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The Emperor's New Groove (franchise)

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The Emperor's New Groove
Created by
Original workThe Emperor's New Groove (2000)
OwnerThe Walt Disney Company
Years2000–2008
Films and television
Film(s)
Animated seriesThe Emperor's New School (2006–2008)
Direct-to-videoKronk's New Groove (2005)
Games
Video game(s)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

The Emperor's New Groove is a Disney media franchise that started in 2000 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.

Films

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Documentary films

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The Sweatbox is a documentary designed to show behind the scenes footage of Kingdom of the Sun. In reality, it illustrated the slow and painful transformation from Kingdom of the Sun to The Emperor's New Groove, including the director, Sting (whose wife created the documentary), artists, and voice cast being dismayed by the new direction. Its major theme is creative-executive conflicts.

Unproduced film

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  • Kingdom of the Sun was the original draft of the film that went through massive changes and eventually became The Emperor's New Groove. It is considered a different film despite being vaguely cosmetically reminiscent of the finished one. It was described as being an epic film on par with The Lion King as opposed to the buddy comedy it became. The plot was more akin to The Prince and the Pauper and focused on llama herder Pacha (voiced by Owen Wilson) and emperor Manco Capac (still voiced by Spade) discovering their visual similarities and switching places with one another. Yzma (still voiced by Kitt) was an evil witch and vizier who would transform Manco into a llama so that she could use him for the annual sacrifice and summon the shadow demon Supai to block out the sun and restore her youth.[1] Much of the animation and even original audio can be seen in The Sweatbox documentary. Following the success of the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement, fans have started the similarly named #ReleaseTheAllersCut movement for Disney to complete and release the original film.[2]

TV series

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Video games

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Music

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  • The Emperor's New Groove is the soundtrack to the film, which included many songs that were originally written for Kingdom of the Sun and then discarded.
  • My Funny Friend and Me is a song by English musician Sting. It was written by Sting and David Hartley, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001.
  • Snuff out the Light was the deleted villain song from Kingdom of the Sun, to be sung by Yzma (played by Eartha Kitt). It demonstrated that she thought light made people age, so if she could force the world into total darkness she could be beautiful and young forever.

Other media

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Common elements

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Cast and characters

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  • A dark gray cell indicates the character was not featured in that installment.
  • A Y indicates a voice actress portrayed a younger version of their character.
Characters Films Television series
The Emperor's New Groove Kronk's New Groove The Emperor's New School
Season 1 Season 2
Emperor Kuzco David Spade J. P. Manoux
Pacha John Goodman Fred Tatasciore John Goodman
Yzma Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt
Mark Dindal[a] Grey DeLisleY
Kronk Pepikrankenitz Patrick Warburton
Chicha Wendie Malick
Chaca Kellyann Kelso Jessie Flower
Tipo Eli Russell Linnetz Shane Baumel
Bucky Bob Bergen
Rudy John Fiedler Travis Oates
Matta Patti Deutsch
Miss Birdwell Tracey Ullman
Papi John Mahoney Jeff Bennett
Marge April Winchell
Tina
Malina Jessica DiCicco

Crew

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Films Director(s) Producer Writer Story Composer
The Emperor's New Groove Mark Dindal Randy Fullmer David Reynolds Chris Williams and Mark Dindal John Debney
Kronk's New Groove Elliot M. Bour & Saul Andrew Blinkoff John A. Smith Tom Rogers Tony Leondis & Michael LaBash and Tom Rogers Mark Watters
Film Critical Public
Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore
The Emperor's New Groove 86% (135 reviews)[5] 70% (28 reviews)[6] A[7]
Kronk's New Groove 0% (6 reviews)[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Dindal provided the voice of Yzma in scenes in which the character takes the form of a cat.

References

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  1. ^ "Legacy Content".
  2. ^ "#releasetheallerscut Hashtag Videos on TikTok".
  3. ^ "Update 43: The Emperor's New Groove | Livestream". YouTube. August 21, 2020.
  4. ^ "Kuzco - Disney Mirrorverse". Kabam. 10 January 2023.
  5. ^ "The Emperor's New Groove". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  6. ^ "The Emperor's New Groove". Metacritic.
  7. ^ "CinemaScore". CinemaScore. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
  8. ^ "Kronk's New Groove". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2021. Edit this at Wikidata