History Tearjerker / TheEmperorsNewGroove

(''Pacha has left. Kuzco hangs his head in despair'')

-->'''Kronk''': No one really seems to care that he's gone, do they?

** It's a little sobering that Yzma is so angry that she's fired. Sure, she's the bad guy, but she raised Kuzco, and she'd like to think he's going to respect her and be grateful for that. She's served him, and his parents, and she's not done anything disloyal so far, at least not to them. The level of ruling she is shown doing is rather tedious and pretty much takes a weight off Kuzco's shoulders. And she's been kicked out by this UngratefulBastard.

** Kind of sobering that earlier in the beginning of the movie, that same ParentalSubstitute was going to be fired on the basis of trying to run the kingdom behind his back. It's like the typical scenario where the teenager [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything takes their parental figure for granted]].
* Right afterwards, Kuzco finally realises how much of a jerk he's been. He settles gloomily into a swamp and himself as narrator maintains his selfish attempt to blame everything on others. But Kuzco finally knows that ALL of this is his fault and tells it straight to [[TheNarrator himself]].
--> '''Kuzco:''' They saw the whole thing, they ''know'' what happened. Just leave me alone...
** It's a throwback to when Pacha tells him "One day you're gonna wind up all alone, and you're gonna have nobody to blame but yourself."

* One from Kronk's New Groove: During Kronk's flashback to his childhood, we see an absolutely adorable child!Kronk happily baking what appear to be either muffins or fully-iced cupcakes and offering them to a group of squirrels. The cuteness abruptly dies off with the appearance of Papi's imposing silohuette, who immediately send Kronk to his room. Kronk has three seconds to cry on his bed before Papi comes in and takes away Kronk's oven mitts - after Kronk gives them a final, tearful hug. Kronk had to grow up with [[AbusiveParents a parent who refused to allow him to persue the hobbies he most enjoyed]], likely because those hobbies are [[FeminineWomenCanCook stereotypically]] [[FriendToAllLivingThings girly]].

Again, surprisingly, there are a few moments:

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two. And when the awful truth is revealed to him, he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. And now he has lost all hope of returning home or becoming human again. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound. ''Ouch.''

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two. And when the awful truth is revealed to him, he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. And now he has no hope of returning home or becoming human again. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound. ''Ouch.''

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two. And when the awful truth is revealed to him, he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound. ''Ouch.''

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two. And when the awful truth is revealed to him, he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound.''Ouch.''

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two. And when the awful truth is revealed to him, he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound:

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two. And when the awful truth is revealed to him, he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound:

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of bringing him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two, and when the awful truth is revealed to him he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound:

* Kuzco's discovery that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him and instead of brining him home like he initially believed. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two, and when the awful truth is revealed to him he realizes that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound:
-->'''Kronk''': No one really seems to care that he's gone.

* Kuzco's revelation that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two, and realized that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. The honest, down-to-earth Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound:

* Right afterwards, Kuzco finally realises how much of a jerk he's been. He settles gloomily into a swamp and himself as narrator maintains his selfish attempt to blame everything on others. But Kuzco finally knows that ALL of this is his fault and tells it straight to himself.
--> '''Kuzco:''' They saw the whole thing, they ''know'' what happened. Look, just leave me alone.

* One from Kronk's New Groove: During Kronk's flashback to his childhood, we see an absolutely adorable child!Kronk happily baking what appear to be either muffins or fully-iced cupcakes and offering them to a group of squirrels. The cuteness abruptly dies off with the appearance of Papi's imposing silohuette, who immediately send Kronk to his room. Kronk has three seconds to cry on his bed before Papi comes in and takes away Kronk's oven mitts - after Kronk gives them a final, tearful hug. Kronk had to grow up with [AbusiveParents a parent who refused to allow him to persue the hobbies he most enjoyed], likely because those hobbies are [FeminineWomenCanCook stereotypically] [FriendToAllLivingThings girly].

** It's a throwback to when Pacha tells him "One day you're gonna wind up all alone, and you're gonna have nobody to blame but yourself."

* Kuzco's revelation that Yzma and Kronk (but mostly Yzma) are trying to kill him. He may have been an arrogant jerk, but he genuinely trusted those two, and realized that he just abandoned Pacha, who he'd grown fond of, for nothing. Kronk's throwaway remark afterwards really rubs salt in the wound:

--> '''Kuzco:''' They saw the whole thing, they ''know'' what happened. Look just leave me alone.

--> '''Kuzco:''' They saw what happened. Go away and leave me alone...

* Right afterwards, Kuzco calling Pacha's name, but finding no one's there. And then he... gives up, sadly takes off Pacha's clothes, and mopes in the middle of a swamp whilst snapping at his narrator self to just leave him the fuck alone. Ouch.

-->Kronk: No one really seems to care that he's gone.