The Flintstones

Continuity mistake: When the unconscious Barney is lying on the cart with the children, he has his head on his arm and his other arm is lying along his side. When, a few seconds later, you see this shot from further away, the positions of his arms have changed.

Revealing mistake: When Wilma pulls the suitcase forward during the party scene, her fingers squeeze it, making deep indentations in it. (00:34:30)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Bam Bam is not behind the child fosterer when she comes out, but appears behind her between shots. (00:10:30)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: When Fred is pushing on the broken lever in the quarry he flies forwards. When he hits the ground you can see the outline of the edge of a crash mat being made through the sandy ground, behind his head. (01:13:40)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Fred is eating with Wilma and Betty in the Cavern on the Green, the bottle in the bucket alternates from being straight or upside down. It even disappears in some shots.

Dr Wilson

Continuity mistake: When Wilma kisses Fred after hearing about his good deed towards the Rubble's, lipstick smears all over Fred's lip. In the next shot it's gone. (00:08:55)

Hamster

Revealing mistake: Near the end, when Fred uses the rock to bowl over the bad guy, you can all-too-easily see his fingers make big indentations into the surface when he picks it up. Either Fred has the strongest hands in the world, or the rock is made out of something similar to paper mache.

Matty Blast

Plot hole: Barney and Fred's test slabs are not chiseled, as Barney takes them up. (00:23:00)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: Wilma tears her white necklace from her neck, saying she doesn't need it, but it's reappeared intact around her neck as she leaves. (00:56:55)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: When Barney sees the CNN update about Fred firing the workers, he goes over to their table. Between shots the menu jumps from being in Fred's hands, to laying down on the table. (00:53:50)

Hamster

Continuity mistake: In the scene when there is a meeting in Slate & Co., the model of the modern quarry is facing towards the chairman's chair. But in the next scene, when Fred is alone there and Sharon Stone enters the room, the model of the modern quarry is turned around, facing the other side.

Continuity mistake: When Barney and Fred are going to be hanged by the neck, the rope of Barney alternates from loose to tight.

Dr Wilson

Plot hole: Fred is about to be hanged by the laid-off quarry men workers. Then, Barney turns up to sell snow cones. How come none of the quarry men recognize Barney? They have worked together, and some of them are on the same bowling team. (01:08:00)

silvertounge

Continuity mistake: After Fred and Wilma have the fight with Barney and Betty, Wilma starts destroying things in the house. Notice when she is throwing the cups on to the floor. They are orange on the shelf, yet when she throws them on the floor, they turn green.

aquafina

Character mistake: When Fred and Barney are about to be hanged, Betty and Wilma are in the car on their way to save them. Betty calls Wilma 'Willa' instead of Wilma. (01:09:00)

silvertounge

Cliff Vandercave: I want you to fire Bernard Rubble.
Fred Flintstone: Done! Wait, fire Barney, why?
Cliff Vandercave: Well, he scored the lowest on the company aptitude test. He's an imbecile. The company can't afford to have dead weight like him on the payroll.
Fred Flintstone: But Mr. Vandercave, he's got a new kid, a mortgage, I'm his best friend, I can't.
Cliff Vandercave: Look, Fred, if you don't fire him, I will, and then I'll fire you.

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Trivia: Mel Blanc did the voice of Dino. This is only significant if you consider the fact that this film was made in 1994 but Blanc died five years previously in 1989. The film-makers used tapes of his original sounds from the 1960s TV show.

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Answer: When Fred received said promotion, the first order of business Vandercave gave him was to fire Barney. Since Barney would thus have no source of income, the order comes into conflict with his loyalty to his friend; his guilt makes him feel that the gift is something Barney can't afford and which he, Fred, doesn't deserve.

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