The Emperor's New Groove (franchise)

The Emperor's New Groove is a Disney media franchise that commenced in 2000 with the theatrical release of the film of the same name.

The Emperor's New Groove
Created by
Original work"The Emperor's New Clothes" (1837)
by Hans Christian Andersen (loosely based on)
Films and television
Film(s)
Animated seriesThe Emperor's New School (2006–2008)
Direct-to-videoKronk's New Groove (2005)
Games
Video game(s)
Audio
Soundtrack(s)The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

Films

Documentary films

The Sweatbox 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 The Emperor's New Groove, 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 The Emperor's New Groove. 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 The Lion King as opposed to the buddy comedy it became.

TV series

Video games

Music
  • The Emperor's New Groove 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 Academy Award 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.

Common elements

Cast and characters
Main article: List of The Emperor's New Groove characters
Characters Films Television series
The Emperor's New Groove Kronk's New Groove The Emperor's New School
Emperor Kuzco David Spade J. P. Manoux
Pacha John Goodman Fred Tatasciore
(season 1)
John Goodman
(season 2)
Yzma Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt Eartha Kitt
Grey Delisle
(teenager)
Mark Dindal
(cat form)		 Cree Summer
(2009–2011 re-recordings)
Kronk Pepikrankenitz Patrick Warburton
Chicha Wendie Malick
Chaca Kellyann Kelso Jessie Flower
Tipo Eli Russell Linnetz Shane Baumel
Bucky Bob Bergen
Rudy John Fiedler Travis Oates
Matta Patti Deutsch
Miss Birdwell Tracey Ullman
Papi John Mahoney Jeff Bennett
Malina Jessica DiCicco

Crew
Films Director(s) Producer Writer Story Composer
The Emperor's New Groove Mark Dindal Randy Fullmer David Reynolds Chris Williams and Mark Dindal John Debney
Kronk's New Groove Elliot M. Bour and Saul Andrew Blinkoff John A. Smith Tom Rogers Anthony Leondis, Michael LaBash and Tom Rogers Mark Watters

Reception

Critical reaction
Title Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic
The Emperor's New Groove 85%[1] 70%[2]
Kronk's New Groove 0%[3]  
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References
  1. "The Emperor's New Groove".
  2. "The Emperor's New Groove".
  3. "Kronk's New Groove".
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