Continuity mistake: When Barney is at the pay phone, there is a dial in the centre of it, but when he sees the car going off on its own with Fred in the driving seat, we cut back to Barney and the dial has disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Fred picks up the receiver on the telephone, there are five holes on the dial, but when we a close-up of the dial in the next shot, there are now six holes on it.
Continuity mistake: When the hunter hits Fred on the head with a small rock, Fred falls down on the ground and there are some plants and rocks next to him, but when the hunter goes to see Fred, the plants and rocks are no longer in sight.
Continuity mistake: When Fred is sleeping, the time on the alarm clock reads 7 a.m., but when we see a close-up of the clock, it reads 5 a.m.
Continuity mistake: When Ann-Margrock is performing on television towards the end of the episode, there are a lot of people sitting on the couch at the Flintstones' house, but at the end there are only Wilma, Betty and Pebbles and all the rest have disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Fred goes past Wilma into the living room to watch TV, he has a fish sandwich and is carrying a tray with a drink and a bowl of snacks on it. When he is watching TV, the bowl of snacks is nowhere to be seen.
Monster Fred - S5-E2
Continuity mistake: In the dinner scene towards the end of the episode, the dish in front of Fred has very little Chinese food in it, but when Pebbles wants some, we cut back to Fred and more has appeared.
Continuity mistake: When Betty and Bamm-Bamm are having their breakfast at the table, you can see there are two white dishes and a blue bowl in front of them, but when Wilma joins them, the white dishes have disappeared. The white dish in front of Bamm-Bamm, and indeed Bamm-Bamm, also disappear when the boy scout serves Wilma breakfast.
Continuity mistake: When Fred hits the rocks in the road while driving, Dino flies out of the trailer and lands onto the top of the car. At this point, you can see a set of golf clubs in the trailer, but in the next shot the clubs have disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are talking about their holiday while driving in Fred's car, the background changes from houses to the sky between shots.
Continuity mistake: The man at the Bedrock Auto Club initially has nothing in his left hand when he rolls out the map, but later on he is holding a stick that has appeared out of nowhere.
Continuity mistake: When the man lies out the map at the Bedrock Auto Club, Barney says to him, "We don't want to go camping in the winter!" and you see that Fred and Barney are next to the man. In the next shot, Fred and Barney have disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Betty is combing Wilma's hair, the items on the dressing table next to Wilma change position between shots.
Pebbles' Birthday Party - S5-E4
Continuity mistake: When the kids are playing poker during The Birthday Party, the red haired boy is seen holding his cards and has nothing next to him on the table, but in the next shot a pile of four cards has appeared.
Continuity mistake: When Fred walks into the room with a snack for a second time, he goes back and returns with a purple salt shaker. In the next shot, the shaker is blue.
Continuity mistake: When Fred hands Barney the job advert he saw in the newspaper, Barney takes it with his right hand but a close-up of the advert shows him holding it with his left hand.
Continuity mistake: When Fred drops the tyre on his foot, he hops around in pain and you can see that Barney is holding the tail on the turtle. When Fred says, "Now you tell me!" we cut back to Barney, and the turtle has gone.
Ten Little Flintstones - S4-E16
Continuity mistake: When the spaceship lands for the second and last time during the episode's finale, it appears to be night-time, but when Fred is chasing all of his duplicates down the street, it appears to be daylight.
Dr. Sinister - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are on the top of the cliff, Madame Yes smashes the glass on the emergency box and flies off holding the legs on a prehistoric bird. When we return to Fred and Barney, the emergency box has disappeared.
Dr. Sinister - S5-E8
Continuity mistake: When the three gangsters bust into Madame Yes's house, one of the gangsters holds on to Barney's leg and you can see there are two purple planks behind Barney. When we see Barney a couple of shots later, the planks have disappeared.
Answer: The ratings had declined in its last few seasons, and the series was cancelled.
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