Yzma's latest scheme to get rid of Kuzco is a little more simplistic then usual. She decides to just put him in a box and ship him away. When Kronk sets a trap for Kuzco, he also ends up capturing Malina, and shipping them to a deserted island. While Yzma decides to begin her palace remodeling, Kronk heads to the island to save Malina, and maybe Kuzco. In order to stop Kronk from rescuing Kuzco, Yzma heads to the island. Meanwhile, Malina ends up becoming an idol for the monkeys, who do anything she wants. Kuzco then gets them to worship him, but the two end up being sacrifices to their real idol, a giant monkey.

Project Poncho is coming to Kuzco Academy and every student must make a poncho for the contest for their assignment. Kuzco desperately wants to win so he can take Malina on a \"romantic getaway\" to Lima, so he tries to steal other people's ponchos. After seeing Guaca's poncho, Kuzco convinces him to let him take it. Meanwhile, Yzma also enters the contest, and asks for the help of two silk worms to help her. However, when she refuses to pay, they decide to make a fool out of her.

Kronk enters a contest to win a picnic with his hero Pajama Llama. Kuzco finds the ticket and agrees to give it to Kronk if he becomes his butler. However, Kuzco does not realize that the ticket has an expiration date until it is too late. Now he must find someway to tell Kronk.

A charity bachelor auction is being held to raise money for charity, and Kuzco, Kronk, and Guaca will all be in it. When Kuzco insults Malina, she bids for Kronk instead to make him jealous. Kuzco then convinces Yata to bid for him to make Malina jealous. Then the four just happen to end up at the same restaurant for their dates, which turns the jealousy fest into an all out battle.

Yzma has to take her annual royal adviser review and fails because she never advised Kuzco in the last year. She is replaced by Obsessia, a change Kuzco is at first pleased with but shortly her overbearing turns up to be worse then Yzma's plots. Unfortunately, Amzy got fired too and so Yzma left after her unsuccessful efforts to find another job. Kuzco and Kronk follow her to convince the former adviser and hire her back.

Yzma's plan to wipe Kuzco out of the Royal Records backfires when Kronk replaces Kuzco on the records after rescuing the Royal Record Keeper. To repeal this change Kuzco and Yzma team up until the former Emperor-to-be recognizes his chance and turns against her.

Kuzco sits down to read fan letters and finds one saying he should change his show. He does, but receives yet another letter. It turns out it is Yzma trying to use the new shows as a method to destroy Kuzco

When Malina refuses to go out with him yet again, Kuzco decides that since she likes Dirk Brock so much, he will become a rock star so she will date him. However, he becomes a huge jerk and forgets all about Malina. He plans to have a huge concert called "Kuzcokazooza". However, since he is not very good no one plans to show up.