Moany Boni

**Moany Boni** is the third episode of the second series.

## Plot

Boni is complaining, because he is feeling very bored. Berk, who is busy doing cooking in the kitchen, hears Boni’s moaning. Boni suggests of having a game of “I Spy”. Berk soon gives in, and agrees to play with him.

As Berk and Boni play their game, the trap door opens. A demonic purple imp flies into the cellar, and lands next to Boni’s hole. Boni starts becoming agitated. Boni calls for Berk, but Berk starts having troubles of his own in the kitchen. The Imp caresses Boni, before transforming Boni into a horse-like creature. Boni is surprisingly impressed by his new form. Drutt, not used to Boni’s new appearance, runs from Boni. Boni chases after Drutt. Drutt shields himself behind some pots, as Boni approaches him. Boni tells Drutt that it is only him, despite now having a body.

Berk soon comes out of the kitchen, and he meets the Imp. The Imp changes Berk from blue to orange. This comes as some surprise to Berk, but Berk soon grows accustomed to his new colour. The Imp then turns Berk red. Berk then sees Boni in his new shape, and complements it. Boni tells Berk that he quite likes him red. As Berk walks off, Drutt reappears. Drutt then begins rapidly changing colours. Drutt goes from light green with red legs, then yellow with green legs, and then turns blue. The same pattern of colours start repeating several times.

Boni is having a lot of fun in his new form. Suddenly, things take a turn for the worse. Boni sees a skull, exactly like himself, sitting in his hole. Boni questions the imposter, who stubbornly insists that it is his hole. As the two argue, Boni hears Berk. Thinking that everything has shrunk all of a sudden, Berk reveals that he has grown far too big to walk through the archway. Boni looks back at his hole, but only sees the Imp laughing. Boni starts to feel a headache.

Boni then wakes up, and learns that all of this was only a dream. Boni hears Berk calling him, as Boni was talking in his sleep. Berk asks Boni what the matter is, and Boni tells Berk that he had just woken from a nightmare. Boni tells Berk about the Imp. Berk brushes this off as nonsense, refusing to believe that the creature exists. The Imp is soon revealed to be real. The Imp sneaks out of the trap door, and perches itself on a plank near the ceiling. The Imp laughs deviously, as it plans to stir up trouble.

## Trivia

* This episode shares several very noticeable parallels with *The Thingy*.
	+ Both episodes centre on a creature, from out of the trap door, who takes enjoyment from making a great deal of trouble. Both of these respective creatures are seen transforming Berk, Boni and Drutt into multiple different colours and forms.
	+ The Imp, as shown in this episode, is really similar to the namesake creature from *The Thingy*. Perhaps the most noticeable characteristic between them is that they are both purple.
* This episode is one of two where much of the episode’s narrative is revealed to be part of a dream. The other episode to feature this dynamic is *Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite*. The only real different between the two is that this episode focuses on Boni having a dream, whereas the other episode focuses on Berk having one.
* During the scene where the Imp magically grants Boni a horse’s body, and Boni runs excitedly around the castle in his new form, Boni hums an instantly recognisable tune. The tune that Boni hums is a section of Gioachino Rossini’s *The William Tell Overture*, arguably best known as the theme song for *The Lone Ranger*, famously featured in many serials.

## Home media releases

### UK (VHS)

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

### UK (DVD)

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