Episode
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Thinking Cap Trap
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1989-09-16
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Thinking Cap Trap is Episode 5 in Season 7 of Alvin and the Chipmunks. It aired on 1989-09-16. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 4: Nightmare on Seville Street
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.
Episode 6: Bye George
Alvin is desperate to write an essay on George Washington, that he uses Simon's time machine to bring George into the future.
More episodes from this season
Episode 3: All Worked Up
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.
Episode 7: A Day in the Life
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.
Episode 2: Home, Sweet Home
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.
Episode 8: Like Father, Like Son
Alvin is tired of being treated like a kid and trades place with Dave for a day to feel what it is like to be a grown-up.
Episode 1: Cookie Chomper III
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.
Episode 9: Dr. Simon and Mr. Heartthrob
Alvin tampers with Simon's hair growth formula and instead having it grow Simon's hair, it turns him into a heartthrob.
Episode 10: Too Hip to Be Dave
Dave gets a bump on the head and forgets who he is. After seeing a commercial, Dave becomes a trendy stylish man.
Episode 11: Hearts and Flowers
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.
Episode 12: Malese Chipmunk
Alvin has a dream that he is a detective from the 40s. He is on a case to find a famous rich girl named Brittany.
Episode 13: Dear Diary
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.