Alvin and the Chipmunks (stylized as ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks) is an American/French CGI-animated television series which is on Sky Kids, Nicktoons and POP. It features Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Chipettes that was first announced in 2010. After a 25-year hiatus, the premiere of this series marks their first television appearance together since 1990. A promotional trailer for the series was posted on YouTube.
On October 10, 2016, it was announced that the series has been renewed for a third and fourth season.
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Plot
As with most previous adaptations of Alvin and the Chipmunks, the series follows Dave Seville, a bachelor who is raising three Chipmunks as his children, as well as their female counterparts and girlfriends The Chipettes. He can lose his patience sometimes, causing him to scream "ALVINNN!!!", his catchphrase to Alvin. There is a song in every episode. The series takes place in modern times and discusses modern topics such as Dave's technology issues and school bullying. Others are parents embarrassing kids and parents needing dates.
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Voice Cast
- Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. as Alvin, Simon and Dave Seville
- Janice Karman as Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, Kevin (Nerdy Kid), Miss Bernese Smith, Miss Croner, Miss Miller and additional voices
- Vanessa Bagdasarian as Eleanor, Lucy, Kate and additional voices
- Michael Bagdasarian as Principal's Husband and additional voices
- Jean Ellie as Biggie Large
- Brian Chambers as Derek Smalls, Officer Dangus and additional voices
- Edwina Jones as the Principal
- Elizabeth Gomez as Julie
Production
The series, originally titled The Chipmunks and Chipettes, has 104 11-minute episodes and is produced in high-definition CGI animation, with The Chipmunks and The Chipettes' new looks resembling the iMunk looks. The show serves as an update of the 1980s series utilizing the same theme song, voice actors Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. and Janice Karman, and format with each episode having a song.
The series producers are Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, Sandrine Nguyen, and Boris Hertzog from the American production company Bagdasarian Productions and French Companies OuiDo! Productions and Moonscoop. OuiDo! Productions and Moonscoop handles the animation and storyboards, with Bagdasarian Productions in charge of voices and music. PGS Entertainment acquired the rights for media outside the United States and France in August 2013 and licensing and merchandising rights in May 2014. On February 24, 2014, Nickelodeon acquired all 104 episodes for all territories except Brazil. The series was put on sale at the October 2013 Mipcom and was one of the most-viewed shows there.
Episodes
Broadcast
The series made its English-language debut on Nicktoons in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 5, 2016 and on Nick in the US on August 3. Nick Jr. in Australia and New Zealand and Nicktoons in Africa premiered the show on May 4. The Southeast Asian feed of Nickelodeon debuted the show on May 8 in Singapore and the Philippines and on May 15 in Malaysia. In English-speaking Canada, it premiered on Teletoon on September 9 and was moved to Family Channel on May 6, 2017. In India, it debuted on Nick Jr. on May 30, 2016. It is now airing on Pop in the UK on February 1, 2016. In Indonesia, it is currently airing on MNCTV.
Home video release
Season 1 Vol. 1 was released on DVD on December 4, 2015. Season 1 Vol. 2 was released on January 26, 2016. Alvin's Wild Adventures was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 10, 2015 by Bagdasarian Productions. It contains the episodes "Principal Interest", "Talking Teddy", "Mystic Mountain", "A is for Alien", "Clowning Around", "Driving Dave Crazy", and "What a Gem". Alvin vs. Brittany was released on DVD and Blu-Ray on March 1, 2016 by Bagdasarian Productions. It contains the episodes "Sister Act", "Albrittina", "My Sister the Weirdo", "Mister Manners", "Reality or Not", "Turf War", and "Don Juan Theodoro".
Soundtracks
On September 25, 2015, an album based on the television series was released on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, and CD entitled We're the Chipmunks (Music from the TV Show). On September 22, 2017, a second album based on the series was released on iTunes and Spotify entitled Nuts 2 U.[1]
References
This article incorporates material derived from the "ALVINNN!!!_and_The_Chipmunks" article on the Alvin wiki at Wikia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License (July 2015).
External links
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks on Ouido Productions
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks on Bagdasarian Productions
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks on M6
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks on PGS Entertainment
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks on Nickelodeon
- ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks on IMDb
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