Episode

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Theodore Lucks Out

Name: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Theodore Lucks Out
Released: 1987-10-17
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Ross Bagdasarian, Jr., Janice Karman, Dody Goodman, Nancy Cartwright, Frank Welker

Alvin and the ChipmunksSeason 51987-10-17

Overview

Theodore is feeling unlucky in the track and field. He finds a bent out of shape dime and his luck changes.

Details

Series: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 12
Air date: 1987-10-17
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

Theodore Lucks Out is Episode 12 in Season 5 of Alvin and the Chipmunks. It aired on 1987-10-17. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 11: Ask Alvin 1987-10-17 | 30 min The family becomes fed up with Alvin, who always gives out advice whether it is wanted or not. So Simon and Theodore get Alvin to become the new host on the talk show “Mr. Advice” so he will not have time to badger them.

Episode 13: Big Dreams 1987-10-24 | 30 min Alvin gets a registered letter from the Publishing Warehouse stating he's a winner! He either could take $500 or the mystery prize, but had to call by 6:00 pm to decide. So with Simon's time machine help, the Chipmunks & Chipettes view what would happen if Alvin took... $500 - Alvin & Brittany are married with two kids & they live in a mansion. Simon & Jeanette are married as they both got Nobel Prizes while Theodore & Eleanor are married, owning a restaurant/nightclub. They are rich! Mystery Prize - Alvin loses his singing voice after being food poisoned over that mystery prize. All three couples live in poverty. So Alvin calls the Publishing Warehouse to take the $500. Then he's heartbroken to learn that you have to be @ least 18 to qualify for the Publishing Warehouse Sweepstakes!

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Episode 10: The Mystery of Seville Manor 1987-10-10 | 30 min While in England, the Chipmunks check out Seville Manor to investigate if they have any relation to the man who owned it.

Episode 14: Island Fever 1987-10-24 | 30 min The Chipmunks and Chipettes get to perform on a high class cruise ship, the Island Lady, but instead they end up ship wrecked on an island.

Episode 9: Old Friends 1987-10-10 | 30 min Alvin nearly runs over an elderly woman in the mall with his skateboard. When Alvin finds out that she is wealthy, he sends out invitations for a senior citizens' party in order to find her.

Episode 15: Just One of the Girls 1987-10-31 | 30 min Miss Miller & the Chipettes are vacationing in Hollywood, as well as Miss Miller reuniting with her girl singing group, The Thrillers. In the lobby of the hotel, they learn that some producers are looking for new acts on their new show, ""Girls of Rock & Roll"". Sneaking behind each others backs, the Chipettes along with Miss Miller & The Thrillers try to get an audition set @ the hotel restaurant. The producers chose both of them (without the other knowing). When each group arrives @ the studio, they perform ""Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"". But just as they confessed to each other that they were auditioning, the producers find a punk girl band touring the studio & hired them over both acts!

Episode 8: Dave's Dream Cabin 1987-10-03 | 30 min After years of scrimping and saving, Dave is finally able to afford their own vacation cabin. Alvin hears that Robby Leach, the host of the show “Lifestyles of the Truly Fabulous” lives nearby. Alvin tries to get Leach to interview him, and at the same time he makes a few quick changes to Dave's cabin.

Episode 16: Goin' Down To Dixie 1987-10-31 | 30 min The Chipettes get an opportunity to star on the River Ritz Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Episode 7: Alvin, Alvin, Alvin! 1987-10-03 | 30 min Alvin goes through an identity crisis and starts trying all kinds of different personalities, with embarrassing results.

Episode 6: When the Chips Are Down 1987-09-26 | 30 min The boys have to paint the garage after they got spray paint on the walls while repainting their bicycles. Simon and Theodore feels bad because they always have problems with Alvin's ideas. Later Alvin have them to go to a mansion of a now dead criminal. Alvin is convinced that a never found loot from a bankrobbery is still hidden there. They go because Alvin promises to paint all the garage if he's wrong, but they feel a little bad with Alvin.

Episode 5: Simon Says 1987-09-26 | 30 min While Dave is out of town, Miss Miller babysits the boys and they go to a movie about killer space squids attacking the earth. Accidentally miss Miller breaks Simon's glasses. When they get out a telescope that evening, Simon thinks he sees killer squids coming toward earth, just like in the movie.

Episode 4: My Pharaoh Lady 1987-09-19 | 30 min Brittany makes a bet with Missy Snootson, another girl in her class, that if the mummy of king Rooten Tooten does not rise from the dead and go to her home by midnight, Brittany must drop out of the race to be the school Carnival Queen.