Alvin and the Chipmunks

''This article is about the 1983 TV series. For the 2015 series with a similar name, see mh:terribletvshows:Alvinn and the Chipmunks (2015)''.

Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983 to 1987, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson in 1988 and DIC Animation City from 1988 to 1990.

Why It Makes You Feel Like A Chipmunk

 * 1) The show had catchy theme songs. Specifically, the 1988-1990 end credits where Alvin played the guitar in the first half. Take a look for yourself.
 * 2) There are some great character designs. Even the animation improved when Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (season 6a only) and DiC (season 6b-8) took over production of the show for the remainder of the series.
 * 3) Almost all six chipmunks (Alvin, Simon, Theodore, Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor) and David Seville himself was likable.
 * 4) The show had a lot of energy, imagination, and charm that appealed to a lot of viewers.
 * 5) *Many children during the time grew up with this cartoon.
 * 6) Some heartwarming moments in certain episodes
 * 7) Solid voice acting
 * 8) It spawned a Great 1987 feature film, The Chipmunks Adventure.
 * 9) It spawned a not one or two but THREE direct-to-video films, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman and Little Alvin and the Mini-Munks.
 * 10) Even after the show was over, it also produced three Holiday specials from 1994-1995 entitled Trick or Treason (Halloween 1994), A Chipmunk Celebration (Thanksgiving 1994), and The Easter Chipmunk (Easter 1995).
 * 11) In Spring 1990, the Chipmunks were involved with the anti-drug special entitled Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.
 * 12) Season 8 (The Chipmunks Go To The Movies) was interesting in a way that its episodes consist of the characters starring in spoofs of famous movies.
 * 13) Depending on how you view the final episode, "Funny, We Shrunk the Adults", it was a decent way to send off the series.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) One of the biggest problems with the cartoon is that while inspired by the chipmunk species, the Chipmunks' character designs look hardly anything like chipmunks.
 * 2) Preceding entries in the franchise weren't as good.
 * 3) * Little Alvin and the mini-munks, while decent, made a very weird decision to make the characters puppets.
 * 4) *the 2007-2015 film series was met with negative reception.
 * 5) * It's 2015 CGI animated reboot wasn't that good.
 * 6) Regardless of the incarnation (Ruby-Spears, Murakami-Swenson-Wolf, DiC), there are one-off plots that are never mentioned again. Specifically, in "My Pharaoh Lady", Brittany made a bet with Missy Snootson that if King Ruttin' Tootin' was not real by midnight, Brittany would resign from running for Carnival Queen. The carnival plot was never mentioned again.
 * 7) Some unlikable characters like Brittany Miller (depending on the episode).
 * 8) While not bad, "Funny, We Shrunk the Adults" wasn't that great. But as stated before, it depends on your view.

Trivia

 * Ross Bagdasarian Jr. was not very fond of the Ruby-Spears episodes, which were the first five seasons of the show.