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They first appeared in the cartoon Private Pluto where they antagonize the dog Pluto, but they didn't get their names until their second appearance where they antagonize Donald Duck. Chip is the (slightly) more intelligent one with the black nose, and Dale is the one with the red nose and gapped teeth.

They eventually got their own animated series, titled Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers in 1989. In that show they teamed up with two mice named Gadget Hackwrench (a female inventor mouse whom Chip and Dale are both attracted to) and Monterey Jack (an Australian muscle mouse who has a fear of cats and a constant craving for cheese), and a fly named Zipper. Their usual adversaries include a cat crime boss named Fat Cat and his henchmen: an alley cat named Mepps, a lizard named Wart, a mole named Mole, and a rat named Snout. They also encounter an mad scientistA mad scientist is a stock character of popular fiction, either villainous, or benignly unconscious and scatter-brained. Whether insane, eccentric, or simply bumbling, the mad scientists are usually working with some utterly fictional technology in order named Professor Norton Nimnul.

Chip 'n Dale eventually reverted back to their original personalities as they occasionally appeared on Mickey Mouse WorksMickey Mouse Works is a television show that features Mickey Mouse and his friends in a series of segmented cartoons. Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Daisy Duck, Goofy, Pluto and Ludwig Von Drake all star in their own segments. Horace Horsecollar and House of Mouse.

A recurring schtickA Schtick or shtick is a Yiddish expression which refers to a comic theme. The term is best explained by giving examples: Famous Comedians And Their Schticks Jack Benny's character on his radio program was notoriously 1) stingy and 2) a bad violin player. often mistakenly attributed to Chip 'n Dale is the characters' alleged use of politeness: "after you..." "no, I insist, after you!" This gag, based on the early-1900s Alphonse and Gaston comic strip, is actually used by another studio's Chip 'n Dale-like characters: Warner Bros' Goofy GophersThe Goofy Gophers are animated cartoon characters in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons. The gophers, named Mac and Tosh, are small and brown with tan bellies and beards. The Goofy Gophers were created by Warners animator.