Thumbs, Robert Rodriguez's iconic "Spy Kids" henchmen, have an origin story stemming from something the director was unable ...

Few movies tap into my millennial nostalgia quite like Robert Rodriguez's 2001 classic, Spy Kids, but those Thumb-Thumbs are pure nightmare fuel. With its badass Cortez family, thrilling action ...

You can thank (or blame) a 16-year-old Robert Rodriguez for the Thumb-Thumbs in Spy Kids, aka the bizarre but brilliant “all-thumbs” henchmen who both delighted and haunted many a millennial ...

While making “Spy Kids,” she and Daryl learned how to fight ... They swim through shark-infested waters and fight off huge “Thumb-Thumb” guards and evil robots, all to save their parents.

Brian Sanchez, 33, was 6 feet tall but felt his short legs made him look like a "Spy Kids" Thumb Thumb. He also didn't like that his 5-foot-10 wife could almost look him level in the eyes.

Spy Kids was an essential part of every ... and unforgettable special effects (I still have nightmares about those Thumb-Thumbs) — not to mention catchphrases that everyone was constantly ...