Tripping the Rift (1998)
Tripping the Rift (1998)
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.

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3x01 Chode Eraser

06 September, 2007 8:00 am
Chode impregnates Babbette, Darth Bobo's daughter, and her mother sends a Terminator-like clown-bot into the past to kill Chode before he impregnates her.

3x02 Skankenstein

13 September, 2007 8:00 am
The evil and accent challenged Prime-Minister of Slovenia plans to kill the country’s Princess in order to take control. For his coup to work, he must first hire bodyguards for her to divert suspicion away from him, and secondly make sure the bodyguards are an incompetent bunch of numb nuts. No second-guessing who gets the job.

3x03 To Ebay or not to Ebay

20 September, 2007 8:00 am
Strange things are going on aboard the Jupiter 42. Personal items along with parts of the ship are disappearing. Every one’s a suspect but the finger of guilt is eventually aimed squarely at Gus who has a gambling debt and might be selling the stuff on Ebay to get out of the hole. Question: can a robot with cement shoes drown?

3x04 23 ½

11 October, 2007 8:00 am
Darph Bobo is still out to prove he’s the baddest clown in town. This time he’s kidnapped Six in order to force Chode to kill Commander Adam. Not only must Chode get Six back, he has to deal with a plane full of ugly, venomous snakes as it careens into the desert.

3x05 Chuckles Bites the Dust

18 October, 2007 8:00 am
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.

3x06 The Need for Greed

25 October, 2007 8:00 am
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.

3x07 Hollow Chode

01 November, 2007 7:00 am
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”.

3x08 Raiders of the Lost Crock of @#!

08 November, 2007 8:00 am
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.

3x09 Witness Protection

13 December, 2007 8:00 am
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.

3x10 The Son also Rises

20 December, 2007 8:00 am
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?

3x11 Extreme Take-Over

27 December, 2007 8:00 am
In order to win the prestigious, “Flaming Colossus Space Race”, Chode juices up the Jupiter 42. But in doing so, Bob is the recipient of a rogue microchip, and before one can say, “Hi, my name is HAL”, Chode and the crew are hurtling towards certain death. First one across the finish line is dead!

3x12 Battle of the Bulge

03 January, 2008 8:00 am
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”?

3x13 Tragically Whip

10 January, 2008 8:00 am
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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