Tripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series aired on the Canadian speciality channel Space in 2004. Canada's cartoon network Teletoon has been airing the series since August 2006. As of September 2007, Teletoon is airing the third season, and a feature-length movie version was released to DVD in 2008.

Origins

In 1992 Chris Moeller, who was working on King of the Hill and who had been producing animation shorts with his Dark Bunny Productions, met Chuck Austen and pitched their idea for a sci fi comedy to animation studio Film Roman and in early 1998 they launched the first pilot Love and Darph on the Internet. The Chode character first appeared in Chris' 1994 short Wisconsin.In 2001 Film Roman released the Oh Brother Teaser for episode 2, and Chris claimed the full version was made but up to Film Roman to release.