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3	''Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over'' is a 2003 adventure comedy film. It is the third film in the ''Film/SpyKids'' franchise.
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5	Juni Cortez has retired as a secret agent and now works as a private investigator. He learns from the OSS that his sister Carmen has been trapped inside the virtual reality game ''Game Over''. Juni goes inside the game to save his sister from the game's creator, the Toymaker (Creator/SylvesterStallone). Daunted by the game and desperate for help, Juni invites his grandfather Valentin Avellan (Creator/RicardoMontalban) into the game, who apparently has a history with the Toymaker.
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7	A sequel was released [[SequelGap eight years later]], titled ''Film/SpyKidsAllTheTimeInTheWorld''.
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10	!!''Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over'' contains examples of:
11	* TheAce: Subverted. [[spoiler:An overly heroic super messiah comes in at the last minute, gives a rousing speech on how everyone should work together to win the game and singlehandedly bursts through the giant gates. He is instantly zapped by a bunch of lightning bolts and loses all of his 99 lives. Made even funnier by the fact that he's played by Creator/ElijahWood, and instead of having an actual name, he's simply known as "The Guy."]]
12	* ActorAllusion:
13	** Bill Paxton [[Film/{{Aliens}} gets to say "Game over!"]].
14	** Ricardo Montalbán as Grandpa Cortez tells people not to touch the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsg97bxuJnc "Corinthian leather"]] on his wheelchair.
15	* ActionizedSequel: Although a family-friendly version of such.
16	* AdvertisedExtra:
17	** Watch a commercial for an upcoming airing of ''Spy Kids 3-D'' on Disney Channel. Disney advertises it as "featuring" Creator/EmilyOsment, since she has become more well known thanks to ''Series/HannahMontana'' after the movie came out, but she only appears in a brief conversation at the beginning and another brief appearance in the ending.
18	** Gregorio and Ingrid are both featured in the poster alongside Carmen, Juni, Valentin and the Toymaker, even though they only appear during the climax in the last 20 minutes of the film.
19	* AllForNothing: Juni’s attempt to [[spoiler:keep Demetra safe by giving her more lives doesn’t matter because Arnold defeats her during a duel in a single blow. What’s worse, she turns out to not be a player but the Deceiver, meaning she was never in danger in the first place.]]
20	* AmazingTechnicolorWorld: The video game world is very colorful.
21	* TheAntiChrist: While in the game there is "the Guy" who acts as TheChosenOne to help players win the game, there also exists "the Deceiver" who is meant to mislead players and send them to their doom. [[spoiler:Demetra is revealed to be the Deceiver, a program made by the Toymaker]].
22	* AscendedExtra: After having supporting roles in ''Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams'', Machete, Fegan Floop, Alexander Minion, and Dinky Winks help the Cortezes and Romero defeat the Toymaker at the end of the movie.
23	* TheAtoner: In an unexpected twist, [[spoiler: The Toymaker himself deeply wants to be this, and attempted to make up for the accident that crippled his former friend by restoring Valentin’s legs back to full health in the game. That being said, his deep-seated guilt and unwillingness to change from his path means that he still causes immense problems with his actions until Valentin himself ends up forgiving him for real.]]
24	* BackForTheFinale: Most of the main characters from the previous two movies return to fight the Toymaker's robot army.
25	* BadassInDistress: Carmen spends most of the movie needing to be rescued but once she is she’s as proactive as she was in the previous movies
26	* BaitAndSwitch: Basically the Guy’s entire role in his one scene.
27	* BigRedButton: One of the racers tells Juni to press a red button on his speeder labeled "Do not push." He presses it, and it triggers an EjectorSeat that knocks Juni off the speeder.
28	* BlandNameProduct: The console that ''Game Over'' was released on is [[Platform/{{Xbox}} Vboxx]].
29	* CameraAbuse: When Gregorio sweeps his desk after being called for help by his son, one of the copies of his fifth brain flies up and shatters the camera lens.
30	* CatUpATree: After leaving the OSS, Juni takes on neighborhood jobs for pay, including saving cats in trees. (A bit of trivia: the cat Juni rescues in that scene is actor Daryl Sabara's own cat.)
31	* {{Chickification}}: Despite sharing the protagonist role for the first two movies, Carmen here is all but absent for most of the plot until the third act, having been trapped inside Game Over.
32	* TheChosenZero: "The Guy" - Juni has this kind of doubt...then later one guy shows up thinking he's the chosen one...and takes five steps and dies.
33	* {{Cyberspace}}: The main characters travel through a video game.
34	* DarkerAndEdgier: While it is still lighthearted, silly, and fairly optimistic at points, and cranks the DenserAndWackier elements up to eleven, ''Game Over'' is actually much more darker, grittier and emotional than either [[Film/SpyKids1 the original]] and/or [[Film/SpyKids2IslandOfLostDreams the second film]], focusing less on the comedy, which is still present, but in this case becomes ComicRelief at best, and more on being an emotional and gritty though family-friendly ActionizedSequel, and a darker, higher-stakes story where Juni must save his sister Carmen from inside a video game created by the BigBad, with the help of their grandfather, and this film also somewhat contains more mean-spirited WorldOfSnark aspects when compared to the first two movies.
35	* DeadStarWalking: [[spoiler:Creator/ElijahWood]]'s character only lives for less than a minute.
36	* DeepImmersionGaming: ''Game Over'' is an immersive video game, though the characters in the case of the beta testers are idealized versions of their real selves.
37	* DescriptionCut: Juni receives miniature sharks as a present from Romero. While he dangles his fingers in their fish bowl, he comes to the part of the letter where Romero says to not do anything foolish like dangle your fingers in a fish bowl full of sharks. Cue him yanking them out just as they leap to snap at his fingers.
38	* DifferentlyDressedDuplicates: The Toymaker talks with three artificial copies of himself, each one with a different personality and outfit. One is a ruthless general, another a logical scientist, and the third a selfless hippie; in other words his [[FreudianTrio id, ego, and superego]]. The real Toymaker gets mad when they bicker with each other and leave him out, but quickly realizes he can just turn them off.
39	* DolledUpInstallment: This movie was originally planned as a stand-alone movie about children going inside a video game.
40	* DuelToTheDeath: One of the challenges to reach the end of the game pits two player characters against each other with combat staffs. The battle only ends when one player gets a game over. [[spoiler:Juni and Arnold are pit against each other, but then Demetra tags in for Juni to lose instead.]]
41	* DullSurprise: Juni's reaction to most things that happen in the game.
42	* FallingDamage: Juni falls three stories down a manhole in Level 1, and upon regaining consciousness he loses a life. He also loses a life after landing on the moon.
43	* GondorCallsForAid: The finale brings back nearly every character in the series for a final battle.
44	* HandStomp: Juni falls off his Mega Race bike and manages to grab Rez's. He asks Rez to help him up, but Rez twists his foot on Juni's fingers until Juni lets go.
45	-->'''Juni:''' Hey Rez! Gimme a hand!\
46	'''Rez:''' How about a foot?
47	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Just as Arnold is about to take Juni's last life, Demetra tags in for him. Juni is spared, but Arnold takes out Demetra]].
48	* ImNotAHeroIm: After exiting the video game, Arnold's, Rez's, Francis's, and Juni's respective secret, non-virtual identities. Various types of this trope occur in the conversation that ensues:
49	--> '''Juni:''' Hey, wait a second. [[{{Cyberspace}} What happened]] [[WishFulfillment to]] [[TheSmartGuy Francis the Brain]], [[TheBigGuy Arnold the Strong]], and [[TheLancer Mister Cool]]?\
50	'''Francis:''' Well, in the real world, [[BookDumb I'm not that smart]].\
51	'''Arnold:''' I'm not strong.\
52	'''Rez:''' I'm not cool.\
53	'''Juni:''' Whoa, reality check!\
54	'''Arnold:''' So, who are ''you'' out here in the real world?\
55	'''Francesca:''' ''(to Juni)'' Special Agent Cortez, we need you.\
56	'''Rez:''' Whoa!\
57	'''Juni:''' I'm just Juni Cortez.
58	* JustifiedTitle: The film is a 3D movie which mostly takes place in the game titled ''Game Over''.
59	* KirkSummation: Used by [[spoiler:Valentin]] when he [[spoiler:forgives the Toymaker for putting him in a wheelchair]].
60	* KneelBeforeFrodo: When "The Guy" kneels, everyone else kneels too. Bonus points for having "The Guy" actually being portrayed by Creator/ElijahWood.
61	* LargeHam: Creator/SylvesterStallone as the Toymaker.
62	* LavaSurfing: The heroes have to lava surf across the LethalLavaLand in order to reach the last level.
63	* LethalLavaLand: {{Lampshaded}} when the kids encounter one in Level 4.
64	--> '''Juni:''' Why is it that every video game has lava in it?\
65	'''Francis:''' Technically that's not true. There's no lava in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. And in ''VideoGame/{{Metroid\|1}}'', it's molten magma.[[note]]On one hand, given lava is extruded magma and ''Metroid'' is underground, he's right; but the adjective is slightly redundant, as magma is molten by default.[[/note]]
66	* LiteralSurveillanceBug: The Toymaker spies on the heroes with a blue butterfly.
67	* TheMostDangerousVideoGame: The game traps the players, it's very easy to lose lives, and health packs are very rare. And if you get a GameOver, you can never play again.
68	* MotionCaptureMecha: Juni Cortez has to use one against Demetra in an arena match; by the use of a special suit, and moving in place on an open platform. Any movements by him are mirrored by the robot, although Juni doesn't get used to it right away.
69	* NeverSayDie: “Game Over” is used to imply a permadeath.
70	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: {{Subverted\|Trope}}; Valentin deliberately releases the Toymaker from his virtual prison [[spoiler:just so he could personally forgive him for paralyzing him]].
71	* NoFairCheating: Any attempts to use a hack code or cheat boost will trigger an immediate GameOver and a permanent evac. Later in the movie, while Demetra provides a map of the entire game to Juni, he is caught by Logos and Edog, the Programmerz, who nearly send him back to Level 1 as punishment, [[BigDamnHeroes until Valentin scares them off]]. [[spoiler: This possibly [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] Demetra’s true nature as the Deceiver.]] Rez mentions that they sent him, Francis, and Arnold back to Level 1 after they caught Francis cheating in the Mega Race.
72	* NoodleIncident: It's never explained why the OSS imprisoned the Toymaker in cyberspace (when Juni asks him, Donnagon just says, "who knows, it was years ago") or how his accident crippled Grandpa.
73	* NotDisabledInVR: Grandpa Cortez - an elderly, retired spy using a wheelchair - joins Juni Cortez on the adventure in the virtual world, and they immediately come across a powerup that lets him stand on his feet for the first time in years. Unfortunately, since he has to go back to using the wheelchair when their mission is over, he considers staying in the virtual world for good. He ultimately reneges to returning by having Juni promise to see in the real world with the same awe as he does for his powerful virtual body.
74	* NoOSHACompliance: The monitoring room in OSS consists of many little hexagonal rooms attached to the main one vertically where the agents work with computers. For some reason these don't have walls, so when [[spoiler:Toymaker escapes to the real world and causes an earthquake]], at least two agents fall out from considerable height.
75	* OutOfContinues: If you lose all your lives in ''Game Over'', "You lose. No replays, no restarts." And judging by what happens when one person loses their lives, well...
76	* PaddleballShot: There's no real shortage of them. One notable one that was used to advertise the film was the shot of Carmen protecting her brother Juni from over-aggressive gamers just outside of Level 5. The audience in the reaction shots probably laughed at the last two words of the below line.
77	-->'''Carmen:''' You'll have to get past me first... ''game boy.''
78	* PetTheDog: When the Toymaker sees that Juni's Grandpa joined the game, he sends the old man a power-up that lets him [[NotDisabledInVR walk without his wheelchair]] and [[InASingleBound leap incredible distances]].
79	* PicturePerfectPose: When Juni enters the Mega Race area, he so happens to stand exactly as the silhouette of The Guy in the poster behind him. This causes nearby Beta-testers to declare Juni as The Guy, though later [[spoiler:The Guy is revealed to have a completely different armor from the poster]].
80	* PieInTheFace: One of the racers in Mega Race has a giant pie-throwing arm as a weapon.
81	* ThePoorlyChosenOne: A group of Beta-testers believe that Juni is "The Guy", a player believed to be the one to lead them to the prize. Just as they begin to have doubts about this, The Real Guy appears and takes the lead. Right after he opens the doorway to the fifth and final level, The Real Guy is struck by lightning which [[OneHitKill One-Hit Kills]] him instantly (in-spite of his 100 lives). Juni is then reinstated as The Guy shortly after.
82	* ProductPlacement: The [[WackyRacing Mega Race]] sequence has billboards for AMD, the graphics processing technology used in the film.
83	* RobotAthlete: The Rebel Rockets robot battle arena.
84	* RocksFallEveryoneDies: MissionControl attempts to do this by spawning a powerful lava monster when they realize that the Toymaker is {{railroading}} the party. It doesn't work because [[spoiler:falling into the lava is harmless.]]
85	* RunningGagged: "The Guy" becomes ArcWords and a minor plot thread. Once the kids reach the entrance to Level 5, "The Guy" appears, opens the way, [[spoiler:then gets killed immediately after]]. Everyone then goes back to pretending that Juni is "The Guy" and [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain never brings it up again]].
86	* SayMyName: Juni, when the Lava Monster nearly kills the team. He namedrops everybody except for Rez.
87	-->'''Juni:''' Carmen! Francis! Arnold! Grandpa! (Lava Monster summons an even bigger rock) [[OhCrap ...Me.]]
88	* SealedEvilInACan: The Toymaker is imprisoned in cyberspace.
89	* ShoutOut: When Juni is allowed to select a helper from his family to enter the game with him, he gets a list of pros and cons for each family member. Grandpa Valentin is listed with the pro of [[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed "superior intellect"]] and the [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan "khan"]][[note]]complete with massive overemphasis on the word "con"[[/note]] of being disabled.
90	* SingleAttemptGame: The virtual reality game, ''Game Over'', has a play on this, where while VideoGameLives exists, if you lose all your lives, "You lose. No replays, no restarts."
91	* SweepingTheTable: Parodied. Gregorio Cortez is on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, having just created the "Fifth Brain" (an advanced form of ArtificialIntelligence). However when he gets notified his children need his help, he proceeds to sweep his arm across the desk causing the brains to [[CameraAbuse smash against the camera]] before he goes off to help his kids.
92	* TookALevelInKindness: Gary and Gerti are all the more willing to help Juni despite their antagonism towards him in the previous entry and Gerti even acts as a mentor figure to Juni in the first act.
93	* TeamHandStack: All the heroes do this after the climactic battle.
94	* TelecomTree: Juni and Carmen send out a desperate wrist phone call to "Everybody!". Their parents and grandparents show up, as well as their uncle Machete, Floop with the reformed Minion, the reformed Uncle and Giggles families, the MadScientist, and the guy who owned the theme park at the start of the second movie with his son.
95	* ThereAreNoRules: The Mega Race announcer says "there are no rules in this race except win at any cost."
96	* TitleDrop: Dinky Winks drops the title of ''Game Over'' when he's fighting the game's robots. Also an instance of ActorAllusion referencing a scene from ''Film/{{Aliens}}''.
97	* UnwinnableByDesign: Level 5 of ''Game Over'' is unwinnable. Carmen says this is because of [[spoiler:Demetra the Deceiver]].
98	* ViolationOfCommonSense: The entrance to Level 5 is found by [[spoiler:falling into the lava and swimming in it]].
99	* WackyRacing: The Mega Race, the fastest and most dangerous race in the game. If nothing else, the amusing characters and the very nature of the race make it quite wacky, especially when the unreliable nature of the flying machines is factored in.
100	* WeirdlyUnderpoweredAdmins: The Programmers can remove a player's lives with a jab of their finger, but they do it one at a time while mocking the player in question and another player can simply walk up behind them and grab them while they're distracted.
101	* [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse What Happened to the Guys?]]: Arnold, Rez and Francis are evacuated from the game and their real selves are exposed to Juni, but they have no partaking in the final battle.
102	* WinToExit: Carmen and Juni have to defeat Level 5 to free everyone from the game.
103	* WritingAroundTrademarks: Airings on Creator/{{Freeform}} (formerly ABC Family) omit the references to ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' and ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}''.

Context Film / SpyKids3DGameOver