The WORST episodes of The Trap Door
Every episode of The Trap Door ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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...
#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...
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#3 - The Dose
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/16/1986
The Thing Upstairs has a cold, so Berk makes him some of his special medicine. Meanwhile, a 'horrible green gobby lump' comes out of the trap door and drinks all the medicine, with strange results. As Berk drags the little green thing back to the trap door, he finds the creature's mum has come out too - a large yellow lump. Berk, Boni and Drutt all end up with colds.
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#4 - 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 ...
#5 - The Thingy
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/17/1986
Berk is trying to nail the trap door down, but it's no good - a large peculiar looking Thingy comes popping up and changes Berk, Boni and Drutt into all sorts of different shapes, before eventually disappearing again, leaving them back to normal.
#6 - Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 10/20/1986
Berk goes to sleep but something horrid emerges from the Trap Door and kidnaps Boni. Berk goes down to rescue him. This is one of two episodes which is revealed to be a dream at the end, the other being "Moany Boni".
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#9 - Yechh!
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/28/1986
Something horrible escapes and lays its eggs. Little things hatch quickly only to pop almost immediately, causing havoc for poor Berk.
#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.
#12 - 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.
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#16 - 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.
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#17 - 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.
#18 - 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 - 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...
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#22 - 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).
#23 - 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.
