Highlights

  • Fallout 4 fans have managed to create Yzma and Kronk from The Emperor's New Groove in the game's character creator.
  • The memorable characters, voiced by Patrick Warburton and Eartha Kitt, remain fan favorites nearly 25 years after the film's initial release.

A Fallout 4 player has recreated the dastardly duo Yzma and Kronk from the 2000 Disney animated comedy film The Emperor's New Groove as playable characters. Most Disney kids and millennials will be familiar with The Emperor's New Groove, which starred David Spade as Kuzco, an entitled emperor who's turned into a llama. Yzma and Kronk are the perpetrators behind the diabolical scheme, and one dedicated fan has fashioned a male and female model in Fallout 4 after two of The Emperor's New Groove's best characters.

Patrick Warburton and the late Eartha Kitt provide the voices for Kronk and Yzma, respectively. The Emperor's New Groove became an instant cult classic upon release and spawned a sequel, Kronk's New Groove, in 2005. Disney Channel also aired a spin-off series that chronicled Kuzco's rise to the throne in The Emperor's New School, which ran from 2006 to 2008. When Kuzco fires Yzma for plotting to overthrow him, she enlists the help of Kronk to render Kuzco powerless and ascend to the throne before the news breaks of her termination. Despite Fallout 4 releasing 15 years after The Emperor's New Groove, the weird and wonderful crossover was bound to happen someday, though the Disney Dreamlight Valley community got there first.

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Over on Reddit (via Imgur), user buttersthestutterer shared images of their character creation screen in Fallout 4. Before embarking on their journey, players must construct two characters, one of whom is the Sole Survivor and the other their husband/wife. The Fallout community is known to be endlessly creative as proven by past instances, such as a Fallout fan recreating the Sole Survivor's house in The Sims. Although Yzma and Kronk as a romantic couple is certainly an interesting choice, the most amusing part of the post is how much the Fallout 4 characters bear a striking resemblance to the Disney duo. The post is titled "Pull the lever Kronk!" after Yzma's infamous catchphrase, and while Kronk is as close to handsome as can be, Yzma's model is the stuff of nightmares.

Fallout Fan Creates Uncanny Models of Yzma and Kronk From The Emperor's New Groove

Another archived post from u/Furcifer_ shared an additional image of Fallout 4's take on Kronk and Yzma, this time with Yzma being entirely bald. Yzma is actually canonically bald in the film, wearing wigs and headpieces to disguise the few stray hairs growing from the top of her scalp, usually favoring a bejeweled purple turban. Although she claims to be a sorceress of sorts, Yzma is more akin to a mad scientist. Eartha Kitt delivers a memorable performance that many fans remember Yzma and Kronk's interactions more than the main character Kuzco himself, a phenomenon that happens a lot in the gaming industry as well.

It would be entertaining if either of the aforementioned Reddit users ever played an entire session of Fallout 4 as Kronk or Yzma. One Fallout 4 fan recently created Pedro Pascal's Joel from HBO's The Last of Us series, a character who would likely do well in Fallout 4's unforgiving world.