#yzma

[melbourneskybourne]

Wrong Lever!

#melbourne #sky #sky children of the light #sky cotl #memes #that sky game #funny #funny memes #fyp #fypツ #tumblr fyp #fypage #pull the lever kronk #disney #the emperor’s new groove #audio #yzma #kronk

[acmeoop]

To The “Secret Lab”! “The Emperor’s New Groove” (2000)

#00s #disney animation #emperors new groove #gif #yzma #quote #mark dindal #disney villains

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

"why do we even have that lever" is made funnier by the fact there are only 2 levers to begin with (disguised as a pair of tusks on a statue)

i find the implications hilarious:

kronk only had to remember the location of one lever, and couldn't even manage that

but on the other hand, it's easy to get two identical unlabelled levers confused, this one's on yzma tbh

yzma only needed to make one lever to begin with, but she actively chose to turn the second tusk into a functioning trapdoor. she could have just...just not connected the second tusk to anything. it didn't need to have a function

upon reflection, this also answers the question itself: "why do we even HAVE that lever?" it's because yzma herself specifically designed it as a booby trap. "why do we have that lever?" because yzma had it built to keep people out of her secret lair! yzma made the very purposeful choice to put that lever there! and then both she and her inept henchman immediately forgot about her own booby trap! yzma that is YOUR LEVER!!!!!

#why do we even have that lever? #because YOU BUILT IT YZMA #THESE ARE MACHINATIONS OF YOUR OWN DESIGN #YOU ARE TANGLED IN A WEB OF YOUR OWN WEAVING! #that is YOUR crocodile!!! #emperor's new groove #yzma

[pani-artz]

The Emperor's New Groove x Baldur's Gate 3 crossover

Someone said Kronk and Yzma remind them of Minsc and Jaheira.

#jaheira bg3 #jaheira #bg minsc #bg3 minsc #minsc and boo #minsc #Boo #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #digital art #baldurs gate 3 #baldur's gate #digital drawing #artwork #emperor's new groove #kronk #yzma and kronk #yzma #bg 3 #baldurs gate #baldur's gate fanart #bg3 art #bg3 fanart

[edithet-mistakes]

can we get mera and indus dressed as yzma and kronk?

FINALLY SOMEONE REQUESTED THIS I HAVE BEEN WAITING SINCE THE BEGINNING

#THANK YOU #i can rest in peace now #edithet mistakes #epithet erased #mera salamin #indus tarbella #emperor's new groove #yzma #kronk #merindus #for the funsies

[riddlerosehearts]

disney characters + tv tropes -> yzma

#disney #the emperor's new groove #disneyedit #disneyfeverdaily #fyeahdisney #disneymydear #animationedit #animationsource #yzma #tv tropes #my edits #my gifs #*disneytropes #okay so i have always wanted to make edits like these but never got around to doing so until now #so i guess we're starting with yzma! #i really hope this looks okay

[vcreatures]

The true ruler of the Kuzconian Empire…and she made sure of it…

This really could of been for day 11, villain or day 17, Emperors New Groove, either way Yzma is taking center stage.

#disember #yzma #emperorsnewgroove #disney #characterdesign #conceptart #illustration #fantasy #fantasyart #artoftheday #witch #sorceress #villain #disneyvillain

[lutzlig]

#yzma #emperor's new groove #yennefer of vengerberg #the witcher #spam bots #tumblr #azula #a:tla #sailor moon #marge simpson #the simpsons #bridget #guilty gear #reagan ridley #inside job #nadja #wwdits #fairy godmother #shrek #tumblrwoman election 2023 #twe23 #23_round02

[otherwindow]

Just found out Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove was originally going to be a necromancer with an undead army.

#yzma #the emperor's new groove #disney #eartha kitt #video #my video #my stuff

[synergysilhouette]

Round four of Disney concept art I fell in love with

You'll notice some of this is concept art from rejected concepts, ie "Gigantic" and "Hiawatha."

#frozen #anna #elsa #disney #disney princess #tiana #the princess and the frog #belle #yzma #the hunchback of notre dame #beauty and the beast #the emperors new groove #mulan #gigantic #wish #disney animation #disney renaissance

[villain-championship]

#villain championship #yzma #the emperors new groove #donquixote doflamingo #one piece #skitter #taylor hebert #parahumans #worm web serial #glados #portal

[one-time-i-dreamt]

There was a holiday named Yzma Day where everyone had to dress up like Yzma.

#dream #text #June 30th 2023 #yzma #emperor's new groove

[etaleah]

#the emperor’s new groove #disney #disney movie #disney movies #disney movie quotes #emperor kuzco #kronk #yzma #fun polls #yzma and kronk #kuzco

[retirement-home-rumble]

Retirement Home Rumble: Round 2

Side A

Why they would crush the other geezers under the cut:

WARNING: There may be spoilers

Faceless Old Woman and Pinako Propaganda:

Yzma and Lilly Propaganda:

#retirement home rumble #tournament poll #round 2 #welcome to night vale #wtnv podcast #night vale #fma #fmab #fma brotherhood #full metal alchemist #full metal alchemist brotherhood #the faceless old woman who secretly lives in your home #pinako rockbell #the emperor's new groove #emperor's new groove #disney yzma #yzma #lilly the cat

[selenevassos]

does anyone get me

#hi #yzma #yows

[riddlerosehearts]

thinking about how people who watch the emperor's new groove and somehow come out of it shipping pacha and kuzco, or thinking yzma only became evil when kuzco fired her and that she would've been a better ruler than him, are both so wrong in so many different ways and are also missing one of the things that i absolutely love about the movie. which is that, the way i see it, pacha and yzma are counterparts. as parental figures to kuzco.

like, just to get this out of the way first, yzma was a dismissive asshole to a peasant whose family was starving. and yeah, if kuzco had been in her place he definitely would've also done that, which... is why she would not be a better ruler than him. she'd just be the same because they're both horrible people in the exact same ways. her reaction to being fired is to plot murder, and as soon as his funeral is over she sets everyone to work on replacing paintings of kuzco with paintings of herself and covering the palace with imagery that makes it clear that it's all about her now. i'm not even sure why this is a discussion tbh.

and also, kuzco is literally a teenager. he's barely 18 years old. source: in the movie, yzma says at his funeral that kuzco was "taken from us so tragically on the very eve of his eighteenth birthday." she also claims in the movie to have "practically raised" him, to which kronk replies "yeah, you'd think he would've turned out better". and sure, she could be exaggerating, but what evidence do we have that she is? we learn absolutely nothing of his parents, who are never mentioned even once in the movie, or of anyone else who could've raised him, and she's his advisor who for some reason sees no problem with attending to royal duties in his place. most likely because she's his regent. also, i'm not exactly a fan of the sequel tv series "the emperor's new school" but it does have something that backs up my point: kuzco is revealed to be an orphan and just before his father went and got lost at sea, he asked yzma (who was also his advisor) to take care of kuzco if anything happened to him. so, yeah, the writers who worked on the series clearly thought that yzma genuinely did raise kuzco, and nothing in the movie contradicts this.

and i find the idea of her being his only parental figure for pretty much his whole childhood incredibly interesting because, and this also goes back into why she wouldn't be a better ruler than him--she mirrors him as a reflection of what would've become of him if he'd never met pacha. they're both incredibly arrogant, power-hungry, selfish, and cruel, with a tendency to blame their problems on everyone but themselves. yzma was even originally going to have her own reprise of kuzco's theme song "perfect world", which i really wish had been kept:

[ID: Lyrics that read:

I'Il be the sovereign queen of the nation And the chicest chick in creation I'm the cat with all the cream and ooh-la-la This deadly concentration Will put an end to my frustration Now this perfect world begins and ends with moi

What's my name? Yzma, Yzma, Yzma Yzma (what's my name?) Yzma, Yzma (What'd you say?) Yzma (Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) Yzma. End ID]

(this song can be fully heard in "the sweatbox", the documentary about the making of the movie, and is also on youtube btw)

anyway, i'm sure yzma would not exactly have been the most nurturing or hands-on guardian, especially given that she and kuzco don't exactly treat each other like family. but it makes a lot of sense to think that her behavior influened kuzco's throughout the years. and for the entire movie, she remains determined to kill him. when he tries to reason with her and admits that he should've been nicer, she says the same thing to him that he originally said when he fired her. she never grows or changes and in the end, she hurts the one person who was willing to stand by her (and even then, kronk had never fully been on board with her plan) and he ends up trying to crush her with a chandelier. kuzco on the other hand is able to realize the error of his ways, come to regret who he was in the past, and start taking steps toward being a better person. his theme song gets a reprise where it's changed from a song about one person being the center of the world to a Power Of Friendship song. why? because, as i've already mentioned, he has pacha.

pacha, who similarly to both yzma and kuzco is in a position of authority as the leader of the village but unlike either of them is gentle and humble. who isn't afraid to stand up to kuzco and be honest with him even though he's the emperor, who agrees to take him back to the palace but has no obligation to be so helpful, kind, and caring toward him--and just about every reason not to be--and still chooses to be anyway. pacha who is 45 years old (also stated in the sweatbox documentary) and can see that kuzco is practically still a kid, not a single day over 18, who has time to grow and change. pacha, who already has a wife and two kids with another on the way, but practically treats kuzco like one of his own. who acknowledges that if kuzco dies all his problems will be gone and then still worries about him and goes out of his way to rescue him after he wanders into the jungle. who sees kuzco shivering at night and covers him with his poncho, who carries him when he's genuinely too weak to keep walking, who refuses to give up on him even after repeatedly being betrayed by him because he believes there's good in everyone.

also, while yzma ends up repeating kuzco's harsh words of dismissal as she tells him of her plans to kill him, kuzco had previously repeated pacha's words that "nobody's that heartless" after he saved pacha's life. and as the movie progresses kuzco and pacha's relationship becomes more and more equal and is constantly contrasted by moments of yzma being cruel and unappreciative of kronk's kindness. a good example of this is how kronk is constantly being forced to carry yzma everywhere on his back while yzma literally walks all over him and steps on his hands when she gets down, whereas when pacha briefly carries kuzco after the latter collapses he tells him he'll have to walk the rest of the way later and kuzco doesn't even protest.

idk if i'm even explaining well what i'm trying to say here. but basically, if yzma actually raised kuzco and contributed to his current behavior, then she and pacha both are figures who guided him and helped him grow. only yzma helped him become the tyrant that he was at the start of the movie, who was selfish and callous and saw everyone else as beneath him. whereas pacha helped him see the value in being selfless and considerate of others. and in the end, yzma is stuck as a cat and nobody is concerned about her. kronk has found a new job that makes him genuinely happy, while kuzco has decided to build a hut on the hill next to pacha's and effectively joined his family. in the sweatbox documentary it's even mentioned that chicha and the kids were at risk of being removed from the film, but it was decided that they needed to be there because having just pacha as a single guy who lived alone wasn't interesting enough--kuzco needed to go from having basically an empty world where he had nobody to being able to come together with pacha's whole family. and i just think that's incredibly satisfying and beautiful. it also leads up to one of the few things i really do enjoy about the emperor's new school, which is the fact that during the show kuzco moves in with pacha and chicha and pretty explicitly thinks of them as basically his parents while he's like a son to them.

idk. i feel like my mind went in a million different directions while i was writing all this. but i guess i just think that for all of the praise the emperor's new groove gets for its comedy and for how hilarious yzma and kronk in particular are as a duo, the movie also has a lot of genuine heart that gets overlooked. kuzco's character growth and his unique dynamic with pacha is, for me, really what elevates the movie from just a funny movie that i like to one of my favorite disney movies. and i wish more people appreciated that aspect of it and saw it as a found family story in the same way that treasure planet, brother bear, and lilo and stitch are all found family stories.

#disney #the emperor's new groove #help i wrote a whole essay about this movie #and i didn't even mention how much i love the way kuzco's home life is contrasted with pacha's #ugh. they have one of the most interesting and unique dynamics ever in a disney movie. i love them #love how kuzco gets away from yzma's toxic influence by way of accidentally being adopted #by the guy whose village he almost destroyed for a theme park #they're ENEMIES to FOUND FAMILY.... sobs #kuzco #pacha #yzma #kronk