Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked is a 2011 American jukebox musical adventure comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell and written by the writing team of Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, based on the characters Alvin and the Chipmunks created by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. and the Chipettes created by Janice Karman. It is the third installment in the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film series following the 2009 film Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and the first film. The film stars Jason Lee, David Cross and Jenny Slate. Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Amy Poehler, Anna Faris and Christina Applegate return to voice the Chipmunks and the Chipettes, respectively. In the film, playing around while aboard a cruise ship, the Chipmunks and the Chipettes go overboard and end up marooned in a tropical island, where they discover their new turf is not as deserted as it seems.

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked was released in the United States on December 16, 2011, by 20th Century Fox. The film received generally negative reviews from critics. However, it grossed over $342 million worldwide against an $80 million budget. A fourth and final film, The Road Chip, was released on December 18, 2015 with Kaley Cuoco replacing Amy Poehler as the voice of Eleanor.

Storyline

Dave Seville, the Chipmunks, and the Chipettes go on a cruise ship en route to the International Music Awards. Alvin ends up creating trouble, culminating in Dave having dinner with the captain to apologize. Disobeying Dave's instructions, the Chipettes go to the ship's dance club and Alvin and Simon head to the ship's casino. Dave discovers his former supervisor Ian Hawke works as the ship's safety monitor dressed as a pelican; Ian sets to inform the captain if the Chipmunks and Chipettes stir trouble. Alvin, Simon, and the Chipettes are caught by Dave, who warns them of missing the International Music Awards. The next day, Alvin goes parasailing on a kite, which flies away with him and the other Chipmunks. Dave goes on a hang-glider to try to find them but Ian attempts to stop him, which results in them ending up stranded in the Pacific Ocean.

The Chipmunks find a deserted island. Dave enlists Ian's help to find the same island and begin looking for the Chipmunks. The Chipmunks come across a castaway named Zoe. At Zoe's tree house, Eleanor sprains her ankle and Simon gets bitten by a spider; its side effects include personality changes and loss of inhibition. The morning after, Simon's personality changes where he thinks he is a French adventurer named "Simone". Later, Zoe takes "Simone", Jeanette, Eleanor and Theodore to a lake with a waterfall and "Simone" finds a cave. He returns with a gold bracelet which he gives to Jeanette as a crown.

Brittany and Alvin see an active volcano the next day. Deciding they must leave the island, the Chipmunks prepare a raft to get them off the island. While Jeanette and "Simone" look for food, "Simone" is knocked unconscious and Jeanette is kidnapped; "Simone" reverts back to Simon. A conscious Simon cannot remember the spider bite's aftermath. They discover that Zoe has taken Jeanette, so they head towards the waterfall. When they approach the tree log to cross, Dave and Alvin look for Jeanette. As Zoe forces her to get a treasure in the cave by tying her to a rope, she reveals that she came to the island specifically to find the treasure. However, living alone on the island for ten years wiped her memory and has now been ruthlessly willing to find the treasure at all costs.

Alvin and Dave come to Jeanette's rescue. The island begins to rumble again. Zoe lets go of the rope and Jeanette runs with Dave and Alvin back to the raft. When they reach the log, Zoe grabs the rope and drags Jeanette back to her until Alvin cuts it with a Swiss Army knife Dave confiscated earlier. However, the log starts to break, leaving Dave hanging from a branch. Alvin and a reformed Ian convince Zoe to help save Dave. They run towards the raft and escape the volcanic eruption. Zoe and Jeanette reconcile; Jeanette gives Zoe the gold bracelet that Simon had given to her. Alvin reconciles with Dave and they are rescued. The Chipmunks and Chipettes perform at the International Music Awards. Ian starts a new screenwriting career by selling a screenplay about Zoe's story to Hollywood, finally resurrecting his fortune and making Zoe famous. Alvin later tricks the passengers on the plane into thinking they are going to Timbuktu, much to Dave's annoyance.