Carmen Cortez

Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Sky Brava Cortez, also known as Carmen Cortez, is one of the main characters from the Spy Kids series.
== Charactah Account ==
Daughter of Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez, Carmen starts of as troubled but cute teen, seeing her family life as dull, hating her brother Juni, and bunked off school. That is until she learns her parents are professional spies, and teams up with Juni to rescue them. Over the films, she becomes a strong-hearted, intelligent and awesome teen superspy, forming a strong brother–sister team with Juni.
In the beginning, Carmen was bossy and impatient. For most of her life, she had no idea her parents were secretly spies. Her main concern was with her little brother Juni, whom she felt she was unfairly forced to babysit. She responded by treating him harshly. She was also hungry for adventure, thus leading her to skip school. However, during the time their parents were captured, the two siblings bonded and formed a rapport of mutual respect.
On the same adventure, Carmen was also influenced by her uncle Machete, who had the same problem with his younger brother Gregorio, and developed a sense of family, insisting that if any Cortezes become involved in missions, then all of them should. She realized that taking care of her younger brother was something that families should do for each other and started to concern constantly about Juni's welfare, though she still teases him, albeit less harshly and more playfully. Since then, Carmen is now cool, collected and levelheaded, and approaches matters cautiously. Of the two siblings, she’s the more competent one and is in charge of laying out the siblings' plans and strategies, often taking the role of a leader; at the same time, however, she realizes she makes mistakes, and will apologize when she’s wrong. Compared to her younger brother, Carmen is confident, in-command, honorable and very opinionated. Highly-skilled and motivated, she is driven and very serious about her work. However, she's not a total workaholic, and there are times when she can be as juvenile as her brother, or when she's crushing on someone.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Disney Adventures
=== Movies ===
* Spy Kids
* Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
* Spy Kids 3: Game Over
* Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
=== Video Games ===
* Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
* Spy Kids Challenger
* Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
* Spy Kids: Learning Adventures - The Candy Conspiracy
* Spy Kids: Learning Adventures - The Man in the Moon
* Spy Kids: Learning Adventures - The Nightmare Machine
* Spy Kids: Learning Adventures - The Underground Affair
* Spy Kids: Mega Mission Zone
== Trivia ==
* In Spy Kids, it's revealed Carmen has a bed-wetting problem and wears diapers to bed because of it. It is unknown if she still needs them during the later movies, or if she grew out of it.
* When Carmen panics, she usually says: "Oh shiitake mushrooms." This is another 'way' of saying the 's' word without sounding too vulgar. Carmen also says it during her fight with Gary Giggles. The line itself came from her portrayer Alexa PenaVega, and Robert Rodriguez loved it so much, he used in three out of the four films.
* Carmen and Juni's ages has been stated multiple times, albeit from semi-official sources, but nothing official has been said.
** In the August 1999 cast draft and April 2000 revised draft of Spy Kids and the April 2001 issue of Disney Adventures, they were said to be 9 and 6, but in the novelization and storybook, their ages appeared to be solidified at 10 and 8. The closest to an official confirmation is when Gregorio and Ingrid are said to be married for almost a decade in the first film.
** In a deleted scene of Spy Kids 2, "Grandpa Lays Down the Law", Ingrid states that she and Gregorio have been married for 12 years, likely putting Carmen's age at 12 in the second movie. However, since the scene was cut, its canonicity is up for debate.
** In the Adventures books, their ages are said to be 12 and 10.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Carmen Cortez at Spy Kids Wiki
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