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The Trap Door is a British animated series. It originally aired on ITV between October 6, 1986 to July 28, 1990. Although the emphasis of the show was the humor and the program itself was made for children, it drew much from horror and dark fantasy. The show would ultimately become a cult favorite and one of the most widely recognized family shows of the 1980's.

Plot[]

The world of The Trap Door is inhabited solely by monsters, and almost all the action takes place in the monsters' castle, especially in the pantry or cellar where Berk, the central character, lives. Beneath the castle are a series of dark and mysterious caverns inhabited by all manner of "horrible things", accessible by the eponymous trap door. The master of the castle, "The Thing Upstairs", resides in the attic and remains there as an unseen character throughout the entire series, shouting down orders to Berk whenever he becomes annoyed or gets hungry. Berk has two companions, a disembodied human skull named Boni, and Berk's pet, an over-sized spider named Drutt. In most episodes, Berk accidentally leaves the trap door open, admitting a more troublesome monster than himself; but some monsters open the trap door from underneath. Though mostly hostile or mischievous, the monsters emergent from the trap door include the amiable and periodic Rogg, a large gorilla-like creature that is mostly friendly to Berk and his friends, The Big Red Thing, The Bubo, an originally invisible monster, until he was covered by a yellow substance that rendered him visible, and The Splund, a large, round monster capable of teleportation.

Episodes[]

Season 1[]

  1. Breakfast Time
  2. Slither, Wriggle, and Writhe
  3. Food for Thort
  4. Lurkings
  5. Gourmet's Delight
  6. Creepy Crawly
  7. The Big Thing
  8. Ghoulies
  9. The Dose
  10. The Thingy
  11. Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
  12. Fester Rancid
  13. The Pain
  14. The Little Thing
  15. Don't Open That Trap Door
  16. Junk Food
  17. Yechh!
  18. Flyin' Wotsit Fingy
  19. Strange Goings On
  20. Midnight Snacks
  21. Nasty Stuff
  22. Sniff That
  23. Vile Pile
  24. Slightly Weird
  25. Bye Bye Berk

Season 2[]

  1. Scrunge
  2. Oh Globbits
  3. Moany Boni
  4. The Horrible Thing
  5. Not Very Nice
  6. Bugs
  7. Yum Yum
  8. Birthday Surprise
  9. The Stupid Thing
  10. Boo!
  11. The Lump
  12. The Splund
  13. Nasty Beasty
  14. What a Weirdo
  15. The Big Red Thing