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The Chipmunk Adventure is a 1987 animated film featuring the characters from NBC's Saturday morning cartoon Alvin and the Chipmunks. Marking the first appearance of The Chipmunks in a feature film since their 1958 debut, The Chipmunk Adventure was directed by Janice Karman, and features the voices of Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, and Dody Goodman.

This film was produced by Bagdasarian Productions, and distributed to movie theatres by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Plot synopsis

When Dave Seville goes off to Europe on a business trip, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore are left at home with their rather absent-minded babysitter, Miss Miller -- much to the chagrin of Alvin, who dreams of world travel. While the three are playing a game of Around the World in Thirty Days with the Chipettes, Alvin and Brittany begin to argue over which would win an actual race around the world. However, their conversation is being eavesdropped on by siblings Klaus and Claudia Vorstein/Furschtien (IMDb's credits list their last name as Furshtien, while the film's closed captioning spells it as Vorstein) -- two diamond smugglers who are running out of ways of getting their wares to customers without the interference of the authorities. The two approach the children, telling them that they will provide them with the means for a real race around the world by hot air balloon, with the winner receiving $100 000.

After tricking Miss Miller with a phony phone call from Dave, the Chipmunks and Chipettes meet at the Vorstein/Furschtien's mansion, where they are told the rules: each team is given a separate route to follow, along with a chest of dolls, made in their own likenesses, which they are required to drop off to verify that they have visited all checkpoints. Upon dropping off one of their own dolls, they will receive a doll made in the likeness of the opposing team. In reality, these dolls are filled with diamonds, and the dolls received are filled with cash, given to them by the buyers.

After a rocky start, both teams begin their travels, with the Chipmunks going to Mexico City, and the Chipettes being caught in a hurricane before reaching Bermuda. Unbeknownst to both teams, however, they are being trailed by two rather-intimidating looking INTERPOL agents, sent by Inspector Jamal. They silently follow the children as the Chipmunks travel through South American and Africa, visitng Machu Picchu, Rio de Janeiro, Angel Falls, Istanbul, and Venice. More time is given to the countries and sites the Chipettes see, including the white cliffs of Dover, the Netherlands, Switzerland, London, Rome (where they visit the Colosseum), the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and Germany.

Both teams meet up in Athens, where Alvin and Brittany begin bickering, each claiming they can "out rock and roll" the other. This results in the performance of the song "Girls of Rock & Roll" amongst the Greecian ruins, with Dave nearly spotting them, and INTERPOL agents Sissman and Kuomo nearly catching them.

The Chipettes then travel on to Egypt, passing the Sphinx. There, they are chased by a group of men on camel. Despite their attempts to fight them off, the girls are captured, and brought to their young prince , voiced by Nancy Cartwright. The prince agrees to return the valuable dolls to Jamal, but declares that he is keeping the girls, and making Brittany his bride. Despite being showered with gifts -- one being a baby penguin -- the Chipettes are desperate to make an escape. Still unaware of the contents of their dolls, they secretly try to retrieve them -- only to find them guarded by snakes. Brittany and Jeanette "charm" the snakes, grabbing the dolls and heading out a window, just as Eleanor arrives carrying a small cooler.

The film now cuts to the Chipmunks, who are camping in an unknown jungle while taking a shortcut. Upon waking up the next morning, they find Theodore missing. While trying to find him, Alvin and Simon are taken captive by some local natives. They soon learn that Theodore is being worshipped as the native's "prince of plenty."

While Alvin and Simon are being made Theodore's servants, the Chipettes learn that Eleanor's cooler contains not food, but the baby penguin, whom Eleanor feels needs to be retuned to its parents. The girls soon agree, and head to Antarctica. However, Claudia is alerted to the girl's actions by her henchmen, and concludes that they must have discovered the diamonds, and are trying to make off with them. She orders her henchmen to get the dolls back. As the girls deliver the penguin to its parents, they are attacked by Claudia's henchmen. The Chipettes wrestle with the men as they attempt to steal the dolls, and a doll tears as the henchman falls from the balloon. The henchmen are snowballed by the penguins, and the girls escape. They notice the doll laying on the floor of the balloon, and picking it up, diamonds fall out of it. Opening a Chipmunk doll, they find it full of bills. Deciding the Chipmunks are likely in danger as well, they head off to find them.

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