Alvin and The Chipmunks - List of VHS Releases

List of VHS Releases

Following the cult success of the Lorimar Home Video release of the previously successful movie The Chipmunk Adventure on VHS, select episodes of the show from 1983 to 1990, as well as several specials from the 80's and 90's, were released on VHS. Initially, in 1989, they were distributed by Burbank Video. From 1992 to 1996, they were distributed by Buena Vista Home Video. From 1998 to 2000, they were distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment. The VHS Chipmunk Video Library titles featured select episodes from the Ruby-Spears and Murakami-Wolf-Swenson eras, but no opening and closing credits were included (even though the opening credits were intact on "A Chipmunk Reunion").

Instead, each tape opened with previews from the six primary Chipmunk Library titles, set to the 1988 version of the show's theme song titled "We're the Chipmunks". Also, a synthesized version of the 1983–1987 title card music was used on the Ruby Spears episodes. However, unlike the syndicated versions for most of these episodes that were airing at the time, these episodes were presented in their original speed, just as they were on NBC, before they were sped-up for syndication. The early-mid 90's Chipmunk VHS releases featured select episodes from the DiC era. The Universal Home Video releases consisted of the reissue of The Chipmunk Adventure, and the two direct-to-video films.

• The Chipmunk Adventure (Released by Lorimar Home Video in 1988, by Just for Kids Video in 1993, and by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in 1999)

• Alvin and the Chipmunks in Alvin and the Chipettes (Released by Burbank Video in 1989)
  • The Greatest Showoffs on Earth
  • Sisters
  • Tell It to the Judge

• Alvin and the Chipmunks in Chipmunk Classics (Released by Burbank Video in 1989)
  • Snow Wrong
  • Cinderella? Cinderella!

• Alvin and the Chipmunks in Chipmunkmania (Released by Burbank Video in 1989)
  • Every Chipmunk Tells a Story
  • Who Ghost There
  • A Horse of Course

• Alvin and the Chipmunks in the Chipmunk Family Tree (Released by Burbank Video in 1989)
  • The Chipmunks Story
  • A Chipmunk Reunion

• Around the World with Alvin and the Chipmunks (Released by Burbank Video in 1989)
  • Maids in Japan
  • Alvie's Angels
  • The Mystery of Seville Manor

• Alvin and the Chipmunks in Alvin's Wildest Schemes (Released by Burbank Video in 1989)
  • Romancing Miss Stone
  • Snow Job
  • A Chip off the Old Tooth

• Alvin and the Chipmunks in A Chipmunk Christmas (Released by Burbank Video in 1989, and by Buena Vista Home Video in 1992)
  • A Chipmunk Christmas

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Rockin' With the Chipmunks: Featuring Michael Jackson (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1992)
  • The Chipmunks: Rockin' Through the Decades

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: It's a Wonderful Life, Dave (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1993)
  • Dave's Wonderful Life

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Alvin's Christmas Carroll (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1993)
  • Merry Christmas, Mr. Carroll

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Love Potion #9 (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Theodore and Juliet
  • Dr. Simon and Mr. Heartthrob
  • Dear Diary

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing-Alongs: Ragtime Cowboy Joe (11 songs from The Alvin Show, released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Sing-Alongs: Video Audio Fun-Pack Working on the Railroad (11 songs from The Alvin Show, released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: School's Out for Summer (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Alvin's Summer Job (A.K.A. Going For Broke)
  • Thinking Cap Trap

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Hair Raising Chipmunk Tales (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Babysitter Fright Night
  • Theodore's Life as a Dog
  • Unfair Science

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Nightmare on Seville Street (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Nightmare on Seville Street
  • No Chipmunk is an Island
  • Psychic Alvin

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Back to Alvin's Future (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Back to Our Future

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Kong! (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Kong!

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Batmunk (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Batmunk

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Funny, We Shrunk the Adults (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1994)
  • Funny, We Shrunk the Adults

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Easter Chipmunk (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1995)
  • The Easter Chipmunk

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Daytona Jones (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1995)
  • Daytona Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Robomunk (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1995)
  • Robomunk

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1995)
  • Trick or Treason

• Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Celebration (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1995)
  • A Chipmunk Celebration

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Bigger! (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1996)
  • Bigger!

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Go to the Movies: Star Wreck: Absolutely Final Frontier (Released by Buena Vista Home Video in 1996)
  • Star Wreck: The Absolutely Final Frontier

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (Released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in 1999)

• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (Released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in 2000)

There were also VHS releases in the UK that included episodes that have yet to be released in the U.S. on DVD, and have never been released in the U.S. on VHS. They consist of "The Phantom", "The Wall", "Queen of the High School Ballroom", "Alvin's Not So Superhero", "Home Sweet Home", "All Worked Up", and "Phantom of the Rock Opera".

There was also a VHS tape released exclusively in Germany that featured seven different segments (albeit in German). On it were "The Wall", "The Amazing Chipmunks", "Psychic Alvin", "A Special Kind of Champion", "Cookie Chomper III", "Nightmare on Seville Street", and "Thinking Cap Trap". Of the seven, "The Amazing Chipmunks", which originally aired alongside "The Wall", is extremely hard to find in its original English language.