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Switcheroo / The Paperboy While fleeing an elderly man's store with the money that he had robbed, a man accidentally bumps into the Chipmunks, and in the confusion, takes Theodore's backpack by mistake, leaving the boys with the stolen money. They return the money to the store owner, but Theodore is depressed about losing Talking Teddy, which was in his backpack at the time it was stolen. Soon, Theodore receives a phone call from the robber, leaving him with instructions to meet at their high school on Saturday to make an exchange. The Chipmunks enlist the aid of Officer Dangus, who sets up a sting operation, by having Alvin wear a wire, and get him to identify himself and confess his crime on audio, while Dangus and the others await in a fully-equipped police van to make their move. Unfortunately, a series of mishaps hinders the operation, causing the robber named Lyle to lose his patience and attempt to kidnap Alvin to hold for ransom, until Theodore decides to put a stop to everything by taking out Lyle, and allowing Dangus to make the necessary arrest. Alvin has been stealing Dave's morning newspapers, and selling various sections of interest to the school faculty. Unaware of this, Dave assumes that Jimmy the paperboy has not been delivering as he should, and refuses to pay him; this outrages Jimmy, who goes to extreme lengths to stalk and terrorize Dave into paying up. Fearing for his life, Dave calls Officer Dangus to investigate the matter, while Jimmy does a little investigating of his own, and once he sees what Alvin is up to, he exacts his revenge by sending Alvin on a wild goose chase to retrieve a remote-controlled newspaper. As it turns out, Alvin was only acting on Dave's advice: "If you want something, you have to work for it." Dave disapproves of Alvin using his newspapers as a means of doing so, and Jimmy is let off the hook.