Alvin & the Chipmunks 

Three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. The trio have been adopted by and are living with Dave (human). Each show finds the boys getting into trouble and new and unusual situations.

Stars:

Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Frank Welker

5 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Ross Bagdasarian Jr.	...	Alvin Seville / ... 102 episodes, 1983-1990
Janice Karman	...	Theodore Seville / ... 102 episodes, 1983-1990
Frank Welker	...	Additional Voices / ... 61 episodes, 1983-1990
Dody Goodman	...	Miss Rebecca Miller / ... 49 episodes, 1986-1990
Thomas H. Watkins	...	Additional Voices / ... 44 episodes, 1988-1990
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices 42 episodes, 1983-1987
Alan Young	...	Additional Voices 42 episodes, 1983-1987

Storyline

Three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore. The trio have been adopted by and are living with Dave (human). Each show finds the boys getting into trouble and new and unusual situations.

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Plot Keywords:

father son relationship | 20th century | 1980s | 1990s | animal in series title | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Music | Musical

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Certificate:

TV-G

Did You Know?

Trivia

Each episode has some reference to show business

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Quotes

Simon Seville: Good bye, Alvin - I forgive you for everything.
Alvin Seville: Does that include the 75 cents I owe you?
Simon Seville: *Almost* everything.

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Alternate Versions

The title cards that opened each episode were featured in syndication, and on Nickelodeon, but were dropped entirely on Cartoon Network reruns. Some VHS and DVD releases have them, others don't. Oddly enough, Cartoon Network reruns kept Alvin's introductions from the first season that featured clips from today's episode or episodes.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Iconic Cartoon Characters of All Time (2014)

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Soundtracks

A Glimpse Of Home
Written by Kerry Livgren
Performed by Dave Cooke and The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra
Produced by Dean Elliott and Randy Tominaga

User Reviews

The beginning of a beautiful friendship!

The Chipmunks are almost unknown here in Sweden, but in the mid-1990s one TV channel showed the 1980-90s series on Sunday mornings. I found it by sheer coincidence while zapping between channels, and it was love at first sight! I was a nearly 30-yrs old cartoon buff with the penchant for classic Looney Tunes and the like, I couldn't dream of falling for a cutesy-pootsy "kiddies" cartoon like that. But I simply HAD TO get up early every Sunday morning to watch it! The plots were usually rather tame (with some brilliant exceptions), but the dialog was fun and witty with lots of jokes a grown-up could appreciate. And these little guys were soooo CUTE and so COOL! The animation was so well done, and then there was the MUSIC!! It was so fun hearing those classic rock-and-roll tunes sung with those silly Chip&Dale-type voices.

But I must admit it took a few episodes to get the grip of things. Like: What are these very peculiar-looking little boys supposed to be? "Chipmunks"???!!!... They doesn't look the slightest like chipmunks to me. Why are they goofing around in those ridiculous nightshirts all the time? Why are they living with that human guy in a realistically drawn human world? All other talking cartoon animals live among other cartoon animals, not among humans. Weird, weird...

For many years I assumed The Chipmunks was something new, that David Seville was just a cartoon character, and Alvin, Simon and Theodore had always looked like their 1980-90s versions. I didn't knew there had been something before! So it was rather confusing to come across songs written by "David Seville", plush animals from 1959 resembling an ugly rat or distorted guinea-pig but supposed to be "Alvin from the Chipmunks", gramophone records from 1960 showing the boys as "real" chipmunks on the cover, and so on! But the Internet soon made all clear to me. Anyway, a great cartoon, so unlike the mass produced cheap crap of today (but the "Chipmunks goes to the Movies" series were rather poor -the movie spoofs were often not even funny).

Details

Official Sites:

Fred Wolf Films Ruby-Spears Productions

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 September 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Chipmunks Go to the Movies

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bagdasarian Productions, Ruby-Spears Productions, Murakami Wolf Swenson

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo (1990-1991) Mono (1983-1990)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1