The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove is a 2000 animated comedy starring David Spade, John Goodman, Patrick Warburton and Eartha Kitt, with music by Sting and John Debney. The sleeper hit was released by Walt Disney Pictures at the end of the year 2000.

Year:
2000
5,458 Views

[After Kuzco fires Yzma, she takes out her anger by using a hammer to smash idol heads of him (provided by Kronk)]

Yzma:
He can't get rid of me that easily! Who does that ungrateful little worm think he is?! Does he- [to Kronk, about a misplaced head] A little to the left. [Kronk nudges the head so Yzma can smash it. She then continues to rant] have any idea of who he's dealing with?! How could he do this to me?! Why, I practically raised him! [Kronk lays down another bust, which Yzma smashes]

Kronk:
Yeah, you'd think he would've turned out better.

Yzma:
[dryly] Yeah. Go figure.

Kronk:
Still, it's kinda better you're taking out your anger on these things instead of the real Kuzco, huh?

Yzma:
[comes to a realization] That's it, Kronk! That's it! I'll get rid of Kuzco! [she grabs Kronk, causing the rest of the busts to smash]

Kronk:
[confused] The real Kuzco?

Yzma:
Of course the real Kuzco! Don't you see? It's perfect! With him out of the way and no heir to the throne, I'll take over and rule the empire! Brrrrilliant!

Kronk:
So, how does that work with you being fired and all?

Yzma:
The only ones who know about that are the three of us, soon to be the two of us.

Kronk:
And I'm one of those two, right?

Yzma:
To the secret lab!

[They move over to two levers]

Yzma:
Pull the lever, Kronk! [Kronk pulls a lever, opening a trap door under Yzma; she falls through] WRONG LEVEEEEEEEEER!!! [splash]

Kronk:
Uh...

Yzma:
[comes out all wet and with a crocodile biting her dress] Why do we even have that lever? [slaps the crocodile which lets go of Yzma's dress and runs away, yipping] Get out of my way!

[Yzma pulls the other lever and she and Kronk land in what is like an amusement park ride]

Ride Voice:
Please remain seated, and keep your arms and legs in at all times.

[Ride speeds up, going through tunnels]

Kronk:
Whoo! Faster, faster! Yzma! Put your hands in the air! Whoo-hoo, whoo-hoo!

[Yzma and Kronk arrive in the lab, wearing lab coats and safety goggles, do a high-five, and run to get to work]

Yzma:
Ah, how should I do it? Oh, I know. I'll turn him into a flea, a harmless little flea. And then I'll put that flea in a box, and then I'll put that box inside of another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives, AH HA HA HA, I'LL SMASH IT WITH A HAMMER!!! It's brilliant, brilliant, BRILLIANT, I tell you! Genius, I say! [She knocks over a beaker of poison onto a plant, and the plants explodes into black, shriveled, then drops quickly, dead] Or, to save on postage, I'll just poison him with this! [picks up the beaker of poison and hands it to Kronk] Take it, Kronk! [laughs] Oh! Feel the power!

Kronk:
[only feeling the beaker] Oh. I can feel it.

Yzma:
Our moment of triumph approaches. [laughs] It's dinnertime!

[Lighting flashes and the scene ends]

[After Kuzco realizes he's been turned into a llama]

Kuzco:
My face! My beautiful, beautiful face! I'm an ugly stinking llama! [goes into hysterics as Pacha tries to calm him down] Llama face!

Pacha:
What happened?

Kuzco:
[slaps himself across the face; trying to calm down] I'm trying to figure that out, okay? [falls and starts whining again] I can't remember! I can't remember anything! Wait a minute. [turns towards Pacha] I remember you! I remember telling you that I was building my pool where your house was. And then you got mad at me-- [gasps in shock, then turns back to Pacha angrily] And you turned me into a llama!

Pacha:
Wha-? No, I did not!

Kuzco:
Yes, and then you kidnapped me!

Pacha:
Why would I kidnap a llama?!

Kuzco:
I have no idea. You're the criminal mastermind, not me!

Pacha:
What?!

Kuzco:
Hmm. You're right. That's giving you way too much credit. Okay, I gotta get back to the palace. Yzma's got that "secret lab"; I'll just snap my fingers and order her to change me back! Hey, you. No time to waste, let's go. [starts walking away] Hey, tiny! I wanna get out of this body. Wouldn't you? Now, let's go.

Pacha:
Build your summer house somewhere else.

Kuzco:
[angrily] You wanna run that by me again?

Pacha:
I can't let you go back unless you change your mind, and build your summer house somewhere else.

Kuzco:
[whispers] Hey, I got a little secret for you, come here. No, closer. [he screams in Pacha's face] I DON'T MAKE DEALS WITH PEASANTS!

Pacha:
Then, I guess I can't take you back.

Kuzco:
Fine! I don't need you. [starts walking towards the jungle] I can find my own way back.

[Pacha gets in the way]

Pacha:
I wouldn't recommend it. It's a little dangerous if you don't know the way.

Kuzco:
Nice try, pal.

Pacha:
No, really, I'm telling you - there are jaguars and snakes... and quicksand!

Kuzco:
[walking away] La, la, la, la, la-la-la! La-la-la! I'm not listening!

Pacha:
I'm serious, listen to me! You cannot go in there!

Kuzco:
[singsong] Still not listening!

Pacha:
Ya know what?! Fine! Fine! Go ahead! There's no Kuzco, there's no "Kuzcotopia". Takes care of my problem. [he walks away, only to look back at the jungle]

[After Pacha revives him, Kuzco is washing his mouth out]

Pacha:
For the last time, it was not a kiss!

Kuzco:
Well, whatever you call it, [spits onto Pacha's fire, putting it out] it was dees-gust-ing! And to think, if you'd done what I ordered you to do in the first place, we all could have been spared your little kiss of life! [shakes off the water from his fur, which puts out Pacha's fire again] But now that we're here, you will take me back to the palace. I'll have Yzma change me back, and then I'll start construction on Kuzcotopia. Oh, yeah!

Pacha:
Okay, now look. I think we got off on the wrong foot here.

Kuzco:
[uninterested] Um-hm. [starts drying himself off with Pacha's poncho]

Pacha:
[continuing] I just think if you really thought about it, you'd decide to build your home on a different hilltop.

Kuzco:
[finishes drying off] And why would I do that?

[He throws the poncho over the fire, putting it out again]

Pacha:
Because … [controls his anger] deep down, I think you'll realize that you're forcing an entire village out of their homes just for you.

Kuzco:
And that'sssssssss … bad?

Pacha:
Well, yeah! Uh, nobody's that heartless.

Kuzco:
Mmmm. … Now take me back.

Pacha:
What? Wait, wait! How can you be this way? All you care about is building your summer home and filling it with stuff for you!

Kuzco:
Uh, yeah. Doy. Me. Everyone else in the kingdom gets it. You're the only one that doesn't seem to be with the program, eh, Pacha?

Pacha:
You know, someday you're gonna wind up all alone. And you'll have no one to blame but yourself.

Kuzco:
[sarcastically] Thanks for that, I'll log that away. Now, for the final time, I order you to take me back to the palace.

Pacha:
Looks to me like you're stuck out here. Because unless you change your mind, I'm not taking you back.

Kuzco:
[mocking Pacha] "Because unless you change your mind, I'm not gonna take you back." Me, me, me. Moo, moo, moo. [picks up an acorn and throws it at Pacha, hitting him on the head; Pacha looks around angrily] Huh? What? I didn't do anything. I didn't do that. Somebody's throwing stuff. You gonna build a fire or what?

Pacha:
[sighs] He's never going to change his mind.

Kuzco:
[goes out a way to lie down, then sighs as well] How am I ever gonna get out of here?

Yzma:
Kronk, darlin'. I must admit you had me worried when you mixed up those poisons. But now that Kuzco is dead, all is forgiven.

Kronk:
[stammering and with a nervous expression] Well, yeah, yeah. He's dead, alright. I mean, you can't get much deader than he... than he is right now, unless, of course, we killed him again.

Yzma:
[suspicious] I suppose.

Kronk:
Hey, look! The royal dresser's here!

Yzma:
Kronk?

Kronk:
I can tell ya, it's pretty hard to fit me. I have a 66 top and 31 waist.

Yzma:
[kicks the royal dresser off the throne hill] Kuzco is dead, right? Tell me Kuzco's dead. I need to hear these words.

Kronk:
[nervously] Uh, do you need to hear all those words exactly?

Yzma:
[through clenched teeth] HE'S STILL ALIVE?!

Kronk:
Well, he's not as dead as we would have hoped.

Yzma:
[face turns red] Kronk!

Kronk:
Just thought I'd give you a heads-up, in case Kuzco ever came back.

Yzma:
He can't come back!

Kronk:
Yeah, that would be kinda awkward, especially after that lovely eulogy.

Yzma:
YA THINK?! You and I are going out to find him! If he talks, we're through! NOW LET'S MOVE!

Tipo:
[at the exact same time, waking from a nightmare] DAD, LOOK OUT!

Chicha:
Tipo, what is it?

Tipo:
I had a dream that Dad was tied to a log, and was careening out of control down a raging river of DEATH!

Chicha:
It's alright, it's all right …

Tipo:
It was awful!

Chicha:
It's okay, Tipo, calm down, it was just a dream. Your dad's fine. He just went back to see the Emperor.

Tipo:
Oh, you mean like you told him to, 'cause you're always right.

Chicha:
That's right.

Chaca:
Well, in my dream, Dad had to kiss a llama!

Tipo:
[dryly] Yeah, like that would ever happen.

Chaca:
It could!

Tipo:
Nuh-uh!

Chaca:
Yeah-huh!

Tipo:
Nuh-uh!

Chaca:
Yeah-huuuuh!

Tipo:
Nuh-uh!

[They keep exchanging "nuh-uh's" and "yeah-huh's" at lightning speed]

Chicha:
Good night, you two.

Tipo and Chaca:
Night, Mom!

[They continue as Chicha blows out the candle]

[after a long chase sequence, Yzma and Kronk fall into a chasm and Kuzco and Pacha finally make it into the palace; Pacha has pulled the wrong lever while trying to go into Yzma's secret lab, causing Kuzco to fall into the pit and get bitten by the same crocodile that bit Yzma]

Kuzco:
Okay, why does she even have that lever? [kicks the crocodile, causing to run away yipping again; Pacha pulls the right lever causing them to fall into the roller coaster ride]

Ride Voice:
Please remain seated, and keep your arms and legs in at all times.

[Kuzco and Pacha scream all the way through the ride and ends up in Yzma and Kronk's lab costumes]

Kuzco:
Huh?

[they take off the costumes and run to the lab]

Pacha:
[looks through the potions] What does it look like?

Kuzco:
[also looks through the potions] I don't know. Just keep looking

Pacha:
[opens an owl-shaped cabinet] Over here. It has to be one of these. Lions, tigers, bears -

[There are no bottles in the human section]

Yzma:
Oh, my! Looking for this? [steps out of a shadow holding the potion]

Kuzco:
No! It can't be! How did you get back here before us?!

Yzma:
Ah … [looks confused] How did we, Kronk?

Kronk:
Well, ya got me. [pulls down a chart of the previous chase] By all accounts, it doesn't make sense.

Yzma:
Oh, well. Back to business.

Kuzco:
[chuckles nervously] Okay, I admit it. Maybe I wasn't as nice as I should have been. But Yzma, do you really wanna kill me?!

Yzma:
Just think of it as … you're being let go. That your life's going in a different direction. That your body is part of a permanent outplacement.

[A look of fear crosses Kuzco's face as he finally understands Yzma's motives]

Kronk:
Hey, that's kinda like what he said to you when you got fired.

Yzma:
I know. It's called a cruel irony. Like my dependence on you.

Kuzco:
I can't believe this is happening!

Yzma:
Then I bet you weren't expecting this…! [starts to pull up her dress; Kuzco and Pacha recoil and start yelling objections] [revealing a knife strapped to her thigh] A-ha!

[Kuzco and Pacha are relieved and pass it off]

Yzma:
Haha! [throws the knife to Kronk] Finish them off!

Kronk's Shoulder Devil:
Hey, you're not backing down now, are you, big guy?

Kronk:
Uh, where's the other guy? [Kronk's Shoulder Angel appears sitting in a hairdryer] Yo!

Kronk's Shoulder Angel:
[he quickly gets off the chair, removes the helmet and restores his halo while he speaks] Sorry I'm late. So, what did I miss?

[As Kronk talks to the Shoulder guardians in his head, Yzma stares at him, turns to Kuzco and Pacha, and points to him with her thumb, hoping for an explanation; Pacha and Kuzco simply shrug]

Kronk:
Well, Yzma just tossed me this knife and asked me to, y'know, take them out. Then this guy popped up and we waited for you, and, quite honestly -

Yzma:
Kronk! [Kronk and his Shoulder guardians turn to her] Why did I think you could do this? This one simple thing. It's like I'm talking to a monkey.

Kronk's Shoulder Angel:
[in shock] Whoa, now!

Yzma:
A really, really big, stupid monkey named KRONK!

Kronk's Shoulder Devil:
[also shocked] Ouch!

Yzma:
And do you want to know something else? I never liked your spinach puffs. [Kronk, Shoulder Angel, and Shoulder Devil all gasp] NEVER!

[Kronk breaks down into tears; Shoulder Angel comforts him]

Kronk's Shoulder Devil:
[angry] That's it. [c*cks trident like a shotgun] She's goin' down!

Kronk's Shoulder Angel:
Now, now. Remember, guys: "From above, the wicked shall receive their just reward."

[They look above Yzma and notice a chandelier as an angel chorus sings]

Kronk, Shoulder Angel, and Shoulder Devil:
That'll work.

[Kronk cuts the rope to the chandelier, sending it falling down towards Yzma, but due to her skinny form, it falls around her instead of on her]

Kronk:
Strange. That usually works.

Yzma:
And so does this!

[She pulls over a large vial, which turns out to be a lever for a trapdoor below Kronk]

Kronk:
Ah. Should've seen that coming. [falls through] Whooaaaaaa! [Shoulder angel and devil then fall through holding each other]

[Kuzco and Pacha are running from the guards]

Pacha:
One of them's gotta change you back. Try this one!

Kuzco:
[drinks a potion and turns into a tortoise] Uh, Pacha, little help? [being a tortoise, cannot run away from the guards]

[Pacha grabs Kuzco and narrowly avoids the Octopus Guard's axes; he then uses Kuzco as a skateboard down the the stairway edges until they're cornered by the guards]

Pacha:
[holds up another potion] Oh, please be something with wings. [uncorks the potion and gives to Kuzco]

[in a puff of pink smoke, they rise out of the rail; the smoke settles to reveal Kuzco as a red bird]

Kuzco:
Yeah-ha-ha! We're flying! [reveals he is actually a tiny toucan; unable to lift Pacha's weight off the ground] Uh-oh.

[they crash onto a statue's head and Pacha runs while holding Kuzco]

Kuzco:
We're not going anywhere with you picking the vial! I'm picking the next one!

Pacha:
Fine by me!

Kuzco:
Give me that one!

[Pacha gives Kuzco the potion, turning him into a giant sperm whale]

Kuzco:
Don't you say a word.

[the bridge finally collapses and Pacha and Kuzco fall into the canals]

Yzma:
Quick, drain the canals!

[Kuzco surfaces with Pacha standing on his head]

Pacha:
Open up! [throws a potion into Kuzco's open mouth, turning back into a llama]

Kuzco:
[delighted] Yay, I'm a llama again! [pause] Wait.

[a rumbling is heard and the water immediately drains out of the palace's nose; Kuzco and Pacha are now hanging on the nostril for dear life]

Yzma:
There they go! After them!

Guard Turned Lizard:
Come on, men! Nobody lives forever!

Guard Turned Animals:
CHARGE!!!!

[the guards jump onto the nasal passage, but because of the slippery surface, they fall right of the nostril as Kuzco and Pacha climb up the nose]


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