Sniff That (episode)

**Sniff That** is the twenty-second episode of the first series.

## Plot

Berk is given the task of unclogging a blocked drain, and he is absolutely hating it. In the cellar, Boni is wondering why Berk is taking so long. Boni also wonders why Berk had left the trap door open, and he becomes surprised when a ferocious green monster with eight eyes appears from it. In the other room, Berk is figuring out a different way of unblocking the drain. The room suddenly goes dark, and Berk encounters the Eyeball Monster.

Berk runs into the cellar, and yells at Boni in alarm, because he thought that he saw a monster appearing from the drain. Boni informs Berk that the Eyeball Monster appeared out of the trap door, because he had left the trap door open. Suddenly, a brown monster with a large mouth also emerges from the trap door. It wonders around a little bit, until it sucks Boni out of his hole. Berk crossly orders the monster to spit Boni out, but it obviously ignores him. Berk fetches his rolling pin, and whacks the monster with it, in an attempt to retrieve Boni. Boni is freed from the creature’s stomach, much to Berk’s relief, and is shot into the air.

The Mouth Monster runs away. Berk becomes worried, because the Thing Upstairs would get angry if he saw it running about. As Berk and Drutt go after the Mouth Monster, Boni is left stranded on a shelf near the ceiling. Boni asks Berk to come and fetch him, but Berk had already gone. Incidentally, Boni falls off of the shelf.

Berk and Drutt seek the Mouth Monster, only to bump into the Eyeball Monster instead. It lunges at Berk, and it walks towards him. Berk orders the ferocious green monster to stay back, but the monster only moves closer. Berk even threatens to unleash Drutt on it, but the monster still approaches Berk and Drutt. The Mouth Monster fortunately reappears, and it sucks up the Eyeball Monster. Berk is especially impressed with the Mouth Monster, and he thinks that it is the perfect thing for unblocking the drain. Berk takes the Mouth Monster into the room with the clogged drain, and the hungry brown creature happily drinks up the sewage.

## Trivia

* The opening section of this episode is different to most. Although we still see an interior shot of the castle, instead of a bolt of lightning crashing in front of it, we see the castle surrounded by dawning light. When the title appears, we hear wind blowing in the background. This is one of two episodes to feature this opening, with the other episode being *The Lump* from season two.
* Berk addresses the two strange monsters as male, multiple times during the episode, although their actual genders are never confirmed.
* The Vile Pile, a crawling garbage monster, appears in the following episode, which is of the same name. It shares similar characteristics to the two monsters from this episode.

## Goofs

* How the Mouth Monster would have swallowed the Eyeball Monster in one go is rather puzzling, since the mouth creature is very much noticeably smaller than the eyeball thing. What is even more baffling is the fact that the Mouth Monster does not seem to expand after swallowing its victim.

## 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)