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The Best Episodes of The Trap Door Season 1

Every episode of The Trap Door Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Trap Door Season 1!

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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 and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 1 - Breakfast Time
    7.5/10(42 votes)

    #1 - Breakfast Time

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 2 - Slither, Wriggle and Writhe
    6.9/10(35 votes)

    #2 - Slither, Wriggle and Writhe

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 3 - Food for Thort
    6.7/10(34 votes)

    #3 - Food for Thort

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  4. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 4 - Lurkings
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #4 - Lurkings

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 5 - Gourmet's Delight
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #5 - Gourmet's Delight

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 6 - Creepy Crawly
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    #6 - Creepy Crawly

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 7 - The Big Thing
    7.3/10(31 votes)

    #7 - The Big Thing

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 8 - Ghoulies
    6.9/10(33 votes)

    #8 - Ghoulies

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  9. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 9 - The Dose
    6.8/10(32 votes)

    #9 - The Dose

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 10 - The Thingy
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #10 - The Thingy

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 11 - Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite
    5.6/10(28 votes)

    #11 - Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 12 - Fester Rancid
    6.7/10(27 votes)

    #12 - Fester Rancid

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 13 - The Pain
    7.3/10(26 votes)

    #13 - The Pain

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 14 - The Little Thing
    5.3/10(26 votes)

    #14 - The Little Thing

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  15. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 15 - Don't Open That Trap Door
    7.1/10(24 votes)

    #15 - Don't Open That Trap Door

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 16 - Junk Food
    5.8/10(27 votes)

    #16 - Junk Food

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 17 - Yechh!
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #17 - Yechh!

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  18. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 18 - Flyin' Wotsit Fingy
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    #18 - Flyin' Wotsit Fingy

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  19. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 19 - Strange Goings On
    7.0/10(27 votes)

    #19 - Strange Goings On

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 20 - Midnight Snack
    7.1/10(26 votes)

    #20 - Midnight Snack

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 21 - Nasty Stuff
    5.5/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Nasty Stuff

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 22 - Sniff That
    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Sniff That

    S1:E22

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 23 - Vile Pile
    6.7/10(26 votes)

    #23 - Vile Pile

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 24 - Slightly Weird
    6.5/10(27 votes)

    #24 - Slightly Weird

    S1:E24

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

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Trap Door Season 1 Episode 25 - Bye Bye Berk
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #25 - Bye Bye Berk

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Breakfast Time" is the best rated episode of "The Trap Door" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 42 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/6/1986. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Slither, Wriggle and Writhe".