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Plot summary
Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez met while they worked as spies for rival countries, then retired to raise their children, Carmen and Juni. The children know nothing about their parents' past. The couple now does office consultant work for the Organization of Super Spies. When several agents go missing, Gregorio and Ingrid return to field work. They leave Carmen and Juni with their uncle, Felix Gumm. Juni avidly watches a children's show hosted by Fegan Floop.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Spy Kids (2001)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Carla Gugino won her part in Spy Kids over Kelly Preston and Julianne Moore. Elizabeth Olsen and Brie Larson both auditioned for roles in the film.
- Spy Kids gained a cult following in the years after its release, and in 2024 the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.
- The distorted heads that grow out of Alan Cumming's Alexander Minion when the character is mutated were gel molded by Robert Rodriguez, and Tony Shalhoub said they were very lightweight.
