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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He has his moments. |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: He has his moments. |
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* [[High School Hustler|Elementary School Hustler]] |
* [[High School Hustler|Elementary School Hustler]] |
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* [[Four |
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The Choleric. |
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* [[The Hero]] |
* [[The Hero]] |
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* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] |
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]] |
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* [[Mood Whiplash]] |
* [[Mood Whiplash]] |
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* [[Nice Hat|Nice Cap]] |
* [[Nice Hat|Nice Cap]] |
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* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The red to Simon's blue. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Simon's blue. |
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* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Theodore's Sensitive Guy. |
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Theodore's Sensitive Guy. |
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* [[Sibling Yin |
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With Simon |
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* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Brittany. |
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Brittany. |
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* [[Small Name Big Ego]] |
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]] |
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'''Simon Seville''' |
'''Simon Seville''' |
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* [[Alliterative Name]] |
* [[Alliterative Name]] |
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* [[Blind Without |
* [[Blind Without'Em]] |
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* [[Blue Eyes]] |
* [[Blue Eyes]] |
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Sometimes. |
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Sometimes. |
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* [[The Drag Along]] |
* [[The Drag Along]] |
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* [[Eye Glasses]]: In the 1960s series. |
* [[Eye Glasses]]: In the 1960s series. |
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* [[Four |
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The Melancholic. |
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* [[The Klutz]] |
* [[The Klutz]] |
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* [[The Lancer]] |
* [[The Lancer]] |
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* [[Nerd Glasses]] |
* [[Nerd Glasses]] |
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* [[Not So Above It All]] |
* [[Not So Above It All]] |
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* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The blue to Alvin's red. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Alvin's red. |
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* [[Sibling Yin |
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With Alvin |
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* [[The Smart Guy]] |
* [[The Smart Guy]] |
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* [[The Spock]]: In the [[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]] parody, ''very'' literally. |
* [[The Spock]]: In the [[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]] parody, ''very'' literally. |
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* [[The Ditz]] |
* [[The Ditz]] |
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* [[Food As Bribe]]: This is usually how Alvin ropes him into his schemes. |
* [[Food As Bribe]]: This is usually how Alvin ropes him into his schemes. |
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* [[Four |
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The Sanguine. |
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* [[Green Eyes]] |
* [[Green Eyes]] |
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* [[The Heart]] |
* [[The Heart]] |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: "'''''ALVIN!!!!!'''''" |
* [[Berserk Button]]: "'''''ALVIN!!!!!'''''" |
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* [[Butt Monkey]] |
* [[Butt Monkey]] |
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* [[Four |
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The Phlegmatic. |
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: {{spoiler|The reason why Vinnie essentially left the boys at his doorstep.}} |
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: {{spoiler|The reason why Vinnie essentially left the boys at his doorstep.}} |
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* [[Hot Dad]]: His redesign in the direct-to-VHS movies counts though. |
* [[Hot Dad]]: His redesign in the direct-to-VHS movies counts though. |
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* [[The Hero|The Heroine]]: Of the Chipettes. |
* [[The Hero|The Heroine]]: Of the Chipettes. |
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** [[The Lancer]]: To Alvin, sorta. |
** [[The Lancer]]: To Alvin, sorta. |
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* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Although she's [[Attention Whore|self-centered]] and [[ |
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Although she's [[Attention Whore|self-centered]] and [[It's All About Me|sometimes puts her image before her sisters']] (especially [[Adorkable|Jeanette]]) [[It's All About Me|feelings]]. However, she [[Tsundere|really does care about them]] and [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold|usually does the right thing in the end]]. |
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* [[Pink Means Feminine]] |
* [[Pink Means Feminine]] |
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* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The red to Jeanette's blue. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Jeanette's blue. |
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* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Alvin. |
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Alvin. |
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* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The Seductress. |
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: The Seductress. |
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* [[Beautiful All Along]]: When [[She Cleans Up Nicely]], even ''Brittany'' is jealous. |
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: When [[She Cleans Up Nicely]], even ''Brittany'' is jealous. |
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* [[Beauty Brains and Brawn]]: The Brains. |
* [[Beauty Brains and Brawn]]: The Brains. |
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* [[Blind Without |
* [[Blind Without'Em]] |
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* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: The Brunette. |
* [[Blonde Brunette Redhead]]: The Brunette. |
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* [[Butt Monkey]] |
* [[Butt Monkey]] |
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* [[Proper Lady]]: Not only is she never once seen to get angry about anything, and is the most calm of the girls, but in the episode when the six kids had to work out which of them was at fault for a broken statue in their school, ''she wasn't even a suspect''. |
* [[Proper Lady]]: Not only is she never once seen to get angry about anything, and is the most calm of the girls, but in the episode when the six kids had to work out which of them was at fault for a broken statue in their school, ''she wasn't even a suspect''. |
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* [[The Quiet One]]: In the live-action movies. |
* [[The Quiet One]]: In the live-action movies. |
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* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The blue to Brittany's red. |
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Brittany's red. |
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* [[Shrinking Violet]] |
* [[Shrinking Violet]] |
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* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]] |
* [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]] |
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* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Alternates between Mother and Child. |
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]: Alternates between Mother and Child. |
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes|Why Did It Have To Be Heights?]]: In the live-action movie. |
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Heights?]]: In the live-action movie. |
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'''Eleanor Miller''' |
'''Eleanor Miller''' |
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* [[Fat Bastard]] |
* [[Fat Bastard]] |
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* [[Greed]] |
* [[Greed]] |
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* [[Money Dear Boy]] |
* [[Money, Dear Boy]] |
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* [[Orphanage of Fear]] |
* [[Orphanage of Fear]] |
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Revision as of 05:40, 9 January 2014
The Chipmunks
Alvin Seville
- Attention Whore
- Berserk Button: Although he doesn't go 'berserk' per se, he doesn't like his cap being touched.
- Big Brother Instinct: For all of his faults, he looks out for his little brother Theodore.
- Blue Eyes
- Brown Eyes in the live-action movies.
- Deadpan Snarker: He has his moments.
- Elementary School Hustler
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Choleric.
- The Hero
- Jerk With a Heart of Gold
- Large Ham
- Likes Older Women: At least one episode has him competing with Dave for the affection of his teacher. At the end of the episode he decides that older women are too much trouble, only for him to gain a crush on his new babysitter. In the second live-action movie he flirts with highschool girls.
- Loveable Rogue: His defining trait.
- The McCoy
- Mood Whiplash
- Nice Cap
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Simon's blue.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Manly Man to Theodore's Sensitive Guy.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: With Simon
- Slap Slap Kiss: With Brittany.
- Small Name, Big Ego
Simon Seville
- Alliterative Name
- Blind Without'Em
- Blue Eyes
- Butt Monkey: Sometimes.
- Deadpan Snarker
- The Drag Along
- Eye Glasses: In the 1960s series.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Melancholic.
- The Klutz
- The Lancer
- Lovable Nerd
- Nerd Glasses
- Not So Above It All
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Alvin's red.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: With Alvin
- The Smart Guy
- The Spock: In the Star Trek parody, very literally.
Theodore Seville
- Adorably Precocious Child: Well... Adorably Precocious Chipmunk.
- Big Cute Boy
- Big Eater
- The Big Guy
- Book Dumb: Has been shown to struggle at school more than the others.
- The Ditz
- Food As Bribe: This is usually how Alvin ropes him into his schemes.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Sanguine.
- Green Eyes
- The Heart
- Keet: He has some shades of this.
- The Kirk
- Lovable Coward
- The Messiah: When a bully is stealing his food, he makes sure to cater his lunch for the bully's tastes.
- Morality Pet: For Alvin in the 2009 movie.
- Arguably for Alvin in general.
- Nice Guy
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Sensitive Guy to Alvin's Manly Man.
- Shrinking Violet: He has trouble standing up for himself. The episode Dave's Wonderful Life shows that he used to be shy and would have become a hermit without Dave's influence.
- Straw Vegetarian: Averted in the direct-to-VHS movies at least. He's feminine and naive, but lacks most of the other factors.
- Chipmunks don't eat meat. That's why Dave seems shocked when he asks for steak.
- Although Theodore has order hamburgers before, as well as has been seeing eating lunch meat.
- Chipmunks don't eat meat. That's why Dave seems shocked when he asks for steak.
- Wide Eyed Idealist
David "Dave" Seville
- Berserk Button: "ALVIN!!!!!"
- Butt Monkey
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: The Phlegmatic.
- Friend to All Living Things: The reason why Vinnie essentially left the boys at his doorstep.
- Hot Dad: His redesign in the direct-to-VHS movies counts though.
- Team Dad
Vinnie
- Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You - Parents As People: Was a single mother, left her three baby chipmunks on Dave's doorstep because she genuinely couldn't support the four in a particularly snowy and cold winter.
- Granola Girl: A mild example.
- Missing Mom
The Chipettes
Brittany Miller
- Attention Whore
- Beauty Brains and Brawn: The Beauty.
- Blonde Brunette Redhead: The Redhead.
- It's difficult to determine, as her hair seems to change color, depending on the animation, coloring, etc; while her hair does appear red on some occasions, it mostly appears light brown, and in even rare occasions (merchandising) blonde.
- Blue Eyes
- The Chick
- The Fashionista
- Fiery Redhead
- The Heroine: Of the Chipettes.
- The Lancer: To Alvin, sorta.
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: Although she's self-centered and sometimes puts her image before her sisters' (especially Jeanette) feelings. However, she really does care about them and usually does the right thing in the end.
- Pink Means Feminine
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Jeanette's blue.
- Slap Slap Kiss: With Alvin.
- The Three Faces of Eve: The Seductress.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Eleanor's Tomboy.
- Tsundere
Jeanette Miller
- Adorkable
- Beautiful All Along: When She Cleans Up Nicely, even Brittany is jealous.
- Beauty Brains and Brawn: The Brains.
- Blind Without'Em
- Blonde Brunette Redhead: The Brunette.
- Butt Monkey
- Brainy Brunette
- Cute Clumsy Girl
- Hair Decorations: She wears a long purple ribbon in her hair.
- Green Eyes
- Blue Eyes in the live-action movies.
- Meganekko
- The Messiah: She feels sorry for bullies, thinking they must have horrible home lives.
- Proper Lady: Not only is she never once seen to get angry about anything, and is the most calm of the girls, but in the episode when the six kids had to work out which of them was at fault for a broken statue in their school, she wasn't even a suspect.
- The Quiet One: In the live-action movies.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Brittany's red.
- Shrinking Violet
- The Smart Girl
- The Three Faces of Eve: Alternates between Mother and Child.
- Why Did It Have To Be Heights?: In the live-action movie.
Eleanor Miller
- Acrofatic
- Beauty Brains and Brawn: The Brawn.
- Big Cute Girl
- Big Eater
- The Big Girl: Of the Chipettes.
- Blonde Brunette Redhead: The Blonde.
- Brown Eyes
- Green Eyes in the live-action movies.
- Girlish Pigtails
- Hair of Gold
- The Heart
- The Ingenue
- The Lancer: To Brittany.
- Supreme Chef
- Team Mom: Somewhat, as she's the one who tries to keep the brash Brittany in line, and was the one who looked after the baby penguin in The Chipmunk Adventure the most.
- The Three Faces of Eve: Alternates between Child and Mother.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Brittany's Girly Girl.
Miss Beatrice Miller
Olivia
- Cool Big Sis
- Happily Adopted
- Hair of Gold
- Orphans Ordeal
- Parental Substitute: To the baby Chipettes
Mrs. Grudge