The Emperor's New School

The Emperor's New School
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Genre	Comedy, Adventure
Created by	Mark Dindal
Based on	Kuzco's New School by Charles Perrault
Written by	Kevin D. Campbell Ed Scharlach Mark Dindal (story)
Directed by	David Knott Howy Parkins
Voices of	J. P. Manoux Jessica DiCicco Fred Tatasciore John Goodman Wendie Malick Jessie Flower Shane Baumel Eartha Kitt Patrick Warburton Curtis Armstrong Bob Bergen Rip Taylor
Composer(s)	Mike Tavera
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Bobs Gannaway
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Walt Disney Television Animation Toon City Animation, Inc. Wang Film Productions Co., Ltd. Synergy Animation Studios
Distributor	Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network	Disney Channel ABC Toon Disney
Picture format	1080i (16:9) (HDTV)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	January 27, 2006 (2006-01-27) – November 20, 2008 (2008-11-20)

The Emperor's New School is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel. The show has been based on the book Kuzco's New School by Charles Perrault and its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove. It follows the adventures of young emperor Kuzco as he completes his education in order to return to the throne, while Yzma, as the school's principal, will stop at nothing to prevent Kuzco from passing all of his classes.

Setting

The series comes after The Emperor's New Groove. Several episodes mention the events of the movie.

The series can be seen as coming before Kronk's New Groove (in the series Kronk is still working for Yzma and is single, but in the movie he retires as Yzma's lackey and gets married during the closing credits), or after it (in the beginning of Kronk's New Groove, Yzma has a cat's tail, claiming it was a side effect from her kitten transformation at the end of The Emperor's New Groove; but she does not have a tail in the series).

It was revealed in some episodes that the characters are Incas even though the characters use modern-day materials, like a motorcycle, an arcade unit, etc. as side jokes. The name of the main character "Kuzco" is derived from the name of the capital of the Inca empire "Cusco".

Yzma's plans to stop Kuzco backfire, ending up helping him instead. By the end of the series, Kuzco has grown as a person, wanting Pacha and his family to move into the palace with him, and chose Kronk as his adviser.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of The Emperor's New Groove characters

• J. P. Manoux – Kuzco
• Jessica DiCicco – Malina
• Fred Tatasciore – Pacha (Season 1)
• John Goodman – Pacha (Season 2)
• Wendie Malick – Chicha
• Jessie Flower – Chaca
• Shane Baumel – Tipo
• Eartha Kitt – Yzma/Amzy
• Patrick Warburton – Kronk
• Curtis Armstrong – Mr. Moleguaco
• Bob Bergen – Bucky
• Rip Taylor – The Royal Record Keeper

Initially, three original cast members returned to voice their characters for the TV series: Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Patrick Warburton as Kronk, and Wendie Malick as Chicha. Although Fred Tatasciore voiced Pacha in Season 1, John Goodman returned to the role in Season 2.

J. P. Manoux voices Kuzco, a role that he had already performed on The Emperor's New Groove (video game), double voices with David Spade.

Guest stars

• Charlie Adler – Keeper
• Jeff Bennett – Security Cam
• Corey Burton – Ozker, announcers
• Brian Cummings – various
• Jim Cummings – various
• Miley Cyrus – Yatta, Mudka's Meat Hut Waitress
• Noah Cyrus – Kid in Crowd in Malina's fantasy sequences
• Jason Earles/Justin Cowden – Guaca/Guaka
• Rene Mujica – Ramon
• Patti Deutsch – Matta the Lunch Lady
• Grey DeLisle – Moxie, Yasmin (Teen Yzma)
• John DiMaggio – Mr. Nadaempa
• Teresa Ganzel/Estelle Harris – Princess Lalala, Ms. Mudka
• Michael Gough – Imatcha
• Jess Harnell – various
• Tom Kenny – Kuzco's Cousin, various
• Maurice LaMarche – Gizo the Shuaka
• Joey Lawrence – Dirk Brock
• Candi Milo – Coach Sweetie
• Courtney Peldon – Cuxi, Cuca, and Curi
• Kevin Michael Richardson – Kavo
• Tisha Terrasini Banker – Miss Ni
• Rob Paulsen – Nerd
• Dylan and Cole Sprouse – Zim and Zam
• Ben Stein – Mr. Purutu the Guidance Counselor
• Travis Oates – Rudy
• Tara Strong – Ashely, Yupi
• Dee Bradley Baker – various
• Jim Ward – various
• Tress MacNeille – Mrs. Upachal, various
• Frank Welker – Homework the Kitten/Jaguar and the Creepy Little Old Man, Caretaker at Micchu Pachu
• Ellen Albertini Dow – Azma, Yzma's mother
• Brenda Song – Dancing queen
• John O'Hurley – Editor of Incan Teen Magazine
• Gilbert Gottfried – Potion voice
• Chloë Grace Moretz – Furi
• Edie McClurg – Obssesia

Episodes

The series ran for two seasons and 52 episodes, and ends with a finale episode that wraps up the plot.

Main article: List of The Emperor's New School episodes

Season	Ep #	First Airdate	Last Airdate
Season 1	21	January 27, 2006	November 11, 2006
Season 2	31	June 23, 2007	November 20, 2008

Awards and nominations

Eartha Kitt won the 2007 and 2008 Annie Awards for "Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production" for her performance as Yzma in the episodes "Kuzclone" (2007) and "The Emperor's New Musical" (2008). Eartha Kitt also won the 2007 and 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for her voice performance as Yzma. Jessica DiCicco was also nominated for her voice performance as Malina.

Syndication

The Emperor's New School aired occasionally on Disney XD and has been aired on ABC as part of its ABC Kids lineup. In Canada, the series currently airs on Disney XD.

External links

• The Emperor's New School at IMDb
• The Emperor's New School at the Big Cartoon DataBase
• The Emperor's New School at TV.com