# Tripping the Rift (2004)

> A ragged crew of space misfits aboard the starship Jupiter 42, steered by a neurotic AI named Spaceship Bob, takes on outrageous galactic jobs while scheming to get rich and stay out of jail.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/4364

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 39
- Episode runtime: 20 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy, science fiction
- Created by: Chuck Austen, Chris Moeller
- Network: Syfy, Teletoon, Space
- Cast: Carmen Electra, Stephen Root, Maurice LaMarche, Jenny McCarthy, John Melendez, Gina Gershon, Rick Jones, Terrence Scammell
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315081/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: irreverent, crude, bawdy, breezy, anarchic

## What critics say

Viewers rate the series as mixed, with its crude irreverent space comedy landing for some and wearing thin for others, and quality dipping in later seasons.

## Synopsis

Tripping the Rift (2004-2008) is a Canadian-American adult animated science fiction comedy series created by Chuck Austen and Chris Moeller, produced in 3D animation with a Syfy, Teletoon and Space broadcast footprint. The show follows a bizarre gang of misfits aboard the starship Jupiter 42, a freelance crew led by the purple outlaw captain Chode, with Six, T'nuk, Gus, Whip and the neurotic onboard AI Spaceship Bob, voiced by Stephen Root, Maurice LaMarche and John Melendez among others. The engine is simple: the crew takes for-hire jobs that range from smuggling to mercenary work, then gets sidetracked by get-rich-quick schemes while dodging the law. Each twenty-minute episode is a self-contained galactic adventure, and the three seasons of thirty-nine episodes form a loose, continuing comic saga rather than a single arc. Its tone is irreverent, crude and bawdy, with much of the humor built on sexual innuendo and ethically loose behavior, delivered in a brash, cartoonish register. Set in the far reaches of space, it sits in the lineage of cult adult animated sci-fi sitcoms. Fans of Futurama, Red Dwarf and Space Ghost Coast to Coast will find a similar appetite for ragged crews, deadpan machine personalities and anarchic space humor.

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