Editing The Karate Kid (section)

===Cultural influence===
The series has been credited for popularizing [[karate in the United States]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=haRTAgAAQBAJ&q=karate+kid+popularize+karate&pg=PA131 |title=The Films of John G. Avildsen: Rocky, The Karate Kid and Other Underdogs |first1=Larry |last1=Powell |first2=Tom |last2=Garrett |date=December 20, 2013 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786490479|access-date=December 28, 2017 |via=Google Books|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503011256/https://books.google.com/books?id=haRTAgAAQBAJ&q=karate+kid+popularize+karate&pg=PA131|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yH6iCQAAQBAJ&q=karate+kid+popularize+karate&pg=PT866 |title=Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine |first=Lyle J. Micheli |last=M.D |date=November 17, 2010 |publisher=SAGE Publications |isbn=9781506320106|access-date=December 28, 2017 |via=Google Books|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503011328/https://books.google.com/books?id=yH6iCQAAQBAJ&q=karate+kid+popularize+karate&pg=PT866|url-status=live}}</ref>

The American experimental rock band [[Sweep the Leg Johnny]] derives their name from a line from the film.<ref name="Crain">Crain, Zac (1999) "[http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-09-16/music/sweep-the-leg-johnny/ Sweep the Leg Johnny] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202125106/http://www.dallasobserver.com/1999-09-16/music/sweep-the-leg-johnny/ |date=February 2, 2014}}, ''[[Dallas Observer]]'', September 16, 1999. Retrieved January 26, 2014</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://southbendpower90s.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/sweep-leg-johnny-circles-all-around.html |title=South Bend Power Nineties: Sweep the Leg Johnny – Circles All Around |date=December 31, 2008 |access-date=March 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305202534/http://southbendpower90s.blogspot.co.uk/2008/12/sweep-leg-johnny-circles-all-around.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

The 2007 music video for the song "[[No More Kings#Sweep the Leg|Sweep the Leg]]" by [[No More Kings]] stars William Zabka (who also directed the video) as a caricature of himself and features references to ''The Karate Kid'', including cameo appearances by Zabka's former ''Karate Kid'' co-stars.<ref name="musicvideo">{{cite web |url=https://www.gazettetimes.com/blogs/of-being-and-johnny-lawrence-sweep-the-leg/article_25cefe2c-c937-5dd9-8e04-8c92425d0103.html |title=Of Being and Johnny Lawrence (Sweep the Leg) |work=[[Albany Democrat-Herald]] |publisher=[[Corvallis Gazette-Times]] |date=March 10, 2018 |author=Frye, Cory|access-date=October 21, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115221342/https://www.gazettetimes.com/blogs/of-being-and-johnny-lawrence-sweep-the-leg/article_25cefe2c-c937-5dd9-8e04-8c92425d0103.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="musicvideo2">{{cite web |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/karate-kid-billy-zabka-cobra-kai-30th-anniversary |title='Karate Kid' villain Billy Zabka is still best friends with the Cobra Kais |publisher=[[USA Today]] |date=October 9, 2014 |author=Strauss, Chris|access-date=October 21, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115221353/https://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/10/karate-kid-billy-zabka-cobra-kai-30th-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref>

Macchio and Zabka made a guest appearance as themselves in the ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' episode "[[The Bro Mitzvah]]". In the episode, Macchio is invited to [[Barney Stinson]]'s [[bachelor party]], leading to Barney shouting that he hates Macchio and that Johnny was the real hero of ''The Karate Kid''. Towards the end of the episode, a clown in the party wipes off his makeup and reveals himself as Zabka.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2013/04/29/how-i-met-your-mother-recap-william-zabka/ |title='How I Met Your Mother' recap, 'Bro Mitzvah': The REAL Karate Kid |first=Sandra |last=Gonzalez |publisher=ew.com |date=April 29, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2018|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115221550/https://ew.com/article/2013/04/29/how-i-met-your-mother-recap-william-zabka/|url-status=live}}</ref>