Referenced By / Alvin and the Chipmunks

Animeand Manga

• In the Pokémon: The Series episode "The Case Of The K-9 Caper" when everyone's voices turn squeaky after a gas Team Rocket used, Meowth mentions he "sounds like one of those singing chipmunks"

Comic Strips

• The Lockhorns:
  • "Ever hear of the Fifth Beatle? Well, Loretta is the Fourth Chipmunk."
• Off the Mark:
  • "I didn't think they could still hit those high notes..."◊
  • "I didn't become one of the Chipmunks overnight, Tommy, I had to work my way up... I started out as a gofer."◊

Literature

• In Miracle Creek, Teresa compares Detective Pierson's nasal squeak to Alvin the Chipmunk.

Live-Action Films

• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022): The live-action versions of Alvin and the Chipmunks appear on TV through Stock Footage from their first film. Chip criticizes them rapping in order to appear relevant. Later in the film, when Sweet Pete tells Chip that he was always more of an Alvin and the Chipmunks fan, Chip calls him a monster.

Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy

• Patton Oswalt's routine "My Christmas Memory" talks about how, when he was a kid, he and his brother would slow down their Chipmunks Christmas album from 33-and-a-third to 16 RPM on their record player, noting that, at that speed, "The Chipmunk Song" sounds like a bunch of grown men singing a plodding Christmas song in monotone while a deep-voiced, growling demon torments them.

Webcomics

• One Housepets! story reveals that one of the ways the Milton Ferrets have been using their great wealth to get animals accepted as members of society is by financing a band called Alan and the Ground Squirrels, who unfortunately are seen as an annoying novelty group, despite Alan's desire to be taken seriously as a musician. (His brothers are named in the character tags as Simeon and Teddy D.)

Web Video

• Bum Reviews: In the review of Up, Chester A. Bum describes Alpha as "An evil dog who sounds like Alvin and the Chipmunks".
• The Nostalgia Critic has reviewed the live-action movie, as well as all three of its sequels.
• Third Rate Gamer: The title card for his "review" of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers has his head on Alvin's body (due to confusing the Chipmunks with the rescue rangers).

Western Animation

• MAD:
  • One sketch is an advertisement for an album by "Alvin and the Monks".
  • One quick sketch has Alvin looking for Simon and Theodore, completely unaware that behind him is a snake which implicitly just ate Simon and Theodore.
  • The sketch "Al Pacino and the Chipmunks" spoofs the third film.
  Dave: I always wanted to sail on a fancy cruise liner! Too bad the fancy ones don't allow rodents.
  Alvin: Look on the bright side, Dave! The only reason we can afford this lousy cruise is because our lousy movies do so well!"
• Robot Chicken:
  • A sketch from "Anne Marie's Pride" has the chipmunks sing with deep-sounding voices at a recording studio. Dave tries to kill them off with deadly helium and succeeds... just after he realizes the helium makes their voices high-pitched.
  • A sketch from "Crushed by a Steamroller on My 53rd Birthday" has the Chipmunks engage in intercourse with groupies. Theodore and Simon are successful, but Alvin... not so much.
  • A sketch from "Stone Cold Steve Cold Stone" reveals that Dave replaces the Chipmunks whenever one of them dies. In an interview, Dave points out that the average lifespan of a chipmunk is three years.
  • A sketch from "The Robot Chicken Lots of Holidays but Don’t Worry Christmas is Still in There Too so Pull the Stick out of Your Ass Fox News Special" features the Chipmunks releasing an album featuring songs for other holidays, each one ending with Theodore saying that he blew a homeless man.
  • A sketch from "Zeb and Kevin Erotic Hot Tub Canvas" has Simon play Simon Says, which ends with him saying, "Simon Says: put your bathing suit area up against the TV screen".
  • A sketch from "3 2 1 2 333, 222, 3... 66?" has Dave book the Chipmunks for Coachella.
  • A sketch from "Max Caenen in: Why Would He Know If His Mother’s a Size Queen" has Dave kill Alvin when the latter's voice becomes too deep. Upon witnessing this, Simon and Theodore run away before Dave can kill them as well.
  • The fifteenth episode of the show's eleventh season is titled "May Cause a Squeakquel".
• The Simpsons:
  • In "Homer's Barbershop Quartet", Bart finds a Melvin and the Squirrels record in Comic Book Guy's record collection.
  Comic Book Guy: Melvin and the Squirrels. Part of the rodent invasion of the early '60s.
  Record: Stuck a feather in his cap and called it "Rice-a-Roni". MEL-VIN!
  • In "Homer the Whopper", a poster for "Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Gettin' Rabies!" can be seen outside Ginormous Pictures. (This was before the official third Alvin and the Chimpunks movie was made.)