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List of Alvin and the Chipmunks specials and home video releases

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This is a list of Alvin and the Chipmunks television specials and home video releases.

VHS releases[edit]

Following the Lorimar Home Video successful release of The Chipmunk Adventure movie on VHS, selected episodes of the 1983 show and 1980s and 1990s specials were also released. In 1988, New Age Video distributed them, then by Buena Vista Home Video from 1991 to 1996, and Universal Studios Home Video from 1998 to 2000. The VHS Chipmunk Video Library titles featured no opening and closing credits (even though the opening credits were intact on A Chipmunk Reunion).

However, unlike the syndicated versions for most of these were presented in their original speed. The early-mid-1990s Chipmunk VHS releases featured select episodes from the DiC era. The Universal Home Video releases consisted of the reissue of The Chipmunk Adventure and the two direct-to-video films.

New Age Video (1988)[edit]

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks in Alvin and the Chipettes
    • The Greatest Showoffs on Earth
    • Sisters
    • Tell It to the Judge
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks in Chipmunk Classics
    • Snow Wrong
    • Cinderella? Cinderella!
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks in Chipmunkmania
    • Every Chipmunk Tells a Story
    • Who Ghost There?
    • A Horse, of Course
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks in The Chipmunk Family Tree
  • Around the World with Alvin and the Chipmunks
    • Maids in Japan
    • Alvie's Angels
    • The Mystery of Seville Manor
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks in Alvin's Wildest Schemes
    • Romancing Miss Stone
    • Snow Job
    • A Chip off the Old Tooth

Buena Vista Home Video (1991–1996)[edit]

  • Alvin and the Chipmunks in A Chipmunk Christmas (originally released by New Age Video in 1988; Buena Vista Home Video in 1992)
    • A Chipmunk Christmas
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Rockin' With the Chipmunks: Featuring Michael Jackson (1992)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: It's a Wonderful Life, Dave (1993)
    • Dave's Wonderful Life
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carol (1993)
    • Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll[1]
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9 (1994)
    • Theodore and Juliet
    • Dr. Simon and Mr. Heartthrob
    • Dear Diary
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing-Alongs: Video Audio Fun-Pack Ragtime Cowboy Joe (11 songs from The Alvin Show, 1994)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing-Alongs: Video Audio Fun-Pack Working on the Railroad (11 songs from The Alvin Show, 1994)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: School's Out for Summer (1994)
    • Alvin's Summer Job (a.k.a. Going For Broke)
    • Thinking Cap Trap
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Hair-Raising Chipmunk Tales (1994)
    • Babysitter Fright Night
    • Theodore's Life as a Dog
    • Unfair Science
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Nightmare on Seville Street (1994)
    • Nightmare on Seville Street
    • No Chipmunk is an Island
    • Psychic Alvin
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Back to Alvin's Future (1994)
    • Back to Our Future
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Kong! (1994)
    • Kong!
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Batmunk (1994)
    • Batmunk
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Funny, We Shrunk the Adults (1994)
    • Funny, We Shrunk the Adults
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Easter Chipmunk (1995)
    • The Easter Chipmunk
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Daytona Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom (1995)
    • Daytona Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Robomunk (1995)
    • Robomunk
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason (1995)
    • Trick or Treason
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Celebration (1995)
    • A Chipmunk Celebration
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Bigger! (1996)
    • Bigger!
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Star Wreck: The Absolutely Final Frontier (1996)
    • Star Wreck: The Absolutely Final Frontier

Universal Studios Home Video (1999–2000)[edit]

Some U.K. VHS releases have yet to be released in the U.S. on DVD. Episodes consists: "The Phantom", "The Wall", "Queen of the High School Ballroom", "Alvin's Not So Superhero", "Home Sweet Home", "All Worked Up" and "Phantom of the Rock Opera".

There was also a VHS tape released exclusively in Germany that featured seven different segments (albeit in German). On it were "The Wall", "The Amazing Chipmunks", "Psychic Alvin", "A Special Kind of Champion", "Cookie Chomper III", "Nightmare on Seville Street" and "Thinking Cap Trap". Of the seven, "The Amazing Chipmunks", which originally aired alongside "The Wall", is extremely hard to find in its original English language version.[2]

DVD releases[edit]

In 2005, Bagdasarian Productions struck a deal with Paramount Home Entertainment to distribute their latest direct-to-video release, Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks, on DVD. So, Paramount continued distributing selected episodes from the 1980's/1990's series and specials. However, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (which still owns the rights to these specials). 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment (formerly 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment still owns the home video rights through Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. The DVD releases include episodes of the 1980s Alvin and the Chipmunks animated series (previously released on VHS) and unreleased on a home video format.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2004; 2008)[edit]

  • Monster Bash Fun Pack (Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein / Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman / Monster Mash / Archie & the Riverdale Vampires)
    • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (September 7, 2004)
    • Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (September 4, 2007)[3]
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Scare-riffic Double Feature: Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein & Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (March 11, 2008)

Paramount Home Entertainment (2005–2013)[edit]

  • Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks (2005)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas (2005 and 2008)
  • The Chipmunk Adventure (2006, 2008 (2008 reissue includes bonus CD); released on Blu-ray and DVD combo pack in 2014)
    • The Brave Chipmunks (2014 re-release)[4]
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason (2006 and 2008)
    • Trick or Treason
    • Babysitter Fright Night
    • Theodore's Life as a Dog
    • Nightmare on Seville Street
    • No Chipmunk Is An Island
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas: 25th Anniversary Edition (2006)
    • Same as the previous release, except with a bonus CD.
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Valentine (2007, 2009, and 2012)
    • I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special
    • Dr. Simon and Mr. Heartthrob
    • Dear Diary
    • Theodore and Juliet
    • Sploosh (2012 re-release)
    • I Wish I Could Speak French (2012 re-release)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipmunks Go to the Movies (2007)
    • Star Wreck: The Absolutely Final Frontier
    • Batmunk
    • Funny, We Shrunk the Adults
  • Little Audrey: Dexter Detention (2007)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Funny, We Shrunk the Adults (April 1, 2008)
    • Funny, We Shrunk the Adults
    • Back to Our Future
    • Bigger
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Daytona Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom (September 9, 2008)
    • Daytona Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom
    • Batmunk
    • Robomunk
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Alvinnn!!! Edition (September 16, 2008)
    • The Curse of Lontiki
    • Mr. Fabulous
    • Unidentified Flying Chipmunk
    • A Horse, of Course
    • New Improved Simon
    • Snow Job
    • Maids in Japan
    • Every Chipmunk Tells a Story
    • Romancing Miss Stone
    • Three Alarm Alvin
    • Alvin's Oldest Fan
    • A Chip Off the Old Tooth
    • Whatever Happened to Dave Seville?
    • Cadet's Regrets
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebration (September 23, 2008)
    • A Chipmunk Celebration
    • Food for Thought
    • Cookie Chomper III
    • Dave's Getting Married
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Classic Holiday Gift Set (September 23, 2008)
    • Includes all the episodes from the DVDs Trick or Treason, Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebration, and A Chipmunk Christmas
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipettes (January 13, 2009)
    • May the Best Chipmunk Win
    • Operation: Theodore
    • Sisters
    • The Greatest Show-Offs on Earth
    • My Fair Chipette
    • Tell It to the Judge
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Mystery of the Easter Chipmunk (February 10, 2009)
    • The Easter Chipmunk
    • Snow Wrong
    • Luck o' the Chipmunks
    • A Special Kind of Champion
    • Thinking Cap Trap
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Star Wreck (September 8, 2009)
    • Star Wreck: The Absolutely Final Frontier
    • Elementary, My Dear Simon
    • Chip Tracy
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Very First Alvin Show (September 8, 2009)
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin and the Chipettes in Cinderella, Cinderella (March 30, 2010)
    • Cinderella? Cinderella!
    • Alvie's Angels
    • The Brunch Club
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Driving Dave Crazy (December 6, 2011)
    • Dave's Getting Married
    • Every Chipmunk Tells a Story
    • Romancing Miss Stone
    • Maids in Japan
    • The Incredible Shrinking Dave
    • Mother's Day
  • The Chipette Diaries (March 13, 2012)
    • Alvie's Angels
    • Tell it to the Judge
    • My Fair Chipette
    • May the Best Chipmunk Win
    • The Greatest Show-Offs on Earth
    • The Chipettes
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Batmunk (July 10, 2012)
    • Batmunk
    • Treasure Island
    • Elementary, My Dear Simon
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Halloween Collection (September 4, 2012)
    • Trick or Treason
    • Babysitter Fright Night
    • Theodore's Life as a Dog
    • Nightmare on Seville Street
    • Once Upon a Crime
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Easter Collection (February 19, 2013)
    • The Easter Chipmunk
    • A Special Kind of Champion
    • Thinking Cap Trap
    • The Picture of Health
    • Snow Wrong
    • Luck o' the Chipmunks
  • The Chipettes: The Glass Slipper Collection (May 14, 2013)
    • Cinderella? Cinderella!
    • The Chipette Story
    • Sisters
    • Operation: Theodore
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks: Driving Dave Crazier (August 20, 2013)
    • Cookie Chomper III
    • Grounded Chipmunk
    • Whatever Happened to Dave Seville?
    • A Chip Off the Old Tooth

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007–2016)[edit]

Private Distributors[edit]

ANconnect, LLC (2015)[edit]

  • The Alvin Show (March 10, 2015)
    • Episode 1:
      • Stanley the Eagle
      • Oh, Gondanliero
      • Clyde Crashcup Invents the Baseball
      • I Wish I Could Speak French
    • Episode 2:
      • Ostrich
      • The Brave Chipmunks
      • Clyde Crashcup Invents the Baby
      • Yankee Doodle
    • Episode 3:
      • Overworked Alvin
      • Witch Doctor
      • Clyde Crashcup Invents Flight
      • The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)

Bagdasarian Productions (owned unit; 2015–present)[edit]

  • ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Wild Adventures (November 11, 2015)
    • Principal Interest
    • Talking Teddy
    • Mystic Mountain
    • A is for Alien
    • Clowning Around
    • Driving Dave Crazy
    • What a Gem
  • ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks Season 1 Volume 1 (December 4, 2015)
  • ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks Season 1 Volume 2 (January 26, 2016)
  • ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks: Alvin vs. Brittany (March 1, 2016)
    • Sister Act
    • Albrittina
    • My Sister, the Weirdo
    • Mister Manners
    • Reality or Not
    • Turf War
    • Don Juan Theodoro

References[edit]

  1. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9781476672939. Search this book on
  2. Alvin & the Chipmunks: Amazon.de: VHS. Amazon.com.de (September 9, 2009). Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  3. Alvin and the Chipmunks Scare-riffic Double Feature - Universal Studios - NBC Universal Store[permanent dead link]
  4. an anonymous customer answers. "The Chipmunk Adventure (Alvin's Diamond Edition) (Blu-ray + DVD)". Walmart.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.


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