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The Best Episodes of Tripping the Rift Season 1

Every episode of Tripping the Rift Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tripping the Rift Season 1!

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.

Genres:AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks:SyfySpace

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Tripping the Rift" season 1 is "God Is Our Pilot", rated 6.3/10 from 66 user votes. It was directed by Bernie Denk and written by Bill Rosenthal, Andrew Borakove. "God Is Our Pilot" aired on 3/4/2004 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Mutilation Ball".

  • God Is Our Pilot
    6.3/10 66 votes

    #1 - God Is Our Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2004

    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: Bill Rosenthal, Andrew Borakove

  • Mutilation Ball
    6.3/10 54 votes

    #2 - Mutilation Ball

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2004

    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: Sy Rosen, Terry Sweeney, Lanier Laney

  • Miss Galaxy 5000
    6.3/10 46 votes

    #3 - Miss Galaxy 5000

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2004

    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.

    Director: Bernie Denk

    Writer: Jackie Beat

  • Sidewalk Soiler
    6.3/10 43 votes

    #4 - Sidewalk Soiler

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2004

    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

  • The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
    6.8/10 44 votes

    #5 - The Devil and a Guy Named Webster

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2004

    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.

    Director: Bernie Denk

    Writer: Mark Amato

  • Totally Recalled
    6.0/10 38 votes

    #6 - Totally Recalled

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/2004

    Gus is recalled and replaced with a new model, while Chode's grandfather shows up for a visit.

    Director: Bernie Denk

    Writer: Mark Amato

  • 2001 Space Idiocies
    6.6/10 40 votes

    #7 - 2001 Space Idiocies

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/2004

    Chode gets involved in a scheme by Dark Bobo to corrupt an innocent bunch of natives on a primitive planet.

    Director: Bernie Denk

    Writer: Jeff Westbrook

  • Power to the Peephole
    6.0/10 38 votes

    #8 - Power to the Peephole

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 4/22/2004

    The crew ended up on Floridia 7 and in the middle of an election between Dark Clown Confederation presidential candidates.

    Director: Bernie Denk

    Writer: Terry Sweeney, Lanier Laney

  • Nature vs. Nurture
    6.1/10 38 votes

    #9 - Nature vs. Nurture

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/2004

    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

  • Aliens, Guns & a Monkey
    6.1/10 38 votes

    #10 - Aliens, Guns & a Monkey

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2004

    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

  • Emasculating Chode
    6.4/10 39 votes

    #11 - Emasculating Chode

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/20/2004

    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

  • Love Conquers All... Almost
    6.3/10 37 votes

    #12 - Love Conquers All... Almost

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/27/2004

    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

  • Android Love
    6.2/10 36 votes

    #13 - Android Love

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/3/2004

    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: Terry Sweeney, Lanier Laney