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“Unfit to Print”
The Emperor's New School episode

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 9a
Written by	Mark Seidenberg
Directed by	Howy Parkins
Original airdate	4 July 2006
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Unfit to Print is aired in a double-bill with The Emperor's New Pet.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

As the episode opens, Kuzco is sitting in a firework-style rocket wearing a spacesuit, with a fuse burning down. His voiceover tells the audience how this came to be...

Kuzco criticises Malina's decision not to include any articles on him in the latest school newsscroll, prompting Kuzco to start a newsscroll of his own. Despite the blatant fabrication of his articles, the entire student body receives it well, including Kavo, as does Mr. Moleguaco, frustrating Malina. Mr. Moleguaco has Kuzco replace Malina as editor of the Kuzco Academy News.

Kuzco snubs all of Malina's stories, prompting her to lead him to print a story about him landing on the sun. When even this fails to raise eyebrows, Malina quits the paper rather than become a liar. This completes the backstory, as Kuzco decides to launch on his rocket to the sun so as to prevent Malina from being a liar. Malina yanks him from the rocket before he can be transported to the centre of the Solar System and burned to a crisp.

As the students watch, the rocket launches unmanned, only to misfire and crash back to the ground, exploding in the valley beneath the Academy. When they realise Kuzco is alive, he makes up another impossible story, only for Malina to set them straight in the newsscroll. Her reporting impresses Mr. Moleguaco so much that he reinstates her as editor.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

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UK Premiere: 12 May 2006
Kuzco's stuffed toy Wompy makes an appearance, when Kuzco shows the audience a still of himself sleeping in bed.
The school newspaper is named "The Kuzco Academy News".
Kuzco endorses a brand of toothpaste named "Kuzclean", the slogan for which is "Be bold! Turn your teeth to gold!"
The alien invader that Kuzco claims to defeat bears a strong resemblance to Mike Wazowski, Billy Crystal's character in Pixar's 2001 animated feature, Monsters, Inc..
A false story in the newsscroll uses the phrase "Kuzco barada nikto", a parody of famous line "Klaatu barada nikto" from the 1951 movie The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Yzma makes no appearance; Kronk makes a brief cameo appearance as part of the newsscroll.
Kuzco gets turned into: Nothing.
"Pull the lever" gag: None.
Bucky appears: as "Bucky Boy", a character featured in Kuzco's newsscroll. The audience is given to believe that the character is just another of Kuzco's creations, despite his protestations. However, he makes a true appearance at the end of the episode.
Chimp and the bug: None.
"Kuzco's doodles": Kuzco describes his intended trip to the sun, including partying with a giant sun goddess.
"Malina's doodles": Malina sets Kuzco straight on how his trip to the sun would really have gone.
End credits (following "The Emperor's New Pet"): Mr. Moleguaco continues to excitedly read newsscrolls. The one he reads describes a teacher who didn't give homework and was rewarded by the gods, which has Kuzco's desired effect on his professor.