The Seville House is where Dave Seville (until his death at the hands of Prince Hans' army of Disney Villains by means of fireworks that cause the Dip to explode) and The Chipmunks live.
History[]
The Alvin Show[]
The Alvin Show
In the 60s The Alvin Show series, the Seville house showcases a loose Spanish style. This version of the Seville House is the only one to have a flat roof and one of the two to have a single car garage. The facade is a light yellow, though in the original run of the series one wouldn't know the color given the series ran in black and white. A television antenna is mounted to the roof containing a treble clef shape within.
Alvin and the Chipmunks[]
80s series
In the 80s Alvin and the Chipmunks series, the Seville House showcases a loose Colonial style. The house has a ruby colored roof and (green in the first 5 seasons and ruby colored in seasons 6-8) shutters. The main siding of the building is painted white. The house consists of two stories, with the upper story containing The Chipmunks' bedroom, a fireplace, and is the last take of the Seville House to have a garage. The front yard is large and surrounded by the classic white picket fence.
80s series original
Later in the series Dave tells the boys in the episode The Chipmunks Story how they became a family of four. In this episode the original 80s Seville House is shown to be a small, leaky wooden shack. The shack in a single story building with three rooms (a bedroom, kitchen, and dining/living room), a stone fireplace, and little furniture. It's not until Dave gets a raise and The Chipmunks' first song, "Witch Doctor," grosses enough money does Dave buy the house seen throughout the 80s series.
Alvin and the Chipmunks film series[]
1st two CGI/live-action films
In the first two CGI/live-action films, the Seville House showcases a Bungalow style. The exterior roof is made of black shingles while the house itself is white. The house is a single story, contains a fireplace, and is the only adaptation of the Seville House to have a front porch. The Chipettes moved in with Dave and The Chipmunks only at the end of second CGI/live-action film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and do not live with The Chipmunks in the 80s series.
ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks[]
CGI series
In the CGI ALVINNN!!! and The Chipmunks series, the Seville House showcases a Georgian Revival style. The exterior roof is a blueish-grey while the body of the house is made of masonry with five shuttered front windows around a large red door. The house is two stories, and, like the previous appearances of the Seville House, was build with a fireplace. This series house also has a basement and multiple hidden rooms. Vines cover part of the facade and is surrounded by a white picketed fence. A patio encircles an in-ground pool in the backyard.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip[]
The Road Chip
In the fourth CGI/live-action film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, the Seville House showcases a Dutch Colonial style. The external roof is grey and features the classic "barn house" shape. The house is two stories and retains a fireplace and small porch from the previous CGI house. The front yard is one of the smallest of the Seville household renditions though is heavily landscaped. Outside they have a swimming pool in the backyard.
The Chipmunks and the Chipettes Join the Disney Family[]
The house itself is where Prince Hans and his army of Disney villains are determined to kill Dave Seville in their gruesome battle against him, and to "rescue" the Chipmunks and the Chipettes.
Prince Hans and his "rescue squadron" invade the Angel Grove suburbs and attack the house to "rescue" Alvin; thinking he is still in danger and being betrayed, robbed, abused, hated, neglected, distressed, and separated from Simon, Theodore, the Chipettes, and his new friend Johnny 5 by his own father Dave Seville, and he's unable to phone Child Protective Services to take them away from him. As they rush inside to collect the young chipmunks, Hans battles against Dave, and manages to slice both of Dave's arms and legs clean off with his magic sword and the other villains launch a huge magic artillery shell, a superweapon as high-explosive as fireworks into him which causes incomplete destruction to the house, damages the Chipmunks and Chipettes' clothes, and sends Dave into the top of Angel Grove's tallest skyscraper: the U.S. Bank Tower; packed with fireworks and explosives. The kids watch in horror as Dave is blown to smithereens, destroyed in a fiery display of death along with the highest part of the U.S. Bank Tower. Hans and his "rescue squad" urge the now orphaned chipmunks to flee and never to return, to which they escape to the NASADA base on the Vandura Cargo Van with Johnny 5 and the Three Stoogebots, eventually having to move in to Disney Castle.
Trivia[]
- Coincidentally, the CGI films' address, 1958, is the year that Alvin and the Chipmunks were created.
- The live-action filming address of the Seville House is 1544 North Saint Andrews Place Los Angeles, CA 90028.
- The live-action Seville House was built in 1919 and was part of a rare Hollywood bungalow courtyard.
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