The Emperor's New Groove
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The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The Emperor's New Groove follows a young and self-centered Incan emperor, Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor, Yzma. For the emperor to change back into a human, he trusts a village leader, Pacha, who escorts him back to the palace.
young, selfish, and overly-pampered emperor Kuzco of the Inca Empire lives the high-life and routinely punishes those who displease him, such as having an elderly man thrown out a window for the crime of interrupting him. As his eighteenth birthday approaches, Kuzco meets with Pacha, a kind peasant and village leader, and tells him that he plans to demolish his hilltop family home to build himself a lavish summer home called Kuzcotopia. Pacha protests but is quickly dismissed. That evening at dinner, Kuzco's treacherous advisor, Yzma, plans to poison him and rule the empire in his place. However, due to a mislabeled vial, her muscular but clumsy henchman Kronk inadvertently spikes Kuzco's drink with the wrong potion, turning him into a llama. After knocking Kuzco out, Yzma orders Kronk to dispose of him in a river. However, after doing so, Kronk has a crisis of conscience at the last second and saves Kuzco, only for Kuzco to end up on a cart belonging to Pacha.
Upon returning home, Pacha does not tell his family about Kuzco's decision. After awakening from the bag on the cart and scaring Pacha, Kuzco blames Pacha for his transformation and orders Pacha to return him to the palace. Pacha agrees, but only if Kuzco agrees to build Kuzcotopia elsewhere. Kuzco refuses the offer and decides to go by himself against Pacha's warnings, but quickly gets chased through the jungle by a pack of black jaguars. Pacha arrives to rescue him and extends his offer a second time, to which Kuzco seemingly accepts, though he reveals that he intended to renege on his promise to spare Pacha's home. The two survive many ordeals in the jungle, and Pacha finds that Kuzco has a good side to him underneath his selfishness. Meanwhile, Yzma takes the throne but is angered to learn from Kronk that Kuzco is still alive, so the two set out to find him.
The next day, the pairs arrive at a jungle diner simultaneously, unaware of each other's presence. While Kuzco complains to the cook, Pacha overhears Yzma's plan and attempts to warn Kuzco when he returns. Still, he does not believe Pacha, thinking he is beloved by his people, and angrily sends him away, believing Pacha still intends to not take him to the palace. However, Kuzco soon overhears Yzma's and Kronk's plot to kill him and learns that no one in his kingdom misses him due to his selfishness. Feeling guilty and unwanted, Kuzco leaves the diner on his own, planning on living out the rest of his life as a normal llama. Pacha catches up, still willing to help Kuzco return to normal, knowing there's still good in him. Kuzco reconciles with him before they set off to Pacha's house for supplies.
Upon arriving, Yzma is already there, searching for the two. Pacha has his family delay Yzma, giving him and Kuzco a head-start back to the palace, intending to enter Yzma's lab and find a potion to reverse the effects of the llama potion. However, they are ambushed by Yzma and Kronk, who somehow made it back ahead of Kuzco and Pacha. Yzma then orders Kronk to kill the duo, but Kronk has another crisis of conscience and cannot bring himself to do so. Yzma insults him and his cooking, prompting him to switch sides, and he attempts to betray her, but she drops him down a trapdoor. She then summons the palace guards and claims that Pacha and Kuzco murdered the emperor, forcing them to flee with an armful of vials containing various animal potions (Yzma deliberately knocked them all to the floor so that Kuzco and Pacha could not tell which one is correct), which they use to transform Kuzco during the chase. Pacha also knocks a table of flasks containing other animal potions into the pursuing guards, turning them into various animals. As they are cornered on the ledges of a giant wall structure, they are left with two remaining vials. Yzma and Kuzco struggle over the vials, accidentally crushing one and transforming Yzma into a small kitten. Pacha and Kuzco use teamwork to reach the other vial, but Yzma manages to intercept it in her kitten form. She starts to take the potion herself but is unintentionally defeated by Kronk, who emerges from a previously unknown door. Pacha retrieves the vial and gives it to Kuzco, who expresses his gratitude to Pacha, and drinks the potion.
Sometime later, a restored Kuzco, having reflected on the consequences of his selfishness and made amends, takes Pacha's suggestion of moving Kuzcotopia over to a neighboring and unoccupied hill. Kuzco then joins Pacha and his family at his modest and smaller resort. Meanwhile, Kronk becomes a scout den leader, his den including Pacha's kids and Yzma, still in kitten form.
young, selfish, and overly-pampered emperor Kuzco of the Inca Empire lives the high-life and routinely punishes those who displease him, such as having an elderly man thrown out a window for the crime of interrupting him. As his eighteenth birthday approaches, Kuzco meets with Pacha, a kind peasant and village leader, and tells him that he plans to demolish his hilltop family home to build himself a lavish summer home called Kuzcotopia. Pacha protests but is quickly dismissed. That evening at dinner, Kuzco's treacherous advisor, Yzma, plans to poison him and rule the empire in his place. However, due to a mislabeled vial, her muscular but clumsy henchman Kronk inadvertently spikes Kuzco's drink with the wrong potion, turning him into a llama. After knocking Kuzco out, Yzma orders Kronk to dispose of him in a river. However, after doing so, Kronk has a crisis of conscience at the last second and saves Kuzco, only for Kuzco to end up on a cart belonging to Pacha.
Upon returning home, Pacha does not tell his family about Kuzco's decision. After awakening from the bag on the cart and scaring Pacha, Kuzco blames Pacha for his transformation and orders Pacha to return him to the palace. Pacha agrees, but only if Kuzco agrees to build Kuzcotopia elsewhere. Kuzco refuses the offer and decides to go by himself against Pacha's warnings, but quickly gets chased through the jungle by a pack of black jaguars. Pacha arrives to rescue him and extends his offer a second time, to which Kuzco seemingly accepts, though he reveals that he intended to renege on his promise to spare Pacha's home. The two survive many ordeals in the jungle, and Pacha finds that Kuzco has a good side to him underneath his selfishness. Meanwhile, Yzma takes the throne but is angered to learn from Kronk that Kuzco is still alive, so the two set out to find him.
The next day, the pairs arrive at a jungle diner simultaneously, unaware of each other's presence. While Kuzco complains to the cook, Pacha overhears Yzma's plan and attempts to warn Kuzco when he returns. Still, he does not believe Pacha, thinking he is beloved by his people, and angrily sends him away, believing Pacha still intends to not take him to the palace. However, Kuzco soon overhears Yzma's and Kronk's plot to kill him and learns that no one in his kingdom misses him due to his selfishness. Feeling guilty and unwanted, Kuzco leaves the diner on his own, planning on living out the rest of his life as a normal llama. Pacha catches up, still willing to help Kuzco return to normal, knowing there's still good in him. Kuzco reconciles with him before they set off to Pacha's house for supplies.
Upon arriving, Yzma is already there, searching for the two. Pacha has his family delay Yzma, giving him and Kuzco a head-start back to the palace, intending to enter Yzma's lab and find a potion to reverse the effects of the llama potion. However, they are ambushed by Yzma and Kronk, who somehow made it back ahead of Kuzco and Pacha. Yzma then orders Kronk to kill the duo, but Kronk has another crisis of conscience and cannot bring himself to do so. Yzma insults him and his cooking, prompting him to switch sides, and he attempts to betray her, but she drops him down a trapdoor. She then summons the palace guards and claims that Pacha and Kuzco murdered the emperor, forcing them to flee with an armful of vials containing various animal potions (Yzma deliberately knocked them all to the floor so that Kuzco and Pacha could not tell which one is correct), which they use to transform Kuzco during the chase. Pacha also knocks a table of flasks containing other animal potions into the pursuing guards, turning them into various animals. As they are cornered on the ledges of a giant wall structure, they are left with two remaining vials. Yzma and Kuzco struggle over the vials, accidentally crushing one and transforming Yzma into a small kitten. Pacha and Kuzco use teamwork to reach the other vial, but Yzma manages to intercept it in her kitten form. She starts to take the potion herself but is unintentionally defeated by Kronk, who emerges from a previously unknown door. Pacha retrieves the vial and gives it to Kuzco, who expresses his gratitude to Pacha, and drinks the potion.
Sometime later, a restored Kuzco, having reflected on the consequences of his selfishness and made amends, takes Pacha's suggestion of moving Kuzcotopia over to a neighboring and unoccupied hill. Kuzco then joins Pacha and his family at his modest and smaller resort. Meanwhile, Kronk becomes a scout den leader, his den including Pacha's kids and Yzma, still in kitten form.