wait remember emperor's new school it was the spin-off sequel series to the 2000
disney animated film the emperor's new groove one of my personal favorites from this period
in disney animation there's also crunk's new groove the original film sequel and it's a fine
but cusco here after the events of the first movie and no longer being trapped as a llama now
must become a student at a school named after him cusco academy thanks to kuzconian law to
actually reclaim his throne he must graduate from the academy so now rather than worrying about his
groove being thrown off he has to worry about passing his classes learning to deal with the
hardships of high school over the leisure of the high life what being next in line for the throne
really means and the politics that follow suit as well as the challenges that come with learning
to be a good emperor to his people so today let's take a look into the emperor's new school
see what the show had to offer and where it all led to we're starving in here
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to albert for sponsoring today's video bring it on premiering on the disney channel january 27 2006
the show revisits the modernized pre-columbian setting i mean aside from having the school
itself and the practices that reference modern day classes and activities we have stuff like fast
food franchises pop culture touchstones and sitcom gags set against the backdrop of stone temples
powerful magic in an ancient empire the school itself like i mentioned was set up for cusco to
navigate as an average modern high schooler would grade levels sports cheerleading extracurricular
activities all the while keeping some semblance of the setting and time the show takes place
in a vaguely 14th or 15th century cuzco himself here now played by jp manu instead of david spade
is an interesting case of a character seemingly reverting back to his original
self-centered and selfish personality he once had at the start of the movie even though that movie
spends its time to do great character development on cusco in the show his lack of self-awareness
along with his overly spoiled attitude is back and highlighted more especially by the trouble cusco
has adjusting to a non-royal life living with pacha who in the film was played by john goodman
but in the show for the first season he is voiced by fred tatashore but john goodman does come back
for the second season of the show it kind of plays out as this fish out of water scenario putting him
through a life that he has never known in a small crowded home and a school life he wasn't prepared
for pacha does what pacha does best and tries to truly be that anchor and voice of reason to help
cusco along with his wife chicha played by wendy malik she really takes on this maternal figure for
cusco guiding him to be the better person she believes and knows he is all the while still
having to take care of and worry about her actual kids chaka her daughter played by jessie flower
and her son tipo voiced by shane bommel as well as pacha and chicha's newborn yupi in which she
was pregnant with during most of the events of the first film the kids really do treat cusco as this
older brother figure both helping him out when needed and of course messing with him speaking
of messing with cusco a less friendly face or two do return from the movie first is isma reprised by
eartha kitt back as the main antagonist to claim the throne for herself now posing as
cusco academy's principle this time taking out cusco academically rather than with the poison
the poison and why yes cronk does make his return as her henchman as well as he is disguised as a
student to aid in the needs of isma of course he is played by patrick warburton once more luckily
though helping him now avoid the schemes of the evilism is the new character specifically for the
show his fellow student melina voiced by jessica daiseko she's a cheerleader queen bee president
of every club and the love interest for cusco in general for the series molina though while being
a hard-working student and overall good person doesn't let cusco get away with distracting her
and will check him for his less than stellar attitude and selfishness when necessary
helping him learn valuable lessons about respect and responsibility and helping him to pass his
classes as a fan of the first movie this show had my attention immediately and it had a fun enough
concept to follow along with albeit at the expense of the character development we had for cusco in
the movie but i can suspend those thoughts if the show would simply just be fun but how did
this show come to be aside from disney wanting spin-off properties of most of their movies as
shows there was a larger risk-taking aspect on this specific property all righty alrighty on
with the truth the emperor's new school is next on disney channel emperor's new school continues
so while i myself love the emperor's new groove movie along with many others i know for disney on
the other hand they were not happy or impressed with the initial box office returns of the film
costing the studio roughly a hundred million dollars to make now this number may or may not
include promotional efforts to advertise the movie which could balloon the cost even further but the
film made a worldwide total in theaters of 169.3 million dollars while on paper yeah that's plenty
of millions made that should be seen as a win disney though was expecting a bigger return on
their investment into the movie transitioning from that the series first went the way of most disney
animated films and had a direct-to-dvd sequel kronk's new groove which found itself with worse
reception and overall less than favorable reviews from critics so with disney both disappointed with
the first movie and how it performed and now hit with a slew of negative reviews towards the sequel
disney had only one logical thing left to do with the franchise and that's spend more money to make
a show for the disney channel one that would have as much voice talent and animation quality for
television that they can produce the confidence in doing the show however came from post-box
office performance of the emperor's new groove while in theaters they weren't happy with it the
physical release of the film and audience viewing numbers on tv when they would play the movie were
showing a massive turnaround in interest for this franchise this sparked faith in mark de dahl the
co-creator of the film and chris williams the story writer of the film to spread their work
onto spin-offs of the property which is why we got the direct-to-home video kronk's new groove
and of course the emperor's new school to make the show a reality though bob's ganaway was hired to
produce the series which for disney was a logical choice based on his previous work being involved
in other movie spin-off tv series like timon and poomba a spin-off show based on those characters
from the lion king it's a show i will be covering really soon as well as working on lilo and stitch
the series which gave bobs the unofficial title of the go-to guy for these expansions of disney
movies turned into series being good friends and having worked together previously on the
1997 movie catstone dance mark was more than happy to work directly with bobs again to make this show
also adding on howie parkins who previously directed shows for disney like lloyd in space
and dave the barbarian as well as david knott who would go on to direct making fiends but mainly
worked on storyboarding for other legacy disney shows previously like kim possible and the buzz
on maggie both of them handling the majority of the directing kevin campbell writer of lilo and
stitch the series ed sharlick writer of what's new scooby-doo along with mark ended up being
the core of the show's writing team now with this production staff assembled it was time to really
flesh out the base concept of what this spin-off show would be after a while of discussions kevin
ed and mark settled on a traditional high school setting well as traditional as you could get for
the series to take place in feeling that it would allow the creative team the best
opportunity to explore cusco's immaturity and shallowness through episodes centered around his
growth as a character overall and how he will overcome these problems he's faced with also
bob's was specifically excited for something a bit different in the formula to most disney properties
and even the differences from the source material movie itself discussing that where most disney
animations would usually pair a more serious lead character with a comic relief sidekick
the emperor's new school would be a bit more unusual in the character dynamic aspect where the
main character is the more comedic and chaotic person while still featuring well-defined side
characters the movie did something similar just having the main character be the comic relief
and the paired up character of pacha being the more level-headed serious lead but there is an
argument to be made that the main character of the movie could be pacha as we really feel a lot
of the story from his perspective back to the show however bob's was worried though that the audience
may dislike cusco because of this decision but was hopeful that they would see him as more of a
sympathetic jerk who may not know any better the show premiered on january 27
2006 not just on the disney channel but on all of the platforms disney was pushing like toon disney
abc and disney channel on demand it was quite the roll out to make sure that this show was
out there and it was seen by as many eyes as possible but what was the perception of the show
would it fall the same fate as the movie did in theaters or would the love that the movie
received on home video and tv pushed the show further than expected we've got 15 minutes come
emperor's new on on abc kids we're back with the emperor's new school on abc kids oh yeah the show
would be received in a very mixed way with reviews and critics praising aspects like the vocal
performances on the show with kit and warburton being mentioned in praise specifically along with
the humor and originality of the series being well received but pushback came against cusco himself
for his reverting back of character development it was also criticized for its educational value
worrying that there would be a potential negative impact on younger viewers of the show and
eventually was criticized for a missed opportunity to teach about the historical settings and culture
of the incan empire and in general a chance to teach others about a pre-columbian era and more
aside from that the reviews and reception overall still leaned more on the positive side with most
people enjoying the series as a lighthearted entertaining comedy the show would continue on
for two seasons with a total of 52 episodes with the last episode coming out on november 20th 2008
before it was ultimately canceled luckily the final episode does serve as a series finale and
it wasn't cancelled for ratings or reviews as a third season was talked about in a pre-production
phase of planning but sadly it was actually scrapped for the passing of eartha kit for
eartha's role as isma she received numerous awards and award nominations for her vocal performance
her role was deemed irreplaceable without urtha there was no isma the show for me is one of
my go-to's for re-watchability aside from just enjoying the movie and the setting of the show
i genuinely still find it funny the voice acting and comedic timing still hits the same way it did
growing up in fact maybe even better as an adult as i think it has aged really well and while the
cusco in the movie versus cusco in the show are a bit different in how their responses are given
for comedic timing both versions for me are still great thanks to disney plus having both seasons
of the show on streaming i've watched through it several times since it has been on the service and
i will probably continue to do so it's this odd comfort show that brings me a lot of joy at the
end of the day sure while they did dismantle the work that the movie did building up cusco
to be a better person i can still see why it was necessary to break him back down for the show to
work i love what this show did have to offer and i'm curious as to what you think about this show
did it work for you were you originally a fan of the movie let me know your thoughts on the
emperor's new school in the comments i will be looking more into some other disney movie
spin-off shows coming up timon and pumbaa like i said will probably be coming up really soon so
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