Kronk Pepikrankenitz

DisneyChar
name = Kronk
caption = Kronk
first appearance ="The Emperor's New Groove" (2000)
created by = Mark Dindal
voiced by = Patrick Warburton
aliases = Principal Knork, Nurse Kronk
relatives = Papi - Father
friends = Yzma, Kuzko, Pacha, Chicha, Chaca, Tipo, Malina, Rudy
rivals = Yzma (in The Emperor's New Groove, Empress Malina, Battle of the Bots, Peasent For a Day, Chipmunky Business), Kuzco, Pacha

Kronk Pepikrankenitz is a fictional character from the Disney animated feature "The Emperor's New Groove". He also starred in his own film, "Kronk's New Groove", and is a recurring character in the TV series, "The Emperor's New School". In all of his appearances, Kronk is voiced by Patrick Warburton. Kronk is shown to be Jewish, as in the film "Kronk's New Groove" when he fantasises about marrying Miss Birdie in a Jewish ceremony, complete with him stepping on a glass.

In "The Emperor's New Groove", Kronk was Yzma's henchman, and helped her turn Kuzco into a llama. He almost threw him over a waterfall, but dropped him on Pacha's cart instead of killing him, and then helped Yzma find him. At the end he has a change of heart and helps Kuzco.

In "Kronk's New Groove", he is now head chef and owner of Mudka's. He likes this much better than his position with Yzma, but she eventually tricks him into helping her with a fake "youth potion" to con money out of elderly villagers. He also has a love interest, Birdwell, and a father, Papi who is voiced by John Mahoney. In The Emperor's New School episode, Clash of the Families, his father makes a return appearance this time voiced by Jeff Bennett. His other family members in Clash of the Families are his brother Krank who doesn't talk and his sister who's name wasn't revealed in this episode and also has no voice role.

In "The Emperor's New School", he is arguably the most complex or duplicitous character of the series as he plays the role of hero-sidekick and villain-sidekick simultaneously. He is Yzma's henchman again and also Kuzco's classmate. He gives Kuzco lots of potions and is his best friend (or as good a friend one can be when he's the villain's henchman). As a running gag, he can never remember that Principal Amzy is really Yzma, and as a result, usually thinks he is in trouble when Yzma calls for him.

Kronk is also a great cook who can make spinach puffs and fondue, and also has a secret recipe for foie gras. He is also capable of incredible superhuman athletics, such as running from the school to his house and back in mere seconds, climbing a mountain (while having a seat with Yzma riding tied to his body), and so on. It comes from the fact Kronk comes from a family of athletic buff nuts.

Kronk loves to sing his own personal theme songs as he does stuff, much to the annoyance of anyone nearby.

It was revealed in the episode of "The Emperor's New School" "Oops, All Doodles" that Kronk has a talent for drawing.

He also has a devil and angel who appear on his shoulder whenever he has a change of heart. They look like Kronks dressed in angel and devil costumes. They always fight. Tipo also has a devil and angel along with Kuzco and Malina. The angel and devil Kronk have also appeared on Kuzco's shoulders during a moral dilemma (according to them, they're freelancers).

It is unknown why Kronk was Yzma's henchman in "The Emperor's New School", after quitting, or why he was even her henchman in the first place. In "The Emperor's New School" Episode, Father O Mine, it shows a short flashback as to Yzma meeting Kronk. He appears as a slightly skinnier, nerd like character with glasses and freckles, making it questionable that Kronk did some working out over the years to get his big arms and chest. After the flashback, Kronk says "You could've stopped the flashbacks before I showed up. It's embarrassing".

In "The Emperor's New School" Episode, Clash of the Families, it is revealed that his last name is Pepikrankenitz.

In "The Emperor's New School" episode, Prisoner of Kuzcoban, it is revealed that he worships Pajama Llama, a fictional superhero llama with the power to turn clothes into pajamas, and he is very sad and depressed when Yzma tells him that Pajama Llama is not real.

Like Kuzco he appears to have a crush on Malina and is often in competition for her affections with him.

Potions Kronk has been affected by throughout his life

*Octopus (Empress Malina)
*Hippo (Prisoner of Kuzcoban)
*Llama (Hungry Hungry Llama)
*Gargoyle (Girls Behaving Oddly)
*Giraffe (Girls Behaving Oddly)
*Giant Tooth (Girls Behaving Oddly)
*Girl (Girls Behaving Oddly)
*Chipmunk (Chipmunky Business)
*Gingerbread (Girls Behaving Oddly)
*Demon (Demon Llama!)
*A giraffe/turtle thing (Flashback in The Emperor's New Tuber)
*A pegasus (Flashback in The Emperor's New Tuber)
*A gorilla/lady thing (Flashback in The Emperor's New Tuber)
*Moonbeast (Curse of the Moonbeast)
*Squirrel (Aww, Nuts)
*Voice changing spray (sounds like Iago/Gilbert Gottfried, Emperor's New School Musical)
*A Tasmanian devil/caveman thing (Flashback in The Emperor's New Tuber)