History Characters / TheEmperorsNewGroove

* BreakingOldTrends: In terms of Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon protagonists. In the decades leading up to ''Emperor's New Groove'' (and even decades after), nearly every Disney feature protagonist, while distinct in their own foibles and desires, were archetypal heroes with genuine, friendly personalities and noble intentions. For much of his own movie, Kuzco is someone who would be a bit villain in films like ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'': an immature, derisive, and delusional tyrant whose arrogance would be his downfall if not for a) someone like Pacha to give patient counsel and b) someone like Yzma who shatters all of the egotistical preconceptions he had about himself.

* BreakingOldTrends: In terms of Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon protagonists. Up to the release of ''Emperor's New Groove'', nearly every protagonist character originating from the Disney Renaissance (while distinct in their own foibles and desires) were archetypal heroes with genuine, friendly personalities and noble intentions. For much of his own movie, Kuzco is someone who would be a bit villain in films like ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''; an immature, derisive, and delusional tyrant whose arrogance would be his downfall if not for a) someone like Pacha to give grounded counsel and b) someone like Yzma who's much worse.

* AnimalMotifs: A llama. Transformation aside, his non-royal garb post-movie has a llama on it as well.

* RidiculouslyHighRelationshipStandards: The Royal Matchmaker presents six lovely candidates to Emperor Kuzco. Kuzco is such a spoiled RoyalBrat that he dismisses all six in six seconds as though they were hip-flask ugly. "Is this the best you can do?" he chastens the matchmaker. Most of the cute, shapely girls are stunned at being so blithely eliminated, but they're smart enough to say nothing.

* BreakingOldTrends: In terms of Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon protagonists. Up to the release of ''Emperor's New Groove'', ''every'' protagonist character originating from the Disney Renaissance (while distinct in their own foibles and desires) were archetypal heroes with genuine, friendly personalities and noble intentions. For much of his own movie, Kuzco is someone who would be a bit villain in films like ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''; an immature, derisive, and delusional tyrant whose arrogance would be his downfall if not for a) someone like Pacha to give grounded counsel and b) someone like Yzma who's much worse.

* MeaningfulName: Pacha means "earth" or "world" in Quechua, and is closely associated with Pachamama, an earth and fertility goddess who's one of the most important figures in indigenous Andean mythology. All of these denote Pacha as a person of solid and generous character, and a grounding leadership presence in his family and community.

* BreakingOldTrends: In terms of Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon protagonists. Up to the release of ''Emperor's New Groove'', ''every'' protagonist character originating from the Disney Renaissance (while distinct in their own foibles and desires) were archetypal heroes with genuine, friendly personalities and noble intentions who often played off of their more colorful sidekicks/animal companions. For much of his own movie, Kuzco is someone who would be a bit villain in films like ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''; an immature, derisive, and delusional tyrant whose arrogance would be his downfall if not for a) someone like Pacha to give grounded counsel and b) someone like Yzma who's much worse.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. At first it appears his decision to trust Kuzco's word that he wouldn't destroy his village if he brought him back to the palace was painfully naive, with Pacha even berating himself for it at the bridge, let alone his insistence on continuing to help even after Kuzco's deception is revealed. Hell, Kuzco himself vehemently protested Pacha's continued claims that he wasn't completely selfish, but as it turns out, his faith that there really is some goodness deep down in Kuzco heart ultimately bears fruit and the movie ends with Pacha's village spared and the emperor coming out of it a [[CharacterDevelopment better man]].

* ActionMom: She's pregnant so she doesn't do much in terms of action, but she's pretty quick with a FryingPanOfDoom.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a very loving mother and wonderful woman, but can be quite fierce when angered and sadistic when given free raign to torture Ezma. Although a lot of it could be attested to her hormones during her final stages of pregnancy.
* BrutalHonesty: Considering how selfish Kuzco been and with him living under her roof, she doesn't hold back against him.

* HappilyMarried: Has a close and open relationship with Pacha.

* PregnantBadass: Yes, in a Disney animated film. Played more realistically than usual in that she's ''very'' late in the pregnancy, but pulls this off with the help of her other kids.

* SmallNameBigEgo: Words just can't describe how he fits this.

* HartmanHips: Used to demonstrated how [[LeanAndMean bone-thin]] she is rather than for fanservice purposes.

* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Yzma has this possibility more Kuzco than given she is a lot like him in many ways, only more heartless and cruel than him. While even though the subjects didn’t like Kuzco that much, they still weren’t at all happy that now Yzma had made herself the new ruler of empire as she is a worse ruler than Kuzco.

->'''Voiced in French by:''' Creator/MarCCassot (European French dub)

->'''Voiced in French by:''' Mark Cassot (European French dub)

* BewareTheNiceOnes: She's a very loving mother and wonderful woman, but can be quite fierce when angered. Although a lot of it could be attested to her hormones during her final stages of pregnancy.

* AnimalMotifs: Between her design, the allusions for her actress and her transformation at the end of the film, Yzma definitely has a CatsAreMean motif going on.

* CatsAreMean: In her cat form.

* DirtyOldWoman: Downplayed. While she certainly didn't hire Kronk for his brains, it's implied that it was because of his good looks. Keep in mind Kronk is young enough to be her grandson...

* FriendToAllLivingThings: He can communicate with animals, and is especially fluent in speaking with squirrels. He even plays "Exotic Bird Bingo", getting distracted by one of nature's creatures.

* ImpliedLoveInterest: In the first film Kuzco snarks that Yzma gets a new young, handsome male assistant "every decade or so"; and during their dinner small talk remarks "He's nice. What is he, 20?" Kronk turning against her after her verbal abuse plays a bit like the end of a toxic romantic relationship. However, Kronk's New Groove does away with this by having him disgusted at the mere thought of a "proposition"; and the series had them firmly as HeterosexualLifePartners.

* UniversallyBelovedLeader: He thinks everyone loves him. Emphasis on "thinks." A big thing that kicks off his CharacterDevelopment is realizing his [[SpoiledBrat old personality]] made it so no one missed him when he "died".

->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Creator/JesusBarrero