Mike Barnes

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==Summary==
Michael Barnes, although referred to short as Mike Barnes, is one of the main antagonists of The Karate Kid Part III; then supporting character debuting in Cobra Kai Season 5. He was first hired and gained interest by Terry Silver, who required a powerful ringer to beat up and intimidate Daniel. Mike Barnes is in an article that Terry Silver reads, demonstrating that Mike Barnes is a powerful national champion in a tournament known for his bad behavior in the sport. Mike cares very much for the financial business and will do anything to achieve it, such as beating up Daniel, threatening to kill him, and claiming to do adultery acts towards Daniel's female friend. Despite this, once Daniel regains footing and balance. Mike is defeated, and his dirty tricks ban him from karate.
In Cobra Kai, he is shown to be reformed by his father-in-law and attempts to help Daniel with some information he recounts from Silver. Although Terry Silver gets involved and burns down the store that Mike put all his money into, his life goes downhill once again as he goes broke. He later goes to get revenge on Daniel due to believing he did it, but once he discovers it was Silver, he works with Chozen and Johnny to assault Terry Silver at his home.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Pre-Timeskip | Post-Timeskip
Name: Michael Barnes, Mike Barnes, Karate's Bad Boy (Nickname), "The Tournament Terror"
Origin: Karate Kid
Age: Likely 17-18 (Participated in the Under-18-All-Valley tournament, although should be around Daniel's age) | Likely at least 51-52 (34 years have gone past since 1985 when he was likely 17)
Classification: Human, Martial Artist, National Karate Tournament Champion (Formerly), 10th Degree Black-Belt, Karate Competitor (Formerly), Owner of Agoura Fine Furnishings
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Mike Barnes was labelled as the best-upcoming-fighter in the USA;10th Degree Black Belt, and is known as a feared karate fighter. His Post-Timeskip self upscales from this) 
Attack Potency: Street level (Beat up Pre-Timeskip Daniel Larusso several times throughout Karate Kid 3, although this is mainly due to Mike's intimidation with Daniel being out of focus/off-balance. Who can take attacks from Pre-Time Chozen, whose kicks can break a stone piece off a statue. Terry Silver claimed to Daniel that Mike Barnes was on a whole other level than Pre-Timeskip Johnny Lawrence; however, this could be Terry Silver playing mind games and exaggerating. Pulverized the middle portion of bricks into dust.The Karate Kid Part III (1989) Broke an old window and planks by merely throwing Daniel into itThe Karate Kid Part III (1989)) | Street level (Fought on par with Post-Timeskip Chozen. Quickly dispatched Min Jun, one of the international ringers of The Fist who has physical capabilities to rival Post-Timeskips Johnny Lawrence and Chozen initially in their debut. Briefly kept up with an intoxicated Post-Timeskip Johnny, while being intoxicated himself. Later on he fought on par with Johnny for a period of time and managed to even overpower him at one point in the battle, although ultimately caved in when Johnny utilized Miyagi-Do. Superior to before)
Speed: Athletic Human running speed, Peak Human combat speed with Superhuman attack speed and reactions (Can easily keep up and tag Pre-Timeskip Daniel who can catch flies which Mr. Miyagi struggled with) | Athletic Human running speed, Peak Human combat speed with Superhuman attack speed and reactions (Kept up with Post-Timeskip Chozen and tagged the former. Countered Post-Timeskip Johnny Lawrence charging at him. Ran up and tagged Min Jun and Hyan Woo before they could strike back. Both being able to keep up, react, and tag Post-Timeskip Johnny. Superior to before)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Narratively physically stronger than Pre-Timeskip Daniel to the point that Daniel looks completely powerless each time Mike gripped onto him. However, this could be due to fear and intimidation. Despite this, he should be at least comparable to the latter. Overpowered Daniel, who was attempting to lift his leg off his throat) | Peak Human (Capable of briefly clashing and tussling with Post-Timeskip Chozen who required many students to hold him back in a tussle, a few of which rotated a cement mixer at high speeds overtime)
Striking Strength: Street level (Staggered and knocked down Pre-Timeskip Daniel and struck him hard enough to cough out blood) | Street level (Briefly knocked out Min Jun, and later did so to a tired Min Jun and Hyan Woo who were previously able to take hits from Post-Timeskips Johnny and Chozen. Stunned Post-Timeskip Chozen with a strike to the face and stagger Post-Timeskip Daniel in the same fight)
Durability: Street level (Tanked attacks from Pre-Timeskip Daniel to the face, although this was likely due to Daniel being intimated by the latter as Daniel can hurt him later on when he's focused. Daniel is capable of harming Pre-Timeskip Chozen. Withstood a kick from Mr. Miyagi completely fine. Should scale from AP) | Street level (Got up from a powerful kick from Post-Timeskip Chozen that also destroyed a table upon impact. Shrugged off a jump kick from Post-Timeskip Johnny. Should scale from AP)
Stamina: At least Above Average (While a karate athlete, he never shows any signs of high endurance. Fought for three minutes with Daniel Larusso. However, the fight was completely one-sided in his favor. As someone who trained intensely in Cobra Kai which is intense physical training in karate by John Kreese and Silver, he should easily be here) | At least Above Average (Should be comparable to before)
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: At least Average (Mike Barnes was raised apparently with only knowing karate which is all he knew. He is an analytical and skilled fighter all across the country. Impossibly getting a 10th-degree black belt from a young age and completely schooling an off-balance Daniel. However, he shines once he switches to furnishing, where he can run a successful business carried down from his father-in-law. As an adult his skills have gotten even better to match the likes of Chozen who himself handily defeated six martial artists without being tagged once)
Standard Tactics: Mike Barnes uses a heavily offensive style of fast consecutive strikes to overwhelm and outpace an opponent. He is a rough and dirty fighter and will utilize cheap shots to the testicles, grappling, and attacking vulnerable parts of the body. He also uses his words and stature to try and intimidate his opponents by breaking their confidence as the fight goes on, such as nitpicking mistakes in their fighting style. | As an adult, he uses a similar fighting style but prefers to be a solid offensive fighter to overwhelm his opponents with consecutive strikes, but with less agility and more focus on power. He utilizes grappling and physical power far more to either charge or counter opponents off their feet usually when starting a fight. However, he does not break down their opponents mentally unlike his previous counterpart
Weaknesses: Human limitations. Mike Barnes can be overly aggressive, easily leading to him being taken advantage of and manipulated by people like Terry Silver and John Kreese | Human limitations.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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