5.1/1024 votesLoading...#1 - 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.
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5.2/1024 votesLoading...#2 - The Little Thing
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 10/23/1986
A noisy little thing has escaped and Berk must catch it before it wakes the Thing Upstairs.
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5.3/1024 votesLoading...#3 - Nasty Stuff
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 11/3/1986
Berk makes some medicine for his headache, but after drinking it he turns into a horrible monster.
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5.5/1026 votesLoading...#4 - 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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5.6/1025 votesLoading...#5 - Junk Food
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1986
Rogg returns and eats all the garbage; he then causes trouble by going up in the lift to the Thing Upstairs's room.
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6.2/1018 votesLoading...#6 - 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.
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6.3/1025 votesLoading...#7 - Slightly Weird
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 11/6/1986
Berk tries to pick mushrooms for the Thing Upstairs's breakfast, until one of them runs off.
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6.3/1014 votesLoading...#8 - The Lump
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 6/30/1990
The "Splund" of the title comes out of the trap door and teases Boni and Drutt, while Berk is sewing the Thing Upstairs' pyjamas.
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6.5/1025 votesLoading...#9 - Fester Rancid
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 10/21/1986
Bubo, the spout-headed troublemaker from "Gourmet's Delight" is back and he's pushing a distressed Boni about the workroom on his trolley. He takes Boni out to the swamp and starts beating him with a stick. Berk and Drutt arrive, lured by the sound of Boni's moaning that Berk had mistaken for singing. Bubo pokes Berk in the keister with the stick, sending the former straight into the bog, and Drutt tumbles in as well. They both get back out and Berk throws Bubo into the swamp. The three friends head for home, sure they've seen the last of Bubo, who can be seen swimming for shore.
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6.5/1024 votesLoading...#10 - Sniff That
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 11/4/1986
Something with a lot of eyes sneaks up on Berk while he's trying to unclog a drain. Another thing that sucks things into its mouth climbs out too, and in the end solves both his problems.
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6.5/1024 votesLoading...#11 - 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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6.6/1032 votesLoading...#12 - 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 ...
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6.6/1014 votesLoading...#13 - What a Weirdo
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 7/21/1990
A pink worm-like thing comes up from the trap door and eats Boni, Drutt's babies, the Thing Upstairs' dinner, and Drutt (in that order). Only Berk can rescue his friends and save the day.
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6.7/1030 votesLoading...#14 - 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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6.7/1014 votesLoading...#15 - 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.
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6.8/1033 votesLoading...#16 - 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 some more wood, Berk opens the trap door, but a huge octopus-like creature emerges with writhing arms and creates havoc in the kitchen.
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6.8/1025 votesLoading...#17 - Strange Goings On
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 10/30/1986
Berk is taking everyone on a picnic but has to scratch the Thing Upstairs before he leaves. While he's gone something pulls Boni down the trap door. This episode is centered on Boni and his experiences through the trap door caverns then the swamp.
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6.9/1022 votesLoading...#18 - Don't Open That Trap Door
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 10/24/1986
Whilst cleaning out his cupboard Berk finds an old radio and all the monsters (past and future) emerge from the trap door to dance to the theme tune. This episode acts as more of a music video of the series.
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6.9/1024 votesLoading...#19 - 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.
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6.9/1024 votesLoading...#20 - Midnight Snack
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 10/31/1986
Whilst everyone is asleep four near-identical greedy things emerge and raid the kitchen, causing a mess.
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6.9/1023 votesLoading...#21 - 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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7.0/1030 votesLoading...#22 - 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' ... They rush back to the kitchen to find the trap door thumping open and shut and ghoulies floating about the place. To make them go away he has to read the spell backwards...
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7.0/1027 votesLoading...#23 - 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.
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7.0/1015 votesLoading...#24 - 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).
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7.0/1015 votesLoading...#25 - The Horrible Thing
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/1990
Berk, Boni and Drutt play Hide and Seek while the Thing Upstairs is on holiday, until a horrible custardy yellow monster comes up through the trap door and interrupts.
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The Worst Episodes of The Trap Door
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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...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"Scunge" is the worst rated episode of "The Trap Door". It scored 5.1/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/21/1990. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Little Thing".