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7	->''K, U, Z, C, O! Kuzco, Kuzco! GO-GO!''
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9	''The Emperor's New School'' (2006-2008) is a Creator/DisneyChannel and [[Creator/OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids ABC Kids]] show based on the [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney animated]] film ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''.
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11	Kuzco, the main character, is still an obnoxious self-centered emperor (in spite of [[AesopAmnesia how the movie ended]]) who has been temporarily dethroned and must attend [[HighSchool The Kuzco Academy]] and pass all his classes to become Emperor, as you can't become one without finishing school. The Kuzco Academy is run by Principal [[SdrawkcabAlias Amzy]], a PaperThinDisguise for Yzma, [[HarmlessVillain the series villain]], which fools no one except her [[BrainlessBeauty handsome but dim]] lackey [[BumblingSidekick Kronk]].
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13	Yzma wants to usurp Kuzco's throne which, given her controlling personality, wouldn't be good and thus schemes to prevent Kuzco from passing his classes--at first by [[ForcedTransformation transforming him]] into all sorts of different animals. In Season 2, she finds an evil hall of evil machinery. Luckily for Kuzco, he has Malina -- straight-A student, cheerleader, and "Hottie-Hot-Hottie" -- as well as his foster family of Pacha, Chicha, and the kids to help him out. Occasionally [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Kronk]], too.
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15	Usually the episodes center around teaching Kuzco some sort of {{Aesop}}, though it started to get away from that later in the run. The show has also been known for recycling gags from the movie.
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17	It has the honor of being one of the last Disney animated shows for [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] before they switched to educational blocks. This was also one of the last works of Creator/EarthaKitt; she died just over a month after the show ended.
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19	!!''The Emperor's New School'' provides examples of:
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21	* AbsurdlyLongStairway: In the episode "Yzmopolis", the Temple of the Sky God has one of these. Kuzco, lazy bum that he is, naturally complains about this.
22	* TheAce: Ramon.
23	* ActorAllusion:
24	** "The Mystery of Micchu Pachu" features a ScoobyDooHoax perpetrated by a character voiced by Creator/FrankWelker (Fred and Scooby).
25	** The CouchGag right before "Kuzcogarten" has Kuzco pitch new titles to reflect other Disney shows on at the time, including a riff on ''Series/PhilOfTheFuture''. J.P. Manoux portrayed both Curtis the Caveman and Vice Principal Neil Hackett on that series.
26	** "Last Ditch Effort": Mr. Purutu (voiced by Creator/BenStein) calls class attendance, so he keeps asking, "[[Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff Kuzco? Kuzco? Kuzco?]]"
27	* AesopAmnesia:
28	** By the time of the show, Kuzco has completely forgotten the lesson he learned in the movie, that it's ''not'' [[ItsAllAboutMe all about him]], and relearns the same lesson in the series at least OnceAnEpisode. [[JustifiedTrope To be fair]], it's shown in flashbacks during the film that Kuzco has been spoiled rotten since he was in diapers; eighteen years of self-absorption and {{Jerkass}}ery don't just go away overnight. That being said, while he is still ''incredibly'' self-absorbed and narcissistic here, he is also more solidly a JerkWithAHeartOfGold rather than a completely unlikable HateSink like he was in the early movie, and his selfish antics tend to be more dorky than truly mean.
29	** In the movie, Kronk finally worked up the courage to quit going along with Yzma's evil schemes after she [[FelonyMisdemeanor told him she never liked his spinach puffs]]. In the series, he's back to being her minion.
30	* AllLovingHero: Kronk. He's always putting others before himself, does various charitable acts around the village, and participates in a number of clubs solely to make the school better for everyone. Helping Yzma is the only bad thing he ever does and sometimes he even refuses to help if the plan is too nasty.
31	* AmbiguouslyJewish: Kronk. [[RuleOfFunny Remember what series you're trying to make sense of before you attempt to make sense of it.]]
32	* AnachronismStew: Even more so than the movie, and that's saying something! The series gets away with this by utilizing BambooTechnology at its fullest.
33	* AnimationBump: For the first season the credits gags just consisted of animation recycled from the episode with new dialogue recorded over it. For the second season the animation budget was raised, so they were able to make credits gags with original animation.
34	* ApatheticTeacher: Mr. Moleguaco becomes this over time. He's usually pretty reasonable and good with students, but he's often exasperated by Kuzco's antics and eventually worn down. By Season 2, he acknowledges how he ''encourages'' Kuzco to skip class and welcomes the idea of being fired.
35	-->'''Mr. Moleguaco:''' ''[to class]'' Wake me when I have to do something.
36	* ArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:Kuzco and Princess Lalala]], right after Kuzco and Malina planned for a date.
37	* ArbitrarySkepticism: The Moon Beast episode--there are magic potions that can change people into animals and objects, there are gods that grant wishes, but there are no man-eating monsters.
38	* ArtShift: Kuzco's doodles. Occasionally other characters join in.
39	* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: "Don't worry sir. I won't rest until I-- HEY! There's that monkey with the funny hat! Here, monkey-onkey-onkey!"
40	* AvertedTrope: One episode has the RunningGag of Yzma telling Kronk to [[CharacterCatchphrase "pull the lever"]]. Usually the lever is pulled and something comical regarding Yzma happens. In one episode nothing happens (as in literally nothing) and they take the stairs instead--and in another episode, rather than physical harm to Yzma, the fire alarm gets set off.
41	* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: [[spoiler:In the SeriesFinale, a machine is lowering the crown on [[TheUsurper Yzma's]] head when Kuzco shows up, pushes Yzma out of the way and finally reclaims his rightful position as the Emperor.]]
42	* BadFuture: In the season 1 finale, Kuzco wishes that he'd never been Emperor, causing one of these where Yzma was always Empress.
43	* BatmanGambit:
44	** "The Emperor's New Home School" features two both aimed getting Kuzco back into regular school. Yzma arranges a field trip and pairs Malina with Ramon to make him insanely jealous. Meanwhile, since Kuzco's just lazing about the house, Chicha deliberately becomes an overbearing EducationMama to make him want to leave.
45	** "Graduation Groove": With Kuzco guaranteed to finally graduate, Yzma aims to get him to abdicate the throne instead. She poses as the Royal Record Keeper and goes on at length to Kuzco about all the boring tasks and responsibilities that come with being emperor. As herself, she then offers Kuzco a potion that will turn him into a chicken with no responsibilities. [[spoiler:It almost works, but Malina and Kronk manage to find Kuzco and help him set things right]].
46	* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Double subverted in "Too Many Malinas". There's a gassy Malina, but we only hear her, never see her.
47	* BenevolentGenie: Every [[YouMeanXMas Giftmas]], Papa Santos grants one wish to each person in the "nice" list. Kuzco wishes to become the Emperor again but he's at the top of the "naughty" list.
48	* TheBGrade: Deconstructed in "Girls Behaving Oddly" when Malina gets an A-. She's deeply unhappy about her perfect GPA being ruined (to the point Kuzco and Kronk get scared). She's almost talked down from this, but then she gets kicked off the cheerleading squad and turned away by her other friends, which shatters her self-confidence and leaves her struggling to find a place to fit in. She ends up falling in with the school's bad girls group and nearly commits some vandalism to earn their approval.
49	* BigNo: Kronk in "Eco Kuzco" when he fears that he'll never receive his [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Patch Patch]].
50	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Princess Lalala turns out to be this,
51	* BrainlessBeauty: Subverted--Malina's considered to be the prettiest girl in school and is also cheerleader, but she's also probably the smartest kid in school and has a 4.0-GPA. The rest of her fellow cheerleaders are also straight-A students and don't want to coast by on their looks.
52	-->'''Cheerleader:''' C'mon, girls, let's go read.
53	* BrokenAesop: In-universe--after his students complain over their hard (easy) work (mostly Kuzco, Kronk just wanted a piñata). Mr. Moleguaco summons his SadistTeacher cousin to teach them that you can't skip work. After successfully teaching the lesson he throws a vacation. When Malina points out the lack of education value, he handwaves it blatantly.
54	* BuffySpeak: See "hottie-hot-hottie" for one example. Plenty more (usually from Kuzco) where that came from.
55	* BurpingContest: Between Kuzco and a manatee.
56	* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Painfully and sometimes {{Anvilicious}}.
57	* CapsLockNumLockMissilesLock: A RunningGag with Yzma's switches.
58	* CharacterExaggeration: Kuzco's intelligence, big time. In the movie, he's sheltered and spoiled, but savvy enough to know that Yzma is trying to do his job behind his back and that she has a secret lab, in addition to being manipulative enough to play Pacha for a sap twice. In the series, he's often BookDumb or a straight-up IdiotHero, but he's at least smart enough to know when Kronk is trying to potion him.
59	* CheatersNeverProsper: A CouchGag has Kuzco telling the viwers that but changes his statement to "9 out of 10 don't but, if you're that one in 10, more power to you" and adds [[JustJokingJustification "kidding"]].
60	* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Kuzco in "The Emperor's New School Spirit", when he gets thrown into a wastebasket head first and his skirt flips up, revealing light blue under-shorts with rainbow-colored hearts that Guaka got for him as a birthday present.
61	* CouchGag: Basically how the episodes opens with Kuzco calling for "Theme Music." One point Guaca tried to sub for Kuzco who was in the shower. Before he got the chance, Kuzco runs in still wrapped in a towel just to do the call.
62	* CowardlySidekick: Guaca.
63	* DeadpanSnarker:
64	** Kuzco usually, and Malina when it ''comes'' to Kuzco.
65	** Kronk all the time when he and Yzma are scheming together.
66	* DeanBitterman: Surprisingly subverted with Principal Amzy (Yzma in disguise)--aside from plotting against Kuzco, Yzma proves to be a decent principal.
67	* DeathGlare: The "Malina Stare."
68	* DependingOnTheWriter: Again, Malina can sometimes be a reasonable or even flawed character in episodes, while in others she's near perfect.
69	* DickDastardlyStopsToCheat: There are plenty of assignments that Kuzco would have been doomed to fail without Yzma interfering, yet Yzma still feels the need to scheme on getting him to fail said assignment, which results in him passing because of her plan.
70	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Kuzco wants nothing more than to graduate and be emperor--but in the series finale, after living as a peasant for so long and learning to enjoy the simpler things in life (as well as learning about the pressure and responsibilities that come with being the Emperor), he starts having second thoughts.
71	** Also in "Auction Action", after Malina bids on Kronk, Kuzco gets Yatta to use his Kuz-credit card, which has a thousand Kuz-coin limit, to bid on him to get back at Malina. He didn't even think to tell Yatta how much to bid, so she spends ''all'' the money on the card.
72	* DifferentInEveryEpisode: Something different happens every time Kronk is asked to pull the lever to the secret lab. Hilariously lampshaded in one episode:
73	-->'''Yzma:''' Okay, let's see. "To the secret lab." "Pull the lever, Kronk." Something goes wrong. Then the wall spins."
74	** Overlapping with EveryEpisodeEnding: While every episode of season 1 ended with an instrumental version of the ExpositoryThemeTune playing over the end logos, season 2 switched to using a 6-second music cue from earlier in the episode.
75	* DumbassHasAPoint: Whenever Kronk points out a very obvious flaw in the first ZanyScheme Yzma comes up with.
76	* EarWorm: The "Kuzco Allegiance Day" ringtone on Kuzco's alarm clock, to the theme of "Ride of the Valkyries", from "Peasant for a Day".
77	-->'''Clock:''' Kuzco Allegiance, Kuzco Allegiance, Kuzco Allegiance Day is Today!
78	* EarlyBirdCameo: Kuzco and all the other characters from this show previously appeared in ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' (due to ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' being released before it) before making their official televised debuts here.
79	* {{Egopolis}}: Everything is named after Kuzco.
80	** There was also an episode where everything was named after Yzma, and another where everything was named after Guaca.
81	* ExpositoryThemeTune
82	* EveryYearTheyFizzleOut: Inverted. The team is really good...until Kuzco joins in.
83	* FMinusMinus: In "Kuzclone", Kuzco's clone does so poorly that he [[BrokeTheRatingScale gets a G-]].
84	* FlyInTheSoup: In "Working Girl".
85	-->'''Mr. Moleguaco:''' Excuse me, there a fly in that man's soup.\
86	'''Malina:''' ''(acting rude)'' Oh, and I suppose you want one too?\
87	'''Ipi:''' ''(to Topo)'' That joke is older than you.
88	* FirstKiss: [[spoiler:Malina and Kuzco in "The Emperor's New Musical."]]
89	* ForcedTransformation: It is (initially) Yzma's intention to use this trope to turn Kuzco into something useless in order to get him to fail school (and thus, lose the kingdom). It never works out, no matter how often she tries.
90	* FountainOfYouth
91	* FreudianExcuse:
92	** Several episodes end up justifying why Kuzco's ego and entitlement are so massive. Flashbacks show him consistently being spoiled and getting his way with nothing in the way of good influences. Various occasions and locations are also named after him.
93	** Kuzco spends much of "Clash of the Families" grousing about family fun since he never got to participate in the competition before (both due to being emperor and because his own parents are gone). While Pacha's family tries to include him in the fun, he misinterprets the boat not being big enough for him as proof they don't actually want him there.
94	* [[ChristmasEpisode Giftmas Episode]]
95	** YouMeanXMas: Giftmas (and Kuzcoween and whatever other holiday they feel like parodying). The most painful is that in the Christmas episode a kid's wish is to see snow...and Kuzco freezes to near-death in the same episode.
96	* GenderBender: Kuzco and Kronk turned into girls in "Girls Behaving Oddly."
97	* GoodAngelBadAngel: Parodied lots of times. In the first season, ALL THE CHARACTERS had small Kronks on their shoulders.
98	** Inverted in one episode, where Kuzco's angel/devil decide to switch it around for once.
99	** In another episode, Kronk's devil appears as usual, but Malina's angel appears instead because Kronk gave his angel the week off. Things get extra wacky when Kuzco's devil pops up to hit on Malina's angel.
100	** "The Good, the Bad and the Kronk" makes it a plot-point, as Yzma captures the angel and leaves the devil free in order to influence Kronk into committing acts of evil. It works until the angel gets free.
101	* GrandFinale: "Graduation Groove".
102	* GratuitousSpanish: Given the geographical region this show takes place in is Peru, it’s not uncommon for characters to drop Spanish words or interjections, even though people would’ve spoken Quechua at the time.
103	* GrowlingGut: Happens twice to Kuzco throughout the series.
104	* HeldBackInSchool: An extreme example has him forced back into "Kuzcogarten".
105	* HighSchool: Kuzco has to graduate high school before becoming the emperor.
106	* IWasQuiteALooker: [[spoiler:Yzma. [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120604025025/disney/images/5/54/Young_Yzma.png Would you believe it?]]]]. Likely a reference to ''Kingdom of the Sun'' where [[spoiler:Yzma's primary motivation was to retain her youthful good looks.]]
107	* IdiotHero / BookDumb: Kuzco, intermittently. It comes and goes, depending on the episode.
108	* InformedAttractiveness: Malina, to a certain extent--while she's certainly very pretty as far as physical appearance goes (as well as the art style), that still doesn't change the fact that they feel the need to mention she's a "hottie" in the show's theme song. As well as most episodes.
109	* InventionalWisdom: Carried over from the movie.
110	* IrisOut: Nearly every episode ends this way.
111	* {{Irony}}: Yzma's potions accidentally get into the local drinking water, transforming various characters into animals. Kuzco, of all people, is spared this because he refuses to drink "peasant water" and drinks his own brand. When Yzma is confronted, he appears to find this all somewhat amusing.
112	* ItAmusedMe: In one Episode, Yzma admits this is why they need to take a Roller Coaster to get to her Secret Lab.
113	-->'''Kronk:''' Hey, What's the point of this Roller Coaster, exactly?
114	-->'''Yzma:''' Eh, It's just for fun...
115	* ItOnlyWorksOnce: In one episode, Guaca is declared emperor and therefore, the one Yzma must get rid of in order to become empress. When she tries to get rid of him the same way she tried with Kuzco in the movie, Guaca sees through the trick because he knows about the previous attempt.
116	* ItsAllAboutMe: Kuzco, of course. As noted above, the show really tries to have it both ways. Heck, it's in the theme song. Verbatim. Delivered by Kuzco.
117	* ItsAWonderfulPlot: The "Yzmopolis" episode, in which Kuzco wishes not to have been emperor so he can fit in. Unfortunately, his wish causes him to never have been born, period.
118	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kuzco.
119	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Depending on the episode, Kuzco might or [[BrokenAesop might not]] learn his life lesson.
120	* KarmaHoudini:
121	** No one seems interested in bringing Yzma to justice for the various crimes she's committed. Since the show is set after the first movie, no one considers trying to arrest her after her conspiracy to assassinate the Emperor. Even if Kuzco's royal title is currently suspended until his graduation, she is still guilty enough for everything from fraud to theft and attempted murder. Not only that, but it becomes an OpenSecret that the school's Principal is just Yzma in disguise, yet no one seems to care.
122	** In "The Emperor's New Tuber", Malina cheats to win a largest potato contest and gets away with it because [[ItMakesSenseInContext the foot of Yzma's giant stone robot]] crushed it into mashed potato, and she instead gets 1st place for the best tasting category and doesn't confess to cheating.
123	* KidsAreCruel: Nicely toyed with. Kuzco was a nasty kid, but the other kids are just defending themselves.
124	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: So much so. Kuzco even has a remote that he uses to affect the show as if it were DVD content.
125	* LimitedWardrobe:
126	** Changed in season 2, in which Kuzco had three or four sets of clothes. In the first season, all he wore was the school uniform.
127	** Season 1 would also fit in the SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack trope.
128	** The family picnic episode, it's interesting to note that his earrings are gold instead of his usual blue, only for that one episode though.
129	* LineOfSightAlias: Parodied when Kuzco claims his best friend's name is "Brad Bowllama"... and Malina immediately calls his bluff. (It could have been worse. He considered "Bananastaircasehat".)
130	* LiteralSplitPersonality: Kuzco decides to use one of Yzma's machines to remove all of Malina's undesirable personality traits, i.e. all of them except for being attracted to him. Since the machine removes them one at a time, there are dozens of Malinas running around causing havoc, while Kuzco finds himself creeped out by the lengths "Loves Kuzco Malina" goes to show her affection since she has no other personality traits to balance it out.
131	%%* MeritBadgesForEverything: The Junior Chipmunks.
132	* MisplacedWildlife:
133	** Red-eyed tree frogs are native to Central America and thus out of place in a series set in what is now Peru. Of course, the series isn't really concerned with accuracy, so it's forgivable. Plus it makes for a catchy song.
134	** Alligators are often shown in this series (the alligator that ate Kuzco’s homework, Yzma’s pet alligator), but alligators are only found either in North America or China, and not in South America. The only crocodilians you would find in what is now Peru are caimans (and American crocodiles in the most northwestern part of the country near Ecuador).
135	* MoodDissonance: The "Kuzco Mambo," a cheery [[AudienceParticipationSong sing-a-long]] with flashy colors and praise about how awesome Kuzco is. Right after Kuzco was bemoaning how few friends he had and got captured by Yzma.
136	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
137	** Kuzco, believe it or not, is capable of feeling remorse whenever he realizes that his {{Jerkass}} attitude has gone too far.
138	** In "Evil and Eviler", Yzma [[spoiler:saves Kuzco at the last minute from an emperor exterminator]].
139	* MythologyGag:
140	** One of the subplots of the episode "Project Poncho" involves Yzma being tricked into believing that she got a poncho that only the intelligent could see, culminating with Tipo pointing out, from the middle of the crowd for the fashion show, that "the Empress is in her underwear". This side of the story [[WholePlotReference was all referring to]] ''Literature/TheEmperorsNewClothes'', the story that loosely inspired [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove the original movie]]. (Well, the title, if nothing else.)
141	** Malina bears a slight resemblance to Mata, Kuzco's love interest in the originally planned ''Kingdom of the Sun''.
142	* NiceMeanAndInBetween: The main trio of Kuzco, Malina and Kronk --
143	** Kronk serves as the nice and goofiest of the trio.
144	** Kuzco is the mean, as he's the brattiest and selfish out of them.
145	** This leaves Malina as the in-between, she is the OnlySaneWoman of the trio, she always has her kindness, but can be a little unstable at times.
146	* NoFourthWall: Well of course, it wouldn't be a spin-off show without Kuzco stopping a frame.
147	* NoodleIncident: Mr. Moleguaco references an occasion where Kuzco attempted to make the world's largest water balloon, which caused a drought and flooded Moleguaco's basement.
148	* NotADate: This was a running gag. Whenever Kuzco and Malina would end up doing something together, Kuzco would call it a date, and Malina would tell him "it's not a date." Notable in the episode "Working Girl". In the series finale, they finally go on an actual date and become an official couple.
149	* OnceAnEpisode: "Pull the lever, Kronk!" "Wrong lever!"
150	** Also Kronk forgetting Amzy and Yzma are the same person. The concept is, of course, lampshaded in "Yzma Be Gone."
151	** "It's time for Kuzco's Doodles! That's the part of the show where I [insert some "explanation" about the situation at hand]." As the show went on, this got played with more and more--Malina sometimes took it over, and a whole episode was centered around it once where almost everyone got a turn.
152	* OnlyOneName: Everybody.
153	-->'''Kuzco:''' [[LampshadeHanging Hey Pacha, can you believe I lived here all this time, and I still don't know your last name.]]
154	--> '''Pacha''': I'd be more surprised if you did.
155	* OpenMouthInsertFoot: After a season and a half of denials, Malina finally says it to Kuzco in "Auction Action" when badgering him about his ego.
156	-->'''Malina:''' Too busy acting like the world's in love with ya. Y'know, it makes it really hard when someone actually does like you.\
157	''[Kuzco gasps]''\
158	'''Malina:''' ''[embarrassed]'' I can't believe I just said that.
159	* OpenSecret: Everyone knows that Yzma and Principal Amzy are the same person, despite her (very bad) attempts at hiding it. And Malina reveals to Kronk in the series finale that everyone already knows that he works for Yzma, [[MinionWithAnFInEvil but he's such a likeable guy that no one cares about that and is friends with him anyway.]]
160	* OperationJealousy: "Auction Action" opens with a bachelor auction headlining the male students. Malina was actually going to bid on Kuzco, until he offended her with another egotistical fit, so she bids on Kronk out of spite. Kuzco pleads with Yata to bid on him in order to save face, as well as make Malina jealous. Both couples end up going to the same restaurant (because Kuzco asked Kronk where he was taking Malina), so passive aggressive sniping ensues. Eventually, Kronk and Yata get so sick of it that they leave and go out on their own date.
161	* PaperThinDisguise: Yzma as Principal Amzy. Kronk is the only one that can't figure it out and she has to repeatedly remind him. Kuzco is not fooled and sees right through most of the time.
162	* ParentalAbandonment: Kuzco, just like in the movie. One episode even deals with a sort of "family Olympics," and he immediately goes to join Pacha's family. He himself claims he was "birthed from a glorious union between the Moon and the Stars." It's even painted Renaissance-style on the school's ceiling. It's implied in another episode that Yzma is behind the disappearance of Kuzco's parents (or at least his dad).
163	* PetTheDog: Yzma has a few moments.
164	** In "Evil and Eviler," she hires an emperor exterminator to get rid of Kuzco, but [[spoiler:saves his life at the last minute]].
165	** In "The Prisoner of Kuzcoban," she tells Kronk that his favorite superhero, Pajama Llama, is not real, which leads to Kronk breaking down in tears and becoming depressed. At the end of the episode, Yzma [[spoiler:dresses up like Pajama Llama and sings the theme song to make Kronk happy again]].
166	** In "Cornivale," Yzma disguises herself as a relative of Pacha's to get to Kuzco, and it turns out she enjoys playing with the kids. When Kuzco does show up, he [[spoiler:gives Yzma a big hug and so she can't bring herself to carry out her plan. Her disguise wears off, but Pacha's family lets her stay as a guest]].
167	*** During that episode's end credits, though, Kuzco has to remind the audience that Yzma's not really that nice.
168	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Yzma is Kuzco's head royal advisor but doesn't actually give him any advice--she's initially under the impression that, since Kuzco has to graduate high school in order to officially become the Emperor, she doesn't have to do her job until then. She's told otherwise by a board of people in charge of reviewing her work in "Take My Advice."
169	* PlayingATree: Yzma used to play a tree at school plays back when she was a student.
170	%%* PlayingSick
171	* PopularIsDumb: Averted--Malina's one of the most popular kids in school but is said to be a straight-A student. Also, it would seem that the cheerleaders at Kuzco Academy are required to maintain straight-A averages.
172	* PowerTrio: Kuzco (Id), Kronk (Ego), Malina (Superego).
173	* PunnyName: Mr. Moleguaco and Guaka, [[DontExplainTheJoke both named for guacamole]].
174	** Also several one-shot characters, such as Mr. Moleguaco's cousin Mr. Nadaempa (empanada) and Tillator (tortilla).
175	%%* PurelyAestheticEra
176	* ThePoorMansSubstitute: It's pretty obvious that J. P. Manoux sounds like David Spade doing a very bad impersonation of David Spade doing a...you get the idea.
177	* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The Kuzco Allegiance Day song from "Peasant for a Day" is sung to the tune of "Music/RideOfTheValkyries".
178	* PutMeInCoach: Even when Kuzco learns how to play the game...he never actually scores.
179	* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Rage Against The Animators, really. As per the absence of the fourth wall in this series, when Kuzco becomes TheCaligula and starts abusing his power in one episode, he fires the colorists (leaving the show penciled in black and white until he rehires them).
180	* RandomizedTransformation: Yzma doesn't label her potions, so when the characters want to turn somebody into a certain animal, they often turn them into a completely different animal for various episodes.
181	* RashomonStyle: "Oops All Doodles".
182	* RealAfterAll: Yzma used fake aliens on a failed attempt to become Empress and she constantly told Kronk aliens didn't exist. In the end, Kronk met real aliens but didn't believe them.
183	* RealityWarper: Kuzco is basically an animated [[Series/SavedByTheBell Zack Morris]] for the mid/late-2000's.
184	* RhymesOnADime: "Unfit to Print"
185	-->'''Malina:''' Look, when I ran the Scroll, I had a motto: "News that's real, is our ideal."
186	-->'''Kuzco:''' Yeah, yeah, mine is "[[HypocriticalHumor Mottos that rhyme should be a crime]]."
187	* {{Retool}}: Parodied in "The Emperor's New Show" when fan letters convince Kuzco to change the show. They do a cop show, a game show, anime, and wrestling. It turns out Yzma is behind the letters as part of a plan to destroy Kuzco. Kronk's cooking show pitch is rejected, so he decides to interfere during the wrestling one and spills the beans in the process. Ultimately, Kuzco writes his own fan letter just to put everything back to normal.
188	* RunningGag: Most of them are gags continued from the movie.
189	* TheRival: Ramon.
190	* RuleOfThree: When Papa Santos shows his naughty list, the viewers only get to see the three top names: Kuzco, Yzma and [[SdrawkcabAlias Amzy]].
191	* SelfDeprecation: A supposed fan letter in "The Emperor's New Show" acknowledges how Kuzco keeps falling for Yzma's potions week after week, which he insists isn't true, [[HypocriticalHumor only to accept a strangely colored drink from Kronk]]. Also, the bag of real fan mail only contains a handful of letters and none of them are for Kuzco.
192	* SeriesGoal: Kuzco has to graduate high school in order to officially take the throne as emperor, with Yzma's schemes and his own laziness standing in the way. [[spoiler:He finally succeeds in the last episode]].
193	* SmallReferencePools: The "Kuzco Dance" segment of the MusicalEpisode includes a ShoutOut to the ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''.
194	* SdrawkcabAlias: Yzma/Amzy, and Kronk/Knork.
195	* SoLastSeason: Season 2's premiere opens with Yzma trying to think up a new plan. Kronk proposes trying yet another potion, but Yzma says that's this. Kronk suggests making use of the Secret's Lab hall of machinery, which Yzma somehow never knew about.
196	%%* SpellingSong
197	* SpringtimeForHitler: In the finale, Kuzco worries about being emperor and tries to deliberately fail the final exam in order to stay in school. He somehow passes with flying colors instead.
198	* StrawCharacter: Kuzco is the living embodiment of this trope.
199	* SuddenlyFluentInGibberish: Kronk.
200	* SwissCheeseSecurity: Yzma's lab.
201	-->'''Kuzco:''' To the not-so-secret lab!" (''effortlessly sneaks in'') "They really need to put a lock on this place."
202	* TraumaButton: The backstory of "The Mystery of Micchu Pachu" involves an old emperor being usurped by a royal adviser by being turned into an animal (an anteater in this case). The emperor never returned to normal, so was left alone, insane, and friendless until he died. Kuzco is, of course, terrified. Mr. Moleguaco lampshades how this story hits close to home for him and tells him it's okay to admit he's scared rather than put up a brave front.
203	* {{Tsundere}}: Malina. Especially Towards Kuzco.
204	* TheUnintelligible: Yzma's mother, Azma, who communicates through a series of coughs and wheezes that Yzma seems to be able to understand perfectly.
205	-->'''Kronk:''' I think your mother's getting impatient. She keeps saying (wheezes).
206	-->'''Yzma:''' Watch your language!
207	* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Kuzco being transformed into various members of the Animal Kingdom is often treated with passing indifference.
208	* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Kuzco.
209	* VillainDecay: Yzma's plots usually involve Kuzco failing a class instead of trying to kill him with a few exceptions and she even has a few moments where she will [[EnemyMine team up with Kuzco]] or [[PetTheDog save his life]].
210	* VillainSong: Yzma gets ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1G40piqy0 Yzmopolis]]'' in the BadFuture episode, explaining what she's done with the kingdom...rename literally everything after herself.
211	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Yzma tries to distract Kuzco from school work by secretly feeding him a potion that makes every girl that sees him fall head over heels in love. Kuzco initially enjoys this newfound attention and hopes to exploit it with Malina, but he quickly sees she's not remotely in control of her actions and so resists her advances. He spends the rest of the episode running away from her and every other girl until the potion finally wears off.
212	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The last episode has Kuzco providing this over the end credits:
213	** Kuzco invites Pacha, Chicha and their kids to live in the palace with him, which they gladly accept.
214	** Guaka's his lead publicist, telling the public about what Kuzco's doing as emperor.
215	** He and Malina are (presumably) still a couple, with Malina also now working as a reporter for the Kuzconian Times.
216	** Kronk is Kuzco's lead royal advisor.
217	** In a nice bit of karma (and revenge), Kuzco forces Yzma to work as Kronk's assistant.
218	* WholePlotReference: One episode is a trilogy of ''Franchise/TheTwilightZone''-like tales.
219	* WildTeenParty: Kuzco tries to persuade Malina to throw one while her parents are out of town. She refuses. In the end, he ends up throwing one. At her house. For a bunch of manatees (ItMakesSenseInContext).
220	* XtremeKoolLetterz: Averted. The show's title was originally going to be spelled ''The Emperor's New '''Skool'''''; perhaps [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Jhonen Vasquez]] threatened to sue.
221	* ZanyScheme: Just about any plot Yzma comes up with to get rid of Kuzco.

Context WesternAnimation / TheEmperorsNewSchool