| “ | Anybody who lose parent... have much grief. Grief trapped in the heart become big anger | „ |
| ~ Mr. Miyagi to Julie's Grandmother on Julie |
| “ | Ambition without knowledge is like boat on dry land | „ |
| ~ Julie reciting Mr. Miyagi's quote to Mr. Wilkes |
| “ | The answer's only important if you ask the right question | „ |
| ~ Julie doing the same thing |
Summary
Julie Pierce is the main protagonist of the Next Karate Kid sequel to the original Karate Kid movies. Julie Pierce is shown at first to be a troubled person, struggling with the grief of her dead parents. Miyagi analyzes this as the result of Julie's anger towards everyone. She is soon crept on by Ned Randall, who abuses his power as a teen security guard in her school. Julie's only friend is a bird she names "Angel" that she takes care of, dude to its damaged wing. Mr. Miyagi tells her grandmother who has trouble helping her to have Mr. Miyagi take care of her. While it is a struggle for Mr. Miyagi, Mr. Miyagi helps her with her efforts while Eric McGowen acquaints Julie with taking a love interest in her. By the end of the film Miyagi helps her find balance, while McGowen becomes the love interest to her. Her newly acquired skills allow her to best her bully, Ned Randall.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-C
Name: Julie Pierce
Origin: Karate Kid
Gender: Female
Age: Around 17-18 (Born May 30, 1976, with The Next Karate Kid taking place around the spring of 1994)
Classification: Human, Martial Artist
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts (Trained by Mr. Miyagi in the art of karate), Enhanced Senses (While using all her senses other than her eyesight, she was able to block incoming beanbags while blinded. Then with full focus she was able to tag Ned Randall when she was blinded by dirt in her eye)
Attack Potency: Street level (Defeated Ned Randall handily who was able to beatdown Eric McGowen with associates; as their top student Ned should likely be superior to McGowen on his own. Accompanying this, Ned can shatter car windows and the rear windscreen when armed with a baseball bat)
Speed: Athletic Human running speed, Peak Human combat speed, attack speed, and reactions (Kept up with Ned Randall and was able to outwit him. Dugan asked him to stop using his agility and utilize strength, implying that Julie was considerably faster. Reacted and curled up mid-air from a car in close vicinity while she was rusty)
Lifting Strength: Peak Human (Implied to be weaker but comparable to Ned Randall)
Striking Strength: Street level (Incapacitated and dispatched of Ned Randall who can dish out strikes to McGowen. Ned Randall as the star pupil should be superior to weaker Alpha Elites, who can be flung from a balcony into structures, only straining from the blow afterwards)
Durability: Street level (Should scale from AP)
Stamina: At least Average (While she shows no signs of high endurance or stamina, a high school with karate training trained by Miyagi should be on this level. Police officers were incapable of keeping pace with her, and ran out of breath while she had plenty of energy)
Range: Standard Melee Range
Standard Equipment: None notable
Intelligence: Average (Shows no signs of higher or lower intelligence as she is rather naïve to Mr. Miyagi's lessons at the beginning. She is a skilled combatant as she is untouched by Ned Randall during their entire fight, who is the Alpha Elite's top most athletic fighter in hand to hand combat)
Standard Tactics: Julie Pierce is a highly defensive fighter and like most of them she prefers to wait for an opponent to make a move, then counter-strike when there is an opening. Employing throws and high flexibility to help her strikes and namely bring an opponent off-balance off. She prefers to slither away and catch opponents off guard with her speed to outwit opponents with superior strength.
Weaknesses: Human limitations. She was formerly aggressive and off-balance due to her parent's death, although this is later solved.
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Discussions
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