Karate Kid Daniel Is The REAL Villain Theory Explained

Karate Kid: Daniel Is The REAL Villain Theory Explained

A popular theory regarding The Karate Kid postulates that Ralph Macchio’s Daniel is the movie’s real villain — could that really be true?

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Karate Kid Daniel Is The REAL Villain Theory Explained

A popular theory regarding The Karate Kid postulates that Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) is the real villain of the film, and that Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) is actually the good guy in the story. The Karate Kid was a 1984 coming-of-age story about a teenager who falls in love, learns martial arts, and fights off bullies.

In The Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio plays Daniel, a boy who moves to Los Angeles with his mother and enrolls in a school where he makes new friends — and new enemies. He grows infatuated with popular high school student Ally Mills (Elizabeth Shue) and becomes the target of her jealous ex-boyfriend, Johnny, and his gang of bullies. In order to defend himself, Daniel seeks guidance from local handyman Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), who teaches him karate so that he can properly defend himself. Later, Daniel enters a karate tournament on the condition that if he wins, Johnny and the other boys will leave him alone. After several contentious bouts, Daniel advances to the final round and defeats Johnny with the now-iconic Crane technique.

A video which has circulated the web offers a different take on the plot of The Karate Kid [via YouTube]. According to the theory in the video, Daniel – and not Johnny – is the bully responsible for the events that unfolds in the 1984 classic. The idea behind the theory is that Daniel instigated the conflict with Johnny, who is described as a “reluctant” and “flawed” hero who simply made a mistake when he tried too hard to get Ali to talk him during the beach scene. It’s said that Daniel made things worse by getting involved, and that Johnny was only defending himself when Daniel attacked him. Johnny did start the fight by pushing Daniel, but Daniel was the first to throw a punch.

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The theory goes on to explain that the other events that followed were actually Daniel’s fault. His prank at the Halloween party was supposedly uncalled for, as was his attack on Bobby (Ron Thomas) on the soccer field. Even the vicious beating he received at the hands of Johnny and his friends was just Johnny trying to “contain Daniel’s fury”.

Does the argument that Daniel is the villain of The Karate Kid hold water? Johnny did go too far when he took away Ali’s radio and broke it just because she wanted nothing to do with him. All Daniel did was try to hand it back to her. Also, Daniel’s retaliation against Johnny’ push hardly justifies the treatment that he receives from Johnny. The video leaves out certain details that are needed to paint an accurate picture of Daniel and Johnny’s story, one of which being the fact that Daniel and Mr. Miyagi had to go to the Cobra Kai school just to get Johnny to stop the continuous harassment. The ending of The Karate Kid and the Cobra Kai series do help make Johnny a sympathetic character, but for most of the first movie Johnny is indeed an antagonist. If there’s a character in the movie other than Johnny for which there’s enough to call The Karate Kid’s real villain, it would likely be Kreese (Martin Kove), Johnny’s teacher and the person who encouraged (and even demanded) violent behavior from his students.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/karate-kid-daniel-villain-theory/

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