Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip is the fourth and final Alvin and the Chipmunks film, released in 2015.
The Chipmunks and Chipettes set up a surprise birthday bash for Dave in their new house, doubling also as a going-away party for the Chipettes, who will be in American Idol as guest judges. While Dave is dissatisfied that Alvin invited multiple celebrities, he later agrees to take them mini-golfing to meet Dave's girlfriend of a few months, Samantha (Kimberly Williams-Paisley). While they do like her, they don't like her son, Miles (Josh Green), who physically bullies the trio. Later, the Chipmunks find an engagement ring in Dave's bag and try to steal it, but fail.
Dave goes to Miami to produce a record for pop artist Ashley Grey (Bella Thorne), and takes Samantha along with him, leaving the Chipmunks with Miles. Both the trio and Miles agree that they don't want Dave and Samantha to get married, and thus they follow them to Miami. The plane they take is forced into an emergency landing after Theodore releases a bunch of animals, leading to James Suggs (Tony Hale), an Air Marshall who has a personal vendetta against the Chipmunks, to pursue them for the rest of their journey.
This film contains examples of:
- Actor Allusion: Laura Marano is a babysitter in Miami. Previously, she had played Ally in Austin & Ally, although the babysitter she plays in a cameo here seems more Trish than Ally.
- Artistic License – Physics: Theodore might be a bit overweight, but using him to kick Miles out of the way of a car collides with the law of impulse conservation.
- Basement-Dweller: Toby still lives with his grandma (Dave’s aunt).
- Brick Joke: The Chipmunks dress squirrels who wreck their house. At the very end of the movie, the Sevilles go home to see the damage they did.Alvin: Totally forgot about this...
- Bring My Brown Pants: This happened to Simon whilst he and Miles try to get past security in "Road Chip", and he nearly gets found out because of that (by peeing, as he's the one who is not wearing pants).
- Casting Gag:
- Tony Hale replaces David Cross as the main villain. Does that remind you of anything?
- Eddie Steeples plays a friend of Jason Lee's character, just like in My Name Is Earl.
- Demoted to Extra: The Chipettes get very little screen time because they're promoted to be American Idol Judges. The boys are the main focus of the movie.
- Disney Death: Theodore after sacrificing himself to save Miles from getting knocked down by the car, thanks to his brothers slingshotting him, but ends up being hit. Luckily, he's still alive.
- Eat the Evidence: Dave sees a little pellet of poop behind Theodore. Simon claims it's just a raisin, but Dave is skeptical. His hand forced, Simon eats the so-called raisin. After a satisfied Dave leaves the room, Simon scowls at Theodore and says, "You owe me big time." Curiously, Alvin was the one in the trailer who ate Theodore's poop.
- Freudian Excuse:
- Miles is such a jerk because his father bailed on him when he was 5.
- James Suggs hates the chipmunks because his girlfriend broke up with him while one of their songs was playing in the background.
- Groin Attack: Suggs gets Theodore launched right into his groin.
- Grounded Forever: Dave and Samantha ground the chipmunks and Miles until their fur (which Miles does not have) is gray.
- Road Trip Plot: The premise of the film is the three Chipmunks rushing to Miami to stop Dave from proposing to his new girlfriend and dumping them(?).
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: As it turns out, Dave was never going to propose to Samantha, making the "road chip" to Miami unnecessary. The ring they snatched was actually for his friend Barry who was trying to propose to his girlfriend.
- The Stinger: At the end, Agent Suggs has escaped the elevator the Chipmunks trapped him in and decides to relax by the pool. He's told to leave since it's for hotel guests only, but Suggs refuses and says the only way he's leaving is if they carry him out. Two security guards are called in and do just that.
