Tripping The Rift: Season 1
Starz / Anchor Bay (2004)
TV Series  /  Animation, Comedy
In Collection
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IMDB   6.8
286 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Stephen Root Chode
Maurice LaMarche Gus
Gina Gershon Six
Rick Jones Whip
John Melendez Bob
Gayle Garfinkle T'Nuk
Terrence Scammell Darph Bobo
Mark Camacho Additional Voice
John Stocker Additional Voice
Pauline Little Additional Voice
Claudia Besso Additional Voice
Greg Kramer Additional Voice
Ellen David Additional Voice
Kathleen Fee Additional Voice
Susan Glover Additional Voice
Director
Bernie Denk
Producer Michel Lemire
Jacques Pettigrew
Writer Chuck Austen
Chris Moeller
Musician Mario Sévigny

Tripping the Rift is SciFi Channel's new comedy. Using CGI-animation and grotesque adult humour, Tripping the Rift is something new and exciting for the whole family. Providing that family is old enough to at least buy beer. Characters: Chode: The purple, yet frighteningly Kirkish,… More captain of the Jupiter 42. Has serious sexual issues. Has a penchant for petty theft, cheating and pornography. A true blue professional captain. Also part owner and captain of said vessel. Darph Bobo: The manic, stupid and utterly hateful Vader-spoof. Has the same homicidal tendencies as his Sith alter-ego, albeit more random in his delivery of punishment. Chode's arch-nemesis. Gus: Gus functions s both the ship's engineer and Chode's personal whipping boy. He has somewhat queer manners, which the other characters seem to find offensive. Bigots, all of them.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/4/2004  1.  God is Our Pilot
Chode and Gus embark on a time travel adventure to find out how the begining of time happened. Was it God or the "Big Bang" that create the universe? During their adventure, Chode alters the universe forever, but was this cosmic change a good one? Will Chode and Gus meet God, or will they meet their end?
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Andrew Borakove  / William Rosenthal 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/11/2004  2.  Mutilation Ball
The Mutilation Ball Championship game is coming up. The Confederation is set to take on The Dark Clowns. They haven't beaten the Clowns since their star player Malek retired. Chode and crew are assigned to find Malek and get him to make a one time comeback. In exchange for Chode's service the Confederation would drop all charges against him.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Lanier Laney  / Terry Sweeney  / Sy Rosen 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/18/2004  3.  Miss Galaxy 5000
Chode enters Six in the Miss Galaxy 5000 pageant in order to make $1 million. Chode and Darph Bobo are judges (having stolen the real judges ID badges). However, Darph Bobo's daughter, Babette, is also in the contest --- and is killing off all of her competition.
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/25/2004  4.  Chode, the Sidewalk Soiler
The episode starts with hot Chode-on-android action, showcasing Chode's disinterest in Six's satisfaction. Their sexual games are discovered by Whip, who turns blind. Chode watches a commercial about shield devices available on a nearby planet, where he decides to go to make a bargain. On the planet Snozzle, polluting is punishable by the death penalty. After getting a free package of Clownzooka chew and spit gum, Chode is arrested and convicted of polluting after spitting his gum on the street. Chode is sentenced to death by public electrocution. While Six wants to rescue Chode, the others are more interested in letting him fry.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Dode B. Levenson 
Guest starring:  Maria Bamford, Jeff Bennett,  Ian James Corlett, Hilary Hagg
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/1/2004  5.  The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
When the crew and ship plunge into a black hole, Chode is forced to sign a deal with the Devil to escape (and get an 80' plasma screen TV in the process), but comes to regret the arrangement.
Writer:  Mark Amato 
Guest starring:  Emmanuel Lewis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/8/2004  6.  Totally Recalled
Gus is recalled and replaced with a new model, while Chode's grandfather shows up for a visit.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Mark Amato 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/15/2004  7.  2001 Space Idiocies
Chode gets involved in a scheme by Dark Bobo to corrupt an innocent bunch of natives on a primitive planet.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Jeffrey Westbrook 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/22/2004  8.  Power to the Peephole
The crew ended up on Floridia 7 and in the middle of an election between Dark Clown Confederation presidential candidates.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Lanier Laney  / Terry Sweeney 
Guest starring:  Quiton Flynn
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/6/2004  9.  Nature vs Nurture
After a firefight with Darph Bobo the crew is forced to make an emergency landing on the planed Muldavia 5 (It's not the one with insatiable nymphos either to Chodes chagrin). On the planet Chode finds his long lost (and to him unknown), identical twin, HRH King Regis Philbrick ruler of all Muldavia. The twins decide to swap places, to try out each others life style. Chode soon finds the boring dreary side of being ruler with all the handshaking and baby kissing, and Regis sees the dangers of fighting dark clowns.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Adam I. Lapidus 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/13/2004  10.  Aliens, Guns and a Monkey
Chode and the crew land on a planet where everyone has guns, and a father and son need reuniting as only Chode can do.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Dode B. Levenson 
Guest starring:  Jess Harnell, Dwight Schultz, Janyse Jaud, Dan Green,  Phil LaMarr
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/20/2004  11.  Emasculating Chode
Whip is abducted by Darth Bobo and Chode heads down to rescue him. Chode ends up losing a tentacle in the process and must now questions his masculinity as a result.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Dode B. Levenson 
Guest starring:  Cathy Weseluck, Matt Hill
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/27/2004  12.  Love Conquers All... Er, Almost
After losing a load of cocoa butter that he was transporting, Chode needs to repay the cost of the cargo. There's a one million gold piece prize up for grabs, so Chode decides to try to play matchmaker and set up Commander Adam's son and Darph Bobo's daughter.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  John Unholz 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    6/3/2004  13.  Android Love
After Six takes T'nuk to a male strip bar, she finds that one of her old friends is working there.
Director:  Bernie Denk  Writer:  Lanier Laney  / Terry Sweeney 
Edition Details
Series Tripping The Rift
Distributor Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date 10/25/2005
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [French]
Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 3
Personal Details
Links IMDB
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Features
Disc 01 Character Gallery Teleplays (DVD-ROM)