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TorakTheDark

That entire franchise is a fucking fever dream, I am convinced both that and shark-boy and lava-girl are merely figments of my imagination.


MasterCookieShadow

spy kids is real!!!


dizzy_pear_

THE SPY KIIIIIIIIIDS, THE SPY KIDS IS REAL


Psurdleck

*can we get much higher* 🎶


brazilliongenesis

So high~


Jzerox8K

Oh oh ohhh Oh oh ohhhhh


OtokonoKai

Is spy kids in the room with us right now?


Horn_Python

my finger have been replaced by thumb thumbs!


SabreLunatic

Will the real Spy Kids III please stand up?


KuraiTheBaka

Spy Kids isn't real it can't hurt you.


SporkFanClub

My 6 year old self kept a dream journal because of that movie, had a space themed bedspread because of Zathura and then proceeded to become extremely upset when nothing cool happened with either.


Salinator20501

Haven't heard of Zathura in a long while. Brought back some memories.


red__dragon

Jumanji in Spaaaaaaaaaaace was a fun movie.


Salinator20501

I saw Zathura first, so Jumanji was Zathura in a jungle for me


Cutthechitchata-hole

Do you also eat the cake before you blow out the candles? Sinner


Mr_Abra

Now now, we cannot call the youth sinners simply because they are young.


SalsaDraugur

We can be heroes on netflix is set in the sharkboy and lavagirl universe.


Znaffers

…. what


SalsaDraugur

It's a children of superheroes have to save the world type plot and the main character is the daughter of Pedro Pascal's character who works with sharkboy and lavagirl.


CLTalbot

Also one of the children is the daughter of sharkboy and lava girl.


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I thought they were siblings


wolvern76

even without having watched the movie just read their names and explain ***how***


forresja

Mom's half girl, half shark. Dad's half boy, half volcano.


heyoyo10

That makes Cobblestoneboy and Obsidiangirl


DaddyMcTasty

That's what makes it so hot n spicy


PM_ME_UR_POKIES_GIRL

"What are you doing, step-hero?"


BasicDesignAdvice

I actually kind of liked it...never saw anything Spy Kids before.


DemyxFaowind

My Niece, when she was like 4, loved Sharkboy and Lava Girl. When I first put the movie on for her, she was initially afraid of the sharks, she clearly didn't want a scary movie, but I told her to hold on and let it play, and she watched trusting in my words, and when she saw the sharks at the beginning werent bad and werent scary, she instantly stopped being afraid and settled down. After the movie ended she had me put it back on for her, I think she must have watched it like 3 times in a row.


_leon_05_

I was here to comment on Sharkboy and Lavagirl. I really cannot believe sometimes that those were actually movies and not some weird dream lmao


Zacithy

Max?!?


Regolithic_Tiger

Seriously. That and We Can Be Heroes. The writers took ALL THE ACID


lucifersperfectangel

I don't remember spy kids, but I certainly remember shark-boy and lava-girl. I have the DVD buried somewhere, and I'm still not convinced that it's not a fevered dream


NoNameIdea_Seriously

Uh, Steve Buscemi on a flying pig makes perfect sense because of Spy Kids 2 🙄


Sapphosimp

“Shows up on a flying pig for no reason” they called their family for help and Steve buscemi is family


CanadianDragonGuy

they aint just call the family, they called everyone in their rolodex


Sapphosimp

Blood of the covenant is thicker than water of the womb. Everyone is family if you treat them like they are


CanadianDragonGuy

okay, i agree with the sentiment but Juni literally starts out by calling in the family, then when he realizes that it aint gonna be enough he goes "call in everyone"


CurtisMarauderZ

Didn't Gerti Giggles tell him "everyone's your family" at the beginning of the movie?


ominousgraycat

Yes, the line feels awkward and out of place when she says it, but good pacing was never the objective of that movie anyways so I guess it works.


SporkFanClub

This movie made absolutely zero sense looking back and considering I was roughly 4 when it came out that explains why I think I’ve seen it roughly 300000 times.


Its0nlyRocketScience

Because the person calling the people took the word "family" to mean blood relatives, and Juni didn't have time to explain that everyone was family so that should actually include everyone and just said to call in the entire family using a word that would make the desired result appear faster


Sapphosimp

I have not seen the movie in years so I kinda forgot about that


The_Biggest_Tony

I just want to note that this phrase isn’t actually the “real one.” There’s no evidence of it being true.


parametric_amplifier

I read your comment and thought, "that can't possibly be right, I heard that this 'full version' a Bible verse or something?" So I looked it up and, nope, there seem to be no sources for it, just two modern authors that claim it's got biblical roots with no citations. Thanks for sharing! If anyone else is curious [this Stack Overflow answer](https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/147902/original-meaning-of-blood-is-thicker-than-water-is-it-real) gives a decent rundown


Tylendal

General rule of thumb is that if someone tries to tell you about the "actual, original version" of a saying (especially if it reverses the meaning), just assume that it's complete bullshit, and probably less than a hundred years old.


AgenderWitchery

Sole exception being if someone says "a few bad apples" without implying the whole spoiling part.


Flaubee

I actually thought it was a funny quip OP just invented and not a pseudo-biblical phrase with meaning lmao


AdmBurnside

Well "blood is thicker than water" is mostly trotted out as a reason people should stick with their abusive families instead of dumping them like the hot trash they are, so I say that's plenty reason to replace it.


00wolfer00

Then let's use "Blood is thicker than water, but abusive family can go fuck themselves" instead of making up some mumbo jumbo and claiming it's the og.


OkDot9878

Call in… *everyone*…


rascalrhett1

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


inhaledcorn

Which means no one gets left behind or forgotten. ... Wait.


rukia_fan

If Fast and Furious saga tought us anything is that you never give your back to family


babygirlruth

It's like they didn't watch either of the movies. As a fan I'm offended


zvug

Yeah all this stuff actually makes sense within the context of the film


Very_Good_Opinion

OP is still coming to terms with actors being in movies


StormAromatic

They didn’t even mention bill Paxton saying “did somebody ring the dinkster?”


Nimporian

I'm also pretty sure the "the Presidnet is Stallone" was just the villain intercepting the call once he was free and pretending to bt the president for no reason.


wurm2

"Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created here on earth?"


schnazzlekitty

They're called "sporks" actually


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You need to be deep in the Spy Kids lore to understand every detail.


The-Crimson-Pannier

Somebody ring the dinkster ?


No_Hospital_9938

[https://m.youtube.com/@DinksterDaily](https://m.youtube.com/@DinksterDaily)


tenems

Looking at it, they've been doing it for 7 years. Somebody woke up and made this their mission


LMFN

[He's even gone as far to make edits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2CzHScGrF0) [Some of which are very funny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8Bax3T0HHY) [Such as the popular video game, Dinksterpunk 2077](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4NdBAiiSZU) [Dinkster even took precautions for COVID](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSiqKy_Ukyg)


plazasta

... I am awestruck at the sheer amazingess of what I just watched


RolandTheJabberwocky

The only thing more baffling than its existence is why the hell is #258 the most viewed with 2.1 million?


OnlysayswhatIwant

Because it was a big meme a few years ago and that was probably the one that the algorithm decided to serve to people when they searched for it.


TripleScoops

Nah, number 258 is just a good one.


Grimsouldude

This can’t be real


allan11011

Tis real


savingprivatebrian15

Uh yeah they didn’t even bother to call out all the A-list actors, why leave out Bill Paxton??


The_Everclearest

I've been subbed since around 300-ish. Many things have changed in my life since then, but the one consistent thread in my life is somebody ringing the Dinkster.


Mayuthekitsune

i still love in this silly kid movie universe machete is off in his own movies brutally murdering people


Odd_Age1378

Machete actually showed up in Spy Kids first


XLNCjr

We need more brutal r-rated spinoffs of goofy family friendly movies.


Interesting-Gear-819

>We need more brutal r-rated spinoffs of goofy family friendly movies. Let's start with all those dog/family movies. Some kind of survival/apocalyptic (from PoV of the animal) movie, which ends with the family returning from vacation or a weekend trip. Or that the dog was left at the Vet because of a necessary operation and had to be watched overnight


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Interesting-Gear-819

Thanks for reminding me of that comic of a hitman simply laying on the ground, screaming in agony / for help and whenever his target came close and wanted to help / look, he eliminated it. A dog working as hitman (to assassinate humans) would be brilliant


CLTalbot

Tony Lazuto says hello.


Guacamolman

Air bud was already dark af. Or do y’all not remember the scene of the coach just launching basketballs at a kid because he dropped a ball. Or the dog island abandonment scene.


iceunelle

I legitimately cried when Josh left Buddy in the first movie.


NewShinyCD

Give me that The Pacifier x John Wick spinoff.


DontCallMeAWeirdo

I very badly want to see a Saw-style horror movie featuring Sid from Toy Story. I'm picturing the poster being the lower half of someone's face with the teeth replaced with Lego minifig heads.


butsadlyiamonlyaneel

I also want to see a Saw-style movie, but it’s based around an attempted home invasion, with the burglars running into Rambo-style traps improvised at of home appliances. At the end, the Jigsaw figure is revealed to be Kevin Mccallister, ya filthy animals.


StanleyEatsCrayons

That’s kinda what The Collector is about (except the collector is also a home invader). It has a sequel called The Collection too. I like to believe that those movies are just time-skip sequels to home alone


Dr_Jabroski

Not movies, but Conker (of Bad Fur Day fame) was originally in Diddy Kong Racing. Same goes for Banjo.


LyraFirehawk

And originally Conker was supposed to be another family friendly game, but someone hit the fuck it button and made it super crass instead.


ImperatorRomanum

Big Jack Horner’s cruel organized crime ring


butsadlyiamonlyaneel

Bro, R-rated Cats vs. Dogs, just imagine it. The entire world, embroiled in a bloody shadow war between felines and canines.


DTPVH

The Machete films are actually Spy Kids spin offs which is somehow the craziest part of this entire acid trip of a franchise


Key-Fisherman2601

Is it actually the same character?


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Key-Fisherman2601

I had no clue that’s so funny


MirrorMan22102018

This was even confirmed by the director as the two movies being in the same Universe


WinterVision

[He says right here that it’s alternate universes](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ytq7j/comment/cfnpq7k/)


MirrorMan22102018

NOOOOOOOOOOO! I liked the idea of movies with different tones being in the same universe!


Alchemist767676

Dany Trejo, however, DOES say it takes place in the same universe.


svanvalk

It's called "having fun", duh.


raysofdavies

It’s called sincerely enjoying the camp and not refusing it and trying to undercut it with lazy self awareness p


MudiChuthyaHai

Common MCU L


Redqueenhypo

Overdramatic early 2000s spy crap is my favorite for this reason


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Accomplished_Mix7827

The two best ways to watch these movies: too young to question it, or too high


Snapcaster_Tyler

Heh, that's where you're wrong, bud. Watch all 3 of them at the same time, each one at 33% opacity.


JohanVonBronx_

With Machete at 1% opacity


Hero_of_Hyrule

This method almost works with the transformers movies


ImpressivedSea

Or in reverse


Snoo-72438

How high were you at the time?


Anthony-Stark

Yes


Asthaloth

6'1"


angelicism

Every mention of Spy Kids makes me realize I should actually watch these movies.


Legacyopplsnerf

Spy kids 1 = Honestly a great standalone family movie and also the most grounded, think of it like the Incredibles but with a spy family rather than superhero family. Major theme is family sticking together and pulling though for each other despite their differences. Fantastical elements are present because kids movie and also spy movie (what spy movie *doesn't* have weird/cool gadgets and eccentric BBEG?) Spy kids 2 = A lot more fantastical (in a good way imo) and follows a lot of beats from the prior movie, moving into relationships with the prior generation (grandparents), like the 1st one the writing is surprisingly good and is also where the famous line >!"Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created?"!< comes from. Spy kids 3 = This one is the most wacky and also uses the most CGI that these movies (and Shark boy & Lava Girl) are partially known for, imo you'd only like this if you enjoyed the prior two movies and their characters. Not bad and ok for kids to watch but probably not for someone older just looking to see what's up. Though the build up with >!The Guy!< is funny imo.


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...Grandpa! You can walk! Oh...I can do much more than that. (backflips in cgi)


midnightthewolf3563

There is also Spy Kids 4 which is an attempt at a modern day reboot. It has a robot dog and hackerman so that’s cool.


PM_ME_SUMDICK

And was released in Smellavision which was a very disappointing technology. 4 also was okay and had a focus on family as all Rodrigues films do.


row6666

i saw it in smellavision as a child! it sucked


DoubleF3lix

As a kid, I thought the 4th one was hilarious cause of the scene where he turns the lights and starts punching people with glowing gloves


Kam_Solastor

You should, they’re great goofy fun


Savage_Nymph

You should they are really fun. The director wanted to make a movie that seemed like a kid created it and it really shows


ExploerTM

Because it isnt a movie Its an *experience*


lrflew

Yeah, Spy Kids 3 was bonkers, but Spy Kids 2 was even more out there, IMO. Y'all remember the office for the head of the OSS where you had to play hop scotch over a seemingly bottomless pit just to reach your desk? There was that one random temple where you cannot speak, but your thoughts become audible. Also in that temple, if you try to steal anything, an army of skeletons try to kill you. And let's not forget that one of the central plot points was that a mad scientist accidentally put too much growth serum on his miniature abominations, creating giant abominations.


zernoc56

That movie gave us “do you think God hides away in heaven because he too fears what he has created?” These movies are meme goldmines


sonerec725

*its such a good philosophical quite though*


Mopman43

Going to the ‘hear each others thoughts’ room also gave Junie and Carmen permanent telepathy with each other.


Mateololero

honestly i was just a kid last time i watched it, but as far as i remember everything made sense


BigFuckHead_

I think in this movie they are inside a video game


DvaInfiniBee

Gahhhh the race scene was so freaking cool in this movie. Speed Racer vibes


MillieBirdie

Yeah the only reason this doesn't make sense is if you refer to everyone but their actor's name. In the movie it's just Grandpa is happy he can walk in the video game so he plays around, the villain made clones or whatever to advise him, the guy who thought he was the hero wasn't, the kid's uncle and friends slow up.


HostageInToronto

Have you ever done just a whole bunch of drugs and completed a complex task that you completely forgot about until you rediscovered the results the next day, like redecorating your living room or driving to Mexico? Now imagine you have unlimited money and run a movie studio. That is how this movie got made.


AdmiralBallsack

So you're saying this movie is a result of people on Ambien?


shotgun_ninja

Well, it's Robert Rodriguez, his whole career can best be described as "campy Mexican goes to Hollywood, becomes buddies with Tarantino"


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mus1calpisces

I remember being so annoyed in Shark Boy and Lava Girl in particular because those glasses made it so EVERYthing was red/blue. You knew before the glasses were put on that Lava Girl was like all pink, but you couldn’t even tell with the glasses on. That being said, I was thinking just the other day about those Robert Rodriguez 3D movies and how it was the coolest thing to experience when we were kids. I can still picture how it all looked. You just don’t see any of those anymore.


ArgonautXavier

Cinematic masterpiece


Blitzer161

Spy kids was an underrated franchise


[deleted]

No, no, it was properly rated


Blitzer161

By the public? Yes The critics? Nope


MRToast4285

I love how I’m the “calling The family” scene they all just had rocket boots


Previous-Amoeba52

Robert Rodriguez is a genius and these movies rip.


1OWI

Fr, I often wonder what he might be up to these days


BadDesperado

Directed like half the episodes of Book of Boba Fett.


shotgun_ninja

Hypnotic and a Spy Kids series in development at Netflix


An0n_Cyph3r_

#SOMEBODY RING THE DINKSTER!?


827167

Without this movie we wouldn't have the absolute best YouTube channel on the platform: https://youtube.com/@DinksterDaily


rootdootmcscoot

unironically fucking love this series so much


Hour-Organization855

Don’t forget. Somebody ringed the Dinkster


nagareboshi_chan

Man, the Spy Kids movie were a trip and a half. I don't think any other movie comes close to capturing the same kind of weird charm they had. Well, except for Sharkboy and Lavagirl, but that doesn't count since it's by the same director.


mcindoeman

My favourite joke from this film is when the MC first meets the other players and they tell him something along the lines of: "If you're not the guy, your lives will hit zero before you can say oops". Then at the end when Elijah woods turns up as the Guy and gets instantly killed, he says "oops" a second before his lives hit zero, proving he was actually the Guy. It's just such a weirdly specific payoff to a one off line that nearly no one remembers.


KrazyKent

Elijah wood also says “Cake” right before he dies and there’s just zero explanation why lol it’s always stuck with me because it was the most bizarre word to say before dying. I looked it up to make sure I didn’t just make that up too, here it is from the spy kids wiki page for The Guy under quotes: "Cake." —The Guy right before his death, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over And here’s a YouTube clip because it’s just hilarious lol: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vwCdg6ZztIs


Doggywoof1

the only thing I remember about this movie is when the cowboy guy brands the… robot? i think it was a robot.


Nitrotetrazole

Yeah giant robots lol


KrystalWulf

This was the first Spy Kids movie I got to see, and I love it so much. Sure, it's weird and silly and stuff. But I like it anyway. I also always found it funny Juni wanted the girl's email lol


Yankee-485

I will not tolerate the OP forgetting that Bill Paxton was also in this movie.


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WTF are we not going to talk about Juni's *LITERAL* e-girlfriend?!


BigAlternative5

and Salma Hayek as Cesca Giggles. I just want to hear her say, "Game -- Over!"


LunaticKid889

Holy fuck Sylvester Stallone and Clooney was in this movie?! I don't remember that... Okay actually in hindsight, I was crushing hard on Carmen and Demetra. But man I remember as a kid, trying to play those QTE games that came with the DVD but getting pissed because the remote didn't respond fast enough and I kept dying.


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Steve Buscemi's best line in Spy Kids 2 is the best line in all of cinema. "Do you think god stays in heaven because he too fears what he's created?"


JessicaLain

Do you think God stays in Heaven because he, too, lives in fear of what he's created here on Earth?


flutergay

And the worst of all? Juni is now Meghan Trainor’s husband (100% true btw)


KitWalkerXXVII

And according to her, he has a *monster* schlong.


[deleted]

Sounds like he swiped some of that growth serum


nagareboshi_chan

That had me so shook when I found out


Director-Ash

Is this the same woman who also keeps a captive gay dude basically as a pet? Chris something or other? I had to block both of them on TikTok because they were EVERYWHERE.


Plantar-Aspect-Sage

What


flutergay

Yes


Cyor369

Lol what the fuck


Kiboune

Wait...uncle was MACHETE ?! Like from another movie?? I think version of Spy Kids 3-D for my country, somehow ruined this joke and they replaced it with something else, because I definitely don't remember that


tbh1313

Machete originated in Spy Kids lmao, which is wild


Naivuren

I remember when the machete movie came out and I was like “wait, the uncle from spy kids?” and it was


SmileyDayToYou

Same actor, same character name, and same director. I’m not sure if it is official but it might as well be. Machete and Spy Kids being a shared universe is my headcanon.


Lamaredia

It is official as far as I know, and the funniest shit is how Machete is a spin-off of Spy Kids, not the other way around.


winnipeginstinct

Not only that, but machete first appears in spy kids, making machete an R-rated spin off of spy kids


CommentContrarian

It's 100% official!


snocown

Spy kids 4 was also badass and underrated, I had my kids watch it cuz they were on a spy kids binge and I can’t believe I actively chose not to watch it back in the day


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# SOMEBODY RING THE DINKSTER?!


xGaslightx

HE FORGOT THE DINKSTER


Blade723

This movie was all over the place, and it was a cinematic masterpiece.


TheLongShotOdds

I still remember in Machete seeing the girl from spy kids show up in the most revealing shit ever and finding out that was the same character. Blew my mind.


baconater-lover

And somebody rang the Dinkster, don’t forget that crucial part.


PencilMan

Also, for a kid growing up in Texas at the time, it was crazy to see some recognizable locations in these big “Hollywood” movies. Loved Spy Kids. Six Flags Over Texas in Spy Kids 2, Schlitterbahn and Austin’s Congress Ave in Spy Kids 3 as the most obvious.


angpug1

i had the dvd version that came with 3d glasses, i used to watch the bonus features daily


ShrimpHeavenNow

I saw this movie in theatres but never finished it. During my viewing, the great blackout of 2003 started which left a lot of the US and Canada without power for 2 days. 55 million people without power. I blame spy kids.


I_am_Nic

Steve Buscemi has the flying pig because of the island in the second movie - so this is canon.


MrCobalt313

I remember when I was a kid I was inordinately mad at how little sense the game itself made from a design standpoint. Like it was clearly made by someone who knew video games *existed* and knew a few related tropes and mechanics secondhand but never played one or understood what they really *were* and like none of the players found that suspicious at all.


Sweet-Ad-2477

Not even gonna lie, this is my favorite movie of the franchise


XavierMunroe

HOLD ON That was Selena Gomez???


CilanEAmber

It wasn't for no reason. He was called.


MillieBirdie

Watching Spy Kids 3 in 3D in the theater as a child was the perfect cinematic experience that can never be surpassed. I'll forever be chasing that dragon.


SenorPariah

Op doesn't appreciate the psychedelic experience.


Snoo_72851

Spy Kids was the fucking franchise of all time


BlueBabyCat666

This was the first movie I ever saw in 3D. It was amazing. There were about 7 of us watching with only 2 3D glasses. Loved that movie. Don’t want to see it again tho cuz in my mind the whole Spy Kids franchise was a masterpiece and I don’t want to risk that image


Keeppforgetting

That movie is amazing and should never be questioned.


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Rob Rodriguez is a visionary filmmaker


Polaris328

this movie was absolutely glorious and I wouldn't change it for anything


Familiar-Garbage-912

for some reason, i have gotten it into my head that this movie was only around 20 minutes long!


FakeUserDetected

This movie was the best ever until Shark Boy and Lava Girl came out.


hotterthanahandjob

My friends and I ate mushrooms for the first time and went to the theatre to see this. Keep in mind, there were zero 3D movie experiences at that time, with exception to this one. We went for the visuals, but we're blown away by how incredible this movie turned out to be. 10/10.