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Get him a body bag!
~ Tommy's most famous quote.

Thomas, most commonly addressed as Tommy, is a supporting antagonist in the 1984 film, The Karate Kid and a supporting character in its sequel TV Series, Cobra Kai.He was a member of the Cobra Kai Dojo and Johnny Lawrence's gang.

He was portrayed by the late Rob Garrison.

Biograph[]

Pre-Karate Kid[]

Tommy had feelings for Johnny Lawrence's eventually ex-girlfriend Ali, and joined the Cobra Kai Dojo so that he would be able to develop the courage to ask her out. He faced Johnny in the finals of a tournament in 1983 (possibly The All Valley). Despite losing to Johnny, he gave Johnny a tough fight.

Karate Kid[]

Tommy repeatedly bullies and harasses Daniel LaRusso. He faces Daniel in the fourth round of the All Valley tournament. While he is able to score a point against Daniel, the latter manages to defeat him. He vocally expresses support for Johnny Lawrence during the semifinals and finals, though Johnny loses to Daniel in the finals.

Karate Kid 2[]

When his and Johnny's instructor Kreese berates Johnny for losing to Daniel in the tournament, Tommy defends Johnny and pleads with Kreese to forgive him. When Mr. Miyagi intervenes while Kreese has Johnny in a chokehold, Tommy agrees with Mr. Miyagi's persuasion and tells Kreese to let Johnny go, but Kreese angrily hits him.

Karate Kid 3[]

Tommy is not present, but it is likely that he left the dojo following Kreese's assault against him and Johnny.

Cobra Kai[]

Season 1[]

Despite not appearing in the present time, he appears in flashbacks, and is mentioned by Johnny to his top student Miguel Diaz.

Season 2[]

It is revealed that Tommy has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and does not have much time to live. He is visited on his deathbed by Johnny, Bobby Brown and Jimmy. Despite being in the advanced stages of his malady, he is still energetic enough to jump out of bed and spend a last rendezvous with his friends. They go to a bar where they reminisce about earlier times, as well as the fact their friend Dutch could not be there due t being in jail. Some goons sexually harass a barmaid, then proceed to mock Tommy by comparing him to a "Make-a-Wish child". This prompts Johnny to start fighting, and the others back him up. Tommy does not do much fighting, but is proud of himself for landing a punch on one of the goons given his condition.

Later, the quartet camps out somewhere in the forest. When it is only Johnny sitting by a campfire, Tommy has a confession to make; he lusted after Ali Mills. Johnny is more perplexed than angry at hearing this; Tommy says during his freshman year of high school that he and Ali were in the same homeroom. When he saw she fell for Johnny, he decided that loyalty to his fellow Cobra Kais was more important and that it best he be a gentleman and withdraw from his limerence for her. Tommy says there is something Johnny has that he does not, to which Johnny answers "Good looks". Tommy chuckles and remarks besides that; what he was thinking was time. As Johnny has his health, it is certain he will outlive Tommy. Tommy recommends Johnny use the time God gave him to find a woman and get in a serious relationship with her.

Personality[]

Tommy is the most vocal member of the Cobra Kai. From time to time he yells out of joy or anger. However, over 3 decades later Tommy is much more calm and peaceful. He spends his final day happily hanging out with his friends. He then dies peacefully in his sleep.

Trivia[]

  • According to Cobra Kai producer Jon Hurwitz, Tommy was potentially scheduled to appear in the show's third season portrayed by Rob Garrison again, where he would appear in flashbacks. Unfortunately, those plans didn't materialize due to Garrison's death in 2019.
  • When he dies peacefully in his sleep, he is put in a body bag when an ambulance arrives to pick up his corpse. This coincidentally references his known quote, "Get him a body bag! Yeah!"

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The Karate Kid (1984)
Cobra Kai
John Kreese | Johnny Lawrence | Dutch | Bobby Brown | Tommy | Jimmy

The Karate Kid Part II
Chozen Toguchi | Sato Toguchi | Toshio & Taro | John Kreese

The Karate Kid Part III
Cobra Kai
Terry Silver | Mike Barnes | John Kreese | Snake | Dennis De Guzman

DynaTox Industries
Margaret Spencer | Milos Dadok

The Next Karate Kid
Alpha Elite
Colonel Dugan | Ned Randall | Charlie | Gabe | Morgan

The Karate Kid (2010)
Fighting Dragons Studio
Master Li | Cheng | Liang | Zhuang | Song

Cobra Kai
Season 1
Kyler Park | Brucks | Yasmine | Moon | Rory | A.J. | Trey & Cruz | Tom Cole | Louie LaRusso, Jr. | Sid Weinberg | Robby Keene | Miguel Diaz | Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz | John Kreese
Season 2
Cobra Kai (John Kreese, Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz, Tory Nichols, Raymond "Stingray", Miguel Diaz, Chris, Mitch, Bert, Doug Rickenberger, Mikey, Edwin, Big Red, Dieter, Lawson & Dirk) | Trey & Cruz | Derek | Graham | Armand Zakarian | Ear Gauge
Season 3
Cobra Kai (John Kreese, Tory Nichols, Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz, Kyler Park, Robby Keene, Mitch, Doug Rickenberger, Mikey, Brucks, Edwin, Big Red, Paul, Dieter, Lawson & Dirk) | Tom Cole | Trey & Cruz | Sid Weinberg | Captain Turner | Shawn Payne | David | James | Juan | Hector | Roger | Bo | Pham Minh Tao | Vietnamese Soldiers
Season 4
Cobra Kai (Terry Silver, John Kreese, Robby Keene, Tory Nichols, Kenny Payne, Kyler Park, Piper Elswith, Edwin, Big Red, Dieter, Jake, & Paul) | Zack Thompson | Slade Wang | Marcus | Raymond "Stingray" Porter | Greg Hughes | Kandace Nichols
Season 5
Cobra Kai (Terry Silver, Kim Da-Eun, Kenny Payne, Hyan-Woo, Odell, Bacaria, Min-Jun, Morozov, Suk-Chin, Kyler Park, Mitch, Big Red, Edwin, Dieter, Paul, & Devon Lee) | John Kreese | Kim Sun-Yung | Hector Salazar
Season 6
Cobra Kai (John Kreese, Kim Da-Eun, Tory Nichols, Kwon Jae-Sung, Yoon Do-Jin, Min-Seok, & Chung-Hee) | Iron Dragons (Terry Silver, Sensei Wolf, Zara Malik, & Dennis De Guzman) | Tiger Strike (Ivanov, Oksana, Vlad, & Draga) | Dublin Thunder (Cara) | Kim Sun-Yung | Zenker

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