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Kenny Payne is a major character of Cobra Kai.
He serves as a major character in Season 4, one of the secondary antagonists in Season 5 and a major character in Season 6
He is portrayed by Dallas Dupree Young.
Personality[]
He is one of the main characters of Cobra Kai, who joins the karate dojo named Cobra Kai to help him overcome his bullies and to face him while his bully is Anthony LaRusso and his other friends like Zack Thompson, Marcus, Slade and some other more.
History[]
Season 4[]
Kenny Payne first appears when Anthony LaRusso and the others are bullying Kenny to get their revenge for him dating Lia Cabrera. Then Anthony starts bully him and the others fight him then he dodges their attacks and runs away from the gang. While visiting his brother, Shawn, he tells him that it will never stop happening
So he goes to Robby Keene, who helps him face his bullies who is, Johnny Lawrence's son. After a talk with Robby, Kenny gets his spot in Cobra Kai when he punched Kyler Park.
While touring West Valley High School, Kenny encounters Bert and Nathaniel, whom insult him due to his affiliation with Cobra Kai. He was about to hit them before Hawk intervenes and warns him of Cobra Kai. Kenny later goes to with his classmates to a drive-in to watch Bloodsport. Kyler asks him to get multiple snacks with Robby asking for one as well. After getting his food, he again encounters Hawk, Bert, and Nate, who were also at the drive-in with their Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang classmates. A confrontation occurs between the rival dojos. Miguel tells them to meet at baseball diamond. Kenny and the Cobra's arrive and they get drenched by the sprinklers.
At school, Kenny gets revenge on the gang for bullying him but he doesn't get revenge on Anthony because he got caught trying to punch Anthony LaRusso and were sent to the principal's office.
Daniel LaRusso and Amanda LaRusso appears telling Anthony that he is fine then their principal talks to them and suspends Anthony and the others for bullying Kenny. He later attends the All Valley Under-18 Karate Tournament with Cobra Kai to wins the boys bracket but fails after Robby kicks Kenny in the face knocking him downwards, making him bleeding so much, causing him to run towards the locker room.
Later, Anthony apologizes to Kenny for bullying him but Kenny kicks him and beats him up till Robby stops him for getting his revenge on Anthony, which made Robby realizes that he corrupted him. After that, he returns to the entrance to see Robby and Tory fight but, Kenny was shouting go Robby, which made Robby unfocused and Eli kicks him but the tournament still goes on then Robby loses to Hawk. Kenny sees the final match between Samantha LaRusso and Tory Nichols and then after this fight Tory wins the girls bracket which made Cobra Kai the Grand Champion of 2019 Under-18 Karate Tournament.
Season 5[]
Kenny continues his training in Cobra Kai under Terry Silver, who is now in full control of the dojo following Kreese's arrest. He, Kyler, and his fellow Cobra Kai's attack Anthony at the water park, kicking him into a pool. Robby tries to appeal to Kenny's good nature by continuously telling him that he needs to leave Cobra Kai, but he refuses to listen. A skirmish occurs between the Cobra Kai's and the Miyagi-Fangs. Hawk challenges Tory to a race on a waterpark slide. Kenny cheats by putting a hole in his floatie; he tries to fight Hawk before he is thrown into the pool by Robby, this results with the rival dojos and everyone being kicked out of the water park. Kenny continues to bully Anthony, including giving him a swirlie in an unflushed toilet as retaliation for Anthony rejecting a Cobra Kai shirt at the dojo's new location at the mall by throwing it on the ground.
Kenny, a follower by nature, follows Kyler's poor leadership during a training exercise to take on one of the Cobra Kai sensei's and loses as a result. Terry Silver takes him aside and plays to his ego by telling him that he needs to lead from now on. Kenny proceeds to attack Kyler in the next exercise, and ultimately wins as a result.
Terry picks Kenny to represent Cobra Kai's males team in the qualifying rounds for the Sekai Taikai against the Miyagi-Fangs, the largest karate tournament in the world. Kenny is then taught an illegal move called the "Silver Bullet" to cut off an opponent's airway and win the match as quickly as possible. Terry, unbeknownst to Kenny and everyone except Tory, had paid off the referee to ensure Cobra Kai's victory on both matches. Seeing that Robby is now mentoring Anthony, Kenny confronts his former mentor for training his bully with Robby stating that he knows that Kenny's doing the bullying now. He encourages him to let his hatred of Anthony go, but he refuses to listen. On the boys match, Kenny faces against Hawk, which results with Kenny uses the Silver Bullet on the All Valley champion, which results in him winning thanks to the bribed referee. After Miyagi-Fang wins the girls match due to Tory's unexpected disappearance as she disapproves Silver's cheating, both dojos qualify to the Sekai Taikai to Kenny and Cobra Kai's dismay.
Kenny arrives at the Cobra Kai dojo to attack the Miyagi-Fang students when they break in to with Tory's help to try and get surveillance footage of Terry beating up Stingray to expose Cobra Kai for good. The video had been deleted, but they are able to find a video of Terry confessing that he rigged the All-Valley. Kenny and Kyler revealed that Cobra Kai's old student and Eagle Fang member, Mitch, who rejoined his original dojo, tipped them off of Miyagi-Fang's plan. A fight later breaks out between the Cobra Kai's and the Miyagi-Fang's.
During the fight, Kenny attacks Robby and injures him with the Silver Bullet. Kenny proceeds to beat him up along with some of his fellow cobras to keep him in disadvantage. However, Miguel saves Robby by kicking Kenny. Kenny then attacks Miguel, who beats him again by kicking him to the ground. As the Miyagi-Fangs form a circle and are surrounded by the Cobra Kai students while Anthony is in the middle near seconds for the video to upload, the Cobra Kai students continue to fight the Miyagi-Fang students. Shortly after this, Terry's cheating is exposed on video; shocked and heartbroken when he sees the video evidence, Kenny realizes Robby was right about Cobra Kai. Terry then loses a fight to Daniel and is subsequently arrested for his many crimes. Kenny, followed by Kyler, Mitch, and their classmates, quits Cobra Kai while they their gear at their now former sensei. Outside, Robby tries to talk to Kenny, but Kenny is too ashamed of his behavior to speak, saying he needs "some time", and then leaves.
Season 6[]
Part 1[]
Kenny starts his first day at West Valley High School. When he arrives, Anthony gives Kenny a slight nod but Kenny is unphased and walks off. After Robby abandoned him at Cobra Kai under Terry Silver’s leadership, Kenny still refuses to talk to him. Kenny's older brother Shawn has been released from juvie. The brothers then hang out in Golf N' Stuff. When Kenny's playing by himself, Robby tries to talk to him and convince him to join Miyagi-Do but he keeps ignoring him. However, Shawn stops him from trying to talk to him and warns him that there will be a problem if he doesn't. At the batting cage, Robby attempts to talk to Kenny again but the Payne brothers get into a fight with Miguel and Robby. Kenny tries to use a bat but is stopped by Sam and Tory before the Payne brothers leave. Back at their house, Shawn, who now realizes that Miyagi Do may be good for him, advises Kenny to join and give Robby another chance. When he refused, Shawn warns Kenny that if he continues down this vengeful path, it’ll land him in juvie. Taking his advice, Kenny officially joins Miyagi-Do and and is given a warm welcome from Robby, Miguel, Hawk, Anthony, and everyone else.
During training, Hawk tells Chris, Kenny, and Nate about his excitement about where the Sekai Taikai is going to be held with Kenny guessing that it may be in Germany since his dad will be stationed there next month. The next day, Hawk shows a video of Gunther revealing that the tournament will take place is in Barcelona, Spain. However, he explains the selection process and that each dojo would need to pick six fighters, much to the disappointment of the students.
At school, Kenny, Anthony, and Devon vent that they want to go to Barcelona. Before the tournament, Mike Barnes has the students undergo rigorous training processes. After the first session, Kenny is one of the twelve students who moves on to the next round. However, he has to participate in a tiebreaker with Hawk, Demetri, and Devon for the final two spots. While Devon and Kenny are racing in the woods, Kenny gets constipated and has to run to the bathroom. Because Bert took too long in the bathroom when Kenny needs him get out immediately, he gets diarrhea and embarrassed in front of everyone before Bert gets out and Kenny rushes inside. With Kenny out, Devon got the flag and became one of the winners of the tiebreaker. After he gets out of the bathroom, Devon approaches him and asks him what happened. He tells her that Mitch's laxatives were in his water that caused him to forfeit the competition. Believing Anthony put Mitch's laxatives in his water to take revenge for hitting him and giving him a bloody nose in the previous round, he angrily blames him. Unknown to him, however, Devon had put the laxatives in his water to gain the advantage in the tiebreaker, but she feels remorseful for it.
Part 2[]
At his house, Kenny meets Amanda LaRusso, who talks about to going to Barcelona to help Miyagi-Do due to Miguel dropping out to check on his mother's pregnancy situation. He declines and tells her how he was looking forward to competing in the Sekai Taikai until Anthony tampered his water during the tiebreaker race. When Anthony comes to apologize for his behavior, Kenny refuses his to accept his apology and the two fight until Amanda intervenes. She berates the two for their conflict and explains that if he doesn’t help Miyagi-Do, they will lose. At night, Amanda apologizes to Kenny for yelling at him while praising him for learning karate in a fast pace. Later, Kenny and Anthony make up for their past feud with Anthony going to soil himself with laxatives to be even. Shortly, Kenny gets a call from Devon, who confesses that’s he spiked his water. He tells her that they’ll talk more about when he gets there. After learning the truth, Kenny and Anthony reconcile before they part ways.
After arriving in Barcelona with Miguel and Johnny, the trio learn from Miyagi-Do about Terry Silver’s return and he owns the Iron Dragons dojo. Kenny forgives Devon for the laxative incident and he admits that they were always cool with each other both at Cobra Kai and Miyagi-Do. With Miguel back, Kenny takes Devon's spot in the tournament. When Miyagi-Do fights local dojo Furia de Pantera, they lose due to Hawk and Demetri distrusting Kenny and accusing him of being a mole for Silver. Kenny defends himself that he really wants to help Miyagi-Do and wants nothing to do with his former sensei until Robby breaks up the argument and takes the blame for losing. He is encountered by Silver who attempts to manipulate him into joining Iron Dragons before he leaves him to consider. Kenny successfully helps Miyagi-Do win their match against the Brazilian dojo, Redentores, after Robby tags him which made Hawk and Demetri realize they were wrong about Kenny being a traitor. While cheering their victory, Kenny flicks off Silver to solidify that he’ll never re-join him. Kenny and the students have a talk in the locker room about the finals being the last time fighting together as a team before hugging as a group and regaining focus. Miyagi-Do fights Cobra Kai with Kenny, Hawk, and Demetri teaming up to defeat Yoon Do-Jin. After a successful match, Miyagi-Do defeats Cobra Kai and advances in the semifinals.
Miyagi-Do then learns about Cobra Kai's reinstatement following the disqualification of the Russian dojo, Tiger Strike. However, during the match between Robby and Iron Dragon student, Axel Kovacevic, Cobra Kai student, Kwon Jae-Sung, cheap shots Robby which lead the Tiger Strike sensei’s to start an all-out brawl between the dojos. During the fight, Kenny takes down the Redentores students. He and Devon team up to fight the Dublin Thunder students. The fight is then stopped when Kwon accidentally impaled himself with Kreese’s knife while he tried to kill Axel much to everyone’s shock.
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