"Looking for THIS? Is that my voice? Is that MY voice?
…oh well!"

Precisely (except…no one dies tragically). And there's all the animal imagery in Lear. And Kuzco even has his whole middle of a rain storm, more-sinned-against-than-sinning speech.

"great-great-great…"

I have tried, in vain, to explain to my friends how it is actually a modern retelling of Shakespeare's King Lear. For some reason, no one is willing to listen to my Ph.D-level analysis on the subject.

"She's hiding something. When I give the word we search the house."

"Alright, tell us where the talking llama is and we'll burn your house down."

"Oh, right. The poison. The poison for Kuzco, the poison chosen to kill Kuzco, Kuzco's poison. That poison?

"I'll turn him into a flea! A harmless little flea! And then I'll put the flea in a box, and then I'll put that box in another box, and then I'll mail that box to myself, and when it arrives….I'll smash with a hammer!! BRILLIANT! Genius!

UPDATE: Jonathan Safran Foer to begin a fund for Jonathan Safran Foer's Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good And Want To Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.

I do believe you here, but I was wondering if you could give me a source on this? I'd just like to read more.

Beautiful comment. You're a treasure. Don't ever stop being you-ru.