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* RecycledScript: "Home Sweet Home" (season 7, episode 2a) parallels "My Pharoah Lady" (season 5, episode 2b). In the former, Alvin claims that Michael Jackson will visit the school in exchange for votes for Carnival King (in which Ricky is also campaigning for). In the latter, Brittany bets Missy Snootson that if King Rutintootin was not real, then Brittany would resign from running from Carnival Queen. Unlike "Pharoah Lady" (where Brittany loses the bet at the end), Alvin's fate for Carnival King is unconclusive.
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* RecycledScript: "Home Sweet Home" (season 7, episode 2a) parallels "My Pharoah Pharaoh Lady" (season 5, episode 2b). In the former, Alvin claims that Michael Jackson will visit the school in exchange for votes for Carnival King (in which Ricky is also campaigning for). In the latter, Brittany bets Missy Snootson that if King Rutintootin was not real, then Brittany would resign from running from Carnival Queen. Unlike "Pharoah "Pharaoh Lady" (where Brittany loses the bet at the end), Alvin's fate for Carnival King is unconclusive.
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** This incident also served as inspiration for elements of the ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' episode "Mighty's Benefit Plan," which features a Chipmunk parody called Elwee and the Tree Weasels. Producer-director Ralph Bakshi sublet studio space from the Bagdasarians, and witnessed the event in question. How Bakshi incorporated it into ''Mighty Mouse'' is in questionable taste, but consistent with his sense of humor.
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** This incident also served as inspiration for elements of the ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' episode "Mighty's Benefit Plan," which features a Chipmunk parody called Elwee and the Tree Weasels. Animator Bob Jaques convinced supervising director Creator/JohnKricfalusi to come up with the episode as revenge for the Bagdasarians not crediting him on ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', and insisted that the roadkill dog be in there. Producer-director Ralph Bakshi Creator/RalphBakshi also sublet studio space from the Bagdasarians, and witnessed the event in question. How Bakshi they incorporated it into ''Mighty Mouse'' is in questionable taste, but consistent with his sense of humor.
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* ActingForTwo: In the original Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales voiced both Alvin and Brittany.
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** During the Creator/{{DiC|Entertainment}} era of the show; by then, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman did almost all of the voices themselves (notice an increase in characters who sound almost like Dave, and all the female characters have the same voice), while their associate producer, Thom Watkins, did the rest. By then, the only characters who ''weren't'' voiced by Bagdasarian, Karman, or Watkins were Miss Miller (Dody Goodman) and Lilly the puppy (Frank Welker).
** In the original Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales voiced both Alvin and Brittany.
** During the Creator/{{DiC|Entertainment}} era of the show; by then, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman did almost all of the voices themselves (notice an increase in characters who sound almost like Dave, and all the female characters have the same voice), while their associate producer, Thom Watkins, did the rest. By then, the only characters who ''weren't'' voiced by Bagdasarian, Karman, or Watkins were Miss Miller (Dody Goodman) and Lilly the puppy (Frank Welker).
** In the original Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales voiced both Alvin and Brittany.
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* TalkingToHimself: Really taken to new levels during the Creator/{{DiC|Entertainment}} era of the show; by then, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman did almost all of the voices themselves (notice an increase in characters who sound almost like Dave, and all the female characters have the same voice), while their associate producer, Thom Watkins, did the rest. By then, the only characters who ''weren't'' voiced by Bagdasarian, Karman, or Watkins were Miss Miller (Dody Goodman) and Lilly the puppy (Frank Welker).
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* ActingForTwo: In the original Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales voiced both Alvin and Brittany, also overlapping with TalkingToHerself as well.
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* ActingForTwo: In the original Latin American Spanish dub, Creator/MariaFernandaMorales voiced both Alvin and Brittany, also overlapping with TalkingToHerself as well.
* BeamMeUpScotty: A rare visual example. For many years, fans believed that the infamous "Sploosh" episode had [[TheBigDamnKiss Simon and Jeanette kissing]] (mostly thanks to the few screencaps from the episode circulating around the internet including a cap of them leaning in for a smooch). When the episode ''finally'' surfaced briefly on Website/YouTube in 2011, and officially released on DVD later that same year, it turns out TheBigDamnKiss was nothing more than an AlmostKiss.
* CreatorBacklash: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. is not very fond of the Ruby-Spears -produced episodes of the series, which are the first five seasons.
* CrossDressingVoice:
** Janice Karman as Theodore.
** The Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) for the Italian and Japanese dubs.
** A somewhat bizarre example happens in the Latin American Spanish dub: In the first half of the series, Alvin is voiced by Creator/MariaFernandaMorales, a woman, but in the rest of the series, she was replaced by Jesse Conde, a male voice actor who normally voice ''old men'' rather than kids (like ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kozo Fuyutsuki]] and being also Creator/StanLee's voice in many of his cameos), albeit this is not very notable in this case, because his voice, just like the rest of the chipmunks, was sped-up. The same happens with Simon as well.
* TheDanza: [[RealLifeRelative Michael Bagdasarian]] (probably) voiced Michael in "Trick or Treason".
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', a SliceOfLife series featuring pre-teen characters whom also happened to cover popular songs.
* EditedForSyndication: 65 episodes were syndicated by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1988. They were the first five seasons, both Valentines and Reunion primetime specials, and the 11 Murakami-Wolf-Swenson episodes from season 6. In most markets, almost every episode from the first three seasons, as well as a handful from the fourth are sped up (similar to PAL) to conserve time for longer commercial breaks. Some season 3 episodes left the speed alone, but trimmed certain scenes out. In the U.S., a later broadcast on the Cartoon Network left out the the individual episode title cards from the Ruby-Spears episodes, though international markets always retained them. These title cards were originally narrated by Casey Kasem (the announcer for NBC's Saturday Morning programming at the time), but were replaced with Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.'s voice-overs for Dave and Alvin. New commercial bumpers were also added (also narrated by Ross Jr. performing as Dave and Alvin), and a Lorimar-Telepictures logo was inserted at the end of each episode from this package.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
** While there have been plenty of [=DVD=]s featuring episodes from the show, many episodes have yet to be rereleased on video thanks to the show not receiving a full rerelease. It doesn't help that Bagdasarian Productions has a habit of re-releasing the exact same compilation [=DVD=]s (with maybe an additional entry or two with certain releases) year after year, under different titles.
** Different episodes, in different forms, continually pop up on various different video sharing sites, such as Website/YouTube or Dailymotion, though they do suffer from being pulled for copyright, whether from Bagdasarian Productions, or other companies such as Creator/WarnerBros (particularly uploads from Creator/CartoonNetwork recordings).
* LongRunners: While most Saturday Morning cartoons lasted a season or two at best, this cartoon lasted for eight seasons, with over 100 episodes, and spawning a number of TV specials associated with it.
* MissingEpisode: "Cookie Chomper III" was rarely rerun after its' initial airing due to its' subject matter.
* NoExportForYou: The Japanese dub aired select episodes of the series. For example, ''[[Film/KingKong1976 Kong!]]'' and ''[[Film/RoboCop1987 Robomunk]]'' were the only episodes from ''The Chipmunks Go To The Movies'' (the final season) to be dubbed and aired in Japanese.
** The Hungarian dub only aired the first two seasons.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** Grandma Seville seems to gain a new voice each time she appears and Ross Jr. replaced AlanYoung as Grandpa Seville in his last appearance.
** Janice Karman voices Vinny instead on Creator/JuneForay in her second appearance.
* RealLifeRelative: In the first Italian dub (in which Cooperativa Doppiatori Cinematografici (CDC)[[note]]Film Dubbing Cooperative in Italian[[/note]] covered the Ruby-Spears episodes, seasons 1-5), Dave Seville was voiced by Vittorio Stagni, the real-life father of Creator/IlariaStagni (who voiced Alvin since season 2). For the Chipettes, Barbara De Bortoli (who voiced Brittany since season 2) is sisters with Creator/FedericaDeBortoli (Eleanor Miller).
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Cookie Chomper III". See {{write who you know}} example below.
* RecycledScript: "Home Sweet Home" (season 7, episode 2a) parallels "My Pharoah Lady" (season 5, episode 2b). In the former, Alvin claims that Michael Jackson will visit the school in exchange for votes for Carnival King (in which Ricky is also campaigning for). In the latter, Brittany bets Missy Snootson that if King Rutintootin was not real, then Brittany would resign from running from Carnival Queen. Unlike "Pharoah Lady" (where Brittany loses the bet at the end), Alvin's fate for Carnival King is unconclusive.
* RoleReprise:
** Despite Jason Lee being the new Dave Seville, Ross Jr. still provides his vocals on a couple of soundtracks.
** Goodman reprised her role of Miss Miller in ''Meet Frankenstein'' as well as ''Meet the Wolfman'' nine years after the 80s/90s series.
** Janice Karman still provides the singing voices of Theodore and the Chipettes as well as doing their voices in two of the video games. She fully reprises her role for the 2015 series.
%%** Menken in the “''Back to Our Future''” episode.
* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: In their debut episode, The Chipettes don matching pleated yellow dresses for concerts and public appearances. It was the only episode of the series to feature them in these dresses. However, when The Chipmunks Posable Play Pals line was released, figures of The Chipettes wearing the dresses were released.
* TalkingToHimself: Really taken to new levels during the Creator/{{DiC|Entertainment}} era of the show; by then, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman did almost all of the voices themselves (notice an increase in characters who sound almost like Dave, and all the female characters have the same voice), while their associate producer, Thom Watkins, did the rest. By then, the only characters who ''weren't'' voiced by Bagdasarian, Karman, or Watkins were Miss Miller (Dody Goodman) and Lilly the puppy (Frank Welker).
* WriteWhoYouKnow: In "Cookie Chomper III", [[spoiler: the dog the Chipmunks adopted is named Lilly, who was named after Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman's dog, Tiger Lily. She served as the real-life inspiration for this episode, and like Cookie Chomper III, Tiger Lily was also run over by a car and died.]]
** This incident also served as inspiration for elements of the ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' episode "Mighty's Benefit Plan," which features a Chipmunk parody called Elwee and the Tree Weasels. Producer-director Ralph Bakshi sublet studio space from the Bagdasarians, and witnessed the event in question. How Bakshi incorporated it into ''Mighty Mouse'' is in questionable taste, but consistent with his sense of humor.
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* BeamMeUpScotty: A rare visual example. For many years, fans believed that the infamous "Sploosh" episode had [[TheBigDamnKiss Simon and Jeanette kissing]] (mostly thanks to the few screencaps from the episode circulating around the internet including a cap of them leaning in for a smooch). When the episode ''finally'' surfaced briefly on Website/YouTube in 2011, and officially released on DVD later that same year, it turns out TheBigDamnKiss was nothing more than an AlmostKiss.
* CreatorBacklash: Ross Bagdasarian Jr. is not very fond of the Ruby-Spears -produced episodes of the series, which are the first five seasons.
* CrossDressingVoice:
** Janice Karman as Theodore.
** The Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) for the Italian and Japanese dubs.
** A somewhat bizarre example happens in the Latin American Spanish dub: In the first half of the series, Alvin is voiced by Creator/MariaFernandaMorales, a woman, but in the rest of the series, she was replaced by Jesse Conde, a male voice actor who normally voice ''old men'' rather than kids (like ComicBook/{{Asterix}}, [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Kozo Fuyutsuki]] and being also Creator/StanLee's voice in many of his cameos), albeit this is not very notable in this case, because his voice, just like the rest of the chipmunks, was sped-up. The same happens with Simon as well.
* TheDanza: [[RealLifeRelative Michael Bagdasarian]] (probably) voiced Michael in "Trick or Treason".
* DuelingShows: With ''Series/KidsIncorporated'', a SliceOfLife series featuring pre-teen characters whom also happened to cover popular songs.
* EditedForSyndication: 65 episodes were syndicated by Lorimar-Telepictures in 1988. They were the first five seasons, both Valentines and Reunion primetime specials, and the 11 Murakami-Wolf-Swenson episodes from season 6. In most markets, almost every episode from the first three seasons, as well as a handful from the fourth are sped up (similar to PAL) to conserve time for longer commercial breaks. Some season 3 episodes left the speed alone, but trimmed certain scenes out. In the U.S., a later broadcast on the Cartoon Network left out the the individual episode title cards from the Ruby-Spears episodes, though international markets always retained them. These title cards were originally narrated by Casey Kasem (the announcer for NBC's Saturday Morning programming at the time), but were replaced with Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.'s voice-overs for Dave and Alvin. New commercial bumpers were also added (also narrated by Ross Jr. performing as Dave and Alvin), and a Lorimar-Telepictures logo was inserted at the end of each episode from this package.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
** While there have been plenty of [=DVD=]s featuring episodes from the show, many episodes have yet to be rereleased on video thanks to the show not receiving a full rerelease. It doesn't help that Bagdasarian Productions has a habit of re-releasing the exact same compilation [=DVD=]s (with maybe an additional entry or two with certain releases) year after year, under different titles.
** Different episodes, in different forms, continually pop up on various different video sharing sites, such as Website/YouTube or Dailymotion, though they do suffer from being pulled for copyright, whether from Bagdasarian Productions, or other companies such as Creator/WarnerBros (particularly uploads from Creator/CartoonNetwork recordings).
* LongRunners: While most Saturday Morning cartoons lasted a season or two at best, this cartoon lasted for eight seasons, with over 100 episodes, and spawning a number of TV specials associated with it.
* MissingEpisode: "Cookie Chomper III" was rarely rerun after its' initial airing due to its' subject matter.
* NoExportForYou: The Japanese dub aired select episodes of the series. For example, ''[[Film/KingKong1976 Kong!]]'' and ''[[Film/RoboCop1987 Robomunk]]'' were the only episodes from ''The Chipmunks Go To The Movies'' (the final season) to be dubbed and aired in Japanese.
** The Hungarian dub only aired the first two seasons.
* TheOtherDarrin:
** Grandma Seville seems to gain a new voice each time she appears and Ross Jr. replaced AlanYoung as Grandpa Seville in his last appearance.
** Janice Karman voices Vinny instead on Creator/JuneForay in her second appearance.
* RealLifeRelative: In the first Italian dub (in which Cooperativa Doppiatori Cinematografici (CDC)[[note]]Film Dubbing Cooperative in Italian[[/note]] covered the Ruby-Spears episodes, seasons 1-5), Dave Seville was voiced by Vittorio Stagni, the real-life father of Creator/IlariaStagni (who voiced Alvin since season 2). For the Chipettes, Barbara De Bortoli (who voiced Brittany since season 2) is sisters with Creator/FedericaDeBortoli (Eleanor Miller).
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Cookie Chomper III". See {{write who you know}} example below.
* RecycledScript: "Home Sweet Home" (season 7, episode 2a) parallels "My Pharoah Lady" (season 5, episode 2b). In the former, Alvin claims that Michael Jackson will visit the school in exchange for votes for Carnival King (in which Ricky is also campaigning for). In the latter, Brittany bets Missy Snootson that if King Rutintootin was not real, then Brittany would resign from running from Carnival Queen. Unlike "Pharoah Lady" (where Brittany loses the bet at the end), Alvin's fate for Carnival King is unconclusive.
* RoleReprise:
** Despite Jason Lee being the new Dave Seville, Ross Jr. still provides his vocals on a couple of soundtracks.
** Goodman reprised her role of Miss Miller in ''Meet Frankenstein'' as well as ''Meet the Wolfman'' nine years after the 80s/90s series.
** Janice Karman still provides the singing voices of Theodore and the Chipettes as well as doing their voices in two of the video games. She fully reprises her role for the 2015 series.
%%** Menken in the “''Back to Our Future''” episode.
* ShowAccuracyToyAccuracy: In their debut episode, The Chipettes don matching pleated yellow dresses for concerts and public appearances. It was the only episode of the series to feature them in these dresses. However, when The Chipmunks Posable Play Pals line was released, figures of The Chipettes wearing the dresses were released.
* TalkingToHimself: Really taken to new levels during the Creator/{{DiC|Entertainment}} era of the show; by then, Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman did almost all of the voices themselves (notice an increase in characters who sound almost like Dave, and all the female characters have the same voice), while their associate producer, Thom Watkins, did the rest. By then, the only characters who ''weren't'' voiced by Bagdasarian, Karman, or Watkins were Miss Miller (Dody Goodman) and Lilly the puppy (Frank Welker).
* WriteWhoYouKnow: In "Cookie Chomper III", [[spoiler: the dog the Chipmunks adopted is named Lilly, who was named after Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and Janice Karman's dog, Tiger Lily. She served as the real-life inspiration for this episode, and like Cookie Chomper III, Tiger Lily was also run over by a car and died.]]
** This incident also served as inspiration for elements of the ''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures'' episode "Mighty's Benefit Plan," which features a Chipmunk parody called Elwee and the Tree Weasels. Producer-director Ralph Bakshi sublet studio space from the Bagdasarians, and witnessed the event in question. How Bakshi incorporated it into ''Mighty Mouse'' is in questionable taste, but consistent with his sense of humor.
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