There is a hilarious hidden musical joke in the final episode of Cobra Kai. Film composer William Conti did the music for the Karate Kid movies and the Rocky movies.
He originally wrote the song “You’re the best around” for Rocky III, which makes sense considering that the lyrics are about making a comeback. The song was then cut and was replaced with Eye of the Tiger by Survivor.
Conti decided to recycle the song in the Karate Kid tournament montage even if the lyrics didn’t really make sense and became an iconic song from that movie.
Now, in the final season of Cobra Kai, Daniel and Johny train together for the final battle and the training montage is imitating the visuals Rocky III (as well as Rocky montages in general while using the original song :P
https://youtu.be/EoDKQYn-ANE?si=YOQ9GFKgcbesDi3b
https://youtu.be/M8fn-n1903o?si=jL1UkLK4Rh4oPIxj