The Great Snack Off (Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks)

The Great Snack Off is the second segment of the first episode of Season 5 of Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks.

Plot
Alvin and Theodore play a seemingly harmless game where they catch food flung in the air, but it leads to undesirable consequences when a piece of candy gets stuck in Theodore's nose!

Why It Deserves No Snacks

 * 1) Misleading title: The episode's title, "The Great Snack Off", would make some people think that this episode is about an eating competition, when clearly, it's not.
 * 2) It's basically a Theodore torture episode, especially at the later half.
 * 3) Alvin is also  extremely  unlikable in this episode, as a matter of fact, he is at his absolute worst here, as in the episode, instead of going to the doctor and owning up to his actions, he tries to get the candy out in very dangerous ways, which in turn could have injured Theodore even more.
 * 4) He first plays the game with the teenagers which is dangerous, and as shown lead to disaster.
 * 5) During the talk with Dave about how the game's dangerous, Alvin tries to handwave it by claiming that they thought Dave only meant not to the game before dinner.
 * 6) When Theodore and Alvin went home, Alvin first tries to use tweezers to take out the candy, which is notably dangerous.
 * 7) Then, he tries to use a  vacuum cleaner  to suck up the candy. When he is caught doing this, he tries to play it off as Theodore is acting in school to be an elephant.
 * 8) After so, he then proceeds to do the worst offense he did in this episode; he goes to Simon's lab and grabs a machine, which he says "will take the candy out". However, before he has a chance to use it on Theodore, Simon stops it and says the machine  could have blown off his head!  He also tries to rub this of by mentioning the fact he said "it might work"!
 * 9) Alvin isn't even likable when he and Theodore confess, as he makes Theodore tell Dave instead, clearly showing no responsibility for what happend.
 * 10) Once Theodore get's the candy out, Alvin claims that only Theodore should have listened, claiming the game was fine for him. He then gives himself karma by trying to swallow an apple slice, and then starting to choke.
 * 11) Finally, Alvin complains the entire way saying "he's learned his lesson" in the car, which is just extremely annoying.
 * 12) The teenagers are no better as they only encourage Alvin and Theodore to do the dangerous habit.
 * 13) "Unstoppable", the song of the episode, is forgettable and bland just like most of the other songs in the show.
 * 14) Like many other episodes from this show, the animation is still mediocre and plastic, and there are a multitude of errors, like the candy being way to big too even fit in Theodore's nose when it gets taken out. Along with that, the apple that Alvin swallows is too big to even be swallowed by him properly.
 * 15) At one point, Alvin even dangles from a balcony just to eat a grapeǃ
 * 16) The machine Alvin tried to use is very bland, as it just appears to be a microscope combined with a dentist tool.
 * 17) Plot Hole: Why didn't the teenagers report it to a school nurse? It's likely they would fix it easily.
 * 18) The writing and jokes are awful, as always, such as Theodore complaining about how "snacks" are always sugary treats, not apple slices (showing at his minor flanderization), and Theodore messing up dinner with his vacuum trunk on.
 * 19) On paper, the premise of having Alvin and Theodore get into hi-jinks playing the food-tossing game is pretty good, but was botched horribly.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) The first part of the episode was actually somewhat decent.
 * 2) Alvin gets comeuppance when he starts choking on an apple trying to prove the game only is dangerous to Theodore. It is also likely he had a huge talk to Dave off-screen and possibly grounded.
 * 3) As said in WIDNS9, the premise of the episode is interesting, but was botched really badly.
 * 4) Good Lesson: It teaches people not to throw food in the air and try to catch it, otherwise you may choke and get into trouble.
 * 5) Dave, Simon, The Doctor, and Theodore are the only likable characters of the episode.
 * 6) Decent Endingː Despite having Alvin scream on the way being annoying, since as said in RQ#2, Alvin gets punished for his actions, the ending is good.

Reception
Most people don't even talk about this episode, but it is hated for its mean-spiritness.

Trivia

 * 1) This along with it's equally bad sister episode, "Deserted", are the least viewed episodes of the entire series.
 * 2) The title may be reference to "The Great British Bake Off".
 * 3) Alvin says "May the best chipmunk win," which is possibly as a reference to the 80s episode of the same name.