# Do you think those two chipmunks from the Looney Tunes cartoons were a gay couple? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080 "2000-07-10T02:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/1 "2000-07-10T02:58:06Z")
You know the ones; very neat and polite, and they talk with snobbish accents and are always trying to out-do the other in being kind to one another. Were they life partners? Just where were they “storing those nuts for the winter?” ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/2 "2000-07-10T03:28:33Z")
:eek: Now that you mention it, yes! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/3 "2000-07-10T03:57:27Z")
Weren’t those gophers? I seem to recall them being underground a lot… I always figured they were a couple. No other interpretation seemed to make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Monster104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Monster104](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monster104)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/4 "2000-07-10T04:19:36Z")
Just so everyone knows, their names are Chip and Dale. I don’t know if they’re gay, but it seems kind of difficult to be any kind of sexual orientation since they have no genitalia. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/5 "2000-07-10T04:21:03Z")
Chip and Dale was Disney, not Loony Toons ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/6 "2000-07-10T04:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Balance \* > \*\*Weren’t those gophers? I seem to recall them being underground a lot… I always figured they were a couple. No other interpretation seemed to make sense. \*\* :eek: Now that you mention it, yes! (yes, I said that to the OP as well. Hey, it works for both questions.) They **were** gophers. They were always stealing veggies from the garden, thru the roof of their tunnel. I always thought they were _very_ close twins or something, but now I know the horrible truth 😃 [bad joke] I wonder if they ever had to be removed from each other’s ass? [/joke] ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/7 "2000-07-10T04:25:23Z")
I don’t think the OP is talking about chip and dale. I think it is referring to a lesser known rodent cartoon. BTW Chip and Dale were not nice to eachother, they were allways fighting over acorns and lived in trees, not underground. ---
**Author:** ![lee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lee/32/7455_2.png) [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/8 "2000-07-10T04:29:37Z")
Their names were Mac and Tosh. [http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/info.htm](http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/info.htm) has more information. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/9 "2000-07-10T04:39:20Z")
Huh. lee beat me to it. Note that the website refers to their demeanor as “effeminate”. BTW, Chip and Dale also fought at least once over a girl (well, a female chipmunk anyway). ---
**Author:** ![zebbmx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/958977/32.png) [@zebbmx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zebbmx)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/10 "2000-07-10T04:46:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lee \* > \*\*Their names were Mac and Tosh. [http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/info.htm](http://members.tripod.com/~Nymh/info.htm) has more information. \*\* Mac and tosh eh? suppose thats where macintosh got their name? i might just look into this…😉 ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/11 "2000-07-10T06:58:12Z")
**Gunslinger** said: > [@](#): > > I always thought they were very close twins or something, but now I know the horrible truth Maybe you were right all along. Maybe they were _very_close twins. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/12 "2000-07-10T09:29:32Z")
> [@](#): > > BTW, Chip and Dale also fought at least once over a girl (well, a female chipmunk anyway). Actually **Balance** she isn’t a chipmunk she’s a mouse and her name is Gadget… she fixes that plane thingy made from the toothpaste tube and other stuff… ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/13 "2000-07-10T10:24:13Z")
::raising hand:: Closet “Rescue Rangers” fan here. Also liked Dark Wing Duck. Let’s get dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/14 "2000-07-10T11:32:42Z")
I assumed they were brothers…kinda like Frasier and Niles…??? ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/15 "2000-07-10T11:50:58Z")
\*\*Gunslinger/b] **ROFLMAO!!!** My daughter, too. Thanks for giving us the biggest laugh we’ve had in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/16 "2000-07-10T13:19:20Z")
All us rodents like to “bury nuts in the backyard.” 🙂 Just keep that in mind next time you see one of us. And remember, be kind. HUGS! Sqrl ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/17 "2000-07-10T15:17:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TopazAntares \* > Actually **Balance** she isn’t a chipmunk she’s a mouse and her name is Gadget… I wasn’t talking about Gadget; I was referring to a much older cartoon. (I first saw it maybe 17 years ago.) They were fighting over a chipmunk torch-singer, I think. I seem to remember them wearing tuxes and playing the piano for her. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/18 "2000-07-10T15:17:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TopazAntares \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > BTW, Chip and Dale also fought at least once over a girl (well, a female chipmunk anyway). > > Actually **Balance** she isn’t a chipmunk she’s a mouse and her name is Gadget… she fixes that plane thingy made from the toothpaste tube and other stuff… \*\* I don’t think Balance was referring to Gadget (Am I the only one who had a crush on her when they were little?). There was at least one Chip & Dale short where they got REALLY competitive over a Chipmunk lounge singer. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2000, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/19 "2000-07-10T15:37:50Z")
…the big question is… can a gopher or even a chipmunk find a way to stuff a gerbil up their rears? this i don’t really need to see, just thought provoking. the mental image is enough. i’m running some super GUI in my skull and the images being concocted are enough to spit the soda i’m drinking out my nostrils. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080/20 "2000-07-11T00:03:47Z")
From [The Warner Brothers Cartoon Companion](http://www.kartoon.net/collection/wbros/eowbcc-g.html) > [@](#): > > **THE GOOFY GOPHERS** > > Originally created by Bob Clampett, Arthur Davis directed the first cartoon The Goofy Gophers, released in 1947. Clampett had finished recording the soundtrack, but animation had not been completed when he left the Studio in 1945. The characters were based on the superpolite Edward Everett Horton and Franklin Pangborn, including their rather prissy mannerisms, as well as Alphonse and Gaston, two early comic strip characters created by F.P. Opper who were also super-polite. Mel Blanc and Stan Freberg did the voices for the gophers. **The gophers are also known as Mac ‘n’ Tosh, in a spoof of the Disney characters Chip ‘n’ Dale, but the name was not used in the classic era cartoons.** > > Filmography: > [ul] > [li]The Goofy Gophers (Davis, 1947)[/li][li]Two Gophers From Texas (Davis, 1948)[/li][li]A Ham in a Role (McKImson, 1949)[/li][li]A Bone for a Bone (Freleng, 1951)[/li][li]I Gopher You (Freleng, 1954)[/li][li]Pests for Guests (Freleng, 1955)[/li][li]Lumber Jerks (Freleng, 1955)[/li][li]Gopher Broke (McKimson, 1958)[/li][/ul] Boldface is mine. The WBCC is a great resource, and can usually settle any WB debate. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-those-two-chipmunks-from-the-looney-tunes-cartoons-were-a-gay-couple/25080.md?page=2)