The Flintstones

The Flintstones (1960)

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Old Lady Betty - S4-E9

Continuity mistake: When Wilma is trying to help Betty find a part-time job in the newspaper, you can see that there is a light blue cloth at the end of the line, but when we see Pebbles playing with Dino in the next shot, the blue cloth has disappeared.

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Daddy's Little Beauty - S4-E12

Continuity mistake: When Fred is trying to work out what kind of talent Pebbles has, she has her bathing suit on. When Pebbles is seen crawling onto the stage when it's her turn, she has her regular clothes on, and when Pebbles is on the stage with Dino, she has her bathing suit on again.

Indianrockolis 500 - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Fred drives his car the wrong way during the race, there is an "8" on the back of the car when he squeezes his way through two cars, but in the next shot the "8" has disappeared.

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Little Bamm-Bamm - S4-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney, Betty, Wilma, Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles are on the bridge at the end of the episode, Bamm-Bamm's white hair turns red like Pebbles', then changes back to white when they all start laughing.

Monster Fred - S5-E2

Continuity mistake: When the doctor puts Fred into the trick box you can see that the box is quite small, but after a quick cut to Barney we return to the doctor and the box is much longer.

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Dial S for Suspicion - S3-E14

Continuity mistake: When Fred is reading his letter about his position being accepted at the Stone Valley Inn, you can see Wilma is sitting in the chair next to him, but in the next shot the chair is empty and Wilma is nowhere to be seen, then she reappears in the chair.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: When the woman in the episode on TV says "Farewell, Superstone!", Superstone replies, "Bee-Hee-Hee-Ho-Ho!" and you can see that he has a yellow triangle on his suit, but in the next shot when he flies out of the window, the triangle has disappeared.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: When Fred, Barney, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, Dino and Hoppy are watching "Superstone" on the TV, you can see that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are right in front of Barney, but in the close-up of the two, Barney is nowhere in sight.

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No Help Wanted - S1-E5

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are fighting over the television there are three knobs on the TV set, but when Wilma starts talking to Fred they have vanished, then they reappear.

Rip Van Flintstone - S6-E8

Other mistake: When the shopkeeper takes the magazine away from Fred in the supermarket, Fred says he was just looking at the pictures. But when the shopkeeper takes the magazine, you can see that the page Fred was reading is completely blank.

Time Machine - S5-E18

Other mistake: When the Inventor asks the Flintstones and the Rubbles if they are game enough to try his Time Machine, Betty says, "Golly, I don't know." After Betty says the line, her nose disappears.

Swedish Visitors - S3-E27

Continuity mistake: When Fred and family start their drive toward Jellyrock Park, the trailer has one window and a door on its right side (behind Wilma's side of the car), but when they reach Jellyrock that side of the trailer now has two windows and the door is gone. (00:11:50)

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The Drive - In - S1-E14

Continuity mistake: While sitting down at the celebration dinner, Wilma has a blue dress and Betty has a white dress. When they get up and walk away from the table, they've swapped colours.

No Biz Like Show Biz - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are driving their car through the One-Way tunnel, the edge around the hole at the back of their car is smooth, but when Barney turns right to go through a tunnel, the edge is now torn.

No Biz Like Show Biz - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney discover that the football match on TV has been postponed, we see an interviewer sitting at the desk and you can see there is a nameplate saying "T.V." in front of him, but when the interviewer introduces Eppy Brianstone in the next shot, the nameplate has disappeared.

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Trivia: When dubbed in Spanish (shown on Spanish stations), Fred and Barney's first names were changed to Pedro and Pablo. Wilma became Vilma and Betty remained Betty.

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Question: At the end of every episode, it shows Fred putting out the sabertooth tiger. Has this animal ever appeared in any of the episodes? If yes, what episodes was it in? If no, then why show Fred putting an animal he doesn't own outside?

Answer: The name of the pet is "Baby Puss." He has appeared in episodes, but only a very few. The first episode was probably "The X-Ray Story" from season 2.

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