Genres: | Kids, Action, Sports |
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Located in a strip mall, the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy is in danger of closing until Sensei Rudy recruits Jack, the only student who can restore glory to Bobby Wasabi and vanquish their rival The Golden Dragon.
When Jack teams up with Jerry, Milton and Eddie, these underdogs are determined to save their dojo’s reputation.
A cafeteria food fight leads a group of underdogs from the Bobby Wasabi Martial Arts Academy to meet Jack, a hotshot skater who saves their lunch with his martial arts skills. When Jack literally flies through the wall of the dojo in a perfect martial arts stance, the gang knows they have found the one person who can restore glory to their struggling dojo.
Milton falls off a ladder while trying to place his spelling bee trophy in the award case and is caught by the school janitor, Nakamura, a former sumo wrestler. When Nakamura demonstrates a signature move for the gang at school, he gets fired. Feeling responsible, the gang arranges for a comeback sumo match so Nakamura can prove he's still got what it takes.
Truman, a bratty kid whose dad controls the mall's security, captures a video of Eddie practicing for the school dance with a punching dummy. Truman threatens that he’ll post the video online unless Eddie pulls embarrassing pranks on Jack and the others. The gang bands together and uses Jack's martial arts skills to sneak into Truman's dad's office to obtain the evidence. Meanwhile, Rudy and Lonnie fast-forward through the year's holidays in hopes of speeding up the digestive tract of a lizard that ate a grain of rice inscribed with the Wasabi code.
When Arthur, the obnoxious son of the owner of the mall, joins the Bobby Wasabi dojo, Rudy tries his best to appease him. But Arthur rubs everyone the wrong way, and after an altercation with Jack, Arthur's dad insists that Rudy kick Jack out of the dojo or he will bring in a wrecking ball and turn the dojo into a parking lot. In protest, Rudy chains himself inside the dojo in a stand-off with the wrecking ball. Meanwhile, Kim tries to prove her journalistic ability at the school TV's station and Milton crawls through an air duct to the nail salon on a quest for snacks.
On the eve of his first big battle as King, Milton's regular LARPING (Live-Action Role Playing) troop abandons him for other activities. At first, Jack and the gang refuse to help out, so Rudy comes to his aid and quickly learns that LARPING is much harder than it looks. The crew ultimately steps in to support Milton, applying their martial arts skills in the LARPING battle.
Rudy throws himself a surprise birthday party and an unprepared Jack scrambles for a gift. When Kim reveals her gift to Rudy, an autographed picture of his hero Bobby Wasabi, Jack one-ups her and recruits the former international movie star to make a surprise visit. But unfortunately, Rudy doesn't recognize Bobby Wasabi and mistakenly flips his mentor over, leading Bobby to fire Rudy on the spot. Jack and the gang visit Bobby's mansion to convince him to rehire their Sensei. Meanwhile, to make ends meet, Rudy gets a job at Reptile World.
Jerry signs the gang up for the "Hottest Dance Crew Competition" at the mall, but quickly learns they can't dance. Smooth (Roshon Fegan), the leader of the reigning champs the Step Brotherz, offers Jerry a spot on his crew and he eagerly joins. But when Smooth steals Jerry's signature dance move for the competition, Jerry realizes he betrayed his friends. Meanwhile, Rudy and Marge host an infomercial for Pocket Ninja.
Kim is ecstatic when teen pop sensation Ricky Weaver shows up at the dojo to ask her to dance with him onstage at his upcoming concert. But after Ricky brags to Jack about his track record with girls, Jack tries to warn Kim about Ricky's intentions. Meanwhile, Rudy and the rest of the gang form a boy band called the "Black Belt Boys" and open for Ricky Weaver.
As a reward for winning the Bobby Wasabi Inter-Dojo Tournament, Bobby sends over a life-sized wax statue of himself. But when a heat wave hits the town, the gang must do everything they can to prevent the statue from melting. Meanwhile, Kim and Milton turn the mall courtyard into a beach and start charging for chairs and sunscreen.
Rudy discovers his natural acting ability and hires Jerry as his manager, but when Rudy freaks out during the audition, Jack tries to help him out and ends up booking the lead role of Pomegranate Man. Meanwhile, Milton's perfect GPA is threatened when a baking assignment leads him to become a crazed tyrant chef.
When Jack falls asleep watching a Bobby Wasabi movie, he dreams that he and the rest of the gang are in a 70's disco-themed detective movie. Jack must try to crack the case of sassy damsel Snowflake Jones' (Kim) missing Dragon's Eye necklace. Against the wishes of the Chief (Eddie), Jack sets out, with the help of his partner Bobby Wasabi (Rudy), and questions the potential suspects including a glam French horn rock star named Milty Moondust (Milton) and La Boca the snitch (Jerry).
The Bobby Wasabi gang is determined to stop the Black Dragons from ruining the mall's annual Halloween Boo-Stravaganza. Jack assures the others that he's not afraid of the Black Dragons, or anything else for that matter. But when a sales rep from Clown Burger enters the courtyard, Jack comes unglued, revealing his biggest weakness. When the Dragons use their newfound discovery against him, Jack tries to take down the posse blindfolded. Meanwhile, Rudy meets a mysterious woman in a cat costume and tries to find out her true identity.
Milton falls head over heels for Julie, a girl in his chemistry class, but when Julie's uncle, Sensei Ty from the Black Dragons, bans them from seeing each other, Milton and Julie decide their feelings for each other outweigh the rivalry between their dojos. Meanwhile Jerry and Eddie vie to be the best rapper.
After Milton accidentally thwarts a robbery in the mall, Joan gives Milton a badge and makes him an honorary security guard, but Milton's newfound power is put to the test when a band of robbers steal from the dojo. Meanwhile, Jack teaches Rudy to skateboard.
Jerry gets detention after he takes the heat for Milton's prank; but when detention lands on the same day as the big tournament his family is planning to attend, Milton disguises himself as Jerry so he can compete.