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Chip 'n' Dale are a pair of rascally chipmunks who star in cartoons and comics produced by The Walt Disney Company. First appearing without names in the 1943 animated short Private Pluto, they went on to become recurring adversaries for Donald Duck and sometimes Pluto (and even Mickey Mouse on at least one occasion), including starring in a few Christmas cartoons with them. Originally designed as two identical chipmunks, the pair later became distinguishable in that Chip is the more serious one with a black nose, while Dale is the sillier one who has buck teeth and a red nose. Though usually appearing in secondary roles compared to Mickey and his friends, Chip and Dale also starred in two theatrical shorts of their own - Two Chips and a Miss in 1952 and The Lone Chipmunks in 1954 - and later in two animated television shows - Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (which never had a proper Christmas episode, though a Christmas-themed promo for the show ran on the syndicated affiliates that aired it, and a Rescue Rangers comic story set at Christmastime was published in an early issue of Disney Adventures magazine) and Chip 'n' Dale: Park Life.

Appearances in Christmas specials

Chip and Dale in Mickey's Christmas Carol

Chip and Dale's cameo in Mickey's Christmas Carol.

Theatrical shorts

  • Toy Tinkers - In this 1949 Donald Duck cartoon, the chipmunks are awoken from their hibernation by the sound of Donald chopping down a pine tree nearby. When they curiously follow Donald to his house, they see he has a big bowl of nuts. They break in to take the nuts, but Donald sees them in the act and makes several attempts to stop them.
  • Pluto's Christmas Tree - In this 1952 Mickey Mouse cartoon, Chip and Dale tease Pluto by tossing one of their acorns at him and then hide in a fir tree when he gives chase. However, the tree they hide in turns out to be the one Mickey decides to bring home and decorate. The chipmunks are amazed at the sight of the ornaments and lights Mickey has decorated their tree with. When Pluto notices Chip and Dale are in the tree, he repeatedly tries to point them out to Mickey, but continually fails. It is only after the tree has been wrecked that Mickey finally notices the chipmunks, and he decides to let them stay for Christmas.
  • Mickey's Christmas Carol - Chip and Dale make a very brief cameo dancing at Fezziwig's Christmas party.

Television specials and episodes

Jiminy with Chip and Dale

Chip and Dale with Jiminy Cricket in From All of Us to All of You.

Chip and Dale with hot cocoa

Chip and Dale in the Christmas-themed Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers promo.

Dale decorating tree
  • From All of Us to All of You - Chip and Dale prominently appear in this 1958 compilation special, which incorporates Toy Tinkers as one of the featured cartoons. In the bridging animation produced for the special, Jiminy Cricket introduces the duo, who abruptly come in, singing and dancing to their theme song. Jiminy tells the pair that he's brought them here so they can tell the audience how they spend Christmas Eve. The chipmunks proceed to jump in to one of the nearby Christmas cards, where they go to get their Christmas tree (that is to say, they get a tree-shaped branch off of one of the trees). After setting their "tree" up and hanging their stockings, Chip and Dale prepare to go to sleep, but are distracted by the sound of Donald chopping down a tree outside, segueing into Toy Tinkers itself.
  • A Magic Kingdom Yuletide Special
  • Disney's Christmas Fantasy on Ice
  • Mickey's Nutcracker
  • "Mickey's Mixed Nuts" - In this Mickey Mouse Works short, Chip finds that Dale has eaten their winter stockpile of nuts and has been replacing them with golf balls. They then follow Mickey when he goes to the grocery store to pick up a fresh bag of nuts for the holiday dinner that Minnie is cooking. They battle Mickey over the last bag of nuts at the store, with Mickey ultimately emerging victorious. Later, however, Chip and Dale switch out the nuts with a bag of the aforementioned golf balls while Minnie is cooking.
  • "Mickey's Christmas Chaos" - Chip and Dale have a very brief cameo in this Mickey Mouse Works short. When Mickey and Mortimer keep putting different wreaths on their respective front doors to outdo each other, one of Mickey's wreaths has Chip and Dale running on it as though it were a hamster's wheel.
  • "Happy Hot Diggity Dog Holiday!"
  • "Happy Holiday Helpers"
  • "Tinsel Tussle"
  • "Park Life Holiday" - Chip and Dale's latest Christmas-themed appearance was this episode of Chip 'n Dale Park Life.

Direct-to-video films

  • Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas - Chip and Dale have a prominent series of cameos in this direct-to-video film's first segment, "Stuck on Christmas". They are shown enjoying their new train set on Christmas morning; the shot of them enjoying said train is repeated multiple times, due to Huey, Dewey and Louie wishing that Christmas came every day. After quite a while of this, as Donald's nephews get sick of having Christmas every day, Huey throws a water balloon at Chip and Dale, freezing them in their tracks; the chipmunks respond by throwing a snowball at Huey. The next day, when the nephews decide to embrace the true Christmas spirit, they toss a bag of acorns to Chip and Dale. The day after that, the nephews see Chip tossing out his and Dale's Christmas tree, thus letting them know that they've finally broken the time loop.
  • Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse - The chipmunks make a brief cameo in this direct-to-video spin-off of Disney's House of Mouse. Right after Pluto's Christmas Tree is shown, Chip and Dale pop out of a small artificial tree and catch Pluto's attention. Pluto starts barking at them, but, in a reprise of the closing gag from the preceding short, they slap a "Do not open till Christmas" sticker over his mouth.

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