| “ | They found it! And the best part is, they don't even know what they found! They just think it's just one gold bracelet! Which means that the rest of the treasure is MINE! ALL MINE!! (cackles maniacally) | „ |
| ~ Zoe talking to her sports balls about the gold necklace Simon found, revealing her true colors. |
Zoe is the main antagonist of the 2011 comedy film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, the third installment in the Alvin and the Chipmunks film series.
She is a long-lost woman who claims to have been on the island for almost a decade. It was believed that Zoe crash-landed on said island, until she reveals she intentionally came in it to look for the treasure. She also serves as the former archenemy of Jeanette.
She was portrayed by Jenny Slate, who also voices Dawn Bellwether in Disney's Zootopia franchise, Cahu in Elena of Avalor, Valerie Da Vinci in Despicable Me 3, Mona Lisa Saperstein in Parks and Recreation, Harley Quinn in The Lego Batman Movie, and Tammy Larsen in Bob's Burgers.
Personality[]
In general, Zoe isn't really an inherently bad person. However, she was altered by multiple spider bites over the course of almost ten years, which resulted her into becoming crazy, deluded, greedy, arrogant, selfish, delusional, and overly determined. She is so determined in fact, that she kidnaps Jeanette and force her to get all the treasure since she is small enough to reach it while a volcano is erupting. When Jeanette escapes, she becomes so furious, she tries to kill Dave when he’s hanging on to the broken log bridge for dear life. However, Ian Hawke comes to his rescue, and persuades Zoe to do the right thing and help Dave up, thus redeeming herself completely, to which it not only stabilized her mentality, but it also made her express remorse for her previous actions.
Biography[]
Beginnings[]
Zoe was presumed to have been stuck on the island for eight or nine years. It was revealed to be false as she intentionally came to the island and hunted down the treasure for over a decade.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked[]
In the film, Zoe is a delusional, crazy, selfish, greedy young woman who claims that she has been on the island for within 10 years with her five friends, who are all sport balls. She is first shown when the chipmunks attack her when they believe she is a jungle monster. Having met the chipmunks, they become friends and spend their time adventuring on the island.
She is first believed to have crash landed on the island. But in the end, she reveals that she intentionally came to the island to look for treasure and claim it as her own. And then, she kidnaps Jeanette, and forces her to get all of the treasure, since she's small enough to reach it. Fortunately, Alvin and Dave save Jeanette, stopping Zoe from both harming Jeanette and getting the treasure. She sees her opportunity to get revenge on Dave for making her lose the treasure by killing him as he hangs on a broken log bridge for his life. Luckily, a reformed Ian comes to his rescue and persuades Zoe to do the right thing and help Dave up.
After everyone escapes the island, Zoe realizes her errors and sincerely apologizes to Jeanette for her actions. She forgives Zoe and gives the latter a valuable gold tiara that Simon (as Simone) gave her, feeling she deserves it more. They are eventually rescued by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter and transported to the International Music Awards.
In the end, Ian reveals that he sold Zoe's story to Hollywood and Keira Knightley has expressed interest in playing her. Thus, this has restored Ian's career and made Zoe a celebrity.
Relationships[]
Allies
Her sport balls
Alvin
Simon
Theodore
Brittany
Jeanette
Eleanor
Dave Seville
Ian Hawke (all currently)
Enemies
Alvin (formerly)
Simon (formerly)
Theodore (formerly)
Brittany (formerly)
Jeanette (former archenemy)
Eleanor (formerly)
Dave Seville (formerly)
Ian Hawke (formerly)
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Trivia[]
- Zoe has a collection of sports balls (i.e., basketball, football, and baseball) that she talks to as human beings. This is likely a reference to Wilson the volleyball from the 2000 film, Cast Away.
- It's unknown how Zoe came to the island to look for treasure. However, it's somewhat implied that she either parachuted to the island or was able to use a boat to get there.
- Zoe is the only female villain in the live-action Alvin and the Chipmunks film series.
- Zoe is also the only villain who doesn't have a last name.
- Zoe represents what Ian Hawke would've become if he had ambitiously enacted a new scheme that could make him rich again, and didn't realize the effects of his past mistakes against his former arch-nemeses.
- Aside from Ian Hawke, Zoe is the only villain who has met and interacted with Dave and the Chipettes. In the fourth film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, James Suggs only interacted with the Chipmunks. As a bonus, Ian and Zoe are the only villains who redeem themselves.
- Zoe shares some similarities with Jenny Slate's other character, Dawn Bellwether. They both start out as the main protagonists' friends, and they end up revealing their true colors. But unlike Bellwether, Zoe redeems herself at the end of her film.
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