7.2/1028 votesLoading...#1 - The Tomorrow Man
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/1989
Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki go to Paris, where they follow a man named Mr. Whiskers, who is trying to buy the shrine. When they lose the shrine, Daniel goes to a fortune teller for help.
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7.1/1027 votesLoading...#2 - The Homecoming
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1989
The search for the shrine brings Daniel back to his old neighborhood and his first girlfriend.
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7.1/1030 votesLoading...#3 - All the World His Stage
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/27/1989
While in London, United Kingdom, the trio get hired on a movie set about King Arthur, where Miyagi finds the power of the shrine has been drained into a prop sword, which is used by the film's leading man who then cannot separate reality from fantasy and thinks Taki is his actual bride, and Daniel is threatening him.
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7.0/1026 votesLoading...#4 - The Paper Hero
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/7/1989
After a padre in Mexico hides the shrine in a Mayan temple, it's up to Mr. Miyagi to keep it out of the hands of Madero, and evil bandit.
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6.9/1027 votesLoading...#5 - The Greatest Victory
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1989
Miyagi, Daniel, and Taki travel to Hong Kong and help the village fight off the Dragon and his evil henchmen.
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6.9/1025 votesLoading...#6 - East Meets West
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1989
Miyagi, Daniel and Taki travel to the Soviet Union where Prof. Kirov is studying its magical powers.
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6.8/1025 votesLoading...#7 - Walkabout
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/28/1989
Mr. Miyagi and friends follow the shrine to Australia where a tribe of Aborigines believe it should be offered to the god of the volcano.
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6.7/1025 votesLoading...#8 - The Hunt
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1989
Mr. Miyagi has traced the shrine down to the coast of Norway where a whale has swallowed it and is attacking illegal whaling ships.
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6.6/1036 votesLoading...#9 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1989
Daniel befriends a young boy and pases on Miyagi's teaching in order to help him restore his position as Chief of the tribe.
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6.6/1026 votesLoading...#10 - Over the Rainbow
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1989
Miyagi and company follow the magic rainbow to a mountain paradise in the Himalayas where the stone has turned a well into the Fountain of Youth.
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6.6/1026 votesLoading...#11 - The Return of the Shrine
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1989
Taki returns the shrine to her temple, but a thousand year feud between her family and the Ishida's makes them lose the shrine once again.
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6.4/1024 votesLoading...#12 - The Gray Ghosts
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/25/1989
The search for the shrine brings Miyagi and friends to San Francisco where they join a group of senior citizens in a car rally, hoping it will ultimately lead them to the shrine.
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6.3/1026 votesLoading...#13 - A Little World of His Own
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/27/1989
Miyagi and friends discover that the shrine has fallen into the hands of a lonely boy who is using it to make his own little world.
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The Best Episodes of The Karate Kid
Every episode of The Karate Kid ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Karate Kid!
Daniel and his mentor Mr. Miyagi travel the world with their Okinawan friend Taki Tamurai in search of an ancient Japanese talisman stolen from an...
Genres:AnimationAction & Adventure
Network:NBC
Top Episode Ratings Summary
"The Tomorrow Man" is the best rated episode of "The Karate Kid". It scored 7.2/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/27/1989. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Homecoming".