Carmen Cortez
So are we.
Played by Alexa PenaVega 
Spy Kids (2001) · 30 quotes
Spy Kids (2001) · 30 quotes
My parents can't be spies! They’re not cool enough!
More lines from Carmen Cortez
4 quotes Carmen Cortez
Carmen Cortez
[sarcastically]
Sorry Juni, guess you can't be a spy.
Carmen Cortez
That's the safehouse?
Carmen Cortez
O, shiitake mushrooms.
Scenes with Carmen Cortez
6 scenes Carmen
"A good spy uses his head", got that? It's the first one in the book!
Juni
(puts on sunglasses)
Ew, gross.
Carmen
What do you see?
Juni
You.
Carmen
[sarcastic]
Very funny. Focus your eyes closer.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Hi! I'm Ms. Gradenko, we work for your parents.
Carmen
"We"?
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Oh, I can understand if you don't trust me. You were a baby when we first met. [Opens door and enters] Remember me now? [Carmen and Juni shake their heads.] Sorry. I have a key, you see? We're all on the same side. We're here to protect you.
Carmen My mom has a bracelet like that.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
OSS, standard issue. We all have one.
Carmen
OSS? You work with my parents?
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Yes. [Her men start walking round the safehouse and begin examining objects] Now, please listen closely. Open your ears. Your father was able to send one last communique this morning before he disappeared. It consisted of 5 letters: F-L-O-O...P.
Juni
[in disbelief]
But you're wrong. Fabulous Floop would never do that.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Oh, trust me, he's not that fabulous. In fact... [displays the photos of the Fooglies] recognize these?
Juni
Floop's Fooglies. I got toy versions.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
This is what they look like before he mutated them. [Gradenko shows that the Fooglies are actually mutated secret agents. Juni **** an eyebrow.]
Carmen
You mean these mutants are captured secret agents?
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
We're dealing with a genius.
Carmen
[to Juni]
Told you Floop was a freak.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
And you know that cute little tuneless song the characters sing? Play it backwards.
Fooglies
We're trapped! Floop is a madman! Help us! Save us! Floop is a madman! Help us! Save us!
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
A cry for help.
Carmen
[Referring to the Fooglies]
Will Floop do that to Mom and Dad?
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Definitely. Unless he gets something your father helped develop. If there's anything you can possibly remember--
Carmen
[quietly]
The Third Brain lives.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
What?
Carmen
Um, Felix gave us a message to deliver to the OSS and, um, here you are.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Here I am. What's the message?
Carmen
The Third Brain lives.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Carmen, you have just joined the ranks of women spies in the OSS. Brilliant.
Juni
[rolls eyes]
Girls.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Now, where does the Third Brain live exactly? Did Felix tell you that?
Carmen
I don't think he said.
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
He didn't say? Are you sure? Search the place. It wasn't at the house, so it must be here.
Carmen
You were at our house? [Gradenko laughs]
Juni
[seeing the N.I.X. Superguppy being sunk]
Oh, no!
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
[sees the Third Brain]
Oh, my God. It exists.
Carmen
That's what Floop wants?
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
Oh! It's so beautiful!
Juni
Carmen! She's working for Floop! [Carmen runs to Juni]
Ms. Tatiana Gradenko
[to henchman]
Fly this to Floop's castle immediately.
Henchman
Yes, ma'am.
Carmen
Don't move! [holds up gadget]
Ms Tatiana Gradenko
[the henchmen and Ms. Gradenko laugh]
You don't even know what those things are!
Carmen
I know they're heavy. [throwing stance]
Machete
Who are you?
Carmen
Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez.
Carmen
[Juni contacts her through the walkie talkie]
What?!
Juni
[into walkie-talkie]
Where did you go?
Carmen
I'm right behind him! Where are you?!
Juni
I'm toast.
Juni
Don't drop me!
Carmen
I'm not gonna drop you! [drops Juni]
Devlin
[last lines]
Ah, Cortezes. An emergency assignment has come up in the Far East. I need you on it right away.
Ingrid
Oh, sorry, Devlin. We haven't talked about this as a family yet, so--
Gregorio
Whether we come out of retirement or not is a decision that is up to us. And our kids.
Devlin
Uh, Gregorio, Ingrid, I wasn't talking to you.
Gregorio
Ey?
Devlin
No, this assignment is for Carmen and Juni. They're the ones we need. They're the two most amazing field agents that this organization's ever seen. So what do you say, kids? You up for it?
Juni
Devlin, if you want the Cortezes, you take all the Cortezes. Even Mom and Dad.
Carmen
From now on, whatever we do, we do together. Spy work? That's easy. Keeping a family together, that's difficult. And that's the mission worth fighting for. [turns off TV, and the credits roll.]
