Terry Silver

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Inconsistently Heinous
Full Name	Terrance Silver
Alias	Terry Silver Twig Giant bond villain (by Anoush Norouzi) Psycho (by Mike Barnes) Ponytailed prick (by Johnny Lawrence) Sensei Targaryen (by Demetri Alexopoulos)
Origin	The Karate Kid Part III
Allies	John Kreese (best friend) Cobra Kai students Daniel LaRusso (feigned) George Turner Robby Keene Tory Nichols Kyler Park Kenny Payne Stingray Mike Barnes Kim Da-Eun (all formerly) Kim Sung-Yung Odell Suk-Chin Bacaria Morozov Min-Jun Hyan-Woo Ponytail † Snake † Dennis de Guzman Sensei Wolf Iron Dragon students Milos Dadok Margaret Spencer Carla Rene Emile All Valley Tournament Referee (briefly) Cheyenne Hamidi (girlfriend)
Powers / Skills	Master martial artist Karate mastery Cunning High intelligence Wealth Business management Psychological manipulation Vast resources Piano playing Composing music
Goals	Reclaim the glory of the Cobra Kai dojo. Have Daniel beaten at the All Valley Karate Championship (failed). Help Kreese take back the Cobra Kai dojo and their honor and finish their revenge against Danial LaRusso for beating their best pupil Mike Barnes in All Valley Tournament and costing them a lot of money for a chain of dojos. Take back leadership and get revenge on Kreese for not letting him brutalize Johnny when he tried to prove his loyalty to him as he felt used by Kreese and felt he was doing this all for Johnny and not them. Force Stingray to frame John Kreese for aggravated assault (all succeeded). Take over the San Fernando Valley and rule it alongside with his army of Cobra Kai fighters (briefly succeeded). Enter the Sekai Taikai tournament to spread Cobra Kai's influence internationally (failed).
Worst Actions	Corrupting Daniel LaRusso and temporarily turning him into a villain. Hiring Mike Barnes to torment and later fight Daniel LaRusso in the All Valley Tournament. Brutally assaulting Stingray and coercing him in incriminating John Kreese. Getting Kreese arrested and taking over the entire Cobra Kai organization after Kreese's imprisonment. Burning Mike Barnes’ furniture store just to spite him for siding with Daniel LaRusso. Allowing Kim Da-Eun to punish Tory by having her break her own hand. Ordering his right-hand men to kill Mike Barnes and Johnny Lawrence. Trying to kill Chozen Toguchi by slashing his back, which caused Chozen to be hospitalized. Ordering Dennis to kidnap Daniel.
Kill Count	2 (indirectly attempted) 2 (attempted)
Crimes	Physical and psychological abuse Corruption Drug abuse Abuse of power Perjury Assault and battery Attempted murder Bribery Conspiracy Pollution Sabotage Incrimination Kidnapping Torture Arson Usurpation Brainwashing Endangerment Unsportsmanlike conduct Incitement Cover up Coercion Blackmail Breaking and entering
Type of IH	Manipulative Sadist

“	Now the real pain begins, Danny boy.	„
	~ Terry Silver's most famous quote.

Terrance "Terry" Silver is the secondary antagonist of The Karate Kid franchise.

He is the former best friend of John Kreese and also the head of DynaTox Industries, the sponsor of the All Valley Karate Tournament, and the archenemy of Daniel LaRusso.

He is portrayed by Thomas Ian Griffith and his younger self was portrayed by Nick Marini.

His Evil Ranking

What Makes Him Heinous?

The Karate Kid III

• While leading the DynaTox Industries company, he illegally ordered to dump chloride sludge on the island of Borneo.
• He tried to propose bribes to the judge on his company case acts, even forced his personal secretary on take care of that.
• He made it his mission to make Daniel LaRusso suffer because he “stole” the tournament from John Kreese.
• He recruited Mike Barnes to make Daniel suffer.
• He disguised himself as a polite and presentable man who wants to right Kreese’s wrongs and talks about Kreese’s “death” to make LaRusso and Mr. Miyagi believe he is a good man and to feel sympathy for Kreese’s “death”.
• He used Barnes to make LaRusso to sign the contract to enter the tournament by threatening to destroy Mr. Miyagi’s bonsai tree.
• He convinced Daniel to enter the Cobra Kai Dojo because Mr. Miyagi refused as he saw fighting not good and would just further Daniel’s aggression in which he was right about that as Daniel became aggressive with more fighting skills and techniques from Cobra Kai.
• He taught the Quicksilver method to Daniel to make him become a full-on villain which only happened temporarily.
• At the All-Valley Tournament, he pretends to be a philanthropist out to save the kids by saying he will give back to the San Fernando Valley but in actuality he was the new CEO of Dyna Tox Industries replacing his father. This industry poured toxic waste in Borneo, Indonesia and was planning to do this all over the world.
• He fought against Mr. Miyagi in the original Cobra Kai Dojo along with Kreese.
• In the middle of Daniel’s fight against Barnes in the tournament, he tells Daniel that “the real pain begins”. He was also laughing sadistically when Barnes was harming LaRusso before his fight with Mr. Miyagi and during the tournament.
• When Daniel LaRusso wins against Mike Barnes, Terry left in disgust.

Cobra Kai

Season 4

• Although it seemed like he had redeemed himself after the 80s, he never gave up the one thing he craved for, which was power and money. Furthermore, he later tells Kreese that he was just living a lie and lost who he was along the way.
• He gave Shannon Keene, Johnny’s ex-girlfriend and mother of son money to recruit her to his side so he can leave Johnny with no way to be able to reconcile with Robby Keene but ultimately failed.
• He told Johnny Lawrence to visit the original Cobra Kai Dojo to attack him while he wasn’t looking which left Johnny in a very injured state.
• Before the tournament, he beats Stingray nearly to death so he can blame Kreese as the aggressor to take over Cobra Kai in exchange for Stingray being able to join the dojo again.
• He paid the referee to put Tory Nichols in advantage over Samantha LaRusso and Devon Lee. In Sam’s case, the referee said that she was “out of bounds” and that was the event that caused Tory’s “win.” In Devon’s case, he also paid the referee to put the win in Tory’s advantage by also calling “out of bounds”.
• Once Terry asked Kreese about his weakness, the police arrive to take Kreese to jail which became a success for Terry as he was able to temporarily take full power of Cobra Kai.

Season 5

• He began to expand Cobra Kai across the valley to bring in more students to continue his plans of making Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang disappear for good.
• He enlisted Kim Da-Eun and her right-hand men to join Cobra Kai as sensei’s.
• He took over other dojos such as Topanga Karate Dojo.
• Once he found out Daniel had Mike Barnes contact his own attorney, he burned down Mike’s furniture store leaving him and his wife broke and Mike’s wife Michelle, to separate her from him.
• He ran a charity event once he found out Daniel and Amanda LaRusso were to join so he can manipulate the events to make himself look as a victim in front of everyone and to drive a wedge in the marriage of Daniel and Amanda which he temporarily succeeded.
• Terry confronts Daniel when he tried to turn Stingray against him by attacking him which left him incredibly injured.
  • He also tells Daniel that the only reason he left him alive was because he wanted him to suffer more and more.
  • This made Daniel temporarily stop with karate until his family, friends and students convinced him to come back.
• He taught Kenny Payne the Silver Bullet, which temporarily cuts off an opponent's air to their lungs, to use it against Eli Moskowitz in the Sekai Taikai evaluations.
• He paid another referee to put Kenny Payne’s win in favor against Eli and Kenny used this to his advantage by using the Silver bullet to strike Eli’s chest which left him temporarily injured.
• In the next fight, Terry bribed the referee again in an attempt to put it in Devon’s favor, but fortunately Devon lost the fight against Sam LaRusso.
• He did nothing against Kim’s request for Tory to break solid stone which left her hand broken and bleeding.
• Terry enlists his new right-hand men to kill Mike Barnes and Johnny Lawrence, with them nearly succeeding.
• He later fought to the death against Chozen Toguchi and almost killed him by slashing his chest and his back which led Chozen to be hospitalized.
• When Terry was exposed by Tory and Miyagi-Fang to Terry’s students, he arrogantly stated that it would not change a thing but he was proven wrong because all of his students abandoned him for his lack of morality.
• When Terry stated that he kicked Daniel’s ass, he tried to beat up LaRusso again but was easily beaten by him.
  • At the end of the fight, Silver grabs the biggest, heaviest trophy from the broken case clearly intending to bludgeon Daniel to death with it.
• His actions were so cruel and vindictive that all of his students at Cobra Kai quit after the fight and they all threw their shirts at him.

Season 6

• Made his lawyer get the judge to throw away his case to avoid prison.
• Terry's actions of earning Cobra Kai a spot at the Sekai Taikai to share Master Kim's teachings with the world was ultimately taken and continued by Kreese, making him indirectly responsible for what Kreese did with his South Korean students.
• Recruited Sensei Wolf so that his dojo, the Iron Dragons, could publicly humiliate both Miyagi-Do and Cobra Kai in front of the whole world at the Sekai Taikai.
  • Because of this, he seems to have lost concern for his students, with many of them having already moved on to Miyagi-do and some remaining in Kris's Cobra Kai, were the ones he wanted to humiliate and perhaps even harm through the students of the Iron Dragons.

• Had his old buddy Dennis kidnap Daniel LaRusso while he was investigating Mr. Miyagi's past, putting him in a dog cage to keep him away from the tournament.
• Tried to recruit Kenny back by offering him a spot at the Iron Dragons, and while he seems to care about him, he undermines it when Kenny points at him and stays in "Miyagi-do".
• Found out a younger Mr. Miyagi killed his opponent the year he participated in the Sekai Taikai, handing this information over to Daniel to throw him off his game.
• Tried to kill Kreese after he caught him trying to escape during the big brawl at the Sekai Taikai.

What Makes Him Inconsistent?

• He is incredibly tragic, as he was a scared and timid teenager during the Vietnam War against Vietcong, and because of this, he would use an aggressive front to hide this in his later years, which also makes him insecure. This also applies to how he was a hero and opened up Cobra Kai with Kreese because he wanted to teach students to get rid of their fears to not be who he used to be, which was scared and timid. Even during Season 5, this tragedy is not subverted, as he still doesn’t want his students to become like he was, so Terry is basically too sympathetic to be PE or NPE.
• He was a genuine friend to Ponytail and honored his death by wearing a ponytail. Even after so many years and becoming eviler and more unhinged, he still maintained the ponytail to represent his friendship with him.
• During the big brawl at the Sekai Taikai, he was just as shocked as everyone else when Kwon accidentally stabbed himself to death when he tried to kill Axel Kovacevic with Kreese's Eunjangdo knife, showing some minor standards.

Trivia

• Terry Silver is one of the two villains from The Karate Kid (along with John Kreese) to be Inconsistently Heinous. However, his situation may change once season 6 ends.

External Links

• Terry Silver on the Villains Wiki