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Lightning

**Lightning** is a recurring thing, which is seen during the opening titles of nearly all episodes of the television series.

## History

As lightning is a natural occurrence, it is indeterminable how long exactly it has really been around for. It can very easily be assumed that lightning has always appeared around the castle, and certainly before the castle had even existed.

Lightning is a commonly seen thing in the TV series, especially in the opening titles. It is also often seen during episodes, mainly in establishing shots of the castle’s exterior.

Lightning has shown to appear, whenever the title of an episodes shows up, at the beginning of almost every single episode. There are a few examples, however, when lightning has not appeared in episodes. This has mostly applied to episodes that take place during the wintertime, such as *Nasty Beasty*.

## Appearance

The lightning is made to resemble typical realistic lightning bolts. Unlike a lot of the style of the animation in the TV series, which is stop-motion, the lightning is hand-drawn.

## Trivia

* There are only three episodes from the television series to not show lightning strikes at the beginning of episodes. These three episodes are *Sniff That*, *The Lump* and *Nasty Beasty*.
Vile Pile

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* For **the book**, see Vile Pile (book).
* For **the creature**, see The Vile Pile.
* For **the television series episode**, see Vile Pile (episode).
Exploding Bugs

**Exploding Bugs** are a species of small green trapdoor creatures, who appear in the first season of the television series.

## Biography

The Exploding Bugs make their main appearance in *Yechh!*. One morning, an enormous reproducing bug appears from the trap door. The bug produces a large spawn of eggs, before it makes its way back down. When Berk appears through the archway, he asks Boni how the eggs got there. Berk gets no answer, because Boni remains asleep. Berk thinks of a way to cook the eggs, the eggs suddenly hatch, and a litter of small green bugs appear. Berk is captivated by the display, and he begins to wonder what the bugs taste like. The small bugs suddenly explode, leaving the area covered in a thick yellow gooey substance. but Berk disposes of the goo via the trap door.

A completely new litter of Exploding Bugs would provide future cameo appearances in *Bye Bye Berk*, the season one finale.
Bob Heatlie

**Robert Raymond “Bob” Heatlie** (20 July 1946 – 8 April 2023) was a Scottish record producer and songwriter. Heatlie was famous for his contributions to the television series, mainly for composing the song lyrics for the TV series’ theme song.

## Personal life and death

Heatlie had married Mary Anne Davis in 1967, and later divorced her. Both Heatlie and Davis had two children together. Heatlie dated Hungarian singer Éva Csepregi. Both Heatlie and Csepregi had given birth to a son, called “David”, in 1992.

Heatlie had passed away in 2023, aged seventy-six years old.

## Trivia

* As well as writing the theme song lyrics for *The Trap Door*, Heatlie wrote musical compositions for other British children’s TV programmes. Some notable credits include *Kipper* and *Percy the Park Keeper*, and the 1997 pilot of *Bob the Builder*.
* He helped write Shakin’ Stevens’ *Merry Christmas Everyone*, which soon went on to be his most famous and successful song.
Ghoulies (disambig)

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* For **the TV series episode**, see Ghoulies (episode).
Nasty Stuff

**Nasty Stuff** is the twenty-first episode of the first series.

## Plot

The Thing Upstairs asks Berk what he is doing, and Berk tells him that he is working hard. Berk is, in fact, having fun with some ingredients in his closet. He concocts some medicine, which he then decides to taste. Berk then starts to feel uneasy. He hiccups, and falls to the floor. Berk suddenly transforms into a ferocious blue monster. He roars, and knocks over several jars and pots.

Berk makes his way out of the cupboard, and into the cellar. He sees Boni and Drutt, grabs them, and handles them violently. Boni orders Berk to unhand him, but Berk throws him and Drutt across the room. Berk storms out of the cellar, and goes back to his cupboard. The monstrous Berk suddenly turns back into his normal form, and wonders exactly what is going on. He hears Boni calling for him, so he goes to see Boni. The Thing Upstairs also calls for Berk, but Berk ignores him. Berk asks Boni what the matter is. Boni tells Berk that him and Drutt have had a nasty encounter with the monster, but Berk tells Boni that he has too many other things to deal with, and Berk goes off.

Berk suddenly transforms back into the monster, and he goes after Boni and Drutt again. Drutt manages to escape this time, and runs into Berk’s cupboard. Inside of the cupboard, Drutt hides by a table with the pot of the leaking medicine on it. Some medicine spills onto Drutt, Drutt tastes the medicine, and transmutes into a large vicious bug.

Meanwhile, Berk is still abusing Boni. The Thing Upstairs yells at Berk once again, but Berk continues to ignore him. Berk runs off back to the cupboard, and transforms back into his usual self. He asks what is going on again, and is startled by Drutt’s transformation. Drutt chases Berk into the kitchen. Both Berk and Drutt mutate multiple times, until the medicine finally wears off. Berk is especially relieved, and he feels glad that Boni did not drink any of the medicine. Unfortunately, because Boni had a headache, he did try some. Berk and Boni become petrified by Boni’s disfigurement. They flee, as Boni chases them through the castle.

## Trivia

* This episode originally aired on the same day *Creepy Crawly Adventures* and *Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff*, the first two VHS releases of the television series, were first released.
	+ *Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff*, which features this episode, might have had its title derived from this episode’s title.

## Goofs

* At the end of the episode, how Boni would have gotten at the medicine is perplexing. He has no body or limbs, so he lacks any sort of mobility. What is equally baffling is how Boni would have even drunk any of the medicine. Since he is a sentient skull, Boni would not have a digestive system to consume anything.

## Home media releases

### UK (VHS)

* *Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff* (1986)
* *The Trap Door: 12 Scary Episodes* (1991)
* *The Pain - Plus 11 Scary Episodes* (1999)

### UK (DVD)

* *The Trap Door: Complete Collection* (2005)

## Gallery

Title cardDie Falltür - Berks seltsame Verwandlung ( The Trap Door german)
Drutt's Nibblers

**Drutt’s Nibblers**, who are often referred to as “Drutt’s Nippers”, are a quartet of infant spider-like creatures. They are Drutt’s offspring, who appear for most of the second season of the series, and make their first appearance in Birthday Surprise.

## Biography

One day, as it is Boni’s birthday, Berk is making Boni a cake for him in Berk's kitchen. Berk says that he would have arranged a birthday party, had Drutt been with them. Drutt appears, fortunately, and reveals to be a parent of the quartet of equally-adorable newborns. Berk soon learns the reason why Drutt was hiding all this time, as Drutt was building a nest for the Nibblers. Boni is upset, because Drutt’s Nibblers eat his cake, but Berk and Rogg are too smitten by the Nibblers to care.

After these events, the Nibblers remain with Drutt in the castle. They become permanent members of Berk’s family, and start to grow accustomed to their new home in the castle's cellar. The Nibblers spend much of their time being feed by Drutt, often with worms from the trap door. Berk, Boni and Rogg occasionally help to keep an eye on them.

The Nibblers are in peril, one time, when the Weirdo appears from the trap door. The Weirdo swallows much of what is in its path, including the Nibblers; Drutt, Boni and the Thing Upstairs’ dinner are also swallowed. However, thanks to Berk and Rogg, everything is released from the Weirdo’s mouth.

Later on, the Nibblers witness the Big Red Thing escaping from the trap door. After the Big Red Thing attacks Rogg, Rogg goes to teach the nasty big red monster a lesson. The Nibblers are made to come along with Berk, as well as Boni and Drutt, to support Rogg. The Big Red Thing knocks Rogg out, before he runs away, but Rogg fortunately wakes up. The Big Red Thing then terrorises the group, including the Nibblers, one last time.
The Weird Thing

**The Weird Thing** is a huge slug-like trapdoor monster, who exclusively appears in the television series in *What a Weirdo*.

## Biography

The Weird Thing crawls out of the trap door, much to Boni’s surprise. While Drutt is not looking, the Weird Thing swallows his nippers. Drutt runs into the kitchen. He manages to grab Berk’s attention, and Berk goes with him to see what the problem is. As Berk leaves the Thing Upstairs’ dinner unattended, the Weird Thing scoffs that up as well. Berk find out that Drutt’s nippers have disappeared, and he also sees that Boni had suddenly gone missing from his hole.

The Weird Thing sneaks into the kitchen, and it gobbles up Berk’s cooking. Berk soon finds out about this, so he picks up his rolling pin, goes off with Drutt, and seeks the Weird Thing. Drutt and Berk go looking around the hallway for the Weird Thing. The Weird Thing appears out of nowhere, and gobbles Drutt up, much to Berk’s shock and annoyance.

After the Weird Thing appears through the archway, Rogg peaks out of the trap door. Berk returns to the cellar in a huff, and tells Rogg how unhappy he is by the Weird Thing eating everything. Berk turns his attention to the Weird Thing, and repeatedly whacks it with his rolling pin. Boni, Drutt and Drutt’s nippers are freed. Berk asks Rogg to get the dinner out of the Weird Thing. Rogg does that, but the impact causes Berk to shoot into the wall.

## Trivia

* After the Weird Thing is forced to release the Thing Upstairs’ dinner, and also its victims, it is uncertain what happens to it later on. It likely receives a punishment of some kind, and chucked back down the trap door, but it is never explained exactly what happens to it.
* The Weird Thing is quite good at detecting food, due to its sense of smell, despite not having visible eyes. Another character that share this characteristic is the Mouth Monster.
Scunge (episode)

**Scunge** is the first episode of the second series.

## Plot

A menacing pink monster, who has large claws, pops out of the trap door. The monster wakes up Boni, and startles him. Berk appears into the cellar, and he also becomes startled by the clawed creature. Noticing the enormous rolling pin in his hand, Berk decides to put the utensil to good use. Berk, intent on putting an end to the creature’s nonsense, hits the scary pink monster on its head. The creature squeals, and descends back into the dungeon.

Berk gets back on with his cooking in his kitchen, much to Boni’s disapproval. To shut the moaning old skull up, Berk chucks some ingredients at Boni. Berk then does the same to Drutt, because Drutt becomes hyperactive. Amidst everything, Berk forgets to shut the trap door. Bubo, deciding to stir up more trouble, climbs out. Berk soon finds out from Boni that Bubo had just sneaked into the cellar.

Bubo chases Drutt around the castle, Bubo picks Drutt up, and he drops him into a pot of scunge. Boni informs Berk about this, but Berk is clearly not bothered by it. However, after Bubo hurls scunge at Berk, Berk decides to take action. Berk decides that a “scunge fight” between himself and the horrible little yellow imp should commence.

Rogg then appears from out of the trap door. Intrigued by the fight, Rogg decides to take part. With assistance from Rogg, Berk knocks Bubo over with scunge. Before Bubo can retaliate again, by trying to attack Rogg, Rogg thumps Bubo against the trap door walls. This sends the naughty creature down the trap door. Berk and Rogg celebrate their victory, and remark on how much they enjoyed the fight.

## Trivia

* This episode marks Bubo’s final appearance in the TV series.

## Home media releases

### UK (VHS)

* *Scunge* (1989)
* *The Stupid Thing and 11 Other Adventures* (2000)

### UK (DVD)

* *The Trap Door: Complete Collection* (2005)
The Gooey Custardy Thing

**The Gooey Custardy Thing** is a shapeshifting yellow creature, who is seen in the television series in *The Horrible Thing*.

## Biography

As Berk, Boni and Drutt are playing hide and seek, the Gooey Custardy Thing squeezes out of the trap door, and it wonders around the castle amok. Berk and Boni hear the creature, and they initially think it is Drutt trying to find them. As it makes its way into the elevator, where Berk and Boni are hiding, Berk runs out in shock. The Thing Upstairs suddenly arrives home, and he yells at Berk for his dinner. Berk decides that the gooey custardy creature would make a good standalone meal. So he then feeds the custardy creature to the Thing Upstairs, who happily devours it, and sends Boni back down.

## Trivia

* The Gooey Custardy Thing has been compared with the Yellow Thing from *Breakfast Time*. Both of whom are very similar in a lot of regards, as they are both large, yellow and hungry monsters, and they receive the same fate.
Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff

**Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff** is a UK VHS release, which was made in 1986, and has the last thirteen episodes from the first season of the TV series.

## Description

“*Somewhere in the dark and nasty regions were nobody goes, stands an old and spooky castle - home of the bad-tempered thing.*

*Berk* *is the thing's overworked servant - and there's always plenty for him to do, from cooking worm and slug pies and preparing potions, to unblocking drains, putting up shelves or even fishing for breakfast in the swamp.*

*A further 13 episodes from the popular children’s television series with Berk and friends Boni the skull and Drutt defending themselves against the creepy crawly, flying, gobbling, spitting that lurk beneath...*

***THE TRAP DOOR******!***”

## Episodes

1. *The Pain*
2. *The Little Thing*
3. *Don’t Open That Trap Door*
4. *Junk Food*
5. *Yechh!*
6. *Flyin’ Wotsit Fingy*
7. *Strange Goings On*
8. *Midnight Snack*
9. *Nasty Stuff*
10. *Sniff That*
11. *Vile Pile*
12. *Slightly Weird*
13. *Bye Bye Berk*

## Trivia

* Channel 5 Video had released this video on the same day the original release of *Creepy Crawly Adventures* was released.
* The title of this release is likely a reference to *Nasty Stuff*, one of the episodes contained on this release.
* Apart from the last episode, the content was re-released onto two later releases. The episodes were released on *The Trap Door: 12 Scary Episodes*, which was distributed by Castle Vision in 1991. Castle Vision then re-released the content onto a new release, *The Pain - Plus 11 Scary Episodes*, in 1999.
* After the Channel 5 Video logo plays, and before the programmes starts, there is a title card that appears. The title card, in question, reads “The Trap Door: Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff”. The card features the TV series logo, placed on a pitch-black background, with “Watch Out for That Nasty Stuff” written as white captions underneath the logo.
* The full TV series opening is only shown at the start of the first episode, as all subsequent episodes begin with just their episode titles, and the closing credits sequence is only shown at the end of the final episode.
* A title card, which reads “A Queensgate Production”, appears after the closing credits of the last episode on the video.
* The label on the cassette abbreviates the authentic title of the release, referring to this release as “*Trap Door: Vol. 2*”.

## Gallery

Inlay front coverInlay spineInlay back coverFull inlayCassette tapeTitle card
For Your Eyes Only

**It was Charlie’s second year in his new high school. He wanted to make it count as he was a junior and his time as a teenager is running out. So he decided to do something about a girl named Mandy. She was in the grade above him and from his point of view, way out of his league. However, as it was her last year in high school, he really didn’t have anything to lose. During the end of his first year, he thought she was pretty. Over summer he started talking to her just as a friend, but as time went on, he started to admire her more and more. Eventually, at the start of the year, he was head over heels for her. People knew about it as well, and boy would they tease him about it. They would often make faces when they saw him with her and they’d constantly make jokes about it. Point was, Charlie liked her and everyone knew it. However, instead of diving head first into the fray, he’d often have a hard time talking to the girl. From stuttering to having small conversations, he wasn’t making any progress. He was so determined to try to impress her that it wasn’t really good for him. When he realized this, he just said to himself “screw it” and he just messaged her that he liked her. To no one's surprise, he was friend zoned by the girl. He felt a mixture of emotions at that moment. He was heartbroken as the apple of his eye rejected him, but relieved that he finally told her the truth and can move on with his life.**

**Importance of the Story:**

**Most people can relate to this situation. Having a crush on some you know is way out of your league but you can’t help yourself. It’s a completely normal thing and you just can’t help yourself. But that doesn’t mean you need to be fixated on being perfect. If you have to change yourself completely to impress this girl, maybe she isn’t into you. So the best move is to just tell him or her truth and see what happens. It’s a likely chance you’ll get rejected and that’s fine, but then God could come down and give you his blessing and your crush may give you a chance ;).**
Berk’s Spell Book

**Berk’s Spell Book** is an old spell-making book, that makes its only ever appearance in the television series in *Ghoulies*.

## Biography

Berk finds the spell book in his closet. Boni informs Berk that the book is a spell book, after Berk asks Boni what kind of book it is, and he warns Berk to not fool around with it. Berk asks Boni to read one of the spells, but Boni refuses to do so. Berk reads the spell, all on his own, only to summon the Ghoulies in the process. Berk does manage to make the Ghoulies go away, by reading the spell backwards, and also makes the book itself vanish.

## Appearance

The spell book is an old dark brown book, that looks like a typical spell book. It has a skull, which looks quite similar to Boni, on its front cover.
List of books

This list has book releases, based on the television series.

## Gallery

### Activity books

*The Trap Door**The Trap Door Dungeon**The Trap Door Kitchen**The Trap Door Special**The Trap Door: Stick 'N' Glow Book*

#### Annuals

*The Trap Door: 1987 Annual**The Trap Door Special**The Trap Door: 1989 Annual*

#### Colouring books

*The Trap Door: Crazy Creatures Colouring Book**The Trap Door: Monster Mania Colouring Book*

#### “Cubs” releases

*Don’t Open That Trap Door**Flyin’ Wotsit Fingy**Vile Pile**Yechh!*
The Large Spider

**The Large Spider** is a scary giant black spider, who makes several appearances in the first season. It makes its first appearance, and also its central appearance, in Creepy Crawly.

## Biography

The Large Spider creeps out of the trap door, and runs through the castle. Berk comes downstairs, and Boni reveals to him that “something large and black with lots of legs” just sneaked out. Berk does not believe him, but he soon goes searching for it around the castle. As he looks around, he sees no sign of the creature. He then looks into his cupboard, and finds a tiny and harmless spider sneaking out instead. As Berk walks down the hallway, the Large Spider jumps down from the ceiling. It frightens Berk, who then runs into a web that the Large Spider had just woven. The Large Spider continues to terrorise Berk, but Berk manages to escape. However, Berk is still tangled in the web. Drutt manages to unwind it, and then ties the Large Spider up in it. Berk thanks Drutt, and then turns his attention back to the Large Spider. He opens the trap door, and pushes it back down into the cellar.

The Large Spider has made cameos in later episodes during the first season. In Don’t Open That Trap Door, it comes out of the trap door, along with several other monsters, and dances to the music from Berk’s radio. In Slightly Weird, as Berk is down the trap door, chasing a runaway mushroom, the Large Spider appears out of the darkness, and terrifies Berk away. In Bye Bye Berk (the season one finale), when Berk accidentally leaves the trap door open, the Large Spider is one of the many monsters to come out.
The Sac Creature

**The Sac Creature** is a hungry and scary shape-shifting salmon-coloured monster, who makes its first and only ever appearance in the television series in *Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite*.

## Biography

Berk goes searching for Boni, who was kidnapped by a slimy green monster, down the trap door. Berk runs into an assortment of hungry, scary and weird monsters, and the Sac Creature is just one of them. The creature projects its mouth out of its body. It then lunges at Berk, screeches at him, and frightens him away from it.

## Trivia

* As most of the events in *Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite* were later revealed to be a dream, the Sac Creature may not have been an actual trapdoor monster.
The Thing Upstairs’ Eyeball

**The Thing Upstairs’ Eyeball** is a huge eyeball, belonging to the Thing Upstairs, which appears onscreen in *Not Very Nice*.

## Biography

As Berk is cleaning all of the Thing Upstairs’ eyes, the eyeball ends up rolling down to the cellar. It rolls down the trap door, which happens to have been left open. Berk trips over Drutt, and falls down the trap door. Berk soon finds the eye in the mouth of the Worm Beast, who shoots Berk and the eye back up into the cellar. Berk states how he is happy that the Thing Upstairs did not get to see what happened. As the eye turns around on its own, the Thing Upstairs says that he had seen it all.

## Appearance

The eyeball is a discoloured white eye, with a few of the basic features of an eyeball. It is round, with a black pupil in the centre. It also has a red iris, with green outlining, and also red veins.

## Trivia

* The eyeball is the only eye of the Thing Upstairs’ to appear onscreen. Along with a tooth of his, which appears in *The Pain*, it is also one of his only onscreen features in the whole of the TV series.
The Fuzzy Bug

**The Fuzzy Bug** is an insect, which makes its onscreen appearance in the television series in *Slither, Wriggle and Writhe*.

## Biography

One day, Berk is ordered by the Thing Upstairs to put some shelves up. As Berk is doing so, Drutt starts to interfere. Berk tells Drutt to go away, so Drutt runs off. Drutt soon spots the Fuzzy Bug on the wall. Drutt tries to catch the bug, most likely because he wants to eat it, but it crawls away.
The Kraken

**The Kraken** is a giant tentacled monster, who is occasionally seen onscreen in the first season of the television series.

## Biography

The Kraken is first seen in *Slither, Wriggle and Writhe*. Berk decides to use some of the wood from the trap door for his shelves, much to Boni’s disapproval. Berk ends up releasing the Kraken, after opening the trap door. It grabs a bit of wood, and it hits Berk on the head with it. It curls Boni up, and spins him round. It throws Drutt, who thinks it is a set of worms, into a wall. It pulls Berk down the trap door, and shoots him back up. Berk hangs on a plank near the ceiling, until the Kraken pulls him down. Berk makes the Kraken go away, by “bonking” its arms, with one of the bits of wood.

The Kraken is also seen in a few other episodes, all from the first season of the TV series, despite it only been seen for a short amount of time in these episodes. Two arms, which can easily be assumed to be a couple of the Kraken’s arms, are seen for a few seconds in *Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite*. An arm, which is also likely one of the Kraken’s, is seen pulling Boni down the trap door in *Strange Goings On.* Its arms, along with a lot of other monsters, are seen appearing out of the trap door in *Don‘t Open That Trap Door*. It then reappears, along with some of the same monsters, in *Bye Bye Berk*.

## Appearance

The Kraken is a gigantic, but mostly unseen, monster. It has big orange tentacles, which are its only onscreen features.
The Sucker Blob

**The Sucker Blob** is a spongey creature, who makes its only ever appearance in the series in *Strange Goings On*.

## Biography

The Kraken grabs Boni, pulls him down the trap door, and it leaves him on an edge of a rock face. As Boni rolls off, he lands into the Sucker Blob, who then launches Boni out of its breathing duct.
The Little Thing (character)

**The Little Thing** is a tiny, noisy and energetic orange blob, who appears regularly in the first season. It makes its central appearance in the episode of the same name.

## Biography

The Little Thing is first seen racing around the castle, just as Berk attempts to catch it. It zooms around the hallway, honking loudly wherever it goes. It then decides to run around Boni’s hole. It picks up Boni, and rides him around, all whilst he is still sleeping. It then runs into Berk’s kitchen, knocking several things over, before it rushes through the hallway again, and races upstairs, where it sneaks into the Thing Upstairs’ bedroom. Berk soon catches the little orange blob, orders it to come downstairs with him, and to go back down the trap door, without any fuss. However, the Little Thing obviously ignores Berk’s commands, and pushes him into the Thing Upstairs’ room. This leads to the Thing Upstairs angrily waking up, and proceeding to thump Berk, just as the Little Thing escapes the bedroom. With the Thing Upstairs thumping Berk, and with Drutt laughing at the whole ordeal, the Little Thing honks noisily away.

The Little Thing briefly appears in two later episodes. In *Flyin’ Wotsit Fingy*, just as the titular flying creature flies into Berk’s cupboard, Berk chases the flying thing into the cupboard. Meanwhile, the Little Thing, which was hiding in the cupboard, runs out. It honks, and then zooms away. In *Bye Bye Berk* (the Season 1 finale), when Berk leaves the trap door open, the Little Thing is one of many monsters to emerge from the cellar into the castle.

## Trivia

* Despite (possibly) not appearing in Season 2, a green version of the Little Thing, who is likely to be a different member of the same species, has a very brief appearance in *Not Very Nice*. Berk refers to the creature as a male, despite it not having a confirmed gender.
List of episodes

This list shows all forty episodes of the television series.

## Gallery

### Season 1

*Breakfast Time**Slither, Wriggle and Writhe**Food for Thort**Lurkings**Gourmet’s Delight**Creepy Crawly**The Big Thing**Ghoulies**The Dose**The Thingy**Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite**Fester Rancid**The Pain**The Little Thing**Don’t Open That Trap Door**Junk Food**Yechh!**Flyin’ Wotsit Fingy**Strange Goings On**Midnight Snack**Nasty Stuff**Sniff That**Vile Pile**Slightly Weird**Bye Bye Berk*

### Season 2

*Scunge**Oh Globbits**Moany Boni**The Horrible Thing**Not Very Nice**Bugs**Yum Yum**Birthday Surprise**The Stupid Thing**Boo!**The Lump**The Splund**Nasty Beasty**What a Weirdo**The Big Red Thing*
The Mushroom

**The Mushroom** is a small and sentient mischievous mushroom, who is seen during the first season of the television series.

## Biography

The Mushroom appeared in *Slightly Weird*, while Berk was looking for mushrooms to feed to The Thing Upstairs. He tried to grab it, but the mushroom bit him, and it ran off. It also appeared in *Don’t Open That Trap Door* and *Bye Bye Berk*.

## Appearance

The Mushroom resembles a typical “fly agaric” red toadstool. It has white spots, resembling spores. It has a brown stalk, supported by a pair of tiny feet-like stubs, for mobility.

## Trivia

* The Mushroom is assumed to be male, as demonstrated by Berk, in *Slightly Weird*. However, its real gender is unspecified.
The Mirror

**The Mirror** is a standard castle object, and it makes its onscreen appearance in the television series in *Breakfast Time*.

## Biography

The mirror is kept in a closet, situated near the cellar. After the Thing Upstairs’ breakfast is swallowed by the Big Yellow Thing, Boni tells Berk that the trap door is left open. Berk is about to shut the trap door, which he had foolishly left open, but the Big Red Thing appears from out of it. Berk is startled by the aggressive monster, and runs away from him. Berk hides in the empty chamber, which is where the mirror is stored, before the Red Thing catches up. Berk hides behind the mirror, as the Red Thing bursts in. The Red Thing looks around for Berk, but he sees himself in the mirror instead. Berk proudly watches the Red Thing, who is likely frightened by his own reflection, running out of the room in apparent shock. This causes the Red Thing to run into the cellar, and back down the trap door.

## Gallery

The Big Red Thing, who can see his own reflection.
The Phantoms

**The Phantoms** are a group of scary and cautionary ghosts, who make their central appearances in the series in *Boo!*.

## Biography

After Berk clogs the trap door with a pile of garbage, Berk and Boni are soon startled by a sudden noise and foul smell. Berk remembers that he put something in the oven for the Thing Upstairs. One of the Phantoms appears out of the oven, as Berk goes to check on his cooking, scaring Berk out of the kitchen.

Berk runs around in fright, as more Phantoms emerge. Berk goes to hide in several different areas around the castle, but the Phantoms still catch up with him. Berk decides to hide in his closet, as he believes that the horrid ghosts won’t find him in there. Berk hears a noise. He soon finds out that it is only Drutt and his nippers hiding, much to Berk’s relief. When a Phantom does appear from inside of the closet, Berk, Drutt and his family are scared off. As Berk races back to the cellar, he sees the hallway surrounded by Phantoms.

Berk returns to the cellar, and is about to inform Boni about the Phantoms, but Berk and Boni hear a sound coming from the trap door. Some Phantoms push Berk’s rubbish back up into the cellar, unclogging the trap door. As Berk starts an argument with Boni, because Boni disapproves of Berk’s idea of chucking the rubbish back down the trap door again, the Phantoms reappear one last time. They start speaking to Berk, punishing Berk, by telling him to never chuck his rubbish down the trap door ever again. Thunder and lightning strikes, and the menacing monsters disappear entirely.

## Trivia

* Asides from their central appearances in *Boo!*, some of the Phantoms provide cameo roles in earlier episodes. For instance, a white Phantom appears briefly in *Don’t Open That Trap Door*.
* None of the Phantoms have confirmed genders. However, because of their deep-toned voices, most of them can be presumed male.
Boni’s Trolley

**Boni’s Trolley** is a transporting item, primarily used by Boni, which appears from time to time in the television series.

## History

It is uncertain where Boni’s Trolley originally came from, how long it has been used, or whether it even originally belonged to Boni. What is certain, however, is that it first appeared in the television series in *Lurkings*. The trolley has been shown in use regularly, ever since its aforementioned debut episode, especially when Berk plans trips to the swamp.

A second example of where the trolley is seen in the series is in *Fester Rancid*. In the episode, Bubo is seen purposely pushing Boni violently on his trolley. Bubo then attacks Drutt with the trolley, by repeatedly flattening him with it. Berk returns to the cellar, and discovers that Bubo had sneaked out of the trap door. Berk sees Bubo taking the trolley, with Boni still on it, out of the castle. Berk and Drutt go to rescue Boni, and the duo soon successfully find Boni and his trolley at the swamp. After Berk tries to drown Bubo in the lake, which Bubo is actually later seen escaping from, Berk and Drutt take Boni and the trolley away home.

The trolley is seen again in *Strange Goings On*, and is used for its usual purpose. Berk organises another trip to the swamp, and is about to head off. The trip is interrupted by the Thing Upstairs, as he has an itch, so Berk goes off upstairs. A tentacle emerges from the trap door, and snatches Boni from the trolley. Boni finds himself back at the castle, after his misadventure in the dungeon, only seconds before Berk returns to the cellar. Incidentally, Boni happens to land back on the trolley.

The trolley is last seen in *The Big Red Thing*, the final episode of the series, when Rogg fights the Red Thing of the title. Much of the episode takes place outside of the castle, so Boni is seen on his trolley for much of that time. Boni and the trolley are seen with Berk, as well as Drutt and his family, as they watch Rogg fighting the Red Thing.

## Abilities

Like any other trolley, Boni’s Trolley is very much made for transport usage. The trolley is made especially for carrying Boni, hence the trolley’s name. Boni is not able to move around very easily, considering the fact that he is only a skull, so Boni relies on the trolley for mobility. The trolley can carry Boni, all without the aid of anyone picking him up, which is why the trolley is an especially useful piece of equipment in that department.

Although specifically used for Boni, the trolley has been proven to have many other uses. The trolley is especially helpful for when Berk has too much stuff to carry by hand. Even with Boni on board, the trolley is large enough to accommodate other small things. As demonstrated in numerous episodes, when Berk sets off for the swamp, Berk has been shown using the trolley for carrying pots of worms.

## Appearance

Boni’s Trolley is a rectangular dark-brown pushcart, equipped with a long stick-shaped handle attached to one end. It is low-slung, with a wide and shallow well. It has four wheels, with its largest wheel-set positioned furthest away from the handle.
Monstrous Drutt

**Monstrous Drutt** is a more aggressive transformation of Drutt, and was once seen in the television series in Nasty Stuff.

## Biography

Berk concocts some medicine for himself, one day, as he has a headache. Berk transforms into a much more aggressive monster, after drinking most of the medicine, and begins terrorising Drutt and Boni in the cellar. Berk soon discovers that Drutt had also consumed some of the medicine, which also transforms Drutt into a larger and scarier creature. Boni suddenly turns monstrous, after Drutt and Berk turn back to their normal selves, and chases Berk and Drutt across the castle.

## Appearance

Monstrous Drutt is quite a lot larger than Drutt in his normal form. He has bumpy and thicker skin, and has a longer set of legs. He has a wider mouth, and also sharp teeth. He also has a longer tongue, which is always shown hanging out of his mouth.

## Trivia

* Like Drutt in his normal form, Monstrous Drutt never speaks.
Scunge

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The Drain

**The Drain** is an object, located in the castle, that exclusively appears onscreen in the television series in *Sniff That*.

## History

Berk had to unblock the drain, using some wood. However, when he was trying to, the Eyeball Monster appeared. Berk used the Mouth Monster to unblock it.

## Appearance

The drain looks like a well, more than a typical drain. It still appears to function like a normal drain. The drain is placed under a wide brown pipe, which serves as a sort of tap, built into a wall.
Through the Trap Door

**Through the Trap Door** is a video game. It is a follow-up to *The Trap Door*, based on the television series of the very same name, made the year before.

## Description

“*Berk is back! And he is getting ready to make the fearsome, awesome, totally '**terrifying expedition down Through The Trap Door. '**If you have seen the creepy critters that live down there, you may well wonder '**why. But the truth is he has no choice. Boni has been captured and taken down '**into the gloomy depths, so Berk and little Drutt must go to the rescue, no '**matter what nasties they come up against. And what about all those potions lying '**about waiting to be drunk? Could they be helpful, could they mean trouble, or '**could they even cause (gasp) constant ponging! Speed, skill and daring will be '**necessary to get out alive!*"

## Trivia

* Along with its predecessor, the game was later repackaged for *The Trap Door Collection* in 1990. The compilation of the two games, however, was made exclusively for the ZX Spectrum.
* Although this it is the second video game to be based on the TV series, this video game is actually the very first to be released for the Amstrad CPC.
* The broken screen for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 versions refer to the game as “*The Trap Door Two!*”.
* The main plot of the game has similarities to two episodes from the TV series. The two episodes are *Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite* and *Strange Goings On*, which both centre on Boni being dragged down the trap door.
* Drutt is correctly depicted as grey, like he is in the television series, on the box design. In the game itself, possibly because of colour limitations, Drutt is chartreuse yellow.
* The title screen for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 version of this game is almost exactly like the one used for its predecessor. Other than its title, there are a few differences for the title screen in this game:
	+ There are several noticeable colour differences for this title screen.
	+ The ghost from the title screen is different. It is white, as it was coloured blue in the original game. It also has different-looking eyes, and also a visible mouth.

## Gallery

AdvertisementRe-release cassette inlayRe-release cassette inlayGame mapGame mapZX/64 title screenBroken ZX/64 title screenComparisonAmstrad CPC title screenA screenshotGame map
Berk’s Tooth-Pulling Kit

**Berk’s Tooth-Pulling Kit** is a selection of tooth-removing tools, that are exclusively seen in the TV series in *The Pain*.

## Biography

The Thing Upstairs has an especially painful toothache, one day, so Berk thinks about removing his master’s sore tooth. Berk looks around for his tooth-pulling kit, and successfully manages to find it. Berk walks out of the cellar, with the tooth-pulling kit in his hands, and makes his way upstairs.

## Appearance

The tooth-pulling kit is not really a tooth-pulling set in the traditional sense, as it does not consist of typical tooth-removal equipment. The kit consists of a dark brown drill, and also a silver wrench. The tools do resemble real ones, however, although they are depicted as being very oversized.
The Stupid Thing (character)

## The Stupid Thing

**The Stupid Thing** is a large, clumsy and stupid pink creature. The Stupid Thing makes its only ever appearance in the television series in the episode of the same name.

## Biography

As Berk is giving the Thing Upstairs a bath upstairs, Drutt feeds his nippers some worms. After feeding his offspring, Drutt looks for a bigger worm for himself to snack on. Drutt sees the Stupid Thing’s tail poking out of the trap door, and initially mistakes the tail for an enormous worm. Boni advises Drutt to let the Stupid Thing go. It is too late, however, as Drutt releases it into the cellar. The Stupid Thing turns its attention to Drutt. Boni orders Drutt to leave it alone, as Drutt does not know where it has been. The Stupid Thing curls Boni up in its tail, puts Boni in its mouth, and bounces Drutt up and down like a basketball.

Berk finishes cleaning the Thing Upstairs. He returns to the cellar, and sees the Stupid Thing. Berk orders the Stupid Thing to leave his friends alone, but it obviously pays no attention. The Stupid Thing curls Berk up in its tail, and Berk is spiralled into the wall. Berk lands into the wall, mostly unharmed, but in a mess. He remarks that everyone will need to have a bath now, and he watches the Stupid Thing continuially vandalising the cellar.
Not Very Nice

**Not Very Nice** is the fifth episode of the second series.

## Plot

Berk is given the unpleasant job of cleaning the Thing Upstairs’ eyeballs. After Berk finishes cleaning the eyeballs, he tries to put the Thing Upstairs’ largest eye back in its socket. Berk unfortunately drop the eye, and it rolls downstairs. It falls down the trap door, which had been left open. Berk races down to the cellar, and asks Boni if he has seen an eyeball anywhere. Boni tells Berk that he had, and that it had fallen down the trap door. As Berk is about to make his way down, he trips over Drutt. Boni wonders where Berk went. When he hears Berk yelling from under the trap door, Boni soon finds out that Berk had fallen down it.

Berk has landed in a ditch below. He makes his way out, as some of the weird creatures appear. He continues searching for the lost eyeball, and walks across a rock-face. Berk nearly falls into the abyss, as he looks for the eye, but he fortunately does not fall. Berk soon sees an eyeball, which he thinks may be the Thing Upstairs’, on top of a pile of rocks. Berk wonders how the eyeball got up there. However, Berk soon finds out that the eye belongs to a different creature.

The creature causes Berk to runs away in shock. Berk runs back up the rock-face, and soon finds himself in a strange and smelly cave. He sees the Thing Upstairs’ eyeball inside, and wonders how it got there. Berk hopes that it will not get stuck inside permanently, and dreads how mad the Thing Upstairs will be if it does become lost. Berk notices how unusual the “cave” is, and soon learns that he has walked into the mouth of a gigantic Worm Beast. The Worm Beast suddenly wakes up, and nearly devours Berk and the eyeball. Fortunately, the Worm Beast shoots Berk and the eyeball out of its mouth.

Berk and the eyeball are shot all the way back up the trap door, and into the cellar. Berk is relieved to have made it home, and Boni is also happy that Berk and the eyeball are back. Berk tells Boni that he is very happy, because the Thing Upstairs did not see what happened when him and the eyeball were down the trap door. Berk is shocked, as the Thing Upstairs’ eye comes to life, and the Thing Upstairs tells Berk that he had actually seen everything that happened.

## Home media releases

### UK (VHS)

* *Scunge* (1989)
* *The Stupid Thing and 11 Other Adventures* (2000)

### UK (DVD)

* *The Trap Door: Complete Collection* (2005)
The Dose

**The Dose** is the ninth episode of the first series.

## Plot

The Thing Upstairs has a cold. As Berk makes up some medicine, he hears the Thing Upstairs sneezing. Berk decides to makes some more, so he can give some to his master. As Berk concocts the Thing Upstairs’ medicine, a green shapeshifting creature (the Blob) comes out of the trap door. Berk leaves the Thing Upstairs’ medicine, and he soon notices the creature stuck to the wall. He orders the creature to come off the wall. He does so, but he runs off, and Berk chases after the little monster.

After much wondering around, the Blob soon enters the room containing the Thing Upstairs’ medicine. He drinks the medicine, which causes him to shapeshift several times, just before Berk catches him. Berk is about to send the little green blob down the trap door. He sees the Blob’s mother, who is waiting to collect her son, poking out of it. The Blob and his mother soon reunite, the Thing Upstairs releases a loud sneeze, and the two of them disappear back down the trap door. The Thing Upstairs calls Berk for his medicine. Berk develops a cold himself, suddenly, as with Boni and Drutt. Boni tells Berk to make some medicine for him and Drutt as well, and the episode ends with the three of them sneezing repeatedly and uncontrollably.

## Trivia

* This episode marks, what is quite possibly, the only ever appearance of a female character in the whole entire series. As a matter of fact, this is the only ever time where we see a character confirmed to be female.

## Goofs

* At the end of the episode, Boni asking Berk to make medicine for him and Drutt is a bit perplexing. Since Boni is a sentient skull, and presumably has no digestive system, it is uncertain how he could consume anything.

## Home media releases

### UK (VHS)

* *Creepy Crawly Adventures* (1986; re-released in 1991)
* *Breakfast Time and 11 Other Adventures* (2000)

### UK (DVD)

* *The Trap Door: Complete Collection* (2005)
The Sponge

**The Sponge** is a large green sponge-like creature, who makes its only appearance in the television series in *Oh Globbits*.

## Biography

After Berk temporarily fixes a burst pipe, he sees Boni missing from his hole. Boni calls for Berk, and tells him that he and Drutt are hiding from the Sponge. Berk then encounters the Sponge, and is knocked over by it. Berk picks himself up off of the ground, and whacks the Sponge away with a loose plank, but the Sponge comes back. Berk chases the Sponge through the hallway, scares the Sponge out of the castle, and tells it to not ever come back. Berk wonders whether Boni and Drutt are okay, seeing that he has now frightened the Sponge away, and makes his way back to the castle.

Berk returns to the castle, only to find the place flooded. Boni, who is floating in a scunge pot on the surface of the water with Drutt, suggests that Berk should find a great big sponge. This gives Berk the idea of using the Sponge to absorb the water. Intent of luring the Sponge back to the castle, Berk goes outside again. Unfortunately, by the time that Berk calls for the Sponge to come back, it had already flown off.
List of merchandise

This list features existing merchandise of *The Trap Door*, that does not include any home media releases and video games.

## Gallery

Beanbag chairDuvet cover set72-Piece jigsaw puzzleArt tin setBerk and Boni rubber figuresWall clock“Colour-Clay” modelling material“Look 'N' Draw” set“Sit 'N' Ride” ride-on toy busBirthday cards“*Stories From The Trap Door*” audio cassette tape72-Piece jigsaw puzzlePoster
The Swamp

**The Swamp** is a location, outside of the castle, exclusively shown onscreen in the first season of the television series.

## History

The Swamp is first seen in *Lurkings*, when Rogg is introduced. It contains the Lake, and is where Berk tried to get mushrooms for the Thing Upstairs in *Slightly Weird*.

## Appearance

The Swamp is a typically unwelcoming location, surrounded by numerous strange creatures. Its water is more like pink slime, likely caused by the pigment of the things living in it.