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|season number = 1 : 15
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|Episode Name = Clowning Around<ref name=copyright>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Copyright Catalog], Cocatalog.loc.gov, Retrieved 2015-03-04.</ref>
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|airdate = {{Flag|FR}} April 2, 2015 <br /> {{Flag|UK}} May 29, 2015 <br / > {{Flag|PL}} June 15, 2015 <br /> {{Flag|US}} August 12, 2015
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|Year = 2015
  
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|writer = [[Janice Karman]] <br /> [[Michael Bagdasarian]]
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|company = [[Bagdasarian Productions]] <br / > [[Technicolor Animation Productions|OuiDo! Productions]]
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'''Clowning Around''' is an episode of the ''[[ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks]]'' series.
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==Synopsis==
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Theodore is desperate to land the part of the monster in the school play, so Alvin decides to show Theodore how to really scare people. But Alvin scares him so badly, that poor Theodore freezes like a statue. Can Alvin and Simon unfreeze Theodore before the big audition?<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/alvinnn!!!-chipmunks-vol./id1041461551 ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks Vol. 1], iTunes.apple.com, Retrieved 2015-10-28.</ref>
   
 
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Dave and Simon allow Theodore to believe he scared them, but Alvin refuses to do the same, wrecking Theo's confidence before he's set to audition for the monster in the upcoming school play. Alvin decides to teach him how to scare by using Theodore as the example only to freeze him in fear when Alvin scares him dressed as a clown. At dinner, they explain to Dave that Theodore's trance is the result of a study on the Himalayan Monks and can't talk or eat. After Alvin gives him a bath and tries to go to bed, Theodore won't keep the lights off. The next morning, Simon and Alvin try to snap Theodore out of his petrified state by taking him to "Awesometown." When that fails, they try launching him around until he lands in a truck and they have to retrieve him. Still in a daze, they take him to the auditions where he is given the role after just staring at the casting panel. On the way home, Theodore hears a clown and attacks, unfreezing himself. He offers to apologize but the clown is terrified and runs away.
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Theodore insists on getting the role of the monster in the school play. Alvin therefore thinks he should teach him how to really be scary. But Alvin terrorizes him so that poor Theodore finds it catatonic. Alvin and Simon work together in conquering his fear, they had to make it back to him before the audition.{{Citation Needed}}
  
   
 
==Characters==
  
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*[[Alvin Seville]]
  
*[[Alvin Seville]]
 
*[[Simon Seville]]
  
*[[Simon Seville]]
 
*[[Theodore Seville]]
  
*[[Theodore Seville]]
 
*[[Dave Seville]]
  
*[[Dave Seville]]
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*[[Miss Smith]]
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*[[Floyd Dotson]]
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==Songs==
  
==Songs==
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*"[[Awesometown!]]"<ref>[http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First Copyright Catalog], Cocatalog.loc.gov, Retrieved 2015-03-04.</ref>
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*Awesometown
 
   
 
==Trivia==
  
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*The television sitcom ''The Brady Bunch'' is mentioned.
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*The movie Alvin references and quotes from may be a take on ''It,'' in which Tim Curry stars as an evil monster clown with a balloon motif.
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*Some of the animation for "Awesometown!" is reused.
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*Simon told Alvin to wash Theodore's belly button, which may be a goof considering The Chipmunks have been seen topless, such as in [[Kickin' It Old School]], without a visible belly buttons.
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*It is most likely that from this episode onward, Theodore overcame his fear of clowns.
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*First episode to show the school's auditorium.
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*Part of the ''[[Alvin's Wild Adventures (DVD)|Alvin's Wild Adventures]]'' and ''[[Back to School (DVD)|Back to School]]'' DVDs.
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==Storyboard==
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Revision as of 11:25, 13 May 2020

Clowning Around is an episode of the ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks series.

Synopsis

Theodore is desperate to land the part of the monster in the school play, so Alvin decides to show Theodore how to really scare people. But Alvin scares him so badly, that poor Theodore freezes like a statue. Can Alvin and Simon unfreeze Theodore before the big audition?[3]

Plot

Dave and Simon allow Theodore to believe he scared them, but Alvin refuses to do the same, wrecking Theo's confidence before he's set to audition for the monster in the upcoming school play. Alvin decides to teach him how to scare by using Theodore as the example only to freeze him in fear when Alvin scares him dressed as a clown. At dinner, they explain to Dave that Theodore's trance is the result of a study on the Himalayan Monks and can't talk or eat. After Alvin gives him a bath and tries to go to bed, Theodore won't keep the lights off. The next morning, Simon and Alvin try to snap Theodore out of his petrified state by taking him to "Awesometown." When that fails, they try launching him around until he lands in a truck and they have to retrieve him. Still in a daze, they take him to the auditions where he is given the role after just staring at the casting panel. On the way home, Theodore hears a clown and attacks, unfreezing himself. He offers to apologize but the clown is terrified and runs away.

Characters

Songs

Trivia

  • The television sitcom The Brady Bunch is mentioned.
  • The movie Alvin references and quotes from may be a take on It, in which Tim Curry stars as an evil monster clown with a balloon motif.
  • Some of the animation for "Awesometown!" is reused.
  • Simon told Alvin to wash Theodore's belly button, which may be a goof considering The Chipmunks have been seen topless, such as in Kickin' It Old School, without a visible belly buttons.
  • It is most likely that from this episode onward, Theodore overcame his fear of clowns.
  • First episode to show the school's auditorium.
  • Part of the Alvin's Wild Adventures and Back to School DVDs.

Storyboard

References

  1. ↑ TV Listings, Anywhere.virginmedia.com, Retrieved 2015-05-09.
  2. ↑ Top 100 Wednesday Cable Originals: 8.12.2015, Showbuzzdaily.com, Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  3. ↑ ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks Vol. 1, iTunes.apple.com, Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  4. ↑ Copyright Catalog, Cocatalog.loc.gov, Retrieved 2015-03-04.
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