Why Emperor's New Groove is a Comedic Classic 

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People commenting “oh yeah, its all coming together”: oh yeah, it’s all coming together

me: *sees the title* me: oh yeah, its all coming together

As an adult I've come to appreciate Pacha as a character. His patience brings Kuzco into becoming a better person and I feel like people can learn alot from that

One of my favorite scenes in the movie is when, at the restaurant where everyone throws a "birthday party" for Yzma, it cuts to her with the birthday cake that has a ridiculous amount of candles on it. Implying that Yzma is, or just looks, really old I got a good chuckle out of that

James: Pull the lever, RU-vid RU-vid: *DEMONITISED* James: WRONG LEVEEEEEEEEEER!!!

Kuzco: "Cmon, nobodies that heartless" *realization*

Disney should have more of the "i want to be nice but i don't want to show it in case people think i'm a nice, lovable guy" character

At the end when Chicha crochets Kuzko a poncho and gives him a hug, that was probably the most genuine (if not the only) motherly affection he has ever been shown

Schaffrillas finally perfecting his doofermshmirtz impression: *oh yeah it’s all coming together*

Me: How can anyone hate this movie? “By all accounts, it doesn’t make any sense”

Something important that was mentioned in passing at 6:11 was “The energy is always high *without* being obnoxious”, which is apparently an extremely hard thing to get right. This movie is one of the few I’ve seen that manages to do it

Kuzco was basically the villain at the start, but there's one scene that I found especially interesting after rewatching it yesterday. Kuzco actually discussed retirement with Yzma during the dinner scene, as if he felt a little bad for firing her on the spot. He was still mostly, if not almost completely, a selfish asshole, but I think the scene was snuck in there to show that, no, Kuzco isn't necessarily malicious. He was indeed spoiled rotten since day one, but being pure evil wasn't inevitable for him: he wasn't a sociopath naturally

Favorite Yzma line: “Well, he ain’t getting any Deader!”

"for the last time we did not order a giant trampoline" "Well you should've told me that before I set it up buddy"

I was 16 when this movie came out and I had a friend who also didn't like to be touched. His nickname became Kuzco for some time and he started saying 'No touchy!' all the time too lol. Love this film so much.

"And so they use teamwork and a well placed KRONK" Man, I wish I had a well placed Kronk every once in a while

Disney: **Makes Kronk** Everyone: **Loves Kronk** Disney: Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

“The Emperor’s New Groove isn’t perfect.” By all accounts it doesn’t make sense

I'd argue that the break up/reconciliation was necessary for Kuzco's character, even if it was a rushed sequence. Up until the restaurant scene, we may have seen Kuzco act more decent to Pacha and be perceptive to other people's needs if it's immediately life-threatening, but he is still not perceptive at all to the feelings of other people and how he affects them by being a rude asshole. The bit where both him and Yzma harass the chefs by being Karens indicates that Kuzco still has that self-entitled attitude that still links him to Yzma, AKA, not being that great of a person. He literally can't even conceptualize the idea of people who are supposed to bend the knee to him not *only* trying to kill him for their own ends, but that they never even liked him to begin with (Kronk mentions this off-hand as he and Yzma leave the scene). Kuzco had *already* assumed that *Pacha* was the one who kidnapped him and turned him into a llama, EVEN WHILE acknowledging the existence of Yzma's secret lab AND it having the potential to "change" him within that same scene. It's just easier for him to create a fictional scenario of a crazy peasant keeping him stranded for no reason than it is for him to confront the fact that he made his lifelong royal advisor very, *very* upset, so he pushes Pacha and the idea of him being a selfless person away until he's gobsmacked by just how wrong he was about the entire situation up to this point. I stand by the fact that Emperor's is one of the best Disney films in terms of character animation. When we see Kuzco stranded in the rain again and the narrator comes back in, you can see Kuzco's face twist a little with regret and frustration with himself as the narrator (his ego) begins to state, "I didn't do *anything,"* and he only starts arguing with himself as the narrator finishes, "And they ruined my life for no reason!" Kuzco has finally accepted that he is not, in fact, the center of the universe, and how he has treated his subjects up to now has bitten him in the ass as the *direct* result of his own egotistical behavior. Like Pacha predicted, he's alone now, and he has no one to blame but himself for it. This growth is further emphasized by the fact that, after that short scene of Kuzco finally holding himself accountable, we never hear Kuzco as the narrator again. Could it have been fleshed out more?... *Maybe,* but Emperor's doesn't seem like the sort of film that should be stewing in angst and mopey-dopey shit. It stays fun and light throughout, which I appreciate.

You also forgot one of the best parts about that scene in the epilogue. When Pacha tells Kuzco, That maybe the hill next to his own might be better for his summer home, as he believes it might be less dumb. What he was ultimately saying was that it wouldn’t be right for the emperor to miss out and then he had nothing against the emperor having a summer home, just forcing an entire village out of their homes just for him was wrong.They are good friends. He does want Kuzco to have some thing for him. He doesn’t want to be selfish either. And that’s what makes the whole epilogue better. The fact that both of them have become such good friends, that Pacha is willing to give Kuzco an alternative to being selfish that means he doesn’t have to miss out. He can share his hills with his friend.

Literally just noticed that when Yzma dumps her poisoned wine into the plant pot, the next time we see it it's now a cactus in the shape of a llama

I love the scene where it’s like “Are we going over a waterfall?” “Yep” “Sharp rocks at the bottom?” “Most likely” “Bring it on”

Kronk got an entire second movie for himself and it was absolutely perfect

This is easily one of the most quotable disney movie of all time. The cast itself is just so perfect that every comedic timing is spot on.

Kuzco: “Kmon nobody’s that heartless.” *Realization sounds*

“Yayyy, I’m a llama again!” “...W a i t...”

I really do love the epilogue scene. It's so in-character for him and works better than being on-the-nose with his intentions and the lesson he learned.

Kuzco’s character arc walked so Elsa’s character arc could... also walk (up a mountain and sing about it? I guess?)

Schaffrillas: “Kronk is the perfect Disney character.” Tamatoa: “Am I a terrible performance to you?”

Kronk isn’t a a bro, he’s a Himbo. “Himbo” is what you wanted there

Patrick Warburton voice acting for Kronk is so legendary that it's like his ultimate voice acting format.

I didn't need to watch a 15-minute video to tell me that The Emperor's New Groove is comedy gold. I've _known_ that it was comedy gold ever since watching it in the theater for the first time in December 2000 when I was 8. It is so funny, and so quotable, it was _instantly_ one of my favorite movies, and one that I still quote a lot today. The jokes really do age well, because every time I watch, I find new stuff to laugh at. Because of how well-written it is, it is every bit as fun to just _listen_ to. I've listened to about half of it on a ~35 minute car ride before, and I can tell you that while I do love the animation, the real magic is in the dialog, since most of the jokes are verbal. I think I have a quick wit mostly because this movie is so quick-witted. I love it!

Emperor’s New Groove: _”Oh yeah, it’s all coming together.”_ Kronk’s New Groove: *”Oh no, it’s all coming apart.”*

That Doofenshmirtz impression was *tight.*

The humor in this movie has such strong “Gen Z humor” energy. I love it.

honestly, Kuzco's arc is better than any of the other disney protagonists because there's this idea of making kids media protags as good and wholesome as possible. since they need to send a good message to the children watching. but it's much more impactful and rewarding to see a bratty and selfish person work hard to become good, rather than seeing an already good person slightly bettering themself by believing in themself or learning to be more confident.

9:34 correction: Kuzco did NOT throw the old man out the window because he accidentally ran into him! He threw him out the window because HE THREW OFF THE EMPEROR’S GROOVE.

it took me many years to realize that the reason Kronk's shoulder devil showed off his handstands was because the angel couldn't do them in a robe without flashing people

PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD If any of y’all can speak Spanish and never watched the dubbed version of this movie YOU MUST DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. It’s incredible. (The Latin American dub)

Kronk ain’t a dudebro, he’s a goddamn himbo

How many quote scenes from this. "Pull the lever" "It's all coming together" "By all accounts that doesn't make sense" and my personal favorite "Give us the llama and we'll burn your house down"

“Oh right, the poison” “The poison for Kuzco” “The poison chosen specially to kill Kuzco” “Kuzco’s poison” *me typing my essay*

14:16 He's the best Disney princess and *he isn't even a princess*

I’m very impressed by his character arc. He spends his entire life being told he’s the center of the world, and though it’s a long and tough journey, he corrects his ways with the help from an unlikely friend. It was nice. And kronk.

Can we all just admit that Yzma is one of the *funniest* Disney characters like ever. She’s so hilarious and overall just a really well written character.

"doesn't secretly sell user data" *sounds like something a company that's selling user data would say...*

"The idea is to present us with an absurd scenario or joke that doesn't follow any sort of conventional logic, deliver the joke quickly, then promptly move on without ever acknowledging it." So... Monty Python.

So I've had a couple of Emperor's New Groove realizations today that I had to share here. Firstly, and realizing this was literally what made me pull up this video again, the "turning Kuzco into a flea" animatic shown at 5:25 is not merely nonsense humor like you were implying with your voice, but it brilliantly foreshadows the plot of the entire film: Yzma turns Kuzco into a different animal, sends him off on a wacky adventure, and tries to kill him when he returns. Secondly, Kronk pre-dated the "increasingly verbose meme" phenomenon well before its time with the "Kuzco's poison" scene.

Kronk is not a Dude-bro, my man. Kronk is a god-tier, absolute 100% e x a c t Himbo in every sense of the word. Dude-bro holds none of the power that our boy Kronk has.

The cow goes home because he was a guard that got turned into a cow. A cow guard. A coward.

It was too short. That’s really it. It had everything it just went too fast. The characters are all amazing

The Emperor’s New Groove is more or less a youth pastor dealing with an unstable teenager, and I love it 😂

I can’t believe this was a real movie and not a fever dream from my childhood.

“Let me guess. You have a great personality.”

7:11 to be fair, Pacha's reaction after seeing Kuzco after their argument, screams "dad energy". with him treating kuzco like a parent would treat a teenager who just told them "Just die, i want to be an orphan". The parent knows they don't mean it, and are just throwing a tantrum..... which kinda lines up with how their dynamic has been going up to that point

This movie single-handedly made me a fan of Eartha Kitt. So sad she's no longer with us.

“For the last time, we did NOT order fifty giant trampolines!” “Well you know what buddy, you could’ve told me that before I set it all up!”

*Schaffrillas & Nick say anything about this movie* “No no, he’s got a point.”

This feels more like a dreamworks movie to me and I think that’s a good thing

13:18 man i was seriously getting into the Seriousness of this video until Kuzc- Schaffrillas paused it to do some little comedy

The cow joke is hard to get. The guy is a guard, and he got turned into a cow. cow guard = cow + guard = coward. I amma gonna go off myself now.

“How did you get here before us ?!” “A-how did we get here before them Kronk?” “Well you got me. By all accounts it doesn’t make sense?”

When you remember that Kuzco is 17 yo in this film-- basically still a child-- his behavior makes a bit more sense and his rather quick redemption is even more impressive.

his face here 9:48 just always makes my heart warm up 🥰 I know that feeling when your favorite toys breaks or a loved one passes away and you just feel so bad and you blame yourself and you start to get depressed and then you're given a gift because you were sad it just makes me feel so happy deep down (I almost cried a couple times writing this I'm sorry if it sounded like a ramble)

Disney basically pretends this show never existed which is disappointing

Schaffrilas: **This movie is a comedic classic** Everyone: Oh yeah, *its all coming together*

“Yeah you think he would have turned out better” is something that I have found funnier the older I got

This is the most dreamworks animation disney ever got. It's unfortunate not too many remember this gem!

I just liked for the line “Kuzko is the best disney princess”

When the video that matches your pfp comes out just right

0:45 "In over 30 continues on 6 continents" Me: Poor Australia *realizes no one lives in Antarctica* Still Me: Poor Australia

Right when you said Kuzco pauses the movie, the video stopped and an ad played.

"Don't tell me. Disney is going to make a live action remake of all their old movies". "Yep". "And each one is going to be worse than the last?" "Most likely ". *"Bring it on".*

This movie ages like fine wine, it just gets better when it's older and more people look into it

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this was my favorite movie growing up and i had the DVD on repeat as you do

Fun fact: The villain's name "Yzma" sounds the same as the word "isma" which the word in many Quechuan languages for "shit" (Quechua was the language of the Inca empire this movie is set in). So basically they got away with naming their villain "shit"

Schaffrillas Productions: I'm Gonna put the sponsor at the start this time Me: Im sorry >10 >10 >10 > 10 > 10 > 10 >10

This should automatically get a 10/10 for having Kronk

I just found your channel. Which makes me happy because animation is my favorite way to consume media.

it's no coincidence that 'kuzko' rearranges into zuko with an extra k for idk why and that they both have 10/10 character arcs

My absolute favorite was during the final battle where the guard's like: "For the last time, we did not order a giant trampoline!" And the guy's like: "Well buddy, you could have told me that before I set it up." LOL

The reason I adore this channel is because it’s a mix of humour and informative content.

Schaff, I just love how you include memes and other movie scenes to portray theses movies, it’s frickin hilarious

This movie is basically Disney's SpongeBob. People quote it all the time, and they love rewatching it.

"kronk is a dudebro" kronk is the perfect himbo, and kuzco is the best disney princess. prove me wrong.

The writing in this film is so clever and funny, “ oh the poison, the poison chosen specifically to kill Kuzco, Kuzcos poison,,,,,,,,,, that poison,” Yes that poison 😂

Seen this one in the theater when it came out. It was an assload of fun! Still remember that whole evening and going over all this during dinner.

Cusco is the only disney princes that was his own animal side kick.

I will always die whenever I hear the line "No no, he's got a point"

I love this movie because it is Madame Zeroni trying to kill a llama for a hour. Also I laugh my ass off when I watch it

Literally my all time favorite Disney movie. I’ll die on this hill.

It’s even better in Spanish. Instead of “this better be good” when woken up, Yzma says, and I’m quoting: “I was dreaming about Ricky” Meaning Ricky Martin. I love it

I also love the age choices. Like, Disney chose a fourtysomething year old married man to be one of the main characters, which is something kinda weird. Also, the chemistry between him and Kuzco, who's a teenager, is great and their friendship feels so natural despite the age gap

This is the second time i've heard Brooklyn Duo's cover of Take On Me in one of your videos and I'm so glad you have such good taste lol.

I love how starting at 9:30, the background music was the Deku Palace from Zelda’s Majora’s Mask. Also, well made video as a whole. Excellent job!

The fact that every single line in this movie is quotable says a lot

The two things I appreciate about this movie: 1: There isn't any romance subplot in it. 2: FINALLY SOMETHING SET IN SOUTH AMERICA THAT RECOGNIZES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEXICO AND OTHER SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES. *FOR ONCE!!!*

innocent homie face: "aha stop you're so cute" ...ayo? what kind of homies you got my guy?