Spy Kids
Pint-sized secret operatives
Spy Kids is a 2001 American action-comedy film about two children who discover their parents are secret agents and must rescue them from a villain.
The movie spawned a franchise of sequels and a television series.
The title has become shorthand for child-oriented spy adventures or for kids playing at espionage: They were running around the backyard in full Spy Kids mode.
Clandestine government operatives
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- villainsEvil characters in narratives
- MinionServile dependent of a powerful person
headquarters · surveillance · intelligence · infiltration · double agent · disguise · covert · enemy
Fellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- sibling rivalryCompetition between children sharing parents
- bondingForming close connections
togetherness · support · trust · unity · generations · secret agents · family legacy · working together
Original creations or devices
- gizmosUnspecified small devices
- devicesTools or mechanisms
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
- jetpackBack-mounted flying apparatus
3D glasses · high-tech · miniaturization · disguises · vehicles · submarines · robots
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- trilogyThree linked creative works
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
box office · premiere · CGI · soundtrack · score · cinematography · screenplay · cast
secret agents
Clandestine government operatives
- undercoverSecretly engaged in espionage
- missionsAssigned important tasks
- villainsEvil characters in narratives
Minion · headquarters · surveillance · intelligence · infiltration · double agent · disguise · covert · enemy · organization
siblings
Fellow offspring
- parentsMother and father
- teamworkJoint effort toward shared aim
- sibling rivalryCompetition between children sharing parents
bonding · togetherness · support · trust · unity · generations · secret agents · family legacy · working together · protection
inventions
Original creations or devices
- gizmosUnspecified small devices
- devicesTools or mechanisms
- contraptionsImprovised mechanical devices
jetpack · 3D glasses · high-tech · miniaturization · disguises · vehicles · submarines · robots
Robert Rodriguez
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- trilogyThree linked creative works
blockbuster · box office · premiere · CGI · soundtrack · score · cinematography · screenplay · cast · director
mission
Purpose-driven task
excitement · heroism · bravery · daring · chase · escape · rescue · villain · island · underwater
- Kid MoviesHome Alone, E.T., Matilda, Annie, Harry Potter
- Miramax FilmsPulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting, Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, Kill Bill
- spiesJames Bond, Jason Bourne, secret agent, Ethan Hunt, Austin Powers
- blockbustersAvengers, Harry Potter, Finding Nemo, The Dark Knight, Spider-Man
Spy KidsJames Bond
British intelligence agent
Jason Bourne · John Wick · The Bourne Identity · Jack Ryan · Casino Royale