Carmen Cortez

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Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Skye Bravo Cortez
Gender	Female
Age	12-14
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Affiliation	The OSS
Family	Gregorio - father Ingrid - mother Juni - brother Valentin - grandfather Machete - uncle Mrs. Avallen - grandmother
First Appearance	Spy Kids
Last Appearance	Spy Kids 3D: Game Over

Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Echo Skye Brava Cortez^[1] is a fictional character in the Spy Kids films, played by Alexa Vega.

For most of her life Carmen had no idea her parents were secretly spies. Carmen's main concern was with her little brother Juni, whom she felt she was unfairly being forced to be babysit. "Look out for Juni, take care of Juni, make sure Juni knows right from wrong." Carmen responded by treating Juni like dirt and calling him names. However, Carmen was also hiding her own secrets: in addition to skipping school to go on outings to the city without her parent's permission, she also had to deal with a bedwetting problem which she was desperate to hide from her brother. (Her brother, Juni had known "since forever, but Mom made me swear not to tell anyone," as he calls her "diaper lady" in one part of the original movie.) Juni often makes fun of Carmen because her feet stink.

In the first Spy Kids film, a bomb shell was dropped when she and her brother discovered the truth about their parents when they were kidnapped due to their spying activities. Though Carmen and Juni fought with each other throughout their adventure, Carmen told Juni he wasn't worthless and pointed out all his accomplishments when Juni was being tormented by Carmen's robot double. Carmen was also influenced by her real uncle Machete, who let her know that he had the same problem with his younger brother, Carmen's father. She also found out that her brother had always been aware of her nighttime bedwetting and had kept that knowledge to himself on her mother's instructions. (Carmen gets called "Diaper-girl" by her brother.) Carmen also developed a sense of family, and insisted that if any Cortezs become involved in espionage, then of all of them should.

By Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Carmen has stopped calling her brother names, and they are able to work better as team. Problems still arise from a romantic interest Carmen develops in Gary Giggles. Juni tries to convince Carmen that Gary is trouble, but to no avail. Carmen, after a conversation with Gary's sister Gerti Giggles, changes her mind about Gary and convinces Gerti to turn against her father, who has an evil plan for world domination.

In Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, Carmen, an experienced hacker, goes on a quest to shut down the Toymaker's evil video game Game Over, which possesses its users. However, she makes it only as far as Level Four, before being kidnapped. Juni comes to her rescue and they continue on her quest to shut down the game.

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