Spy Kids/Characters

Carmen Cortez
Daughter of Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez, Carmen starts of as Troubled but Cute, seeing her family life as dull, hating her brother Juni, and bunked off school. That is until she learns her parents are professional spies, and teams up with Juni to rescue them. Over the films, she becomes a strong-hearted, intelligent and awesome Action Girl Teen Superspy, forming a strong Brother-Sister Team with Juni.
 * Action Girl: She's more than willing to punch out the boy she has a crush on to protect her brother.
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys: Her relationship with Gary Giggles.
 * Alliterative Name: Carmen Cortez
 * Badass Family: Carmen considers family to be the greatest gift in life.
 * Badass Spaniard
 * Brother-Sister Team
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * The Hero: Shared with Juni, although she becomes The Lancer in the third film.
 * I Can Change My Beloved: Carmen believes she can stop Gary Giggles acting like a jerk. Ironically, she gives up trying and the rejection seems to help Gary change.
 * Kid Hero
 * Last-Second Word Swap: Carmen uses this repeatedly in the films with "shi-ttake mushrooms".
 * Overly Long Name: Her full name is Carmen Elizabeth Juanita de Costa Echo Sky Brava Cortez.
 * Passing the Torch: To her step-cousins in the fourth film.
 * Teen Superspy: Named as the best Spy Kid in the OSS.
 * Troubled but Cute: Only in the first film, where she skipped school to travel to distant places.

Juni Cortez
Carmen's younger brother and the shared main protagonist. Initially a bullied child and hiding in his fantasies, Juni matures and uses his intelligence to become a superb Teen Superspy. He forms a strong bond with Carmen in a Brother-Sister Team. He quit the OSS in the second film to become a Private Detective, but rejoins in the third film.
 * Badass Family
 * Badass Spaniard
 * Brother-Sister Team: Juni and Carmen.
 * Kid Hero
 * Private Detective: Juni becomes this in the second film and tries to keep it up for the third film.
 * Shout-Out: His middle names are Robert Rodriguez' sons names.
 * Teen Superspy