Season 1: Series 1 - The Trap Door - Show • 1986-1990

25 episodes • October 6, 1986 - November 7, 1986

The daily lives and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle.

25 episodes

#1

Breakfast Time

4 min • Oct 6, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#2

Slither, Wriggle and Writhe

4 min • Oct 7, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#3

Food for Thort

4 min • Oct 8, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#4

Lurkings

4 min • Oct 9, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#5

Gourmet's Delight

4 min • Oct 10, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#6

Creepy Crawly

4 min • Oct 13, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#7

The Big Thing

4 min • Oct 14, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#8

Ghoulies

4 min • Oct 15, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#9

The Dose

4 min • Oct 16, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#10

The Thingy

4 min • Oct 17, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#11

Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite

4 min • Oct 20, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#12

Fester Rancid

4 min • Oct 21, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#13

The Pain

4 min • Oct 21, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#14

The Little Thing

4 min • Oct 23, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#15

Don't Open That Trap Door

4 min • Oct 24, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#16

Junk Food

4 min • Oct 27, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#17

Yechh!

4 min • Oct 28, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#18

Flyin' Wotsit Fingy

4 min • Oct 29, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#19

Strange Goings On

4 min • Oct 30, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#20

Midnight Snack

4 min • Oct 31, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#21

Nasty Stuff

4 min • Nov 3, 1986 (40 years ago)

Berk makes some medicine for his headache, but after drinking it, he becomes a monster.
#22

Sniff That

4 min • Nov 4, 1986 (40 years ago)

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.
#23

Vile Pile

4 min • Nov 5, 1986 (40 years ago)

All the rubbish Berk keeps throwing down the Trap Door comes to life and starts spitting slime at him.
#24

Slightly Weird

4 min • Nov 6, 1986 (40 years ago)

Berk tries to pick mushrooms to feed the Thing Upstairs for breakfast, until one of them runs off.
#25

Bye Bye Berk

4 min • Nov 7, 1986 (40 years ago)

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