The WORST episodes of Tripping the Rift
Every episode of Tripping the Rift ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Tripping the Rift!
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 - 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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#2 - The Need for Greed
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/2007
Six inherits a fortune and her loving crewmates all set about getting their grubby hands on it as soon as possible. Chode is the only one of them with the goodies to interest her in an exchange: the Captaincy of the ship. And faster than one can say “Nigerian internet scam”, Six is in charge and making everyone’s life a misery.
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#3 - Hollow Chode
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/2007
A carnival gypsy puts a curse on Chode and he becomes invisible. Despite his enjoying the perks that invisibility brings, the effect doesn’t stop there and Chode`s condition progresses to not having existed at all. Despite always saying that they all could see through Chode, the crew set about trying to reverse the curse. And it’s a race against time. Meanwhile, Bernice has grown quite fond of her “Phallic Phantom”.
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#4 - Raiders of the Lost Crock of @#!
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/2007
Down on planet Pyritia, Chode and Gus obtain a medallion that will supposedly lead them to a treasure beyond their wildest dreams. But it’s all a hoax fabricated by the villainous Pyritians who enslave them and force them to search for the actual key to said treasure. It’s up to Chode’s cunning and Gus’ metal to get them out of another tight spot.
#5 - You Wanna Put That Where?
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/27/2005
When he finds a spilled load of G-Y Jelly in space, enterprising Chode tries to sell it at Governor McJersey's Annual Back Room Ball on the gay planet, Fabulous Heaven. But when Chode and Six get caught having forbidden hetero-sex at the gay affair, they're hauled off to jail.
#6 - Chuckles Bites the Dust
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/2007
Darph Bobo’s grandfather has just passed on and his dying wish was for his old nemesis, Chode’s granddaddy Benito, to attend the funeral. Benito informs everyone that he’ll attend…over his dead body. But that may be closer to the truth than Benito realises, especially as Granddad Bobo isn’t quite as deceased as he lets on.
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#7 - Creaturepalooza
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/5/2005
When Commander Adam's jet goes down on Vitalius 4, his wife Nancy implants a nonobot parasite in Chode's head and threatens it will eat his brain if he doesn't bring adam back in 24 hours. Armed with a ticking "Death" watch, and a PDA to track Adam's life signal, Chode and the crew arrive on Vitalius 4 - a planet renowned for its heinous creatures.
#8 - 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!
#9 - 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?
#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 - Chode's Near Death Experience
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/12/2005
When a near death experience brings him face-to-face with the Devil, Chode vows to change his vile ways. True to his word, he's kind to his wary shipmates and not even his archenemy Darph Bobo can get a rise out of him. But when he prepares to meet an enemy clown ship as if he were greeting a new friend, it turns out Bobo is at the helm of the ship - and he intends to blow Chode's ass out of the sky.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Witness Protection
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/2007
The Confederation is after Darph Bobo big time and Chode is the only one who can finger him and send him to the slammer. But Chode has to survive Bobo’s death attempts long enough to testify at the trial so he’s placed in a witness protection program. Too bad for him he ends up in a neighbourhood full of horny housewives. In order to avoid Bobo he has to lie low and keep his head down, and to achieve that his head certainly shouldn’t be any lower than a housewife’s hotplate.
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#14 - Six, Lies and Videotape
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 10/19/2005
T'Nuk plots to break Six out of jail after the sexy cyborg is thrown into the slammer on an unidentified charge. But in a case of mistaken identity, T'Nuk escapes with her friend's identical vissitor, Haffa Dozen, the career stripper that Six was modeled on. Everyone is happy to have 'Six' back on board - and no one is more relieved or ready for sex than Chode. But Haffa's only interested in stealing the ship's precious cache of Dilithium Crystals.
#15 - The Son also Rises
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/20/2007
Chode reluctantly becomes the caregiver to a child he fathered many moons before. Not known for his paternal qualities, he must now be a role model for his newly acquired son. But typical of something that sprung from Chode’s loins, is his off spring a little bastard in more ways than one?
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#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - 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?
#19 - 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?
#20 - Battle of the Bulge
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/2008
When Chode’s libido fails to “rise to the occasion”, he tries various ways to correct the problem, including doing the nasty with Six in public. Unfortunately, their escapades on the control panel end with the ship accidentally firing lasers at a death star. The expanding star threatens to destroy all in its path. Can the crew save the day or will this really be, “Chode’s last stand”?
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#21 - Cool Whip
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/27/2005
Whip inadvertently takes control of Jupiter 42, and crash lands the ship on the lush planet of Kraven. Just one glimpse of the teenaged lizard whips adoring fans into a frenzy; the king proclaims a holiday, and the allure of instant stardom goes right to Whip's head. but his friends make a gruesome discovery; a trophy room filled with stuffed lizard heads - with one empty plaque awaiting its next victim.
#22 - Santa Clownza
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/21/2005
Desperate for a little R&R, Chode takes the crew to his favorite getaway on Gulibus 4, and off-season bargain planet offering half-priced suites, all-you-can-eat buffets, and bargain basement prostitutes. But when they arrive, the hotel is booked up, the buffet is sold out, and Chode quickly realizes his trip has been ruined by "Santa Clownza", a bogus over-commercialized holiday deviced by his archenemy, Darph Bobo.
#23 - Tragically Whip
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/10/2008
While the others are being scammed and brainwashed, Whip is out drinking, doing hard drugs and sowing his wild oats with a bunch of like-minded horny teenagers. Only Gus can pull Whip out of his self-induced state of bliss in order to help him bring the crew safely home. But what’s a lecherous lizard to do, have a screw or screw the crew?
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#24 - Extreme Chode
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/31/2005
When Commander Adam and his cronies start bragging about their son's athletic prowess, Chode boosts his wavering macho pride by pushing young Whip into competing at the upcoming spaceboard competition. But what starts out as fun for Whip turns sour when Chode turns into the ultimate hardass coach in a bit to win at any cost.
#25 - 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?