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* InstantlyPRovenWrong: In "The Thingy" Berk nails a board over the Trap Door, and tells Boni that this way he'll never have to deal with strange things escaping and bothering him. Just as he's finished talking, the MonsterOfTheWeek bursts out.

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* InstantlyPRovenWrong: InstantlyProvenWrong: In "The Thingy" Berk nails a board over the Trap Door, and tells Boni that this way he'll never have to deal with strange things escaping and bothering him. Just as he's finished talking, the MonsterOfTheWeek bursts out.
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* ForbiddenZone: The area would seem to be one, being out "somewhere in the dark and nasty reaches, where nobody goes," and for good reason.
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* DarkReprise: a slower, sadder version of the theme song plays in the season finales.
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Three Amigos is a disambiguation


* ThreeAmigos: They finally fit this in Series 2, Episode... 8?

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Per wick cleanup. Also, unnecessary spaces.


* FakeOutFadeOut: [[spoiler: At the end of the first season Berk decides he's finally had it with monsters always escaping into his kitchen and 'Im Upstairs yelling at him all the time and leaves. But then the credits finish and he's back.]]

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* FakeOutFadeOut: [[spoiler: At [[spoiler:At the end of the first season Berk decides he's finally had it with monsters always escaping into his kitchen and 'Im Upstairs yelling at him all the time and leaves. But then the credits finish and he's back.]]



%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.



* SdrawkcabName: Drutt. More commonly spelled Drut. [[spoiler: Turd.]]

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* SdrawkcabName: Drutt. More commonly spelled Drut. [[spoiler: Turd.[[spoiler:Turd.]]

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* CatchPhrase: "Oh Globbits!"

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* CatchPhrase: CatchPhrase:
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"Oh Globbits!"



* CatScare: Done with Drutt in the middle of a chase scene.

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* %%* CatScare: Done with Drutt in the middle of a chase scene.



* CrossdressingVoices: Drutt... maybe.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A good few of the monsters actually find out the hard way not to mess with Berk. Rogg also deals with some rather swiftly.
** In the episode "The Midnight Snack" he actually won a 4-on-1 fight. Pretty impressive.

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* %%* CrossdressingVoices: Drutt... maybe.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A good few of the monsters actually find out the hard way not to mess with Berk. Rogg also deals with some rather swiftly.
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swiftly. In the episode "The Midnight Snack" he actually won wins a 4-on-1 four-on-one fight. Pretty impressive.



* DemBones: Boni
* DerangedAnimation
* TheDitz: Rogg.
-->'''Berk:''' You got any bright ideas, then?\\
'''Rogg:''' Well, you could um... er... don't know.\\
'''Berk:''' (''[[NoFourthWall addressing the audience]]'') The sad thing is, that you've just heard the brightest idea Rogg's ever had. Ever.
** Berk leans lightly into one at times. He has moments of inspiration, but is a fairly careless guy.

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* %%* DemBones: Boni
* %%* DerangedAnimation
* TheDitz: Rogg.
-->'''Berk:'''
Berk has moments of inspiration, but is a fairly careless guy.
%%** Rogg.%%Quotes aren't context.
%%--->'''Berk:'''
You got any bright ideas, then?\\
'''Rogg:''' %%'''Rogg:''' Well, you could um... er... don't know.\\
'''Berk:''' %%'''Berk:''' (''[[NoFourthWall addressing the audience]]'') The sad thing is, that you've just heard the brightest idea Rogg's ever had. Ever.
** Berk leans lightly into one at times. He has moments of inspiration, but is a fairly careless guy.
Ever.



* DramaticThunder: OncePerEpisode.

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* %%* DramaticThunder: OncePerEpisode.



* ExtraEyes: Some of the trap door monsters. 'Im Upstairs, too, from what we hear. They even come out.
** EyeSpy: The Thing's eyes still function when they're detached.
--->'''Berk:''' [[OhCrap Oh, globbits.]] I hates eyeballs.

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* %%* ExtraEyes: Some of the trap door monsters. 'Im Upstairs, too, from what we hear. They even come out.
** * EyeSpy: The Thing's eyes still function when they're detached.
--->'''Berk:''' -->'''Berk:''' [[OhCrap Oh, globbits.]] I hates eyeballs.



* EyeBeams: In "The Thingy", the monster can shoot a beam from its eyes that causes random transformations in its targets.



* ForcedTransformation: In "The Thingy", the monster starts randomly transforming the characters into various bizarre forms for its own entertainment.



%%* GiantSpider: One of the recurring monsters from the trap door. Drutt also morphed into one in "Nasty Stuff".

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%%* GiantSpider: One of * GiantSpider:
** The monster in "Creepy Crawlies" is a huge black spider bigger than Berk.
** In "The Thingy",
the recurring monsters from the trap door. Drutt also morphed into one in "Nasty Stuff".monster briefly turns Berk's pet spider gigantic.



* [[GuardingThePortal Guarding The Trap Door]]: Even though Berk often leaves it ajar. Not that actually closing it does much to keep the beasties down below.

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* [[GuardingThePortal Guarding The Trap Door]]: %%* GuardingThePortal: Even though Berk often leaves it ajar. Not that actually closing it does much to keep the beasties down below.



* ItsAlwaysSpring: Or It's Always a Dark Stormy Night.

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* ItsAlwaysSpring: Or It's Always a Dark Stormy Night.InvisibleMonsters: The creature that comes out from the trapdoor in "Gourmet's Delight" is invisible, and can only be tracked by its footprints until Berk splats food all over it and thus renders it visible.



* OncePerEpisode: The Trap Door unleashes a fearsome monster.
** {{Lampshaded}} in "The Dose":
--->'''Boni:''' Guess what's going to happen ''next''.\\

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* OncePerEpisode: The Trap Door unleashes a fearsome monster.
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monster or several once in every episode. {{Lampshaded}} in "The Dose":
--->'''Boni:''' -->'''Boni:''' Guess what's going to happen ''next''.\\



* OracularHead: Boni.

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* %%* OracularHead: Boni.



* PardonMyKlingon: 'Globbits!' 'Great Grumfuttoks Tusks!'

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* PardonMyKlingon: 'Globbits!' 'Great "Globbits!" "Great Grumfuttoks Tusks!'Tusks!"



* SpoofAesop: "If you've got a problem, stuff a worm in it."

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* SpoofAesop: TheSmurfettePrinciple: Drutt... maybe. Although they had a litter of baby spiders, they are often referred to as "he", so it's pretty unclear what Drutt actually is.
* SpoofAesop:
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"If you've got a problem, stuff a worm in it."



* TheStinger: In both season finales to [[StatusQuoIsGod undo any changes they have done]].
* SummonBiggerFish: In "Food for Thorp", after figuring out that the eponymous carnivorous plant likes eating the flying insects that came out of the trapdoor, Berk simply pushes it to the kitchen and waits until it's snatched and eaten them all.
* SummonMagic: In "Ghoulies", while rummaging around an old room, Berk finds a book of spells and incautiously decides to read one at random, summoning the titular monsters.



%%* TheDitz: Rogg.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Drutt… maybe. Although they had a litter of baby spiders, they are often referred to as "he", so it's pretty unclear what Drutt actually is.
* TheStinger: In both season finales to [[StatusQuoIsGod undo any changes they have done]].
* TheVoice: 'Im Upstairs, who is never seen on-screen, but is always present with his loud, booming voice. A few episodes ''hint'' at what he looks like -- including a giant eyeball, the sound of wings beating as he returns home from a trip, and most notably [[FreezeFrameBonus a briefly-illuminated mass of a sickly yellow mass that's either a bunch of amorphous tentacles or VERY lumpy skin]] in "The Little Thing". His eyes appear to be detachable, and on separate occasions we get to see both a tooth and an eye of his, both of which are about the size of Berk himself. We're also told that he has ExtraEyes, multiple heads, and "various nostrils".
-->''''Im Upstairs''': '''BEEEEEERK! I HOPE YOU'RE NOT FIDDLING ABOUT WITH THAT ''TRAP DOOR!'''''



--->'''Rogg:''' (''to the audience'') I like Berk. He's my friend.
--->'''Berk:''' I hate you!
*** To be fair, Rogg had just knocked Berk out of a window. Well above the ground floor.

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--->'''Rogg:''' (''to the audience'') I like Berk. He's my friend.
--->'''Berk:'''
friend.\\
'''Berk:'''
I hate you!
*** ** To be fair, Rogg had just knocked Berk out of a window. Well above the ground floor.floor.
* TheVoice: 'Im Upstairs, who is never seen on-screen, but is always present with his loud, booming voice. A few episodes ''hint'' at what he looks like -- including a giant eyeball, the sound of wings beating as he returns home from a trip, and most notably [[FreezeFrameBonus a briefly-illuminated sickly yellow mass that's either a bunch of amorphous tentacles or VERY lumpy skin]] in "The Little Thing". His eyes appear to be detachable, and on separate occasions we get to see both a tooth and an eye of his, both of which are about the size of Berk himself. We're also told that he has ExtraEyes, multiple heads, and "various nostrils".
-->''''Im Upstairs''': '''BEEEEEERK! I HOPE YOU'RE NOT FIDDLING ABOUT WITH THAT ''TRAP DOOR!'''''

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