The Flintstones

The Flintstones (1960)

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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.

No Biz Like Show Biz - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When Fred carries a plate of sandwiches to watch the football on TV, the TV channel knob has nothing around it, but when Fred switches on the TV to watch the football, there are now dots around the knob.

No Biz Like Show Biz - S6-E1

Continuity mistake: When we first see the Flintstones' house at the beginning of the episode, the handle is on the left-hand side of the door, but when Dino walks out of the house after Fred tells him to play outside, the handle is now on the right-hand side.

Hot Lips Hannigan - S1-E3

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney arrive at the Rockland Club, they park their car right in front of the front door. When Betty and Wilma arrive, they park their car in front of the door and Fred and Barney's car has disappeared.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney asks Fred if he could have 25 cents for a sandwich whilst practising their ventriloquism act for "The Ed Sullystone Show", you can see Barney has his left arm on his knee, but when we see a close-up of Fred in the next shot, Barney's left arm is missing.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney shows Fred the ad in the paper about new novelty acts for "The Ed Sullystone Show", the ad says "Apply Bedrock Broadcasting Co" at the bottom. When we see Fred and Barney in the queue with the other applicants, the station is now called "Bedrock Television Company."

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Fred stands on the scales, he is holding a dish containing the reducing formula and there are bubbles coming out of it. In the next shot, there are no bubbles to be seen, but in the next shot, they are back again.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, Dino is excited to see Fred back home and he runs and jumps on Fred. When he lands on Fred, on the grass behind him there is the drive to the garage, but in a close-up of Fred, the drive is nowhere to be seen.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Betty walks into the house and is surprised see Fred reduced to a small size, there is nothing by Fred on the ground, but in a close-up of Fred, some small stones have appeared.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: Barney is holding a newspaper in his right hand when he rushes over to Fred's house, but in the shot of him standing in the doorway, the newspaper is nowhere to be seen.

Rip Van Flintstone - S6-E8

Continuity mistake: When the man playing pool says "Try the old folks' home, pops!" and Fred leaves the pool hall, Fred's walking stick changes from his right hand to left hand between shots.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Fred tells Wilma that he is stopping inventing at the end of the episode, he pours the remains of the reducing formula out of the window into Dino's bowl and Fred has a glass in his left hand. When he hears Dino at the front door, the glass has gone.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney opens the door and sends Fred flying in the mouse hole, there are two large stones outside the hole, but in the next shot there are now three small stones.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney and Betty walk into the Flintstones' kitchen for a cup of tea, Barney stops and behind him there is a table with a lamp on it. In the next shot, the table and lamp have disappeared, and there is now a shelf with plates on the wall.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When we first see Pebbles playing on the slide near the sandpit, there are stones near the pit. When we see Bamm-Bamm lifting up the slide, the stones are nowhere to be seen.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: In the scene when Wilma puts Fred and Pebbles to sleep, the rug that the two beds are on changes colour from light blue to dark blue between shots.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: After the formula explosion in the garage, Fred's face and arms are covered in black marks, but when we see him just seconds later, he is now completely clean.

Fred Flintstone: I love my dear sweet mother in-law. My mother in-law is a doll.
Attendant: Are you feeling all right, mister?
Fred Flintstone: Huh? Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.
Attendant: Good. Good. You just stay in here and rest. That hot sun out there is a killer.
Fred Flintstone: Poor guy, he must have been standing in it for hours.

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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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