The BEST episodes of Tripping the Rift season 1
Every episode of Tripping the Rift season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. 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.
#1 - Totally Recalled
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/8/2004
Chode's Scatterbrained, bumbling grandfather Benito pays the crew a visit on the same day that Gus is recalled and replaced with an upgrade - the super efficient Gus XP. The new improved Gus is everything the crew needs, but unbeknownst to the crew, it has a hidden and evil agenda.
#2 - Android Love
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/3/2004
In an intergalactic spoof of Casablanca, the crew takes a little time off on a planet where Six is reunited with Ten, the hunky android who helped her escape her home planet. Now caught up in a battle between androids and their owners, Six is experiencing "feelings" she never knew she had. Can androids love?
#3 - Love Conquers All… Almost
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/27/2004
The crew decides to land on the "Party Planet" for some R&R. At the same time and unbeknownst to each other, mortal enemies The Dark Clowns and the Confederation are also vacationing on the same planet. The crew decides to hatch a scheme to end the war between the enemies - by playing matchmaker with the son and daughter of Adam and Bobo. Unfortunately, the scheme works too well, much to their parent's chagrin. Can the crew break up this intergalactic Romeo and Juliet?
#4 - Nature vs Nurture
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/6/2004
To escape direct attack from the Dark Clowns, the crew lands on the planet Muldavia 5, where King Philbrick is throwing a lavish soiree. The crew crashes the party, and to both Philbrick's and Chode's surprise, the two blobs discover that they are long lost twin brothers. Intrigued with each others lives and bored with their own, they decide to pull a switch. Can the refined King Philbrick fool the crew? Can a scoundrel like Chode fool the people of Muldavia? Or are the two blobs not so different after all?
#5 - Aliens, Guns and a Monkey
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/13/2004
While on a mission to sell the prized Monkey Diamond, the crew crash lands on the planet Harmonia, rumored to be the most peaceful planet in the galaxy. Once on Harmonia, it becomes clear that the rumors are't true - Harmonia is a planet whose inhabitants make the NRA look like Tibetan monks. Worse, the mayor of the planet is in a war with his peacenik son. Can the crew fix their ship and escape the planet without getting caught in the crossfire?
#6 - God is Our Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/4/2004
Chode and Gus decide to take their vacation at the beginning of time. When the first attempt fails, they steal the spacecraft and drive it themselves, and kill God in the process! However, upon their return to their present-day lives, they find that the absence of God has resulted in a world of peace and harmony. How long can Chode stand living in a "perfect" world?
#7 - 2001 Space Idiocies
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/15/2004
Chode is enlisted by a mysterious figure to implant a huge monolith on the planet Kubrickia. Turns out that Darph Bobo (the mysterious figure) is using the monolith as a Trojan Horse of sorts to enslave the Kubrickians and plunder the planet's gold. An incensed Six convinces Chode that they must follow the Prime Directive and leave primitive people in peace. The crew (minus Whip, who is left alone on the ship) set forth to free the Kubrickians without the Dark Clowns discovering their plans.
#8 - Mutilation Ball
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/11/2004
The crew is enlisted by the Confederation to kidnap Malik, a sports superstar who retired from the game of Mutilation Ball (a fast-paced but violent sport where players use chainsaws to disable their opponents), and bring him into the big game as a ringer. The crew then kidnaps Malak and brings him back to the ship, where T'Nuk inadvertently kills him - only to find out that he is a robot! Now they must find the real Malak and get him into the big game before the Confederation finds out.
#9 - Power to the Peephole
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/22/2004
While in the midst of a turbulent plasma storm, Chode decides to escape his boredom by beaming the crew down to the planet Florida 7 aka "the Spring Break" planet. While there, Chode is engaged by a shady Presidential candidate to help undermine his "Mr. Perfect" opponent. But as it turns out, "Mr. Perfect" isn't quite what he appears to be.
#10 - The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/1/2004
The ship is hurtling toward a black hole, and death is imminent! Suddenly, the Devil appears on the ship and Chode unwittingly sells him his soul to save the lives of his crew. when T'Nuk remembers the famous case "The Devil"
#11 - Sidewalk Soiler
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/25/2004
When Bob's cloaking device malfunctions, the crew decides to beam down to the squeaky-clean, morally pristine planet Snozzle to pick up a reconditioned device. They realize too late that Darph Bobo; who, knowing Chode's penchant for littering, has set a trap whereby Chode is immediately arrested and put on trial for littering has lured them to the planet. The sentence? Death! Can Chode escape the wrath of Snozzillians?
#12 - Emasculating Chode
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/20/2004
Chode is "The Man" - or so he thinks until a battle with Bobo leaves him with one tentacle cut off. Now Chode considers himself less of a man that even Gus, and his timing couldn't be worse - Bobo has kidnapped Whip!
#13 - Miss Galaxy 5000
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/18/2004
Chode enters the reluctant Six in a beauty pageant with a million dollar payoff. Darph Bobo enters his daughter Babette in the same contest. All's fair in love, war, and beauty - until contenstants are not-so-mysteriously killed off, one by one.
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