The Karate Kid
"The Karate Kid" (1984) and its sequels "The Karate Kid, Part II" (1986), "The Karate Kid, Part III" (1989) and "The Next Karate Kid" (1994) are films relating the fictional story of an American adolescent's introduction into karate. Its television sequel, "Cobra Kai" (2018), has led to similar growing interest in karate. The success of "The Karate Kid" further popularized karate (as opposed to Asian martial arts more generally) in mainstream American popular culture. "Karate Kommandos" is an animated children's show, with Chuck Norris appearing to reveal the moral lessons contained in every episode.