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Cobra Kai Seasons 1-5 FanFix (Spoilers)

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Hello!

I’m a huge fan of Cobra Kai, but there are some bits I find hold it back. This will not be a super heavy edit, just minor changes here and there.

My goal for this edit is to trim:
Flashbacks (to the original trilogy and scenes of previous episodes)
Comedic Relief Characters (Louie, Anoush, Stingray, Brucks, etc.)
Product Placements (only if they are a point of focus or forced-feeling)
Cringey Scenes or Lines (obviously subjective, but maybe you’ll find them good cuts too!)

I plan to keep adding clips here as I continue to make cuts.

I will be making 3 versions of each season.

v1 - workprint cuts
v2 - finalizing cuts, Fanedit.org intro card, brand new credits, hardcoded subs for Spanish
v3 - full release

Season 1 Cutlist


v3 (finished)

Episode 1

  • moved Johnny as a kid discovering Cobra Kai scene to beginning of Ep1
  • removed the “shitting in the powder room” lines
  • removed Karate Kid 1 and earlier in episode flashbacks when Johnny is watching Iron Eagle
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks during Johnny’s drive to the All Valley Arena, also removed Head Games
  • removed Karate Kid 2 flashbacks when Johnny arrives at the All Valley Arena
  • removed earlier in episode flashback when Johnny sees Sam at Larusso’s

Episode 2

  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks when Daniel sees Cobra Kai is reopened, changed music track
  • trimmed some of Brucks’ dialogue at Sam’s pool party
  • removed Yasmine’s “meth head zombie” line
  • removed Daniel’s “sexting” lines
  • trimmed Yasmine’s dialogue and faces during the Cafeteria scene
  • removed flashback to Kyler’s face when Miguel is punching the dummy

Episode 3

  • removed Vixen product placement
  • removed Homeless Lynn’s "meth and burritos” line
  • removed “Shark Tank” product placement
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks when Daniel sees Miguel in his costume
  • removed Miguel’s flashback to his training

Episode 4

  • trimmed Louie and Anoush’s lines while painting the billboard
  • removed Trey’s “Man, that’s Grade A, organic, gluten-free, booty butt ass cheeks.” line

Episode 5

  • trimmed up Miguel’s bad acting after getting hit with baseball
  • removed Anthony and Roland comparing their dads
  • trimmed Yasmine and Moon’s lines when Sam confronts them in their car
  • trimmed up Miguel’s bewildered look after beating Kyler’s gang
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashback of Miyagi’s speech to Daniel
  • moved Daniel’s training montage to beginning of Ep6 to move Johnny’s childhood flashback to Ep1

Episode 6

  • removed Sam being cyber bullied
  • removed “What are those!” line from Cruz
  • removed Anoush’s dating life lines
  • removed Sam getting a blow pop stuck on her and Demetri explaining the joke
  • removed Louie’s Stevia joke
  • removed Miguel’s pig video to Sam

Episode 7

  • removed voice over of Johnny when Miguel asks Sam out
  • rearranged and trimmed up Miguel and Sam’s date
  • removed “bad corndogs” line

Episode 8

  • removed Robby’s flashback of his plan to get back at his dad
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks during Johnny and Miguel’s Ali talk
  • removed Daniel practicing the handstand kick and Robby finding him
  • moved biker gang attack scene to beginning of Ep9 to remove Robby practicing the handstand kick

Episode 9

  • removed Robby practicing handstand kick
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks when Daniel and Johnny visit South Sea apartments
  • removed Anthony hassling Sam about having his electronics

Episode 10

  • removed Zappos product placement
  • removed Rosa’s smoking a joint line
  • removed Robby’s flashback to his training
  • trimmed up Miguel and Robby’s fight to remove the handstand kick

Season 2 Cutlist


v1

Episode 1

  • removed flashback to S1 when Carmen talks about disliking what she saw in Miguel
  • trimmed up Stingray’s dialogue to Daniel at the hardware store

Episode 2

  • removed Karate Kid 2 flashbacks when Daniel confronts Johnny and Kreese at the strip mall

Episode 3

  • removed Karate Kid 2 flashback when Robby asks what the ice chopping board is for
  • removed Stingray’s lines during the Miyagi-Do show

Episode 4

  • removed Stingray’s lines when joining Cobra Kai
  • removed S1 flashback of Trey and Cruz when they appear
  • removed Karate Kid 3 flashback during Kreese and Johnny’s talk

Episode 5

  • removed Anoush’s lines “You owe me a pair of Oxford’s”
  • trimmed up the mall fight

Episode 6

  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashback when Johnny enters Tommy’s hospital room
  • removed Stingray’s lines during Kreese’s rope workout
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks during Johnny and his gang’s road trip
  • removed Karate Kid 3 flashbacks during Daniel’s speech about being in Cobra Kai

Episode 7

  • trimmed Stingray’s lines when he show’s up at Coyote Creek

Episode 8

  • trimmed Stingray’s lines when asking about Kreese’s absence
  • removed Ericsson phone product placement
  • trimmed Lucille’s 80’s remarks while looking through the Scrapbook with Daniel

Episode 9

  • removed Season 1 flashback when Sam’s in her room
  • removed Nathaniel’s fortnite dance

Episode 10

  • removed Anthony’s “Wanting waffles” lines
  • removed Karate Kid 1 flashbacks during Johnny and Daniel’s fight in the apartment
  • trimmed up Stingray’s interview at the school
  • removed Sam and Tory awkwardly walking out the door during their fight
  • removed flashback to Johnny’s talk to Miguel, kept lines but removed scene
  • removed flashbacks while Johnny’s on the beach

Season 3 Cutlist


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Good luck with your edit.

I’ve been working on a Cobra Kai edit. Its mostly an experiment based on a theory I have that these seasons would perform better as single movies than a long-form series. So far, season one is working really well.

I suspect future seasons will be more difficult.

I’m watching this, and am deeply interested in your cuts which are really strong so far!

Good luck!

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mrbenja0618 said:

Good luck with your edit.

I’ve been working on a Cobra Kai edit. Its mostly an experiment based on a theory I have that these seasons would perform better as single movies than a long-form series. So far, season one is working really well.

I suspect future seasons will be more difficult.

I’m watching this, and am deeply interested in your cuts which are really strong so far!

Good luck!

Thanks mrbenja0618!

I contemplated doing movie cuts as well. I think Season 1 would lend itself well to that. But I came to the same conclusion you did, that the following seasons have so much more character moments, that it’d be hard to trim so much without losing a lot of what makes those seasons great.

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The remaining cuts to S4 have been added to the original post! I will be now going through S1-3 before returning with a v2 of S4 after some feedback! I noticed that I had some sharpness lost in the video when encoding it for editing. This will be fixed when I do a run through with v2.

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All cuts to the first 3 episodes of S1 have been added to original post!

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v1 cuts to S1 are finished! I will now be moving on to S2. Once S1 and S2 are finished I will hopefully be submitting them to Fanedit.org.

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The Google Drive link for Season 1 v1 is up! PM me for the link.

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Episode 5 of Season 2 with the dreaded Mall fight. This is going to be the hardest cut yet…

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Season 1 is completed and Season 2’s v1 workprint is available for anyone who’d like a link!

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Would love to check out your season 1 and season 2!