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* Nausea Fuel: The titular monster from 'The Horrid Thing.' It's a pile of yellow goo that oozes up through the trap door and then lifts its 'skin' apart to reveal its eye and, later, its mouth. And to top it off, Berk fed it to 'Im Upstairs.

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* Nausea Fuel: NauseaFuel: The titular monster from 'The Horrid Thing.' It's a pile of yellow goo that oozes up through the trap door and then lifts its 'skin' apart to reveal its eye and, later, its mouth. And to top it off, Berk fed it to 'Im Upstairs.
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* Nausea Fuel: The titular monster from 'The Horrid Thing.' It's a pile of yellow goo that oozes up through the trap door and then lifts its 'skin' apart to reveal its eye and, later, its mouth. And to top it off, Berk fed it to 'Im Upstairs.
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* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Berk is frequently abusive to Drutt and Boni, and is often [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman quick to kill off monsters from The Trap Door]] regardless of how much intelligence they display or how much of a threat they pose.
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*** The real GutPunch of that moment comes in the next scene with Berk standing outside the castle, prepared to leave, and then he gives one last goodbye ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]]'' before he walks awayinto the distance.

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*** The real GutPunch of that moment comes in the next scene with Berk standing outside the castle, prepared to leave, and then he gives one last goodbye ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]]'' before he walks awayinto away and journeys off into the distance.distance until he gradually disappears from view.
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---> '''Boni''': You...you can't leave us, Berk.
---> '''Berk''': I'm sorry, Boni. I've had all I can take.
---> ''[Berk walks out; Rog starts to cry]''
---> '''Rog''': Is he really gone, Boni?
---> '''Boni''': ''[resigned]'' Yes, Rog. He's really gone. Gone forever.
*** The real GutPunch of that moment comes in the next scene with Berk standing outside the castle, prepared to leave, and then he gives one last goodbye ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall to the audience]]'' before he walks awayinto the distance.
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** Berk announcing his sudden departure from the castle in the Season 1 finale, shocking and saddening his friends (and the audience).

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** Berk announcing his sudden departure from the castle after becoming so fed up from the creatures escaping through the trap door and the relentless demands of The Thing Upstairs in the Season 1 finale, shocking and saddening his friends (and the audience).
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** Berk announcing his sudden departure from the castle in the Season 1 finale, shocking and saddening his friends (and the audience).

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut ...then Berk immediately despatches him by popping him with a needle.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut ...Drutt... then Berk immediately despatches him by popping him with a needle.
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%% Adminisrivia/ZeroContextExample * SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[DisneyDeath "'Ello Berk..."]]

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%% Adminisrivia/ZeroContextExample * CultClassic: The show's very fondly remembered by Brits and stop-motion animation fans in particular.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: [[DisneyDeath "'Ello Berk..."]]



** Ahem, ''Creepy, crawly slimy things that stick onto your skin, horrid beasts with tentacles that want to pull you in. Squirmy worms, slugs and snails that lie there in the goo...they'll wait down there forever til they get their hands on YOU!''
** The Splund is large, teleporting and the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh.

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** Ahem, ''Creepy, crawly slimy things that stick onto your skin, horrid beasts with tentacles that want to pull you in. Squirmy worms, slugs and snails that lie there in the goo... they'll wait down there forever til they get their hands on YOU!''
** The Splund is large, teleporting and the definition of NightmareFuel this with it's its creepy voice and laugh.laugh, giant grotesque face, and how it teleports around while [[FauxAffablyEvil casually threatening to eat Boni and Drutt.]]
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: The Theme tune.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Theme tune.
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%%* TheWoobie: Berk at times.

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* FridgeBrilliance: 'Im Upstairs may be an EldritchAbomination, but he is civilized and living under his roof offers Berk and his friends safety from the barbaric monsters that live down the Trap Door (and probably around the castle as well). See how all the mosters retreat once the Thing Upstairs yells at Berk. Plus, if you consider the games canon, he even pays Berk for his work.
* FridgeLogic: Despite Berk's misgivings, ''nothing'' that comes out of the Trap Door could possibly be less horiffic than The Thing Upstairs, whom he quite happily serves.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...then Berk immediately despatches him by popping him with a needle.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...Drut ...then Berk immediately despatches him by popping him with a needle.


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** The Splund is large, teleporting and the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh.

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%%* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[DisneyDeath "'Ello Berk..."]]
* FridgeBrilliance: 'Im Upstairs may be an EldritchAbomination, but he is civilized and living under his roof offers Berk and his friends safety from the barbaric monsters that live down the Trap Door (and probably around the castle as well). See how all the mosters retreat once the Thing Upstairs yells at Berk. Plus, if you consider the games canon, he even pays Berk for his work.



** FridgeBrilliance: 'Im Upstairs may be an EldritchAbomination, but he is civilized and living under his roof offers Berk and his friends safety from the barbaric monsters that live down the Trap Door (and probably around the castle as well). See how all the mosters retreat once the Thing Upstairs yells at Berk. Plus, if you consider the games canon, he even pays Berk for his work.



* NightmareFuel: Ahem, ''Creepy, crawly slimy things that stick onto your skin, horrid beasts with tentacles that want to pull you in. Squirmy worms, slugs and snails that lie there in the goo...they'll wait down there forever til they get their hands on YOU!''

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Ahem, ''Creepy, crawly slimy things that stick onto your skin, horrid beasts with tentacles that want to pull you in. Squirmy worms, slugs and snails that lie there in the goo...they'll wait down there forever til they get their hands on YOU!''



** CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[DisneyDeath "'Ello Berk..."]]
* TheWoobie: Berk at times.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...then Berk pops him with a needle.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...then Berk pops immediately despatches him by popping him with a needle.
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were two games. The first one was pretty well received, but the sequel... not so much.

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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were two games.two. The first one was pretty well received, but the sequel... not so much.
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were two video games. The first one was pretty well received, but the sequel... not so much.

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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were two video games. The first one was pretty well received, but the sequel... not so much.
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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were two video games. The first was pretty well received, but the sequel... not so much.

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* TheProblemWithLicensedGames: There were two video games. The first was pretty well received, but the sequel... not so much.
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** The screamer ending to the last episode. Especially since anybody who saw the last episode never saw it coming, and it's suggested that the Big Red Angry Thing KILLED the main characters!

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** The screamer ending to the last episode. Especially since anybody who saw the last episode never saw it coming, and it's suggested that the Big Red Angry Thing KILLED at least did something rather nasty to the main characters!
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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of it's appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...then Berk pops him with a needle.

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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of it's its appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...then Berk pops him with a needle.
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** CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[DisneyDeath "'Ello Berk..."]]
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The screamer ending to the last episode. Especially since anybody who saw the last episode never saw it coming, and it's suggested that the Big Red Angry Thing KILLED the main characters!

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** The screamer ending to the last episode. Especially since anybody who saw the last episode never saw it coming, and it's suggested that the Big Red Angry Thing KILLED the main characters!
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The screamer ending to the last episode. Especially since anybody who saw the last episode never saw it coming, and it's suggested that the Big Red Angry Thing KILLED the main characters!
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*TearJerker: Rogg's 'death' in the last episode.

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* AndTheFandomRejoiced: A DVD of every episode isn't too hard to find.



* TheWoobie: Berk at times

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* FridgeLogic: Despite Berk's misgivings, ''nothing'' that comes out of the Trap Door could possibly be less horiffic than The Thing Upstairs, whom he quite happily serves.
* NightmareFuel: Ahem, ''Creepy, crawly slimy things that stick onto your skin, horrid beasts with tentacles that want to pull you in. Squirmy worms, slugs and snails that lie there in the goo...they'll wait down there forever til they get their hands on YOU!''


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* FridgeLogic: Despite Berk's misgivings, ''nothing'' that comes out of the Trap Door could possibly be less horiffic than The Thing Upstairs, whom he quite happily serves.
** FridgeBrilliance: 'Im Upstairs may be an EldritchAbomination, but he is civilized and living under his roof offers Berk and his friends safety from the barbaric monsters that live down the Trap Door (and probably around the castle as well). See how all the mosters retreat once the Thing Upstairs yells at Berk. Plus, if you consider the games canon, he even pays Berk for his work.


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* NightmareFuel: Ahem, ''Creepy, crawly slimy things that stick onto your skin, horrid beasts with tentacles that want to pull you in. Squirmy worms, slugs and snails that lie there in the goo...they'll wait down there forever til they get their hands on YOU!''
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* FridgeLogic: Despite Berk's misgivings, ''nothing'' that comes out of the Trap Door could possibly be less horiffic than The Thing Upstairs, whom he quite happily serves.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: The Splund, a large intimidating teleporting monster spends the majority of it's appearance terrifying Boni and Drut and being the definition of NightmareFuel with it's creepy voice and laugh...then Berk pops him with a needle.

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