Terror

"Terror" is the second episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on 13 January 1995. Synopsis The episode begins in the flat's kitchen, where Richie is at the stove cooking a sausage that is on fire as Eddie brings in the morning paper. They 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 because he believes it is 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.