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* MeaningfulName: The confederation captain's son apparently has a future in [[{{Adam-12}} Law Enforcement.]]

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* MeaningfulName: The confederation captain's son apparently has a future in [[{{Adam-12}} [[Series/AdamTwelve Law Enforcement.]]
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* Brainwashed: Six in "Power to the Peephole", where she gets reprogrammed by Candidate George Goodfella and turned into his brainless sex slave.
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* WeWantOurJerkBack: 'Chode's Near Death Experience'

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* MindOverMatter: Darph Bobo in 'Chode & Bobo's High School Reunion' which is parodying {{Carrie}}



* RedEyesTakeWarning: Darph Bobo when he's really annoyed

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Darph Bobo when he's really annoyedannoyed.
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*RedEyesTakeWarning: Darph Bobo when he's really annoyed
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* TooDumbToLive: Doesn't the Jupiter 42 have a shuttle craft? So when you're conscripted to find the commander of the Confederation and have 24 hours until an earwig eats your brain (think ''EscapeFromNewYork''), [[{{Fridge Logic}} wouldn't it be a good idea to USE THAT to find who you're looking for, rather than waste all your time wandering around on the surface of a planet infested with dangerous B-movie monsters?]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Doesn't the Jupiter 42 have a shuttle craft? So when you're conscripted to find the commander of the Confederation and have 24 hours until an earwig eats your brain (think ''EscapeFromNewYork''), ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork''), [[{{Fridge Logic}} wouldn't it be a good idea to USE THAT to find who you're looking for, rather than waste all your time wandering around on the surface of a planet infested with dangerous B-movie monsters?]]
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* BiggerThanJesus: In the episode "Cool Whip", Whip becomes an instant celebrity on a planet where the king proclaims him "Bigger than Jesus" but not TheBeatles. [[spoiler:Though he learns that he is [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame going to be hunted]] and mounted.]]

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* BiggerThanJesus: In the episode "Cool Whip", Whip becomes an instant celebrity on a planet where the king proclaims him "Bigger than Jesus" but not TheBeatles.Music/TheBeatles. [[spoiler:Though he learns that he is [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame going to be hunted]] and mounted.]]

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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Also coveres CoolUncle, EvilUncle, and HonoraryUncle since Whip and Chode refer to each other as nephew and uncle (with Six as TeamMom, T'nuk as the bitter spinster aunt, Gus as the CampGay cousin, and the ship itself as a sarcastic family friend).

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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Also coveres covers CoolUncle, EvilUncle, and HonoraryUncle since Whip and Chode refer to each other as nephew and uncle (with Six as TeamMom, T'nuk as the bitter spinster aunt, Gus as the CampGay cousin, and the ship itself as a sarcastic family friend).



* InsultToRocks: This little exchange between Chode and T'Nuk
-->'''Chode:''' She's not a cow.
-->'''T'Nuk:''' Thank you, Chode.
-->'''Chode:''' Cows have a quiet dignity and serve a purpose.
-->'''T'Nuk:''' Jackass!
-->'''Chode:''' Let's not drag [[YourMom your mother]] into this.



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* TheNudifierTheNudifier: Chode apparently has one handy for Six, and makes use of it when she tries to make a (Conservatively dressed) statement at the Miss Galaxy 5000 pageant.



* TheOtherDarrin: Six, twice. She went from GinaGershon, to CarmenElectra, to JennyMcCarthy.

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* TheOtherDarrin: Six, twice. She went from GinaGershon, to CarmenElectra, Carmen Electra, to JennyMcCarthy.



*** Or four, if you count the one time they aired the short in SciFi and TerryFarrell redubbed Six's lines.

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*** Or four, if you count the one time they aired the short in SciFi and TerryFarrell Terry Farrell redubbed Six's lines.



* TooDumbToLive: Doesn't the Jupiter 42 have a shuttlecraft? So when you're conscripted to find the commander of the Confederation and have 24 hours until an earwig eats your brain (think ''EscapeFromNewYork''), [[{{Fridge Logic}} wouldn't it be a good idea to USE THAT to find who you're looking for, rather than waste all your time wandering around on the surface of a planet infested with dangerous B-movie monsters?]]

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* TooDumbToLive: Doesn't the Jupiter 42 have a shuttlecraft? shuttle craft? So when you're conscripted to find the commander of the Confederation and have 24 hours until an earwig eats your brain (think ''EscapeFromNewYork''), [[{{Fridge Logic}} wouldn't it be a good idea to USE THAT to find who you're looking for, rather than waste all your time wandering around on the surface of a planet infested with dangerous B-movie monsters?]]



** Isn't that mostly cuz Six is a sex-bot that he stole.
*** And reprogramed as the science officer. That's the important part, she likes him because he gave her a purpose beyond nerd fantasy.
*** Also he treats her with respect. Well, not respect, but as close to respect as Chode is capable of.
** Also since the universe is big there are plenty of species who actually consider ''Chode'' the attractive one and Six ugly
*** In case you doubt that, recall that they actually visited a planet where the natives thought T'nuk was a total babe. In the picture up top, she's the one on the left. With the four legs.

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* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: In "God Is Our Co-Pilot", Six beheads T'Nuk.]]

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* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: In DecapitationPresentation: [[spoiler:In "God Is Our Co-Pilot", Six beheads T'Nuk.]]


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* ExpospeakGag:
-->'''Chode:''' What the hell you been fixin' in these past two days?\\
'''Gus:''' The trans-digital freon converter.\\
'''Chode:''' And what's that for?\\
'''Gus:''' It makes ice cubes.
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* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks - To Chode at least. They don't want him in Heaven and Hell, so they each try to get him to go to the opposite side.

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* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks - To Chode at least. They don't want him in Heaven and Hell, so they each try to get him to go to the opposite side. To be fair, it's Chode we are talking about..
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** T'Nuk is entirely convinced that she is this as well. The rest of the crew disagrees, Chode especially who constantly voices his opinion on the matter.

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* LesYay: On the first episode "God is Our Copilot" [[spoiler: When Chode and Gus kill God and they find that the world has changed because of it, they discover that Six and T'nuk are a lesbian couple]].
** In "You Wanna Put That Where?" Fabulous Heaven has lesbian couples and Six and T'nuk pose as one (with Six merely wearing an "I'm With Butch" T-shirt and mini-skirt and T'nuk wearing a women's softball uniform).
** In "Six, Lies, & Videotapes", [[spoiler: T'nuk is dressed like a butch cop ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Rosie O'Donnell]]) and put her hand inside Six's butt for a cavity search. Six gasp in a mix of shock, pain, and ecstasy]].



* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]] SdrawkcabName: T'nuk.

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* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]] SdrawkcabName: T'nuk.T'nuk Layor.
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** Gus is an Expy of C-3PO

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** Gus is an Expy of C-3POC-3PO. To really nail it in, his vacuum cleaner in the opening looks like R2-D2.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Also coveres CoolUncle, EvilUncle, and HonoraryUncle since Whip and Chode refer to each other as nephew and uncle (with Six as TeamMom, T'nuk as the bitter spinster aunt, Gus as the CampGay cousin, and the ship itself as a sarcastic family friend).
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*** In case you doubt that, recall that they actually visited a planet where the natives thought T'nuk was a total babe. In the picture up top, she's the one on the left. With the four legs.
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* TakeThat: "Did anyone care that they canceled ''{{Enterprise}}''?"

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* TakeThat: "Did anyone care that they canceled ''{{Enterprise}}''?"''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''?"
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* ArtEvolution: Season 3 looks a bit more realistic than the previous two did.

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* ArtEvolution: Season 3 looks a bit more realistic and the [[AnimationBump animation more natural]] than the previous two did.two.
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* BreakingTheFouthWall

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* BreakingTheFouthWallBreakingTheFourthWall
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* BreakingTheFouthWall
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** The Confederation are Expys of StarTrek, complete with SEVERAL Expys of Captain Kirk at various stages of his career.

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** The Confederation are Expys of StarTrek, ''Franchise/StarTrek'', complete with SEVERAL Expys of Captain Kirk at various stages of his career.
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* ArtEvolution: Season 3 looks a bit more realistic than the previous two did. {{YMMV}} as to how good it is.

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* ArtEvolution: Season 3 looks a bit more realistic than the previous two did. {{YMMV}} as to how good it is.
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* NoFlowInTheCGI: Averted.

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* NoFlowInTheCGI: NoFlowInCGI: Averted.
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* ArtEvolution: Season 3 looks a bit more realistic than the previous two did. {{YMMV}} as to how good it is.


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* NoFlowInTheCGI: Averted.
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* CrossDresser: Chode dresses like a hooker in "Nature vs. Nurture" to hide from peseants with TorchesAndPitchforks.

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* CrossDresser: Chode dresses like a hooker in "Nature vs. Nurture" to hide from peseants peasants with TorchesAndPitchforks.

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* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks - To Chode at least. They don't want him in Heaven and Hell, so they try to get him to go to the opposite side.

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* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks - To Chode at least. They don't want him in Heaven and Hell, so they each try to get him to go to the opposite side.



* MeaningfulName: The confederation captain's son apparently has a future in [[{{Adam-12}} Law Enforcement.]]



* MeaningfulName: The confederation captain's son apparently has a future in [[{{Adam-12}} Law Enforcement.]]
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*** Also he treats her with respect. Well, not respect, but as close to respect as Chode is capable of.
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* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Six in spades. Though she doesn't age, she DOES need to breathe.
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* MeaningfulName: The confederation captain's son apparently has a future in [[Adam-12 Law Enforcement.]]

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* MeaningfulName: The confederation captain's son apparently has a future in [[Adam-12 [[{{Adam-12}} Law Enforcement.]]
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** The Confederation are Expys of StarTrek, complete with SEVERAL Expys of Captain Kirk at various stages of his career.


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* ResetButton: Lampshaded by Chode at the end of [[spoiler: ''The Need For Greed'']]
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[[caption-width-right:330:Left to right: T'Nuk, Gus, Chode, Six, Whip]]

'''''Tripping The Rift''''' is a computer-animated sci-fi parody created by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen (of [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} "The Draco"]] infamy) in 1998 as a short film released on the Internet. The film gained popularity, especially after being shown on the SciFiChannel, and was made into a television series in 2004.

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!!This show provides examples of:

* {{All CGI Cartoon}}
* AmbiguouslyGay: Gus. In Season One, at least. [[{{Flanderization}} Season Two, however...]]
* BeautyContest: "Miss Galaxy 5000"
* BigBad: Darph Bobo
* BiggerThanJesus: In the episode "Cool Whip", Whip becomes an instant celebrity on a planet where the king proclaims him "Bigger than Jesus" but not TheBeatles. [[spoiler:Though he learns that he is [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame going to be hunted]] and mounted.]]
* CatchPhrase
* ClassReunion
* CouchGag: The different phrases shouted by Spaceship Bob during the opening credits.
* CrossDresser: Chode dresses like a hooker in "Nature vs. Nurture" to hide from peseants with TorchesAndPitchforks.
* [[spoiler:DecapitationPresentation: In "God Is Our Co-Pilot", Six beheads T'Nuk.]]
* TheEmpire
* {{Expy}}: Darph Bobo is an Expy of [[StarWars Darth Vader]]
** Darph Bobo's Clown Troopers are Expy's of the Stormtroopers while the name is a play on clone troopers
** Gus is an Expy of C-3PO
* FantasticVoyagePlot - the season 2 episode, "Honey, I Shrunk the Crew"
* TheFederation
* {{Fanservice}}: Six
* FieryRedhead: The 50-foot giantess from "Creaturepalooza"
* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Chode
** TheLancer[=/=]TheBigGuy: T'Nuk
** TheSmartGuy: Six
** TheChick: Gus
** TagalongKid: Whip
* {{Flanderization}} - A little bit with Six, but the biggest example here, is Gus. He went from being a not-exceptionally-masculine bot with some ambiguously gay tendencies to his stereotypically gay characteristics being the sole definition of his character, kinda like the Larry 3000 on ''TimeSquad'', only not as toned down, since ''Tripping The Rift'' isn't a children's cartoon.
* GagBoobs: [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed Spamela Anderslut]], a rather savage parody of Pamela Anderson, from the planet Titius Maximus. Her breasts are so big that she actually needs a [[http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/695/vlcsnap2011060509h38m21.jpg/ specialized device just to carry them around]]. They even end up leading her downfall: just as she was about to win the "Miss Galaxy 5000" pageant, T'Nuk purposefully kicks her device out of the way, causing Spamela to fall and injure herself under the weight off her own breasts.
* GirlsBehindBars: "Six, Lies and Videotape."
* {{God}} - from the series premiere "God is Our Copilot" and the season 2 episode, "Chode's Near-Death Experience".
* GodIsEvil - Well... a grade-A {{Jerkass}} at any rate.
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks - To Chode at least. They don't want him in Heaven and Hell, so they try to get him to go to the opposite side.
* TheGreys
* {{Gainaxing}}: ANY female with a noticeable chest (which is pretty much ''every female on the show''), but Six is the one who is noticed the most.
* HelloNurse: Surprise, surprise; Six.
* HetIsEw: One episode had a planet with this as its [[PlanetOfHats hat]].
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Six
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Whip in "Cool Whip"
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Six, Babette and [[FanserviceExtra really just about any female character that's supposed to be attractive]] is drawn with large breasts, equally wide hips and a waist that looks nowhere wide enough to be in between the two former.
* JuryOfTheDamned: "The Devil and a Guy named Webster"
* LesYay: On the first episode "God is Our Copilot" [[spoiler: When Chode and Gus kill God and they find that the world has changed because of it, they discover that Six and T'nuk are a lesbian couple]].
** In "You Wanna Put That Where?" Fabulous Heaven has lesbian couples and Six and T'nuk pose as one (with Six merely wearing an "I'm With Butch" T-shirt and mini-skirt and T'nuk wearing a women's softball uniform).
** In "Six, Lies, & Videotapes", [[spoiler: T'nuk is dressed like a butch cop ([[ItMakesSenseInContext Rosie O'Donnell]]) and put her hand inside Six's butt for a cavity search. Six gasp in a mix of shock, pain, and ecstasy]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: A variation of it. [[spoiler:The crew encounter a crooked stripper named Haffa Dozen, whom Six was modeled after. Six wasn't [[Film/WeirdScience created as a fantasy girl by nerds]] as Gus always assumed.]]
* [[MeaningfulName Meaningful]] SdrawkcabName: T'nuk.
* MsFanservice: Six is literally made of this trope.
* TheMonolith: "2001 Space Idiocies"
* MonsterClown: Darph Bobo and everyone else in the Clown Federation
* {{Mooks}}: Clown Troopers
* NearDeathExperience: [[{{ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin}} Chode's Near Death Experience]]
* NotSoDifferent: Chode and Philbrick.
* TheNudifier
* PrinceAndPauper: "Nature vs. Nurture"
* PuppyDogEyes
* ReligiousRobot: The robots justify their belief in God by stating:
-->'''Gus:''' If we didn't believe in God, we'd have to worship the engineering dweebs who designed us\\
'''Six:''' And frankly, the God I pray to doesn't need acne medicine and chronically masturbate.
* RetGone
* ReunionRevenge
* RoswellThatEndsWell
* SapientShip: The space ship was both sapient and afraid of wide open spaces...
* {{Satan}}
* {{Sexbot}}: Six
** And this will give you an idea of the caliber of the crew on this ship: She doubles as the ship's science officer, because she's STILL the most intelligent and best educated member of the crew, INCLUDING the ship's built-in AI.
* ShoutOut: To EVERYTHING.
* ShowSomeLeg
* TheSlacker: Whip
* StealthPun: Six (of One, "half a dozen of the other")
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Pretty much anything Six wears. Even the sweatsuit she had on in "God Is Our Co-Pilot" when she and T'nuk were a lesbian couple becomes stripperiffic just by virtue of having her in it.
* TakeThat: "Did anyone care that they canceled ''{{Enterprise}}''?"
* TeamMom: Six tends to fall into this, being the only member of the crew with any sense of responsibility or compassion.
* ThankTheMaker
* TheOtherDarrin: Six, twice. She went from GinaGershon, to CarmenElectra, to JennyMcCarthy.
** Three times if you count the Internet short.
*** Or four, if you count the one time they aired the short in SciFi and TerryFarrell redubbed Six's lines.
** Lampshaded on the interior of the DVD jacket, where Chode mentions that he changes her voice every so often. And by Bob in one of the couch gag openings, saying something along the lines of "Who's voicing Six this season?"
* TooDumbToLive: Doesn't the Jupiter 42 have a shuttlecraft? So when you're conscripted to find the commander of the Confederation and have 24 hours until an earwig eats your brain (think ''EscapeFromNewYork''), [[{{Fridge Logic}} wouldn't it be a good idea to USE THAT to find who you're looking for, rather than waste all your time wandering around on the surface of a planet infested with dangerous B-movie monsters?]]
* TransparentCloset: Gus
* UglyGuyHotWife: Chode is in an active relationship with Six. Basically, a short, fat, purple, multi-eyed alien, manages to get with an incredibly hot space-babe.
** Isn't that mostly cuz Six is a sex-bot that he stole.
*** And reprogramed as the science officer. That's the important part, she likes him because he gave her a purpose beyond nerd fantasy.
** Also since the universe is big there are plenty of species who actually consider ''Chode'' the attractive one and Six ugly
* UniversalUniverseTime
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Chode
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