Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel is the second live action Alvin and the Chipmunks film. It was released in 2009.
After a concert accident results in Dave in traction and sent to the hospital, in the Chipmunks end up in the care of Dave's lazy cousin Toby (Zachary Levi) and they are enrolled in school and must try to fit in with their human peers, a struggle made even tougher since they were former celebrities. Meanwhile, Ian, struggling to get back on his feet after losing his wealth and reputation in the end of the first movie, seems to have finally found replacements for his former employees in the form of the Chipette sisters: brash Brittany (Christina Applegate), brainy Jeanette (Anna Faris), and portly Eleanor (Amy Poehler). Just like the three male chipmunks, the Chipettes are somewhat humanoid, and as such are capable of human speech and, by extension, singing. Can the Chipettes be just as successful, and will vengeance on the Chipmunks finally be Ian's?
This film contains examples of:
- Actor Allusion:
- Another reference to a movie with Justin Long is made when the Chipmunks are playing dodgeball:
"C'mon, Alvin! Remember your five D's of dodge ball: Dodge, dip, duck, dive, and dodge!"- Anna Faris plays Jeanette, Simon's female counterpart. In Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Faris played another intelligent character wearing glasses, this one named 'Sam Sparks'.
- Jason Lee trips over a skateboard. He's otherwise a famous celebrity for his professional skateboarder skills.
- Blown Across the Room: A giant cardboard cutout of Alvin breaks loose and smacks right into Dave, literally sending him sailing through the air! This unintentionally sets up the plot, as Dave is temporarily heavily crippled and bed ridden for the rest of the movie.
- Covers Always Lie: Never once does Brittany wear a black leather jacket as portrayed in a poster.
- Demoted to Extra: Dave, due to a prop mishap during a charity concert crippling him, thus putting him out of commission for most of the movie, prompting him to send the chipmunks to live with a relative.
- Foreshadowing:
- Simon falling into a bedpan, picking up Toby's half-eaten taco and complaining that he feels like living in a dump foreshadows Ryan tossing him into a trashcan and them being tossed into the dump itself.
- Likewise, Theodore stands next to a brochure for the Los Angeles Zoo. Guess where he runs away to later in the movie?
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: When Ian "forgets" his keys to "his" penthouse suite that he's bringing the Chipettes to live with him, he says:Ian: Oh darn it! Gosh darn it to heck!
Brittany: What's wrong, Mr. Hawke? - Groin Attack: Ian gets hit in the crotch with a remote-controlled toy motorcycle.
- Help, I'm Stuck!: Theodore gets stuck in a cage at the zoo and Eleanor gets stuck in the mail slot of an apartment complex.
- Human Mail: Chipmunk variety. The Chipettes mailed themselves to Jett Records in a FedEx package. They weren't aware that Ian Hawke was out of a job after the events of the first film.
- Jerkass Has a Point: When Ian calls the principal out for being biased in favor of the Chipmunks and not allowing a democratic vote. While he obviously does it just to spite the Chipmunks, in real life, principals must make sure to enforce fairness and equality towards the school in order to not play favorites.
- Logo Joke: The teaser trailer features the Chipmunks doing an acapella of the 20th Century Fox fanfare while dancing around the TCF structure.
- Oh, Crap!: A hospitalized Dave calls home, unaware that his irresponsible cousin Toby is watching the boys, and his eyes widen when he realises the situation, so concerned that he tries to escape his hospital bed. On the other hand, Toby picks up the phone, thinking it's Julie.
- Oddly Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: The Squeakquel.
- Spontaneous Choreography: In the finale, despite having never practiced, the six chipmunks pull off a rather impressive dance number.
- The Stinger: After the Chipettes realize that Ian is evil and go live with Dave and the Chipmunks, the post-credits scene has Alvin insisting that he isn't tired at bedtime, thus leading him to turn the lights on every time Dave turns them off. As for Ian, he still goes to the gig, complete with puppets of two of the Chipettes and himself dressed as the third. The gig bombs and Ian is thrown into a dumpster.
- The One Who Wears Shoes: Eleanor in The Squeakquel because Ian insists she has to be taller when onstage.
- Thought-Aversion Failure: When Ryan warns Alvin and the rest of the chipmunks to stay away from the girls because he wants their attention, he tells them not to look, talk, or think about them. He then asks Alvin if he is thinking about girls. Alvin responds by saying that he is thinking of them now that Ryan has brought them up, which prompts a chase.
