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Chipmunk Reunion?

posted 20 years ago by Carrieattheprom
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I remember this story but I can't remember if it was played as a special or aired as part of the regular season.

The Chipmunks want to know when their actual birthday is, but they can't agree on the exact date. They always just had a party on the day when they were discoverd on Dave's doorstep. The Chipmunks decide they need to find the one person who would know for sure: their mother.

The chipettes try to cover for the boys, but Dave finds out pretty quickly where the boys have gone, and is heartbroken. He and the chipettes decide to chase after them.

The Cipmunks find their mother and Alvin demands to know why she left them on Dave's doorstep. He is heartbroken that their mom won't come back to the city with them. But after a pep talk with Simon and Theodore finally acepts matters.

The next day the find out the real date of their birthday and are having a party with their mom and woodland pals. Dave and the Chipettes show up. Dave sees how happy the boys are and starts to leave. To boys catch sight of him outside the window and chase him down, saying that they love him and want to stay with him. Dave and the Chippettes then join the party.

Pretty heavy stuff for a kid's cartoon. Especially in the pain Dave feels when the boys go to find their mom and the emotional confrontation Alvin has with his mom about why she abandoned them-and why she can't go back with them, nor can they stay with her.

And if that wasn't emotional enough, there's some dangerous animal(I THINK it was a boar) attacks the chipmunks and their mom saves them.

Anywhoo, anybody else remember this? I'm surprised I remember as much as I do.
(and yet I STILL don't know my 9's time table)

[–] slkostis-2 20 years ago

Oh yes. I do remember that episode.

It was the ultimate depiction of parent-child seperation ever broadcast on television ever depicted on television. It blows both "divorce" episodes of THE SIMPSONS away, and emphasizes the pain that some rock musicians (I'm thinking Roger Waters and Prince here) feel in the present when one parent is taken away from them at an early stage in their lives.

On a less specific note, I felt the character design of Mother Vinnie (red cape, blue overalls, green blouse) as well as the character's personality (equal parts Maria Schell as Lara in SUPERMAN: THE MOVE and Elizabeth Hartman as Mrs. Brisby in THE SECRET OF NIMH) to be the perfect visual and emotional maternal counterpart to Alvin, Simon and Theodore Seville. She really did look and act like she was the Chipmunks' mother.

Of course it was nothing like the real inception of the Chipmunks—the late Ross "David Seville" Bagdasarian Sr. met Alvin Chipmunk for the first time after surveying the wreckage from a car accident (Dave's car was totalled in it)—but the special episode was a powerful mix of furry science fiction, rock music and family drama. Not a bad television offering from a novelty act that switched over to straightforward rock, pop, roll and soul in midcareer

[–] Arwen_Evenstar04 20 years ago

I remember that episode!! I remember pretty much all of them (well, the ones I have on tape and that's alot) I luv that ep!

[–] starsprite 20 years ago

That was one of my favorite episodes!!! I remember getting all teary-eyed watching it. Oh man how I wish I could watch that one again *tear*

[–] SSJAniFan 19 years ago

Also remember it(once again, I saw it on FOX. Ah, things were good back then). I think the dangerous animal was a wolf instead of a bear though(but I could be wrong)

[–] mikeyc-4 19 years ago

i have a copy of that episode on my computer from a old vhs tape. If anyone wants to see the chipmunk reunion or the chipmunks valentine special please e-mail [email protected] and put the word chipmunks in the title and i will send you a link to download it.

[–] lisaweird 19 years ago

I don't remember this episode, so it was probably an earlier one. I DO remember one where their mother comes back and she embarasses the boys with her farm ways and at the end they all have a party/concert at their school.

Does anybody remember a REALLY sad episode where they find a gray kitten and name him Cookie Chomper and one night it jumps out the window and a guy comes to the door with his collar and tells Dave that he ran over him with his truck? And they Chipmunks were all sad and they sang a song about remembering and at the end they got a dog? (Stupid mutt, WHY didn't they get another cat?)

I cried a lot at that episode when I was little. Yeah, that's the good thing about these old cartoons. They delt with serious stuff like divorce and death. You don't see much of that anymore.