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What was Dutch's problem?


For some reason, Dutch seemed to hate Daniel even more than Johnny did!
Those killer looks he gave Daniel, the taunting before the fight.

Tommy was insane, Bobby was conflicted, Jimmy was mute.

Johnny's problem with Daniel stemmed from Ali but with Dutch, he was Johnny's best bud and i guess Dutch was being loyal but it seemed to be a bigger issue to me.

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Dutch was coming to terms with his homosexuality and his feelings towards Daniel. This exacerbated his coke addiction, causing severe highs and lows.

If those pen pushers up at city hall don't like it,well, they swivel on this middle digit!

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Bingo !! I was thinking the same thing . Closeted with a free base issue for sure .

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Yep! 

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Don't you see? Dutch was "all-in" with Sensei Kreese and his teachings, and believed 100% some of the now-famous lines that Kreese spouted in his Dojo. In fact, it was Dutch who sought full revenge and wanted to waste Daniel completely. He's the ultimate bad-ass with a chip on his shoulder. But what makes him special and the meanest son-of-a-bitch is that he hates weakness and fake-asses, like Daniel. He exploits weakness and doesn't suffer punks gladly. Even Johnny began to doubt Kreese--Dutch never did.

Dutch rules. Who'd ever wanna be in the ring with that dude, wtf??



"You can just stand there and let him kick your ass!" Karate Kid III

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I agree, out of all the Cobra Kai, Dutch was the one closest to Kreese's personality.

Even insane Tommy was shocked at Kreese's tactics, after the whole "Out of Commission" thing.

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Dutch had a $2,000 a week coke habit. He was tweaking most of the time and Daniel looking like a heroin junkie probably set him off.

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Dutch seems like the kind of kid who would shoot up a school if his parents weren't rich and he didn't get to hang out with other over-priviledged brats driving fancy cars and dirt-bikes.

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Omg that is hilarious about dutch. Coke addiction and homosexuality lol

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