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1* CreatorsOddball: Creator/RobertRodriguez, then best known for NewOldWest action and horror films like ''Film/ElMariachi'' and ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', making a family comedy [[SoMyKidsCanWatch for his kids]].
2* DawsonCasting: While their ages are never brought up, the film implies that like Carmen and Juni, Machete and Gregorio only have an age difference of a few years. In real life, there is a sixteen year age gap between Creator/DannyTrejo and his onscreen brother Creator/AntonioBanderas. Possibly justified by the fact that the former has aged quite well.
3* SoMyKidsCanWatch: Creator/RobertRodriguez previously directed hard-R movies, so this was one of his reasons for making a more family-friendly movie.
4* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
5** Despite centering on a Latino family, the studio auditioned white non-Hispanic actors [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE3t0gjm2tw such as]] Creator/BrieLarson.
6** There would've been another Fooglie with pushpins in its head that fans have named "Tape World Monster" [[note]]the character was rediscovered amongst a bunch of cardboard standees from a defunct Tape World store, leading to an internet-wide search to find its origins[[/note]]. Juni has an action figure of it in one scene, suggesting it was cut late in production.
7** The characters of Mr. Lisp and OSS head Devlin were originally a single character- Devlin Lisp, the head of the OSS who would betray the Cortezes, planning to use the Spy Kid robots to replace adult spies as a means for world domination.
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