Graduation Groove is the 52nd and, due to the death of the voice of Yzma, Eartha Kitt, the final episode of The Emperor's New School.
Kuzco's introduction line[]
Synopsis[]
It's just a few days before graduation day at Kuzco Academy and Kuzco is eager to be emperor once again. That is, until he learns about all the responsibility he will have when he becomes emperor. Meanwhile, Yzma concocts one last plan to get rid of Kuzco and become empress. She gives him an "Everlasting Chicken" potion, one that will permanently turn the drinker into a chicken. Kuzco considers using this to get out of the responsibilities of being emperor, and finally drinks it during the academy's graduation ceremony, thus turning him into a chicken. He then runs away. Yzma becomes empress and fires Kronk. This causes Kronk to help Malina find Kuzco. Kronk goes to Yzma's lab and finds the potion's antidote. They then locate Chicken Kuzco about to be slaughtered at Mudka's Headquarters. With the help of his friends, Kuzco escapes and they all go to Yzma's ceremony. Kuzco is given the antidote, he finally becomes emperor, and he and Malina finally go out on a date.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Eartha Kitt as Yzma/Amzy
- Patrick Warburton as Kronk
- J.P. Manoux as Kuzco
- Jessica DiCicco as Malina
- Rip Taylor as Royal Record Keeper
- Justin Cowden as Guaka
- Gabriel Iglesias as Yu and Tu
- Rene Mujica as Ramon
- Miley Cyrus as Yatta
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Flaco Moleguaco
- John Goodman as Pacha
- Wendie Malick as Chicha
- Jessie Flower as Chaca
- Shane Baumel as Tipo
- Corey Burton — various
- James Sie — various
- Jeff Bennett — various
- Brian Cummings — various
Episode Notes[]
End Credits[]
In the ending credits, Kuzco explains that he's emperor again. Kuzco shows that he allowed the Pacha clan to move into the palace with him. Kuzco made Guaka his royal spin doctor to tell everyone what a great job he's doing. And Kuzco shows that Kronk is his new Royal Advisor and that Yzma is Kronks assistant
- Kuzco becomes the emperor, he and Malina become an official couple, and Malina eventually gets a job as reporter for the Kuzconian Times.
- After Kuzco invites them to do so, Pacha and his family move into the palace with Kuzco.
- Kuzco makes Guaka his head publicist and makes Kronk his head royal advisor.
- In a nice bit of irony/karma/revenge for firing Kronk earlier in the episode, Kuzco forces Yzma to be Kronk's assistant (meaning that she still has to work for Kuzco, but is now lower on the totem pole
Trivia[]
- We learn that Kronk knew Amzy and Yzma were one and the same three episodes prior to this one. Also, it turns out that pretty much everyone knew that Kronk worked for Yzma, but Kronk is such a nice, likable guy that no one cared.
- This is the third and final time Yzma fires Kronk.
- The Royal Record Keeper didn't really show Kuzco a video about leadership. Yzma potioned Kronk as the Royal Record Keeper to get to Kuzco.
- Originally, the series finale was going to be a made-for-TV movie where, aside from graduating and officially becoming the emperor, Kuzco would have been reunited with his long-lost biological parents. However, it was changed since the writers were having trouble executing the script.
- The series finale aired just over a month before Eartha Kitt (Yzma's voice actress) passed away from colon cancer.