''The Emperor's New Groove'' is a

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media franchise that started in 2000 with the release of the animated feature film of the same name, produced by

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and released by

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Films

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The Emperor's New Groove ''The Emperor's New Groove'' is a 2000 American animated slapstick comedy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 40th animated film produced by the studio, it was directed by Mark Dindal and p ...

'' is a 2000 American animated comedy film produced by

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and released by

on December 15, 2000. It is the 40th Disney animated feature film. *''

Kronk's New Groove ''Kronk's New Groove'' (also known as ''The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove'') is a 2005 American direct-to-video animated musical comedy film animated by Toon City Animation and released by Walt Disney Home Entertainment on Decembe ...

'', also known as ''The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove'', is a 2005

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animated musical comedy film released by

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on December 13, 2005. The film is the

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and spin-off to the 2000 animated film ''

''.

Documentary films

The Sweatbox ''The Sweatbox'' is a 2002 American documentary film directed by Trudie Styler designed to show behind-the-scenes footage of ''Kingdom of the Sun'' (the original version of ''The Emperor's New Groove''). It illustrated the slow and painful transf ...

'' is a documentary designed to show behind the scenes footage of ''Kingdom of the Sun''. In reality, it illustrated the slow and painful transformation from ''Kingdom of the Sun'' to ''

'', including the director, Sting (whose wife created the documentary), artists, and voice cast being dismayed by the new direction. Its major theme is creative-executive conflicts.

Unproduced film

*''Kingdom of the Sun'' was the original draft of the film that went through massive changes and eventually became ''

''. It is considered a different film despite being vaguely cosmetically reminiscent of the finished one. It was described as being an epic film on par with ''

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'' as opposed to the buddy comedy it became. The plot was more akin to ''

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'' and focused on llama herder Pacha (voiced by

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) and emperor Manco Capac (still voiced by Spade) discovering their visual similarities and switching places with one another. Yzma (still voiced by Kitt) was an evil witch and vizier who would transform Manco into a llama so that she could use him for the annual sacrifice and summon the shadow demon Supai to block out the sun and restore her youth. Much of the animation and even original audio can be seen in ''The Sweatbox'' documentary. Following the success of the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement, fans have started the similarly named #ReleaseTheAllersCut movement for Disney to complete and release the original film.

TV series

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The Emperor's New School ''The Emperor's New School'' is an American animated television series created by Mark Dindal that aired on Disney Channel for two seasons between January2006 and November2008. It is the second sequel to the 2000 film ''The Emperor's New Groove ...

'' is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel. The show is based on the characters from ''

'' and its direct-to-video sequel ''

'', with several contradictions to both films. It aired from 2006-2008.

Video games

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'' is a video game based upon the 2000 film of the same name, developed by Argonaut Games for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows, and by

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for the Game Boy Color. *'' The Emperor's New Groove Groove Center'' is a part of the '' Disney's Activity Center'' series, which allows the player to do activities that tie into the film upon what it is based.

Music

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'' is the soundtrack to the film, which included many songs that were originally written for Kingdom of the Sun and then discarded. *'' My Funny Friend and Me'' is a song by English musician Sting. It was written by Sting and David Hartley, and received an

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nomination for Best Original Song at the 73rd Academy Awards in 2001. *''Snuff out the Light'' was the deleted villain song from ''Kingdom of the Sun'', to be sung by Yzma (played by Eartha Kitt). It demonstrated that she thought light made people age, so if she could force the world into total darkness she could be beautiful and young forever.

Other media

*Kuzco, Pacha, Yzma and the Royal Recordkeeper have guest appearances in the animated television series ''

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''. Kuzco also appears in the series' direct-to-video film '' Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse''. *In the world builder video game ''

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'', Kuzco, Pacha, Yzma and Kronk appear as playable characters, as well as attractions based on Mudka's Meat Hut and Yzma's Lair, being unlocked during the progress of the game's main storyline. In the game the characters are involved in new storylines that serve as a continuation of ''

'' (ignoring other material in the franchise).

Common elements

Cast and characters

Crew

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Emperor's New Groove Franchise Walt Disney Studios (division) franchises Film series introduced in 2000