After a misunderstanding with Dave, they go to live with Ian. When Dave expresses concern for their well-being and insists that the Chipmunks are "children" who do not need so much craziness in their lives, Ian convinces the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks that Dave is holding them back. After a few singles, the Chipmunks become an international success. Once the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks sing Dave's song to Ian, Ian signs them to the label, and he calls Dave the next day. To make it up to Dave, the Chipmunks go to Ian in an attempt to obtain a record deal. When Alvin tries to set the mood for Dave's dinner with Claire, things become peculiar, and she rejects Dave after he tells her about the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks. The day worsens as Dave is dismissed as the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks ruin his job presentation by having drawn on it, thus getting him fired from his job. Unfortunately, when Dave tries to present the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks to Ian, they fail to sing to him on account of stage fright. Once there, Dave discovers the Chipmunks and kicks them out, only to hear them sing "Only You (And You Alone)." He then makes a deal with them they sing the songs he writes, and he provides food and shelter for them. In the process of escaping the JETT building, the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks hop into a basketof muffins Dave stole from one of Ian's coworkers, and follow him home. After JETT Records purchases it as a Christmas tree, the Wonder Pets and Chipmunks meet the struggling songwriter and composer, David Seville, who has had his latest song rejected by the company's chief executive, Ian Hawke, his former college roommate and best friend, who claims that there is "no sense in writing songs that no one is ever going to sing." Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson. The tree that the Wonder pets and chipmunks Linny, Tuck, Ming-Ming, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. The film was followed by three sequels: Wonder Pets: Alvin and the Chipmunks II : The Squeakquel, released on DecemWonder Pets: Alvin and the Chipmunks III: Chipwrecked, released on Decemand Wonder Pets: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, released on December 18, 2015. Wonder Pets: Alvin and the Chipmunks is the 5th live action/animated film starring Linny, Tuck, Ming-Ming, Alvin and the Chipmunks since Little Wonder Pets: Alvin and the Mini-Munks was released in 2003, as that film features puppetry used for the Chipmunks and this film features computer animation used for them. It was released worldwide on December 14, 2007, by 20th Century Fox and produced by Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises and Little Airplane Productions. Wonder Pets: Alvin and the Chipmunks grossed $217 million in North America and $361 million at the box office worldwide on a budget of $60 million and was the seventh-best-selling DVD of 2008, earning over $101 million. Sofie Zamchick,Teala Dunn, Danica Lee, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Cameron Richardson, David Cross, and Jason Lee. Based on the characters of the same name created by Ross Bagdasarian and Josh Selig, Sr., the film stars Wonder Pets: Alvin and Th e Chipmunks is a 2007 American computer animated musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill.