re a chipmunk, your parents
take care of you for a week.
Then they take off.
Our parents were hippies.
They left early to join a commune.
- I am Robert the Robot.
- Help! Crazy robot. Help! It's after me!
- It's after me.
- Hey. Hey. Be careful with that.
- Sorry.
- It's a collectible.
- I got it for Christmas last year.
- Christmas! We love Christmas.
Even though we've never
actually celebrated it.
But we want to.
Yeah, you can never go wrong
with Christmas.
Oh, maybe we can celebrate it
with you.
Yeah, maybe.
Look, I've had a long and weird day,
so off to bed.
Come on.
We start work tomorrow.
I want you bright-eyed
and bushy-tailed by 8.
My tail isn't bushy till 9.
Not my problem. Now go to sleep.
I hope Christmas comes fast.
Me too.
Want a plane that loops the loop?
Loop.
Hoop.
Hula-Hoop.
Here's trouble. Fire in the hole!
What are you guys doing?
Nothing. What are you doing?
Stand back, Dave. She's gonna blow!
I got it. I got it, guys. Come to papa.
- Hey. Where did it go?
- Simon, this landed right in front of you.
You didn't see it?
How many fingers am I holding up?
Four. No, no, no.
Eight? Counting your thumb?
- Wait, wait, wait...
- Hang on a second.
Six. Final answer is six.
Try these.
How's that?
Someone trashed your house.
It was clean
when I went to bed last night.
Well, we colored for a while,
but then we got hungry.
Wanna see what we colored?
Actually, I wanna play you
something.
I wrote a song
for you guys to sing, so let's...
We've put a few toaster waffles
aside for winter.
And we're not sharing.
Guys, we're gonna have food all winter,
so if you start storing it...
...it's gonna get gross
and we're gonna have rodent...
Bad, you know,
non-talking rodents around here.
Let's go. Let's get to work.
All right, you chipmunks.
Ready to sing your song?
- I'll say we are.
- Yeah. Let's sing it now.
- Ready, Simon?
- Okay.
- Ready, Theodore?
- Okay.
Alvin?
Alvin?
This kicks a hamster wheel's butt.
Alvin!
Okay!
Christmas, Christmastime is near
Time for toys and time for cheer
We've been good, but we can't last
Hurry, Christmas, hurry fast
Want a plane that loops the loop
Me, I want a Hula-Hoop
We can't hardly stand the wait
Please, Christmas, don't be late
What?
Dave Seville's in the lobby.
He says he won't leave
without seeing you.
That loser again?
- Dave.
- Ian.
- Okay.
- I've got something for you.
- It's your next big thing.
- Dave.
Don't say anything.
What the...?
Dave, don't do this to yourself, man.
They sing.
No. They don't.
They do. Just give me a second.
Come on, guys.
Want a plane that loops the loop
Me, I want a Hula-Hoop
You know, Dave...
...some people might say
it's kind of weird...
...that a grown man
would want a Hula-Hoop.
And others would say,
"You know what's weirder than that?
A grown man bringing
another grown man...
...a big box
with a bunch of chipmunks in it...
...who not only speak English
but can sing."
They do sing.
We've been practicing all morning.
Oh, you've been practicing.
I never realized. Okay, well.
Yeah. Okay, no.
Dave, I'm going to pretend...
...that I have a lunch to go to.
I've got a lunch to go to.
What was that?
Nothing. Nothing.
Just a little stage fright.
I thought my heart
was gonna explode.
We're not performing monkeys.
Why do we have to sing
for that guy?
Well, how's this?
Pretend I need the money
and I hate my job...
...and you're staying at my place,
so you owe me.
We're sorry, Dave.
Yeah, that helps.
Never mind. I'm late for work.
Can we go with you?
What, so you can mess that up too?
You're going home.
Can I stand in your lap and steer?
Oh, can we at least beep the horn?
Never mind.
So sorry about the delay.
It should be a couple more minutes.
But we're building the suspense.
- Here he is.
- Sorry I'm late.
Boy, am I