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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...
Genres:AnimationComedyFamilyKids
Network:ITV1
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Season 1

  • Breakfast Time
    7.4/1041 votes
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    Breakfast Time

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/6/1986

    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.

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  • Slither, Wriggle and Writhe
    6.8/1033 votes
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    Slither, Wriggle and 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 more wood, Berk opens the Trap Door and a huge octopus-like creature emerges, creating havoc in the kitchen.

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  • Food for Thort
    6.6/1032 votes
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    Food for Thort

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1986

    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.

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  • Lurkings
    7.2/1030 votes
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    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. Berk has left the Trap Door open and is soon surprised by an enormous pink monster who creeps up behind them.

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  • Gourmet's Delight
    7.3/1029 votes
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    Gourmet's Delight

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1986

    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.

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  • Creepy Crawly
    7.4/1029 votes
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    Creepy Crawly

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/13/1986

    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.

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  • The Big Thing
    7.1/1029 votes
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    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 throws Boni from the top of the castle. Berk is then left talking to himself.

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  • Ghoulies
    7.0/1030 votes
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    Ghoulies

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/15/1986

    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.

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  • The Dose
    6.7/1030 votes
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    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 green lump comes out of the Trap Door and drinks all the medicine - with rather strange results.

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  • The Thingy
    7.0/1027 votes
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    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 creepy thing comes popping up and changes Berk, Boni and Drutt into all sorts of different shapes.

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  • Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
    5.5/1026 votes
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    Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/20/1986

    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.

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  • Fester Rancid
    6.5/1025 votes
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    Fester Rancid

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/1986

    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.

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  • The Pain
    7.1/1024 votes
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    The Pain

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 10/21/1986

    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.

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  • The Little Thing
    5.2/1024 votes
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    The Little Thing

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/23/1986

    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.

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  • Don't Open That Trap Door
    6.9/1022 votes
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    Don't Open That Trap Door

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/24/1986

    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.

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  • Junk Food
    5.6/1025 votes
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    Junk Food

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1986

    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.

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  • Yechh!
    6.9/1024 votes
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    Yechh!

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 10/28/1986

    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.

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  • Flyin' Wotsit Fingy
    7.3/1023 votes
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    Flyin' Wotsit Fingy

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 10/29/1986

    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.

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  • Strange Goings On
    6.8/1025 votes
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    Strange Goings On

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/30/1986

    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.

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  • Midnight Snack
    6.9/1024 votes
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    Midnight Snack

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/31/1986

    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.

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  • Nasty Stuff
    5.3/1024 votes
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    Nasty Stuff

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/3/1986

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

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  • Sniff That
    6.5/1024 votes
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    Sniff That

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/4/1986

    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.

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  • Vile Pile
    6.5/1024 votes
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    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.

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  • Slightly Weird
    6.3/1025 votes
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    Slightly Weird

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/6/1986

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

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  • Bye Bye Berk
    6.9/1023 votes
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    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.

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