Yzma's villain origin story/lore

[@SariaSchala]

Honestly I can’t blame Yzma for turning her classmates into pigeons after that cruel prank they pulled on her.

[@matityaloran9157]

With Kuzco’s help

[@gambler942]

Yzma have every right to get back at those people who hurt her

[@rickmartinez3268]

I guess that's why she's so evil for a reason & yet she's just wanted some friends the whole time ​

[@Snaaaaap]

She mentions making evil potions even when young, so i think the bullying just made her more evil ​@@rickmartinez3268

[@AmericaChavez17]

This is basically like the Carrie movie but more kid friendly

[@simplysavyyy]

To be fair yzma is smarter than them because she did manage to serve the emperor. You’d have to be smarter than them to do that. 🤣

[@leonardosantin3173]

I think she got hit in the head in one of her experiments

[@simplysavyyy]

@@leonardosantin3173 true but she is an iconic villain though.

[@leonardosantin3173]

@@simplysavyyy good point

[@aeroblu2002]

She and Doofensmirtz would get along perfectly.

[@Barakon]

I can kinda ship it, but it would literally be the evil step mother trope so…idk…

[@mariunfabregas7533]

As I was watching this video, I actually wondered if the show writers took some inspiration from Doofenshmirtz since the two characters are so similar, especially with Yzma's new backstory in the series. But nope, apparently the Emperor's New School series came out a whole year before Phineas and Ferb did. If I had a nickel for everytime a Disney had an "old, mildly-evil scientist who's actually just a sad, lonely nerd with repressed childhood trauma" as a villain for one of their animated shows, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that they did it twice🤷‍♀️

[@watertommyz]

​@@mariunfabregas7533Thrice actually, youngin.

[@ObsidianOceane]

@@Barakonno I think she’d be a good mom, her kid will probably turn evil though because they’d hate how others view their mother

[@sharksam8583]

@@ObsidianOceane I'm just picturing that kid being like mom, can I use the potion lab. With Yzma Saying for what reason and the kid explains it's because they want to get back at their bullies and after hearing that, she just gives her kid to go ahead.

[@Limpurtikles]

It's a little ironic/funny hearing Kuzco says "No one wants to hear her sing" about a character voice by *Eartha Kitt* of all people XP

[@matityaloran9157]

The same episode had Yatta denied the role due to being a bad singer. Yatta is voiced by Miley Cyrus

[@fredjones2170]

It’s even funnier because Yzma originally had a whole musical number in the original movie, which was recorded and storyboarded, but ultimately scrapped.

[@just2botheru]

RIP

[@Hanami63]

​@fredjones2170 Release the recorded storyboards Kronk!

[@rabbit0664]

​@@fredjones2170 Snuff Out the Lights is such a great song.

[@kenrickbautista6141]

Fun Fact: Yzma's nephews were voiced by The Sprouse twins.

[@joannabevan5456]

Already knew that 😄

[@user-we4yd6df4w]

Miley Cyrus was also in this show. No joke.

[@kenrickbautista6141]

@@user-we4yd6df4w oh, I know. It's crazy! 🤣

[@gracekim25]

@@user-we4yd6df4wwait which character was she?

[@user-we4yd6df4w]

@@gracekim25 She was Yatta.

[@user-cx6lq8mt5g]

As funny as Ysaur’s upbringing is, it’s also a bit surreal how much it almost mirrors that of Eartha Kitt’s (her voice actor) which was a lot darker. Eartha also had little family (the few she did have were abusive), and was bullied and outcasted for being a mixed race girl of color in the 1930-40s. But she was always passionate about her dreams, which was singing and performing, and worked hard to achieve them. After she became famous, many white people were jealous and suspicious of her simply for being a successful black woman. Also, she was indeed very gorgeous.

[@matthewboyd68]

She was close friends with James Dean who tragically died young. She was one of the last people to see him alive.

[@user-cx6lq8mt5g]

@@matthewboyd68 she was also close friends with Marylin Monroe and Orson Welles

[@SariaSchala]

Wow, that’s really sad! I’m glad Eartha Kitt achieved her dreams.

[@matthewboyd68]

@@user-cx6lq8mt5g My grandmother met her at her old job before.

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

Damn. There's a reason Harsher In Hindsight exists on TV Tropes, and this was it. Right there.

[@Halloweenish]

Not to mention she was voted “Most Likely to Wither.”

[@thepinkelephant2520]

Why did I read this as “Most Likely to be a Writer” girl my brain added two extra words 😭

[@davidpescitelli8004]

2:01 The fact that he has to even say this implies she has tried to take over while Kuzco's dad was still around and like Kuzco he just never cared enough to fire her.

[@stickselin]

I think he cared but he still kept her since in the same episode Yzma says she was friends with the Kuzco's dad

[@princessfiona2967]

Maybe Yzma just aged really bady that's why her mom is still alive

[@user-ou9no3sx4e]

She did mention that she's 48

[@shortangel333]

AGED BADLY?! Leave her alone. THE DISRESPECT!

[@whome9842]

She is so good at ageing that she already was 50 years old when she was only 5

[@pinky_pepper]

literally me 😭

[@sailormeep]

In the cancelled Kingdom of the Sun pitch. They planned having the sun light being the main reason why she looks the way she does, and Yzma was planning to get rid of the sun altogether by summoning a demon God. So she would apparently gain her younger looks again once that happened.

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

0:51 Kronk: the evil Queen Yzma: no, tree #3

[@SlyJMan]

I knew she was gonna be a tree or something, but not even Tree #1? She wasn't the only tree!?

[@rosykindbunny1313]

Girl was totally a theater kid. Freaking love her.

[@goldlink567]

_"Yzma's about to star in a musical!"_ *"I knew she had issues"*

[@sS0O0L]

Honestly i never thought of it but it makes so much sense that she was a theater kid

[@sharksam8583]

To be honest, I thought that was a prerequisite for most villains.

[@sS0O0L]

@@sharksam8583 real

[@rosymaze]

“I always knew she had issues…”

[@balltongue666]

1:38 Ah a family friendly parody of Carrie

[@krishnavinesh5638]

rip Carrie bro what did she even do

[@fungustheclown666]

​@krishnavinesh5638 She didn't do anything bad til she murdered the whole school. The laughing scene was partially in her head, the teacher who cared about her wasn't actually laughing.

[@soosibms]

@@fungustheclown666carrie’s always my little honey

[@chinchilla3050]

@@fungustheclown666genuine question; what are you guys referencing here? I don’t get the reference and never heard of Carrie

[@whome9842]

@@chinchilla3050 Carrie (1976 film)

[@ericacano9057]

The fact that she didn't kill Kuzco as an infant when his dad left shows that she at least cared a little about him. Maybe she felt bad since he only had his dad (whos busy/not around) while she had a shitty family and was always alone. He even kept her around as an adult, due to incompetence or gratitude being another matter.

[@Pixiestickz123]

I think the fact that he let her be the principal even after everything says a lot. I think they do still have that parent/child attachment to one another and pity for one another

[@Woodland-Spirit]

She was an introvert nerd girl, relatable, I always liked Izma but I only understood why when I grew up :,)

[@amotimeplayer8229]

Yzma: While I was cast as- Kronk: The Evil Queen? Yzma: No, tree number 3.

[@lydiabrasser2920]

I feel bad for Yzma when her old crush pranked her.

[@WoodlandDrake]

3:20 caught me off guard with the no-context cartwheeling into the next frame.

[@Pixiestickz123]

she does that everytime she enters a room in this show 🤣

[@ivoryinkwell7864]

The weird thing is in Episode "Cool Summer" we got to see what Yzma looked like when she was younger due to water from the Fountain of Youth and the girl was DYNAMITE! Enough so that Kuzco crushed on her. So Yzma's appearance in these flashbacks is a little contradictory.

[@Pixiestickz123]

Yea I noticed that too it's probably just different writers. I guess something dramatic could have happened to her in between 2 or so years

[@ivoryinkwell7864]

@@Pixiestickz123 Maybe she was originally what we saw in Cool Summer and a potion went wrong? That is my best guess at least.

[@B3Y0NDBL00DY]

It’s possible she sees herself in an uglier look than what she really was. Kinda like how we all think we’re uglier in a mirror, phone camera, memory, etc when in real life we aren’t

[@ivoryinkwell7864]

@@B3Y0NDBL00DY We can look at a picture of ourselves and see all of our imperfections magnified. Yet, when others look at that picture they see none of the things we are most critical about. I hadn't thought of that. That's a really good point! She may not have really had "Pidgeon Legs" but thought she did, mention that insecurity to someone she thought of as a friend and then it got spread around the school, either via betrayal or someone just overheard it. And then her bully just dug into it.

[@B3Y0NDBL00DY]

@@ivoryinkwell7864 yeah that sounds like a pretty plausible idea, especially since (certain) theater kids can be very insecure. I have lots of theater kid friends and I can confirm quite a few of them are insecure about certain things so I kinda got that idea from it

[@musicalfan358]

NOT YSAUR 😭😭 SHE MAKES ME SO SAD

[@Pixiestickz123]

fr I feel so bad 😭

[@musicalfan358]

@@Pixiestickz123 Your compilations actually give me LIFE and are perfect for character edits!! THANK YOU FOR CARRYING THE FANDOM

[@Pixiestickz123]

@@musicalfan358 aww thx haha

[@ValanraEden]

If this wasn't Disney Yzma woulda pulled a Carrie so actually everyone should be THANKFUL she just turns people into animals

[@queenratiganthefirst5442]

RIP Eartha Kitt.

[@notebook_doodle]

Imagine if when she went to the stage she started singing the "Snuff out the light" , that would been awesome

[@dollyshirokuma7538]

Yzma is one of my favourite villains. 🖤💜

[@MRNentertainment7122]

Was this series before, after or an alternate timeline of the movie? If before, how much? Kuzco being 20 years old in The Emperor's New Groove makes sense

[@Pixiestickz123]

​@@MRNentertainment7122it's after. Kuzco turns 18 in the movie so I just assume he's 19 here

[@MRNentertainment7122]

@@Pixiestickz123 Okay 18 makes sense too

[@Envious_JIG]

Get this girl a date with doofenschmirtz asap

[@sp4c1ng_0ut8]

God it’d be evil love all over again

[@honey3762]

I thought that when she was a girl at her fathers side, the royal mortician, she learned from him the secret signs of a magician

[@therealmei2730]

One of Yzma’s cousins is named Zim and no one is making animatics recreating scenes from the Emperor’s New Groove with Invader Zim characters? MISSED OPPORTUNITY!

[@therealmei2730]

@@Pixiestickz123 Dude, I edited the comment earlier today. Please reread it.

[@therealmei2730]

No, I just thought it was a crazy coincidence.

[@supperpuppy8]

Aw yzma being a theatre kid and her being voiced by Eartha Kitt is perfect

[@josuesolar1771]

1:38 a callback to the scene where she's got turned into a piñata?

[@therforeiexist5724]

That and a very friendly reference to Carrie

[@kymo6343]

It all makes sense now... It's all... Coming together...

[@Sweetumskitty1789]

Yeezma was too good for her high school.

[@brodykerby2139]

1:54 does Kuzco's real dad share the same VA as senior thunderlaugh

[@phonepup06]

A lot of nicknames don’t fit but they really nailed you 😂😂😂

[@anthonythomas305]

Poor Yzma 😥

[@icecreamoreos]

Yzma is probably the only reason I'd watch that show. I love her character and really only her second to krunk. They really carried the show.

[@darkrexkigntstone8773]

She almost has Doofenshmirtz levels of stories.

[@maevav5645]

Yzma is kind of like Doof, in this series.

[@Xeorboom]

I love how she's confirmed to always have been evil!

[@nexenzy5825]

wait 0:19 "she had no family", then her mother come into town at 2:24, and her nephews at 2:44 ?

[@Pixiestickz123]

Who knows but from things she says in the show I don't think she has a good relationship with her mum. Maybe she was a foster kid for a while?

[@-pastellovessans6703]

I mean im guessing the story she told was based around a time when Yzma was a teenager, so her nephews werent born around then. And shes clearly not very fond of her mother since i feel Yzma’s mother degraded her and bullied her a lot, she probably didnt see her much as her family.

[@sundaze9709]

Aw young Kronk is adorable 😅

[@redclover8387]

With how dramatic Yzma is Kuzco makes so much more sense considering he was practically raised by her xD

[@musicalfan358]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO🙏🙏

[@unripetheberrby6283]

Haha him saying Miss "Y-sma" at first! 😆

[@somethingbanter]

"If we're casting people no one wants then cast me" he's so self-aware

[@Pixiestickz123]

he's always aware. He just pretends not to be whenever he feels like it

[@Yuzumi101]

Yzma desevres the world

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

"and I was-" "The evil queen ?" "No, tree number 3"

[@ctran1955]

Before I clicked on this I had thought they’d done in their school years but clearly they’re at a reunion and have aged. My god no wonder she’s a villain!

[@user-bd1my3jd3z]

The “you think you’re a thespian” 3:06

[@gabe.network3645]

The question is does yzma has some kind of skin condition and how old is she really?

[@Pixiestickz123]

She claims to be 48

[@haydenysidro9388]

​@@Pixiestickz123in dog years

[@theempress3845]

You know ...if she really cared about how she looked she could literally make a potion to turn her hot and young so i think she came to like herself the way she is ?

[@Pixiestickz123]

There was an episode where she was hot and young. Due to the "fountain of youth" so maybe she did do that lol

[@doujinloverXD]

In a brilliantly performed but unused song Yzma recalled her father who she was close to was the royal morticuan who taught her all she knows about potions and helped her secure her station, i guess Yzma was a daddys girl and considering her lonely and awful life he was likely her only positive influence, but sadly the song in which she talks about her dad and her evil plan to snuff out the light were unused.

[@jeanpierrecerronflores4327]

i hope she is doing grea in theatre

[@matiascortes7146]

And I'm supposed to root against this lady?

[@RayvenLunaNite]

Yzma: Margot was the beautiful princess while I was Kronk: the evil queen? Yzma: no, tree number 3 Underrated GOLD

[@josephivenegas]

Im sincerely miffed the video cut off before she could start singing "Snuff Out the Light" 😢

[@Pixiestickz123]

They gave her 2 new songs in this show to sing but it would have been really cool if they used that song, it's so good

[@zaheron1233]

2:08 Oh Gosh, aging treated well to Kronk xD

[@RossOriginals]

Well the time machine explains a lot.

[@5th_cellar]

Yzma channeling some Norma Desmond at the end. “This world’s waited long enough, I’ve come home at last!”

[@GemCB7]

It is a sweet/ligth version of the "kingdom of the Sun" backstory. The way to proceed change between a comedy and an adventure tale but the "beauty/eternal young" lemotiv is the same.

[@dianaram.c.1992]

Aww i stan her

[@viccolasvic9461]

INCAN IDOL

[@Lolfuny]

3:57 help this caught me off guard

[@lastscorpion3107]

Esma just needs a little love

[@noodledoodlez2079]

3:06 always misheard that as "so you think your a lesbian" even as a kid😂

[@dustbunny6381]

Proto-doofenshmirtz

[@kai_the_goat1003]

3:43 KUZCO WHAT IS THIS SELF DEMEANING?!

[@elisiasettles5021]

I always thought kronk was a calander model and he was supposed to be replaced after a month lol (or at least thats what i picked up from the movie)

[@carlycrays2831]

This is actually more depressing if you look up Eartha Kitt's bio

[@AlcosHunter]

Snuff out the light

[@tylersmith9465]

Nice work

[@ellesandralady8596]

Can you blame yzma for being angry with her classmates after they pulled a horrible prank on her

[@paperleaves4762]

After her life of course she would become a villain

[@Popsation]

they were so mean to her

[@camcan451]

Imagine she performs snuff out the light

[@diaVar]

Why when I close my eyes I hear Eda from Owl house 😂

[@MiorPhoenix]

Only if you are listening to Chicha

[@goplayoutside3599]

Me thinking of the character from digital circus when looking at the thumbnail:

[@Sojoboscribe]

Is this also the first time we've seen a character in this show wearing non-sandal footwear? (Yzma's prom shoes look closed toe.)

[@OctagonalSquare]

This kinda retcons the story set up in the original concept, which you get from her cut villain song

[@kumajirowhoareyou9315]

to be fair she has a point

[@annejacquemin6834]

3:07 me, spits water : "what did he say?! Lesbian, thespian, presbian???😅😂 😵‍💫

[@gracekim25]

Aw😢I didn’t realise they cover elements of her backstory in the show 😅 25.3.24

[@WildArtistsl]

0:15 The mandela effect is real its a conocopia

[@susanstorm7910]

Rip Eartha Kitt

[@MonicaRodriguez-tx7yf]

Truet ❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😅😅😅😅😊😊.

[@musicalfan358]

Can we... can we get a Chicha compilation?? BTW, where do you get these clips?

[@shadrok163]

I think she was about to sing the smuff out the light song 🎵

[@seirramoon388]

if you take in her ORIGINAL story and REMOVED song, she was pretty different to this version.

[@patrickheflin3479]

Poor yzma😢

[@BareHair]

Can we get an hour or two long video please

[@pecahalloween]

So, Yzma is really in her late 40s as she claimed to be? I don't understand how she was unattractive in her high school years, but when she drank from the fountain of youth, she was attractive, maybe puberty did it's magic.

[@Pixiestickz123]

its most likely just different writers writing the episodes, but yea i noticed that too lol

[@bibicatb9362]

She’s my alter-ego

[@tantthetank]

poor Yzma

[@jellyface401]

Yzma is xj9 mom if she were a chemistry

[@Kiy0Ry0fu]

Wait a minute, how old is krunk? He looks like a teen going through puberty when he met yzma. If that's the case, how'd he end up in school with kuzco?

[@Pixiestickz123]

he's there because yzma's the principal and she needs to use him to try to poison kuzco every episode🤣

[@vanillabananacrepe]

3:03 lesbian?

[@bloodakoos]

why did they remove wrinkles from her face

[@tylersmith9465]

Poor girl 👧

[@rosymaze]

Is Kuzcos dad voiced by Maurice Lamarche??

[@evgeniblanchard675]

Sp Izma was allready old when in high school ?