Editing Tripping the Rift (section)

{{Short description|Television series}}
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{{Infobox television
 | image = Tripping the Rift Logo.png
 | caption = '''Title Card'''
 | creator = {{ubl|Chris Moeller|[[Chuck Austen]]}}
 | director = Bernie Denk<br />Jon Minnis
 | starring = [[Stephen Root]]<br/>[[Carmen Electra]]<br/>[[Maurice LaMarche]]<br>[[Jenny McCarthy]]<br>[[Gina Gershon]]
 | composer = Mario Sévigny
 | country = United States<br />Canada
 | language = English
 | num_seasons = 3
 | num_episodes = 39
 | executive_producer = {{plainlist|
* Jacques Pettigrew
* Michel Lemire
* John Hyde
}}
 | producer = Andrew Makarewicz
 | runtime = 20 minutes
 | company = [[CinéGroupe]]<br/>[[Film Roman]]
 | network = [[Syfy|Sci Fi Channel]]<br/>[[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]]<br/>[[Teletoon]] (Series 3)<ref name="more-rift"/>
 | first_aired = {{Start date|2004|3|4}}
 | last_aired = {{End date|2007|12|13}}
}}

'''''Tripping the Rift''''' is an [[adult animated|adult]] [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] [[comic science fiction|science fiction comedy]] television series. It is based on two short animations published on the internet by Chris Moeller and [[Chuck Austen]]. The series was produced by [[CinéGroupe]] in association with the [[Syfy]] network. Following its cancellation by that cable network, CinéGroupe continued producing the series for the other North American and international broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/106843/david_howe_syfy_interview.php|title=Pushing Brand Boundaries with SyFy President David Howe|first=Troy|last=Rogers|date=n.d.|publisher=TheDeadbolt.com|archive-date=December 31, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091231094119/http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/106843/david_howe_syfy_interview.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> The series aired on the Canadian speciality channel [[Space (Canadian TV channel)|Space]] in 2004 and [[Teletoon]] in August 2006. Teletoon participated in the production of the third season, and aired it in 2007.<ref name="more-rift">{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/more-rift-being-tripped/|title=More Rift being Tripped|first=Ryan|last=Ball|date=Nov 10, 2006|access-date=Oct 16, 2019}}</ref> A feature-length movie version was released on DVD in 2008.