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Pacha is a character from ENG, KNG and ENS. He is a llama farmer, and the leader in his village. He is currently married to a worker woman called Chicha. Pacha and Chicha have three kids: Chaca, Tipo, and Yupi.
Personality[]
Pacha is a good person, kind, nice and friendly. In The Emperor's New Groove, he almost is forced to leave his village because of Kuzco's "birthday present for himself". In the movie, they start a great adventure to get Kuzco back to the palace. At the end, Pacha and Kuzco become friends, and Chicha and Pacha consider Kuzco a "honorary member" of their family. Kuzco builds his summer getaway near Pacha's small house.
In the series, when Kuzco is forced to leave the palace and needs to repeat (or finally attend) the high school, Pacha offers to let him live with his family. Kuzco has no choice, so he moves into Pacha's home. Kuzco is once again selfish and conceited, which worries Chicha, but Pacha is shown to be very patient with Kuzco during the series. Despite Pacha not appears in all the episodes, Kuzco and Pacha learn some good life lessons together during the whole series.
Appearances[]
The Emperor's New Groove[]
In the first film, Pacha is summoned to the palace by Kuzco so he can solve his problem. Pacha explains that he and his family lived on the hilltop for the last six generations and is told that his house on the hill will be destroyed to make room for Kuzco's summer home, as Pacha claimed that singing can be heard when the sun rises on his hill. Distraught and horrified that the emperor could be so callous, he sadly travels home to tell his wife (Chicha) and his two children (Chaca and Tipo) that they have to leave their ancestral home, much to Kuzco's tyranny. Kuzco, however, later pauses the movie, telling the audience that the film is about him as the one in the sack on Pacha's cart.
However, before Pacha can tell his family about this, he suddenly discovers that Kuzco has been transformed into a llama and dropped in the back of his cart, blaming him for turning him into a llama, (which gives him way too much credit). Arguing about this plan to build a utopia for Kuzco, Pacha refuses to let him continue this until he changes his mind just as Kuzco denies his advice because he doesn’t make deals with peasants and selfishly leaves the jungle, much to Pacha's warning that Kuzco could be lost in the jungle because of dangers far away from the village. Pacha yells “Go Ahead!” He thinks without Kuzco and Kuzcotopia, his problem would go away, but then he decides to go help Kuzco.
As Kuzco finds himself in the deep jungle surrounded and chased by a pack of jaguars, Pacha saves Kuzco from being eaten by the pack of jaguars via vine. Saving Kuzco, the two end up on a large tree hanging onto a cliff just as Kuzco and Pacha fall into a river followed by a huge waterfall. After surviving the fall, Kuzco devises a plan for Pacha to take Kuzco back to the palace, so he can have Yzma change him back and then build Kuzcotopia. Pacha thinks the duo got on the wrong foot. He reminds Kuzco about his decision to build his home on a different hilltop. Pacha tells Kuzco that one day he will be all alone and he’ll blame himself. After accepting the advice he’ll log away, Kuzco demands Pacha to take him back to the kingdom to which Pacha denies, telling Kuzco to change his attitude, which is why he’s stuck out here. Kuzco, however, refuses to listen, much to Pacha's worry. Despite this, Pacha helps keep Kuzco warm during a cold night.
At the marsh, Kuzco thanks Pacha for keeping him warm last night, Pacha offers Kuzco to be sincere, even if he helps Kuzco. Kuzco, however, forgives him just as Pacha plans to take Kuzco back to the village. On their way to the kingdom, Pacha finds himself hanging under a suspension bridge just as Kuzco refuses to help at first. Kuzco and Pacha, however, find themselves hanging on ropes, arguing again explaining that Kuzco's behavior was insincere just as Kuzco and Pacha get into a fight under a suspension bridge. After a fight, the two fall into a ravine and notice a pool of crocodiles below them. Spying a branch on a cliff, Pacha and Kuzco manage to rescue themselves by reaching the branch to avoid the pool of crocodiles. Pacha offers Kuzco to trust him to which Pacha grabs the rope to help Kuzco. However, the plan ends up becoming more difficult due to scorpions and bats pestering the two while trying to escape from the pool of crocodiles. Kuzco and Pacha, however, manage to escape from falling off the cliff. Pacha thanks Kuzco for saving his life just as the two continue proceeding to the kingdom.
At Mudka's Meat Hut, Pacha disguises Kuzco as a woman peasant because of the policy prohibiting llamas from entering. Having lunch at Mudka's Meat Hut, Kuzco asks the chef complaining about the food the restaurant serves much to Pacha's warning just as Pacha overhears Yzma and Kronk's devious plan to kill the emperor. Pacha then tells Kuzco to stop talking just as Pacha sees Kronk approaching just as Pacha and Kuzco hide, warning Kuzco that the two need to escape. Humiliated through this plan, Pacha asks the waitress Mata to distract Yzma with a surprise party in order for Kuzco and Pacha to escape. Leaving the restaurant, Pacha explains the reason why the two must escape is because Yzma and Kronk are not trying to save Kuzco, but trying to kill him. Kuzco and Pacha argue with each other once again just as Kuzco refuses to trust him once again. After a disagreement between him and Kuzco who refuses to believe in Pacha's truth, Kuzco tries to search for Pacha, only to find out that Pacha is gone.
The next day, a sulking Kuzco overhears Pacha talking to some llamas about how Kuzco saved his life, seeing some good in him. After the conversation, Pacha asks Kuzco if he is tired of being a llama just as Kuzco agrees and wants to be turned back into his normal self. On their way to Yzma's lab, Pacha walks across two elders (Topo and Ipi) who talk to Pacha for a while. Later, Pacha overhears his wife talking to Yzma just as he meets his wife again, spending time with his family for a while. Escaping, Pacha explains to Kuzco that his family can take care of themselves while the two head to Yzma's lab. As Yzma sees Pacha and Kuzco escaping, Yzma orders Kronk to go after them. Running away from Yzma and Kronk, Pacha fires an arrow to help Kuzco reach the other side of the cliff while avoiding Yzma and Kronk who are slowed down by a thunderstorm.
At Yzma's lab, Pacha tries to find a vial that turns Kuzco back into a human to which Yzma is shown to be having it the whole time. Yzma orders Kronk to take out the two, but Kronk refuses to after listening to his conscience. Pacha takes the vial from Yzma just as the two have trouble finding the vial due to Yzma spilling many of them on the ground just as to stop the guards, the two launch potions onto the guards, transforming them into animals just as the two try to escape from the animal-transformed guards. While on the canal, Yzma orders the guards to drain the canal just as the guards fall off alongside Pacha and Kuzco. After surviving the fall, Pacha explains that there are only two vials left and one of the two remaining potions transforms Yzma into a cat. Noticing that Yzma has the potion that turns Kuzco back into a human, Pacha and Kronk go after the vial during a chase. Trying to get the vial, Kronk accidentally slams Yzma with the nearby window, stopping Yzma just as Pacha gives Kuzco the potion that turns him back into a human once again.
After the adventure and the defeat of Yzma, Kuzco claims that Pacha lied to him about singing being heard when the sun rises on his hill, claiming he was dragged all over the hill and heard no singing. Kuzco decided to build his summerhouse on a more magical hill, claiming that Pacha and his family were stuck in the tuneless hut forever. Pacha then claimed that he heard singing on the hill next to his just in case the emperor was interested, leading to Kuzco building a summer hut right next door to Pacha's. Pacha and his family welcome Kuzco into their lives and enjoy themselves in Kuzco's pool.
Kronk's New Groove[]
In the second film, Pacha is Kronk's friend. He disguises himself as Pachita, Kronk's mother-in-law (they initially planned for him to pretend to be his wife, but Pacha's wife, Chicha did that instead).
The Emperor's New School[]
In the TV series, he is like a father to Kuzco and lets him live with him. He always gives Kuzco advice to help him out of any situation. For example, when Kuzco was transformed into a rabbit, he told Kuzco to "Make the best of what you've got," which in this case was speed.
In Cart Wash, when Kuzco is transformed into an elephant and laments how he is going to wash carts, Pacha tells him that elephants wash through their trunks and he could do the same with carts. After Kuzco graduates in Graduation Groove, Kuzco reveals during the credits that he had Pacha and his family move into the palace with him as he loved living with them and would miss them.
Trivia[]
- In the original film Kingdom of the Sun, Pacha would be voiced by Owen Wilson who would later voice Lightning McQueen in the Cars franchise by Pixar.
- In the documentary The Sweatbox, the animators revealed that Pacha is forty-five years old.
- In the trailer spots for the film, in the scene where Pacha, after rescuing Kuzco from a pack of Jaguars, accidentally ties himself and Kuzco to a branch, he expresses confidence that they can get themselves out of the situation, only to promptly say "...or not." just as the branch starts breaking off. However, in the actual film, Pacha shows absolutely no loss of confidence in getting themselves out, and instead during the branch breaking off, Kuzco only responds by saying "I hate you" in a deadpan manner.**