Theodore encounters a stray kitten that entered through an open window in the house. He and the boys take an instant liking to the kitten, and after some compromising, they name the kitten Cookie Chomper III, and after Dave is cured of his allergy to cats, he comes to like the kitten as well. After Cookie Chomper gets run over, the boys have a hard time dealing with it. Eventually, they get a new pet, a puppy they name Lilly.
Alvin lies to his classmates that he will be singing on stage with Michael Jackson. As Alvin tries to find Michael in order to see if it really is possible he could perform with him, he meets up with the big star's manager. To Alvin's surprise, this so-called manager is a homeless man looking to find a place to stay.
The Chipmunks overhear Dave suggesting that he would prefer Alvin to be a Gymnastic Pizza Twirler, Simon a Pogo Stick Tester, and Theodore an iguana trainer, and immediately start to pursue those careers.
The boys disobey Dave and instead of seeing a kid's movie, they go in and see a horror movie. The movie ends up scaring the Chipmunks out of their wits. All night, the boys think that Hideous Harold, the creature from the horror film, is after them.
Simon is frustrated being the smartest member of the family. He invents a cap that helps Dave and his brothers become smarter. Simon is so confident with his family’s new smarts that he signs them up to be on a genius game show. But before he could give his family another boost of the thinking cap, he loses it.
Simon makes a video of his family for his class project. Unfortunately for Dave and his brothers he took the video in not their greatest moments, and is nervous when Simon’s video will air on TV.
The Chipettes are excited for the summer holidays, but not when Miss Miller keeps making other plans for them. The girls decide to hook her up with an elderly man by the name of Mr. Flowers.
The Chipettes discover the joys of writing in a diary. Tension builds between them when they deliberately sneak a peak at what the other Chipette has written.
All three boys find themselves having a crush on the science substitute teacher. In order to impress her, they each make a project for the science fair.
The Chipmunks decide to have a family reunion with their aunts and uncle, but things are not well between them. Each Chipmunk finds out that the three of them have issues and believes many years ago each of them tried to sabotage the other in their chosen carriers.
The Chipmunks and Chipettes participate in the school journalism. They end up covering the story of "Sleeping Beauty". During the investigation, Brittany pricks her finger on the spin wheel and becomes cursed, just like the real story.
The boys are fed up with their puppy's antics and set out to train Lilly to behave. But soon the Chipmunks feel they are not qualified to raise her and they give her away.
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Written by Ross Bagdasarian Jr., John Semper Jr., Cynthia Friedlob
A girl rejects Alvin because he's too childish. Therefore, Alvin decides to go prematurely adult, and only do grown-up things - and he forces his brothers to do the same! But by reading him the story of Peter Pan, Dave makes Alvin understand what a wonderful adventure childhood can be.
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Written by Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Diane Dixon
Alvin, as usual, is thinking of himself when it comes around to being Christmas. He is so focused on receiving presents that he fails to think of poor Mr. Carroll, who just wants his morning paper. Will the spirits of Christmas past, present, and future help Alvin learn the error of his ways?
Ross Bagdasarian, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman
Written by
Diane Dixon, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, Jack Enyart, Elana Lesser, Cliff Ruby, Bruce Morris, Sean Roche, Patsy Cameron, Tedd Anasti, Matt Uitz, Gordon Kent, Tom Swale, Duane Poole, Buzz Dixon, Elinor Pullen, Duane Capizzi, Kayte Kuch, Barry O'Brien, Richard Merwin, Michael Maurer, Bob Carrau, Christi Olson, Therese Naugle, Alicia Marie Schudt
