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# As an ongoing project, /r/movies will be posting Throwback Discussion threads weekly for the movies that came out this same weekend 25 years ago. As a reminder, Official Discussion threads are for discussing the movie and not for meta sub discussion. --- ## **Spy Kids (2001)** **Summary** Two kids discover their parents are retired spies and must step into action themselves to rescue them from a dangerous enemy threatening the world. **Director** Robert Rodriguez **Writer** Robert Rodriguez **Cast** * Alexa Vega as Carmen Cortez * Daryl Sabara as Juni Cortez * Antonio Banderas as Gregorio Cortez * Carla Gugino as Ingrid Cortez * Alan Cumming as Fegan Floop * Tony Shalhoub as Alexander Minion **Rotten Tomatoes:** [93%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/spy_kids) **Metacritic:** [71](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/spy-kids/critic-reviews/) **VOD / Release** Theatrical release **Trailer** [Official Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GE5aHKJp6HI&pp=ygUQc3B5IGtpZHMgdHJhaWxlctIHCQnZCgGHKiGM7w%3D%3D) ---

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LiteraryBoner Apr 3, 2026 +88

Just want to say I still, to this day, dream of a microwave that can synthesize McDonalds.

SerOctopusDayne Apr 3, 2026 +19

Between seeing this and the pizza in Back to the Future 2, I'm very disappointed with the current state of the future.

mithridateseupator Apr 3, 2026 +6

We do have air fryers. They're not quite as good but pretty neat.

fisch09 Apr 3, 2026 +1

At my grad school some of the engineering students thesis or whatever, was a pizza vending machine. It was surprisingly good pizza.

Chessh2036 Apr 3, 2026 +2

I wanted it so badly 😂

Ill_Composer_8246 Apr 3, 2026 +1

the fooglies still give me nightmares but that microwave was pure magic 😂 why did we get stuck with the timeline where we just reheat leftover pizza instead of manifesting big macs out of thin air 💀

SanderSo47 Apr 3, 2026 +36

Alan Cumming has yet to top his performance in this film. You can tell he had a lot of fun making this. YOU CAN DREAM MY DREAM, YOU CAN DREAM MY DREAM...

BreweryRabbit Apr 3, 2026 +1

I mean… Boris from Goldeneye was a pretty top notch performance

SciFiXhi Apr 3, 2026 +1

I don't know; Eli Gold is pretty great

Hurdy_Gurdy_Man_84 Apr 3, 2026 +1

He had a lot of fun making Son of the Mask, too. Pity we didn't feel any of that fun.

DavidTheJohnson Apr 3, 2026 +1

Reminder that this movie has been preserved by the National Film Registry for its cultural, aesthetic, and/or historic relevance.

Chessh2036 Apr 3, 2026 +17

Core childhood memory. Had a massive crush on Alexa Vega and Carla Gugino

catladywithallergies Apr 3, 2026 +1

Alexa Vega was lowkey one of my first childhood crushes. Unfortunately, I found out the other day that she is MAGA and anti-vaxx. I was f****** crushed.

walshurmouthout Apr 3, 2026 +38

FLOOP IS A MAD MAN! HELP US! SAVE US!

KTR1988 Apr 3, 2026 +12

That still pops up in my head from time to time.

I am so relieved I’m not the only one.

MyAnusBleedsForYou Apr 3, 2026 +1

That, and "You're supposed be in line with the others!".

sludgezone Apr 3, 2026 +13

Now flushing your poop.

HERCzero Apr 3, 2026 +12

Two childhood crushes right there, this movie was some core memory stuff. Floop and the Thumb Thumbs were just the right amount of weird fever-dream vibes that made it memorable

mithridateseupator Apr 3, 2026 +16

...were floop and the thumb thumbs the crushes?

ComicallySolemn Apr 3, 2026 +1

They had exquisite tastes, okay?

HERCzero Apr 3, 2026 +1

Absolutely

Walkupandout Apr 3, 2026 +1

That’s what they said… they said it and there for it stands

trizzo0309 Apr 3, 2026 +11

Carla Gugino in this movie was my first ever crush. Good. friggin. lord.

Jirzakh Apr 3, 2026 +5

Diaper lady.

Kennayy Apr 3, 2026 +1

The end credit scene still confuses me to this day.

riegspsych325 Apr 3, 2026 +1

my parents took me to see this and I was obsessed with it for a hot minute. It’s been over 20 years since I last watched it but my dad taught my niece and nephew the “holy shiitake mushrooms” quote not too long ago

Slight-Ad-3742 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Holy shi....taki mushrooms.

Classic_Megaman Apr 3, 2026 +1

I think younger me was very off put by some of the stuff floop made. Still absolutely loved the movie. It was so cool. It was around the time I started remembering actors’ names across different stuff. So I noticed banderas was the dad and new (at the time) zorro, shalhoub was minion and monk. Or something like that. Very specifically this two. Later, Danny Trejo. Holy shiitake mushrooms

multienter Apr 3, 2026 +1

Saw in theaters, all I remember is that the thumb soldiers gave me nightmares for a week. Thinking about it now, that really may have been the first thing I ever saw to have some sort of monsterous transformation type scene, and it really affected me. I didn't see Hobskins Mario yet and Beauty and the Beast had the transformation off-screen.

VampireInTheDorms Apr 3, 2026 +1

Floop’s Fooglies is still terrifying to this day lmao

shinyhpno Apr 3, 2026 +3

I still maintain 3 was the best in the series. It had everything a gamer dreamed of.

TheeAmateurArtist Apr 3, 2026 +1

Man I still remember seeing this in theatres😭

michael7050 Apr 3, 2026 +1

This movie instilled a deep and abiding love for 'Spy Gadgets' I have never truly grown out of. They had so many cool 'spy' toys in stores back when these were popular, I loved them.

Dallywack3r Apr 3, 2026 +1

Did anyone else remember these films basically being annual releases?

KLTElol Apr 3, 2026 +1

please no more of this throwback discussion stuff

axw3555 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Ever considered just not clicking on it?

I do what I want

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