SPY KIDS literally makes no sense...

[@phnxtrippeer]

the fact that he talked about this entire movie without once addressing “floop is a madman help us save us”

[@ZecVal]

Oh yeah, that makes no sense. Why not mention it? 🤔

[@gerdaurban7462]

I remember freaking out at that part as a kid >

[@shaunnjazi9954]

or that the robo kids have those insane alphanumeric names

[@Bisexualdragon4042]

Oh damn! I almost forgot about it, I was disappointed in not seeing the dad's day dream.

[@Maid_of_Spiders]

That twist freaked me out for YEARS! That phrase still gives me the heebie jeebiez from the implications.

[@doop5425]

These movies are quite literally the greatest thing to ever be created in the history of everything. The Oscar's WISH they were good enough for these movies.

[@ioahII]

w-what?

[@doop5425]

@@ioahII Did I stutter?

[@juicymango8400]

@@doop5425 he did

[@carter_lovejoy]

Except for that shitty fourth one

[@doop5425]

@@carter_lovejoy Facts

[@rona2947]

Your statement of "kids movies" is exactly what I've been trying to say for so long. Kids are smarter than the industries believe they are. It's like they're training our kids to be stupid rather than expanding their intelligence

[@mightywizard7475]

You and Alex should write a kids movie together.

[@rona2947]

@@mightywizard7475 wow that's an amazing compliment thank you but I don't think I am skilled enough for that 😂

[@cherryblossom7120]

That says a lot why they keep maxing out teen titans go, fairlyodd parents, spongebob, loud house, and total drama.🙄

[@GM-wq6kq]

@@cherryblossom7120 in my opinion the problem with these is how they were created more for entertainment and less about having a theme or a moral lesson. Growing up, cartoons like these weren't very popular in my region, instead it was mostly 90s anime and let me tell you: they are golden. Series like "Remy, Nobody's Girl," "Romeo's Blue Skies" (some liked One Piece, not me though) were about adventures of children in life struggles and how wit, friendship, and family were their help. Gotta say I still watch them to this day!

[@tiffanyh.5788]

@@GM-wq6kq I remember One piece but the rest of your examples I've literally never heard of them.

[@hwtvi3466]

Spy Kids is one of those things that you loved unironically as kid, and as an adult, while you definitely notice how crazy, weird, and nonsensical it is, not to mention the _really_ bad CGI and special effects, you can still enjoy it for how stupidly nuts it is.

[@brendanotoole5871]

Yeah, gf and i popped it on last night and i havent enjoyed a movie so much in ages. Its just ridiculous in the best ways. It's a fever dream, there's no way they didn't know what they were doing when they made it. It's art

[@readerofmanga]

I hated them as a child, and I still hate them as an adult.

[@welcometothemetaverse2523]

Robert Rodriguez is famous for his low-budget, self-funded action films. That's why the CGI sucks but is still fun.

[@alim.9801]

Honestly I think the sheer creativity is astounding even as an adult taking off the nostalgia goggles. There's a lot to respect about these movies even if the low budget showed sometimes.

[@Not_Honk_13]

Ikr

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

To me, I just find it so nostalgic looking back at this film

[@josepho3366]

It was a weird trip, to put it lightly.

[@animesthetic7909]

Hey dude I just saw your comment on that attack on titan video

[@ScathDe]

Make another video

[@imaturtle9315]

My two favorite commenters in one video!

[@s.m2895]

@CHAD EREN *Somebody get this man some black air forces*

[@kelseybaloney4984]

I like how Carmen knew the story and was still surprised and disgusted with the ending

[@timmytimmyson9337]

Why does this have no replies?

[@AngelicArabella]

@@timmytimmyson9337 now it does

[@iwillappearanddisappear1208]

Who?

[@kelseybaloney4984]

@@iwillappearanddisappear1208 who?

[@adri.a15]

Something I’ve always thought about. If she hates the ending so much why keep asking for that story? 😂

[@Flome810]

This movie made ALL of our childhoods. Growing up in the 2000s were the best

[@neonbatteries4389]

It was also trippy with its animation

[@Flome810]

@@neonbatteries4389 fax

[@pinkcloudii6683]

I remember when I used to watch shows and movies on DVD 😼✋🏻

[@Flome810]

@@pinkcloudii6683 Mee too

[@Noah_Obama]

I agree lol

[@johnnysparkle]

Roger Ebert: "Movies like Spy Kids are so rare. Families are often reduced to attending scatological dumber-and-dumbest movies like See Spot Run--movies that teach vulgarity as a value. Spy Kids is an intelligent, upbeat, happy movie that is not about the comedy of embarrassment, that does not have anybody rolling around in dog poop, that would rather find out what it can accomplish than what it can get away with." He also called it a treasure

[@HD_Segal]

Ironic considering that a decade later, “Spy Kids: All the Time in the World” would reduce the franchise to such antithesis of the original.

[@Thermalblac]

Tldr

[@TheYahmez]

@@Thermalblac ngaf

[@zerpente3]

NOT a Tldr. That term does not apply here.@@Thermalblac

[@jabbahut755]

@@zerpente3 Saying TLDR isn't what Reddit has made a TLDR out to be. He's being apathetic to reading his couple of sentences and saying it was too much for him and he didn't read it.

[@nielsdebont8419]

I remember this movie made perfect sense to me as a kid, like this was exactly how i imagined a spy life would be

[@axolotdraws9946]

This

[@xLadyRaine]

This was done intentionally by the director. He wanted it to feel like something that a kid came up with

[@ramonlorenzo20nl73]

Same

[@kuuuslalalal]

same

[@jasminethegrayknight]

Spy kids is the embodiment of the word nostalgia for all 2000’s babies

[@the1truejoe178]

any child before 2014 saw this movie

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr and shark boy and lava girl

[@Flome810]

@@the1truejoe178 This movie came out in like 2001 tf you mean?

[@the1truejoe178]

because i saw it and i was born In 2009

[@idk-uv7mt]

@@Flome810 have you ever heard of replays and dvr and on demand use your brain

[@calipupcorn3886]

Spy Kids is probably one of my favorite childhood movies. It never fails. Those thumb things still scare me and those deformed cartoon humans too.

[@chrislondo2683]

Imagine if they added faces to the thumbs and having Patrick Warburton doing the voice of all them.

[@YesIlikebananasSo]

The thumb things gave me nightmares while simultaneously awakening my artistic flexibility and gifting me with permanent childhood trauma.

[@themandarin9493]

@@YesIlikebananasSo You are a lucky one.

[@skyeandcotton8107]

@@chrislondo2683 Patrick Warburton? The one that played Lemony Snicket?

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

"Two spies fell in love somehow for some reason." The fact that they're both ridiculously good-looking might be a factor.

[@dude9318]

Lol

[@mavortius8768]

Plus the guy is Antonio Banderas and it's impossible to not love that voice.

[@occultnightingale1106]

Maybe they could do that for a career: be professionally good-looking.

[@DKdrop]

For Real though, I think that watching Antonio Banderas onscreen at age 8 may have permanently altered my brain chemistry.

[@ZAPIMATIONS100]

OSS stands for OH SO SECRET.

[@kissszonjab]

The creepiest/scariest part in my opinion wasn't even included... when the dad gets turned into his son's "hideous" drawing, like omfg it made me so uncomfortable and freaked me out. Also how all the missing agents were the characters in the kids show, but morphed and they talked weird but actually they just talked backwards. That was like a big plot of it and I felt so uneasy, especially when you remembered in the beginning the kids that watch it are excited when a new character is added to the show when in reality it's an agent being trapped and transformed into a weird looking creature.

[@jompahyeah7635]

What kind of drugs did they take, to get this kind of a idea? 🤣🤔

[@kissszonjab]

I don't know, but I want it as far away from me as possible. 😬🙅‍♀️

[@kel1922]

This film terrified me sm

[@nothanks7189]

Same, in my head I was like: "WAIT SRSLY??? EWWWW" and thought about it for months.

[@endigolikesarson]

@@jompahyeah7635 it was actually a fever dream and the movie industry was desperate (Note:I love the movies, they are my childhood, this is just a dumb joke)

[@_nyx]

It's like Alex just woke up and decided to diss my childhood

[@steelsoild6909]

that's alex everyday.

[@dishatripathi7904]

Hii I would like to join your squad 😀

[@silencedgamer3937]

Same

[@RunnyElephant44]

I was just about to comment that

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Yep

[@just-trying-my-best-everyday]

I can't believe I never noticed the parents' love story is literally an enemies-to-lovers slow burn.

[@jazz-cat00]

Slow burn? That crud was love on first sight lol

[@Sammy-yf2sb]

OMG

[@manekirakosyan9310]

I was thinking the same thing!!!! they're the og enemies-to-lovers couple haha

[@mxri.c]

WAIT I NEVER NOTICED THAT

[@marichatismynameandladynoi1990]

Never noticed any of that I was just like eww aDulTs

[@IAmKlagg]

So are we not gonna talk about how Cheech removed his moustache to reveal he's not their real uncle? XD

[@somecuriousperson2233]

That must have been really convincing

[@kid9046]

@@somecuriousperson2233 we don't mention those type of things in this chat😅

[@haikat4]

Kids think: "woah cool!" Parents think: "haha wtf" But that's pretty much the entire movie in a nutshell.

[@victormagoco9752]

Yeah, somehow having a mustache was a integral to being their uncle

[@thewaydownmachine]

Plot twist of the century

[@user-pd8lc3ow6x]

I swear, that kid deserved an award for that mimicry alone because tone, pitch and inflection - check, check, check. The talent.

[@alishaghayas8232]

Ikrrr

[@ivanpotato1537]

wait he actually mimicked? i thought it was just a replay of the audio

[@marocat4749]

I dont know where that is said, but he wa the only actor who took it serious appearently. And gives it some genuine enthusiasm.

[@andrear4954]

@@marocat4749 3:56 i'm not actually sure if he mimicked her or if it was just replayed audio?

[@snowleopard064]

@@andrear4954 thanks!

[@OriginaName-ml5yd]

Ngl my favorite line from any of the spy kids movies is, " How long have we been falling?" "I don't know, my watch doesn't tell time"

[@obliviousfantasy633]

PFFFT Yeah that was pretty good

[@ArtificialPerson]

I quote that so much!!! LOLOL

[@christiemarie8748]

*Yus*

[@weevilunderscore]

Which movie was that in? Wasnt it the second one

[@OriginaName-ml5yd]

@@weevilunderscore pretty sure yea

[@symmetrykidkun8]

Can’t believe this movie had names like Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, Antonio Banderas, Danny Trejo, and Carla Gugino in the cast. That is one star-filled kids movie.

[@thebusydragonfish9725]

George Clooney too and many more in the sequels! Not gonna lie, this was the movie that introduced me to them.

[@naiadolling]

Danny Trejo and Rodriguez are second cousins and a lot of them worked for Rodriguez prior to this movie. The Mariachi movies are my favorite by him.

[@randomlineofletters]

@@naiadolling especially him playing "uncle machete" really threw me when I grew older and watched the machete movies

[@breewashere]

They should've named it star kids.

[@brookb5890]

Don't forget Terri Hatcher!

[@lbridge2010]

Between this movie, Harriet the Spy, Nancy Drew and Totally Spies, I SO wanted to be a spy as a kid. I bought all those gimmicky “gadgets” and “spy guidebooks” really thinking I was gonna solve some crazy mystery in my upper middle class Canadian neighbourhood.

[@alim.9801]

Totally Spies omg!! He needs to do a video on THAT show or the movie!! Oh and also don't forget Kim Possible!! That was one of my fave obsessions back in the day lol, and it still really holds up honestly

[@HandMeDeals]

​@alim.9801 Kim possible without the extra agendas could potentially inspire young girls around the world

[@likeAG6likeAG6]

@@alim.9801 Yeah like all those cartoons really defined my taste in girls for the rest of my life...

[@SubjectDelta20]

​@@likeAG6likeAG6Skinny, good looking, bad ass chicks that could break your neck with their thighs?? I'm right there with ya 👍

[@shiraya318]

That story of their parents being spies that had to kill each other but fell in love instead is the storyline of like every 3rd fanfic out there lol

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Also, it's similar to Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

[@dani007a]

A modern twist on the OG story of Romeo and Juliet, but with spies, and surprisingly, less death.

[@lceC0ldHeart]

*eh,it just sounds like another w a t t p a d fanfic*

[@user-zi5zp5ms3r]

The enemies to lovers vibe- and mafia AU

[@tyyyte361]

Literally the plot to that Wattpad story “Over My Dead Body”

[@aphylorne3021]

I don't understand how Junie was bullied. If I knew someone who realistically mimic someone's voice, I would be scared.

[@niviovo]

I'd pay them in lunch to teach me

[@gracehaven5459]

Ikr? Like frick in my elementary school we would have saw that as a friend-magnet 👯‍♂️🧲 "you can do other people's voices?? Awesome!!"

[@artangelsproductions253]

Bro you would become the coolest kid instantly and people would hype you up

[@aeriouse7038]

Probably cuz his names Junie

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

My guess is Juni never thought of thatcher

[@WanderingRonin509]

So are we not gonna talk about how good the line "I snap my fingers and my fingers snap you" is like it's pretty damn solid in my opinion

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

ya that line was kinda cool

[@noelvermillion5268]

Yeah honestly it is a pretty solid threat. As opposed to the lines you hear in action flicks like, "You just woke the tiger, now get ready for the claws." Which is said by some super macho tough guy who instantly loses all his cool points when he says something so questionable 😂🤦🏾‍♀️

[@branzilla1722]

Yeah, that line deserves a thumbs up 😉

[@kendra5781]

@@noelvermillion5268 Lmao yeah

[@alabamaslammer3921]

Riverdale could never

[@rubyslippers1935]

We showed this to our toddler recently. He laughed a lot, while my husband and I made fun of the film, even though we loved it as kids and still do.

[@HandMeDeals]

Random comment I hope you and your husband are continuing to be happy!

[@jonquilgemstone]

I love how Carmen is supposed to be the cool one, but Juni is the one who just casually pieces together the whole plot.

[@thisisthefoxe]

Sadly did't hold up for the sequels iirc :/

[@tickettochide3832]

That's the whole point of the movie, Carmen acknowledges this when they were facing off their robot counterparts.

[@glitzarprincess627]

He was actually my favorite. Maybe it's just cause I'm a girl, but I always found Carmen just extra super annoying.

[@GerardoXC2023]

@@glitzarprincess627 same and I’m a boy

[@Calekoflight]

I wonder how character preferences would work out when compared to being an older or younger sibling.

[@jlynn4187]

Sometimes I hear people who were terrified of the teletubies or people who thought elmo was scary but nothing haunted my childhood more then those thumbs and the fooglies...that quite literally kept me up at night

[@nyac652]

They didn’t terrify me I just thought they were the most ugliest creatures I’ve ever seen

[@harleyqueen8059]

When I was a kid, I liked the Thumbs, Pennywise, & Courage the Cowardly Dog; but hated the PBS Kids shows because I thought they were boring. I never had childhood nightmares either. I guess I was built differently ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@obliviousfantasy633]

I had so many nightmares

[@boluwatifeomowunmi3434]

I'm still terrified of the Teletubbies

[@admech590]

Same here brother

[@justanormaldude42069]

As a early 2000s baby I wanted nothing more than to eat the burgers and fries that the rehydrated thing made.

[@NerdySalemSays]

I still want that, I'm terrible at cooking D:

[@Ajani_Tober]

I still do :(

[@datgoblinmoss4108]

I think about it at times

[@bethany_DIY]

I wanted the damn watch!

[@Mothblossom]

Still do

[@fafikommander1903]

Can we talk about this cast of people in this movie? I mean, it has George Clooney, Danny Trevo, Antonio Banderas and a whole lot of really high class actors casually showing up for like five minutes each?! Why is this so absolutly highclass?!

[@MarkelleRayneeSheree]

Spy kids 2 is one of the best movies ever made and I'll never change my mind.

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr

[@bumbobaggins]

i would rather not even watch the movie ever again just to make sure good memories remain good memories

[@mikeclarke5732]

Do you think god stays in heaven because he too fears what he has created?

[@Toon1103]

@@bumbobaggins facts I feel like if I watch it again I'm spoiling myself

[@mightywizard7475]

I like the 3rd one the best

[@louis8487]

Holy shit "I'm not your uncle" is such a twist I remember from my childhood. It was honestly a "holy shit" moment for a kid.

[@dianabandicoot]

😂😂😂

[@edgolub]

For me it was more like "damn, his mustache came off!". Even as a kid I kind of saw the uncle thing would happen, for some reason, but the fake mustache blew my mind. Dunno why.

[@astrocake584]

@@edgolub I love that. “Wow, he’s not really their uncle, how craz- WOW DID HIS MUSTACHE JUST COME OFF?!!!??”

[@gustavopereira4924]

@@astrocake584 lmao

[@axolotdraws9946]

“What is even happening whAt is- *gasp* HE DOESNT HAVE A MOUSTACHE WHAT THE HECK” me at like, 6 yrs old

[@TheFlinchyDinosaur]

"My parents can't be spies they're not cool enough!" The line that defined a generation

[@majorblitz3846]

Luckily, TF2 Spy is more than cool enough, and instead go up to eleven and be cool as hell (Minus the occasional French snorting sound)

[@AxxLAfriku]

Don't talk to me! I am famous! Don't dislike my good good GOOD videos! Don't talk to me, dear emma

[@jebVlogs556]

3:44 Alex rambles about bout Junoi's childhood and listening to His dad saying "Junoi needs to stop making up weird drawings and having his head in the clouds.." Alex: *cricket noises*

[@eldritchkitty2396]

@@AxxLAfriku Why are you here?!

[@HorrorDiva01]

They re did that with spy kids 4 but it wasn't the same.

[@Bro-cx2jc]

Carmen apparently knows the spy story so incredibly well and yet is still super surprised at the ending where the spies become parents lmao

[@jalonglover4488]

Feel the same way about The Dark Knight.

[@BasmaWh]

how dare you not comment on the scene where Juni puts one pod or bag or whatever in the microwave and gets a whole McDonald's meal!! That was my favorite part omg

[@wesleygutierrez322]

That was my favorite part too the food looked so good it always made me want McDonald’s

[@acememetics7947]

@@wesleygutierrez322 my favorite scenes are when ever a character commits a war crime

[@CroftCrazy31]

I used to ask santa for these pod things every year...

[@moogleydoot]

that blew my mind as a kid

[@sunspotmill1291]

That was a really cool product placement moment!

[@theliteraryspinster]

My favorite part about this movie is that Meghan Trainor was obsessed with it as a kid, then grew up, became famous, and married Daryl Sabara.

[@FAJB1995]

Yes and now they have a son together❤️

[@ASC3NS10N]

@@FAJB1995 don't encourage them

[@iamxkim]

They actually have a son

[@MD-cn3zh]

@@ASC3NS10N what

[@JK-yj7cg]

@@ASC3NS10N wdym

[@EmRose.r]

The early 2000s were a lawless time when it came to children's entertainment 😂😂

[@Flome810]

The 2000s were the elite generation to be a kid. We had the best shows and movies, music, games, snacks, and other entertainment that we don’t have today.

[@triplem5770]

when we were treated like kids, not dumb beings to be mesmerized by meaningless noise & cool animation, but rather be entertained by actual stories

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr they had the best child shows

[@aprilbennett4161]

Nothing compared to the 80's, which had the likes of The Goonies and The Monster Squad. When else could you see Dracula call a five year-old a "bitch"?

[@midnightpluto]

i was born in 05 so i’m glad because i just missed the cut off of bad kids shows because bad kid shows started around 2013 and by then i wasn’t into kids shows anymore. 1990-2010s was peak children entertainment

[@mgsgamer]

I always loved how Junie throws the gumball perfectly onto Floop's forehead mole.

[@Foxf17]

That magic microwave lived rent free in my head my entire childhood

[@salanaya8718]

SAME!! I was literally wondering when a scene of it would show up 😅

[@sophiaskojec]

Dude it still doES

[@icecreamhero2375]

Have you ever seen the food-making machine on the Jetsons?

[@Daaaanielle]

30 and I still think about it at least once a year.

[@amyarmstrong2376]

It never gets old. I'm still fascinated by it.

[@SweenyTodd98]

The fact that the spy kids now have kids of their own will never cease to make me feel old.

[@gracekim1998]

Whoa

[@elliottfox3581]

THEY WHAT 😭 I DIDNT THINK I WAS THAT OLD

[@elliottfox3581]

@@louis8487 🙂 why

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

@@elliottfox3581 Alexa Who Played Carmen Is 32 While Daryl Who Played Juni Is Like 27

[@hisokamorow2470]

I see you everywhere. EVERYWHERE.

[@galaxy._.4687]

I remember the safe house scene with the quick food packets thinking that was the coolest thing ever 😭

[@danielsemakula1526]

Bro fr🤣🤣

[@krausfamily4491]

Ikr

[@arriibacon531]

Same 😭😭

[@eyetunes1993]

Samee omg

[@naeelahrandomstuff9177]

Samee I was like I need that!

[@BaileyBlurbs]

Spy Kids was one of my favorite movies as a kid. The entire trilogy was SO good. My favorite was definitely Game Over.

[@JClucky13]

The fact that we don't have that magic microwave now is the true disappointment.

[@breewashere]

Omg I always loved that concept of a microwave that makes food outta nothin. I'm surprised no women in beauty pageants have said if we had the microwaves from spy kids the movie then we could end world hunger.

[@gracehaven5459]

My parents were told there would be flying cars, kids in my generation hoped for magic microwaves...

[@brianna6694]

Truly!! Lol thats my favorite part of the movie.🤦🏾‍♀️😂

[@j-j8984]

Door dash ain't diddly squat compared to that

[@lamlamgagner1283]

I don't know anyone who never liked Spy Kids as a kid it literally is so good.

[@trinaq]

Likewise, while some of the special effects are dodgy by today's standards, it's still a watchable movie!

[@master0fthearts894]

The three originals is pure cinema 👌

[@canibal476]

I didn't like it

[@juicymango8400]

@@canibal476 ok

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

The Spy Kids trilogy is pretty good but I think the Sharkboy and Lavagirl sequel did improved the special effects while stay faithful to the original.

[@Aubriel]

Love the fact that their uncle's whole disguise was a fake mustache

[@devilslayer45]

Right? I never put much thought into it when I was nine but his disguise was lazy as hell. Get a wig at least.

[@JordG0tBored]

dude the funny part for me is that he rips it off like the mustache is somehow what makes him their uncle

[@randomlineofletters]

I love that he bothered to put the fake moustache back on to fight the ninja fingers

[@stovy1287]

Sounds like super man

[@zosjaaltes6096]

Superman's disguise are glasses....

[@enihsecargayuter5626]

"Don't crush his dreams man! Trust me, life will do that to you." -Alex Meyers

[@zwelihajie5269]

So their parent's mission was to take each other out... Did their agencies just go, "well they fell in love so I guess that's that"

[@jonquilgemstone]

"Here's my target. She's my wife now." "Cool! A new employee for free! No way she's a mole!" YEARS LATER, AT THE WIFE'S FORMER AGENCY "...Wow, that mission of hers is taking a long time."

[@tabathaalshalhoub1653]

Is that where Mr & Mrs Smith came from?! To explain the parents’ love story from Spy Kids?!?!?!

[@sunspotmill1291]

@@tabathaalshalhoub1653 Imagine if Mr. & Mrs. Smith was actually a prequel to Spy Kids this whole time.

[@nuriye7576]

Nah if you watch the film they actually got “hunted” down and had their wedding day wrecked and stuff

[@leot-j6312]

Didnt they try and kill them because they got married?

[@supremevendingmachine4950]

You don't understand how much we have been waiting for this Alex...

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr lol hes gonna review all our childhood movies

[@alirob5123]

Yeah like it was BIG

[@Jenny-kg6jh]

When I was a child, I thought this was a masterpeace and all the characters were so badass

[@Naathalia12]

And Carmen and Juni were so annoying xd They improve for me in SK3

[@Butterflier00]

and child you was right.

[@AudreyC379]

We all did. 😅

[@gabe9120]

It's amazing how we watched these movies and they were normal and we didn't question them at all

[@CheeseISlikeFEET]

I think part of the reason I loved it aged like 6 is that they were hispanic and there weren't that many Latin or Hispanic kid heroes in Hollywood children's films back then

[@marocat4749]

Rodrigez has that sensitivity.

[@Naathalia12]

Totally! I saw the movie dubbed as a kid, and it was soooo cool, because of Antonio Banderas.

[@SunflowerLilypad]

Yep! Exactly this. My parents were so excited to show this to my sis and I. Loved the movie so much as a kid. Even if it was a bit weird.

[@jonquilgemstone]

As a Latina child I never cared what ethnicity characters were. I liked this for the gadgets and action. Plus, kid me was mindblown by the plot twist of "I'm not your uncle"

[@KitCat898]

Yes me too!

[@michaelakiro3510]

Alex you forgot to include the part where the characters in Juni's favorite cartoon were singing, "floop is a mad man help us save us."

[@mariamccormack6903]

That terrified 6 year old me :(

[@itschelseakay]

Yesss! That plot twist blew my mind as a child!

[@lantsov8347]

THAT PART TRAUMATIZED ME AS A KID

[@lantsov8347]

I couldn't sleep for a week after watching that

[@mackenziediaz8780]

That was the only thing I remembered from that movie!

[@Nightfire613]

I'm not sure which I find funnier, the fact that the kid's fake uncle is Cheech Marin or the fact that their real uncle is Danny Trejo

[@AttractionSpot]

They way I got it wasn't that they werent choosing the virtual room as there only way out. I think more it was excitement. OMG a virtual room and they couldn't resist to try it before they left because I mean who wouldn't want to go into a room that says Virtual Room lol.

[@candellak]

Can we also point out how they were supposedly living a “normal life” in a mansion with a professional obstacle course right next to the kitchen.

[@Katielovegood44]

It's a damn good house haha

[@sheevpalpatine5595]

And some how they aren’t cool enough

[@funfamily3654]

And their kids go to private school

[@obession_lipsessed6274]

Oh yeah and Junis “butter fingers”

[@Torpid6441]

@@funfamily3654 I went to a private kindergarten, middle school, and now high school and I live a normal middle class life.

[@bellaancheta5407]

I think about the McDonald’s microwave scene in this movie often.

[@allison9760]

Same

[@damianyrn]

This!! I was mad asf I wasn’t grubbin McDonald’s when that scene came up lmao

[@BrandonChaunceyOfficial]

The Big mac scene was a dreamboat to watch as a 5 year old

[@imsentinelprime9279]

Same

[@dancingdani25]

YES! I was always so jealous of that!

[@TreeckoJedi9]

Juni: (holds up device) Carmen! She’s working for Floop! Carmen: (holds up similar device) Dont move! Bad Guy: Hahahaha! You dont even know what those things are! Carmen: I know they’re heavy! (tosses device at her) For some reason as a kid that was the most badass thing ever to me.

[@itsQUINNderful]

YES I thought so too 😂

[@TimeTravelinc]

After that, I feel like this was a running gag. Since it repeats in the sequel. What do those devices do?

[@nerosoul2506]

@@TimeTravelinc Be heavy, they probably just can become heavier or lighter or something

[@PeterGriffin11]

If their heavy how could she easily pick it up?

[@AlexSchmid-TheAceofSpades]

Honestly, it is pretty badass.

[@pinkajou656]

I remember watching this one time when I was little, being thoroughly disturbed and remembering it as a vague fever dream from then onward.

[@daydream5120]

That was me with Shark Boy and Lava Girl

[@hadesstanaccount8760]

Bruh same this movie made me feel weird and kinda freaked out

[@pinkajou656]

@@daydream5120 same for that one! hahaha

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"Do you think god stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?"_ *~ Steve Buscemi (Spy Kids 2)*

[@Flome810]

That quote still holds up today considering tiktok exists

[@DS-it5iq]

Honestly, I still think about this sentence from time to time

[@trinaq]

I love that line, even better that it's spoken by Steve Buscemi! 😅

[@master0fthearts894]

@@Flome810 🙄

[@Flome810]

@@master0fthearts894 What’s wrong, can’t accept the truth?

[@ragabashmoon1551]

The best part about the Spy Kids movie is that the ultra-violent adult movies "Machete" and "Machete Kills" is totally 100% canon in the same continuity.

[@gracekim1998]

What rating is it?🤔

[@samlung2724]

Wait, it is?!?¿?¿. I need to watch them again now as a 27yr old lol

[@calennosliw3669]

I've always wondered that lol but that seems odd for it to be in the same universe

[@ragabashmoon1551]

@@calennosliw3669 Yea, originally he was just their old retired uncle, but then after what started as a joke in Grindhouse got people actually wanting the movie, he actually made it... So it is the same character. Haha.

[@calennosliw3669]

@@ragabashmoon1551 So would it be set before or after Spy kids? Well since both kids are in the film I would assume after or really an alternate universe

[@JuanMPalacio]

I loved the Spy Kids series as a kid but there is one giant plot hole that I don't think is ever explained. Juni and Carmen's parents retired because they were having kids and being secret agents was too dangerous for the family, but then in the second movie there's a whole OSS department for kids and everybody's like, "Child safety lol"

[@aniver02avi]

I think after carmen and juni they realized kids can be agents (like george clooney at the end said) so all the other families started training their kids.

[@thebusydragonfish9725]

For me, the plot hole is why both parents are former OSS agents. It doesn’t makes sense if in the bedtime story, the mom says that they were rivals.

[@CMThota]

In Spy Kids 4, Carmen states that she and Juni were the reason the program was made

[@CMThota]

@@thebusydragonfish9725 Basically, they were both rivals, but after the love thing, they both started working for the OSS. Then, they retired after they had Carmen

[@marocat4749]

It was made after that movie happens. And the villains plan that might have them inspired too. Inide that very weird fictional world, that makes sense

[@Onel1ttlek1lla]

12:45 I love how everyone HAD to replay that to try and figure out what the heck that guy just said xD

[@king_kmarce]

What did they say

[@Ruuehxbfiqkxn]

@@king_kmarceget more fingers in here if you have to

[@Increda-bad]

i played it a few times and still had to turn on the subtitles lol

[@savedbyfaithnotbyworks]

Carmen married one of the guys from Big Time Rush and Junie married Meghan Trainer. They achieved some goals.

[@mikeclarke5732]

Was it Carlos?

[@janaeg2698]

@@mikeclarke5732 yeah

[@calennosliw3669]

Bruh got with her? Lol

[@Ruby-or6sc]

@@calennosliw3669 yeah and they have a kid together too

[@j-j8984]

Omg! I don't know what to do with this information but omg!

[@RumbleBee1102]

Are we just not going to address the fact that George Clooney was in this movie and ACTUALLY holding a censor bar over his face..... then just gives up 😂

[@j-j8984]

"y'all have invented jetpacks a magic microwave, some weird thumb monsters -with some junk in the trunk- BUT YOU CAN'T GIVE ME A CENSOR BAR I DON'T HAVE TO PHYSICALLY HOLD?!

[@AlmostAnimixers]

The Fooglies were genuinely one of the most terrifying thing my seven year old self had ever seen back in the day. Nightmares for weeks.

[@sarafontanini7051]

of course they're scary, they're innocent people forcibly turned into twisted abominations against their will and clearly suffering!

[@jareththegoblinking3191]

I always wanted Floop's Fooglies to be a real show Why do so many movies and shows have to have so many better made up kids shows?

[@mdrstudios7067]

@SpiritusC Felix also was transformed as well.

[@mdrstudios7067]

@@sarafontanini7051 Doesn't help one of them was played by Mike Judge.

[@sarafontanini7051]

@@mdrstudios7067 wait really?

[@zackmoon592]

The early 2000s were so great, I love the quirky pseudo scifi aesthetic everything from that period had. Didn't appreciate it enough at the time

[@kaitlynashleigh5370]

I was obsessed with spy kids as a child, and now whenever I see Carmen I just remember she married the one guy from big time rush and they have 3 kids together now

[@NJGuy1973]

And Juni became Meghan Trainor's future, er, *present* husband.

[@claysoggyfries]

The main thing that stood out to me as a kid was when they made McDonald’s with that card thing

[@CherryBlossom-lc3mj]

It's still stuck in my brain even after like 7-9 years

[@not-so-happypappypatton]

The utter jealousy I felt

[@j-j8984]

@@not-so-happypappypatton IKR? screw Uber eat or door dash, I want that!

[@syncere]

that scene was so satisfying then and if it were released today, it would be just as satisfying. its such a cool concept.

[@meredith8625]

Still waiting for this technology. And the vacuum floor from Smart House lol.

[@sas_aran6410]

In my eyes my mother is still a spy. That giant all black closet has a hole in it from me trying to find a secret switch or button when i was 9, good times.

[@planetsj527]

WAIT OMG😭😭😂😂

[@Wvyern_]

All I can think about when I see Floop's Assistant is a man who is scared of everything in this world including milk. Adrian Monk.

[@alim.9801]

I used to love that show!! It doesn't seem like anyone ever talked about it, but it was so fun and Shaloub did such a good job in it. Used to watch it with my grammie when it aired 😌

[@Alexandra9509]

Is no one going to talk about how the mum is in her 20's yet had a successful career, got married, bought a mansion, retired and had two kids? haha

[@_N4T]

Couldve mentioned the dad as if this is all her own achievements

[@Alexandra9509]

@@_N4T I was saying it's unrealistic not that she should be praised lol

[@cortezcristaa]

period as they should

[@hailey-rosevintora6211]

@@_N4T Bob....Please Shut Up

[@jonquilgemstone]

@Ducks draws ...Hold up...! 😳

[@tacovids]

My parents aren’t cool enough... their house has 3 pools and 30 rooms

[@planedudea380]

Don't forget the jungle gym (or whatever that was) and it being on a cliff like some castle in a kingdrom

[@origami6479]

And their bedstories are tales about spies

[@aquablueyt3700]

Haha what a LOSER!

[@ChillBell]

What a loser LMAO

[@jjafs1008]

Who's gonna tell the poor orphan?

[@JuliannaK1597]

My brother and I used to watch this movie ALL THE TIME when we were about Carmen and Juni's ages, and after every viewing we would proceed to jump around the house and pretend we were spies for hours on end

[@ravenshane2196]

same :c

[@shanayazaveri2620]

@ same!

[@chuusblackgf]

same

[@khfan4life365]

Same here. My brother and I would do fake missions in the backyard and make our own pretend gadgets.

[@bonedrewd8241]

I spend 4 years of my life not knowing if this was a real movie I watched as a child or a weird feverdream I once had, until I saw a youtube video about it.

[@raayaswidler1049]

"You know that Shrek and Farquad thing we only do on your birthday?" That killed me 😂😂😂

[@YolandaMovieCorner]

Why

[@dani007a]

The thumbs definitely freaked 10-year-old me out. And the scene where their dad was transformed into Juni's "hideous" photo. That bit freaked me so much, my dad had to bring me out of the theater for a few minutes because of the ruckus I caused.

[@biidan0-0]

I watched that scene in my aunts house and cried so much my dad had to take me home and have a long talk to me about how the big orange couldn’t hurt me

[@Azazreal]

@@biidan0-0 Now you know better. That Orange is still coming for you

[@nignamedmutt7270]

The thumbs are straight out of silent hill lol

[@spiritsong4026]

I really wonder how you guys found those things scary since to me they were funny. (Though I did watch horror movies at a young age so that could be why I didn't find them scary).

[@pok8o]

Lol I remember finding them adorable when I was 5

[@M.i.a.A1919]

Ironically he made this video after the movie turned 20 years old. To think both the leads have families now ...I feel old🥺

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

20 years old?? Yep I feel like a boomer now.

[@mimigigihere]

the guy who plays juni’s married to meghan trainor now 😳😳😳

[@mightywizard7475]

The girl who plays Carmin is married to Carlos from big time rush.

[@hidden-behind-wisteria2701]

@@mimigigihere oh yeah, my friend told me that they got married on meghan trainor's birthday

[@AppleFlavoredTea]

Well technically mostly people can start families at 12 so don’t feel so old.

[@panainpublic]

8:20 no joke, one of the members of my favorite band used to write sonic fan fiction. Actually, correction, he still does. He streamed it live from the band twitch channel a few months ago. 10/10 band and stream.

[@calebvanhorn6936]

“Spy Kids is a perfect example of what I aim to do on this channel.” Yes officer, that’s him, right there.

[@cascas2284]

The movie that inspired a generation of kids to constantly say "oh shi....take mushrooms"

[@kirylb1569]

I swear it was ''oh shi talking mushrooms'' for the longest time

[@Sprinklefanfan]

@@kirylb1569 it was shitake mushrooms

[@kirylb1569]

@@Sprinklefanfan Yea I know. But as a kid that's what I heard

[@kimberlorian325]

Who says that again? Lol I forgot

[@kelsey4593]

@@kimberlorian325 carmen

[@nikki-bz1rx]

Iam from India and at early 2000s I thought these kind of films are coolest Hollywood films. I was literally obsessed with these kind of movies back then. Spy Kid is first Hollywood movie I watched. I thought it was super cool.

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr same and I love how the story revolved around family, it was so cool!

[@nikki-bz1rx]

@@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198 during the entire movie I was like Woooooooowwwwwwwe🤯🤯

[@Gr_d]

Idk y I read this as Ian is from India not I am, no disrespect intended or anything btw

[@harrinikannan848]

Me too!! I have literally watched at least 10 times

[@TraceguyRune]

ngl, as a kid, me and my siblings rented spy kids almost every other week from the library to just watch and rewatch it non-stop

[@personalninaacc7702]

Excuse me Sir, no no, this is a cinematic masterpiece

[@nategilli6838]

THANK YOU! Someone knows whats up

[@candycoloredprotagonist]

@SUS? the fact that it didnt make sense is what makes it a cinematic masterpiece

[@donaldrichard6117]

Hello friend

[@enihsecargayuter5626]

The council of- no just me agrees

[@ZAND4TSU]

If it was a masterpiece, it would have 5 stars

[@leahxfinity]

I think this was one of the few movies we knew were insane, but we still loved it regardless lol

[@lovelylipbonesouwwwwwwwolv2198]

Ikr we love it for the nostalgia

[@raeganphillips9545]

Alex: “this movie is gonna make me act up” Me: I- sheeesh Alex lol

[@jonathanriojas2177]

5:36 oh nostalgia! If I’m not wrong, that line was in the trailer for this movie.

[@sean_mccadden]

Apparently its considered canon that their real Uncle is actually Machete from the rated R Machete films. And now it’s confirmed in my head since the gum pack actually says Machete on it 😳

[@ijimenez1951]

I- I never realize that

[@carlrood4457]

This is true and it's part of a shared universe with Quentin Tarantino's "Movie-In-Movie" universe. For example, Spy Kids, along with Machete, Kill Bill, From Dusk Til Dawn, etc. are movies within the universe of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, etc.

[@sean_mccadden]

@@carlrood4457 I didn’t know that part. That’s awesome!

[@kyleellis9177]

@@carlrood4457 I thought from Dusk Til Dawn wasn't technically part of it because of Danny Trejo having a different role.

[@j-j8984]

It's weird I have never heard about him before I watched this movie, but as soon I saw him I knew exactly who he was and his reputation? Idk my kid brain was weird

[@miraculousismyguiltypleasu9372]

When he inevitably does the sequels, hoo boy...

[@Noah_Obama]

yep, its gonna be one heck of a ride for sure

[@galaxy._.4687]

if that's the case I'm not ready for the 4th one

[@QyfieK]

2 is good, 3... Well 3 is 3 but 4. OOH BOY, it's such a bad movie.

[@Noah_Obama]

@@QyfieK yep

[@auruskaz]

@@QyfieK 3 is actually my fav, but 4 really is bad 😫

[@JCmud351]

Listen, “Spy Kids” and “SharkBoy and LavaGirl” are masterpieces in their own strange, early 2000s kid movie way. There’s nothing else like those movies. And I may add that Robert Rodriguez directed an episode of “The Mandalorian” (“The Tragedy”).

[@YolandaMovieCorner]

Yes

[@SofiaElizabeth06]

WHAT?!? I loved 'The Tragedy' episode! This man is a god!

[@breewashere]

I always thought the sharkboy and lavagirl movie was good but the logic in the plot confused the shit out of my little 7 year old mind.

[@ontopsoon6977]

spy kids could’ve been a legendary series

[@ardie8320]

I just remember watching this movie over and over again 😂

[@Flome810]

Same after school I would watch this or spider man 2 over and over 😂

[@javinewhitter5393]

Saaamms

[@ardie8320]

@@Flome810 Yesss

[@TheFlinchyDinosaur]

I watched this movie so often that the DVD looks like a cat went apeshit on it

[@erintoney7137]

I’ve always loved how Robert Rodriguez got all these A list actors to be in these movies. And the general consensus for why is because they were fun to do 😁

[@sarahkabala3804]

I can not be the only one who legit thought I was going to be recruited in the spy kids program by Judy and Carmen

[@aberdeen0107]

My dad made spy kids IDs for my sister and I 😭

[@salty2524]

Ur not the only one

[@andrewaftontheandroidhedge2780]

i didnt think i would becuse im kinda fat then and im still kinda fat now if i had waights i look more like if wario wasnt a midget buff and fat at the same time

[@chadder2264]

1:35 advertisement skip ⏭

[@plushyworld6823]

Thank you

[@sharyebethancourt3660]

The fact that Spy Kids is low key in the Machete-verse, and therefore in the Grindhouse-verse is hilarious to me. 🤯🤣

[@miahthorpatrick1013]

God Bless Robert Rodriguez and his pal Quentin Tarantino!

[@gracekim1998]

Hmm 🤔

[@Chikadulce10]

His Mariachi trilogy with Antonio Banderas is honestly *chef's kiss*. Such amazing action.

[@Goldiavolo]

What’s even better is every main character from the Spy Kids movies is IN the Machete movies

[@Jushwa]

@@Chikadulce10 Antonio a real one for sure.

[@alex_harnar_618]

“Spy work, that’s easy, keeping a family together, that’s difficult. And that’s the mission worth fighting for.” Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez (2001)

[@gotpmf]

"Echo Sky"???? its "de la Costa Brava..."

[@rahbeeuh]

Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Acosta Brava Cortez

[@Nicamon]

@@gotpmf I SWEAR it's not...at least not in the italian dub!😵 ...And apparently not even in Carmen's english Wikipedia page!🤣

[@gotpmf]

@@Nicamon as a latina, believe me when I say that's her full name. What sense would it be to have Echo Sky in the middle of a full spanish name. It is even described as such in the spanish subtitles of the dvd versions

[@Nicamon]

@@gotpmf I believe you..I always thought that name was weird and it made no sense 🤣 the point is _that_ is the name they _officially gave her_ in the italian dub(I haven't checked the subs,though)...and I'm not sure if they gave her the correct name in the English version either,at this point!!😵

[@jm-xh4yz]

I cannot believe you just called a robot made of thumbs, "double cheekin." Almost spit my drink everywhere.

[@hannaht7970]

When you show Alex Meyers to your friends and they’re polite about it but you can tell that they don’t love him like you do it’s heartbreaking. I love your vids Alex and I always will

[@just_a_mollusk]

This movie defined a generation, and then shark boy and lava girl *killed* that generation

[@Flome810]

It defined the best generation. Then, everything changed when shark boy and lavagirl attacked.

[@trinaq]

I wonder if "Spy Kids" will ever receive a Netflix reboot?

[@master0fthearts894]

It didn’t kill the generation, it’s just... a movie that exists.

[@master0fthearts894]

@@trinaq Please god no.

[@SaturdayParker]

How dare you

[@Thesjohddii]

Spider-Man- “You killed my uncle!!” Felix (Peels off mustache)- “I’m not your uncle”

[@animaytions7607]

After watching this, I strangely have the urge to rewatch my childhood again 😂

[@darab3ar]

We all do

[@latoniamiller8976]

Same 😂

[@timoshi119]

Lets not forget that machete is their uncle and that the events of Danny trejos machete films take place in the same universe as the spy kids movies did too