The Chipmunks Go To The Movies - the Wizard of Oz!

[Cartoon-verse]

Hello people!

Sorry I updated kind of later than I had planned – despite it being the preferred day. I had intended to update earlier today but I had a lot of homework so... you know how that goes lol.

Sooooo anyways, in this one they'll meet Theodore... And a certain "character" will be the main tree... Yeah just read.

Disclaimer: I own nothing that has to do with AATC or The Wizard of Oz, sans my interpretation of the parody... and I guess the first chapter XD

Chapter Four

As Simon and Jeanette – and Lilly – approached a forest, Jeanette continued their discussion.

They both failed to notice that Brittany was hiding behind a tree, watching them. She giggled to herself as they came closer before ducking away from their sights.

"So then the answer is 32." Jeanette explained.

Simon gawked at her. "Really?"

She nodded.

He sighed wistfully. "I wish I could be as smart as you."

Her cheeks reddened as she shook her head. "Trust me, you're much smarter than I am Simon."

"How can that be possible when I don't even have a brain?" he asked in confusion.

"Just trust me." she softly insisted.

"All right."

She glanced over at a tree nearby and saw a bright red apple hanging from a limb.

Her stomach was empty, and she knew that she needed to eat something.

She walked over to the tree, Simon following her with a questioning look. Jeanette reached out to pick the apple off, but received a hand-slap…

From the tree.

"Ow!" she held her hand in her other, looking at the tree.

"And just what do you think you're doing?" The tree spoke.

"W-why does that tree sound like Miss Miller?" she asked in shock, before shaking her head. "N-no, a better question is why is the tree talking?"

Simon looked at her funnily. "Who's Miss Miller?"

She gave him a look of disbelief. "Okay now I know you're messing with me Simon."

"I-I'm not-" he started, being interrupted by the tree.

Now that Jeanette looked at the tree, it had a shape on the trunk that resembled a face… Miss Miller's face to be exact.

"How would you like it if someone picked something off of you?" she scolded Jeanette, wiggling her branch in her face.

"U-um I'm not sure t-that's even physically... p-possible…" she started timidly.

"Oh yes it is."

The tree reached out its limb and – somehow possessing fingers –, snatched her glasses and threw them into the forest.

Jeanette's hands flew to her face and she gasped. "M-my glasses!"

"Okay now was that really necessary?" Simon interjected angrily.

He had only known the girl for an hour or so, but he still didn't appreciate this abuse of his new friend.

"What's it to you?" A gruff-sounding tree spoke.

"Yeah!" Another tree said.

Jeanette walked forward, looking for her glasses. She tripped over a rock and Simon grabbed her, steadying her on her feet.

"N-nothing… I don't see what the big deal about these apples are anyway." he commented.

Simon leaned in Jeanette's ear and whispered, "Watch carefully as a brainless scarecrow manages to tick off a tree."

She held back a giggle.

"Just what is that supposed to mean?" The Miss Miller tree asked.

He let go of Jeanette, and turned to the tree. "Oh nothing… They look pretty old, rotten, and unappetizing… But I'm a scarecrow so nothing looks appetizing as I don't need to eat." Simon finished with a smirk.

"Why you little-!" The tree grabbed one of her apples and threw it at Simon's head.

He ducked and rose back up with a smug grin on his face, the apple in his hand. "I see your aim is off today – hmm?"

The Miss Miller Tree glared at him.

"Come on Jeanette – I'll help you find your glasses." he took her hand and led her into the direction where he had seen the tree fling the spectacles.

"O-okay." she softly said. "Should we split up to cover more ground?"

"I don't know if you've noticed but um…" he chuckled a little. "You're not exactly… stable without your glasses Jeanette."

She blushed from embarrassment. "R-right."

"I think they were thrown in this direction." he led her in the direction of a small cottage.

She looked around, squinting as she saw the blurry shape of the house.

"I'm going to look over there. Stay right here until I come back – I don't want you getting hurt." Simon instructed her.

Jeanette nodded a little and felt him let go of her hand.

She remained in her place as he vanished from her sights. Suddenly, she saw something shiny and – much like a moth to light –, she walked over to it, ignoring Simon's request.

She bent down on her knees and recognized it to be a metal foot.

Cautiously, she tapped it, receiving an echo sound.

Jeanette knocked on its leg; another echo occurred.

She looked up to see it was a person made of tin.

Lilly barked, seeming to recognize the tin figure.

"Jeanette I found your glasses!" Simon announced, raising the hand that held the glasses. "They were over there by that-…" he trailed off, noticing what she was looking at. "Wh-what's that?"

"I think it's… a person… a-a tin person." she said, unsure herself as she squinted at the figure.

Jeanette put a hand on the ground and attempted to stand up. But her foot slipped and she stumbled a little.

Simon held her glasses in one hand and grabbed her with the other. He steadied her on both feet. "Y-you okay?"

She nodded, a light blush forming on her cheeks. "I-I'm fine. C-can… Can I have my glasses Simon?"

"Oh, s-sure!" he seemed to have forgotten about the pink spectacles. He carefully set them on her face, pushing them up to the bridge of her nose. "T-there you go."

"T-thank you." she said softly.

"Y-you're welcome…"

After a moment or so Simon cleared his throat and let go of her. "S-so! A tin man huh?"

She turned her attention to the tin person, examining it. "Y-yes I think so…" As she eyed it, she noticed its uncanny resemblance to a certain short, chubby chipmunk…

"Oil c-cn… O-oil cn…"

"Did he say something?" Jeanette asked in confusion.

"O-oil… can…" The tin person spoke again.

"Oil can?" Simon repeated. "I-I think he said 'oil can'…"

"Oh – there's one on that stump!" Jeanette took the oilcan in her hands. "W-where do you want to be oiled?"

"M-m-my m-mouth…" he managed.

"I think he said his mouth." Simon decided.

They oiled his mouth, and he made squeaky noises as he moved his lips.

"W…w…w…w-wow! I can talk again! W-would you please oil my arms and legs?" he asked.

They nodded, and did so. They also helped him move his arms down.

"Oh, t-thank you so much! I've been holding that axe for so long…"

"What happened to you Theodore?" she asked.

"Yeah, and w-why were you so still?" Simon added.

"Theodore?" The tin person repeated in confusion.

"Yeah- that's your name… Oh don't tell me you don't remember either."

"I-I didn't think I had a name. But I like that one – I think I'll keep it. A-anyways, as for your questions. A year ago – at least I think it was a year ago –, I was chopping some trees down. But then, it started to rain. So, I got all rusty, a-and I've been rusted ever since." he explained. Suddenly he looked over at Simon, who had the oilcan in his hand. "C-could you please oil my neck?"

Simon nodded and did so.

"Well, it's a good thing you're working perfectly now Theodore." Jeanette said.

"Perfect?" He repeated as Simon put the oilcan on the stump. "Bang on my chest if you think I'm perfect."

She did so, and a loud echo ringed.

"Wow… that's an impressive echo." Simon commented.

"It's a bad echo…" he corrected. "I-I don't have a heart. The tinsmith forgot to give me one."

"No heart?" They repeated.

"N-no heart. It's all hollow…" Theodore said sadly, stumbling backwards.

They helped him stand up straight and he began to sing.

"When a munk's an empty kettle,
He should be on his mettle.
And yet I'm torn apart.
Just because I'm presumin'
That I could be kind-a-human,
If I only had a heart."

Theodore had an innocent look on his face as he folded his hands together.

"I'd be tender - I'd be gentle,
And awful sentimental
Regarding Love and Art
I'd be friends with sparrows…
And the boy who shoots the arrows
If I only had a heart."

He looked out ahead wistfully and continued to sing.

"Picture me… a balcony… Above a voice sings low…"

A feminine voice sang as Jeanette, Simon and Theodore all looked around in confusion.

"Wherefore art thou, Romeo?"

Thump thump.

Then Theodore sang again.

"I hear a beat…"

Thump thump.

"How sweet."

He smiled.

"Just to register emotion,
Jealousy – devotion,
And really feel the part.
I could stay young and chipper-"

Theodore made a zipper motion as he sang the next line.

"-and I'd lock it with a zipper,
If I only had a heart."

Theodore tried to make his way down the hill, but one of his legs stuck in place.

Simon grabbed the oilcan and handed it to Jeanette, who oiled Theodore's leg for him.

He went a few more steps before getting stuck again – this time courtesy of his other leg.

Jeanette gave the oilcan back to Simon and he oiled Theodore's other leg.

Theodore turned around to smile at them thankfully, but stumbled. This resulted in him staggering all the way to the center of the yellow brick road.

Lilly eagerly followed him.

Simon and Jeanette looked on as he danced in short, jointed motions.

Theodore tapped his knees, then his chest. Then his hat whistled. He continued to dance.

Simon and Jeanette's mouths were agape as they watched him.

Suddenly Jeanette had an idea. She whispered to Simon. He thought for a second before nodding as he whispered back.

They turned back to Theodore.

He continued dancing, and crossed his arms. This caused Theodore to lean to one side, almost falling over.

They ran over to help him. Then he leaned to the other side and they steadied him again. Then he leaned both ways a few times before almost falling over.

Simon tried to help him, but he tumbled to the ground himself.

Theodore fell down on the curb with a loud clank.

"Are you alright Theodore?" Jeanette asked.

"I'm fine… Just a little rusty still." he answered.

"Well…" she started, oiling him again. "Your dance was very nice. And… a-and we were just thinking… Maybe you could come with us to the Amethyst City to ask the Wizard of Oz for a heart!"

"Oh, I-I don't know Jeanette… What if he wouldn't give me a heart when we got there?" Theodore asked.

She stood up, as did Theodore.

"Well I hope he will Theodore… I mean, we've come a very long way already-" Jeanette was interrupted by a loud cough.

"UGH! I really should've thought this whole 'red fire entrance' thing over."

She gasped. That was Brittany… on the roof of the cottage she and Simon had noticed earlier.

Theodore was trembling. He wasn't sure how dangerous the witch on the cottage was, but he knew she was.

Brittany set her gaze on Jeanette. "Anyway – you think this is long? Obviously you haven't been in Oz that long…"

She turned to the boys, who each had different reactions to her stare.

Theodore cowered, Lilly standing protectively in front of him. Simon looked just as scared as Theodore, but moved closer to Jeanette.

"As if it wasn't bad enough chasing after her and that dog, now you two goons have to be with her!" Brittany huffed. "You'd better stay away from her – or I'll stuff a mattress with you," she pointed at Simon, whose eyes widened at the threat as he gripped Jeanette's arm.

She pointed at Theodore, who pointed to himself in fear. "And you! I'll turn you into a beehive!" she giggled meanly as he gulped.

Brittany looked at Simon again as she yelled, "Hey Straw-head!"

He looked up hesitantly. His look quickly turned to fear as he realized that she had formed a fireball in her hands.

She threw it at his feet and he screamed, jumping away from the flame.

He was extremely lucky that it missed his foot.

Jeanette bent down to help him get up, as Theodore used his hat to put out the fire.

Brittany cackled at their expenses, and disappeared in a cloud of red smoke.

They all stared at where she had been. Theodore stood up and Jeanette pulled Simon up on his feet.

"I'm not scared of her." Simon scoffed. "The fire did scare me however," he admitted, turning to Jeanette. "Don't worry Jeanette. We'll make sure you get to the Wizard, even if I don't get a brain."

"And even if I don't get a heart." Theodore added.

"Oh, you guys are such great friends… Then again you always have been. I wish you could remember me…"

"I still don't understand how you could've know us already… You weren't there when I was stuffed and put together." Simon said in confusion.

"And I was rusting for a very long time – you couldn't have known me either." Theodore agreed.

"Still…" she sighed, looking back at them. "Oh well. I guess you two at least know me now."

They nodded in agreement.

"To Oz?" Theodore happily suggested.

"To Oz." The other two nodded.

Simon and Theodore linked arms with Jeanette so they wouldn't fall; Simon was still just a bundle of straw, and Theodore was very rusty.

They all turned to continue down the yellow brick road and sang.

"We're off to see the Wizard,
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!
We hear he is a whiz of a Wiz
If ever a Wiz there was."

Lilly began following them.
"If ever oh ever a Wiz there was,
The Wizard of Oz is one because
because, because, because, because, because…"

Simon slipped on the curb, and Jeanette helped him up. They all continued to sing.

"Because of the wonderful things he does!"

Once again he stumbled, and she picked him back up again.

"We're off to see the Wizard,
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz!"

…~...~...

Okay, a few things...

I'm so so so so sorry for all the excessive, redundant, irrelevant, and just plain pointless Simonette I put in this chapter. The moments and opportunities kept coming and I just kept taking advantage of them xD.

Okay so at the beginning I put that in there because I figured that Simon would want a brain so badly... so Jeanette's trying to teach him math xD ...yeeeeeahh Plus, it would be weird for them to just skip into the forest XD

Speaking of that, did you all like Miss Miller being a... tree?
You'll have to thank my mom for that one (she helped me decide)... Well I came up with the idea but wasn't sure whether to have Miss Miller as a tree or a flying monkey... yeah don't ask XD

And while Simon possesses no brain in this, he remains sarcastic and all of that smart-alecky stuff. So that's why he's being all taunting to the trees...

Oh, and the Miss Miller Tree throwing Jeanette's glasses was just a weird little thing I tossed in. I thought it would kind of cute for Jeanette to slip and Simon catch her... dang-it there I go talking about Simonette again – sorry. I swear I'm so weak for fluffiness... or complete and utter dorkiness.

Oh by the way – that thing in the middle of them seeing Theodore where she stumbles trying to stand up... Another sign of my weakness to cute moments. Sorry.

Oh! And a 'cute' thing I threw in there that has absolutely nothing to do with Simon and/or Jeanette! (Aren't you proud of me? xD) You know how sometimes in the series they would shorten "Chipmunk" as "Munk"? Well that's why Theodore sings, "When a munk's an empty kettle" instead of "When a man's an empty kettle". I thought it was a nice little reference.

And if you were confused during Theodore's dance – I was just describing exactly what happened in the movie... right down to Jeanette whispering to Simon about Theodore coming with them to ask for a heart.

And Brittany not being all creepy and more being selfish and rude comes into play here – I hope. Because I watched and read that scene in the movie at least five times just for that... Yeah the Wicked Witch in the movie scares me... Although Margaret Hamilton was actually a very sweet person in real life... Okay I'm getting off track – sorry.
Again, sorry for adding the little sprinkles of Simon and Jeanette being all cute during this... I even did it in this scene... I couldn't help myself.

I changed up the scene where Dorothy's all "Oh I wish I could remember where I know you two..." to Jeanette being like "Um, how the heck do you two not remember me?" xD

Sooo yeah.

OH! And those parts at the end where Simon's falling and Jeanette has to pick him up weren't my idea – they were in the original scene – all both of them! XD (11-15-14 such a reference to Fairly Odd Parents but I don't know which episode...)

Okay this author's note was so long – I apologize guys.

Next chapter might be up sometime tomorrow, but I'm not sure because we're traveling tomorrow so it might be the next day... Ah well. Chapter 5 coming soon!

Hope you enjoyed this!