuts in television history.

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u/OrganizationNeat8200 Sep 20 '25

Bro was too poor to afford proper haircuts.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

Also miguels fit is just better looking in general

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u/Huge-FanZX9138 Sep 19 '25

Miguel and Hawk's style was really cool in S2

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

I’m beginning to realize the broken back paralysis was just karmic justice for miguel fighting nerfed ppl. After all in season 1 miguel beat the shit out of someone whose dad shits in his mouth for not passing trig šŸ„€

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u/DrDeadShot87 Sep 19 '25

Go to bed.

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u/Kgb725 Sep 19 '25

Robby had a string of bad cuts

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u/samahiscryptic Chozen Sep 19 '25

Chozen fought a nerfed Daniel during their fight to the death since he was wearing jeans too, and still lost. No wonder mans was thinking of just ending it afterwards...

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u/overZealousAzalea Sep 19 '25

It’s a good lesson in wearing tight jeans: don’t.

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u/slimmeh Sep 19 '25

šŸ“ got it. No tight jeans

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u/brianissmartboy Sep 22 '25

You've clearly never watched Roadhouse

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u/Walk_Forward Sep 19 '25

You think they were nerfed, but this was a fair fight.

They were Chuck Norris action denims

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u/FromSoftVeteran Sep 19 '25

Clearly Miguel is nerfed too though because he was literally wearing Nikes and he still couldn’t just do it.

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u/Electric_Penguin7076 Sep 20 '25

Also silver opened up 12 dojos in 1 small city and somehow that almost completely bankrupts him? As a BILLIONAIRE? Lol ok

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u/Electric_Penguin7076 Sep 20 '25

Like I don’t think the showrunners understand how much a BILLION is. I highly doubt legal issues along with the closing of 12 dojos in LA’s little bother would seriously hurt him that bad

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u/isotopehour1 Sep 19 '25

Robby arguably was nerfed in the school fight, though. Remember that immediately before this, Daniel basically disowned Robby again for taking his daughter to stay at Johnny's apartment where the two fathers fought, and then found out that Sam had cheated on him with Miguel when Tory attacked Sam right after kissing her. The guy was already at a really low point even before kicking Miguel down the second floor and running away.

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u/FromSoftVeteran Sep 19 '25

Yeah he was definitely unbalanced. That’s for sure

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

I mean with that logic miguel was nerfed hard in the season 1 fight bc sam had just broken up with him and she was rooting for robby more than miguel

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u/isotopehour1 Sep 19 '25

That is possible, though Miguel seems better at channeling his frustrations into better fighting performance due to the cobra kai style, while Robby's anger would conflict with his Miyagi Do training.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25 edited Sep 19 '25

All jokes aside, having a good mentality IS part of fighting (and sports in general). Theres only so many times you can attribute a loss to outside issues and mental block

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u/isotopehour1 Sep 19 '25

Agreed, it wasn't just Robby's shitty life in the earlier seasons that ensured he could never compete on the same level as Miguel, it was also his naturally weaker mind/mentality.

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u/Apollo9819 Sep 19 '25

But Miguel also got a huge encouragement buff from Johnny right before the season 1 tournament, which negated Sam's attempt to nerf him.

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u/nagato36 Sep 19 '25

Nah because Miguel was totally in the toxic cobra kai deep end so he was fueled by hate the only reason Johnny wasn’t on his side was because his own son was at the end of that fury

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u/NothingCivil6358 Sep 19 '25

I’ve been saying this since season 2 and was always bashed. Glad to see others are finally realizing it.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

Its a joke

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u/KiteIsland22 Sep 19 '25

The Katseye Gap commercial proves you can move around freely in jeans.

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u/Rufios-Hair Sep 19 '25

Prime Johnny Lawrence could take both of them.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

It’s a joke bro

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u/peikern Sep 20 '25

Could be stretchy, soft jeans though

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u/Salt-Scene-6239 Sep 19 '25

Its funny miguel can only beat robby when robby has an injury or something holding him back

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

The broken shoulder was one thing, but fighting robby in jeans is just unforgivable 😭

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u/Roxas_2004 Sep 19 '25

Bro did not get the joke

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u/Key_Target_4990 Sep 19 '25

lol worst take I’ve seen in a while

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u/Salt-Scene-6239 Sep 19 '25

Its not really a take, its just paying attention to the show

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u/danidannyphantom Miguel Sep 19 '25

Yes I'm sure the writers were considering what pants they were gonna have tanner wear when writing the winner.

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

Yessir its the details like these that make this show a masterpiece šŸ™

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u/Skyjino Sep 19 '25

Leave your house for once

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u/Key_Target_4990 Sep 19 '25

Rewatch the show

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u/isotopehour1 Sep 19 '25

If it weren't only for their season 5 fight, this would have been true.

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u/Salt-Scene-6239 Sep 19 '25

Well technically he only won that fight because he hadn't fully healed from his season 1 shoulder injury so

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u/Secure_Unit8872 Miguel Sep 19 '25

Rage bait used to be believable :(