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The Trap Door
The Trap Door

The Trap Door

★ 7.6•1986•2 Seasons•ANIME
AnimationComedyFamily

The Trap Door is a claymation-style animated television series, originally shown in the United Kingdom in 1984. The plot revolves around both the daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.

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Top Cast

William Rushton

William Rushton

Berk / Boni / The Thing Upstairs / Rogg (voice)

N

Nick Shipley

Drutt (voice)

T

Terry Brain

Episodes

Breakfast Time

1. Breakfast Time

4m

A long-necked monster emerges from the Trap Door and eats the breakfast that Berk has prepared for the Thing Upstairs. Afterwards, a big, angry red monster chases Berk and Berk has a hard time getting rid of it again.

Aired: 10/6/1986
Slither, Wriggle and Writhe

2. Slither, Wriggle and Writhe

4m

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 more wood, Berk opens the Trap Door and a huge octopus-like creature emerges, creating havoc in the kitchen.

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Aired: 10/7/1986
Food for Thort

3. Food for Thort

4m

Berk is instructed to take care of the garden. He goes out to feed the plants, especially Thort, his master's favourite vegetable, an animal-like plant with a beak that tries to bite Berk. Some wasp-looking things also attack him.

Aired: 10/8/1986
Lurkings

4. Lurkings

4m

Berk, Boni and Drutt go down to the swamp outside the castle to do some fishing. Berk has left the Trap Door open and is soon surprised by an enormous pink monster who creeps up behind them.

Aired: 10/9/1986
Gourmet's Delight

5. Gourmet's Delight

4m

Berk is cooking again, when something invisible comes out of the Trap Door and starts throwing things about. Berk scores a direct hit in retaliation with some yellow goo and the little creature, Bubo, becomes visible for him to fight.

Aired: 10/10/1986
Creepy Crawly

6. Creepy Crawly

4m

A many-legged creature comes out of the Trap Door and scuttles off down the corridor. Berk goes in search of it and finds an enormous black spider dropping down in front of him.

Aired: 10/13/1986
The Big Thing

7. The Big Thing

4m

Boni is bored, but Berk doesn't have time to talk to him. Then Rogg appears from the trap door and throws Boni from the top of the castle. Berk is then left talking to himself.

Aired: 10/14/1986
Ghoulies

8. Ghoulies

4m

Berk and Boni are going through things in a room that's been left untouched for a long time. Berk finds an old book of spells and reads one out, summoning up the Ghostly Ghoulies.

Aired: 10/15/1986
The Dose

9. The Dose

4m

The Thing Upstairs has a cold, so Berk makes him some of his special medicine. Meanwhile, a green lump comes out of the Trap Door and drinks all the medicine - with rather strange results.

Aired: 10/16/1986
The Thingy

10. The Thingy

4m

Berk is trying to nail the Trap Door down, but it's no good - a large peculiar looking creepy thing comes popping up and changes Berk, Boni and Drutt into all sorts of different shapes.

Aired: 10/17/1986
Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

11. Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

4m

Berk goes to sleep, but a giant monstrous hand opens the trapdoor, grabs Boni and takes him down below. Now Berk must venture into the spooky strange area beneath the Trap Door to find his friend.

Aired: 10/20/1986
Fester Rancid

12. Fester Rancid

4m

Boni is pestered by Bubo, who has returned again to cause havoc. Berk goes to the rescue, but ends up in the swamp, menaced by swamp creatures. This time, Berk plans to teach Bubo a lesson.

Aired: 10/21/1986
The Pain

13. The Pain

4m

The Thing Upstairs has tooth ache and Berk is summoned to administer to him. Once he finds which head the bad tooth is in, Berk pulls out what he believes to be the rotten one. Meanwhile, a giant muddy thing goes after Drutt.

Aired: 10/21/1986
The Little Thing

14. The Little Thing

4m

While the Thing Upstairs is asleep, a little thing comes out of the Trap Door and zooms about so that Berk cannot catch it. Each time it stops it emits a loud fog horn. To Berk's horror, it goes upstairs and into his master's bedroom.

Aired: 10/23/1986
Don't Open That Trap Door

15. Don't Open That Trap Door

4m

Berk is tidying up and finds an old radio which starts to a familiar tune. As it plays, Rogg and other assorted creatures come out of the Trap Door to dance about. The Thing Upstairs, however, is not amused.

Aired: 10/24/1986
Junk Food

16. Junk Food

4m

Berk is told to throw out the rubbish and decides to throw it down the Trap Door. But Rogg appears and eats it all up with relish. He then climbs into the dumb waiter and wonders into Him Upstair's boudoir, which lands Berk in trouble.

Aired: 10/27/1986
Yechh!

17. Yechh!

4m

A creature comes out of the Trap Door and lays some eggs which hatch into green exploding creatures. Berk concerned with the mess decides to push it all down the Trap Door.

Aired: 10/28/1986
Flyin' Wotsit Fingy

18. Flyin' Wotsit Fingy

4m

Berk is trying to take some photographs of his friends, when a flying creature comes out of the Trap Door. Berk has seen it before and knows that it gives the Thing Upstairs pimples if it gets near him.

Aired: 10/29/1986
Strange Goings On

19. Strange Goings On

4m

Boni has been complaining of boredom again, but Berk has planned a picnic at the swamp. First though he has to see the Thing Upstairs. Meanwhile, a tentacle pulls Boni down the Trap Door.

Aired: 10/30/1986
Midnight Snack

20. Midnight Snack

4m

Berk is asleep. Three monsters, called the Big Mouths, appear out of the Trap Door. They eat everything in sight and make a complete mess of the place.

Aired: 10/31/1986
Nasty Stuff

21. Nasty Stuff

4m

Berk makes some medicine for his headache, but after drinking it, he becomes a monster.

Aired: 11/3/1986
Sniff That

22. Sniff That

4m

Something with a lot of eyes sneaks up on Berk while he is trying to unclog a drain. An Elephant Bug that sucks things into its trunk climbs out too, and in the end solves both his problems.

Aired: 11/4/1986
Vile Pile

23. Vile Pile

4m

All the rubbish Berk keeps throwing down the Trap Door comes to life and starts spitting slime at him.

Aired: 11/5/1986
Slightly Weird

24. Slightly Weird

4m

Berk tries to pick mushrooms to feed the Thing Upstairs for breakfast, until one of them runs off.

Aired: 11/6/1986
Bye Bye Berk

25. Bye Bye Berk

4m

Fed up with running around after the Thing Upstairs, and fending off the trap door monsters, Berk leaves.

Aired: 11/7/1986