History WesternAnimation / TheChipmunkAdventure

* ProductPlacement: Rare for an animated film, but Alvin is clearly eating from a box of Honey-Nut Cheerios in the scene where he and Theodore use the tape recorder to trick Miss Miller.

* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: The Chipettes, who are a trio of {{Girly Girl}}s, end up in midriff-baring BellyDancer outfits after the sheikh captures them. Although it is winter, Eleanor doesn't seem to mind that her winter outfit also bares her belly button and lower back.

* BellyDancer: The Chipettes get dressed up like this at the sheikh's palace. They actually perform a dance in those outfits to distract some guardian cobras, but the music and the dance moves are closer to rock and roll than any authentic belly dance.

* PrettyInMink: The girls wear fur-trimmed capes over their BellyDancer outfits when they visit Antarctica.

* RoyalHarem: A young human prince [[InterSpeciesRomance falls in love with Brittany]] and tries to get her to join his family's royal harem, so the three Chipettes have to get out of there. It certainly explains their BellyDancer outfits.

* {{Fanservice}}:
** The Chipettes get many {{Panty Shot}}s and spend the last third in BellyDancer outfits that show their midriffs. Also, Brittany wears a very skimpy bikini in the underwater scene.
** Alvin and Simon in loincloths for the entire last act is this or FanDisservice, depending on your point of view.

* IncestSubtext: Klaus and Claudia are siblings, but sometimes they make you wonder if there isn't anything more going on between the two of them. Though they're probably just that close. Alvin and Simon are probably worse about this, if we're being entirely fair.

* TheSkeptic: Simon and Jeannette, naturally. Turns out their unease over the race and of Klaus and Claudia's true intentions was completely justified.

* VoiceActors: Creator/CharlieAdler, Creator/NancyCartwright, Creator/KenSansom and Creator/FrankWelker.
* [[IHaveYourWife We Have Your Babysitter]]: [[spoiler:At the film's climax, Klaus and Claudia capture the kids by telling them they have Miss Miller hostage. It's a lie, of course -- at that very moment she's driving to the airport to pick up Dave.]]

-->'''Simon''': I can't believe you'd deceive Miss Miller for a package of Tutti-Frutti, Theodore.\\
'''Theodore''': ''Two'' packages!

'''Simon:''' It's ancient writing that says, "Sacrifice the full moon on the Prince of Plenty." That doesn't make any sense. Oh, ha ha ha ha! How silly of me! It's eyes before eats except after teeth. I got it reversed. It says, "Sacrifice the Prince of Plenty on the full moon."\\

-->'''Klaus''': ''(raises his wine glass)'' [[SarcasmMode Here's to ''you'', Claudia.]]

-->'''Dave''': I could've ''sworn''... No, it couldn't be. The boys wouldn't. ''Would they''?

-->'''Klaus''': Allow us to introduce ourselves. My name is Klaus Furschtein, and this is my sister Claudia.
-->''(Sophie's head pops out of Claudia's purse, growling. Klaus pushes her back in)''
-->'''Klaus''' ''(with clear disdain)'': ...And Sophie.

-->'''Alvin:''' "Over my dead body!"
-->(''Cut to Alvin, Simon, and Theodore all tied up over a [[SharkPool Crocodile Pit]]'')
-->'''Simon:''' "[[DeadpanSnarker You mean over OUR dead bodies]]".

-->'''Miss Miller:''' "David, are you drunk?"

-->'''Claudia:''' In a few minutes, we'll be on our private jet to Costa Rica!\\

-->'''Alvin:''' A hundred...
-->'''Brittany:''' ...thousand dollars!

* WokenUpAtAnUngodlyHour: To fool Mrs. Miller into letting them go on a balloon race around the world, Alvin calls Dave, who is vacationing in France, to record his conversation and fake a phone call to Mrs. Miller telling her to let them go on vacation with him. Because of the time difference, Dave is woken up in the middle of the night and is angry at Alvin for it.

* OffModel: In addition to nabbing a bunch of fired Disney animators after ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'' flopped, Bagdasarian Productions outsourced the animation to various different animation houses all over the world ([[WordOfGod Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. even remarks the work went to more countries than The Chipmunks and Chipettes did]]), and as such, there's a lot of noticeable inconsistencies with the character designs all throughout.
** In one scene, Brittany's underwear is ''over her tights''.

* GoldTooth: Cuomo, one of Jamal's henchmen has one, which is constantly accompanied by an AudibleGleam.

* InterspeciesRomance

* NeverMyFault: Brittany refuses to acknowledge Simon's warnings about a hurricane forming near Bermuda (believing it to be just a lie to deter her and her sisters). Sure enough, that's exactly what the Chipettes run in to, much to the chagrin of Eleanor and Jeanette who scold Brittany on her arrogance. Brittany however refuses to admit her mistake and simply changes the subject.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: It's mostly averted, the countries the characters visit are portrayed relatively accurately. Instead, the artistic license lies in the characters being able to traverse the globe in a hot-air balloon, which, while certainly possible, would be incredibly dangerous and difficult, and take much longer than portrayed here.

* YouGotSpunk: Why the Egyptian sheik took an interest in Brittany.

* BedlahBabe / BellyDancer: The Chipettes get dressed up like this at the sheikh's palace. They actually get to perform a belly dance in order to charm some snakes.

* BareYourMidriff: Chipettes in their belly dancer outfits and although it is winter, Eleanor doesn't seem to mind that her winter outfit also bares her belly button and lower back.
* BedlahBabe / BellyDancer: The Chipettes get dressed up like this. Not to mention that they also [[BareYourMidriff bare their midriffs]].

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The sheik gives Brittany a baby penguin as an engagement present, which the Chipettes then decide to take back to his family in Antarctica.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins The baby penguin.]]
* RidingIntoTheSunset: The ending, [[spoiler: with all six kids in the back of Miss Miller's car, and Alvin lamenting that he never got the prize money, or even a reward for catching Klaus and Claudia. Brittany comments that THEY were the ones who won the race, and an argument ensues, much to Dave's chagrin.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: The sheik gives Brittany a baby penguin as an engagement present, which the Chipettes then decide to take back to his family in Antarctica.

* MisterMuffykins: Claudia's unpleasant little dog Sophie.

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics but, although not having any confirmed or even ''estimated'' budget, was a [[BoxOfficeBomb box office flop, taking in just under $7 million]]. Nonetheless, it has quite a [[CultClassic following from 80s and 90s kids]] who grew up with its frequent showings on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} and Creator/CartoonNetwork.