Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman is a 2000 American animated comedy horror musical film produced by Bagdasarian Productions and Universal Cartoon Studios and based on characters from Alvin and the Chipmunks. It is the second Alvin and the Chipmunks direct-to-video film following Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, and the third of three Universal Cartoon Studios productions^[1] to be animated overseas by Tama Productions in Tokyo, Japan. The film introduces the voices of Maurice LaMarche and Miriam Flynn.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
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Directed by	Kathi Castillo
Screenplay by	John Loy
Based on	Alvin and the Chipmunks by Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
Produced by	Kathi Castillo
Starring	Ross Bagdasarian Jr. Janice Karman Miriam Flynn E.G. Daily Maurice LaMarche Rob Paulsen Frank Welker April Winchell
Edited by	Jay Bisxen
Music by	Mark Watters
Production companies	Bagdasarian Productions LLC. Universal Cartoon Studios[a]
Distributed by	Universal Studios Home Video
Release date	August 29, 2000 (2000-08-29)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

After watching many horror films, Alvin has nightmares of meeting the Wolfman. He claims to Simon and David Seville that this is because their new neighbor, Lawrence Talbot, makes him nervous and speculates that he has a secret. When Alvin causes an experimental accident at the school auditorium, and when Dave gets a call from Miss Miller about the Chipettes being frightened by a mysterious presence while walking home with the Chipmunks one night, Dave and Principal Milliken decide that Alvin should be pulled out of his role as Mr. Hyde in their school play for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Theodore replaces Alvin's role to boost his self-esteem. Alvin is given the role of the butler instead, and Dave confiscates Alvin's monster collection.

Alvin and Simon begin searching for proof that Talbot is a werewolf. Meanwhile, Theodore is bitten by what he believes to be a large dog on his way home, after a meeting with his crush Eleanor. The next day at the rehearsal, Theodore gives a terrifying performance as Mr. Hyde to great applause. He soon begins transforming into a werewolf by night but behaves like a harmless puppy; by day, he develops a rude, sarcastic personality. Realizing that their brother is cursed with lycanthropy, Alvin and Simon search for a way to cure Theodore, and save the play, without Dave finding out. Finding no solutions, they decide to take up advice from eccentric psychic Madame Raya, who predicts that Theodore will become a savage werewolf by the next full moon. She suggests knocking him unconscious with a silver weapon. Alvin later breaks into Talbot's home and steals his cane, topped with a silver wolf head. Theodore splits the cane in two after Alvin knocks him on the head with it, but he is not cured. However, as he runs away with the cane, he knocks it into Dave. That night, Dave tries to apologize to Talbot. During the conversation, Talbot mentions his cane's head was made from a silver bullet that killed his grandfather. When Dave asks why he was attacked, Talbot tries to answer but transforms into a werewolf under the light of the full moon. Dave, realizing Alvin was telling the truth, hurries to the school to warn the students but is knocked unconscious after running into a pole. Talbot makes his way inside and chases after Alvin.

During the play, Theodore transforms again, now a fully dangerous werewolf, and pursues Eleanor. However, after cornering her, the crystal necklace Theodore gave Eleanor earlier shines in the moonlight, causing Theodore to remember his feelings towards her and flee. Eleanor follows him, determined to help him, only to be almost attacked by Mr. Talbot, whom the chipmunks realize is the same werewolf that bit Theodore. Theodore and Talbot battle until Theodore bites Talbot and revert to their normal forms. Simon explains to everyone how the bite cured them by causing the effect to reverse on them both. Alvin runs up to the stage to join in the applause from the crowd, who believes the entire incident was just an act. At the wrap party, Talbot thanks Theodore for releasing him from his family curse and announces he will succeed Milliken as the new school principal while she takes on a less stressful job riding on rickety bridges in South America.

Cast

• Ross Bagdasarian Jr. as Alvin Seville / Simon Seville / David "Dave" Seville
• Janice Karman as Theodore Seville / Brittany Miller / Jeanette Miller / Eleanor Miller
• Maurice LaMarche as Mr. Lawrence Talbot / The Wolfman
• Miriam Flynn as Principal Milliken
• April Winchell as Madame Raya
• Rob Paulsen as Mr. Rochelle
• Dody Goodman as Miss Miller (archive recording)
• E.G. Daily as Nathan
• Frank Welker as Special Vocal Effects for Theodore and Mr. Talbot's werewolf forms
• Ginny McSwain served as casting and voice director.

Songs

Soundtrack available on MCA Records.

1. "Munks on a Mission" - Alvin and Simon
2. "Monster Out in You" - The Chipmunks
3. "Everything's Gonna Be Alright" - The Chipmunks and the Chipettes

Release

Universal Studios Home Video released the film on VHS on August 30, 2000 alongside Monster Mash and Archie's Weird Mysteries: Archie and the Riverdale Vampires as part of its "Haunted House of Fun" promotion. On September 7, 2004, the film was released as part of the "Monster Bash Fun Pack" DVD set.^[2] On September 4, 2007, the film was included in a two-disc DVD set with Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein titled "A Scare-riffic Double Feature", and re-released with a different cover on March 11, 2008.

Notes

1. Animation outsourced to Tama Productions.