- Creator's Oddball: Robert Rodriguez, then best known for New Old West action and horror films like El Mariachi and From Dusk Till Dawn, making a family comedy for his kids.
- Dawson Casting: 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 Danny Trejo and his onscreen brother Antonio Banderas. Possibly justified by the fact that the former has aged quite well.
- So My Kids Can Watch: Robert Rodriguez previously directed hard-R movies, so this was one of his reasons for making a more family-friendly movie.
- What Could Have Been:
- Despite centering on a Latino family, the studio auditioned white non-Hispanic actors such as
Brie Larson. - There would've been another Fooglie with pushpins in its head that fans have named "Tape World Monster" note . Juni has an action figure of it in one scene, suggesting it was cut late in production.
- 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.
- Despite centering on a Latino family, the studio auditioned white non-Hispanic actors such as
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