Quotes
 [from trailer]
David Seville: [the boys are singing Funky Town] Hey guys, knock it off. It`s 3 in the morning.
[Theodore and Simon stop, Alvin continues to sing]
David Seville: Alvin.
[he continues]
David Seville: Alvin.
[he continues]
David Seville: ALVIN! [upon coming home to his house being a mess]
David Seville: Oh my God Theodore, did you just-?
Theodore: [nervously] Umm, Umm.
Simon: [picks up a small pellet shaped this in front of Theodore] It`s a raisin, Dave.
David Seville: Prove it.
Simon: [puts it in his mouth] Mmm-Mmm.
David Seville: Okay, you got me. Look, I wanna talk to all you guys. Where`s Alvin?
[heads off toward the kitchen]
Simon: [quickly spits it out and looks sternly at Theodore] You owe me *big* time!
Alvin: Dave needs a little help from the love doctor.
Theodore: And his assistant.
David Seville: They`re savings bonds. In seven years you will get enough money from them to buy something nice.
Alvin: Do you have any that you bought seven years ago?
Mother in Store: [apologizing for her daughter hitting Dave on the head with a box while shopping in a grocery store] Oh, sorry about that. Sorry.
David Seville: Kids, huh?
Mother in Store: Yeah, they keep you on your toes. You have any?
David Seville: Three boys.
Mother in Store: Some days are better than others.
David Seville: ...and then some days you just want to close them in a box, and leave the box in the park, and run away you know?
Mother in Store: [rushes off with her cart]
David Seville: Chipmunks don`t talk.
Simon: Our lips are moving and words are coming out.
[after being captured and placed into a cat carrier]
Alvin: They`ll never take us alive!
Simon: They just did take us alive, Alvin.
David Seville: They just ruined the concart, word`ll get out, nobody will come to see them!
Ian: They are chipmunks who talk, Dave, people are going to come and see them.
David Seville: H-How did you guys...?
Simon: We`re talking chipmunks, Dave. We can get out of a cat carrier. Not even hard to do.
Alvin: Last one to the door is road kill!
Simon: I`m in!
[Alvin and Simon make a break for the door]
Theodore: [distracted by a Christmas ornament] Hmm... What are these shiny things?
Simon: [goes back to Theodore] Theodore, we`re leaving now!
David Seville: [picks up a stack of toster waffles from the under the kitchen rug]
Simon: We put a few toaster waffles aside for winter
Alvin: And we`re not sharing!
David Seville: Guys, we`re gonna have food all winter so if you start storing it, it`s gonna get gross and we`re gonna have rodent -...
Simon, Theodore, Alvin: [looks at Dave]
David Seville: Bad you know... non-talking rodents around here
David Seville: Nicely done, Theodore.
[reading the letter]
David Seville: To Dav... let`s see it says Merry Christmas, love Theodore. and i`ts got a nice picture of uh... some pineapples?
Theodore: Those aren`t pinapples, that`s our family!
David Seville: You know, if I make a list of my worst days ever, guess what? Today would be on top of the list.
Alvin: And it`s still early.
[up a lighting post, being chased by a security guard]
Alvin: [songsung] Einie, Menie, Minie, Moe, missed a chipmunk cause you`re slow.
[shines the spotlight in his eyes]
Alvin: Yippee-Kie-Ya, Mammasita!
David Seville: Alright, here`s the deal; you guys sing my songs, you get to sleep here.
Alvin: [thinks about it] No. Wait! Is breakfast included?
David Seville: [thinks about it] I can live with that.
Simon: What about TV privileges?
David Seville: [thinks about it] Okay, but not after seven.
Theodore: Eight.
David Seville: Done. Don`t tell you`re animal friends, cause I don`t wanna come home and find a bunch of rabbits and skunks on my couch.
Simon: Filthy creatures, Dave. Never associate with them.
Theodore: Yeah, you`re our only friend.
[first lines]
Alvin (singing voice), Simon (singing voice), Theodore (singing voice): [a capella] Where is the moment we needed the most/You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost/They tell me your blue skies fade to gray/They tell me your passion`s gone away/And I don`t need no carryin` on/Cause you had a bad day/You`re taking one down/You sing a sad song just to turn it around/You say you don`t know/You tell me don`t lie/You work at a smile and you go for a ride/You had a bad day/You`ve seen what you like/And how does it feel for one more time/You had a bad day/You had a bad day/
Alvin: [pushing the last of the acorns into the tree] It`s going, It`s going.
[gets sucked in and falls out with all of the acorns]
Simon: And it`s gone.
Alvin: [from inside the tree] Whatever!
Theodore: Maybe we should take a break.
[an acorn hits him on the head]
Theodore: Ouch!
Alvin: That`s it! I can`t take this anymore! I can`t! I give up! I`m sick of struggling for survival! Competing with gophers and earthworms, and that loser sparrow who always takes my nuts! And I`m especially sick of this stupid, stupid...*tree!*
[the sound of a buzzsaw is heard, and the tree shakes]
Simon: Whoa! What`s happening?
Theodore: Guys! I think he made it angry!
[last lines]
Alvin: [tries to open a bottle of champange] Stupid cork! Doesn`t - Whoa!
[Cork flies into a glass door cabinet breaking it along with some of the glasses in it]
Alvin: Yikes, Ha-ha! Oops!
David Seville: Not gonna say it.
Alvin: Uh-oh!
Simon: Good grief.
[Champagne spills all over the floor creating a large puddle]
Claire: Are you still not gonna say it?
David Seville: [tries very hard not to] Nope!
[Champagne puddle becomes a flood that hits a plug outlet creating a blackout in Dave`s appartment]
David Seville: I`m gonna say it. AAAAAAAAALLLLL-VVVVVIIIIIIINNNNNN!
Alvin: OKAY!
Theodore: [taps Dave`s hand] Dave?
[jumps up onto the bed]
Theodore: Are you awake?
David Seville: I am now.
Theodore: I had a nightmare. Can I sleep with you?
David Seville: Umm...
Theodore: You won`t even know I`m here.
David Seville: Ok, sure, but stay on THAT side of the bed.
Theodore: Oh, oh, oh, ok.
Simon: [after knocking out Dave] Hmm. He`s been out for quite a while.
Theodore: [gasps] You guys, he`s dead!
Alvin: Don`t panic! Wipe everything down! I`ll need three garbage bags, a shovel, some disinfectant, some latex gloves, and oregano. Go!
Trivia
According to Ross Bagdassarian Jr., the name-sake son of the Chipmunks creator, in an Associated Press interview, the piano seen in the movie where Dave and the Chipmunks sing "The Chipmunk Song" is the actual piano that Ross Sr. used to write and perform the song (as well as "Witch Doctor") that launched the Chipmunks franchise.
Dave`s house number is 1958. 1958 was the year Ross Bagdasarian Sr. created the Chipmunks and released "Witch Doctor" and the "Chipmunk Song."
In some areas, release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake name `Simon` -- which is the name of one of the chipmunks.
In some areas, release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title `Hairy Beast`.
Justin Long (the voice of Alvin) went hoarse frequently during the recording sessions due to the fact they had to pitch up each sentence of dialog so that the voice altering methods would sound more natural.
One of Jason Lee`s original professional stereo skateboard decks can be seen leaning up against the wall in Dave`s house after he arrives home from his meeting with the music executive.
Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, Tim Allen and John Travolta were all offered and declined the role of Dave. Jason Lee states that he was so excited the producers offered him a role they originally offered one of his biggest influences, Bill Murray, that he did back flips.
After the chipmunks are caught lip-syncing, Simon begins dancing a jig. This is a reference to an October 2004 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) in which musical guest `Ashlee Simpson` was caught lip-syncing.
Alvin wears the signature red baseball cap twice in the film.
The car Dave drives throughout the movie is a mid 1960`s Triumph TR4, British sports car.
The phrase the Japanese Alvin doll says ("Konbanwa. Watashi wa Alvin desu") translates to "Good evening. I am Alvin." The Spanish doll ("Hola! Me llamo Alvin y yo quierro un hula hoop!") says "Hello! My name is Alvin and I want a hula hoop!"
In a bit of real-life foreshadowing, in one of Jason Lee`s best known movie roles as that of fictional rock-star Jeff Bebe from Almost Famous (2000), which opens with various street scenes where we hear the Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas song playing in the background.
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Jason Lee
(as Dave Seville)
with Cameron Richardson
(as Claire Wilson)
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