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Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983)

Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Three chipmunk brothers, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are adopted by human, Dave.

IMDb rating
6.6 (4,382 votes)
Episode average
7.8 ↑ +1.2 vs IMDb
Seasons
8
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1983)

7.97 avg 13 episodes 8.5 → 8.1

Ep 1: 8.5 · 48 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 35 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 36 votesEp 4: 7.9 · 38 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 36 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 33 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 29 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 30 votesEp 9: 7.5 · 27 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 29 votesEp 11: 7.8 · 28 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 29 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 30 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The C-Team/The Chipettes8.548
2Uncle Harry/Rock 'n' Robot7.435
3The Television Stars/The Cruise8.536
4The Chipmunks Story7.938
5Mr. Fabulous/Grandpa and Grandma Seville8.536
6Unidentified Flying Chipmunks/Mother's Day7.533
7The Chip-Punks/From Here to Fraternity8.429
8Urban Chipmunk/The Incredible Shrinking Dave8.130
9Angelic Alvin/The Trouble with Nanny7.527
10The Bully Ballet/Alvin... and the Chipmunk7.529
11Swiss Family Chipmunks/Santa Harry7.828
12A Dog's Best Friend Is His Chipmunk/The Curse of Lontiki7.929
13Baseball Heroes/May the Best Chipmunk Win8.130

Season 2 (1984)

7.76 avg 13 episodes 8.2 → 7.5

Ep 1: 8.2 · 25 votesEp 2: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 28 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 26 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 24 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 25 votesEp 8: 7.2 · 27 votesEp 9: 6.7 · 27 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 27 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 25 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Chipmunk Who Bugged Me/Rich and Infamous8.225
2Don't Be a Vidiot/A Horse, of Course7.725
3The Camp Calomine Caper/Lights, Camera, Alvin7.828
4Some Entrancing Evening/Match Play7.724
5The Picture of Health/The Victrola Awards8.026
6Royally Received/Gone Fishing7.824
7Setting the Record Straight/Father's Day Muffins8.025
8Alvin on Ice/Operation Theodore7.227
9The Gang's All Here/Snow Job6.727
10Maids in Japan/My Fair Chipette8.527
11New, Improved Simon/The Greatest Show-Offs on Earth7.724
12Guardian Chipmunks/Carsick8.124
13Hat Today Gone Tomorrow/Snow Wrong7.525

Season 3 (1985)

7.87 avg 10 episodes 7.9 → 8.0

Ep 1: 7.9 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 28 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 24 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 24 votesEp 6: 7.3 · 23 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 22 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 29 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 21 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 22 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Film Flam/The Secret Life of Dave Seville7.922
2Who Ghost There?/Romancing Miss Stone7.428
3A Chip Off the Old Tooth/Three Alarm Alvin8.124
4Sisters/Court Action7.724
5Good Old Simon/The Chipmunks Go to Washington7.624
6Soccer to Me/Every Chipmunk Tells a Story7.323
7A Little Worm in the Big Apple/Staying Afloat8.022
8The Chipette Story8.629
9The Prize Isn't Right/The Gold of My Dreams8.121
10Mind Over Matterhorn/Alvin's Oldest Fan8.022

Season 4 (1986)

7.83 avg 8 episodes 8.2 → 8.2

Ep 1: 8.2 · 22 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 24 votesEp 4: 7.5 · 24 votesEp 5: 7.1 · 31 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 23 votesEp 7: 8.3 · 23 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 25 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Help Wanted: Mommy8.222
2Teevee or Not Teevee/A Rash of Babies7.524
3Whatever's Happened to Dave Seville?/Simon Seville, Superstar7.924
4Miss Miller's Big Gamble/Sweet Smell of Success7.524
5Cinderella? Cinderella?7.131
6Experiment in Error/How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?7.923
7Middle-Aged Davey/I Love L.A.8.323
8Chipmunk Vice/Hooping It Up8.225

Season 5 (1987)

8.09 avg 8 episodes 7.1 → 8.5

Ep 1: 7.1 · 28 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 23 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 25 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 24 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 24 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 22 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 26 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 23 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Back to Dave's Future/Tell It to the Judge7.128
2Sincerely Theodore/My Pharaoh Lady8.223
3Simon Says/When the Chips Are Down8.525
4Alvin, Alvin, Alvin!/Dave's Dream Cabin8.424
5Old Friends/The Mystery of Seville Manor7.824
6Ask Alvin/Theodore Lucks Out8.022
7Big Dreams/Island Fever8.226
8Just One of the Girls/Goin' Down to Dixie8.523

Season 6 (1988)

7.80 avg 24 episodes 8.4 → 7.5 89 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 25 votesEp 2: 8.7 · 29 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 25 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 5: 7.7 · 32 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 24 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 23 votesEp 9: 8.6 · 19 votesEp 10: 7.2 · 19 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 18 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 14: 6.3 · 25 votesEp 15: 8.0 · 18 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 21 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 24 votesEp 18: 8.0 · 16 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 16 votesEp 20: 7.7 · 25 votesEp 21: 7.2 · 20 votesEp 22: 8.0 · 18 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 17 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 34 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Dreamlighting8.425
2Elementary, My Dear Simon8.729
3Dave's Getting Married7.825
4Brunch Club7.725
5No Chipmunk Is an Island/Babysitter Frightnight7.732
6Food for Thought8.024
7Going for Broke7.519
8Treasure Island8.523
9Once Upon a Crime8.619
10The Phantom/Mad About Alvin7.219
11Vinny's Visit8.118
12Uncle Adventure/Luck O' the Chipmunks8.119
13Wings Over Siesta Grande8.119
14Theodore and Juliet/Quarterback in Curlers6.325
15Chipmunkmania8.018
16Grounded Chipmunk7.421
17Alvie's Angels8.124
18Cadet's Regrets8.016
19Alvin in Analysis7.516
20The Wall/The Amazing Chipmunks7.725
21Theodore's Life as a Dog/Queen of the High School Ballroom7.220
22Psychic Alvin/A Special Kind of Champion8.018
23Alvin's Obsession/Alvin's Not So Super Hero7.217
24Dave's Wonderful Life7.534

Season 7 (1989)

7.86 avg 13 episodes 8.1 → 8.0 30 min avg

Ep 1: 8.1 · 19 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 23 votesEp 3: 8.0 · 26 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 19 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 22 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 16 votesEp 7: 7.1 · 19 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 17 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 16 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 18 votesEp 11: 8.1 · 16 votesEp 12: 8.1 · 23 votesEp 13: 8.0 · 59 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Home Sweet Home/All Worked Up8.119
2Nightmare on Seville Street/Thinking Cap Trap8.023
3Cookie Chomper III8.026
4Bye George/A Day in the Life8.419
5Like Father, Like Son/Dr. Simon and Mr. Heartthrob7.222
6Too Hip to Be Dave/Hearts and Flowers7.616
7Maltese Chipmunk/Dear Diary7.119
8Unfair Science/Shaking the Family Tree7.917
9Inner Dave/The Legend of Sleeping Brittany7.716
10Three Chipmunks and a Puppy/Phantom of the Rock Opera8.018
11The Return of Uncle Adventure/The Princess and the Pig8.116
12Alvin in Neverland8.123
13Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll8.059

Season 8 (1990)

7.60 avg 13 episodes 7.7 → 7.3

Ep 1: 7.7 · 28 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 19 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 53 votesEp 5: 7.2 · 21 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 21 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 28 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 17 votesEp 9: 7.1 · 15 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 16 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 24 votesEp 13: 7.3 · 27 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Back to Our Future7.728
2Bigger7.619
3Kong!7.316
4Batmunk8.253
5Daytona Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom7.221
6Star Wreck (The Absolutely Final Frontier)7.121
7Robomunk7.628
8S.T.: The Space Traveler8.017
9Irrational Buffoon's European Vacation7.115
10Chip Tracy7.916
11Gremlionis7.315
12Sploosh8.524
13Funny, We Shrunk the Adults7.327

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