"Tripping the Rift" (2004) TV series 2004-????

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Creators:

Chuck Austen
Chris Moeller
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

4 March 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Lust in space.

Plot Keywords:

Voluptuous | Third Breast | Bare Midriff | Computer Animation | Parody

Cast

Stephen Root	...	Chode (39 episodes, 2004-2007)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Gus (39 episodes, 2004-2007)
John Melendez	...	Bob (39 episodes, 2004-2007)
Gayle Garfinkle	...	T'nuk / ... (39 episodes, 2004-2007)
Rick Jones	...	Whip (39 episodes, 2004-2007)
Terrence Scammell	...	Darph Bobo / ... (35 episodes, 2004-2007)
John Stocker	...	Additional Voices / ... (17 episodes, 2004-2007)
Pauline Little	...	Additional Voices / ... (17 episodes, 2004-2007)
Harry Standjofski	...	Additional Voices / ... (16 episodes, 2004-2007)
Susan Glover	...	Additional Voices / ... (16 episodes, 2004-2007)
Richard Dumont	...	Additional Voices / ... (16 episodes, 2004-2007)
Ellen David	...	Additional Voices / ... (16 episodes, 2004-2007)
Mark Camacho	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Jennifer Seguin	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Holly G. Frankel	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Liz MacRae	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Rikee Madoff	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Danny Blanco	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Walter Massey	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Craig Francis	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Arthur Holden	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Eleanor Noble	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Emma Campbell	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Pier Paquette	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 2004-2007)
Carmen Electra	...	Six (13 episodes, 2005)
Jenny McCarthy	...	Six (13 episodes, 2007)
Gina Gershon	...	Six (13 episodes, 2004)
Daniel Brochu	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Bruce Dinsmore	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Alain Goulem	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Matt Holland	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Alex Ivanovich	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Jessica Kardos	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Cary Lawrence	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Bronwen Mantel	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Anik Matern	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Carlo Mestroni	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Jennifer Morehouse	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Jane Wheeler	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)
Michael Yarmush	...	Additional Voices (13 episodes, 2007)

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Series Directed by
Bernie Denk		(22 episodes, 2004-2007)

Series Writing credits
Chuck Austen		(31 episodes, 2004-2007)
Chris Moeller		(31 episodes, 2004-2007)
Mark Amato		(10 episodes, 2004-2007)
Ken Goin		(9 episodes, 2004-2007)
Lanier Laney		(7 episodes, 2004-2007)
Terry Sweeney		(7 episodes, 2004-2007)
Dode B. Levenson		(3 episodes, 2004)
John Minnis		(3 episodes, 2007)

Series Produced by
Michel Lemire	....	executive producer (34 episodes, 2004-2007)
Jacques Pettigrew	....	executive producer (34 episodes, 2004-2007)
Andrew Makarewicz	....	producer (26 episodes, 2005-2007)
Danièle Joubert	....	producer (5 episodes, 2004)
Peter Schankowitz	....	producer / executive producer (5 episodes, 2004)
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Mario Sévigny		(39 episodes, 2004-2007)

Series Film Editing by
Thomas Gill		(3 episodes, 2004)
Etienne St-Amour		(2 episodes, 2004)

Series Casting by
Margaret Tang		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Louyse Lambert		(3 episodes, 2004)

Series Production Management
Chantal Desrochers	....	post-production supervisor (5 episodes, 2004)
Goga Verbang Duquet	....	production manager (3 episodes, 2004)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guy Harvey	....	assistant director (13 episodes, 2004)

Series Art Department
Mark Dubois	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Wade Konowalchuk	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Jean Lajeunesse	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Daniel Miodini	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)
Ventzeslav Vesselinov	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2004)

Series Sound Department
Éric Ladouceur	....	sound re-recording mixer / sound mixer (29 episodes, 2004-2007)
Bruno Auclair	....	foley recordist (5 episodes, 2004)
Jacques-Alexandre Levesque	....	voice recordist / foley recordist (5 episodes, 2004)
Michel Maheu	....	sound editor / sound supervisor (3 episodes, 2004)
Lori Paquet	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 2004)
Geneviève Lapointe	....	foley artist (2 episodes, 2004)
Simon Meilleur	....	foley artist (2 episodes, 2004)
Sylvain Bourgault	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Henry Godding Jr.	....	voice recordist: French version (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Marco Marandola	....	modeling artist / rendering artist (26 episodes, 2005-2007)
François Vachon	....	digital compositor (13 episodes, 2005)
Carol VanHook	....	visual effects (13 episodes, 2005)
Martin Lutteral	....	digital effects artist (7 episodes, 2005)
Daniel Coupal	....	visual effects supervisor (4 episodes, 2004-2007)
Ramiro Bélanger	....	animator (4 episodes, 2005)
Thai Son Doan	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2004)
Virginie Lamotte	....	digital compositor (3 episodes, 2004)
Kim Richardson	....	animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Claudio Alvaro	....	animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Benoit Dubuc	....	character animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Chun Seong Ng	....	character animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Martin Ciastko	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Sébastien Gagné	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Peter Gend	....	lighting: Film Roman (unknown episodes)
Stéphane Rioux	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Mathieu Langlois	....	lighting technician (1 episode, 2004)

Series Animation Department
Christopher Hansen	....	lipsync animator (13 episodes, 2005)
Cary Friedman	....	background artist (13 episodes, 2007)
Alexandre Masse	....	lip sync animator (13 episodes, 2007)
Nicolas Sparks	....	lip sync animator (13 episodes, 2007)
Bernie Denk	....	animation director (12 episodes, 2005)
Hugo Morales	....	animator (5 episodes, 2004)
Tammy Smith	....	animator (5 episodes, 2005)
Marc-Antoine Legault-Lamarche	....	layout artist (unknown episodes, 2007)
Benoît Gagné	....	lead animator (unknown episodes)
Stephen Greenberg	....	animator: "Cool Whip" (unknown episodes)
Stephane Lemire	....	lipsync animator (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Veltman	....	lead animator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Everett A. Oliver	....	casting coordinator (13 episodes, 2005)

Series Editorial Department
Sonia Boisvert	....	post-production administrator (4 episodes, 2004)
André-Gilles Gagné	....	post-production executive / post-production director (3 episodes, 2004)
Martin Briand	....	on-line editor (2 episodes, 2005)
Carole Lalonde	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Jessica Kardos	....	assistant production coordinator / production coordinator (26 episodes, 2005-2007)
Christopher Hansen	....	production assistant (14 episodes, 2004-2005)
Michel Marois	....	optimization (13 episodes, 2005)
Sidney Clifton	....	creative consultant (13 episodes, 2007)
John Minnis	....	story editor (13 episodes, 2007)
Sofi Degenais	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 2004)
Normand Gauthier	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 2004)
Lanier Laney	....	creative consultant / story editor (5 episodes, 2004)
Guillaume Lefebvre	....	technical director (5 episodes, 2004)
Arnaud Massenet	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 2004)
Terry Sweeney	....	creative consultant / story editor (5 episodes, 2004)
Julie Tighe	....	production coordinator (5 episodes, 2004)
Terrence Scammell	....	voice director (4 episodes, 2004)
Annie-Catherine Valiquette	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2004)
Sylvain Chevrefils	....	production accountant (3 episodes, 2004)
Isabelle Cote	....	production accountant (3 episodes, 2004)
Ken Katsumoto	....	production executive (3 episodes, 2004)
Andre Merineau	....	production assistant (3 episodes, 2004)
Alexander Merineau	....	production assistant (2 episodes, 2004)
Joey Herman	....	assistant to producer (unknown episodes)
Margaret Tang	....	voice director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• CinéGroupe
• Film Roman Productions

Distributors

• AXN (2008-) (Hungary) (TV)
• AXN (2008-) (Romania) (TV)
• AXN (2008-) (Poland) (TV)
• AXN (2008-) (Bulgaria) (TV)
• AXN (2008-) (Czech Republic) (TV)
• AXN (2008-) (Slovakia) (TV)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The
• Space (2004) (Canada) (TV)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:18+ | Australia:M | USA:TV-MA

Company:

CinéGroupe

Quotes:

Chode: Just once, I'd like to time travel and not see Nazis!

Movie Connections:

Follows Tripping the Rift (2000)

Aliens, robots, and attractive cyborgs, what geek could ask for more?

This show is brilliant. That much is clear, but the reason why it is brilliant is it is fresh and original. The show possess a innuendo-filled, somewhat morbid, and seldom disappointing quality which will have anyone, science-fiction geek or not, rolling on their sides with laughter and choked up with bouts of mirth. It is funny because it is a pleasant relief from all the previous science fiction shows which appear to be stuffy and impressive in a dulled-out sort of way. But with "Tripping the Rift", a viewer will see nothing but ensuing hilarity involving effeminate robots, narcissistic (and quite ugly) aliens, lazy lizard-type aliens, and much more. With this show being peppered with Star Wars and Star Trek references, it is certainly not to be taken as just another dull and lazily impressive science fiction show.