Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)

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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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Based on Chip 'n' Dale
by Bill Justice
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Theme music composer Mark Mueller
Composer(s) Glen Daum (for Score Productions)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 65 (list of episodes)
Production
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  • Tad Stones
  • Alan Zaslove
Running time 22 minutes
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Distributor Buena Vista Television
Release
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Picture format NTSC
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  • Stereo
  • Mono (some episodes)
Original release March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04) –
November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19)
Chronology
Followed by Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is an American animated adventure comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.[1] Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on The Disney Channel on March 4, 1989,[2] after the episode "Catteries Not Included" aired on August 27, 1988, as a preview.[3] The series continued in September with a two-hour special, Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue, later broken up into five parts to air as part of the weekday run.[4] The final episode aired on November 19, 1990. A live-action/animated metafictional sequel film was released on Disney+ on May 20, 2022.

On September 18, 1989, the series entered national syndication. It aired afternoons along with and following DuckTales on a network that would become Fox before transferring to a new channel. TaleSpin, a series based on characters from The Jungle Book, was added to the lineup, just before The Disney Afternoon aired on this new channel, following Rescue Rangers. From 1990 to 1993, reruns were aired as a part of The Disney Afternoon.[2] It was syndicated on Toon Disney upon launch in 1998 but were removed a decade later. The entire run became available (as one season) as part of Disney+ as of its launch on November 12, 2019, fully remastered in high definition.[5] The series was initially released on Blu-ray on January 25, 2022, via Disney Movie Club, then everywhere else on February 15, 2022.[6] From May 19–20, 2022, Disney XD reran the show to promote the then-upcoming film of the same name.

Synopsis

Chip and Dale are two chipmunks who start a detective agency, Rescue Rangers, along with their friends Gadget Hackwrench, Monterey Jack, and Zipper. The pint-sized detectives deal with crimes that are often "too small" for the police to handle, usually with other animals as their clients.[7] The gang frequently find themselves going up against two particular arch-villains: Mafia-style tabby cat Fat Cat and mad scientist Norton Nimnul.

Episodes

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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. Created by Tad Stones and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on The Disney Channel on March 4, 1989,[2] having aired the first produced episode, "Catteries Not Included", as a special preview on August 27, 1988.[3]

A two-hour movie presentation of "Rescue Rangers: To The Rescue" began airing in syndication the weekend of September 29, 1989.[8] While not produced first, the movie told the story of how the Rescue Rangers met.

The series then began airing in weekday syndication. From that point forward, the movie was broken up into five standard-length episodes that were considered part of season 2. In 1990, it became part of the syndicated programing block The Disney Afternoon. The final episode aired on November 19, 1990. As a part of the Disney Afternoon lineup, reruns of the show were aired until September 3, 1993.

In the fall of 1990, a live-action educational film/video was made entitled The Great Quake Hazard Hunt where Rescue Rangers Chip and Dale, along with their friends, show children how to prepare for earthquakes.[citation needed] (The characters were portrayed by actors in character costumes made for the Disney theme parks and other live appearances.)

In the fall of 1991, another live-action educational film/video was made entitled Rescue Rangers: Fire Safety Adventure where Rescue Rangers Chip and Dale, along with their friends, must foil the plans of Fat Cat as he leaves a trail of fire hazards throughout the fire station and neighboring bank.[citation needed]

Series overview

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04) May 21, 1989 (1989-05-21)
2 47 September 15, 1989 (1989-09-15) May 2, 1990 (1990-05-02)
3 5 September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10) November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19)

Episodes

Season 1 (1989)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code
1 1 "Piratsy Under the Seas" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Mark Edward Edens & Julia Lewald March 4, 1989 (1989-03-04) 08

The Rangers discover a sunken pirate ship and a huge cargo of gold, along with a crew of rats who have forgotten about the life above the surface.

Villain: Pirates
2 2 "Catteries Not Included" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Tad Stones (story)
Bruce Talkington (teleplay)
March 5, 1989 (1989-03-05) 10

A little girl is looking for her kitten, Spunky, and the Rescue Rangers are on the case. The trail leads to Nimnul's laboratory, where the professor is kidnapping cats and using them to generate lightning bolts by building up a charge of static electricity in their fur.

Villain: Professor Norton Nimnul
3 3 "Dale Beside Himself" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Dev Ross March 12, 1989 (1989-03-12) 23

A trio of shape-changing aliens from the planet Fleeblebrox are vacationing on Earth. When it's time to leave, one of them, Ditz, decides to remain behind by tricking Dale into switching places with him.

Villain: Ditz
4 4 "Flash the Wonder Dog" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Buzz Dixon (story)
Buzz Dixon & David Wise (teleplay)
March 19, 1989 (1989-03-19) 42

To bring down beloved television star Flash the Wonder Dog, Fat Cat and his henchmen dress up in his costume and perform random acts of badness. Soon, the town is buzzing with bad vibes for Flash and the studio is replacing the canine with his cockatoo sidekick. Meanwhile, Dale gets a sobering meeting with his TV hero and finds that Flash is not as brave as he thought he was in real life.

Villain: Fat Cat
5 5 "Out to Launch" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Mark Edward Edens March 26, 1989 (1989-03-26) 09

The Rangers go to watch the launch of a space plane, but unfortunately Chip and Dale get trapped in a spacesuit in orbit, forcing the other Rangers to attempt a launch of their own.

Villain: Space Center
6 6 "Kiwi's Big Adventure" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Julia Lewald April 2, 1989 (1989-04-02) 13

The Rangers lose the Ranger Plane to a tribe of kiwi birds. In their attempt to get it back, Dale pretends to have broken his toe to receive affection from Gadget.

Villain: Kiwi Tribe
7 7 "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Dev Ross & Tad Stones April 9, 1989 (1989-04-09) 40

While trying to recover the stolen Maltese Mouse from Fat Cat, the Rangers accidentally wreak havoc in the home of a squirrel with two daughters. While the mother repairs the damage, the Rangers take care of the girls. The eldest, Tammy, develops a crush on Chip. She decides to prove herself to her hero by sneaking into Fat Cat's hideout and recovering the priceless statue herself.

Villain: Fat Cat
8 8 "Pound of the Baskervilles" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Eric Lewald April 16, 1989 (1989-04-16) 07

MacDuff enlists the Rescue Rangers (with a little help from Sureluck Jones (A Parody of the Classic Fictional Sleuth, Sherlock Holmes), a fictional sleuth of which Chip admires from a series of books he reads) to find the will that proves the old family mansion rightfully belongs to his master, Roger.

Villain: Lord Howie
9 9 "Risky Beesness" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Tad Stones & David Wise (story)
Linda Woolverton (teleplay)
April 23, 1989 (1989-04-23) 46

Irwina Allen, a scientist and rockstar wannabe uses her control of bees to steal a swarm and plot her takeover of the world of rock and roll. The queen bee appeals to Zipper and the other Rangers for help, during which Zipper falls in love with her and is trying to win her affection.

Villain: Irwina Allen
10 10 "Three Men and a Booby" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Eric Lewald April 30, 1989 (1989-04-30) 06

A mad egg collector attempts to collect the egg of a mother Booby Bird, and the rangers attempt to help reunite her with her baby.

Villain: Mr. Dumpty
11 11 "The Carpetsnaggers" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Somtow Sucharitkul May 7, 1989 (1989-05-07) 22

The homes of the wealthy are being robbed by flying carpets under the control of Professor Nimnul.

Villain: Professor Norton Nimnul
12 12 "Bearing Up Baby" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Dev Ross May 14, 1989 (1989-05-14) 11

While on a camping trip, the Rangers find themselves watching over a little boy named Jeremy, who's also being watched over by Humphrey the Bear.

Villain: Hunters
13 13 "Parental Discretion Retired" John Kimball & Bob Zamboni Mark Edward Edens May 21, 1989 (1989-05-21) 12

Monty's father Cheddarhead Charlie comes to visit, and tries to help the Rangers stop Fat Cat's latest scheme, but his rash way of doing things are only getting in the way.

Villain: Fat Cat

Season 2 (1989–1990)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date Prod.
code
14 1 "To the Rescue (Part 1)" September 15–17, 1989 (varied by market) 01
A criminal mastermind named Aldrin Klordane and his pet cat, Fat Cat, frame aging police detective, Donald Drake, and his canine companion, Plato, for stealing a priceless ruby. While the human police try to get Drake to confess to the crime, a pair of chipmunks named Chip and Dale help Plato find the real culprits.
15 2 "To the Rescue (Part 2)" September 15–17, 1989 (varied by market) 02
In their attempt to get the ruby back, Chip and Dale follow Fat Cat to a Chinese laundry, and later a fishing boat, where they befriend a fat Australian mouse named Monterey Jack and his housefly companion, Zipper (who are on the fishing boat to get the latest shipment of cheese). However the situation gets complicated when Monty becomes enraged at Fat Cat for throwing his house overboard.
16 3 "To the Rescue (Part 3)" September 15–17, 1989 (varied by market) 03
While Klordane and Fat Cat head for Glacier Bay, Chip and Dale follow Monterey Jack and Zipper to the home of Monty's old traveling partner Geegaw hoping to find a vehicle to get them to Glacier Bay, but must deal with Monty's "cheese attacks" (hypnotic spells that occur whenever Monty sees or smells cheese) and an elaborate security system set up by Geegaw's daughter, Gadget.
17 4 "To the Rescue (Part 4)" September 15–17, 1989 (varied by market) 04
The Rangers return to the city, where Professor Nimnul has transported a glacier to, so it can be crushed and transported underground. After Klordane breaks Drake out of prison as part of his scheme to frame him for his master plan, the Rangers also finds themselves having to save Plato from the animal shelter which gets complicated when Monty still obsessed with Fat Cat for destroying his home leaves with Zipper.
18 5 "To the Rescue (Part 5)" September 15–17, 1989 (varied by market) 05
The Rangers discover Klordane and Nimnul's plot to create an underground earthquake via a giant gelatin mould for robbing a bank, and they are the only ones who can stop them. With both Drake and Plato captured, the Rangers must work together to create a second earthquake to bring in the authorities but must contend with Fat Cat first.
19 6 "A Lad in a Lamp" October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03) 24
Fat Cat attempts to get hold of a magic lamp, but it falls into the hands of Monterey Jack instead. After Monty alienates the other Rangers by his greed, the genie tricks him into switching places, just as Fat Cat finds the lamp.
20 7 "The Luck Stops Here" October 6, 1989 (1989-10-06) 14
A failing inventor who believes that all his troubles are due to bad luck alone is aided by the Rangers. Gadget, however, learns that the inventor's cat has been sabotaging his inventions.
21 8 "Battle of the Bulge" October 9, 1989 (1989-10-09) 18
Monty's weight problem encourages the Rangers to go on diets and to exercise more frequently. Meanwhile, Fat Cat is hiring Jamaican fruit bats to steal jewels for him.
22 9 "Ghost of a Chance" October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10) 29
While visiting the Tower of London on a quest to stop Fat Cat, the Rangers meet up with the ghost of one of Monty's ancestors, Sir Colby. Monty then learns that Sir Colby isn't as brave as he's made out to be.
23 10 "An Elephant Never Suspects" October 11, 1989 (1989-10-11) 16
The Rangers investigate a peanut shortage at the zoo. When the leader of the zoo's elephants accuses the Rangers of stealing the peanuts, the Rangers must find the real thief in order to clear their names.
24 11 "Fake Me to Your Leader" October 12, 1989 (1989-10-12) 31
Professor Nimnul uses his Gigantico Gun on some pillbugs, and an unwitting Zipper, as part of his plan to fake an alien attack and extort lots of gold for "spaceship fuel".
25 12 "Last Train to Cashville" October 13, 1989 (1989-10-13) 50
When Dale stays up all night, he's too tired to help the other Rangers with tracking down a stolen toy train the next day and ends up sleepwalking.
26 13 "A Case of Stage Blight" October 16, 1989 (1989-10-16) 17
The Rangers attend a human opera and discover it is being sabotaged. The culprit is the alligator Sewernose de Bergerac, who plots to replace the lead in the opera.
27 14 "The Case of the Cola Cult" October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17) 19
While test-driving the Ranger-mobile, the Rangers stumble across a group of soda-worshipping mice who call themselves the Cola Cult. But it soon becomes clear that the Cult's leaders are exploiting its members, stealing everything they donate. A sub-plot for this episode involves Gadget losing confidence in herself after several of her inventions fail.
28 15 "Throw Mummy From the Train" October 18, 1989 (1989-10-18) 26
At the tomb of King Nutun-Khamun, an archeologist finds the ring to unlock the diamonds of the Sphinx of Inka-dinka-do. His greedy assistant Wexler steals the ring and eludes the mummy assigned to guard it, Hiram. Wexler tries to hide the ring and Dale gets it for a while, putting the Rangers on the case.
29 16 "A Wolf in Cheap Clothing" October 19, 1989 (1989-10-19) 39
Prof Nimnul is using a shape-shifting device to trade places with a wolf. While Nimnul robs homes as a wolf, the human-turned wolf experiences the downtown nightlife.
30 17 "Robocat" October 20, 1989 (1989-10-20) 33
A junkman builds a mechanical guard-cat. When it breaks down, Gadget fixes it and makes it friendly. Fat Cat finds out about this and plots to reprogram the cat for his own ends.
31 18 "Does Pavlov Ring a Bell" November 2, 1989 (1989-11-02) 28
Professor Nimnul trains lab animals to follow the maze that mimics the city's underground tunnels in order to use them as a navigation system for his bank-robbing super-rat robot. The team befriends two of them, Sparky and Buzz. Meanwhile, the battle between Chip and Dale for Gadget's attention begins to get ugly.
32 19 "Prehysterical Pet" November 3, 1989 (1989-11-03) 38
Dale's discovery of a rodent-sized space-travelling stegosaurus is certainly a surprise to the Rangers; and when the diminutive dinosaur suddenly begins to grow in size and lose intelligence, the rangers have to save him.
33 20 "A Creep in the Deep" November 13, 1989 (1989-11-13) 25

The Rangers are spurred into action by a rash of bizarre attacks on seafood shipments and restaurants. After some research, they find that the attacks are being led by a fish by the name of Captain Fin, who has modified a sunken submarine so that it holds water, allowing Captain Fin and his crew to traverse on land.

NOTE: The submarine seen in this episode is similar to the Nautilus seen in Walt Disney's 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
34 21 "Normie's Science Project" November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14) 20
Professor Nimnul designs a super-weapon that levels cities with mega-amplified sound. However, his nephew Normie borrows the "molecular sound amplifier", the main part of the weapon, for the school science project.
35 22 "Seer No Evil" November 15, 1989 (1989-11-15) 63
While at a carnival, the Rangers meet a fortune-telling moth named Cassandra, who predicts that Chip will be killed "before the next sun rises". On learning that one of the carnival members is a crook who is using his monkey accomplice to rob the homes of those people who have won prizes at his booth, the Rangers must find a way to solve the case while keeping Chip out of harm's way.
36 23 "Chipwrecked Shipmunks" November 16, 1989 (1989-11-16) 32
When the Rangers are shipwrecked on an island, Gadget and Chip try to find a way off the island before a hurricane hits while Monterey Jack and Dale find treasure. The pirate rats then come to the island to search for the treasure that Dale and Monterey Jack found.
37 24 "When Mice Were Men" November 17, 1989 (1989-11-17) 54
Monty gets invited over Tramplonia, Spain, where he is regarded as a hero for defeating a vicious bull. Truth is, Monty didn't defeat the bull with his bare hands, and that bull is out seeking revenge.
38 25 "Chocolate Chips" November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) 34
A mad chocolate lover employs mosquitoes loaded with drugs to make the locals easily hypnotizeable and make them unknowningly work night shifts at his chocolate factory, and Dale is the only member of the Rangers unaffected by the drugs.
39 26 "The Last Leprechaun" November 21, 1989 (1989-11-21) 30
The Rangers crash-land in Ireland and are tricked by Darby Spree, King of the Leprechauns, into helping him rescue his fellow leprechauns from their enslavement to a banshee.
40 27 "Weather or Not" November 22, 1989 (1989-11-22) 55
Professor Nimnul's weather machine vs. Monterey Jack's weather-predicting tail.
41 28 "One-Upsman-Chip" November 23, 1989 (1989-11-23) 53
While Fat Cat plots to steal the world's biggest pearl from a tank guarded by a vicious shark, Chip and Dale engage in a war of practical jokes that ends with Dale in Fat Cat's clutches.
42 29 "Shell Shocked" November 24, 1989 (1989-11-24) 62
The Rangers attempt to enjoy a day at the beach is nearly ruined by Chip's micromanagement style, so Dale is made leader for the day, just before the group discovers that the beach's crabs are having their shells stolen.
43 30 "Mind Your Cheese and Q's" February 6, 1990 (1990-02-06) 41
After botching a rescue due to a cheese attack, Monterey Jack decides to give up cheese, which is easier said than done, especially when there's a cheese shortage in town courtesy of Rat Capone.
44 31 "Song of the Night 'n Dale" December 19, 1989 (1989-12-19) 44
The Rangers' new vehicle, the Ranger Wing, accidentally takes them to the Himalayas, where they come to the aid of the emperor's songbird, Chirp Sing. It appears that the gentle emperor is going insane, while his greedy sister plots to sell the valley to developers. The Rangers must discover what is really going on and turn the tables on the scheming Su Lin.
45 32 "Double 'O Chipmunk" December 20, 1989 (1989-12-20) 36
Dale and Zipper decide to emulate their heroes, Dirk Suave (Double 'O Super-Spy) and Odd Shoe, and soon become involved in a real spy caper.
46 33 "Gadget Goes Hawaiian" December 21, 1989 (1989-12-21) 35
Gadget is tricked by her Hawaiian double, Lahwhinie into trading places with her right before the Hawaiian mouse is to be tested for her worthiness to become queen of the mice.
47 34 "It's a Bird, It's Insane, It's Dale!" December 22, 1989 (1989-12-22) 52
Two parts of a meteor crashing into Earth give Dale and a crooked travel agent super stretching powers. Dale becomes the Rubber Bando and leaves the Rangers, while Seymour uses his powers to steal national monuments for ransom. Soon the Rubber Bando is blamed for the thefts, and must turn to the Rangers for help.
48 35 "Short Order Crooks" February 5, 1990 (1990-02-05) 51
Monterey Jack and Zipper go to an abandoned diner to prepare Monty's famous cheese chowder (after it explodes in their kitchen), only to discover that a pair of crooks are using the diner to dig their way into a neighboring bank.
49 36 "Love is a Many Splintered Thing" December 18, 1989 (1989-12-18) 57
While trying to stop a group of antique store thieves, Monterey Jack becomes entranced by the smell of perfume. After the bust, Monty confesses that he was once in love with a female rat named Desiree D'Allure (who wore perfume when they first met), but left her at the altar on their wedding day after getting a cheese attack and going after a cheese truck. When Desiree returns, Monty is still in love with her, but Chip thinks Desiree is using Monty, prompting Monty to leave the Rescue Rangers.
50 37 "Out of Scale" February 8, 1990 (1990-02-08) 60

A gangster has kidnapped Professor Nimnul, and is using his Gigantico Gun (in reverse) to steal museums and statues, both for the valuables inside, and to provide doll houses for his spoiled daughter Buffy. The Rangers are on the case, until Chip and Dale are captured and forced to be Buffy's pets.

Note: This episode shares its name with a 1951 Donald Duck short that featured Chip 'n' Dale.
51 38 "Dirty Rotten Diapers" February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19) 48
Gadget decides to adopt a policy of non-violence for the team, which is immediately put to the test as the Rangers investigate a midget posing as a baby to rob the homes of rich childless couples.
52 39 "Good Times, Bat Times" February 21, 1990 (1990-02-21) 47
A washerwoman named Winifred is seeking to become a witch by means of a spell she found in the library. Compiling the ingredients are her familiars: Bud the snake, Lou the spider, and Foxglove the bat. During her mission, Foxglove falls in love with Dale, and has second thoughts about being a villain.
53 40 "Pie in the Sky" February 22, 1990 (1990-02-22) 56
The Rangers help a lost sparrow return to Capistrano and discover a bad "chicken" pie outfit using an electromagnet to catch the migrating birds. This episode also has references to the Stage Musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
54 41 "Le Purrfect Crime" March 19, 1990 (1990-03-19) 58
When the Rangers learn that dogs are fleeing from Paris, they travel there and learn about the latest plot of Maltese de Sade, Fat Cat's cousin. Meanwhile, Dale realizes he's a distraction to the rest of the Rescue Rangers and wanders aimlessly through Paris, where he suffers amnesia and is brainwashed by Maltese de Sade into fighting against his friends.
55 42 "When You Fish Upon a Star" March 21, 1990 (1990-03-21) 59
When the Rangers go to investigate a sunken ship, they learn that Fat Cat is responsible, as he hired fireflies to confuse the captain.
56 43 "Rest Home Rangers" March 22, 1990 (1990-03-22) 64
When Professor Nimnul invents an aging ray and turns Monty (who is already insecure about getting old) into an old man, the rangers attempt to stop the mad Professor and reverse the effects of his ray on Monty.
57 44 "A Lean on the Property" April 16, 1990 (1990-04-16) 65
Monty's mother Camembert Kate comes to visit, but Monty can't stand her smothering. In his latest dog-ridding scheme, Fat Cat recruits a team of moles to dig underneath the foundations of the city's buildings, causing them to lean over, and driving everyone (and their dogs) out of town.
58 45 "The Pied Piper Power Play" April 23, 1990 (1990-04-23) 15
Nimnul hypnotizes all the mice in town (including Monty and Gadget) into running on hamster wheels, so that they can charge a powerful generator for him. Dale's own hypnotic skills are the only thing that can help deal with this crisis.
59 46 "Gorilla My Dreams" May 1, 1990 (1990-05-01) 37
The Rangers agree to rescue Ku-Ku the gorilla's pet kitten Boots who was catnapped by Fat Cat. Fat Cat is holding Boots hostage, so that Ku-Ku will commit crimes for him.
60 47 "The S.S. Drainpipe" May 2, 1990 (1990-05-02) 21
Rat Capone's use of slave labour to build himself a castle draws the attention of the Rangers — unfortunately, Dale's attempts to emulate his TV hero, the Red Badger of Courage, lead to the other four rangers becoming the slave labour.

Season 3 (1990)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Original air date Prod.
code
61 1 "Zipper Come Home" September 10, 1990 (1990-09-10) 49

Zipper leaves the Rangers and becomes the king of a tribe of water beetles. Little does he know that the tribe has a bad habit of sacrificing their kings to a giant frog.

  • Villain: The Water Beetle Tribe
62 2 "Puffed Rangers" September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18) 27

The Rangers go to Hong Kong, where a cereal manufacturer is smuggling cars into the US without import fees by shrinking them into cereal toys.

  • Villain: Chin the cereal manufacturer
63 3 "A Fly in the Ointment" September 26, 1990 (1990-09-26) 45

Professor Nimnul has invented a device to transmit himself across telephone wires, and uses it to steal scientific devices from guarded laboratories. A neglected Zipper discovers Nimnul in the act and is caught in the Modemizer with him, leading to two creatures out of The Fly.

  • Villain: Professor Norton Nimnul
64 4 "A Chorus Crime" November 5, 1990 (1990-11-05) 43

The rangers break up when Monty and Zipper refuse to help the others locate the missing tap shoes of a female dog named Canina La Fur and instead are trying to locate the cause of what has been sinking cargo ships in the Arctic Circle. Both groups soon find that both these random events are connected, as Nimnul had stolen all of the dance shoes so that he can get a group of penguins to create icebergs through excessive tap dancing to sink the ships with and steal their cargo.

  • Villain: Norton Nimnul
65 5 "They Shoot Dogs, Don't They" November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19) 61

Zsa Zsa Labador, Canina La Fur's stand-in, strands her in Taxedermia, where all animals are fair game for hunting. The Rangers must then get Canina out of the country.

  • Villain: Zsa Zsa Labador

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External links

Except for the five-part set of episodes made from the pilot movie, each 22-minute episode of the series was self-contained. Plot points introduced in each episode stayed in the episode and any character development did not appear to continue through to future episodes. Most of the episodes followed a similar format, wherein the next case was presented at the start of the episode, then the bulk of the episode had the sleuths gathering clues and investigating the situation. In the last few minutes of the episode, the case was resolved, usually in dramatic fashion and the final moments would have a humorous wrap-up scene between the Rangers.

Characters

Main

  • Chip (voiced by Tress MacNeille)[1] is the leader of the Rescue Rangers.[1] Similar to Indiana Jones, he wears a fedora and a bomber jacket and frequently uses a rope to lasso or swing to other spots.[2] Chip is fearless, optimistic, and mature and has a strong sense of moral standards, to the point that he is sometimes accused of not knowing how to have fun. He can be opinionated and often ends up in arguments with Dale over his best friend's more lackluster approach. However, deep down, Chip does care for Dale and, at times, he also lets himself go and joins Dale in some mischief. He and Dale have a crush on Gadget.
  • Dale (voiced by Corey Burton)[1] is the co-founder of the Rescue Rangers. He wears a red and yellow Hawaiian shirt reminiscent of Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. Though passionate about the job, he is a happy-go-lucky, free-spirited, genial hotshot who is sometimes immature and forgets to think before he acts. He spends his free time reading comic books and playing video games. A known candy addict, Dale has "chocolate attacks" similar to Monterey Jack's cheese attacks (ironically, Monty finds it disgusting that Dale can't control himself over candy).[1][3] He frequently finds himself being knocked on the head and insulted by Chip when he says or does something foolish, but despite that, Dale still cares deeply for Chip and never holds a grudge against him. Dale is largely a friendly and easy-going character, though he is just as willing to get serious when the situation calls for it. Dale has also shown some remarkable creativity, as he is depicted constructing several gadgets of his own based on one of his favorite movie characters in the episode Double O Chipmunk, seemingly in only a few hours, despite seeming to have little to no technological background.
  • Monterey Jack (voiced by Peter Cullen and Jim Cummings), known as "Monty" to his friends and called "Cheeser" by his mother, is an adventure-loving, red-haired and luxuriantly mustachioed Australian mouse who spent years traveling the world before a chance meeting with Chip and Dale during their first case. After Fat Cat destroyed his home, Monty and his sidekick Zipper decided to join the group in their detective work.[4] Stronger and larger than the others—indeed, he has demonstrated feats of strength that some humans would be hardpressed to match—Monty can be quick to anger if he, or his friends, has been offended. This trait sometimes leaves him ready to do battle with a much larger opponent, and the others having to calm him down.[1] Monty has an overpowering addiction to cheese, and the sight or smell of cheese causes him to be almost hypnotically drawn to it in a mustache-twisting, spiraling-eyed "cheese attack". Monty loves to tell stories of his travels, even if the others often stop his reminiscing, and he often uses colorful "pseudo-Australianisms" while talking, such as "Strike me starkers."[1] Monterey Jack is the only Rescue Ranger known to have two living parents, Cheddarhead Charlie and Camembert Kate, who are also travelers.[5] Also, names of his entire family, including his own, have references to various types of cheese. Monty is most frequently found in the company of either Zipper or Dale, whose fun-loving nature matches his own. He also seems to consider Gadget to be something of a surrogate daughter, most likely due to his long friendship with her late father.[4] Due to his traveling experience, Monty often handles the traveling arrangements for the group. Cullen voiced Monterey Jack in season 1, along with 20 of the first episodes of season 2 excluding the five-episode pilot. Cummings voiced him in the pilot, along with 22 episodes of season 2, and season 3.[1][6]
  • Gadget Hackwrench (voiced by Tress MacNeille)[1] is a young blond-haired mouse who is the team's pilot, mechanic and inventor who wears a purple jumpsuit with blue goggles on her head.[7] The daughter of deceased inventor and aviator Geegaw Hackwrench, who was a good friend of Monterey Jack, she first met Chip and Dale when Monty brought them to Geegaw's in search of an airplane. At loose ends since her father's death and eager to help, she joins the team.[4] Known to say "Golly" whenever she's surprised by something, Gadget moves, thinks, and talks quickly, sometimes leaving the others looking dazed and confused.[1] In addition to building and maintaining the Ranger Plane, Gadget is the one responsible for the various technological items used by the team, and is regularly inventing new vehicles and tools for the team's use.[1] She has the uncanny ability to take discarded and unrelated items and invent nearly anything with them, which she attributes to the fact that she has a "mind-bashingly high IQ" and is easily bored. Unfortunately, her creations don't always work the way she intends, and have sometimes failed at just the wrong moment to cause the team trouble. Both Chip and Dale are attracted to Gadget, and often compete for her attention, but she doesn't seem to notice in many cases. Gadget's personality was based upon the inventive female character Jordan in the 1985 movie Real Genius.[8]
  • Zipper (voiced by Corey Burton)[1] is a tiny bluish-green housefly and a long time friend and sidekick of Monterey Jack.[4] With his tiny size and flying abilities, Zipper often handles little jobs that the rest of the Rescue Rangers cannot. He speaks in unintelligible buzzes that only Monty and other insects are able to understand, although, in later episodes, he talks more clearly. Despite his tiny size, Zipper occasionally has impressive displays of strength which are matched only by his unwavering loyalty to his friends.

Allies

  • Officer Kirby and Officer Muldoon (voiced by Peter Cullen) are the two police officers commonly seen in most episodes arriving to arrest the criminals the Rescue Rangers stop from escaping with their ill-gotten loot. Kirby is the strong, muscular African-American officer that normally drives their squad car while Muldoon is the skinny Caucasian officer that rides shotgun. Both serve as patrol officers under Sergeant Spinelli out of their precinct where they work with many other officers and detectives as seen in the pilot "To The Rescue", including retiring police detective Donald Drake and his K-9 Plato.
  • Detective Donald Drake and K-9 Plato (voiced by Rob Paulsen for Detective Drake and Allen Oppenheimer for Plato) are soon-to-be retired members of the police force in the series pilot "To The Rescue" as Chip and Dale are good friends of Plato. After Drake and Plato, aided by Kirby and Muldoon, recover the Clutchcoin ruby necklace from Aldrin Klordane's henchman Percy, Klordane and his pet Fat Cat, who Drake and Plato presumed drowned a year earlier, frame Drake and Plato for the theft of the necklace, forcing the police captain to have Drake and Plato stripped of their badges and incarcerated. Thanks to Chip and Dale and the newly formed Rescue Rangers, Drake and Plato's innocence is proven, and they are permitted to retire as intended, with Plato giving his police badge to the Rescue Rangers as a reward for their heroism. Their names are references to fellow Disney characters Donald Duck and Pluto, whom the chipmunk duo has had histories with in the shorts and later projects.
  • Sergeant Spinelli (voiced by Jim Cummings) is Kirby and Muldoon's superior officer at their precinct and oversees most cases that the station deals with that don't fall under the jurisdictions of the other branches of the department or are overseen by the captain. He is sometimes on scene with Kirby and Muldoon when they arrest the bad guys the Rescue Rangers stopped. The series pilot "To The Rescue" shows him as one of the commanding officers for the precinct's SWAT team.

Antagonists

  • Fat Cat (voiced by Cummings)[1] is a felonious, obese grey tabby cat and one of the Rescue Rangers' most frequent antagonists. Formerly owned by criminal Aldrin Klordane, in which capacity the Rangers first encountered him, Fat Cat became an independent agent and animal world crime boss after Klordane's incarceration.[4] Inordinately proud of his appearance, he keeps his whiskers clean, wears a purple business suit, and has a taste for expensive things. Fat Cat is a ruthless criminal mastermind, and his plans, though sometimes bizarre, are nevertheless dangerous and sadistic.[1] He hates dogs and several of his schemes have been attacks against them. The only thing he hates more than dogs are the Rescue Rangers, which he always tries to get rid of using elaborate and slow methods, rather than killing them immediately. The complexity of his plans usually ends up being his downfall.[1] He has a cousin who lives in Paris, France. Voice actor Jim Cummings described Fat Cat as a combination of Zero Mostel and Dom DeLuise. Fat Cat is usually accompanied by four henchmen. In spite of their combined stupidity, Fat Cat almost always sends them out to do his dirty work for him, as he is too smart, or too lazy, to get his paws dirty, and they are too stupid and intimidated by him to do anything less than follow his exact orders.
    • Wart (voiced by Cummings)[1] is a lizard henchman of Fat Cat who dresses in a gangster-style suit and hat similar to his boss.
    • Mole (voiced by Burton) is an overweight mole henchman of Fat Cat who is slow witted but cheerful, and wears an undersized red T-shirt and a yellow hat. When plans go wrong, Mole usually is the one who Fat Cat chooses to use as a punching bag.[1]
    • Mepps (voiced by Cullen) is a thin, yellow alley cat henchman of Fat Cat who is dressed in a ratty blue vest and toboggan, and who speaks with a whiny voice.[1]
    • Snout (voiced by Burton) is a rat henchman of Fat Cat who wears a short sleeved red turtle neck with a black vest and a dark blue hat that covers his eyes. He is seen the least out of all of Fat Cat's henchmen.[1]
  • Professor Norton Nimnul (voiced by Cummings)[1] is the Rangers' other major enemy and a mad scientist who once worked for Aldrin Klordane, which, as with Fat Cat, is how the Rangers first encountered him.[4] Though Nimnul is an intelligent and creative scientist, his plans often lack any trace of logic and tend to be extremely convoluted. For example, he kidnapped all the cats in the city to make an immense amount of static electricity,[9] and in his appearance in the pilot he constructed a laser cannon designed to create a giant gelatin mold which would be used to cause an earthquake under the United States Gold Reserve.[4] Nimnul has receding red hair (and similarly colored, bushy moustache), wears very thick glasses, and a high-pitched laugh. Unlike other humans in the series, Nimnul is aware of the Rescue Rangers' activities, and even that they have human-level intelligence, due to their constant interference in his plans; this became even more explicit in "A Fly in the Ointment" when his malfunctioning teleporter caused him to swap heads with Zipper, allowing him to understand the Rangers when forced to work with them to rescue Zipper from the hospital and put everyone back to normal (the same 'glitch' in his teleporter causing Chip/Monty and Dale/Gadget, respectively, to switch heads). He is physically modeled on Disney animator Bruce Talkington.[1]

Production

Rescue Rangers was originally conceived as the first of three new companion shows to Disney's popular DuckTales series, which had more than doubled the ratings among child audiences in its time slots after its debut in the fall of 1987.[10] Disney had originally invested $20 million in DuckTales and then invested $28 million in Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers.[11]

It, along with TaleSpin and a third series, Double-O Duck (which ultimately became Darkwing Duck),[12] would round out a programming block later known as "The Disney Afternoon" along with the previously established Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears to capitalize on DuckTales' success.[10]

When Tad Stones first came up with the idea for the Rescue Rangers series, Chip and Dale were not part of the show. He initially pitched doing a TV series based on The Rescuers, but Disney rejected that idea as a sequel to that film was already in production. He created a new concept with the working title of Metro Mice. The original draft starred an Indiana Jones-type mouse named Kit Colby who sported a fedora and a fluffy collared leather jacket, and the rest of the team included a chameleon, an earlier version of Gadget and a character resembling Monterey Jack with a different name. When he proposed the show in a meeting with Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg, the idea was well received except for the character of Kit. At Eisner's suggestion, they replaced him with the chipmunk duo to give the show some established Disney characters to work with.[2] By late 1987, two years before its television debut, the show was announced under its original proposed title of "Chip 'n Dale and the Rescue Rangers".[13]

While Chip and Dale were established characters, in order to bring them into the series only their general appearance and basic personality traits were kept. Unlike their appearances in Disney shorts, the Rescue Rangers features the chipmunk duo as very verbal, with Chip voiced by Tress MacNeille and Dale voiced by Corey Burton.[14] Audio processing was used to speed up the voice recordings and give the voices a higher pitch, particularly Chip's.[1] The pair were given clothes—Chip the clothing of the original-concept Kit, while the goofier Dale was reminiscent of, but not specifically modeled after, Thomas Magnum from Magnum, P.I. with his Hawaiian shirt.[2][1]

The series premiered in 1989 on The Disney Channel before moving into a regular slot in syndication the following fall. In 1990, the series premiered as part of the lineup known as The Disney Afternoon, where it ran until 1993.[14][1] On October 2, 1995, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers began reruns on The Disney Channel as part of a two-hour programming block called "Block Party", airing weekdays in the late afternoon/early evening and which also included Darkwing Duck, TaleSpin and DuckTales.[15]

The show's opening theme was written (listed in the end credits as "words & music") by Mark Mueller, an ASCAP Award-winning pop music songwriter who also wrote the popular DuckTales theme song, and produced by Alf Clausen. The song performed over the title credits is sung by Jeff Pescetto (who also performed the DuckTales theme song). A full-length theme song was recorded by The Jets, a Minnesota pop group, and released on The Disney Afternoon soundtrack.

Home media

United Kingdom VHS releases

On November 6, 1989, Walt Disney Home Video released episodes from the series on video, containing a pair of episodes each.

VHS Name Episode Titles Release Date
Crimebusters "Catteries Not Included" & "Piratsy Under the Seas" November 6, 1989

United States VHS releases

On February 22, 1991, Walt Disney Home Video released 10 episodes from the series on five VHS cassettes in the United States, containing a pair of episodes each.

VHS Name Episode Titles Release Date
Double Trouble "Dale Beside Himself" & "Flash the Wonder Dog" September 28, 1989
Crimebusters "Catteries Not Included" & "Piratsy Under the Seas"
Undercover Critters "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" & "Three Men and a Booby"
Danger Rangers "Kiwi's Big Adventure" & "Bearing Up Baby" August 14, 1990
Super Sleuths "Pound of the Baskervilles" & "Out to Launch"

Additionally, on December 14, 1994, the episode "Ghost of a Chance" was released together with the Goof Troop episode "Hallow-Weenies" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Boo-Busters.[16][17] On September 3, 1996, the episode "Good Times, Bat Times" was released together with the Darkwing Duck episode "Ghoul of My Dreams" on one VHS cassette as a special release called Witcheroo![18][19]

Several other episodes were available on international releases.

Australia and New Zealand releases

Eleven VHS cassettes containing 23 episodes of the series were released in Australia and New Zealand.[20]

VHS Name Episode Titles Release Date
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 1): Crimebusters "Catteries Not Included" & "Piratsy Under the Seas" November 6, 1989 (UK) / September 11, 1992
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 2): The Pound of the Baskervilles "Pound of the Baskervilles" & "Adventures in Squirrelsitting" September 11, 1992
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 3): Risky Beesness "Bearing Up Baby" & "Risky Beesness" September 11, 1992
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 4): Romancing the Clone "Dale Beside Himself" & "Flash the Wonder Dog" September 11, 1992
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 5): Astro Nuts "The Carpetsnaggers" & "Out to Launch" September 11, 1992
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 6): 3 Men and a Birdie "Three Men and a Booby", "Parental Discretion Retired" & "Chocolate Chips" April 2, 1993
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 7): Ghouls and Jewels "Ghost of a Chance" & "A Wolf in Cheap Clothing" April 2, 1993
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 8): Half-Size Heroes "A Lad in a Lamp" & "Seer No Evil" April 2, 1993
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 9): Flies in Disguise "When You Wish Upon A Star" & "Chipwrecked Shipmunk" September 10, 1993
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 10): Danger Rangers "Out of Scale", "Kiwi's Big Adventure" & "Gorilla My Dreams" September 10, 1993
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (Volume 11): Duelling Dale "Mind Your Cheese and Q's", "The S.S. Drainpipe" & "A Creep in the Deep" September 10, 1993

DVD releases

North America (Region 1)

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released some of the series on DVD-Video; two volumes have been released in Region 1 thus far, featuring the first 51 episodes of the series. The first was released on November 8, 2005 (containing episodes 1–27) and the second on November 14, 2006 (containing episodes 28–51).[21][22] The episodes on the first volume are arranged in production order, while the episodes on the second volume are arranged by original air date. The sets were originally packaged in a box containing 3 slipcases, one for each disc. Both volumes were reissued in standard-sized DVD cases in 2013. There has yet to be any word from Disney regarding the release of a third volume set for episodes 52–65. In 2022, the complete show was released on Blu-ray.

DVD Name Ep # Release date
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 1 27 November 8, 2005
Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 2 24 November 14, 2006

International (Region 2)

In the United Kingdom, Disney released one Region 2 volume in 2007, titled Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers First Collection.[23] Despite the set being similar to the US version, the DVD contained only 20 episodes, while having 6 language tracks: English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian. Several other similar releases were then made to other countries, but only going up to episode #20. On December 5, 2012, a second DVD set of the series was released in the UK, but as a Region 2 version of Volume 2, titled Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers Season 2.[24] Unlike the first DVD, this 3-disc set includes a Fastplay mode and only two language tracks: English and German, but subtitles have not been added. As of yet, there are no plans to release the rest of the series, or the seven episodes missing between the first two sets.

DVD Name Ep # Release date Language
Walt Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers – First Collection 20 February 12, 2007 English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian
Walt Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers – Season 2 24 December 5, 2012 English and German

Video on demand

The series was released on Amazon Video in 2013 and was free for Amazon Prime members.[25] However, it was unavailable for some time. The series was brought back to Amazon Instant Video in the United States in 2016, being currently available for purchase in SD and HD.

The complete series is also currently available for purchase in SD and HD on iTunes and Google Play (Volume 2 on Google Play is only available in SD), also released in 2016.

The complete series was released alongside the release of Disney's streaming service Disney+ on November 12, 2019.[26] There, it is cropped to 16:9 widescreen format, unlike the Blu-ray release (which retains its original aspect ratio).

Blu-ray releases

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment has released the entire series on Blu-ray Disc in a 2022 multi-region, high definition six-disc set, keeping its original image ratio (1.33:1). All episodes have been scanned from the original negatives, except episode 32 of season 2 "Prehysterical Pet" whose negatives could not be located. They are not sorted in the original airing order, nor the intended chronological order (e.g., the pilot episodes "Rescue Rangers to the Rescue - parts 1-5" are on disc 4).

Reception and legacy

The show was nominated at the 17th Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program.[27]

In January 2009, IGN named Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers as the 60th-best in the Top 100 Animated TV Shows.[28] Hal Erickson, author of Television Cartoon Shows, An Illustrated Encyclopedia compared the show to DuckTales, stating that it was "consummately produced and written" and its animation "succeeded in putting most other overseas output to shame."[29]

Other media

Television

  • Darkwing Duck (1991–1992): In the episode "Twitching Channels," the voices of Monterey Jack and Chip are briefly heard through an audio-reception helmet-device that can tune into sounds from other universes.[30]
  • Raw Toonage (1992–1993): In the episode hosted by Jitters A. Dog, Jitters serves as Dale's stunt double.
  • Bonkers (1993–1995): In the episode "I Oughta Be in Toons", Bonkers mentions the Rescue Rangers.
  • Aladdin (1994–1995): In the episode "Strike Up the Sand," the Genie transformed into Zipper.
  • Robot Chicken (2012): The Rangers appear in two segments of the episode "Disemboweled by an Orphan". In the first, Gadget goes without pants to challenge the double standard of the males going without pants, causing the other members to be sexually aroused. In the second, the Rangers are posing for a group photo, with Monterey Jack perking up when the cameraman tells them to say "cheese". Monterey Jack and Gadget additionally appear in a segment of the episode "Legion of Super-Gyros", where Monterey gets mad at Gadget for having vegan cheese.
  • DuckTales (2017): At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con, it was confirmed that Chip, Dale, Gadget, Monty and Zipper would appear in the show's third season.[31] In the episode, "Double-O-Duck in You Only Crash Twice!" (S3E3), the Rescue Rangers are first introduced as super-evolved lab animals created by F.O.W.L. agent Black Heron. They escaped from their captivity and later helped Launchpad McQuack defeat F.O.W.L. agent Steelbeak.[32][33] They also make a cameo appearance in the series finale "The Last Adventure!".[34]

Merchandise

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In fall of 1989, McDonald's produced a series of Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers themed Happy Meal that included toy versions of the main characters riding small vehicles. Scenes from the series were incorporated into the TV commercials advertising the Happy Meals. Ice cream versions of Chip 'n Dale were made by Good Humor.

Theme parks

  • In 1989, Disneyland presented a parade called Hooray For Disney Stars Parade.
  • From 1990 to 1993, Walt Disney World presented a show called Mickey's Magical TV World, featuring Chip and Dale in their Rescue Rangers outfits.
  • In 1990, Chip and Dale appeared in the Disney on Ice show Walt Disney's World on Ice: 10th Anniversary in their Rescue Rangers outfits.
  • In 1991, Disneyland presented a Disney Afternoon-themed stage show called Plane Crazy featuring Chip and Dale in their Rescue Rangers outfits, as part of the park's Disney Afternoon Avenue. In addition, cut-outs of Gadget, Chip and Dale were featured in the Rescue Rangers Raceway re-theme of the Fantasyland Autopia.
  • In January 1993, a junior roller coaster called Gadget's Go Coaster debuted as part of Mickey's Toontown in Disneyland. In April 1996, a similar attraction opened in Tokyo Disneyland.
  • Gadget and Monterey made appearances in Disney's Party Express and a few New Year's Eve countdown parades at Tokyo Disneyland.
  • In December 2010, Gadget appeared in the stage show Disney's Twelve Days of Christmas.
  • In addition, Chip and Dale in their Rescue Rangers outfits were featured to meet fans at the Fall Back to Fun Event in September 2014, along with other Disney characters.
  • In 2018, Chip and Dale wore their Rescue Rangers outfits in FanDaze at Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris and other events as well.

Comic books

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Publisher Disney Comics
Publication date June 1990 – December 1991
Number of issues 19

A monthly comic book based on the show was published by Disney Comics in 1990, that ran for 19 issues. Subsequent comic stories were printed in Disney Adventures from 1990 to 1995, as well as in the Disney Afternoon comic book published by Marvel Comics. They also had a series from Boom Studios that was published for 8 issues from December 2010 to June 2011.

Cameo appearances

In the first Darkwing Duck comic story from KaBoom!, Gadget makes a cameo gag.

BOOM! revival

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Publication date September 2010 – May 2011
Number of issues 8

From September 2010, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers was revived by comics publisher Boom! Studios, as an ongoing monthly series slated to begin in December of the same year. This choice was based on the extreme and unexpected popularity of Darkwing Duck, another Disney Afternoon property which BOOM! revived earlier in 2010. The series featured comics writer Ian Brill, and artist Leonel Castellani.[35][36][37][38]

Eight issues were published, collecting the two 4-part stories into two trade paperback books. The comic series was cancelled May 2011, to be replaced by the launch of DuckTales.

The Boom! Studios series was reprinted in IDW Publishing's Disney's Afternoon Giant in October 2018.[39]

Video games

  • In 1990, Capcom released a video game based on the show called Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers for Nintendo Entertainment System. It is a platform game distinguishable by the player needing to grab boxes, carry them on top and throwing to attack enemies and sometimes clear or form the path. It features a 2-player cooperative mode, and allows some non-linearity in choosing levels on a map. Each level is a various location of the city. In the story the Rangers must stop another of Fat Cat's schemes. The ongoing is described by dialogues between levels.
  • A second NES game, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2, was released by Capcom in 1993. The sequel is the same in the principle of picking and throwing boxes, features additional incentives for cooperative play such as mini-games, that can only be played by two players, and the ability to throw the partner as a weapon.
  • An unofficial Mega Drive sequel to these games, titled Squirrel King, was produced by the Taiwanese developer Gamtec. This game was later the basis of the unofficial Mega Drive Super Mario World game.
  • Also released in 1990, Hi Tech Expressions' PC game Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Adventures in Nimnul's Castle saw the Rangers having to rescue Monterey Jack, who is caught in a mousetrap in Professor Norton Nimnul's castle. To rescue him, the chipmunks must infiltrate the castle to collect various parts so Gadget can build a flying machine to reach Monterey Jack.
  • A Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers hand-held LCD game was released by Tiger Electronics.[40]
  • In May 2010, Dynamic Pixels Ltd. released a mobile game Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, where Fat Cat kidnapped Zipper and imprisoned him on a distant island. The team have to repair their legendary plane to get it but, unfortunately, they have no spare parts so the Rescue Rangers have to use their investigating skills together with enterprising skills as only their plane will help them to get to Fat Cat's den. The story is divided into 27 non-linear missions that can be reached via a city map. Every mission is one of 3 different mini-games. The game can be downloaded free of charge and players use micro transactions to purchase in game money to spend it on different in game content like upgrades, additional equipment, power-ups, bonuses etc. if needed.

Other games

  • Chip, Dale, Gadget and Zipper appeared on cards which were in the 1993's puzzle game Mickey's Memory Challenge.
  • Chip and Dale (in their Rescue Rangers outfits) are playable characters in the 2000s racing game Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour.
  • The Rescue Rangers are playable characters in the mobile games Disney Emoji Blitz and Disney Sorcerer's Arena.
  • Gadget Hackwrench makes an only-playable character in the game Disney Tsum Tsum and Disney Heroes: Battle Mode.

Film

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An live-action CGI feature-length film[41] directed by Akiva Schaffer, written by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman[42] and stars John Mulaney and Andy Samberg as the voices of Chip and Dale.[43] Eric Bana and Dennis Haysbert provided the voices of Monterey Jack and Zipper while both Tress MacNeille and Corey Burton reprised their roles of Gadget and Zipper and also reprising Chip and Dale for brief dialogue.[44][45][46][47] The film was released on May 20, 2022 on Disney+.[48]

Notes

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  40. Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers at Handheld Empire
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  46. Exclusive: Corey Burton Joins ‘Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers’ Disney+ Movie The DisInsider, November 20, 2020
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