I'll admit, I watched a lot of Alvin and the Chipmunks when I was little, despite all its awkward 80s animation tendencies and general pointlessness. I even kind of liked it. When the Chipettes joined the gang, bringing even more high-pitched sass, I felt no need to cry shark-jumping (probably because the phrase had yet to be coined and I hadn't gotten to that Happy Days episode).

The Chipettes animated on the small screen were kind of girly and cute. The Chipettes in Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakuel are what you see before you die.

I won't get started on why the world doesn't need a "squeakuel" because the 80s cartoon wasn't entirely necessary either, but I just wanted to point out both the scariness of the characters and the strangely high number of recognizable names in the cast. Not only are Jason Lee, David Cross, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney reprising their roles, but the Chipettes are to be voiced by Amy Poehler, Christina Applegate and Anna Faris. Zachary Levi rounds out the rest of the new cast, though not as a Chipette. Unfortunately.

[via Oh No They Didn't!]