Huaca

“Carved from the ancient magical stone of the sacred mountain, this little figure has been the counselor and protector of every emperor since day one. He has a grand estimation of his own worth but is a tireless servant to the throne, ensuring that all runs smoothly in the empire. If only humans weren't so fallible! He has weight and dignity despite his diminutive stature ”

—Official character description from Kingdom of the Sun production notes

Huaca was a talking talisman who was an ally of Yzma, and the considered quaternary antagonist in Kingdom of the Sun, the alternate working title of The Emperor's New Groove. He was once Manco's advisor, but after getting tired of the young emperor refusing to listen to him, he went to work with the sorceress. He also appeared to be a stickler for tradition as in one deleted scene, he reprimanded Pacha, who switched places with Manco early on, for allowing a Llama to go free instead of letting it be sacrificed to bring the sun. The sun then comes up anyway.

While he didn't appear in the film when the film was retooled into The Emperor's New Groove, a reference to him is placed at the beginning of the dinner scene, where his likeness is used in the statue holding the candles.

Trivia

• Sting wrote a song for him that was a parody of "Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?" from My Fair Lady, entitled "Why Can't a Human Be More Like a Rock?"

• Prior to the casting of Harvey Fierstein, Gary Marshall and Peter Ustinov were considered to voice him.

• Huaca's name means an object that is honored in the Quechuan languages of South America.

Gallery

Huaca with Manco by Barry Johnson

Huaca gets angry at Pacha for impersonating the Emperor

Early concepts for Huaca

Early concepts for Huaca by Peter de Sève

Huaca color study

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Media Films: The Emperor's New Groove • Kronk's New Groove • The Sweatbox TV Series: The Emperor's New School • House of Mouse Video Games: Video Game • The Emperor's New Groove: Groove Center • Disney Emoji Blitz • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode • Disney Sorcerer's Arena • Disney Magic Kingdoms Books: Disney's Wonderful World of Reading Disney Parks Disney Animation Building • Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom • Midship Detective Agency Entertainment: Max LIVE: Gettin’ Goofy With It • Villains Tonight! Firework: Wonderful World of Animation Halloween: Rock on With The Disney Villains Characters Film characters: Kuzco • Pacha • Yzma • Kronk • Bucky the Squirrel • Chicha • Chaca • Tipo • Yupi • Rudy • Mata • Jaguars • Theme Song Guy • Incan Palace Guards • Irate Chef • Topo and Ipi Sequel characters: Ms. Birdwell • Papi • Hildy • Tina Television characters: Malina • Guaca • Moxie • Mr. Flaco Moleguaco • Yatta • Kavo • Dirk Brock • Homework • Azma • Ozker • Ramon Deleted characters: Huaca • Supai • Mick, Bowie, and Lemmy • Mata (deleted character) • Nina • Owen • Snowball the Llama Episodes Season One: "Rabbit Face" • "Squeakend at Bucky's" • "Kuzco Fever" • "Empress Malina" • "The Adventures of Red-Eyed Tree Frog Man" • "Hungry, Hungry Llama" • "Only the Wrong Survive" • "Cart Wash" • "Battle of the Bots" • "Girls Behaving Oddly" • "The Lost Kids" • "The Big Fight" • "Kuzclone" • "Unfit to Print" • "The Emperor's New Pet" • "Peasant for a Day" • "Fortune Cookie Day" • "Gold Fools" • "The Mystery of Micchu Pachu" • "Oops, All Doodles" • "Chipmunky Business" • "Clash of the Familes" • "The New Kid" • "Officer Kronk" • "Kronk Moves In" • "Kuzcogarten" • "Evil and Eviler" • "The Bride of Kuzco" • "U.F.kuzcO" • "Attack Sub" • "The Yzma That Stole Kuzcoween" • "Monster Masquerade" • "Yzmopolis" Season Two: "The Emperor's New Tuber" • "Room for Improvement" • "Cool Summer" • "Prisoner of Kuzcoban" • "Ramon's a Crowd" • "Guakumentary" • "Show Me the Monkey" • "Demon Llama" • "Picture This!" • "TV or Not TV" • "Kuz-Cop" • "How Now Sea Cow?" • "A Fair to Remember" • "Working Girl" • "Curse of the Moon Beast" • "Aww, Nuts!" • "The Emperor's New School Spirit" • "Card Wars" • "Mudka's Secret Recipe" • "The Emperor's New Home School" • "The Emperor's New School Musical" • "A Giftmas Story" • "No Man Is an Island" • "Vincent Van Guaka" • "Air Kuzco" • "Kronkenitza" • "Come Fly with Me" • "Project Poncho" • "Citizen Kronk" • "The Pajama Llama Dilemma" • "Yzma Be Gone" • "Last Ditch Effort" • "The Good, the Bad and the Kronk" • "Mudka's #13" • "Auction Action" • "The Astonishing Kuzco-Man" • "Guaka Rules" • "Malina's Big Break" • "Hotel Kuzco" • "Father O' Mine" • "Everyone Loves Kuzco" • "Puff Piece" • "Take My Advice" • "Yzbot" • "The Puma Whisperer" • "Kronk the Magnificent" • "Kamp Kuzco" • "Groove Remover" • "Overachiever's Club" • "The Emperor's New Show" • "Too Many Malinas" • "Faking the Grade" • "Eco Kuzco" • "Kuzcokazooza" • "Kuzco's Little Secret" • "Cornivale" • "Graduation Groove" Songs Perfect World • My Funny Friend and Me • Walk the Llama, Llama • Be True to Your Groove • Feel Like a Million • Camp Chippamunka • Let's Groove • Yzmopolis • K-U-Z-C-O • Snuff Out the Light • One Day She'll Love Me Locations Mudka's Meat Hut • The Secret Lab • Kuzcotopia • South America • Peru See Also Kingdom of the Sun