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* FiveManBand: Juni leads one.
** TheHero: Juni
** TheLancer: Rez
** TheSmartGuy: Francis
** TheBigGuy: Arnold
** TheChick: Demetra
** TheSixthRanger: Carmen
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* WeirdlyUnderpoweredAdmins: The Programmers can remove a player's lives with a jab of their finger, but they do it one at a time while mocking the player in question and another player can simply walk up behind them and grab them while they're distracted.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: While it is still lighthearted, silly, and fairly optimistic at points, and cranks the DenserAndWackier elements UpToEleven, ''Game Over'' is actually much more darker, grittier and emotional than either [[Film/SpyKids1 the original]] and/or [[Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams the second film]], focusing less on the comedy, which is still present, but in this case becomes ComicRelief at best, and more on being an emotional and gritty though family-friendly ActionizedSequel, and a darker, higher-stakes story where Juni must save his sister Carmen from inside a video game created by the BigBad, with the help of their grandfather, and this film also somewhat contains more mean-spirited WorldOfSnark aspects when compared to the first two movies.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: While it is still lighthearted, silly, and fairly optimistic at points, and cranks the DenserAndWackier elements UpToEleven, up to eleven, ''Game Over'' is actually much more darker, grittier and emotional than either [[Film/SpyKids1 the original]] and/or [[Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams the second film]], focusing less on the comedy, which is still present, but in this case becomes ComicRelief at best, and more on being an emotional and gritty though family-friendly ActionizedSequel, and a darker, higher-stakes story where Juni must save his sister Carmen from inside a video game created by the BigBad, with the help of their grandfather, and this film also somewhat contains more mean-spirited WorldOfSnark aspects when compared to the first two movies.
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'''Francis:''' Technically that's not true. There's no lava in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. And in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', it's molten magma.

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'''Francis:''' Technically that's not true. There's no lava in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. And in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid|1}}'', it's molten magma.[[note]]On one hand, given lava is extruded magma and ''Metroid'' is underground, he's right; but the adjective is slightly redundant, as magma is molten by default.[[/note]]
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* WritingAroundTrademarks: Airings on Creator/{{Freeform}} (formerly ABC Family) omit the references to ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''.

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* WritingAroundTrademarks: Airings on Creator/{{Freeform}} (formerly ABC Family) omit the references to ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''.''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''.
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* NoFairCheating: Any attempts to use a hack code of cheat boost will trigger an immediate GameOver and a permanent evac. Later in the movie, while Demetra provides a map of the entire game to Juni, he is caught by the Programmers, who nearly send him back to Level 1 as punishment, [[BigDamnHeroes until Valentin scares them off]]. [[spoiler: This possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] Demetra’s true nature.]]

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* NoFairCheating: Any attempts to use a hack code of cheat boost will trigger an immediate GameOver and a permanent evac. Later in the movie, while Demetra provides a map of the entire game to Juni, he is caught by Logos and Edog, the Programmers, Programmerz, who nearly send him back to Level 1 as punishment, [[BigDamnHeroes until Valentin scares them off]]. [[spoiler: This possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] Demetra’s true nature.]]
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* NoFairCheating: Any attempts to use a hack code of cheat boost will trigger an immediate GameOver and a permanent evac.

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* NoFairCheating: Any attempts to use a hack code of cheat boost will trigger an immediate GameOver and a permanent evac. Later in the movie, while Demetra provides a map of the entire game to Juni, he is caught by the Programmers, who nearly send him back to Level 1 as punishment, [[BigDamnHeroes until Valentin scares them off]]. [[spoiler: This possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] Demetra’s true nature.]]
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* NoFairCheating: Any attempts to use a hack code of cheat boost will trigger an immediate GameOver and a permanent evac.
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* DescriptionCut: Juni receives miniature sharks as a present from Romero. While he dangles his fingers in their fish bowl, he comes to the part of the letter where Romero says to not do anything foolish like [[WhatAnIdiot dangle your fingers in a fish bowl full of sharks]]. Cue him yanking them out just as they leap to snap at his fingers.

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* DescriptionCut: Juni receives miniature sharks as a present from Romero. While he dangles his fingers in their fish bowl, he comes to the part of the letter where Romero says to not do anything foolish like [[WhatAnIdiot dangle your fingers in a fish bowl full of sharks]].sharks. Cue him yanking them out just as they leap to snap at his fingers.
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* NotDisabledInVR: Grandpa Cortez - an elderly, retired spy using a wheelchair - joins Juni Cortez on the adventure in the virtual world, and they immediately come across a powerup that lets him stand on his feet for the first time in years. Unfortunately, he has to go back to using the wheelchair when their mission is over...

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* NotDisabledInVR: Grandpa Cortez - an elderly, retired spy using a wheelchair - joins Juni Cortez on the adventure in the virtual world, and they immediately come across a powerup that lets him stand on his feet for the first time in years. Unfortunately, since he has to go back to using the wheelchair when their mission is over...over, he considers staying in the virtual world for good. He ultimately reneges to returning by having Juni promise to see in the real world with the same awe as he does for his powerful virtual body.
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* {{Chickification}}: Carmen.

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* {{Chickification}}: Carmen.Despite sharing the protagonist role for the first two movies, Carmen here is all but absent for most of the plot until the third act, having been trapped inside Game Over.
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* DifferentlyDressedDuplicates: The Toymaker talks with three artificial copies of himself, each one with a different personality and outfit. The real Toymaker gets mad when they bicker with each other and leave him out, but quickly realizes he can just turn them off.

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* DifferentlyDressedDuplicates: The Toymaker talks with three artificial copies of himself, each one with a different personality and outfit. One is a ruthless general, another a logical scientist, and the third a selfless hippie; in other words his [[FreudianTrio id, ego, and superego]]. The real Toymaker gets mad when they bicker with each other and leave him out, but quickly realizes he can just turn them off.
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* AllForNothing: Juni’s attempt to [[spoiler:keep Demetra safe by giving her more lives doesn’t matter because Arnold defeats her during a duel in a single blow. What’s worse, she turns out to not be a player but the Deceiver, meaning she was never in danger in the first place.]]
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* SingleAttemptGame: The virtual reality game, ''Game Over'', has a play on this, where while VideoGameLives exists, if you lose all your lives, "You lose. No replays, no restarts."

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* TheAtoner: The Toymaker succeeded in making up for his accident by restoring Valentin’s legs back to full health in the game.



* BaitAndSwitch: Basically the Guy’s entire role in his one scene.



* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Valentin forgives the Toymaker for putting him in a wheelchair.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Valentin forgives the Toymaker for putting him in a wheelchair. Apparently being stuck in a game for 30 years was punishment enough.]]



* NeverSayDie: “Game Over” is used to imply a permadeath.



* NoodleIncident: It's never explained why the OSS imprisoned the Toymaker in cyberspace (when Juni asks him, Donnagon just says, "who knows, it was years ago") or how he crippled Grandpa.

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* NoodleIncident: It's never explained why the OSS imprisoned the Toymaker in cyberspace (when Juni asks him, Donnagon just says, "who knows, it was years ago") or how he his accident crippled Grandpa.


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* TookALevelInKindness: Gary and Gerti are all the more willing to help Juni despite their antagonism towards him in the previous entry and Gerti even acts as a mentor figure to Juni in the first act.


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* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Guys?]]: Arnold, Rez and Francis are evacuated from the game and their real selves are exposed to Juni, but they have no partaking in the final battle.
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* ActionizedSequel: Although a family-friendly version of such.


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* DarkerAndEdgier: While it is still lighthearted, silly, and fairly optimistic at points, and cranks the DenserAndWackier elements UpToEleven, ''Game Over'' is actually much more darker, grittier and emotional than either [[Film/SpyKids1 the original]] and/or [[Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams the second film]], focusing less on the comedy, which is still present, but in this case becomes ComicRelief at best, and more on being an emotional and gritty though family-friendly ActionizedSequel, and a darker, higher-stakes story where Juni must save his sister Carmen from inside a video game created by the BigBad, with the help of their grandfather, and this film also somewhat contains more mean-spirited WorldOfSnark aspects when compared to the first two movies.

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* FallingDamage: Juni falls several floors when he enters the virtual reality world, and upon regaining consciousness he loses a life.

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* FallingDamage: Juni falls several floors when he enters the virtual reality world, three stories down a manhole in Level 1, and upon regaining consciousness he loses a life.life. He also loses a life after landing on the moon.



* LethalLavaLand: {{Lampshaded}} when the kids encounter one.

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* LethalLavaLand: {{Lampshaded}} when the kids encounter one.one in Level 4.



* RobotAthlete: The robot battle arena.
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: MissionControl attempts to do this by spawning a powerful lava monster when they realize that the BigBad is Railroading the party. It doesn't work because [[spoiler:falling into the lava is harmless.]]

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* RobotAthlete: The Rebel Rockets robot battle arena.
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: MissionControl attempts to do this by spawning a powerful lava monster when they realize that the BigBad Toymaker is Railroading {{railroading}} the party. It doesn't work because [[spoiler:falling into the lava is harmless.]]



* WinToExit: Carmen and Juni have to defeat level 5 to free everyone from the game.

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* WackyRacing: The Mega Race, the fastest and most dangerous race in the game. If nothing else, the amusing characters and the very nature of the race make it quite wacky, especially when the unreliable nature of the flying machines is factored in.
* WinToExit: Carmen and Juni have to defeat level Level 5 to free everyone from the game.

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** In the same film, Ricardo Montalbán as Grandpa Cortez tells people not to touch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc "Corinthian leather"]] on his wheelchair.

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** In the same film, Ricardo Montalbán as Grandpa Cortez tells people not to touch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc "Corinthian leather"]] on his wheelchair.



** Which is a bit ridiculous considering there were quite a few bigger name actors to invoke BillingDisplacement for.



* BackForTheFinale: Most of the main characters from the previous two movies return for the finale.

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* BackForTheFinale: Most of the main characters from the previous two movies return for to fight the finale.Toymaker's robot army.

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* FinalDeath: If you lose all your lives in ''Game Over'', "You lose. No replays, no restarts." And judging by what happens when one person loses their lives, well...


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* OutOfContinues: If you lose all your lives in ''Game Over'', "You lose. No replays, no restarts." And judging by what happens when one person loses their lives, well...
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* CameraAbuse: When Gregorio sweeps his desk after being called for help by his son, one of the copies of his fifth brain flies up and shatters the camera lens.
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* RunningGagged: "The Guy" becomes ArcWords and a minor plot thread. Once the kids reach the entrance to Level 5, "The Guy" appears, opens the way, [[spoiler:then gets killed immediately after]]. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Nobody brings it up again]].

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* RunningGagged: "The Guy" becomes ArcWords and a minor plot thread. Once the kids reach the entrance to Level 5, "The Guy" appears, opens the way, [[spoiler:then gets killed immediately after]]. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Nobody Everyone then goes back to pretending that Juni is "The Guy" and [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never brings it up again]].

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* AscendedExtra: After having supporting roles in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'', Machete, Fegan Floop, Alexander Minion, and Dinky Winks help the Cortezes and Romero defeat the Toymaker at the end of the movie.


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* TheAntiChrist: While in the game there is "the Guy" who acts as TheChosenOne to help players win the game, there also exists "the Deceiver" who is meant to mislead players and send them to their doom. [[spoiler:Demetra is revealed to be the Deceiver, a program made by the Toymaker]].
* AscendedExtra: After having supporting roles in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'', Machete, Fegan Floop, Alexander Minion, and Dinky Winks help the Cortezes and Romero defeat the Toymaker at the end of the movie.


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* DuelToTheDeath: One of the challenges to reach the end of the game pits two player characters against each other with combat staffs. The battle only ends when one player gets a game over. [[spoiler:Juni and Arnold are pit against each other, but then Demetra tags in for Juni to lose instead.]]


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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Just as Arnold is about to take Juni's last life, Demetra tags in for him. Juni is spared, but Arnold takes out Demetra]].


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* PetTheDog: When the Toymaker sees that Juni's Grandpa joined the game, he sends the old man a power-up that lets him [[NotDisabledInVR walk without his wheelchair]] and [[InASingleBound leap incredible distances]].
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* AscendedExtra: Machete, Fegan Floop, Alexander Minion, and Dinky Winks help the Cortezes and Romero defeat the Toymaker at the end of the movie.

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* AscendedExtra: After having supporting roles in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'', Machete, Fegan Floop, Alexander Minion, and Dinky Winks help the Cortezes and Romero defeat the Toymaker at the end of the movie.

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* AscendedExtra: Machete, Fegan Floop, Alexander Minion, and Dinky Winks help the Cortezes and Romero defeat the Toymaker at the end of the movie.



* DemotedToExtra: Everyone from the previous films except Carmen and Juni.

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* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: The game traps the players, it's very easy to lose lives, and health packs are very rare.

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* LiteralSurveillanceBug: The Toymaker spies on the heroes with a blue butterfly.
* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: The game traps the players, it's very easy to lose lives, and health packs are very rare. And if you get a GameOver, you can never play again.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; Valentin deliberately releases the Toymaker from his virtual prison [[spoiler:just so he could personally forgive him for paralyzing him]].

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]; {{Subverted|Trope}}; Valentin deliberately releases the Toymaker from his virtual prison [[spoiler:just so he could personally forgive him for paralyzing him]].
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* SweepingTheTable: Parodied. Gregorio Cortez is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, having just created the "Fifth Brain" (an advanced form of ArtificialIntelligence). However when he gets notified his children need his help, he proceeds to sweep his arm across the desk causing the brains to [[CameraAbuse smash against the camera]] before he goes off to help his kids.
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'''Francis:''' Well, in the real world [[BookDumb I'm not that smart]].\\

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'''Francis:''' Well, in the real world world, [[BookDumb I'm not that smart]].\\



'''Juni:''' Reality Check!\

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'''Juni:''' Reality Check!\Whoa, reality check!\\



'''Francesca:''' ''(to Juni)'' Special agent, we need you.\\

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'''Francesca:''' ''(to Juni)'' Special agent, Agent Cortez, we need you.\\



'''Juni:''' I'm Juni Cortez.

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'''Juni:''' I'm just Juni Cortez.



* KneelBeforeFrodo: When "The Guy" kneels, everyone else kneels too. Bonus points for having "The Guy" actually being portrayed by Elijah Wood.

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* KneelBeforeFrodo: When "The Guy" kneels, everyone else kneels too. Bonus points for having "The Guy" actually being portrayed by Elijah Wood.Creator/ElijahWood.
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* ConspicuousCG: Everything in the game, often shoved in your face to show off the 3D effects.
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* KneelBeforeFrodo: When "The Guy" kneels, everyone else kneels too.

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* KneelBeforeFrodo: When "The Guy" kneels, everyone else kneels too. Bonus points for having "The Guy" actually being portrayed by Elijah Wood.
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* RunningGagged: "The Guy" becomes ArcWords and a minor plot thread. Once the kids reach the entrance to Level 5, "The Guy" appears, opens the way, [[spoiler:then gets killed immediately after]]. Nobody brings it up again.

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* RunningGagged: "The Guy" becomes ArcWords and a minor plot thread. Once the kids reach the entrance to Level 5, "The Guy" appears, opens the way, [[spoiler:then gets killed immediately after]]. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Nobody brings it up again.again]].

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