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{{short description|2000 animated Disney film by Mark Dindal}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Emperor's New Groove
| image = Grooveposter.jpg
| alt = Small letters read "it's all about" while the background consists of "ME" in giant text. Kuzco stands in front of the word "ME" with his arms out. To his left is the title of the film and its release date.
| caption = Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
| director = Mark Dindal
| producer = Randy Fullmer<!-- please do not add executive producers to the infobox -->
| writer = 
| screenplay = David Reynolds
| story = {{Plainlist|
* Chris Williams
* Mark Dindal
}}
| based_on = {{based on|Original story|Roger Allers<br>Matthew Jacobs}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* David Spade
* John Goodman
* Eartha Kitt
* Patrick Warburton
* Wendie Malick
}}
| music = John Debney
| cinematography = 
| editing = Pamela Ziegenhagen-Shefland
| studio = {{Plainlist|
* Walt Disney Pictures
* Walt Disney Feature Animation
}}
| distributor = Buena Vista Pictures
| runtime = 78 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $100&nbsp;million
| gross = $169.6&nbsp;million
}}

'''''The Emperor's New Groove''''' is a 2000 American animated buddy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The 40th animated film produced by the studio, it was directed by Mark Dindal, from a screenplay by David Reynolds and a story by Chris Williams and Dindal. The voice cast features David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, and Wendie Malick. ''The Emperor's New Groove'' follows a young and self-centered Incan emperor, Kuzco, who is transformed into a llama by his ex-advisor, Yzma. For the emperor to change back into a human, he trusts a village leader, Pacha, who escorts him back to the palace.

Development began in 1994, when the film was conceived as a musical epic titled ''Kingdom of the Sun''. Following his directorial debut with ''The Lion King'' (1994), Roger Allers recruited English musician Sting to compose several songs for the film. Because of the underwhelming box office performances of ''Pocahontas'' (1995) and ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' (1996), Dindal was brought in as co-director to make the film more comedic.<ref name="KingdomoftheSun">{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Jim|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040902115852/http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID115140-115141.asp|url=http://www.laughingplace.com/News-PID115140-115142.asp|title=The Long Story Behind the Emperor's New Groove|publisher=The Laughing Place|date=May 25, 2001|archive-date=September 2, 2004|access-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of poor test screenings, creative differences with Dindal and production falling behind schedule, Allers departed, and the film became a lighthearted comedy instead of a dramatic musical. A documentary, ''The Sweatbox'' (2002), details the production troubles that ''The Emperor's New Groove'' endured during its six years of development.

''The Emperor's New Groove'' was released to theaters on December 15, 2000. It performed disappointingly at the box office compared to Disney films released in the 1990s, grossing $169.5&nbsp;million on a $100-million budget.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/01/13/top-5-underrated-disney-cartoons/|title=Top 5 Underrated Disney Cartoons|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=January 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129010031/https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2014/01/13/top-5-underrated-disney-cartoons/|archive-date=January 29, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the film found larger success when it was released for home media, and became the best-selling [[Engineering:DVD-Video|DVD]] of 2001. It received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised it as one of the best films released during Disney's post-Renaissance era and the most comedic. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the song "My Funny Friend and Me", performed by Sting; that award went to "Things Have Changed" by [[Biography:Bob Dylan|Bob Dylan]] from ''Wonder Boys''. A [[Engineering:Direct-to-video|direct-to-video]] sequel, ''Kronk's New Groove'', was released in 2005, and an animated spin-off, ''The Emperor's New School'', aired on the Disney Channel from 2006 to 2008.

==Plot==
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Kuzco is a selfish and egotistical Incan emperor who plans to celebrate his 18th birthday by razing a local village to build a lavish summer home named "Kuzcotopia", against the objection of village resident Pacha. When Kuzco lets go of his conniving adviser Yzma, she plots to take the throne by poisoning him at dinner. However, her dim-witted assistant Kronk instead accidentally laces Kuzco's drink with a potion that transforms him into a llama. Under Yzma's instruction, Kronk knocks Kuzco unconscious and attempts to dispose of him outside of town. After a stroke of conscience prevents Kronk from casting Kuzco over a waterfall, he misplaces the bag containing Kuzco on Pacha's cart. Pacha returns home, but cannot bring himself to tell his family about Kuzco's decision to raze their village. Pacha discovers Kuzco as he regains consciousness and declines to help Kuzco back to the capital unless he builds Kuzcotopia elsewhere. While Pacha initially allows Kuzco to wander into the [[Earth:Tropical forest|forest]] alone, he ultimately follows and rescues him from a pack of [[Biology:Jaguar|jaguar]]s.

Kuzco accepts Pacha's offer to take him back to the palace, but attempts to leave Pacha dangling from an old bridge within an hour's walk from the palace. An altercation between them ensues when Kuzco also breaks through the bridge, which results in the bridge's total collapse. Kuzco and Pacha cooperate to save themselves from dropping into a [[Biology:American crocodile|crocodile]]-infested stream, and Kuzco subsequently saves Pacha from the crumbling cliff, convincing Pacha of Kuzco's good side. Meanwhile, Yzma discovers that Kronk has failed to eliminate Kuzco, and they both set out to find him. The two pairs arrive at a diner at the same time, unaware of the others' presence. While Kuzco argues with the cook, Pacha overhears Yzma's plan and Kronk narrowly fails to recognize Pacha. Kuzco, oblivious to Yzma's treachery, brushes off Pacha's attempt to warn him and leaves him, only to overhear Yzma and Kronk's machinations himself soon after. Realizing that no one in the empire misses him because of his selfish and narcissistic behavior, Kuzco prepares to resign himself to life as a normal llama, but encounters Pacha waiting amongst a herd and reconciles with him. Kronk, meanwhile, finally recalls Pacha and his connection to Kuzco, and he and Yzma await them at Pacha's home, posing as distant family members. Pacha has his family delay Yzma, giving him and Kuzco a head start back to the capital.

They find Yzma's secret lab and numerous transformation potions, but Yzma has taken the potion that would return Kuzco to normal. Kronk's conscience prevents him from killing Kuzco and Pacha on Yzma's direction, and Yzma drops him through a trap door after he attempts to kill her instead. Yzma drops the human vial amongst a scattered collection of others, and she calls upon the palace guards to seize Kuzco and Pacha. A chase through the palace ensues in which Kuzco consumes different vials attempting to find the right one. As Kuzco and Pacha are cornered on the ledges of a giant wall structure, they find they are down to two vials. Yzma knocks away the vials and uses one of them, but transforms into a small cat. After a fight for the remaining vial, Kuzco recovers and drinks it. Having restored his humanity, made amends with those whom he offended, and regained his throne, Kuzco accepts a suggestion from Pacha to build his summer home on a neighboring, unoccupied hill. Some time later, Kuzco joins Pacha and his family at his modest resort. Elsewhere, Kronk has become a scout leader, and trains a new batch of scouts, including the reluctant Yzma, who still remains a cat.

==Voice cast== 
* David Spade as Emperor Kuzco, the spoiled, [[Philosophy:Narcissism|narcissistic]], and selfish 18-year-old emperor of the Inca Empire who pays no heeds to the needs of others and has a serious attitude. However, after transforming into a llama, Kuzco begins to realize the error of his ways.
* John Goodman as Pacha, a kind, humble, and caring village leader.
* Eartha Kitt as Yzma, Kuzco's elderly and malevolent advisor who seeks Kuzco's throne for herself.
* Patrick Warburton as Kronk, Yzma's good-natured but dimwitted muscular henchman.
* Wendie Malick as Chicha, Pacha's caring pregnant wife.
* Kellyann Kelso and Eli Russell Linnetz as Chaca and Tipo respectively, Pacha and Chicha's two young, rambunctious children.
* Bob Bergen as Bucky the Squirrel, Kronk's companion, who hates Yzma, and has an unpleasant encounter with Kuzco; and as Fly stuck in web.
* Tom Jones as the Theme Song Guy, Kuzco's personal theme song conductor.
* Patti Deutsch as Mata, a waitress at Mudka's Meat Hut.
* John Fiedler as Rudy, a kindly old man who is first thrown out a window by Kuzco's guards, then later befriends him.
* Joe Whyte as the Royal Recordkeeper.
* Jack Angel, Danny Mann, Rodger Bumpass, Paul Eiding, and Patrick Pinney as Male Villagers/Additional Voices.
* Sherry Lynn, Jennifer Darling, and Mickie McGowan as Female Villagers/Additional Voices.
* Jess Harnell as the Guard who throws Rudy out the window and Additional Voices.
* Rodger Bumpass as one of the Guards who got turned into a cow.
* Steve Susskind as an Irate Chef, a former chef at Mudka's Meat Hut who quits due to Kuzco and Kronk.
* Miriam Flynn as the Piñata Lady.
* Frank Welker as Llamas, Jaguars, and Bees.
* Jim Cummings and Kath Soucie as Birthday Singers.
* Andre Stojka and Robert Clotworthy as Topo and Ipi, two of Pacha's villagers.
* Mark Dindal as Cat Yzma.
==Production==
===''Kingdom of the Sun''===
{{Quote box|width =30em|quote="''Kingdom of the Sun'' was such a heart-breaking experience for me. I put four years of my heart and energy into that one... I was creating an "epic" picture mixing elements of adventure, comedy, romance and mysticism. The head of Disney Features at the time was afraid that we were doing, in his opinion, too many films in the same vein. He was also uncomfortable with the spiritual and cultural (Inca) aspects of it. Hence, he decided to make it a simple slapstick comedy... Would it have worked out if we had had more time? I would hope so, but one can never know these things."|source=—Roger Allers, reflecting on the troubled history of ''Kingdom of the Sun''<ref>{{cite interview | url=http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/intervista-roger-allers-re-leone/2/ | title=Intervista a Roger Allers, il regista de Il Re Leone | first=Andrea | last=Fiamma | website=Fumettologica | date=12 December 2014 | access-date=8 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201005055/http://www.fumettologica.it/2014/12/intervista-roger-allers-re-leone/2/ | archive-date=February 1, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>}}
Following the theatrical release of ''The Lion King'' (1994), Roger Allers was called into Thomas Schumacher's office to discuss his next project. Inside his office, Schumacher explained that Disney Feature Animation was interested in exploring ancient cultures for prospective film projects. He held three pictures representative of Inca, Aztec, and Mayan cultures. Allers chose the Inca culture as he became intrigued with the visual possibilities of the Inca creation myth. Allers would base his story on Anthony Hope's adventure novel ''The Prisoner of Zenda''.<ref name="VultureOral">{{cite news |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/an-oral-history-of-disney-the-emperors-new-groove.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127132449/https://www.vulture.com/article/an-oral-history-of-disney-the-emperors-new-groove.html |title='We'll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again' An oral history of The Emperor's New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened. |url-status=live |work=Vulture |date=January 27, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |access-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> 

Alongside co-writer Matthew Jacobs, Allers formulated the idea for ''Kingdom of the Sun'',<ref name="dreamworks">{{cite book |last=Laporte |first=Nicole |title=The Men Who Would Be King: An Almost Epic Tale of Moguls, Movies, and a Company Called DreamWorks |year=2011 |publisher=Mariner Books |pages=208–9 |isbn=978-0-547-52027-8 }}</ref> in which development on the project began in 1994.<ref name="FindingtheGroove">{{cite news | url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-12-13/lifestyle/0012120542_1_major-animated-feature-love-story-plot | last=Kuklenski | first=Valerie | title=Finding the Groove | agency=Los Angeles Daily News | newspaper=The Sun Sentinel | date=December 13, 2000 | access-date=September 1, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233225/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2000-12-13/lifestyle/0012120542_1_major-animated-feature-love-story-plot | archive-date=December 2, 2013 | url-status=live }}</ref> Upon pitching the project to then-Disney CEO and chairman Michael Eisner, Allers recalled Eisner saying "it has all of the elements of a classic Disney film,"<ref name="Sweatbox">{{cite video|people= Styler, Trudie |title=The Sweatbox |medium=Documentary film|publisher=Xingu Films|location=Burbank, California|date=2002}}</ref> and because of his directorial success on ''The Lion King'' that same year, Eisner allowed Allers to have free rein with both the casting and the storyline.<ref name="Llama drama">{{cite news | title=Llama drama | last=Leigh | first=Danny | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/feb/14/artsfeatures | work={{wipe|The Guardian}} | date=February 14, 2001 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915203455/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/feb/14/artsfeatures | archive-date=September 15, 2016 | url-status=live }}</ref> In January 1995, ''Variety'' reported that Allers was working on "an Inca-themed original story".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/the-men-behind-the-king-99125330/ | title=The Men Behind The 'King' | work=Variety | date=January 8, 1995 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083325/http://variety.com/1995/scene/markets-festivals/the-men-behind-the-king-99125330/ | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, the production crew traveled to [[Astronomy:Machu Picchu|Machu Picchu]] in Peru, to study Inca artifacts and architecture and the landscape this empire was created in.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-12-15/entertainment/0012150016_1_sting-empires-emperor | title=Royal Pain But The Agonizing Pays Off | last=Moore | first=Roger | newspaper=Orlando Sentinel | date=December 15, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083233/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2000-12-15/entertainment/0012150016_1_sting-empires-emperor | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>''Supplemental Features: The Research Trip</ref>

''Kingdom of the Sun'' was to have been a tale of a greedy, selfish emperor (voiced by David Spade) who finds a [[Finance:Peasant|peasant]] (voiced by Owen Wilson) who looks just like him; the emperor swaps places with the peasant to escape his boring life and have fun, much as in author Mark Twain's [[Social:Archetype|archetypal]] novel ''The Prince and the Pauper''. However, the villainous witch Yzma has plans to summon [[Religion:Supay|Supay]] (the evil god of death), and destroy the [[Astronomy:Sun|sun]] so that she may become young and beautiful forever (the sun gives her wrinkles, so she surmises that living in a world of darkness would prevent her from aging). Discovering the switch between the prince and the peasant, Yzma turns the real emperor into a llama and threatens to reveal the pauper's identity unless he obeys her. During his time as the emperor and doing Yzma's orders, the pauper falls in love with the emperor's soon to be fiancé Nina who thinks he is the emperor that has changed his ways. Meanwhile, the emperor-llama learns humility in his new form and even comes to love a female llama-herder named Mata (voiced by Laura Prepon).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://inspectorcleuzo.blogspot.com/2014/05/from-90s-emperors-new-groove-almost.html | title=From the 90's – The Emperor's New Groove Almost Made it Character | first=Sandro | last=Cleuzo | website=Inspector Cleuzo |via=Blogspot | date=May 1, 2014 | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215053559/http://inspectorcleuzo.blogspot.com/2014/05/from-90s-emperors-new-groove-almost.html | archive-date=February 15, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> Together, the girl and the llama set out to undo the witch's plans. The book ''Reel Views 2'' says the film would have been a "romantic comedy musical in the 'traditional' Disney style".<ref name="James Berardinelli and Roger Ebert 55">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y1LmH8ld1yoC&q=%22kingdom+of+the+sun%22+disney&pg=PT68 | title=Reel Views 2 | access-date=January 8, 2013 | author=James Berardinelli and Roger Ebert | year=2005 | page=55| isbn=978-1-932-11240-5 }}</ref>

Following the underwhelming box office performances of ''Pocahontas'' and ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'', studio executives felt that the project was growing too ambitious and serious for audiences following test screenings, and needed more comedy.<ref name="KingdomoftheSun"/> In early 1997, producer Randy Fullmer contacted and offered Mark Dindal, who had just wrapped up work on Warner Bros.' ''Cats Don't Dance'', to be co-director on ''Kingdom of the Sun''.<ref name="Dindal interview">{{cite interview |interviewer=Joe Strike |subject=Mark Dindal |title=Mark Dindal's Place in the Sun |url=http://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.08/5.08pages/strikedindal.php3 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |date=November 18, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082024/http://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.08/5.08pages/strikedindal.php3 |archive-date=February 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Meanwhile, Allers personally called Sting, in the wake of [[Biography:Elton John|Elton John]]'s success with ''The Lion King''{{'s}} soundtrack, to compose several songs for the film.<ref name="Sweatbox"/> He agreed, but on the condition that his filmmaker wife Trudie Styler could "document the process of the production".<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/the-sweatbox-1200545932/ | title=Review: 'The Sweatbox' | last=Harvey | first=David | work=Variety | access-date=February 8, 2015 | date=September 27, 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083600/http://variety.com/2002/film/reviews/the-sweatbox-1200545932/ | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> This film, which was eventually entitled ''The Sweatbox'', was made by Xingu Films (their own production company). Along with collaborator David Hartley, Sting composed eight songs inextricably linked with the original plot and characters.<ref name="FindingtheGroove"/>

In the summer of 1997, it was announced that Allers and Dindal would serve as the film's directors and Randy Fullmer as producer. Spade and Eartha Kitt had been confirmed to voice the emperor Manco and the villainess, while Carla Gugino was in talks for the role of Nina.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/disney-s-spade-sting-along-1116676286/ | title=Disney's Spade Sting-along | work=Variety | date=July 24, 1997 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083444/http://variety.com/1997/film/news/disney-s-spade-sting-along-1116676286/ | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Strauss |title=Disney draws out blockbusters into next century|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 8, 2015 |date=June 27, 1997 |first=Bob |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4383470.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170039/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4383470.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> Harvey Fierstein was also cast as Huaca, a 10,000 year-old rock who kept a sharp eye on the emperors who ruled before Manco.<ref name="Sweatbox"/>

In the summer of 1998, it became apparent that ''Kingdom of the Sun'' was not far along enough in production to be released in the summer of 2000 as planned. At this time, one of the Disney executives reportedly walked into Fullmer's office and, placing his thumb and forefinger a quarter-inch apart, angrily stated "your film is this close to being shut down."<ref name="KingdomoftheSun"/> Fullmer approached Allers, and informed him of the need to finish the film on time for its summer 2000 release as crucial promotional deals with [[Company:McDonald's|McDonald's]], [[Engineering:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]] and other companies were already established and depended upon meeting that release date.<ref name="KingdomoftheSun"/> From screenings, Allers' vision of the film was recognized as having far too many elements. Schumacher and Peter Schneider spoke to Allers and Dindal to try to work out a pared down film, but the two had different ideas for which direction to take the film. Schumacher and Schneider broke the staff into two small teams under Allers and Dindal, and effectively had them run a "bake-off" to decide which version to go. While Allers altered some of the details of the original pitch, Dindal proposed a complete tonal shift into a comedy that Schumacher and Schneider responded favorably to. Allers gracefully allowed Dindal's version of the film to go forward, and opted to step down from co-director.<ref name="VultureOral" /> With this change in direction, on September 23, 1998,<ref name="FindingtheGroove"/><ref>{{cite news| last=Moore | first=Roger | title='The Emperor's New Groove' developed from earlier project | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083101/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/122200/aro_122200006.shtml | url=http://lubbockonline.com/stories/122200/aro_122200006.shtml | work=Knight-Ridder | publisher=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | date=December 22, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> the project became dormant with production costs amounting towards $25–30&nbsp;million<ref name="FindingtheGroove"/><ref name="Llama drama"/> and twenty-five percent of the film animated.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-26-ca-11769-story.html | title=Production on Animated Films Gets Drawn Out | last=Natale | first=Richard | newspaper={{wipe|Los Angeles Times}} | date=February 26, 1999 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190326201048/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-26-ca-11769-story.html | archive-date=March 26, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Production overhaul and changes===
Upset that Allers left the project, Eisner gave Fullmer two weeks to salvage the project or production would be completely shut down.<ref name="KingdomoftheSun"/> Fullmer and Dindal halted production for six months to retool the project by renaming it ''Kingdom'' in ''the Sun'',<ref name="Dindal interview"/> making it the first Disney animated feature to have an extensive overhaul since ''Pinocchio''.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck |url-access=registration |quote=kingdom of the sun jerry beck. | title=The Animated Movie Guide |publisher=Chicago Review Press | page=[https://archive.org/details/animatedmoviegui0000beck/page/72 72]| last=Beck | first=Jerry | year=2005| access-date=September 3, 2013}}</ref> Meanwhile, following Eric Goldberg's pitch for the ''Rhapsody in Blue'' segment for ''Fantasia 2000'', the animators were reassigned to work on the segment.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/rhapsody-blue-fantasia-2000s-jewel-crown | title=Rhapsody in Blue: Fantasia 2000's Jewel in the Crown | last=Solomon | first=Charles | publisher=Animation World Network | date=December 1, 1999 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081754/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/rhapsody-blue-fantasia-2000s-jewel-crown | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> 

Story work on the revised film started when they knew what to retain from the original version, namely David Spade as Manco and Eartha Kitt as Yzma, with the remaining elements would be written around those characters.<ref name="VultureOral"/> Chris Williams, who was a storyboard artist during ''Kingdom of the Sun'',<ref>{{cite book |last=Canemaker |first=John |date=October 21, 1999 |title=Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists Of Disney Storyboards |publisher=Hyperion |pages=1–3 |isbn=978-0786863075}}</ref> came up with the idea of making Pacha an older character as opposed to the teenager that he was in the original version, as to be the opposite of Manco.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1198 | title=The Emperor's New Groove – Origins of the Project | publisher=Cinema Review | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082408/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1198 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="VultureOral"/> Following up on the new idea, former late-night comedy writer David Reynolds stated, "I pitched a simple comedy that's basically a buddy road picture with two guys being chased in the style of a Chuck Jones 'toon, but faster paced. Disney said, 'Give it a shot.{{'}}"<ref>{{Cite news |last=Perlman |title=South Sider pens 'New Groove'|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 8, 2015 |date=December 25, 2000 |first=Cindy |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4563995.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170036/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4563995.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> One of the new additions to the revised story was the scene-stealing character of Yzma's sidekick Kronk.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Proctor |title=Groovin' to the emperor's beat |newspaper=New Straits Times |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 8, 2015 |date=December 31, 2002 |first=Melanie|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82718665.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170043/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82718665.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> Kronk was inspired by actor Rick Rossovich, according to Williams, and as they wrote for him, Reynolds immediately thought of casting Patrick Warburton for the role based on his character Puddy from ''Seinfeld''.<ref name="VultureOral"/>  Meanwhile, the name Manco was changed to Kuzco following Fullmer's discovery of the Japanese slang term ''manko'', which translates to cunt.<ref name="Llama drama"/> Due in part of the production shutdown, Sting began to develop schedule conflicts with his songwriting duties interfering with his work on his next album he was planning to record in Italy. "I write the music, and then they're supposed to animate it, but there are constantly changes being made. It's constantly in turnaround," the singer-songwriter admitted, but "I'm enjoying it."<ref name="Sweatbox"/><ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208092129/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STING+JUGGLES+DISNEY+CHORES+WITH+ALBUM,+ACTING+GIGS.-a083847598|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/STING+JUGGLES+DISNEY+CHORES+WITH+ALBUM,+ACTING+GIGS.-a083847598|title=Sting juggles Disney chores with album, acting gigs|last2=Beck|first2=Marilyn|last1=Smith|first1=Stacy Jenel|via=TheFreeLibrary|work=Los Angeles Daily News|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 8, 2015|date=November 2, 1998|access-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> Because of the shutdown, the [[Computer animation|computer-animated]] film ''Dinosaur'' assumed the summer 2000 release date originally scheduled for ''Kingdom''.<ref name="Llama drama"/>

Andreas Deja declined to return to the film after observing his more serious version of Yzma was incompatible with the new comedic tone of the film, and moved to Orlando, Florida to work on ''Lilo & Stitch''. Animator Dale Baer would replace Deja as the supervising animator for Yzma.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/05/20/608.aspx | title=A work-in-progress version of Why For finally finished! | last=Hill | first=Jim | publisher=Jim Hill Media | date=May 19, 2005 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081525/http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/05/20/608.aspx | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Fullmer would inform Sting by telephone that his songs, related to specific scenes and characters that were now gone, had to be dropped.<ref name="Sweatbox"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vincent|title=Wacky "Emperor's New Groove" Is Departure from Typical Disney Fare| newspaper=Virginian Pilot |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 14, 2015 |date=December 18, 2000 |first=Mal |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68267155.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329175336/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68267155.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 29, 2015 |quote=But someone had to call Sting and tell him that all his songs would be thrown out. 'As the producer, it fell to me,' Fullmer said. 'It wasn't easy. He had taken a full year off to work on the movie's score. He didn't want to compose while he was touring.'}}</ref> Bitter about the removal of his songs, the pop musician commented that "At first, I was angry and perturbed. Then I wanted some vengeance." Disney eventually agreed to allow three of the six deleted songs as bonus tracks on the soundtrack album, such as Yzma's villain song "Snuff Out the Light", the love song "One Day She'll Love Me" and the dance number "Walk the Llama, Llama".<ref>{{cite news | title=Sting stung by Disney cartoon | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=20001214&id=R_0cAAAAIBAJ&pg=6672,1768624 | last=Breznican | first=Anthony | agency=Associated Press | date=December 14, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | via=Google News Archives | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212211255/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1696&dat=20001214&id=R_0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GpgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6672,1768624 | archive-date=December 12, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref> The plot elements, such as the romance between the llama herder Pacha and Manco's betrothed Nina, the sun-capturing villain scheme, similarities to ''The Prince and the Pauper'' story and Inca mythology were dropped.<ref name="KingdomoftheSun"/> The character of Hucua was also dropped, though he would make a [[Engineering:Cameo appearance|cameo appearance]] as the candle holder during the dinner scene in the finished film.<ref name="dvdcommentary">''Audio commentary''</ref> Kuzco—who was a supporting character in the original story—eventually became the protagonist.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mooney|title= How Disney got its 'Groove' back Film reworked, revamped repeatedly| newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 8, 2015 |date=December 17, 2000 |first=Joshua |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4563995.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170036/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4563995.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref>

In the summer of 1999, cast members Owen Wilson, Harvey Fierstein and Trudie Styler were dropped from the film.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/why-does-it-take-ten-years | title=Why Does It Take Ten Years!?! | last=Backes | first=Evan | publisher=Animation World Network | date=April 1, 2001 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081647/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/why-does-it-take-ten-years | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Kitt and Spade remained in the cast, Dindal commented, "[a]nd then John Goodman and Patrick Warburton came aboard."<ref>{{cite news | title=Into the Groove | url=http://fj.webedia.us/groove | last=Feld | first=Bruce | work=Film Journal International | date=December 1, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103182511/http://fj.webedia.us/groove | archive-date=January 3, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref> After Sting's songs for ''Kingdom of the Sun'' were dropped from the new storyline, Sting remained on the project, though he was told by the studio that "[a]ll we want is a beginning and an end song."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/sting-new-ethics-star-pushed-disney-emperor-find-greener-groove-article-1.895260 | title=STING'S 'NEW' ETHICS Star pushed Disney's 'Emperor' to find a greener 'Groove' | last=Miller | first=Nancy | newspaper=New York Daily News | date=December 12, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083617/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/nydn-features/sting-new-ethics-star-pushed-disney-emperor-find-greener-groove-article-1.895260 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> The song, "Perfect World", was approached "to open the movie with a big, fun number that established the power of Kuzco and showed how he controlled the world", according to then-Feature Animation president Thomas Schumacher.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/entertainment/92349/disney-films-are-young-and-young-heart-funfare-ricardo-f-lo | title=Disney films are for young and the young-at-heart | last=Lo | first=Richard | newspaper=The Philippine Star | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082625/http://www.philstar.com:8080/entertainment/92349/disney-films-are-young-and-young-heart-funfare-ricardo-f-lo | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The filmmakers had asked Sting to perform the song for the film, though Sting declined by telling them that he was too old to sing it and that they should find someone younger and hipper. They instead went with Tom Jones, who is eleven years older than Sting.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/top/2530/12/The-Emperors-New-Groove-2000-50-things-you-might-not-know-about-your-favorite-Disney-films.html|title=50 things you might not know about your favorite Disney films, 1998–2013 edition|last=Hicken|first=Jackie|newspaper=Deseret News|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054251/https://www.deseretnews.com/top/2530/12/The-Emperors-New-Groove-2000-50-things-you-might-not-know-about-your-favorite-Disney-films.html|archive-date=July 19, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2000, the new film was announced as ''The Emperor's New Groove'' with its new story centering on a spoiled Inca Emperor—voiced by Spade—who through various twists and falls ends up learning the true meaning of friendship and happiness from a poor peasant voiced by Goodman. The release date was shifted to December 2000.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=14893 | title=Hot News: Disney's Dynamic Slate | work=Empire | date=February 1, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082854/http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=14893 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Despite the phrasing of the title, the film was not related to Hans Christian Andersen's classic Danish fairy tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" (although both stories involve an emperor being tricked).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-12-15-0012150014-story.html | title=A Toon Just For Fun | last=Boyar | first=Jay | date=December 1, 2000 | newspaper=Orlando Sentinel | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103182133/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-2000-12-15-0012150014-story.html | archive-date=January 3, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref> However, according to Mark V. Moorhead of the ''Houston Press'', the film's plot does bear some resemblance to that of ''The Golden Ass'' by [[Biography:Apuleius|Lucius Apuleius]], wherein a man is turned into a donkey.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.houstonpress.com/film/jonesing-for-a-new-groove-6562706 | title=Jonesing for a New Groove | last=Moorhead | first=Mark V. | date=December 14, 2000 | newspaper=Houston Press | access-date=November 16, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116185825/http://www.houstonpress.com/film/jonesing-for-a-new-groove-6562706 | archive-date=November 16, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Eisner worried that the new story was too close in tone to ''Hercules'', which had performed decently yet below expectations at the American box office. Dindal and Fullmer assured him that ''The Emperor's New Groove'', as the film was now called, would have a much smaller cast, making it easier to attract audiences. Towards end of production, the film's ending originally had Kuzco building his Kuzcotopia amusement park on another hill by destroying a rainforest near Pacha's home and inviting the former and his family to visit. Horrified at the ending, Sting commented that "I wrote them a letter and said, 'You do this, I'm resigning because this is exactly the opposite of what I stand for. I've spent 20 years trying to defend the rights of indigenous people and you're just marching over them to build a theme park. I will not be party to this.'"<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/sting-29-1392551 | title=STING FORCES DISNEY TO CHECK ITS '...GROOVE' | date=December 12, 2000 | work=New Musical Express | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103233849/https://www.nme.com/news/music/sting-29-1392551 | archive-date=January 3, 2020 | url-status=live }}</ref> As a result, the ending was rewritten in which Kuzco instead constructs a shack similar to Pacha's and spends his vacation among the villagers.<ref>''Supplemental Features – Deleted and Unused Scenes, Including 'Destruction of Pacha's Village,' 'Pacha's Family' and 'Original Kuscotopia Ending'''</ref>

===Design and animation===
During production on ''Kingdom of the Sun'', Deja was the initial supervising animator of Yzma and incorporated supermodeling poses published in magazines to capture Yzma's sultry, seductive persona.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/09/early-yzma.html | title=Early Yzma | last=Deja | first=Andreas | date=September 25, 2011 | publisher=andreasdeja.blogspot.com | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215061158/http://andreasdeja.blogspot.com/2011/09/early-yzma.html | archive-date=February 15, 2015 | url-status=live}}</ref> Nik Ranieri was originally slated as the supervising animator for Yzma's rocky sidekick, Hucua. During the research trip to Peru in 1996, Ranieri acknowledged that "I was researching for a character that looked like a rock so I was stuck drawing rocks for the whole trip. Then when we got back they piled it into this story about ancient Incas."<ref name="Ranieri">{{Cite news |last=Mellor |title=Video: Get That Funky Groove; Classy Animation and Amazing Computer Technology Come Up Trumps in Two Action-Packed Films |work=The Mirror |via=The Free Library |access-date=February 14, 2015 |date=November 9, 2001 |first=Jessica |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Video%3a+Get+that+funky+groove%3b+Classy+animation+and+amazing+computer...-a079889743 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215044104/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Video%3a+Get+that+funky+groove%3b+Classy+animation+and+amazing+computer...-a079889743 |archive-date=February 15, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mark Pudleiner was to be the supervising animator of Kuzco's proposed maiden, Nina.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://markpudleiner.blogspot.com/2014/11/kingdom-of-sun-rough-nina-sketches-and.html | title=KINGDOM of the SUN – Rough 'Nina' sketches and Animation Test | last=Pudleiner | first=Mark | publisher=markpudleiner.blogspot.com | date=November 25, 2014 | access-date=February 15, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215065834/http://markpudleiner.blogspot.com/2014/11/kingdom-of-sun-rough-nina-sketches-and.html | archive-date=February 15, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> In early 1997, David Pruiksma came on board to animate the llama, Snowball.<ref name="Pruiksma">{{cite web | url=http://www.pruiksma.com/Bio.html | title=DAVID PRUIKSMA – A Biography | date=August 2007 | access-date=February 15, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150306083321/http://www.pruiksma.com/Bio.html | archive-date=March 6, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> According to Pruiksma, Snowball was "a silly, vain and egotistical character, rather the dumb blond of the llama set. I really enjoyed developing the character and doing some early test animation on her as well. Before I left the film (and it was ultimately shelved), I created model sheets for not only Snowball, but for the rest of the herd of seven other llamas and for Kuzco as a Llama."<ref>{{cite interview | url=http://animatedviews.com/2009/oliver-co-animator-dave-pruiksma/ | title=Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company Animator Dave Pruiksma! | interviewer=Jérémie Noyer | subject=David Pruiksma | publisher=Animated Views | date=January 30, 2009 | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215054649/http://animatedviews.com/2009/oliver-co-animator-dave-pruiksma/ | archive-date=February 15, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> When the film was placed on production shutdown, Pruiksma transferred to work on ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' being developed concurrently and ultimately the llama characters were dropped from the storyline.<ref name="Pruiksma"/>

Following the production overhaul and the studio's attempts for more cost-efficient animated features, Dindal urged for "a simpler approach that emphasized the characters rather than overwhelming special effects or cinematic techniques".<ref name="animators"/> Because of the subsequent departure of Deja, animator Dale L. Baer inherited the character of Yzma. Using Kitt's gestures during recording sessions, Baer commented that "She has a natural voice for animation and really got into the role. She would gesture wildly and it was fun just to watch her. She would come into each session almost serious and very professional and suddenly she would go wild and break up laughing."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Amry|title=New groove to an old legend| newspaper=New Straits Times |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 13, 2015 |date=March 18, 2001 |first=Shareem |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82582318.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329175252/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-82582318.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Ranieri was later asked to serve as the supervising animator of Kuzco (as a human and a llama), though he would admit being reluctant at first until he discovered that Kuzco "had a side to him, there was a lot of comedy potential and as a character he went through an arc".<ref name="Ranieri"/> Pudleiner was also reassigned to work as an animator of the human version of Kuzco.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2000-12-20/news/export42362_1_kuzco-animators-mark-dindal | title=Keeping Disney's 'Emperor' in the groove | last=Tolford | first=Katherine | newspaper=Glendale News-Press | location=Glendale, California | date=December 20, 2000 | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215045654/http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2000-12-20/news/export42362_1_kuzco-animators-mark-dindal | archive-date=February 15, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to drawing inspiration from Spade during recording sessions, the Kuzco animation team studied llamas at the zoo, visited a llama farm, watched nature documentaries, and even observed the animals up close when they came for a visit to the studio.<ref name="animators"/> For the rewritten version of Pacha, animator Bruce W. Smith observed that "Pacha is probably the most human of all the characters," and further added that he "has more human mannerisms and realistic traits, which serve as a contrast to the cartoony llama he hangs out with. He is the earthy guy who brings everything back into focus. Being a big fellow about six-foot-five and weighing about 250 pounds we had to work hard to give him a sense of weight and believability in his movement."<ref name="animators">{{cite web | url=http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1199 | title=The Emperor's New Groove – Animating The Characters | publisher=Cinema Review | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208114355/http://www.cinemareview.com/production.asp?prodid=1199 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Actual animation began in 1999, involving 400 artists and 300 technicians and production personnel.<ref name="Ranieri"/> Outside of the Walt Disney Feature Animation studio building in Burbank, California, animators located at Walt Disney Feature Animation Florida and Disney Animation France assisted in the production of ''The Emperor's New Groove''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Emperor's New Groove (2000)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b809ef7ea|publisher=British Film Institute|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301010420/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b809ef7ea|archive-date=March 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> During the last eighteen months of production, a 120-crew of [[Cleanup (animation)|clean-up]] artists would take the character animators' drawings and place a new piece of paper over the existing image to draw a cleaner, more refined image. "We're basically the final designers", said clean-up supervisor Vera Pacheco, whose crew worked on more than 200,000 drawings for ''Groove''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2000-12-20/news/export42359_1_crew-character-clean-up | title=Clean-up crew keeps the character's essence | last=Tolford | first=Katherine | newspaper=Glendale News-Press | location=Glendale, California | date=December 20, 2000 | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215043925/http://articles.glendalenewspress.com/2000-12-20/news/export42359_1_crew-character-clean-up | archive-date=February 15, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Music===


==Release==
After the release date had shifted to December 2000, similarities were noted between the film and DreamWorks Animation's ''[[Social:The Road to El Dorado|The Road to El Dorado]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Road to El Dorado Preview |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/02/11/road-el-dorado |newspaper=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 11, 2000 |access-date=February 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208092139/http://www.ew.com/article/2000/02/11/road-el-dorado |archive-date=February 8, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> Jeffrey Katzenberg had been at Disney while work on ''Kingdom of the Sun'' was in production, but then left and started DreamWorks in 1994, and there is some speculation that ''The Road to El Dorado'' was based on what Katzenberg had seen at Disney.<ref name="polygon 2020"/> Marc Lument, a visual development artist on ''El Dorado'', claimed "It really was a race, and Katzenberg wanted ours out before theirs." Lument also added that, "We didn't know exactly what they were doing, but we had the impression it was going to be very similar. Whoever came out second would face the impression that they copied the other."<ref name="dreamworks"/> Fullmer and Dindal denied the similarities with the latter commenting "This version [''The Emperor's New Groove''] was well in the works when that movie came out," and further added "Early on, when our movie got to be very comic, all of us felt that you can't be making this farce about a specific group of people unless we are going to poke fun at ourselves. This didn't seem to be a proper choice about Incas or any group of people. It was more of a fable."<ref name="MovetoGroove">{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/13/entertainment/ca-64717 | title=Disney Moves to 'New Groove' | last=Welkos | first=Robert | newspaper={{wipe|Los Angeles Times}} | date=December 13, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119065807/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/13/entertainment/ca-64717 | archive-date=January 19, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> However, unlike ''The Emperor's New Groove'', ''The Road to El Dorado'' was both a critical and financial flop.<ref name="polygon 2020"/>

The marketing campaign for ''The Emperor's New Groove'' was relatively restrained as Disney opted to heavily promote the release of ''102 Dalmatians'', which was released during Thanksgiving.<ref name="MovetoGroove"/><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB976751561781373735 | title=Disney Hopes to Get Its 'Groove' Back in Suffering Family Films | last=Orwall | first=Bruce | newspaper={{wipe|The Wall Street Journal}} | date=December 14, 2000 | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705095316/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB976751561781373735 | archive-date=July 5, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Nevertheless, the film was accompanied with six launcher toys of Kuzco, Kuzco as a llama, Pacha, Yzma, Yzma as a cat and Kronk,<ref name="McDonald's">{{cite web | first=Helaine | last=Silverman | url=http://www.sagepub.com/mcdonaldizationstudy5/articles/Disneyization_Articles%20PDFs/Silverman.pdf | title=Groovin' to ancient Peru: A critical analysis of Disney's The Emperor's New Groove" in Journal of Social Archaeology | publisher=Sage Publications | year=2002 | pages=298–322 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082124/http://www.sagepub.com/mcdonaldizationstudy5/articles/Disneyization_Articles%20PDFs/Silverman.pdf | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> accompanied with [[Engineering:Happy Meal|Happy Meal]]s at [[Company:McDonald's|McDonald's]] in North America. McDonald's also released toys for the film in Europe,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McDonalds-DISNEY-THE-EMPERORS-NEW-GROOVE-Collection-KUZCO-PACHA-KRONK-/233473650969|title=McDonalds DISNEY – THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE – Collection KUZCO PACHA KRONK|publisher=judith3140|website=[[Company:EBay|eBay]].co.uk|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> Asia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-D70CupaAg|title=LBTVc McDonalds Emperor's New Groove|publisher=sani shah|website=youtube.com|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref> and Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~mclerp/catalog/01newgroove.jpg|title=01newgroove.jpg|website=members.iinet.net.au|access-date=July 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030911174656/http://members.iinet.net.au/~mclerp/catalog/01newgroove.jpg|archive-date=September 11, 2003|url-status=live}}</ref> Stuffed animals were also made and sold in places like the Disney Store.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ebay.com/itm/Disney-Store-Mini-Bean-Bag-The-Emperors-New-Groove-9-Plush-EMPEROR-KUZCO/153913763509?hash=item23d5f9a6b5:g:BaQAAOSwpU5eqksC|title=Disney Store Mini Bean Bag The Emperor's New Groove 9" Plush EMPEROR KUZCO|publisher=dlvintagetoys|website=ebay.com|access-date=July 4, 2015}}</ref>

===Home media===
The standard VHS and DVD was released on May 1, 2001, as well as a "2-Disc Collector's Edition" that included bonus features such as Sting's music video of "My Funny Friend and Me", a Rascal Flatts music video of "Walk the Llama, Llama" from the soundtrack, audio commentary with the filmmakers, a multi-skill-level [[Engineering:Set-top box|set-top]] game with the voice cast, and deleted scenes among other features.<ref>{{cite press release|title=Walt Disney Pictures' THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE; Disney DVD and 'Ultimate Groove' 2-Disc DVD Set; Wild Animated Fun In The Spirit of Disney's ALADDIN Available To Own May 1. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208091918/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Walt+Disney+Pictures'+THE+EMPEROR'S+NEW+GROOVE%3b+Disney+DVD+and...-a070703096 |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Walt+Disney+Pictures%27+THE+EMPEROR%27S+NEW+GROOVE%3b+Disney+DVD+and...-a070703096| location=Burbank, California | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | date=February 21, 2001 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | via=TheFreeLibrary.com | work={{wipe|Business Wire}}}}</ref> Unlike its theatrical box office performance, the film performed better on home video, becoming the top-selling home video release of 2001.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 12, 2002 |title=The Year in Video 2001: The Year in Charts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Q8EAAAAMBAJ&q=emperor%27s+new+groove+home+video+sales&pg=PA68 |magazine=Billboard |volume=114 |issue=2 |page=67 |access-date=June 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722194746/http://books.google.com/books?id=9Q8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=emperor%27s+new+groove+home+video+sales&source=bl&ots=q-3vq4bS-5&sig=kZqeefs_RSvn2Jw1jkbngAnS9Bc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BW2nU8nqDZKfyAStt4GoCA&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=emperor's%20new%20groove%20home%20video%20sales&f=false |archive-date=July 22, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2001, it was reported that six million VHS units were sold amounting towards $89&nbsp;million in revenue. On DVD, it was also reported it had sold twice as many sales. The overall revenue averaged toward $125&nbsp;million according to Adams Media Research.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2001/digital/news/disney-ramps-up-vid-preem-sequel-slate-1117852843/ | title=Disney ramps up vid-preem sequel slate | last=Hettrick | first=Steve | work=Variety | date=September 18, 2001 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226154147/http://variety.com/2001/digital/news/disney-ramps-up-vid-preem-sequel-slate-1117852843/ | archive-date=December 26, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Disney re-released a single-disc special edition called "The New Groove Edition" on October 18, 2005. Disney then digitally remastered and released ''The Emperor's New Groove'' on [[Engineering:Blu-ray|Blu-ray]] on June 11, 2013, bundled in a two-movie collection combo pack with its sequel ''Kronk's New Groove''.<ref>{{cite web|first=John|last=Latchem|url=http://www.homemediamagazine.com/product-news/next-wave-disney-animated-blu-rays-coming-out-june-11-30023|title=Next Wave of Disney Animated Blu-rays Coming Out June 11|work=Home Media Magazine|date=March 28, 2013|access-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914174103/http://homemediamagazine.com/product-news/next-wave-disney-animated-blu-rays-coming-out-june-11-30023|archive-date=September 14, 2013}}</ref> On its first weekend, it sold 14,000 Blu-ray units grossing $282,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.the-numbers.com/news/8416 | title=Blu-ray Sales: New Releases More Powerful in High Definition | last=Strowbridge | first=C. S. | publisher=The Numbers | date=July 29, 2013 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083348/http://www.the-numbers.com/news/8416 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
On its opening weekend, ''The Emperor's New Groove'' premiered at fourth place grossing about $10&nbsp;million behind strong competitions such as ''What Women Want'', ''Dude, Where's My Car?'', and ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas''.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/18/entertainment/ca-1437 | title=Fans Give Mel Gibson Just What He Wants | last=Natale | first=Richard | newspaper={{wipe|Los Angeles Times}} | date=December 18, 2001 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083626/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/18/entertainment/ca-1437 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> It also was competing with the still popular ''102 Dalmatians'' released three weeks prior.<ref name="polygon 2020">{{cite web | url = https://www.polygon.com/2020/6/24/21301603/the-emperors-new-groove-streaming-disney-david-spade-john-goodman-eartha-kitt | title = Torn apart in production, The Emperor's New Groove came out at exactly the wrong time | first = Petrana | last =  Radulovic | date = June 24, 2020 | access-date = June 24, 2020 | work = Polygon }}</ref> Overall, the film grossed $89.3&nbsp;million at the United States box office and an additional $80&nbsp;million worldwide<ref name="mojo">{{cite web | title=The Emperor's New Groove | website=Box Office Mojo | url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=emperorsnewgroove.htm | access-date=January 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726080656/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=emperorsnewgroove.htm | archive-date=July 26, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref>—totals considerably lower than those for most of the Disney Feature Animation productions released in the 1990s, and which were considered disappointing for the company, comparing to ''[[Social:The Road to El Dorado|The Road to El Dorado]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Bob|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNBRIDLED+ENTHUSIASM+CAN+DREAMWORKS%27+JEFFREY+KATZENBERG+REINVENT+THE...-a086402195|title=Unbridled Enthusiasm: Can DreamWorks' Jeffrey Katzenberg Reinvent The CG-Animated Film?|work=Los Angeles Daily News|publisher=The Free Library|date=May 26, 2002|access-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113146/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/UNBRIDLED+ENTHUSIASM+CAN+DREAMWORKS%27+JEFFREY+KATZENBERG+REINVENT+THE...-a086402195|archive-date=February 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hernandez|first=Greg|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DISNEY+JUGGLES+AFTER+FAILURE+%27TREASURE+PLANET%27+SINKS+SCHUMACHER.-a096189053|title=Disney Juggles After Failure 'Treasure Planet' Sinks Schumacher|work=Los Angeles Daily News|publisher=The Free Library|date=January 4, 2003|access-date=February 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224113148/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DISNEY+JUGGLES+AFTER+FAILURE+%27TREASURE+PLANET%27+SINKS+SCHUMACHER.-a096189053|archive-date=February 24, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2021, the movie was re-released in theaters and as of January 25th, the movie has gained an additional $334,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Emperor's New Groove|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0120917/|access-date=2021-01-18|website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref> 

Because of its pre-Columbian setting and Latin American flavor, Disney spent $250,000 in its marketing campaign towards the Latino market releasing dual English- and Spanish-language theatrical prints in sixteen multiplexes across heavily populated Latino areas in Los Angeles, California in contrast to releasing dubbed or subtitled theatrical prints of their previous animated features in foreign markets.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/16/news/mn-754 | title=Disney Seeks New 'Groove' With Dual-Language Release | last2=Romney | first2=Lee | last1=Eller | first1=Claudia | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=December 16, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208081518/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/16/news/mn-754 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> By January 2001, following nineteen days into its theatrical general release, the Spanish-dubbed prints were pulled from multiplexes as Hispanic Americans opted to watch the English-language prints with its grossing averaging $571,000 in comparison to $96,000 for the former.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/09/business/fi-10087 | title=In Disney Experiment, Spanish Speakers Prefer English 'Groove' | last2=Romney | first2=Lee | last1=Eller | first1=Claudia | newspaper=Los Angeles Times | date=January 9, 2001 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208083518/http://articles.latimes.com/2001/jan/09/business/fi-10087 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Critical response===
On Rotten Tomatoes, ''The Emperor's New Groove'' holds an 85% approval rating based on 131 reviews and an average of 7.08/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''The Emperor's New Groove'' isn't the most ambitious animated film, but its brisk pace, fresh characters, and big laughs make for a great time for the whole family."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/emperors_new_groove/ | title=The Emperor's New Groove – Rotten Tomatoes | work=Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=[[Company:Fandango|Fandango]] | access-date=April 7, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227210946/https://rottentomatoes.com/m/emperors_new_groove | archive-date=December 27, 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-emperors-new-groove | title=The Emperor's New Groove Reviews | publisher=CBS Interactive | work=Metacritic | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019042749/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-emperors-new-groove | archive-date=October 19, 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Writing for ''Variety'', Robert Koehler commented the film "may not match the groovy business of many of the studio's other kidpix, but it will be remembered as the film that established a new attitude in the halls of Disney's animation unit".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-emperor-s-new-groove-1200465891/|title=Review: 'The Emperor's New Groove'|last=Koehler|first=Robert|newspaper=Variety|access-date=February 8, 2015|date=December 10, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082058/http://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/the-emperor-s-new-groove-1200465891/|archive-date=February 8, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Biography:Roger Ebert|Roger Ebert]], writing his review for ''Chicago Sun-Times'', awarded the film 3 (out of 4) stars distinguishing the film as "a goofy slapstick cartoon, with the attention span of Donald Duck that is separate from what's known as animated features". Ebert would later add that "it doesn't have the technical polish of a film like ''Tarzan'', but is a reminder that the classic cartoon look is a beloved style of its own."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-emperors-new-groove-2000 | title=The Emperor's New Groove (2000) Movie Review | last=Ebert | first=Roger |  date=December 15, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208082910/http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-emperors-new-groove-2000 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' critic Lisa Schwarzbaum graded the film a B+, describing it as a "hip, funny, mostly nonmusical, decidedly non-epic family picture, which turns out to be less of a hero's journey than a meeting of sitcom minds".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,92896,00.html | last=Schwarzbaum | first=Lisa | author-link=Lisa Schwarzbaum | title=The Emperor's New Groove review | newspaper=Entertainment Weekly | date=December 22, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202084803/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,92896,00.html | archive-date=December 2, 2008 | url-status=live }}</ref>

However, the film was not without its detractors. Marc Savlov of ''The Austin Chronicle'' gave the film 2 stars out of 5, noting that the film "suffers from a persistent case of narrative backsliding that only serves to make older members of the audience long for the days of the dwarves, beauties, and poisoned apples of Disney-yore, and younger ones squirm in their seats". Savlov continued to express his displeasure in the animation in comparison to the previous year's ''Tarzan'', writing it "is also a minor letdown, with none of the ecstatic visual tour de force."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2000-12-15/141749/ | last=Sovlov | first=Marc | title=The Emperor's New Groove review | newspaper=The Austin Chronicle | date=December 15, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208092059/http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/2000-12-15/141749/ | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> Bob Strauss acknowledged that the film is "funny, frantic and colorful enough to keep the small fry diverted for its short but strained 78 minutes", though except for "some nice voice work, a few impressive scale gags and interesting, Inca-inspired design elements, there is very little here for the rest of the family to latch onto". Strauss would target the massive story overhaul during production as the main problem.<ref>{{cite web | title=With Groove, Disney's in a Rut | url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WITH+'GROOVE%2c'+DISNEY'S+IN+A+RUT.-a083411452 | last=Strauss | first=Bob | work=Los Angeles Daily News | date=December 15, 2000 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208114551/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WITH+%27GROOVE%2c%27+DISNEY%27S+IN+A+RUT.-a083411452 | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2018, ''The Emperor's New Groove'' was named the 16th-best Disney animated film by IGN.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/29/the-25-best-disney-animated-movies|title=The 25 Best Disney Animated Movies|website=IGN|date=June 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629171251/http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/06/29/the-25-best-disney-animated-movies|archive-date=June 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ <span style="font-size: 9pt">'''List of Awards and Nominations'''</span>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:4%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:25%;"| Award
! scope="col" style="width:33%;"| Category
! scope="col" style="width:33%;"| Recipients
! scope="col" style="width:5%;"| Results
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="21" style="text-align:center;"| 2001
|scope="row" rowspan="2"| Golden Satellite Award
|Best Animated or Mixed Media
|''The Emperor's New Groove''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" – Sting and David Hartley
|{{nom}}
|-
|58th Golden Globe Awards
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" – Sting and David Hartley
|{{nom}}
|-
| scope="row" rowspan="10"| 29th Annie Awards
|Best Animated Feature
|Randy Fullmer
|{{nom}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Directing
|Mark Dindal
| {{nom}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Writing
|Mark Dindal (Story), Chris Williams (Story) and David Reynolds (Screenplay)
|{{nom}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Storyboarding
|Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
|{{nom}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Production Design
|Colin Stimpson
|{{nom}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Character Animation
|Dale Baer
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|Individual Achievement in Voice Acting
|Eartha Kitt
| {{Won}}
|-
|Patrick Warburton
| {{nom}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Music
| Sting and David Hartley
| {{Won}}
|-
|Individual Achievement in Music Score
|John Debney
| {{nom}}
|-
|73rd Academy Awards
|Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" – Sting and David Hartley
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
| Best Animated Film
| Mark Dindal
| {{Nominated}}
|-
| Best Original Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me" – Sting and David Hartley
| {{Won}}
|-
|scope="row" rowspan="3"| Phoenix Films Critics Society Awards
|Best Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me"
|{{Won}}
|-
|Best Animated Film
|''The Emperor's New Groove''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Family Film
|''The Emperor's New Groove''
|{{nom}}
|-
|scope="row" rowspan="2"| Las Vegas Critics Society Awards
|Best Family Film
|''The Emperor's New Groove'' 
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Song
|"My Funny Friend and Me"
|{{nom}}
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| 2002
|44th Annual Grammy Awards
|Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
|"My Funny Friend and Me"
|{{nom}}
|}

==''The Sweatbox''==
''The Sweatbox'' is a documentary that chronicled the tumultuous collaboration of Sting and David Hartley with the Disney studios to compose six songs for ''Kingdom of the Sun'' (the film's working title).<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/film-to-capture-stings-disney-fiasco-20001214 | title=Film to Capture Sting's Disney Fiasco | last=Uhelszki | first=Jaan | newspaper=Rolling Stone | date=December 14, 2000 | access-date=February 14, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220081919/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/film-to-capture-stings-disney-fiasco-20001214 | archive-date=February 20, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> The documentary featured interviews from directors Roger Allers and Mark Dindal, producer Randy Fullmer, Sting (whose wife Trudie Styler created the documentary), Disney story artists, and the voice cast being dismayed by the new direction. Disney was not believed to be opposed to Styler's documentary with Disney animation executive Thomas Schumacher, who had seen footage, commenting that "I think it's going to be great!"<ref>{{cite news | title=Sting makes up with Disney after animated musical bust-up | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/15/news1 | newspaper=The Guardian | date=December 15, 2000 | access-date=February 14, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710093906/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/dec/15/news1 | archive-date=July 10, 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref>

The film premiered at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival, but has gone virtually unseen by the public ever since. Disney owns the rights, but has never officially released it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/5896027/stings-suppressed-disney-documentary-leaked-online |title=Sting's Suppressed Disney Documentary Leaked Online |first=Rich |last=Juzwaik |publisher=Gawker |date=March 23, 2012 |access-date=February 14, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215054754/http://gawker.com/5896027/stings-suppressed-disney-documentary-leaked-online |archive-date=February 15, 2015 }}</ref> In March 2012, a workprint of the documentary was leaked online and was uploaded onto YouTube by a United Kingdom cartoonist before it was ultimately pulled.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/the-sweatbox-the-documentary-disney-doesnt-want-you-to-see-59467.html | title="The Sweatbox", the Documentary That Disney Doesn't Want You to See | last=Amidi | first=Amid | publisher=Cartoon Brew | date=March 22, 2012 | access-date=February 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208092032/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/the-sweatbox-the-documentary-disney-doesnt-want-you-to-see-59467.html | archive-date=February 8, 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref> As of April 2015, some scenes from the documentary could be seen from the home media release, including the behind-the-scenes and the making of "My Funny Friend and Me".

==Legacy==
''The Emperor's New Groove'' was not well received at the time as it was mismatched to Disney's other animated features at the time which were more focused on Broadway-style musicals like ''Beauty and the Beast'' or heroic characters with comedy situations like ''Hercules'', and arrived just before films like ''[[Social:Shrek|Shrek]]'' and ''Ice Age'' that would launch a wave of animated comedy films.<ref name="polygon 2020"/> The film, as well as ''The Road to El Dorado'', have since gained appreciation as standalone works from that period as well-written comedies in part due to the arrival of Internet culture. For ''The Emperor's New Groove'', the film has comedic timing and slapstick comedy that has been compared to classic Looney Tunes. As a result, numerous [[Social:Internet meme|Internet meme]]s based on screenshots from the film have emerged via social media groups such as "Llamposting", with content such as Pacha's "just right" gesture as an [[Social:Image macro|image macro]] representing perfection or, during the turbulent 2020, a meme featuring Kronk documenting "Apocalypse Bingo" making the rounds to every major social media outlet.<ref name="polygon 2020"/><ref>{{Cite web|title='Apocalypse Bingo' Memes Are A Checklist Of All The Horrible Things Happening In 2020|url=https://cheezburger.com/11316485/apocalypse-bingo-memes-are-a-checklist-of-all-the-horrible-things-happening-in-2020|access-date=July 28, 2020|website=Cheezburger|language=en}}</ref>

==Franchise==
In April 2005, it was announced that DisneyToon Studios was producing a [[Engineering:Direct-to-video|direct-to-video]] sequel titled ''Kronk's New Groove'', which was released on December 13, 2005, followed by an animated television series on Disney Channel titled ''The Emperor's New School''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=DisneyToon Studios is producing sequels to "The Emperor's New Groove" and "Brother Bear".|newspaper=Variety |via=[[Software:HighBeam Research|HighBeam Research]] |access-date=February 8, 2015|date=April 6, 2005 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131972711.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329170041/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-131972711.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 29, 2015}}{{subscription required}}</ref> Patrick Warburton, Eartha Kitt, and Wendie Malick reprised their roles for the sequel and series while J. P. Manoux replaced David Spade for the series and Fred Tatasciore voiced Pacha in season 1. John Goodman subsequently reprises his role for the second and final season for the series.

Kuzco appears as a guest in the animated television series ''House of Mouse'' and its direct-to-video spin-off film ''Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse''.

[[Software:The Emperor's New Groove (video game)|Two video games]] were developed and released concurrent with the film. The first, for the Sony [[Engineering:PlayStation|PlayStation]], was developed by [[Company:Argonaut Games|Argonaut Games]] and published by Sony Computer Entertainment of America. The second, for the Nintendo Game Boy Color, was developed by Sandbox and published by [[Company:Ubisoft|Ubisoft]]. Both titles were released in [[Engineering:PAL|PAL]] territories the following year. The PlayStation version was re-released for the North American PlayStation Network on July 27, 2010.

The Tokyo DisneySea rollercoaster attraction ''Raging Spirits'' took visual inspiration for its Inca ruins theme from the buildings in the film with a structure based on Kuzco's palace similarly crowning the ruins site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mouseinfo.com/forums/tokyo-disney-resort/15952-tds-new-coaster-name-raging-spirits.html |title=TDS: New Coaster Name "Raging Spirits" |publisher=Mouseinfo.com |access-date=September 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131223060853/http://www.mouseinfo.com/forums/tokyo-disney-resort/15952-tds-new-coaster-name-raging-spirits.html |archive-date=December 23, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==References==
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===DVD===
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* {{cite video | people = Mark Dindal (dir.), Randy Fullmer (prod.), Colin Stampton (art director), Joseph C. Moshier (character designer), Stephen Anderson (head of story), Nik Ranieri (animator), Bruce W. Smith (animator) | title = The Emperor's New Groove—Audio Commentary | medium = DVD | edition = The Ultimate Groove (Two-Disc Collectors Edition)| date = May 1, 2001 | publisher = Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | location = Burbank, CA | id = {{UPC|786936150926}} | ref = DVD1}}
* {{cite video | people = Various cast and crew members | title = The Emperor's New Groove—Supplemental Features| medium = DVD | edition = The New Groove | series = Disc 2 of 2 | date = May 1, 2001| publisher = Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | location = Burbank, CA | id = {{UPC|786936150926}} | ref = DVD2}}
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20010516210040/http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/animatedfilms/groove/ Official website (archive)]<!--Also http://disney.go.com/groove lead to http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/emperorsnewgroove/ which is also archived on the wayback machine-->
* {{IMDb title|id=0120917|title=The Emperor's New Groove}}
* {{Amg movie|228190|The Emperor's New Groove}}
* {{mojo title|emperorsnewgroove}}


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