Raised in an Adirondack Monastery, Chip didn’t have a traditional upbringing. While kids his age were going to arcades, learning to ollie, and trying to solve the mystery of the missing Captain Crunch Chip was devoted to a simpler life. When the Monastery falls on hard times, it’s up to Chip to try and raise the money to save it and find his real parents or something.
Look, did one of the A Pitch a Day writers watch the vaguely racist The Chipmunk Adventure (1987) on YouTube this weekend? Yes. And, did we need a pitch fast so that the chain of pitches stretching back to 2020 went unbroken? I’m pretty sure if you’re still reading you know the answer to that too. So, let’s say this one is one part A Perfect Storm, one part Dutch, one part An Alan Smithee Film.