The BEST episodes of The Trap Door
Every episode of The Trap Door ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Trap Door!
Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions where nobody goes, stands an ancient castle. Deep within this dank and uninviting place lives Berk, the overworked servant of The Thing Upstairs. But that's nothing compared to the horrors that lurk beneath The Trap Door. For there is always something down there, in the dark, waiting to come out...
#1 - Bugs
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/1990
Berk and Boni have problems with lots of creepy crawlies coming out of the trap door. In a parody of The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Berk uses a bugpipe to lead the creatures far away from the castle.
#2 - Breakfast Time
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1986
Berk is busy preparing his master's breakfast - from worms and other vile concoctions, when a strange yellow creature comes out of the trap door in the kitchen floor and eats the breakfast, closely followed by a large Big Red Thing which chases Berk until Berk hides behind a mirror - the ugly monster gets a nasty shock and retreats down the trap door. Prompted by his master's demands for breakfast, Berk takes the yellow creature, which has eaten everything and fallen asleep, and feeds it to his master as Chef's Special...
#3 - The Big Thing
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/14/1986
Boni is bored, but Berk doesn't have time to talk to him. Then Rogg appears from the trap door and takes Boni out 'to play' on top of the castle ramparts. Boni talks and talks and bores Rogg until he falls off the castle on top of Berk, who has come in search of Boni. Boni is left talking to himself...
#4 - Sniff That
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/4/1986
Something with a lot of eyes sneaks up on Berk while he's trying to unclog a drain. Another thing that sucks things into its mouth climbs out too, and in the end solves both his problems.
#5 - The Big Red Thing
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 7/28/1990
The series finale. The red thing from episode one returns to cause chaos, and Rogg chases it into the swamps and confronts it.
#6 - Vile Pile
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/5/1986
All the rubbish Berk keeps throwing down the trap door comes to life and starts spitting slime at him.
#7 - Slightly Weird
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 11/6/1986
Berk tries to pick mushrooms for the Thing Upstairs's breakfast, until one of them runs off.
#8 - Bye Bye Berk
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 11/7/1986
Fed up with running around after the Thing Upstairs, and fending off the trap door monsters, Berk leaves.
#9 - Scunge
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/21/1990
Bubo (in his final appearance in the programme) comes up from the trap door once again and starts a scunge fight.
#10 - Oh Globbits
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/1990
After Berk bungs up a burst water pipe with a worm (though the worm works itself free), he has to get rid of a giant green flying sponge that came out of the trap door.
#11 - Moany Boni
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/1990
A purple, devil-like horrible thing with supernatural powers comes up from the trap door and starts casting annoying spells on everyone. Boni gets a body (and starts making goat noises), Berk changes orange, then red, then grows large, and Drutt continuously changes colour (green, yellow, and blue).
#12 - The Horrible Thing
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/1990
Berk, Boni and Drutt play Hide and Seek while the Thing Upstairs is on holiday, until a horrible custardy yellow monster comes up through the trap door and interrupts.
#13 - Not Very Nice
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/1990
One of the Thing Upstairs' eyeballs falls down the trap door and Berk has to go after it.
#14 - Yum Yum
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/2/1990
Berk loses patience with Drutt and throws him down the trap door, but he eventually decides to get him back by fishing him out. Unfortunately, Berk fishes out a red horrible thing that looks cute but, as Boni finds out, is actually anything but.
#15 - Birthday Surprise
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/9/1990
Berk bakes a birthday cake for Boni but Drutt has a surprise of his own.
#16 - The Stupid Thing
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/16/1990
While Berk is giving the Thing Upstairs a slime bath, Drutt mistakenly pulls up a dinosaur-like thing from the trap door.
#17 - Boo!
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/23/1990
Berk throws rubbish down the trap door, filling it up to the top, but this summons ghosts that Berk thinks are after him.
#18 - The Lump
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/30/1990
There is a rotten smell in the castle cellar and Berk investigates, he finds the source of the smell; something pink and smelly came out from the trap door. Rogg comes up and tells Berk, Boni and Drutt that it is a "Lump", and it proceeds to make lots of noise.
#19 - The Splund
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/7/1990
The "Splund" of the title comes out of the trap door and teases Boni and Drutt, while Berk is sewing the Thing Upstairs' pyjamas.
#20 - Nasty Beasty
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/14/1990
It is the middle of winter and Berk has to mend the Thing Upstairs's heater. Rogg comes up from the trap door with a green fuzzy thing stuck to him. This is the last time that the Thing Upstairs is heard, with the following episode being the last time he is actually referred to.
#21 - What a Weirdo
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 7/21/1990
A pink worm-like thing comes up from the trap door and eats Boni, Drutt's babies, the Thing Upstairs' dinner, and Drutt (in that order). Only Berk can rescue his friends and save the day.
#22 - Fester Rancid
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/1986
Bubo, the spout-headed troublemaker from "Gourmet's Delight" is back and he's pushing a distressed Boni about the workroom on his trolley. He takes Boni out to the swamp and starts beating him with a stick. Berk and Drutt arrive, lured by the sound of Boni's moaning that Berk had mistaken for singing. Bubo pokes Berk in the keister with the stick, sending the former straight into the bog, and Drutt tumbles in as well. They both get back out and Berk throws Bubo into the swamp. The three friends head for home, sure they've seen the last of Bubo, who can be seen swimming for shore.
#23 - Slither, Wriggle & Writhe
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1986
Berk is trying to put up some shelves for his master and is using Boni as a prop to hold up the shelf. Looking for some more wood, Berk opens the trap door, but a huge octopus-like creature emerges with writhing arms and creates havoc in the kitchen.
#24 - Food for Thort
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1986
Berk is instructed to go and see to the garden. He goes out to feed the plants, especially Thort, his master's favourite vegetable. Returning to the kitchen he opens the trap door to get some worms for dinner, but a swarm of large bees come out and sting him. Berk runs out to the garden followed by the bees, who are eaten by Thort. When the Thing Upstairs shouts for food, Berk suggests a salad ...
#25 - Lurkings
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1986
Berk, Boni and Drutt go down to the swamp outside the castle to do some fishing. Boni is moaning because he finds it boring, but Berk has left the trap door open and he is soon surprised by an enormous pink monster who creeps up behind them. Berk is so frightened he falls into the swamp, only to find the monster is friendly and wants to join in...