Tripping the Rift

Name: Tripping the Rift
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Released: 2004-03-04
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Stephen Root, Maurice LaMarche, Jenny McCarthy, John Melendez, Rick Jones

ENDED3 Seasons39 Episodes★ 6.4

Tripping the Rift is an animated comedy series on Syfy that ran from 2004 to 2008, ending after 3 seasons and 39 episodes.

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NetworkSyfy

First AiredMar 4, 2004

Last AiredJan 10, 2008

GenreAnimation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Runtime20 min

Created ByChuck Austen, Chris Moeller

LanguageEnglish

CountryCanada, United States

ProductionCinéGroupe

The continuing comic saga of a bizarre gang of misfits who live, work and play on the starship Jupiter 42, which is controlled by a neurotic A.I. known as Spaceship Bob. The ethically-challenged shipmates travel through the galaxy taking on one epic adventure at a time all while looking to make a quick buck and avoid getting thrown in jail.

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Cast

Stephen Root

Chode (voice)

Maurice LaMarche

Gus (voice)

Jenny McCarthy

Six of One (voice)

John Melendez

Bob (voice)

Rick Jones

Whip (voice)

Terrence Scammell

Darph Bobo (voice)

Gayle Garfinkle

T'nuk Layor (voice)

Billie Lou Watt

Jane Wheeler

(voice)

Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 39 episodes

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E1Chode-Eraser

Sep 6, 200721m

When Darph Bobo and Bernice are informed that their sweet little Babette is with child and Chode is the father, Bernice re-programmes a killer cyborg to travel back in time and dispense with the pathetic, purple pervert before he can do the dirty deed. But hey, don’t worry too much about Chode. In the words of the Terminator…`He’ll live`.

E2Skankenstein

Sep 13, 200721m

The evil and accent challenged Prime-Minister of Slovenia plans to kill the country’s Princess in order to take control. For his coup to work, he must first hire bodyguards for her to divert suspicion away from him, and secondly make sure the bodyguards are an incompetent bunch of numb nuts. No second-guessing who gets the job.

E3To Ebay or Not To Ebay

Sep 20, 200721m

Strange things are going on aboard the Jupiter 42. Personal items along with parts of the ship are disappearing. Every one’s a suspect but the finger of guilt is eventually aimed squarely at Gus who has a gambling debt and might be selling the stuff on Ebay to get out of the hole. Question: can a robot with cement shoes drown?

E423 ½

Oct 11, 200721m

Darth Bobo nous prouve encore une fois qu’il est le clown le plus exécrable en ville. Cette fois, il a kidnappé Sixe afin de forcer Ardillon à tuer le commandant Adam. Ardillon doit non seulement libérer Sixe, mais il doit affronter un avion plein d’horribles serpents venimeux qui pique tout droit dans le désert.

E5Chuckles Bites The Dust

Oct 18, 200721m

Darph Bobo’s grandfather has just passed on and his dying wish was for his old nemesis, Chode’s granddaddy Benito, to attend the funeral. Benito informs everyone that he’ll attend…over his dead body. But that may be closer to the truth than Benito realises, especially as Granddad Bobo isn’t quite as deceased as he lets on.

E6The Need For Greed

Oct 25, 200721m

The crew is broke, but Six gets an e-mail that she is receiving a huge inheritance. Rather than help the crew, she wants to give it away to charities. They suck up to her and make her captain hoping to trick her into giving them some of the money.

E7Hollow Chode

Nov 1, 200721m

After Chode refuses to pay a gypsy at a carnival (who just read him his "fortune") she puts a hex on him to make him invisible. But it turns out he is more than just invisible, he is being erased from existence.

E8Raiders of the Lost Crock of */@?#!

Nov 8, 200721m

After Six cuts off Chode, he and Gus decide to hit a strip club. At the club, Chode is given a medallion that is supposedly a key to a treasure, but we soon find out its true purpose. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew are stuck in a tractor-beam, and the ship is running out of air...but they can't get away because Chode locked the controls when they left for the club.

E9Witness Protection

Dec 13, 200721m

Chode is picked up for shoplifting, but Commander Adam is only using him to get to Darth Bobo. To keep Chode safe, Adam sends him off to a far away planet in the witness protection program. On the planet, four housewives, desperate for sex, all try to compete to get Chode.

E10The Son also Rises

Dec 20, 200721m

Chode gets contacted from a long-past ex-girlfriend, and informs him he has a son. Now suddenly a father, he is forced into custody and takes him home to the ship. An unexpected twist takes him from showing he can try to be a good father, to his old self again.

E11Extreme Take-Over

Dec 27, 200721m

Chode enters Bob (and the crew) in a space race called "The Fifty MKronig Flaming Colossus." In an attempt to cheat himself into first place in the race, he gets Bob modified in a chop-shop. But he soon finds out that he got more modifications done to Bob than he had wanted.

E12Battle of the Bulge

Jan 3, 200821m

Chode is suffering from dysfunction, and while single-mindedly trying to prove his manhood, he ends up putting the ship and the whole universe in danger.

E13Tragically Whip

Jan 10, 200821m

Chode takes the crew on a company vacation, since he finds an offer for a free family vacation, but it ends up costing Chode much more than he bargained for.

About Tripping the Rift

Tripping the Rift is an animation, comedy, sci-fi & fantasy series on Syfy. The show first aired on Mar 4, 2004 and currently has 3 seasons and 39 episodes. Tripping the Rift has ended. It has a rating of 6.4/10 based on 61 votes. The cast includes Stephen Root, Maurice LaMarche, Jenny McCarthy, John Melendez, Rick Jones. Created by Chuck Austen and Chris Moeller.