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2006
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The Emperor's New School is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel from 2006 to 2008. The show is a spin-off of the hit 2000 Disney movie, The Emperor's New Groove, and follows the adventures of the movie's central character, Emperor Kuzco, as he tries to fulfill his dream of becoming emperor of the world.

The show features the vocal talents of a star-studded cast including Wendie Malick as Principal Amzy, the principal of Kuzco's school; Jessica DiCicco as Malina, Kuzco's love interest; Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Moleguaco, the school's science teacher; Rip Taylor as Guaka, the royal advisor; Shane Baumel as Tipo, Kuzco's friend; Jessie Flower as Chicha, Pacha's wife; Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Kuzco's former advisor; Bob Bergen as Bucky, a talking chinchilla; J.P. Manoux as Kuzco's former classmate, Kronk; Patrick Warburton as Kronk's shoulder angel; Fred Tatasciore as Pacha, Kuzco's former friend; Cole Sprouse as Zim, a new student at Kuzco's school; John Goodman as Pacha, Kuzco's former friend; Courtney Peldon as Yatta, Kuzco's enemy; Gabriel Iglesias as Guaka's nephew, Guaka Jr.; Dylan Sprouse as Mudka, a famous chef; and Ben Stein as a narrator.

The show's plot revolves around Kuzco's attempts to become the greatest emperor of all time despite being a selfish, arrogant, and lazy teenager. However, his plans are constantly thwarted by Principal Amzy, who requires him to pass all his classes before he can be considered for the top job. Kuzco's rival, Yatta, also causes him problems by constantly trying to outdo him in every possible way.

Malina is Kuzco's love interest, and he tries to impress her by performing heroic deeds such as rescuing her from danger or singing her love songs. Despite her initial resistance, Malina eventually falls for Kuzco's charm and becomes his girlfriend.

Mr. Moleguaco is Kuzco's teacher and is constantly trying to impart some wisdom to the young emperor. However, Kuzco often ignores his advice and ends up in trouble.

Guaka is Kuzco's loyal advisor, and he is always there to help him out of difficult situations. Kuzco often turns to Guaka for advice, and he never lets him down.

Bucky is a talking chinchilla who befriends Kuzco after he accidentally turns into a chinchilla. Bucky is always there to offer advice and encouragement to Kuzco, and he helps him get through many difficult situations.

Kuzco's former advisor, Yzma, is also back, and she's as evil as ever. She constantly tries to defeat Kuzco and take over the kingdom, but her plans always backfire.

Kronk is Kuzco's former classmate who is now a shoulder angel. He tries to guide Kuzco to make the right choices, but Kuzco often ignores his advice.

In addition to the main storyline, there are many subplots throughout the series, each one exploring the lives of the various characters in more detail. These subplots range from Kuzco trying to avoid taking a bath to Mr. Moleguaco growing a giant carrot.

The show is notable for its vibrant animation style, which draws heavily from the original movie. The characters are all well-drawn and animated, and the backgrounds are detailed and colorful. The show also features catchy musical numbers that are sure to get stuck in your head, and the voice acting is top-notch.

Overall, The Emperor's New School is a funny and entertaining show that is sure to delight fans of the original movie. The characters are all lovable and relatable, and the show's humor is both clever and silly. If you're looking for a fun family-friendly show to watch, The Emperor's New School is definitely worth checking out.

The Emperor's New School is a series that ran for 2 seasons (51 episodes) between January 27, 2006 and on

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30. Graduation Groove

November 20, 2008

Graduation is finally approaching and no one could be happier than Kuzco.

29. Cornivale

November 6, 2008

It's time for the annual Potato Festival and Kuzco wants no part of it.

28. Kuzcokazooza / Kuzco's Little Secret

October 23, 2008

Kuzco befriends an adorable chinchilla, but doesn't want anyone to know.

27. Faking the Grade / Eco Kuzco

October 2, 2008

Kuzco discovers Guaka switched his grades with Chaca's.

26. Emperor's New Show / Too Many Malinas

September 18, 2008

Kuzco's getting tired of making the same show every week.

25. Groove Remover / Overachiever's Club

September 11, 2008

Yzma turns Kuzco into a nerd and he must work to overcome his awkwardness.

24. Kronk the Magnificent / Kamp Kuzco

August 21, 2008

Yzma's plan to wipe Kuzco out of the Royal Records backfires when Kronk replaces Kuzco on the records after rescuing the Royal Record Keeper. To repeal this change Kuzco and Yzma team up until the former Emperor-to-be recognizes his chance and turns against her.

23. Yzbot / The Puma Whisper

July 31, 2008

Yzbot: Yzma leaves Kronk in charge of a robotic version of herself while she goes off to Hollywood to become a famous pop star. Things get a little crazy though when the Yzbot's remote gets switched with the show-controlling remote that belongs to Kuzco. The Puma Whisper: Kuzco finds himself in a jam after he takes credit for scaring off a pack of wild pumas that were about to attack him when it was really Pacha.

22. Puff Piece / Take My Advice

July 10, 2008

Puff Piece: Kuzco and Kronk team up for a school project where they have to start and run a successful business as a team. But when Kuzco isn't too keen on the "team" aspect of the assignment, he might lose his partner and his chance at a good grade. Take My Advice: When Yzma undergoes a job review for her job as royal adviser, she is fired for not giving Kuzco any advice. But when Yzma's replacement turns out to be worse than Yzma ever was, Kuzco tries his best to find a way to hire Yzma again.

21. Father O' Mine / Everyone Loves Kuzco

June 12, 2008

A man arrives in town that claims to be Kuzco's father. Kuzco, who does not remember his father, immediately thinks he is telling the truth and the two becomes inseparable. However, everyone else is suspicious of the man, and it turns out that he might not be who he says he is.

20. Malina's Big Break / Hotel Kuzco

May 22, 2008

Malina is stressed out by the preparation for an interview for an internship at the teen magazine Incan Teen. She asks Kronk and Kuzco for help and they decide to teach her how to relax properly.

19. Guaka Rules

May 5, 2008

When Kuzco's class visits the museum, an ancient tablet reveals that Kuzco is not the true heir to the throne, Guaca is! Guaca immediately takes over the palace and starts to treat even Kuzco unfairly. Yzma decides to take advantage of this and trick him into hiring her as his adviser, however none of her old tricks work on Guaca due to his obsession with Kuzco. Then he demands that Malina become his empress or he will build a store over her house. Kuzco and Malina then decide to seek out a special chalice that will reveal the true heir to the throne.

18. Auction Action / The Astonishing Kuzco-Man

April 21, 2008

A charity bachelor auction is being held to raise money for charity, and Kuzco, Kronk, and Guaca will all be in it. When Kuzco insults Malina, she bids for Kronk instead to make him jealous. Kuzco then convinces Yata to bid for him to make Malina jealous. Then the four just happen to end up at the same restaurant for their dates, which turns the jealousy fest into an all out battle.

17. The Good, the Bad and the Kronk / Mud

April 7, 2008

When Yzma gives Kronk the assignment of disintegrating Kuzco, Kronk consults his shoulder angel and devil. However, the two of them get into another fight and Kronk tells them to go away. With those two gone, Kronk can no longer make decisions. Yzma then captures his shoulder angel in a cage, and gives the shoulder devil back to Kronk. This causes Kronk to agree with everything the devil says, which causes him to try and disintegrate Kuzco.

16. Citizen Kronk / The Pajama Llama Dilemma

March 3, 2008

The school is holding elections for a new class Vice-President. Mr. Moleguaco tells Kuzco if he runs an election and gets elected, he will pass Government. Kuzco them uses a potion to turn himself in Kronk and try and ruin his reputation.

15. Come Fly With Me / Project Poncho

February 4, 2008

It is Malina's birthday, and she is having a extravagant ceremony called a Bloom Ball to celebrate. Kronk is going to give her a time travel watch, while Kuzco is going to give her pictures of him. Kronk warns Kuzco to not take over and make the party all about him, but that proves useless as he ends up ruining the party. In order to make things right, Kuzco decides to use Kronk's time-travel watch to go back in time and make things right. Meanwhile, Yzma has put a fly potion in the punch so Kuzco will transform into a fly and she can squash him.

14. Air Kuzco / Kronkenitza

January 28, 2008

Kuzco is sick of Kronk getting all the attention, so he decides to join the Inca Ball team. However, his personality clashes with his teammates as Kuzco thinks he can win the game all by himself. This causes him to become a ball hog, so the Kuzco Academy team begins to lose every game. When the final, most important game of the season comes around, the entire team quits, and leaves Kuzco to play by himself.

13. Vincent Van Guaka / No Man Is An Island

January 14, 2008

Yzma's latest scheme to get rid of Kuzco is a little more simplistic then usual. She decides to just put him in a box and ship him away. When Kronk sets a trap for Kuzco, he also ends up capturing Malina, and shipping them to a deserted island. While Yzma decides to begin her palace remodeling, Kronk heads to the island to save Malina, and maybe Kuzco. In order to stop Kronk from rescuing Kuzco, Yzma heads to the island. Meanwhile, Malina ends up becoming an idol for the monkeys, who do anything she wants. Kuzco then gets them to worship him, but the two end up being sacrifices to their real idol, a giant monkey.

12. A Giftmas Story

December 10, 2007

After learning that Papa Santaos is real, Kuzco tries to get off of his naughty list so that his wish will be granted to become emperor.

11. Emperor's New Musical

December 3, 2007

In a new attempt to name herself empress, Yzma declares that if the students cannot raise 5,000 Kuzcoins in two days that The Academy will have to be torn down because of the money problems it is facing. Malina immediately jumps into action and starts thinking of ways to raise the money, and finally comes to the conclusion that the best idea will be to put on a school musical. She gets even more excited about this idea when she learns that they will be able to get teen heart-throb Dirk Brock to perform at their musical. But with Kuzco and Yzma causing conflict because they both want to be the star, everyone starts to worry that they might not be able to save the school after all.

10. The Emperor's New Home School / Mudka's Secret Recipe

November 19, 2007

Yzma's latest scheme to rule the empire includes turning Kuzco into a puma. She plans to slip the puma potion into Kuzco's Meat Mug since that is the only thing he will eat. However, Kronk refuses to tamper with the recipe, so Yzma breaks into Mudka's and steals the recipe. When Kronk finds out, he and Kuzco head for Major Mudka's hut to get back the secret recipe. At the same time, Kronk and Yata try to get Kuzco to eat healthier.

9. Emperor's New School Spirit / Card Wars

November 5, 2007

Emperor's New School Spirit: Kuzco gets rid of the school mascot when he starts to outshine Kuzco as the main attraction at school-related events. But when no one will come to the games anymore, Kuzco has to come up with a solution. Meanwhile, Yzma attends her high school reunion and she is still being made fun of like she was when she was in school so she tries to come up with a plan for revenge. Card Wars: Kuzco can't seem to get caught up with the newest, coolest game fads and after trading a valuable game card to Kronk without knowing of its value, he tries to figure out some way to get it back.

8. Curse of the Moon Beast / Aww, Nuts!

October 21, 2007

Curse of the Moon Beast: On the anniversary of Kuzco's annual "prank day" where he takes the burden upon himself of pulling pranks on everyone else, Kronk has decided that this year he will not be made a fool out of by Kuzco. But Kuzco doesn't appear to be up to pulling any pranks this year when he is adamant about seeing a giant scary moon beast and is terrified out of his mind. Aww, Nuts!: After Kuzco places the blame for ruining a feast on Bucky the squirrel, the town decides to have a new day where they will hunt squirrels and then ship them off to far away towns to get rid of them. But when Yzma hears of this, she sees the perfect way to get rid of Kuzco for once and for all by turning him into a squirrel and getting him shipped off for good.

7. A Fair to Remember / Working Girl

October 7, 2007

With the Kuz-Carnival coming up, Kuzco wants to go with Malina so they can go in the tunnel of love. However, she once again turns him down. This time it is because Ramon asked her to go. Kuzco decides to ruin the date., so he shoves Bucky in their popcorn, sprays Ramon with water, and even puts him into a arena with a hungry bear. But will his tricks work?

6. Kuz-Cop / How Now Sea Cow?

September 9, 2007

Kuzco's antics at the mall get a policeman fired; a manatee shows up at Malina's door.

5. Picture This! / TV or Not TV

August 4, 2007

Yzma tries to take over as empress when the community becomes distracted with the discovery of TV.

4. Demon Llama! / Show Me the Monkey

July 21, 2007

Demon Llama!: Pacha's llamas accidentally drink Yzma's demon potion when it spills into the river that the llamas drink from after Yzma throws it away and they all turn into demons while Kuzco and Pacha try to herd them. Show Me the Monkey: Kuzco tries to cheat and use a monkey to climb up the side of the Academy after he challenges a strong classmate to the climb.

3. Ramon's A Crowd / Guakumentary

July 7, 2007

Kronk and Kuzco get jealous when a new kid, Ramon, takes over Kronk's job and steals Malina's attention away from Kuzco.

2. Cool Summer / Prisoner of Kuzcoban

June 30, 2007

Kuzco goes on a summer beach vacation with Pacha's family; a friend from Kuzco's past shows up and claims he was falsely imprisoned.

1. The Emperor's New Tuber / Room for Improvement

June 23, 2007

Malina tries to win a village potato-growing contest; Kuzco, Chaca and Tipo clean their attic bedroom.

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Where to Watch The Emperor's New School

The Emperor's New School is available for streaming on the website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch The Emperor's New School on demand at Disney+ and Apple TV.