The WORST episodes of Alvin and the Chipmunks
Every episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Alvin and the Chipmunks!
Animated series about 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. Alvin, Simon, and Theodore were not the only chipmunks in the series. The series also involved The Chipettes who were a girl band. Alvin and The Chipmunks was a reprise of the 1961 series The Alvin Show.
#1 - Chipmunk Vice
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/1/1986
In a spoof of Miami Vice. Alvin is sick with the flu, and in a dream, is a slick detective in pastel shirts looking for his missing prized baseball card who he believes a mysterious criminal called the "Shadow" took.
#2 - Dreamlighting
Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1988
While waiting for procrastinating Alvin on one of their dates, Brittany has a dream and becomes "Bratty Hayes" and Alvin becomes "David Alvinson", detective team. The plot revolves around Alvin trying to stop Brittany from marrying an evil villain - played by Simon.
#3 - Phantom of the Rock Opera
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/25/1989
The Chipmunks participate in an opera which they learned has been subject to problems. When they learn a janitor was denied a chance to star on stage, the boys work to get him his deserved chance.
#4 - The Victrola Awards
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/6/1984
Alvin and the Chipmunks attempt to grab good publicity shots of them doing positive deeds in order to win the fabulous Victrola Award.
#5 - Good Old Simon
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/1985
Simon feels unloved and unappreciated, so he runs away and decides to stow away on a cargo ship. Theodore and Alvin find him, but not before the ship leaves for parts unknown.
#6 - Elementary, My Dear Simon
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1988
Simon hosts his own show, playing Sherlock Holmes investigating several mysterious robberies.
#7 - All Worked Up
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/9/1989
The Chipmunks overhear Dave suggesting that he would prefer Alvin to be a Gymnastic Pizza Twirler, Simon a Pogo Stick Tester, and Theodore an iguana trainer, and immediately start to pursue those careers.
#8 - Inner Dave
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/11/1989
The boys are accidentally shrunk by one of Simon's inventions. They end up going inside Dave's head in order to try telling him what happened.
#9 - Grandpa and Grandma Seville
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/15/1983
The Chipmunks meet their grandparents for the first time. Then, when they discover that someone is trying to take over their Grandparents farm, they decide to raise the money needed to save the farm.
#10 - From Here to Fraternity
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/29/1983
The Chipmunks make up a singing telegraph service to help buy some golf clubs for Dave's Birthday. But when Theodore loses the addresses, the boys are sent on a birthday mission, for a 100 dollar bonus. Except, that when Theodore wrote the number he wrote it upside down, so the Chipmunks end up going to the wrong house and are tricked into doing some different pranks for some highschoolers who are bored.
#11 - Alvin...and the Chipmunk
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/19/1983
Alvin demands a short trip away from obsessed fans who begin following him everywhere he goes. So, the Chipmunks go for a picnic out in the woods, only to be found again by their fans. Alvin runs off into the woods, and runs into a wild chipmunk. He decides to change places with the chipmunk, and he stays in the chipmunk's tree, while the wild chipmunk takes his place. All goes well until the real Alvin is caught by a hunter that holds him hostage. Simon, Theodore, and the wild chipmunk must save Alvin before it's to late.
#12 - Swiss Family Chipmunks
Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/26/1983
Dave drags the Chipmunks unwillingly on a camping trip in the great out doors. When they finally arrive, the Chipmunks discover large footprints and think they are being followed by Bigfoot. Eventually they build a treehouse for Dave, when he falls and injures himself badly, and Alvin and Simon go in search for Big Foot.
#13 - A Dog's Best Friend is His Chipmunk
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/3/1983
Alvin donates money to an animalfund raiser, and discovers that they don't have any money. In, an attempt toearn some money, they decide to sell the cookies that Theodore spent their, money on. But, when the Chipmunks find a dog, they must hide it from Dave.
#14 - The Curse of Lontiki
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/3/1983
When the Chipmunks go to Hawaii, Alvin enters a surfing contest, and becomes convinced that he is cursed when he finds a medallian on the beach that is suppose to bring bad luck.
#15 - The Camp Calomine Caper
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/1984
The Chipmunks compete against the Chipettes in a camp battle of the sexes.
#16 - Gone Fishing
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/13/1984
Alvin and the Chipmunks get a job working in aquarium, but Max, a former employee, who got fired for animal abuse, cooks up a scheme to force the Chipmunks out of a job and work again, by capturing one of 2 whales.
#17 - Alvin on Ice
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/27/1984
Alvin plans to get a famous figure skater, Heather Williams, to appear at the school Pageant.
#18 - Operation Theodore
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1984
While the Chipettes volunteer at the local hospital, a terrified tonsillectomy-bound kid goes missing, so until Brittany finds him, Theodore must step in to substitute, but the doctors, thinking he's the kid, take him into surgery.
#19 - The Greatest Show-Offs on Earth
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/17/1984
The Chipmunks and Chipettes volunteer their talents to raise the money to keep Uncle Ben's Circus going, as well as saving Pinky, the circus's elephant.
#20 - Carsick
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/24/1984
The Chipmunks get the measles. Dave spends so much time taking care of his boys that he becomes sick with the measles and is not able to fix his car for the car show. It is up to the boys take care of everything for Dave.
#21 - Film Flam
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1985
The Chipmunks decide to make a greatest hits video, but they hire a cut-rate film editor to produce it. He accidentally switches the video with Dave’s old home movies of the Chipmunks as infants.
#22 - Who Ghost There
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1985
The Chipmunks are stuck at home without lights, and think the house is haunted.
#23 - Court Action
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/1985
Alvin plagiarizes his book report and will not be allowed to play in the championship basketball game until the Student Honor Court acquits him. But it is Theodore’s turn to be the judge.
#24 - Soccer to Me
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/19/1985
Alvin needs one more player for his soccer team. The only one qualified to play is Brittany's little sister Eleanor.
#25 - Every Chipmunk Tells a Story
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/19/1985
While Dave is out, his piano, laden with instant pudding, mysteriously crashes to the floor from the top of the staircase and is destroyed. But Alvin, Simon and Theodore each have a different version of what happened.
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