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 and the misadventures of a group of monsters living in a castle. Although the emphasis was on humour and the show was marketed as a children's programme but also for family entertainment, the show drew much from the genres of horror and dark fantasy. The show has since become a cult favourite and remains one of the most widely recognised kids' shows of the 1980s. Digital children's channel Pop started rerunning the show in 2010.
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Opening credits
Closing credits
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
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
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