The Spy Kids trilogy is a trilogy of family/action/adventure films written, produced and directed by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot tells a story about the children of a married spy couple who become involved in their parents' espionage. The rest of their family are also spies as well, including their paternal uncle Machete (who supplies the OSS with gadgets) and maternal grandparents. The films tend to have a strong Hispanic heritage theme, as Rodriguez is indeed of Mexican descent. Despite this, however, the dialogue is predominately in English.

Even though all three Spy Kids films are espionage-based, MSN Movies ranks the first film as the ninth best superhero movie to date, behind X-Men, Batman, Spider-Man, The Incredibles, Superman, Darkman, The Super Inframan, and Hellboy.Msn Movies - Best Superhero Movies The first film was released on March 30, 2001. McDonalds' released Spy Kids toys in Happy Meals at the time the first film was released and also put toys with the Happy Meals at the time that the third film was released.