Characters / The Flintstones

The Modern Stone-Age characters of The Flintstones.

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The Flintstones

Fred Flintstone

Voiced by: Alan Reed

Fred is the main character of the series. He's an accident-prone bronto-crane operator at the Slate Rock and Gravel Company and the head of the Flintstone household. He is quick to anger (usually over trivial matters), but is nonetheless a very loving husband and father. He's also good at bowling and is a member of the fictional "Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes" (Lodge No. 26), a men-only club paralleling real-life fraternities such as the Loyal Order of Moose.

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• Acrofatic: He becomes surprisingly light on his feet when doing his famous winning bowling technique.
• Adaptational Nice Guy: Fred is a lot friendlier in the live-action films. Though for a while in the first one, he becomes a selfish snob when a huge promotion and the resulting wealth goes to his head.
• Agony of the Feet: Especially when he goes bowling.
• Alliterative Name: Fred Flintstone.
• Angrish: Fred will spit out nonsense whenever he's angry.
• Big Eater: He is known to polish off Brontosaurus Ribs and Bronto-Burgers with little effort.
• Big Fun: At his best. Despite his harshness, he can be a lovable guy and knows how to have a good time.
• Bumbling Dad: He was already a bumbling husband from the very start of the show. Naturally, good ol' Fred behaved no differently once Pebbles was born.
• Butt-Monkey: Episodes where he isn't getting the short end of the stick are few and far between. He gets it even in the closing credits.
• Character Catchphrase:
  • "Yabba-dabba-doo!"
  • "Wiiiiiiiilllmaaaaaaa!!!"
  • "Hold it! Hold it! Hooooold it!!"
  • And exclusive to the Fruity/Cocoa Pebbles commercials: "(Dino?)Barney! My Pebbles!"
• The Chew Toy: Whenever he becomes a slapstick magnet, it's for comedy.
• Cuteness Proximity: Whenever he's with Pebbles. Which is interesting because in the beginning, Fred has absolutely no interest in babies, until he spends some time with Barney's nephew Marblehead.
• Doting Parent: It goes without saying that Fred Flintstone adores his daughter, Pebbles. Several episodes revolve around him cracking up hair-brained schemes to raise money for her college fund or telegraph how much he loves his daughter to the entire population of Bedrock.
• Expy: His personality was based on that of Ralph Kramden of The Honeymooners and Riley from The Life of Riley.
• The Gambling Addict: Fred is a compulsive gambler. Simply mentioning the word "bet" around him will cause him to get a crazy look in his eyes and start repeating the word over and over in a loud voice:
  Fred: Bet...bet...bet! BEEETTTTT! BET-BET-BET-BET-BET-BET-BET!!!!!^note "Wait a second. There's nothing funny about an addiction. Vote NO! on Indian gaming laws.
• Hair-Trigger Temper: Fred loses his temper easily and is very impatient.
• Happily Married: With Wilma. They have their issues sometimes, especially in On The Rocks.
• Hard Head: He once saved Barney's life by shoving him out of the way of a large falling rock at Fred's workplace, only for it to hit him square on the head and drive him into the ground. He was perfectly fine.
• Henpecked Husband: A staple of ''The Flintstones", which tended to follow the source material very closely in this respect – minus the obvious underlying affection.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Barney, one of the most iconic examples. No matter how many spats, misunderstandings, and embarrassing troubles they may find themselves in, these two blockheads always got each other's back at the end of the day. They even have a song lampshading it in the 1966 film, appropriately titled "Teammates".
• Hidden Depths: A deep, growly voice known for screaming in anger is not the kind of voice you'd expect to be able to twist into a skilled, masterful free-range singer that makes women swoon and teens treat his voice like an object of worship. Give Fred a mic or an opportunity to sing and no one sees it coming, even if Wilma and Betty aren't so enthused usually.
• Hot-Blooded: Fred is loud, boisterous and short-tempered, but when he puts his mind to something he can move mountains to accomplish it, especially to support his loved ones.
• I Am Big Boned: Fred isn't fat. It's all muscle. He then dared Betty to sock his belly to show it. She answered the dare. Fred felt pain but wouldn't scream until he was sure he was out of her hearing range.
• Inconsistent Coloring: His tie alternates between blue, teal and green.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: No matter the series, movie or special, Fred always falls into this trope due to being finicky and uptight but always having his heart in the right place and showing how much he cares for his family.
• Kick the Dog: He tends to be rather cruel to Barney at times, which will just about always get him some Laser-Guided Karma. You can also generally assure that if being the Grand Poobah is a priority, Fred is going to have to balance his family and his men's society, and generally going to do something really mean to get the latter before he has to come around to the former.
• Large Ham: Pick any emotion: angry, sad, happy, or just brimming with excitement. When ol' Fred wants something off his chest, he REALLY lets it all out.
• Lost Food Grievance: As a Big Eater, Fred will especially become triggered whenever he doesn't get the chance to satiate his appetite.
• Manchild: He often annoys his wife with his buffoonery and immaturity.
• Only Sane Man: While no the brightest character, Fred has more sense when he's with Barney. For example in Dr Sinister, Fred clearly lampshades this when he confronts Barney on how the latter isn't finding the fact the duo are kidnapped and taken prisoner by a gang of thugs terrifying.
• Outgrowing the Childish Name: He was called Freddy as a child in The Flintstone Kids, though now he goes by "Fred".
• Papa Wolf: Fred is extremely protective of Pebbles and goes ballistic when she is in danger or if someone threatens her right in front of him.
• Schemer: Fred attempts a Zany Scheme on almost a Once an Episode level.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The rough, aggressive, and tall Manly Man to Barney's meek, short, and cheerful Sensitive Guy.
• Solid Cartoon Facial Stubble: Fred Flintstone's character model is darker in a wide area surrounding his mouth - complete with a black outline.
• Took a Level in Kindness: While Fred has remained a Jerk with a Heart of Gold from start to present, he was much more hot tempered and rude and borderline abusive towards Wilma and Barney when the show began. After Pebbles was born, Fred's softer side became more prominent and he became more capable of swallowing his pride.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Fred's not egregiously ugly, but he is a pretty homely-looking guy. Wilma, in contrast, is a slim-figured, gorgeous redhead.
• Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: He tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life. However, he’s also a Jerk with a Heart of Gold.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Barney. Barney gives a lot of snarks and insults at Fred while he can blame Barney for a lot of mishaps. Their arguments get especially bad in I Yabba Dabba Do where they have at least three massive fights that almost ruin their relationship. Despite this, Fred and Barney are the best of friends. They do deeply care about each other and their families and remain loyal through thick and thin.

Wilma Flintstone

Voiced by: Jean Vander Pyl

Wilma is Fred's wife. She is more intelligent and level-headed than her husband, though she often has a habit of spending money recklessly (with Betty and her catchphrase being "Da-da-da duh da-da CHARGE IT!!"). She's often a foil to Fred's poor behavior.

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• Beware the Nice Ones: Wilma is normally very soft-spoken and mature, but even Fred lives in fear of Wilma's temper.
• Black Bead Eyes: Her eyes are black dots.
• Deadpan Snarker: Both Fred and Wilma have their moments, but more so on the latter.
• Expy: Her personality is based on that of Alice Kramden, wife of Ralph Kramden on The Honeymooners.
• Fiery Redhead: While she is usually level-headed, don't make Wilma angry!
• Happily Married: With Fred, though they have their issues.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Betty, whom she regularly hangs out with when Fred and Barney are spending time without their wives. Their friendship stems from being the wives of the two main characters.
• Housewife: Doing the cooking, cleaning, taking care of the children and her husband. Averted in the 1980s series The Flintstone Comedy Show, where Wilma and Betty work as newspaper reporters for the Daily Granite. Also in the 1993 TV-movies where they start their own catering business.
• Nice Girl: Wilma is usually kind, compassionate and caring.
• No Accounting for Taste: Fred isn't a bad person, per se, but he's not putting as much effort into the marriage as Wilma, who is often forced to suffer his tantrums and schemes. Subverted in one of the movies, though, where Fred had to struggle to get Wilma's favor back after a fight during a holiday trip.
• Not So Above It All: While she usually serves as the voice of reason for Fred, she will occasionally spend the family's money with reckless abandon, usually along with Betty.
• Parenting the Husband: When dealing with Manchild Fred, often scolding him for his behavior.
• Redheads Are Ravishing: Beautiful, charming, and has a nice bun of red hair.
• She Cleans Up Nicely: While clearly attractive no matter what, on the occasion she decides to fix up her hair & makeup and throw on a nice outfit, Wilma becomes an absolute sexpot.
• Tsundere: Wilma is a Type B, a sweet and adorable housewife who only explodes when Fred goes Jerkass.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Hot Wife to Fred’s Ugly Guy. Fred's not egregiously ugly, but he is a pretty homely-looking guy. Wilma, in contrast, is a slim-figured, gorgeous redhead.
• Uptown Girl: Wilma's family is rich, and they're rather disappointed that Wilma married "beneath" her.
• Women Are Wiser: Wilma is much more mature and level-headed than Fred, who borders on Manchild.

Pebbles Flintstone-Rubble

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Voiced by: Jean Vander Pyl

Pebbles is the Flintstones' daughter, who is born near the end of the third season.

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• Affectionate Nickname:
  • Nicknamed "Pebbs" by Bamm-Bamm after they become a couple.
  • Often referred to as "Little Pebbly-Poo" by her father.
• Ascended Extra: She started off as a supporting character in The Flintsones but became a protagonist in The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show and becoming more in line as a main character in further installments.
• Babies Ever After: She and Bamm-Bamm have twins, a son and a daughter, in Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby.
• Brainy Baby: In several moments, she seems to understand the world around her than a normal baby would. And can also speak coherently.
• Character Catchphrase: In the teenage years spinoffs, Pebbles uses "Yabba-dabba-doozy!" Befitting, as her schemes usually were.
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Bamm-Bamm. It could be said that they were the very first pair for this trope. They befriended each other as infants, started dating in their teenage years before getting married, and eventually had twins. The priest at their wedding in I Yabba-Dabba Do! lampshades this.
  Priest: Over the years, we have all seen their love grow. From playmates to sweethearts to bride and groom.
• Daddy's Girl: Fred and Pebbles have a really sweet father-daughter relationship. This is best shown in I Yabba Dabba Do.
• Dating What Daddy Hates: Definitely averted. In I Yabba Dabba Do, Fred makes it clear that he likes Bamm-Bamm. He even states at the end of the film that there is no better person for his daughter than him. The only reason he was against them getting married is because of financial troubles and fearing he was going to take his "Pebbly-Poo" away from him.
• Fiery Redhead: Downplayed, as while Pebbles may be aggressive, she's nowhere near as bad as her father.
• Good Parents: Even before the actual birth of her and Bamm-Bamm's baby, which turns out to be twin babies, Pebbles is dedicated to providing a loving, nurturing home.
• Happily Married: She and Bamm-Bamm are both supportive to each other, express their concerns in a communicative way, and deeply love one another.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Bamm-Bamm. As they become adults, Pebbles has a slim body type like her mother while Bamm-Bamm is a tall, broad-shouldered Hunk.
• Iconic Sequel Character: She is a mainstay on the show and its various spin-offs, but wasn't born until Season 3 of the original series.
• Like Parent, Like Child: As a teenager, Pebbles is often a schemer that gets in way over her head and Bamm-Bamm is a loyal accomplice prone to urging caution. So, they pretty much have the same dynamic as their fathers, only with an added romantic element.
• Love at First Sight: Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm loved each other from the moment they met.
• The Maiden Name Debate: After marrying Bamm-Bamm, her full name becomes “Pebbles Flintstone-Rubble.”
• Meaningful Name: Pebbles lives in the Stone Age.
• Morality Pet: Fred became much softer with Pebbles around, and can be coaxed into anything if he thinks it's what his daughter wants.
• Nice Girl: Pebbles grows into someone with a sweet disposition.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: With Bamm-Bamm when they are teenagers. She's aggressive while he's passive.
• Schemer: In The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, she shares her dad's penchant for schemes that would inevitably backfire.
• The Smart Guy: Modern adaptations tend to make Pebbles a Child Prodigy, mostly to contrast Bamm-Bamm's Super-Strength.
• Strong Family Resemblance: It's evident she inherits most of her mother's looks as a grown up. The only thing she inherits from her father is his eye shape.
• The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: The early 1970s spinoff The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show depicts her as a teenager, and she has indeed grown to be quite a beautiful young lady. Thankfully, Pebbles physically took after her mother.

Dino

Voiced by: Mel Blanc, Jerry Mann (1 episode)

Dino, a prosauropod dinosaur, is the Flintstones' pet that barks and generally acts like a dog. A running gag in the series involves Dino knocking down Fred out of excitement and licking him repeatedly. Though this irritates Fred a lot, he generally likes Dino very much.

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• All Animals Are Dogs: Dino is a dinosaur that acts just like a big dog.
• Amplified Animal Aptitude: He understands humans, and so do most of the animal-based appliances in that world.
• Big Friendly Dog: Even though he's not technically a dog…
• Censorship by Spelling: Whenever Fred has to take him to the vet, he mentions it by spelling. Too bad that Dino knows how to spell.
• Characterization Marches On: He was an Intellectual Animal in his "debut" episode (he appeared in "No Help Wanted" and "Arthur Quarry's Dance Class", which aired before this episode). He reverts to a standard intelligent non-talking cartoon animal in the next episode he features in and stays that way.
• Dumb Dinos: Dino and the other tame dinosaurs are friendly but not particularly bright. In his debut Dino was actually an aversion - he was able to talk and was more of a household servant than a pet. In the series proper, he has the behavior of a dog, combining this trope with Dogs Are Dumb.
• Even the Dog Is Ashamed: Fred gets just about everyone mad at him for losing the money and causing the kids to elope in I Yabba Dabba Do, but when even Dino shuns him, he knows he really messed up.
• Horse of a Different Color: Dino is just like a dog, except he's a sauropod dinosaur (or, as it's known In-Universe, a "snorkasaurus")
• Iconic Sequel Character: Downplayed, as he is introduced in the first season, but it takes until the 18th episode for him to show up (it is possible that the 18th episode is his first in production order). In addition, his very "first" appearance features him as an Intellectual Animal that can speak and do chores (see Characterization Marches On above).
• A Lizard Named "Liz": Dino (pronounced /ˈdiːnoʊ/, DEE-no) the Dinosaur.
• Running Gag: Whenever he saw Fred coming, he'd happily bark and tackle him before licking his face.
• Smarter Than You Look: While he was dumbed down after his first appearance, he still had isolated moments of intelligence or human level sapience.
• The Stool Pigeon: A Running Gag is that Dino can tell when something is wrong with Fred or he is hiding something, and emotes accordingly.

Baby Puss

Voiced by: Mel Blanc, Don Messick

The Flintstones' other family pet, a saber-toothed tiger that acts very much like a house cat. While prominently featured in the series' opening and closing credits, as well as some merchandise, he only very occasionally appears in the actual episodes. Nonetheless, he's still considered a member of the Flintstone family and part of the cast. He's probably most famous for locking Fred out of his own house during the end credits.

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• Advertised Extra: The intro and ending sequences, plus some other Flintstones media, depict him as part of the main cast. In the series proper, he rarely appears, having about a single appearance per season, and sometimes not even that. That said, he has never gone completely away.
• Animal Jingoism: Often seen feuding with Dino, who is written very much like a dog.
• Cats Are Lazy: If he's not antagonizing Fred or Dino, he'll often be depicted sleeping or reclining.
• Cats Are Mean: He enjoys fighting with Dino and locking Fred out of his own house.
• A Day in the Limelight: His most prominent appearance in the franchise is probably the 1995 What A Cartoon! Show short Dino: Stay Out!, where Fred instructs Dino to keep him out of the house, resulting in a lot of trouble for the poor dinosaur. In the end, he locks Fred (and Dino!) out of the house. Interestingly, he's redesigned in this short to look smaller and cuter, something that didn't stick for future projects of the franchise.
• Panthera Awesome: Not many people can claim to own a saber-toothed tiger.
• Running Gag: Again, him locking Fred out of the house. This might not count for the original series, since it's technically always the same footage, but the bit is so iconic that later media in the franchise turn it into this. In the live-action movie, he appears exclusively to perform the gag.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: In "Pebbles' Birthday Party", Fred's snoring apparently disturbs him so much that he walks out of the house with the intent to turn himself in at the animal shelter. Amusingly, this was his last appearance in the series proper, so you might think he actually made good on his word. Thankfully, later media proves he's still with the family.
• Talking Animal: Can apparently talk, according to the Season 5 episode "Pebbles' Birthday Party". He also has a couple of lines in Dino: Stay Out!. Most of the time he just hisses like a cat, though.

The Rubbles

Barney Rubble

Voiced by: Mel Blanc, Daws Butler

Barney is the secondary main character and Fred's best friend and next-door neighbor. His occupation is, for the most part of the series, unknown, though later series depict him working in the same quarry as Fred. He shares many of Fred's interests such as bowling and golf, and is also a member of the "Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes". Though Fred and Barney frequently get into feuds with one another (usually due to Fred's short temper), their deep fraternal bond remains evident.

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• Adaptational Jerkass:
  • In the cereal commercials, Barney is a selfish thief who constantly steals Fred's cereal.
  • In the Rubbles shorts in Cartoon Network Latin America, Barney is a foul-mouthed jackass.
• Beta Couple: He and Betty play the generally happier, conflict-free Betas to Alpha Couple Fred and Wilma.
• Beware the Nice Ones: When he gets pushed too far, watch out! Fred has found this out the hard way several times.
• Big Eater: Not as much as Fred, but he is shown to be capable of this in "The House Guest", much to Fred's chagrin.
• Black Bead Eyes: Has black dots for eyes starting with the last season of the original show. Before that, his eyes were depicted as two ovals or (occasionally) circles and shown only as dark circular outlines.
• Character Catchphrase: He always says "Watch me trick Fred out of his Fruity/Cocoa Pebbles!" in the cereal commercials.
• Characterization Marches On: Barney originally started off as a smart-aleck with a Joisey accent who would frequently mock Fred, but he soon evolved into the dopey-voiced, jovial oaf we know and love.
• Deadpan Snarker: He has his moments, especially when he's around Fred.
• Deuteragonist: Comes from being the best friend of the main character and even sharing a line of famous cereal with Fred, Barney is essentially the second most-recognizable character.
• Dumb Blonde: Subverted. Blonde-haired and dopey-voiced Barney may not seem like the sharpest tool in the shed but he does show some intelligence. He appears to be more level-headed as well as less reckless than Fred. With that said, he can be gullible sometimes. He does easily follow along with Fred's schemes and often can have trouble following the simplest instructions without messing up a detail or two. Because of this, he almost always shares part of the blame for why Fred's many ill-fated schemes would inevitably backfire.
  • An example of his intelligent side though is in the 1994 live-action film, where he's portrayed to be far more intelligent than his cartoon counterpart. So much to where he gets the highest score on an aptitude test that Fred gets all the credit for, after Barney himself switched their tests in an act of gratitude so Fred could get a promotion after helping him and Betty adopt Bamm-Bamm.
• Enemy Mine: In the cereal commercials, he's usually this with Fred when someone else steals Fred's cereal.
• Expy: His personality was based on that of Ed Norton on The Honeymooners.
• Good Parents: Barney is a loving and easygoing father to Bamm-Bamm. His son grows up into a very kind and patient young man. Having a good dad like Barney is likely the reason why.
• Happily Married: To Betty, with seemingly none of the baggage.
• Henpecked Husband: Put it this way: don't make Wilma and Betty (or every other wife on the show) angry!
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: He and Fred are one of the most iconic examples.
• Honorary Uncle: To Fred's daughter Pebbles, who is also Barney's goddaughter (and later daughter-in-law).
• Nice Guy: Barney is far more level-headed and easy-going than Fred.
• Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The meek, short, and cheerful Sensitive Guy to Fred's rough, aggressive, and tall Manly Man.
• Sidekick: To Fred, usually going along with the latter’s schemes.
• Signature Laugh: "A-hee hee hee hee hee hee hee!" Often done with his eyes closed and his shoulders raised.
• Solid Cartoon Facial Stubble: Like Fred, Barney's character model is darker in a wide area surrounding his mouth – complete with a black outline.
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: His wife Betty is taller than him.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Barney was never a bad guy but he wasn't quite as friendly in the earlier seasons. Like a number of other things on the show, he softened after the birth of Pebbles.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: As with Fred, Barney isn't "ugly", just on the homely side of things. Still, he's one lucky little man for having landed quite a knockout like Betty.
• Undying Loyalty: Probably the most loyal character in the franchise. He is a devoted friend, husband, and father.
• Vitriolic Best Buds: With Fred. Barney gives a lot of snarks and insults at Fred while Fred can blame Barney for a lot of things. Their arguments get bad in I Yabba Dabba Do where they have at least three massive fights that almost ruin their relationship. Despite this, Fred and Barney are the best of friends. They do care deeply about each other and their families and remain loyal to one another through thick and thin.
• Vocal Evolution: Barney used to have a Joisey accent early in the first season, but Mel Blanc gradually changed it to a deeper, more chuckle-like voice and it has remained that way ever since.

Betty Rubble

Voiced by: Bea Benaderet (1960-64), Gerry Johnson (1964-66)

Betty is Barney's wife and Wilma's best friend. Like Wilma, she, too, has a habit of carelessly spending money.

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• Beta Couple: One of animation's best known examples.
• A Day in the Limelight: She gets her one (and only) episode, "Old Lady Betty." She disguises herself as a little old lady running errands to raise money for Barney's birthday present, but she doesn't know her employer is really a counterfeiter.
• Expy: Of Trixie Norton, wife of Ed Norton on The Honeymooners.
• Flat Character: Betty has the least amount of screentime among the four main characters and possibly has the weakest characterization of them all. Her interactions are primarily based on her relationships with the other cast, and as such, she doesn't have a standout personality of her own.
• Happily Married: To Barney. And unlike the mild drama that usually comes along Fred and Wilma's lives, these two pretty much have perfect chemistry. However in a very rare moment, both her and Barney have an argument near the end of the movie The Flintstones: On the Rocks, after Betty confronts Barney on why he does not save her like Fred did to Wilma. This angers Barney, implying that just when Fred and Wilma kiss and make up, it is now the Rubble's marriage that is on the rocks.
• Heterosexual Life-Partners: Whenever their husbands are spending time with each other, Betty and Wilma engage in typical woman's activities.
• Housewife: She’s a housewife like Wilma, though Betty occasionally takes up part-time jobs.
• Law of Inverse Fertility: She and Barney wish to have a child of their own, but it's implied that she's unable to conceive. When Pebbles is born, they visit the Flintstones every night to see the baby until Fred, sick of them, tells them to leave, which drives Betty to tears. Thankfully, they soon adopt Bamm-Bamm.
• Satellite Character: Aside from being Barney's wife, Wilma's best friend and Bamm-Bamm's mother, Betty's never really had much characterization.
• Signature Laugh: "Hmm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm!"
• Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: She's considerably taller than her husband Barney.
• True Blue Femininity: She has a blue dress and a blue bow in her hair.
• Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Betty and Barney do uphold the trope, much like Wilma and Fred. He's short and homely while she's a raven-haired stunner.

Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Click here to see Teenage Bamm-Bamm^note :

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Voiced by: Don Messick

Bamm-Bamm is the Rubbles' abnormally strong adopted son, whom they adopt during the fourth season.

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• Adaptational Jerkass: The Rubbles shorts in Cartoon Network Latin America portrays him as a perverted unemployed slacker.
• Affectionate Nickname: "Bammers" by Pebbles when they become a couple.
• Ascended Extra: He started off as a supporting character in The Flintsones but became a protagonist in The Pebbles and Bamm Bamm Show and becoming more in line as a main character in further installments.
• Babies Ever After: He and Pebbles have twins, a son and a daughter, in Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby.
• Badass Adorable: He could shake an entire house with his club even as a toddler. At times he even got Barney and Uncle Fred out of a pinch with his super strength.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Bamm-Bamm is passive in comparison to Pebbles and is a decent guy, but Hollyrock-A-Bye Baby shows he's not afraid to use his super strength on goons who are a threat to his birthing wife.
• Childhood Friend Romance: With Pebbles. It could be said that they were the very first pair for this trope. They befriended each other as infants, started dating in their teenage years before getting married, and eventually had twins. The priest at their wedding in I Yabba-Dabba Do! lampshades this.
  Priest: Over the years, we have all seen their love grow. From playmates to sweethearts to bride and groom.
• Cute Bruiser: As a toddler, Bamm-Bamm's excessive strength was often a source of humor.
• Does Not Know His Own Strength: Poor little Bamm-Bamm had no idea just how physically stressful playtime with him must've been like for Daddy and Uncle Fred. Learning to control his great strength was most likely the reason why he stopped displaying it during his teenage years, only resurfacing it again as an adult when he really needed to – like saving his loved ones from gangsters.
• Doorstop Baby: How he was introduced. He was found left on Barney and Betty's porch where they found him. Averted in the live-action film, where they adopt him from an agency.
• Establishing Character Moment: In his first scene with Pebbles ever, he is a gentleman to her and when a Sabertooth Tiger tries to attack Pebbles, without a moment’s hesitation, he runs over and with one hit, knocks it away silly. This establishes he has superhuman strength, he is a good man at heart (like his dad), and he has a soft spot for Pebbles.
• Expy: Of Ubble-Ubble from The Ruff & Reddy Show. Like Bamm-Bamm, Ubble-Ubble was a strong cave child who bore a club, only spoke his name, and became an adopted child.
• Good Parents: Even before the actual birth of his and Pebbles' baby, which turn out to be twin babies, Bamm-Bamm is dedicated to provide a loving, nurturing home.
• Happily Adopted: Bamm-Bamm is notable for being one of the first examples on a cartoon.
• Happily Married: He and Pebbles are both supportive to each other, express their concerns in a communicative way, and deeply love one another.
• Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Pebbles. As they become adults, she has a slim body type like her mother while Bamm-Bamm is a tall, broad-shouldered Hunk.
• Hunk: The boy grows up to be quite a strapping young man - chiseled jaw and all – as seen in spinoffs like The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
• Iconic Sequel Character: He is a mainstay on the show and its various spin-offs, but doesn't show up until Season 4.
• Like Father, Like Son: As a teenager Bamm-Bamm is a loyal and passive accomplice to Pebbles’s schemes, much like Barney is this to Fred. So, they pretty much have the same dynamic as their fathers, only with an added romantic element.
• Love at First Sight: He and Pebbles loved each other from the moment they met. In fact, during their first play date as babies, when a Sabertooth Tiger threatened Pebbles, he ran over and fought the cat off by himself, while the adults just stood there.
• Meaningful Name: As a child, his favorite words to say were "Bamm-Bamm!" and they relate to how he would pound someone or something to the ground repeatedly.
• Metronomic Man Mashing: Can do this to people at least twice his size, due to his immense strength.
• Muscles Are Meaningless: Probably one of the biggest examples. He is only a tiny baby, yet is stronger than probably any other adult in Bedrock. Averted once he is in his teen years and he starts growing muscles, though he is still strong enough to pick up a brontosaurus.
• Nice Guy: Bamm Bamm has always been a good kid but he grows to be an extremely decent and likable young man.
• Papa Wolf: Bamm-Bamm beats up two criminals who get in the way of Pebbles giving birth.
• Pintsized Powerhouse: He can lift and carry a grown man with ease as a toddler. Unfortunately, he often Does Not Know His Own Strength.
• Pokémon Speak: His name comes from the only phrase he ever speaks as a baby: "Bamm, Bamm!"
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: With Pebbles when they are teenagers. He's passive while she's aggressive.
• Super-Strong Child: Though his Super-Strength was mostly done for laughs.
• Took a Level in Kindness: Bamm-Bamm was always a nice kid but by I Yabba Dabba Do!, he grows into a very polite and kind young man who is much less violent than when he was a baby. He only uses strength when he has to protect the people he loves.
• Wacky Marriage Proposal: Initially, his marriage proposal to Pebbles in I Yabba-Dabba Do! was going to be fairly normal, but Pebbles mistook it for a break-up and was about to run off on a dino-bus. Bamm-Bamm uses his Super-Strength to stop the dino-bus from moving and reads the confession out to Pebbles...on one knee while still holding the tail of the dino-bus.
• Wild Child: In the live action film, he was found with wild mastadons.
• World's Strongest Man: He is billed as the strongest baby in the world. By the time of "Hollyrock A-Bye Baby", his and Pebble's baby daughter Roxy is the new strongest baby in the world.

Hoppy

Voiced by: Don Messick

Hoppy is the Rubbles' pet hopparoo, a creature that is part kangaroo and part dinosaur. He appears in the premiere episode of the fifth season and becomes best friends with Dino.

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• Boxing Kangaroo: He's a kangaroo/dinosaur creature, he is great at boxing, and he has a pouch that is used for numerous things (ex. a shopping cart, a golf hole, a basketball hoop, and, of course, entertaining the children). In his debut episode, the Flintstones and Rubbles were in danger and Hoppy rushed off to get help, saving the two families.
• Friend to All Children: Shares this with Dino. Both pets love Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and spend much of their time taking care of the two toddlers.
• Kangaroo Pouch Ride: The Trope Codifier. He often give Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm rides inside his pouch.
• I Am Not Weasel: Fred and Dino mistake Hoppy for a giant mouse when they first see him.
• Put on a Bus: After the original tv series, Hoppy is practically forgotten. He doesn't appear in any of the spinoffs, specials, or movies (with the exception of The Man Called Flintstone and the occasional cereal commercial). He just recently reappeared in The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!.

Other characters

Arnold

Voiced by: Don Messick

Arnold is a paper boy, whom Fred hates.

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• Con Man: When Fred tries to cancel his subscription in "The Little Stranger", Arnold suckers Fred into not only staying a customer, but into paying extra for the paper (twice).
• Invisible Parents: Arnold's parents are almost never seen. His mother, Doris, was mentioned by name in "The Little Stranger" and his father only appeared in one episode, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".
• Kid Detective: Attempts to be this when the money Wilma saved for Fred's birthday is stolen. Though he doesn't actually find the true culprit (which was Fred), he does show excellent detective skills, a result from watching private eye shows.
• Running Gag: Whenever Arnold tosses the rock-hard newspaper to Fred, it always hits him in the face.
• Wise Beyond Their Years: For an 8-year-old boy, he's quite bright and is talented in playing marbles, pin pong, and scrabble. He has also outsmarted Fred several times (which is why Fred detests him).
  Fred: Now look at me – outsmarted by a 10-year-old boy.
  Wilma: Arnold's only eight.
  Fred: He couldn't get that sneaky in eight years!

Mr. Slate / Mr. Rockhead

Voiced by: John Stephenson

Mr. Slate is Fred's hot-tempered boss at the stone quarry. Though he is friends with Fred and Barney and often joins them for events such as parties, he is often not impressed with Fred's antics at the quarry, and has fired him on many occasions, only to give him his job back at the end of the episode. A running gag is his ever-changing first name, which has been presented as Sylvester, Nate, Oscar, and George. On the episode "The Long, Long, Long Weekend", which originally aired on January 21, 1966, he is shown as being the founder of Slate Rock and Gravel Company. The company is still in business two million years later and is being run by his descendant George Slate the Eighty-Thousandth.

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• Benevolent Boss: Most episodes actually portray him as reasonably amiable toward his workers. Wilma even invites him to Fred's birthday party in one episode.
• Dinner with the Boss: Mr. Slate does this a few times.
• George Jetson Job Security: Fred is fired by Mr. Slate very frequently, not surprising since The Jetsons (the Trope Namer) and The Flintstones are cousin shows of each other. The main difference is that, unlike George, Fred usually does something that justifiably would get most people fired.
• Mean Boss: Downplayed. He only goes into Mean Boss territory when Fred does something foolish/job-endangering. He's certainly more likable than Cosmo G. Spacely, at least. Cartoon Network's 20th anniversary party bumper highlights the difference between Slate and Spacely. In one scene where the two are gathered (along with Benson), Spacely agrees with Benson about disliking Porky Pig not wearing pants, and wants him fired. Slate tells Spacely to calm down, since it's a party. (Spacely, amusingly, takes Slate's advice.)
• One-Steve Limit: During the first two seasons (particularly the second), another Mr. Slate with a mustache and foreman's hat appears, resembling a Flintstone equivalent version of Mr. Spacely, the notable differences with him being taller and less prone to anger. He later gets Demoted to Extra, appearing in the "Meet the Flintstones" opening sequence, pulling the work whistle bird's tail to indicate when the workday ends.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Despite his temper, he's actually an example of this for the most part. He usually only fires Fred after Fred does something that really is deserving of employment termination.
• Sudden Name Change: In the first two seasons, he's known as Mr. Rockhead while another Mr. Slate supervises the crew in the pits.

Pearl Slaghoople

Voiced by: Verna Felton

Pearl Slaghoople is Wilma's hard-to-please mother, who is constantly disapproving of Fred and his behavior. Their disastrous first meeting was recounted in the episode "Bachelor Daze", which originally aired on March 5, 1964. They briefly reconciled in the episode "Mother-in-Law's Visit", which originally aired on February 1, 1963. That is, until, she found out that she became Fred's "nice fat pigeon" when he suckered her out of money he need to buy a baby crib for Pebbles. They reconciled again at the end of the TV movie "I Yabba Dabba Do" (where Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm get married).

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• Adaptational Attractiveness: In the cartoon, Wilma's mother is portrayed as an older, heavy-set version of her daughter. In the film, she's played by Elizabeth Taylor, who is most decidedly not heavy-set.
• Big Damn Heroes: She arrives at the Flintstone house just as Fred and a very pregnant Wilma are being held prisoner by bank robber Grandma Dynamite and her crony son. Pearl tosses the son out and sends Grandma running for her life.
• Hypocritical Heartwarming: She has a low opinion of Fred, but by damn is she gonna let Grandma Dynamite and her boy threaten him (especially after Fred came to her defense when the guy insulted her).
  Pearl: How dare you manhandle my son-in-law! (hoists Grandma Dynamite's son up like he's nothing) Open the door Wilma so I can put out the trash!
• Jerkass Has a Point: She is right to call out Fred's carelessness and idiocy, no matter how much he denies it.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite her animosity with her son-in-law, Pearl really isn't a bad person and genuinely loves and cares about her daughter and granddaughter (and later on, her great-grandchildren).
• Like Parent, Like Spouse: Wilma basically ended up married to a male version of her own mother.
• Never Mess with Granny: One of the "beat you with her purse" types, and her purse is made of rock.
• Obnoxious In-Laws: To Fred. Though, he does treat her appropriately with equal hostility.
• Too Much Alike: As pointed out by Wilma, the reason Fred and Pearl don't get along is because they're too similar - they have the same interests, personalities, and character foibles.

The Great Gazoo

Voiced by: Harvey Korman

Introduced in Season 6, The Great Gazoo (or simply Gazoo) is an alien from the planet Zetox, apparently exiled across time and space to prehistoric Earth due to his invention of a device that could potentially destroy the universe. Only certain characters (Fred, Barney, the children, and animals) can see him. He has a host of reality-warping powers that often cause trouble.

If you feel like such a character is completely out of place in an animated sitcom about a Stone Age family, it's because he is. The character was not particularly well received in his initial run and disappeared after the original series' ending, though he has returned in later years.

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• Benevolent Genie: Acts much like this for Fred and Barney. The terms of his exile stated that he should become a helper for the first Earthlings to meet him in order to redeem himself. That said, his powers often backfire.
• Catchphrase Insult: Likes to refer to others (especially Fred and Barney) as "dum-dums".
• Clap Your Hands If You Believe: This is apparently the reason that Fred, Barney and the children can see him, but other characters cannot. In order to see him you must believe in his existence. Since Wilma and Betty don't believe in it, they can't see him.
• Deadpan Snarker: He's quite sassy and can snark with the best of them, especially when he's annoyed or displeased with Fred and Barney.
  Fred: I am revolting!
  Gazoo: You certainly are, Mr. Flintstone.
• Denser and Wackier: His introduction is almost a by-word for this trope, as it changed the series from a relatively grounded sitcom (despite the setting) to something with much more bizarre and outlandish plots, ostensibly in attempt to "spice up" the by-then somewhat worn out show. Most people seem to agree that it didn't quite work.
• Doomsday Device: Was apparently exiled to prehistoric Earth for inventing one of these, a button that could destroy the entire universe with a single press. In his defense, he claims he merely wanted to be "the first on [his] block to have one" and had no intention of using it.
• The Exile: Exiled from his home planet for inventing a Doomsday Device.
• Friend to All Children: He gets along swimmingly with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, and often performs magical tricks for their entertainment.
• Genre Refugee: A reality-warping alien from the future that has been transported to prehistoric Earth, he feels like something out of the sister show The Jetsons rather than this one.
• Great Gazoo: The Trope Namer! He's a little alien whose powers would probably break the story wide-open, but is mostly used to set up plots rather than resolve them.
• Hidden Heart of Gold: Frequently insults Fred and Barney to their faces, but he admits to the viewers in "The Stonefinger Caper" that he actually likes helping them out and considers them good people.
• Inept Mage: Despite his many amazing abilities, his attempts to help often cause more trouble than it's worth. Admittedly, this is sometimes Fred and Barney's own fault, but Gazoo himself has been known to mess up too.
• Little Green Men: He's a tiny, green, floating alien astronaut with an enormous head.
• Put on a Bus: Due to everything mentioned on his description section, he was never seen again in subsequent Flintstones media with the exception of merchandise, comics, and the occasional cereal commercials. It wasn’t until Viva Rock Vegas that he properly did returned to the franchise.
• Reality Warper: There is seemingly no end to his abilities. He can teleport, materialize objects from thin air, transform people and things, and even Time Travel.
• Really Fond of Sleeping: Gazoo is often napping, or on the verge of taking a nap when Fred and Barney are in need of his powers. Additionally, he hates to have his sleep interrupted.
• Surrounded by Idiots: Often displays this sort of attitude towards the prehistoric Earthlings, repeatedly calling them "dum-dums" for evidently being nowhere near as advanced as him. He's still mostly benevolent, nonetheless.

Green Goose

Voiced by: Paul Frees

The Green Goose is a power-crazed criminal mastermind bent on taking over the world.

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• Beware the Silly Ones: He's not without his silly quirks and hammy gestures, but he's a ruthless criminal and quite adept at manipulating others.
• Big Bad: He is the main antagonist of The Man Called Flintstone.
• Fatal Flaw: Greed. He was poised to finish off Fred and Barney, but he got distracted by a supposed diamond necklace and insisted he have it. Fred played to that to get the better of him and take him down for good. And just to make it even more stinging, it was a faux necklace all along.
• Knight of Cerebus: The Green Goose is the darkest and most threatening villain in the franchise.
• Laser-Guided Karma: He and the rest of his gang are locked in his own missile and get blasted into space.
• Manipulative Bastard: He uses his Triple X disguise to trick Fred and the authorities and luring them into his traps.
• The Mole: He pretends to be a government agent known as 'Triple X' in order to spy on the heroes and lay the perfect trap for them.
• Take Over the World: His main goal in the film.

Miss Sharon Stone

Played by: Halle Berry

Sharon Stone is Cliff Vandercave's secretary and lover in the live action 1994 film. She ironically shares the same name as the 20th century actress Sharon Stone.

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• Affably Evil: Becomes genuinely fond of Fred, after getting to know him.
• Canon Foreigner: She originated from the 1994 film.
• Dub Name Change: In the Latin American Spanish dub, she's known as Agatha Crystal which is in reference to Agatha Christie.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: After befriending Fred, she feels guilty about setting him up for the fall in Cliff's plan, and later tries to persuade Cliff to not go through with it.
• High-Heel–Face Turn: While she's ultimately sent to jail, she still ends up helping Fred and the gang in the end.
• Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains: Sharon Stone (not the Sharon Stone) is manipulative and gorgeous at the same time. It helps that she was played by Halle Berry. Her costume reveals quite a bit of skin compared to Betty and Wilma.
• Orphaned Reference: The reason she's named Sharon Stone was because at first she was supposed to be played by Sharon Stone herself. However, due to scheduling conflicts, Stone was unable to take the role. Despite this, the name Sharon Stone remained. ^note  There was an attempt to rename her Rosetta Stone due to this change, but it was rejected.

Cliff Vandercave

Played by: Kyle MacLachlan

The main antagonist of the 1994 film. He planned to embezzle a fortune from the company and used Fred as a stooge for that plan.

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• Big Bad: He is the main antagonist of the 1994 film.
• Canon Foreigner: Cliff has no counterpart in the original series, and only appears in the 1994 live action film.
• Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Cliff designs and pitches automated contraptions to replace the quarry workers, which is clearly considered revolutionary machinery by the standards of the film's stone-age setting. His machines all work perfectly, significantly increase the company's output, and this alone could have made him millions completely legitimately. Despite this, Cliff treats his technological breakthrough as a mere distraction, while plotting to embezzle company funds instead.
• Faux Affably Evil: Though Cliff acts friendly and welcoming to Fred, it's ultimately just manipulation to ensure the latter does what he wants.
• Hate Sink: He tried to to kill Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm to get what he wants, not to mention he planned to betray his devoted secretary Sharon Stone by leaving her alongside Fred to take the blame.
• Laser-Guided Karma:
  • When he has Fred and the Dictabird at gun (or rather, pea-shooter) point, Cliff is clobbered from behind by Miss Stone, who turned against him after realizing that he planned to abandon her while escaping with the fortune.
  • Cliff is ultimately killed by his own machine, when its destruction causes a massive landslide that buries him alive.
• Parental Abandonment: Near the end of the film, Cliff implies that he experienced this at some point, though he doesn't seem overly affected by this.
  In the words of my dear mother... I'm taking the money and moving to a warmer climate.
• Taken for Granite: His ultimate fate. When trying to escape from his collapsing machine, Cliff is buried under a landslide of soil and other spilled chemicals, and is found as a lifeless concrete statue.
• Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: While the rest of the film and the franchise in general is very quirky and lighthearted, Cliff is a ruthless criminal mastermind, and the film takes his manipulation and betrayal of Fred completely seriously. And that's before we get to him threatening to murder Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in the climax.
• Would Hurt a Child: He was willing to execute Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles to get what he wants.

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