Yzma

### First Appearance

The Secret Life With Madotsuki And Kneesocks Episode 11: The Day Of The Evil Babysitter

### Friends

* Kronk
* Stiletto (Formerly)
* Pacifica Northwest
* Sometsuki (Formerly)
* King Dedede
* Black Friday Woody (Formerly)
* Saddam Hussein (Formerly)
* Vicky (Formerly)
* Henry J. Waternoose III
* R-Ib

### Enemies

* Madotsuki (Formerly)
* Kneesocks (Formerly)
* Juni & Juli (Formerly)
* Panty Anarchy (Formerly)
* CBS (Formerly)
* NBC (Formerly)
* Pan
* Paramount (Formerly)

### Status

Alive

**Yzma** is the main antagonist of Disney's 2000 animated feature film, *The Emperor's New Groove*. She makes an appearance as the secondary antagonist-turned-ally in The Secret Life With Madotsuki And Kneesocks

## Description

Shades of purple in *The Emperor's New Groove* are almost exclusively reserved for Yzma and her world (her Secret Lab, and the Palace when she is briefly Empress). The color itself was chosen because it is generally considered the color of madness (as well as royalty). Yzma's angular shape is intended to suggest her evil nature; early designs depict an even more jagged, pointed figure. Yzma's design is also inspired by that of Cruella De Vil, who boasts similarly angular hips and shoulders. She also is shown to be extremely frail, which also saved her from being crushed by a chandelier when Kronk decided to go against her, although Kronk implies this was not generally how such turns out. Dale Baer commented that Eartha Kitt's actions when voicing Yzma inspired many of the character's physical mannerisms. Yzma was also based on singer Yzma Sumac, the "Inca princess of Hollywood"; Sumac may have inspired Yzma's extravagant and varied wardrobe.

## Personality

As the main villain of the *Emperor's New Groove* franchise, Yzma is malicious, funny, silly, raspy and power-hungry. However, early in the first movie, it seems that she raised Kuzco, rather than his parents, and has been an advisor and the chemist to his family for many years. It is only when Kuzco abruptly and callously fires her that she turns on him, deciding to kill him, then fill the power vacuum left in his wake and become empress. It's also implied that her being the one who raised him is part of the reason for Kuzco's negative personality traits. At the same time, Yzma is rather comically eccentric. She sees herself as the most beautiful person in the land, despite her obvious age, and others often compare her to an ugly dinosaur, some even going so far as to call her "scary beyond all reason". In her youth, she appeared quite attractive, as shown when she turns into a teenager using the fountain of youth, but her age has since reduced that. When making plans to harm Kuzco, she often tries to create overly unnecessarily complicated plans before settling on a simpler version. For example, one of her plans was to turn Kuzco into a flea and put him in a box and put that box in another box and mail it to herself and smash it with a hammer when it arrives but changes her mind in order to "save on postage" (when she could have just smashed Kuzco as soon as she turned him into a flea). However, she usually fails to pay attention to minor details, which results in her plans being thwarted.