History WesternAnimation / TheAlvinShow

* SirSwearsALot: In 2018, a few episodes from this show were edited with swearing like this one for an example; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbqTCDoSSCQ

* TheUnintelligible: Leonardo's only speech is whispering to Clyde Crashcup's ears.
** He only speaks audibly once, when upset, in an angry whimper like a Pekingese trying to talk.

* Sir Swears-a-Lot: In 2018, a few episodes from this show were edited with swearing like this one for an example; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbqTCDoSSCQ

* FacePalm: Simon does this when Dave trips over his ball he forgot to put away in "Lovesick Dave".

* ADayInTheLimelight: Theodore in "Theodore's Dog."
** In a way, the episode "Haunted House" seem to focus little more on [=JP=] Lester (the {{bedsheet ghost}}) and his exploits on trying to scare Dave and the Chipmunks who are fixing up the Chesley Estate.

* OutOfCharacter: {{In-universe}} at the beginning of "Lovesick Dave", where Alvin breaks the lamp with his paddle ball and shatters it. Instead of yelling at Alvin, Dave asks if he's all right. Dave doesn't even yell at Theodore when zooming by him wearing roller skates or at Simon when he tripped over the bespectacled chipmunks' ball, which the Chipmunks to suspect something is up, though it appeared Simon noticed Dave's strange behavior before the episode started.

Despite being drawn in color, the show was played in black-and-white format in primetime against the hit ''Series/WagonTrain'' though it didn't fare well in prime time and was cancelled after the first season. However, the characters themselves proved to be enormously popular with young viewers -- the show popped in in repeats on {{CBS}} Saturday morning in 1962, airing to widespread success for three seasons.

** In the episode, "Stanley the Eagle", when Dave finally sees the eagle[[labelnote:*]]either the Chipmunks named him Stanley or he already had that name, it's never really specified[[/labelnote]], he starts freaking out. Now picture a parent seeing any kind of wild/deadly animal (snake, wolf or even a bear) getting in their back yard were their kid(s) are playing...

* {{Balloonacy}}: In one of the teaser openings, Alvin buys a bunch of balloons and hands them to Dave, sending him floating away to the sky.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Simon and Theodore lack their distinctive personalities that fans of the later medias are used to, usually little more than more well behaved counterparts to Alvin. Dave is also noticeably more of a comedic hot head here.

* TheTeaser

Despite being drawn in color, the show was played in black-and-white format in primetime against the hit ''Series/WagonTrain'' though it didn't fare well in prime time and was cancelled after the first season. Though the characters themselves proved to be enormously popular with young viewers the show popped in in repeats on {{CBS}} Saturday morning in 1962, airing to widespread success for three seasons.

'''NOTE:''' ''Tropes under here are '''specifically''' for the [[TheDarkAgeOfAnimation '60s cartoon]] series''.

* Tropes exclusive to the [[TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation '80s cartoon]] series go in ''WesternAnimation.{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}'';

* TheDarkAgeOfAnimation

* Tropes exclusive to the [[LiveActionAdaptation live action/CGI]] movies go in ''Film.{{Alvin and the Chipmunks}}''.

!!''The Alvin Show'' provides examples of the following tropes:

It follows the lives and shenanigans of the Chipmunks (in this series, they were further developed as a trio of rambunctious kids) as they often cause mischief towards their high-tempered human father figure and manager Dave Seville, who was based on the series' creator, Ross Bagdasarian, (Sr.). Bagdasarian provided the speaking and signing to the three rodents as well as voicing the hapless bachelor Dave.

Sometimes in 1994, Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} picked up broadcast rights for the show and ran the episodes daily until early 1995. During that time as well as sometime afterwards, the individual cartoons and musical segments were inserted into episodes of ''Series/{{Weinerville}}''. The show ultimately vanished from the airways.

It follows the lives and shenanigans of the Chipmunks (in this series, they were further developed as a trio of rambunctious kids) as they often cause mischief towards their high-tempered human father figure and manager, Dave Seville who was based on the series' creator, Ross Bagdasarian, (Sr.). Bagdasarian provided the speaking and signing to the three rodents as well as voicing the hapless bachelor Dave.

* Tropes exclusive to the DirectToVideo movies go either in:

* ActorAllusion: In one episode, Dave exclaims "I made that record once!" in regards to "Witch Doctor". This is because Ross Bagdasarian didn't consider "Witch Doctor" not technically being a Chipmunks song, the first true song by the Chipmunk Trio being "The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)".

* AdultFear: In the episode, "Stanley the Eagle", when Dave finally sees the eagle[[labelnote:*]]either the Chipmunks named him Stanley or he already had that name, it's never really specified[[/labelnote]], he starts freaking out. Now picture a parent seeing any kind of wild/deadly animal (snake, wolf or even a bear) getting in their back yard were their kid(s) are playing . . .

** In a way, [=JP=] Lester (the {{bedsheet ghost}} in "Haunted House") is little more focused on than Dave and the Chipmunks.

* ADayInTheLimelight: Theodore in "Theodore's Dog".
* AdultFear
** In the episode, "Stanley the Eagle", when Dave finally sees the eagle[[labelnote:*]]either the Chipmunks named him Stanley or he already had that name, it's never really specified[[/labelnote]], he starts freaking out. Now picture a parent seeing any kind of wild/deadly animal (snake, wolf or even a bear) getting in their back yard were their kid(s) are playing . . .

[[Creator/{{Viacom}} Viacom Enterprises]] distributed reruns of ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'' to local stations to coincide with its successor, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks''.