The Flintstones

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

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

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: 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 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.

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: 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

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

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.

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Wilma Flintstone: We have scrimped and saved for that money, and every time we get a little bit ahead, you have to go blow it on some hair-brained scheme.
Fred Flintstone: Now see here, Wilma! In this cave, I am the king! And.
Wilma Flintstone: And what, Fred?
Fred Flintstone: And you have every right to know, my queen.

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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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Question: On Fred's first day of his new promotion, he says "I'm only one man, Barney." To which Barney responds."Not from the back" and they both laugh. Could someone please explain this gag to me. I have tried for years to understand it, with no luck.

Gavin Jackson

Chosen answer: He means Fred is fat. That from behind, he looks big enough to be two or more people.

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