High school relationship and breakup with Johnny Johnny (in
Cobra Kai) describes both his relationship with Ali and their 1984 breakup (events alluded to but not shown in
The Karate Kid). In Season 1, Episode 8 of
Cobra Kai, Johnny tells his student
Miguel that he first met Ali in the Summer of 1982, when Johnny and his Cobra Kai friends went to see the movie
Rocky III. They noticed a group of girls in front of them and one of his friends,
Dutch, began to throw Milk Duds at them as an "
alpha move". The girls became angry and one of them - Ali - got up and began yelling at Dutch, pouring her buttered popcorn all over him. Johnny said that was the first time he met Ali, and thought that she was a "firecracker". After turning Johnny down many times, Ali finally said yes to a date. Johnny took her to
Golf N' Stuff, where they kissed on the Ferris wheel. He said that they were "madly in love" and dated for two years. Ali gave Johnny the black headband he wears in karate. However, the summer before senior year, they had a big fight. While Johnny thought they would "work things out", Ali met Daniel instead, and Johnny believed that she had cheated on him (when they were just friends at the time). In Season 2, Episode 6 of
Cobra Kai, Johnny and his friends (
Bobby Brown,
Jimmy and
Tommy, who they helped to sneak out of the hospital for a 24-hour road trip) talk about his breakup with Ali: on the night that Dutch got so drunk that he smashed a dart board, Johnny also got so drunk that he missed Ali's birthday - ultimately leading up to the "big fight" that ended their relationship. Later that evening, Tommy confesses that he also had a crush on Ali (whom he met in homeroom during freshman year) but never had the courage to ask her out. After Johnny began dating her, Tommy was inspired to become a Cobra Kai so that he could gain Johnny's courage, although he got over Ali as he did not wish to have her come between him and a fellow Cobra. In turn, Johnny admits that he never got over Ali, though Johnny dated many women after her. Ali was the only one with whom Johnny was able to "let his guard down". In Season 3, Episode 9 of
Cobra Kai, Johnny and Ali reunite after he finds her on
Facebook. After realizing that they have not seen each other since he lost the tournament (
The Karate Kid), they catch up on the past three decades. Johnny apologizes to her for the mistakes he made while they were dating, and Ali tells him that she cannot even remember why they were angry with each other.
High school relationship and breakup with Daniel Ali first notices Daniel at a beach party the day before the first day of senior year of high school (
The Karate Kid). Daniel's friends tell him that she is "off-limits" because Ali is part of the rich clique. However, they bond when Daniel teaches her a few soccer moves. Johnny is infuriated when he sees Ali with Daniel (although Ali ended the relationship a few weeks prior, he did not believe it was over) and races his motorcycle into their conversation. Despite Ali repeatedly telling him to leave her alone, Johnny continues to insist she talk to him. Daniel tries to stick up for Ali and is badly beaten by Johnny, who is experienced in karate. Ali attempts to help him, but Daniel tells her that he is okay. Daniel and Ali meet the next day at their high school on the soccer field as she prepares to attend cheerleading practice. It is during this conversation that she introduces herself as "Ali — with an 'I'", to which he responds that he is "Daniel — with an 'L'". While practicing with her teammates, Ali even looks on in concern as Daniel gets kicked out of soccer practice for getting into yet another fight with Johnny's friends for tripping him. As they continue to get to know each other, Daniel discovers that Johnny is Ali's ex-boyfriend (as of weeks). As her interest in Daniel deepens, Ali encourages him to stand up to Johnny, whom she feels is a bully and realizes is frequently beating Daniel up. She tells Daniel, "It's just that he [Johnny] thinks he can do whatever he wants to people". Ali also tells Daniel that she would "love to see him [Johnny] get a dose of his own medicine". Unfazed by Johnny's outbursts, Ali frequently tells him off or yells at him, and is angry that he will not leave her alone. Ali's down-to-earth nature is highlighted during her first date with Daniel, when she is picked up by Daniel's mother Lucille in an old car that stalls. Not only does Ali immediately get along with Lucille, but willingly helps her and Daniel start the car up again. This interaction is a stark contrast with Ali's parents who interrogate Daniel when they meet him and are not impressed that he lives in
Reseda rather than Encino. This difference in
social class is further emphasized at the end of the date, when Daniel is teased by other teenagers because he is picked up by his mother in their old car (an incident that bothers him more than Ali). Social class is further reinforced when Ali asks Daniel to meet her after dinner with
her parents at an elite country club. Johnny, also at the club, tries to get her attention and is aided by Ali's parents (who snobbishly prefer Johnny to Daniel). However, Ali is hostile after she is made to dance with Johnny by her mother, and hits him in the face when Johnny forces a kiss on her (a move he made to infuriate Daniel who was watching in the kitchen). She yells at Johnny, "Don't you ever do that to me again!", and storms away. Daniel also attempts to run away but gets spaghetti spilled on himself after accidentally crashing into the kitchen staff. A few days later, equipped with a driver's license and a car from
Mr. Miyagi, Daniel finds Ali at the Arcade, and they argue as Daniel is angry over the kiss he witnessed and Ali is angry about the entire incident. Daniel accuses her of being a snob who is behaving badly because he isn't "rich with a fancy car". This statement infuriates Ali, as it contradicts her real nature, which she summarizes by telling Daniel: "You know, Daniel, I didn't go out with you because of a car or where you live ... I thought maybe you were different". She makes him understand that the discomfort with the class differences between them comes from him and not from her. Daniel also learns that Ali rejected Johnny's kiss, after her friend Susan tells him that Ali punched Johnny with "her right hook- you think she sprained her wrist doing her nails?" Daniel apologizes, and they kiss. Ali agrees to support him at the tournament the next day. Ali arrives at the tournament with Daniel and Mr. Miyagi, and tells the officials that she needs to be at the ringside because she is Mr. Miyagi's translator. Since neither Daniel nor Miyagi know the actual rules of competitive karate, Ali quickly teaches Daniel what he needs to know before the competition begins. Daniel eventually proceeds to the finals and defeats Johnny. Ali rushes to hug Daniel afterward as the crowd celebrates his victory. However, Daniel and Ali broke up six months later, with each character offering different reasons for the breakup. • '''Daniel's version of the breakup:''' In 1985, Daniel offers his version at the beginning of
The Karate Kid Part II. He returns to Mr. Miyagi's house from the senior
prom in the now badly beaten up car that Mr. Miyagi gave to him. As he enters the house, Mr. Miyagi says that it "must have been some senior prom" and asks him what happened. In response, Daniel exclaims angrily that he let Ali borrow his car and she ruined it. She later tells him she's just fallen in love with a football player from
UCLA. • '''Ali's version of the breakup:''' A few decades later, Ali, who is in the Valley for the holidays, reunites with Daniel at a country club and meets his wife,
Amanda. Ali, Johnny, Daniel, and Amanda then have dinner together, and Ali offers her version of their mutual experiences during high school. Amanda and Johnny are both interested in knowing the facts behind Ali and Daniel's breakup. Ali clarifies that it had nothing to do with Johnny, explaining that instead, she got into UCLA and met up with a male friend of hers who went there (which Daniel mistook as an affair). At this moment, Daniel interrupts Ali and sarcastically repeats the phrase, "your friend". Ali reaffirms that the guy was her friend, and then points out Daniel jumped to conclusions but concedes that she might have egged him on about their situation. Daniel becomes defensive and tells Ali he thought she was in love with the guy. Ali then reminds Daniel that she had warned him the brakes on Mr. Miyagi's car were faulty and asks if he claimed that Ali was responsible for the car crashing. Ashamed, Daniel lies, saying, "No, of course not."
Daniel and Johnny In Season 1, Episode 1 of
Cobra Kai,
Johnny Lawrence and
Daniel LaRusso meet accidentally after Johnny's car is towed to Daniel's auto business, 33 years after the events of
The Karate Kid in August of 2017. Prosperous and successful Daniel appears happy to see him, while Johnny (who was just fired from his construction job and is living in a small apartment in
Reseda, California) is very uncomfortable. Daniel introduces Johnny to his employees as a "guy who really had it in for me" when they were in high school. Johnny replies that he behaved that way because Daniel "move[d] in on my girl", referring to the fact that he and Ali had dated before she met Daniel. In response, Daniel asks, "She actually wasn't really your girl anymore, was she?", as Ali and Johnny had broken up shortly before Daniel met her at the beach. ==Adult Ali Mills==