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| "Terror" | |
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| Bottom episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 3 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Bob Spiers |
| Written by | Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall |
| Original air date | 13 January 1995 |
"Terror" is the second episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on 13 January 1995.
On Halloween, after losing the "Spot the Ball" competition and being visited by trick-or-treaters, Richie and Eddie decide to have a party, but first they go trick-or-treating themselves, attempting to get beer money for the party.
The episode begins in the flat's kitchen, where Richie is at the stove cooking a sausage that is on fire, while Eddie brings in the morning paper. Both are disappointed to learn that they did not win the paper's "Spot the Ball" competition. Eddie then goes to answer a knock at the front door and is greeted by three boys dressed in devil costumes, playing trick or treat. Eddie denies the boys any sweets, believing it to be a "set-up".The boys respond to Eddie's actions by ramming a toy trident into his crotch. Meanwhile, Richie concocts a drink to cure Eddie of his DTs. Eddie faints after consuming the drink through his nose and manages to knock Richie out with the trident still rammed in his crotch.
Realising that it is Halloween, Richie forms a plan; he and Eddie will go trick-or-treating to raise money for a party which will feature, in Richie's words, "plenty of booze and jugged-up babes, shaggy-shaggy-shag!" They go down to the local costume shop, where Richie returns wearing a devil outfit and Eddie ends up dressed up in a giant banana costume because there were no pumpkin outfits left. To make sure that people give them money, Richie asks Eddie to bring along an electric cattle prod; unfortunately, when Richie tries to use it, the electricity arcs back and causes Richie to soil himself, ruining one of his three pairs of tights.
Later on, Richie and Eddie arrive at Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi cul-de-sac for further trick-or-treating. Eddie then spots the three boys that had speared him earlier in the episode, and Richie suggests that he and Eddie beat the boys up and take their sweets. However, the young boys beat up Richie and Eddie instead and take 20 pence "from the incontinent girl" and five bottles of Malibu Rum "from the banana". Determined to press on, Richie knocks on the door of the next house they come to, which turns out to be owned by Eddie's friend Spudgun. When it turns out that he does not even know what trick-or-treating is, Richie orders Eddie to zap him with the cattle prod. Eddie misinterprets the request however and zaps Richie instead, causing Richie to soil himself again. After changing his tights for the second time, Richie takes the cattle prod and tries to zap Spudgun, only for the electricity to arc back on himself again, resulting in his final pair of tights being ruined. A humiliated Richie then changes his plan and tells Spudgun that he and Eddie are having a party that night, but everyone has to put in some money for drinks. Spudgun gives Eddie £2.50, and Richie tells Spudgun to invite everyone he knows.
While preparing for the party, Eddie creates a homebrew and batch of exploding carrots, and Richie creates snacks called "Sprouts Mexicane". Richie tries to prove that they are safe to eat, but passes out immediately after eating one, and awakes an hour and a half later, now unknowingly shooting flames out of his backside whenever he breaks wind. Spudgun arrives, but it turns out that Dave Hedgehog is the only person he knows apart from Richie and Eddie, and Richie's planned "shagathon" ends up reduced to the four sitting around and drinking Eddie's highly corrosive homebrew. While Eddie, Spudgun, and Hedgehog do not mind this, Richie is sorely disappointed, and goes on a rant against God, claiming that he would be better off selling his soul to the Devil for a 25-year sex session. This gives him the idea to try and summon the Devil in a half-hearted Satanic ritual with the other three serving as his acolytes. Richie forces the others to eat his sprouts as an offering to the Devil, then does so himself, and they all pass out.
The four wake up some time later, now all with flaming flatulence, and on the stroke of midnight hear a knocking noise from the front door. Richie answers it with some apprehension, and finds a teenage girl named Doreen wearing a Halloween Devil's mask, causing Richie to think that she is the Devil. He invites her in and asks for "25 years of non-stop sex" in exchange for giving her his earthly soul. Richie tells Eddie to offer Doreen some of his blood to drink as it is "90 per cent proof". Reacting to the increasingly strange situation, Doreen then removes her mask and reveals herself as Dave's daughter. She has been sent by her mother to find out why her father is out so late. Eddie cuts his wrist and blood starts rapidly shooting out, and Dave grabs a glass to get the Devil's drink only to stop when he recognises his daughter, and then asks her if she had any "tips for the 3:30 at Chepstow". Spudgun farts fire while a blood-soaked Eddie collapses into unconsciousness. Spudgun breaks wind again and the episode ends with the jet of flame from his rear end detonating the box of explosive carrots Eddie had prepared earlier.
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