"Gold Fools" is the second segment of the eleventh episode of The Emperor's New School.
Synopsis
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.
Plot
Malina is doing a presentation of Shuakas, troll-like creatures who, according to legend, must give their gold to anyone who spots them. However, Kuzco is too busy looking at an ad for a Cartcycle, but due to the fact that his funds have been cut until he graduates, he attempts to find a way to get the money, but every time he asks someone for money, they laugh out loud, until Chicha (who also laughs) tells Kuzco that if he wants the money, he'll need to do chores around the house, starting with doing the dishes. After accidentally breaking a few plates, Kuzco decides to find a better way to get the money, so he enlists Kronk's help into finding a Shuaka, so he can get the gold and get his Cartcycle. However, Kronk suggests that Malina come, because she might know where to find one. Kuzco is against the idea (mostly due to Malina's trait of wanting to win and succeed), but after a few failed attempts (all ending up with Bucky eating the food that Kronk made), Malina agrees to help under the condition that she gets half the gold and the guys have to listen to her, to which Kuzco reluctantly agrees.
Later, Kuzco and the others encounter a Shuaka named Gizo, who is actually happy to be spotted and agrees to give them his gold, but revealed that in order to get the gold, they must first be approved by an ancient spirit and be deemed pure of heart. To prove their worth, they must perform various tasks. The first task is to bring springwater from a lake below a chasm. Next, they must build a gazebo (which Kuzco mistakes for a gazelle, as revealed in his doodles) and finally, (by a guess from Kronk) they must take a few bags of purity relics and a heap of purity, where they will encounter the ancient spirit who will deem them worthy for the gold.
Upon arriving, Kuzco and the others encounter the ancient spirit, who is revealed to be none other then Gizo himself, and when Malina opens the bag, it is also revealed that the "Pure Relics" are actually just trash. When Kuzco asks where the gold is, Gizo (showing his true colors) reveals that it's his gold and he was never going to give it to them in the first place. He also revealed that they weren't the first ones he tricked, as Shuakas have been tricking humans into carrying out random tasks for centuries. When Kuzco wonders what he got out of this, Gizo reveals that this trick was also a lesson: if you want something, you'll need to earn it.
The scene then changes back to the hut, where Kuzco is doing dishes as he narrates to the audience that he is doing chores and unlike Gizo, Chicha will actually pay him, but his dream of owning a cartcycle might be on hold until he is able to save enough money, which might take him 3 years to complete (or longer due to accidentally breaking more dishes.)
This section of the article is a stub. You can help Disney Wiki by expanding it.
Trivia
- Moral: At the end of the day, if you really want something, you have to earn it.
Cast
- Curtis Armstrong as Mr. Flaco Moleguaco
- Bob Bergen as Bucky the Squirrel
- Jessica DiCicco as Malina
- Maurice LaMarche as Gizo the Shuaka
- Wendie Malick as Chicha
- J.P. Manoux as Kuzco
- Rip Taylor as Royal Recordkeeper
- Patrick Warburton as Kronk
This episode article is a stub. You can help Disney Wiki by expanding it.
