Tripping the Rift
Outlaws trip the Rift between two parodic superpowers.
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Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen created two short animations that were posted online, and this series draws from them.[1] CinéGroupe and the Sci Fi Channel jointly produced the show.[1]
Making and release
In 1997, Chris Moeller met Chuck Austen and pitched their idea for a science fiction comedy to animation studio Film Roman.[2] In 2002, CinéGroupe acquired the rights to the five-minute short Love and Darph and approached animator Bernie Denk to direct the series.[3] Bernie Denk's team worked on preproduction in Montreal while the Malaysian studio Shanghai Cartoon worked on animation using Autodesk 3ds Max software.[3] The character Chode made his debut in a 1994 short film called "Wisconsin."[2]
The production team selected keyframe animation because it offered superior quality and greater control over the animation process.[3] Canadian viewers could watch the series on Space in 2004, and later on Teletoon starting in August 2006.[1] For the third season, Teletoon helped fund its creation and broadcast it in 2007.[4]
What the cited sources add
Adult Swim broadcast the series in Latin America.[5] On March 25, 2008, Anchor Bay put out a DVD of the 75-minute, unrated film "Tripping the Rift: The Movie."[6] The film's plot centers on Chode's birthday celebration, which leads Darph Bobo to send a time-traveling android clown to kill Chode.[6]
References
- Wikipedia, "Tripping the Rift" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rogers, "Pushing Brand Boundaries with SyFy President David Howe", TheDeadbolt.com, n.d. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tripping the Rift" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A chronological history Chris Moeller, Dark Bunny Productions; Dark Bunny blog Chris Moeller, 2002-11-23 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tripping the Rift" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tripping the Rift: Interviews: Director Bernie Denk SadGeezer.com, 2004-04-24 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tripping the Rift" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ball, "More Rift being Tripped", Nov 10, 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tripping the Rift" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "trippingtherift.tv", ww38.trippingtherift.tv (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Tripping the Rift" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Tripping the Rift: The Movie", Anchor Bay Entertainment (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Tripping the Rift (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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