Carmen, Juni and Floop free Ingrid and Gregorio and then confront Minion, trapping him in a machine that creates the Fooglies on the children's show (who are actually the missing agents).
Juni finds Floop and frees him, convincing him to help them and explaining what was missing from his TV show- children. The two make it to the castle and search for their parents. Having come to an understanding of each other as brother and sister, their relationship begins to improve from this point on. As they work together to safely land the craft, Juni reveals that he had always been aware of Carmen's nighttime bedwetting, but kept that knowledge to himself at their mother's insistence. Their sibling rivalry comes to a head, however, when Carmen's continuing criticisms and name-calling pushes Juni to retaliate by calling her "diaper lady," starting a quarrel that almost crashes the plane. With no support from their uncle, the children sneak away to rescue their parents on their own, stealing a map of Floop's castle and a spy plane to get them there. He refuses to help the children because of this. The children escape but soon encounter robotic clones of themselves who steal the Third Brain and deliver it to Minion, who takes command of the robots and imprisons Floop.Ĭarmen and Juni locate Gregorio's estranged older brother and inventor, Machete, who harbors bitter feelings against his younger brother, similar to the feelings Carmen harbored toward Juni Machete was apparently forced to watch over Gregorio and left him because of this. It is revealed that Third Brain is hidden in the house and that Gradenko is in allegiance with Lisp. Gradenko, a fellow spy, arrives to help them. The children flee to a safe house where they decide to become spies, until Ms. Floop's minions invade the Cortez home, although Carmen and Juni escape while Felix is captured, but not before he tells the children the truth about their parents. Ingrid and Gregorio were brought in, due to Gregorio being one of the scientists who created the Third Brain and hid it, although he refuses to give the hiding place. An item named the Third Brain is required to power the robots, or at least give them the ability to speak and think. The robots were constructed by Floop's servant Alexander Minion. Lisp in creating an army of superstrong robots, using the children of world leaders as a disguise, to conquer the world. In Floop's island castle, the entertainer is reluctantly assisting a businessman named Mr. Carmen and Juni discover the truth about their parents when they find that their parents have been kidnapped. Ingrid and Gregorio are captured by Floop's men, the ever idiotic Thumb-Thumbs, robots with thumbs for legs, arms and heads that wear red vests.
When he suspects the show is involved in the disappearance of several fellow spies, Ingrid and Gregorio decide to investigate and leave their children in the care of "Uncle" Felix Gumm, a man not actually their uncle but, rather, a family guardian. Juni lacks self-esteem and is a fan of a children's television show called "Floop's Fooglies." Hosted by Fegan Floop and co-starring the Fooglies-colorful, mutant, gibberish speaking friends of Floop-the show proves to be an irritant to Gregorio, who openly displays his dislike for the program. She is desperate to keep both of these problems secret, especially from her brother. However, underneath her abusive exterior, Carmen is hiding secrets of her own: she skips school, and has to wear diapers at night due to having problems with bedwetting. They retired to some degree when they had their children.Īt the beginning of the film, Carmen's main concern in life is with the unwelcome responsibility of babysitting her brother, Juni, and therefore she is usually mean to him. Originally, Ingrid and Gregorio were enemies until they fell in love and got married. The film was released in United States theaters on Maand on VHS and DVD on September 28, 2001.Ĭarmen and Juni Cortez live with their parents, Ingrid and Gregorio, who they believe are boring, unaware that their parents are actually semi-retired international spies, working for an organization called the OSS (Organization of Super Spies, a reference to the Office of Strategic Services).
Rodriguez also produced with Elizabeth Avellan and Guillermo Navarro and was the editor of the film. It is directed and written by Robert Rodriguez. It is the first film of the Spy Kids series. Spy Kids is a 2001 American science fiction family film. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.