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Pull The Lever, Kronk is a line from Yzma, the main antagonist of Disney's Emperor's New Groove, which she says as a part of a famous gag; the correcponding scene has been a source of inspiration for memes and redraws.

Origin

The Disney studios released The Emperor's New Groove in 2000. In one of the scenes, Yzma dramatically orders Kronk to open a passageway to her secret lab, only for him to pull the wrong lever and open a trap under her, making her fall into a crocodile pit. Almost all memes referencing this scene use at least Yzma's first line (below, in bold).

Yzma: – Pull the lever, Kronk! WRONG LEVE E E E E R! [splash noise]
Kronk: – Oh.
Yzma: – Why do we even have that lever?

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