It's about Kuzco, a self-centered and spoiled teen who must survive the trials of Incan public school and pass all of his classes so that he can officially become Emperor. His friend Malina keeps his attitude in check, while the evil Yzma (cleverly disguised as Principal Amzy) and her dim-witted sidekick Kronk are out to make sure Kuzco fails.
Episode 1
Kuzco faces his first threat of losing his position as Emperor when he struggles in P.E. and his teacher threatens to flunk him if he can't win a race with Kronk. However, Principal Amzy (who is really Yzma) tells Kronk to turn Kuzco into a turtle so he has no chance of beating Kronk, but instead, Kronk gives Kuzco the wrong potion and he ends up as a rabbit.
Episode 2
After failing his "squirrel speak" quiz, Kuzco is forced to get tutored by Bucky the Squirrel, whom he really dislikes.
Episode 3
Kuzco wants to buy a new bike that is really expensive, but he finds out that he can't dip into the Royal Funds unless he's sick, so he decides to fake sick by coloring orange spots on his face with Chaca's orange crayon.
Episode 4
Malina is supposed to be Kuzco's date for the Kuzcoteque, but he can't get past a tiny zit on her nose. When he tries to use one of Yzma’s potions to get rid of the zit, it ends up giving her the beak of a bird!
Episode 5
Yzma’s science class is dissecting frogs, so she turns Kuzco into one so he can be dissected! Instead, he becomes a “hero” known as the Red-Eyed Tree Frog Man.
Episode 6
Kuzco is having trouble with his knot tieing homework. He decides to steal Chaca’s. Meanwhile, Yzma turns Kronk into a Llama, who takes the homework and runs off.
Episode 7
Kuzco, Kronk and Malina are given a class assignment that involves their survival skills. They are forced to stay overnight in the wilderness without anyone or anything. Just when they finally get there camp set up, Kuzco accidentally gets it destroyed.
Episode 8
Kuzco struggles with a school fundraiser of having to wash carts for 100 KuzCoins. Then, Yzma turns him into an Elephant making matters worse!
Episode 9
Kuzco resorts to cheating and stealing Yzma's "inventions" during a required invention fair. He steals her Woodbot and it begins rampaging around the kingdom and it heads towards the school!
Episode 10
Everybody at school gets their grades. At lunch, Kuzco, Kronk, and Malina share there grades. Malina finds out that she got an A – and freaks out. Then, because of that she gets kicked off of the cheerleading squad. Malina starts to have an identity crisis and decides to act like school baddie Roxy. Then, Kuzco and Kronk drink a magic potion that turns them into girls in order to get their friend back.
Episode 11
Pacha and Chicha decide to go to a spa for their wedding anniversary. Since no one else is able to babysit they ask Kuzco. Kuzco agrees, but only because he wants alone time with Malina. Then, while Kuzco thinks they are sleeping they disappear! They have gone off to find the spa and give their parents their gift. Kuzco and Malina search for them, but the kids end up in Yzma’s lab!
Episode 12
Kuzco teases a student named Kavo thinking he is just joking around. Kavo, who gets mad about it, decides to beat Kuzco up. Kuzco then hides all over the school and even turns himself into a cat to avoid Kavo.
Episode 13
Everyone is told to write a paper on their best friends. Kuzco, who doesn’t have any real friends, makes his person up. Then, we he is told to bring this person in, someone exactly like him does show up! What Kuzco doesn’t’ know, is that it is a clone made by Yzma.
Episode 14
When Kuzco gets bored with school paper that Malina helps to make, he replaces her and makes his own all about him and untrue stories, thus turning it into a tabloid.
Episode 15
In Home Economics class, everyone is given a kitten to take care of for a week. Once again, Yzma tries to make him fail by turning the kitten into a jaguar.
Episode 16
When Kuzco creates Kuzco Allegiance Day, Mr. Moleguaco assigns a class project where one student is emperor for a day. So Malina is chosen to randomly draw who will the emperor. When Kronk is chosen as the emperor for a day, it teaches Kuzco that being a peasant is harder than it looks. But when Yzma finds out that Kronk is emperor, he has Kronk tell Kuzco and the rest of the students that they have to bow down to him. However, Kronk fires Yzma. So she helps Kuzco and Malina wear down Kronk with the one thing an emperor hates the most.
Episode 17
After being introduced to fortune cookies, Kuzco starts to believe them and begins to follow everything they say. Yzma tries to trick Kuzco into turning over the kingdom to her by placing fake fortunes into fortune cookies; one of which that states that if he doesn't turn over the kingdom by 5:00 PM he will turn into a hairless sloth.
Episode 18
When Kuzco's attempts to earn money for the cartcycle that he wants to buy fail miserably, he turns to an old legend about magical creatures that are supposed to hand over their gold to you if you catch them.
Episode 19
Kuzco and his class visit the ruins of Micchu Pachu, which is actually an amusement park. Kuzco is scared but doesn't show, he wants to go home but if he does he will fail. However, an anteater skeleton appears and goes after everyone.
Episode 20
After a mask is stolen, Yzma wants to blame Kuzco for taking it. Kuzco, Malina, Kronk, Yzma, and the Security Camera all tell their side of the story. That is, until Pacha tells them the truth.
Episode 21
For Kuzclub Week, everybody has to join a club for a week or will fail. Kuzco joins the Jr. Chipmunks hoping for an easy time. Yzma's nephews, Zim and Zam, try to make sure Kuzco doesn't get a badge so he can't pass.
Episode 22
The annual "Clash Of The Families" is set to start and Kuzco decides to compete with Pacha's family. so he can dance with Malina at the dance at the end. However, when Pacha and his family go canoeing, there is no room for Kuzco which makes him feel like is is not wanted.
Episode 23
A new kid arrives at the academy. His name is Oscar and claims that he is an emperor. He adores Kuzco which makes Kuzco believe that he is Amzy in disguise, so he goes and tries to prove it.
Episode 24
Yzma finds out that when a student gets in trouble they get a ticket. If they have three then they are expelled. Knowing that Kuzco breaks a lot of rules, she makes Kronk an officer in order to expel Kuzco. However tables take a turn when Kronk breaks three rules and must know do what Kuzco wants or get expelled.
Episode 25
After getting fired for obvious reasons, Kronk moves in with Kuzco and Pacha. The entire family then warms themselves up to Kronk, much to Kuzco's jealous chagrin.
Episode 26
Kuzco must go back to Kindergarten in order to get his credits to graduate. However, Yzma turns hereself into a kid so she can join the class and get Kuzco kicked out.
Episode 27
Yzma hires an evil consultant, who ends up kicking her out of her own offices. Meanwhile, Kuzco starts to go "bad" and not listen to anyone.
Episode 28
After many attempts, Kuzco finally gets a real date with Malina. Then, after years of searching the Royal Matchmaker returns with a princess for Kuzco to marry. When Kuzco finds out that he can be emperor again if he marries her he agrees to marry her and blows off Malina, who doesn't take it well. After the princess rearranges the thrown room and forces Kuzco to take all these lessons, he decides he doesn't want to marry her. He then strikes up with a deal with Yzma, she’ll turn the princess into a frog, and then she gets to be empress for a day (to impress her visiting mom). However, Yzma has tricked Kuzco and she ends up empress for life. Then the princess turns back to a human negating the deal, however, Kuzco still has the ultimate decision, marry the princess, or go back to living with Pacha and go to school.
Episode 29
Yzma tries to trick Kuzco into thinking he saw a U.F.O.
Episode 30
When Kuzco's teacher goes on vacation, he thinks he has it made until he mets the substitute teacher.
Episode 31
In her latest attempt to take over the empire, Yzma decides to make herself the new face of the ancient Halloween...with spooky results.
Episode 32
Kuzco and Kronk fight over who gets to take Malina to the Masquerade Ball.
Episode 33
Kuzco starts to feel that everyone is annoyed by him and wishes that he wasn't there. He journeys to an ancient temple and wishes that he has never been born! After making the wish, the entire kingdom is now ruled by Yzma, under the title of \"Yzmapolis\" and no one remembers him. However, this was all a trick by Yzma who still has her memory of Kuzco. Will Kuzco regret this decision? Or will he sit back and let Yzma rule the kingdom?
