List of pop culture references to Flintstones

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The Flintstones and its multimedia spin-off franchise has become a pop culture phenomenon since its debut in 1960, with the novelty of dinosaurs and stone-like devices aiding to the life of the "modern Stone Age family, Fred Flintstone shouting for his wife, Wilma, or his iconic catchphrase, "Yabba-dabba-doo," which has become part of the lexicon.

Books

Bart Simpson's Guide to Life

  • In the evolution diagram, Fred is among the transformations from monkey to man.
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Doctor Who

  • Of the City of the Saved...: Catriona was dismissive of Baines's novels about Paynesdown District as they gave about as much an idea about the real place as The Flintstones did about everyday life in "Neolithic flint quarry."
  • The Last Dodo: The Tenth Doctor slid down a Megalosaurus's back like Fred in the title sequence.

Comics

Adventures of Superman

  • Issue #441: Mr. Mxyzptlk brings to life a billboard advertising Saturday morning cartoons before turning Superman into a cartoony version of himself to battle a pastiche of Fred called Frankie Fieldstone, star of the Saturday morning cartoon Cavestones, who he defeats by dumping him into the Le Vine Tar Pits. Before Superman does this, Frankie shouts, "Yabba-dabba don't!!"
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Bart Simpson

  • Issue #10 - "Bart's Beard:" In The Android's Dungeon, there is a comic called Flinstons on the wall which has a character resembling both Homer and Fred.
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Disney Adventures

  • John Goodman, in character as Fred, was on the cover of the June 1994 edition of Disney Adventures. He shared the cover with Baloo dressed in a loincloth, too, who Goodman would incidentally voice later in the 2003 film The Jungle Book 2.
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Droopy

Main article: Droopy (Dark Horse Comics)
  • Issue #1: In the letters section, cartoonist Scott Shaw draws an affectionate caricature of Tex Avery standing outside of his office at Hanna-Barbera, telling the other employees to call him by his real name Fred (as he did in real life), while dressed as Fred Flintstone.
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The Far Side

  • September 2: 1983: The single panel had two saber-tooth tigers walk away from eating somebody, which is implied to be Fred, as one of them comments, "I've heard all kinds of sounds from these things, but 'yabba-dabba-doo' was a new one to me."

Garfield

  • In the April 2, 1989 comic strip of Garfield, the opening panel spoofs The Flintstones, with Garfield and Arlene in a Bedrock-like setting and dressed like Fred and Wilma, respectively, as Garfield complains to Arlene that her dogasaurus (Odie) ate his car.
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Harley Quinn (2014)

Peanuts

  • In the August 9, 1999 comic strip of Peanuts, Charlie Brown has just got a call from Emily to go dancing because he dances like Fred Astaire, but his sister, Sally, asks if she meant Fred Flintstone.

Simpsons Comics

  • Issue #31 - "Radioactive Homer:" Dr. Hibbert and his wife are dressed as Fred and Wilm, respectively, at a masquerade ball.
  • Issue #52 - "A Springfield Christmas Carol:" Bart and Lisa write their own version of A Christmas Carol, in which Ozmodiar comes to Homer Cratchit who wants to rekindle the magic of Christmas for C. Montgomery Scrooge. Ozmodiar plans to take Scrooge on a trip to show Scrooge the error of his ways, but Scrooge is prepared for his arrival, and sends out his own companion in the form of Smilin' Joe Fission, which leads to a fight between the two, leading to the destruction of the world.
  • Issue #55 - "Duff Daddy!:" As Homer is lying in a hammock drinking Duff Beer, the drunken Barney Gumble comes over dressed as Barney trying to trick Homer into giving him his beer, by saying Betty needs to borrow some of his beer, and calls him Fred. But Homer tells him to stop calling him Fred and to leave.
  • Issue #112 - "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase: Quickly Cancelled Comic Book Cavalcade:" At the end of the comic, host Troy McClure ends things by saying that if they ever run the dry well of spin-off ideas, there's always Ozmodiar, which is followed by a fake advertisement for a special winter issue of an already monthly series called Always Ozmodiar.
  • Issue #130 - "Marge Sells Out:" Homer still has a copy of the TV Guide from June 1964 with Fred on the cover because he hasn't finished the crossword puzzle yet.
  • Issue #175 - "It Came from the '70s:" Homer calls himself Fred Flintstone as a cover when Kearney asks for it.
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Watchmen

  • Issue #6: Gerald Anthony Grice has two German Shepherds called Fred and Barney.

Films

Adventures in Dinosaur City (AKA Dinosaurs)

  • The cartoon the three central kids watch is called Dino Saurs, where anthropomorphic dinosaurs and cavepeople live in houses similar in design to the houses in The Flintstones. There are also cameos from Dino who appears as a hedge, a goofy-looking caveman pops up briefly who resembles Barney, and an attractive woman one would see in an episode of The Flintstones. Houses with the same Dino-shaped hedge are passed several times as a reference to Hanna-Barbera's limited budget.
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The Amazing Spider-Man

  • Dr. Connors's lab rats are called Fred and Wilma.

Because of Winn-Dixie

  • Opal is at a supermarket selling Fruity Pebbles.
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

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Casper

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Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers

  • One of the bootlegs is A Goofy Movie's Bigfoot wearing Fred's loincloth.
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

  • A box of Cocoa Pebbles is in Wanda Maximoff's kitchen on Earth-838.

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Flora & Ulysses

  • George keeps a Dorbz Ridez Great Gazoo perched on the top of the hood of his car, which accidentally gets hit by a tranquilizer dart while the animal control officer tries to hit Ulysses, the squirrel.
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Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

  • Ellie screams "Yabba-dabba-doo!" while sliding down a dinosaur. When Manny lands next to her, he tells her to "never yabba-dabba-do that again!"

Looney Tunes

  • Attack of the Drones: A Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones parody, featured Duck Dodgers addressing a council made of sci-fi characters from other franchises, including the Great Gazoo.
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The Magic of Belle Isle (AKA Once More)

  • Monte buys a box of Fruity Pebbles at the grocery store.
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¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico

  • Fred's clothes are in Abuelito's closet, while Wilma is a showgirl, which makes the other two girls uncomfortable as she changes.
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Police Academy 2

  • Undercover officer Mahoney says the Scullions' hideout in the abandoned Griffith Park Zoo has a "cave-like atmosphere," and asks where Fred and Wilma are.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

  • Del sings "(Meet) The Flintstones" on the bus, even adding "Wilma!" at the end.
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Son of the Mask

  • Baby Alvey switches the TV to "The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock," with a couple of scenes included. The first one is when Fred is knocked in the stomach with an extended plunger while he and Barney hold signs of their kids, and the second one is when Bamm-Bamm throws his playpen around, which gives Alvery the same idea about doing it to his father, saying, "Bam," when he looks at him.

St. Elmo's Fire

Stone Cold

  • When Stone meets Ice at the strip club, Ice mocks him three times for looking like an adult Bamm-Bamm.

Throw Momma from the Train

  • When Larry and Owen lose control of the car down a hill, Owen likes it because it's like being in the Flintstones carwash.

Vacation

  • The Griswolds have a box in their kitchen.
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Radio

Dead Ringers

  • In the 2004 "New Years Special," President George W. Bush says, "This result is an overwhelma Flintstone" in a speech addressing his second term win.

Songs

"Anarchy in Bedrock"

"Cartoons" by Chris Rise

  • In his song "Cartoons," Chris Rice questions if Fred and Wilma are religious and would say "Yabba-dabba-do-lu-yah" in place of "Hallelujah."

"Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys

  • The Flintstone Flop dance from the episode "Shinrock A Go-Go" inspired the lyrics, "I like to do the wop (wop), also known as the Flintstone Flop (flop)."

TV series

According to Jim

  • "The Truck:" a drunk bar patron losing to arm wrestling all night pokes fun at Jim by calling him Fred Flintstone when Jim refuses his challenge. Jim cut him some slack because he was drunk and agreed he had a "vague resemblance to Fred Flintstone." Larry doesn't drop it and bets Jim £20 he will win and calls him Fred again, but Larry is a hustler who ends up winning Jim's truck. When they meet again for a second time at the bar, Larry says, "Yabba-dabba-doo." Lloyd also calls his wife and sister-in-law Wilma and Betty, when a pool game is proposed. Even Jim accidentally calls his wife Wilma.
  • "The Hunters:" Jim believes he is a natural born hunter, a caveman even, which is probably why Dana calls him and her brother Fred and Barney when they succeed after their hunting trip to prove themselves.

American Dad!

  • "Stan of Arabia: Part 1:" She appears in a fantasy dancing with Stan, along with other fictional TV wives of the Golden Age of television who knew their place, as Stan doesn't want a partner in Francine, just a wife.
  • "Of Ice and Men:" Roger wears a wig resembling Wilma's hairdo at the end of the episode.
  • "A Boy Named Michael:" Roger (disguised as Michael) sings what he believes to be the Dartmouth song set to the tune of "(Meet) The Flintstones."
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Boy Meets World

  • "Sixteen Candles and Four-Hundred-Pound Men:" When Cory has to be at Topanga's birthday party and help Francis at his wrestling match at the same, Shawn uses "Pebbles' Birthday Party," as an example of how it is doable, despite Cory's objections of Flintstones being a cartoon. When Topanga later finds out what he was doing, she also refers to this episode.

Baby Looney Tunes

  • "The Wheel Deal," Bugs and his friends take their bikes apart to make a new one for Tweety, with the first choice being one that resembled a tiny Flintmobile, accompanied by a "(Meet) The Flintstones" jingle, but Bugs commentated that it was "too old."
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Big Bang Theory

  • "The Wildebeest Implementation:" After a rough start to double date, Howard says to Leonard how it's nice to see the gals getting along now, but Leonard questions his use of the word "gals," by asking, "Who are you, Fred Flintstone?"

Buzz on Maggie

  • "Lunch Lady/Love Stinks:" In the theme song's outfit gag, Maggie wakes up and gets changed going through several outfits one of which includes a prehistoric one with a Pebbles-like one.
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Cheers

  • "Sam at Eleven:" Sam feels sorry for The Flintstones because viewers will be switching the TV to watch him instead, leaving Bedrock a lonely town.

Comic Book Men

  • "Stash Wars:" When the guys talk about which cartoon background they'd like to live in, Mike picks Flintstones.
  • "To the Bat Cave:" Mike says he would want to base his man cave on Bedrock.
  • "Batcycle on Broad:" Ming said Mike looked like the Great Gazoo while wearing his motorcycle helmet.
  • "Wookie Fever:" Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca in the Star Wars movies, mentioned how his legs would stick out the bottom of the Millenium Falcon cockpit, which called for Brian to compare him to Fred driving the Flintmobile with his feet.

Corner Gas

  • "TV Free Dog River:" The town of Dog River goes TV free for a week when it competes against Wullerton, but resident Oscar finds a portable TV in his basement which he uses to secretly pay the other residents for its use, such as asking one if he wants to watch Flintstones.

The Cleveland Show

  • "Cleveland Live!:" The black card on-screen says "December 17, 1989, History is made. America says hello to the first non-prehistoric family in prime-time animation."
  • "A General Thanksgiving Episode," Holt introduces himself to an attractive woman as Fred Flintstone because "[he] can make [her] bed rock."

Clerks: The Animated Series

  • "The Clipshow Wherein Dante and Randal Are Locked in the Freezer and Remember Some of the Great Moments in Their Lives:" Randal asks Dante if he wants to watch Flintstone's List, a parody of Schindler's List, both of which are directed by Steven Spielberg, and star Liam Neeson, who is Fred in the former, although we don't get to see him in the role. Dante doesn't want to but instead reminisces about the last time they watched it together, and we are shown a scene in which a Nazi-like soldier leads cavemen onto a train they have to push themselves. Randal says Amistad was better. The scene was cut when the episode was broadcast on ABC, but restored on the DVD.
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Clerks

  • In the unaired pilot of Clerks, Fruity Pebbles is on the shelves of Rose Market.
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Curb Your Enthusiasm

  • "The Mini Bar:" Jeff suddenly has a box of Fruity Pebbles while he's at the supermarket with Larry.
  • "No Lesson Learned:" Larry and Jerry discuss whether or not they would date a bearded lady if she started shaving, with Jerry questioning if she had the Fred Flintstone line around her face.
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Dawson's Creek

  • "Full Moon Rising:" The first live-action Flintstones movie is being rented at Screen Play Video.
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Drawn Together

Main article: Drawn Together
  • "Hot Tub:" When Foxxy attacks Clara, the Rubbles' car can be seen driving by the main house.
  • "Gay Bash:" A pterodactyl works a record player made out of rock, saying, "It's a living."
  • "The Other Cousin:" When Wooldor starts hallucinating, he sees a giant sized Bamm-Bamm climbing the ceiling in a combo reference to the movie Trainspotting.
  • "A Tale of Two Cows:" When the gang passes by a destroyed Bedrock, Clara says they deserved it for "having a gay old time". Also when the gang passes by the city, everyone's feet can be seen powering the Foxy 5 van.
  • "The One Wherein There Is A Big Twist Part II:" Wilma is interviewed as a potential roommate. She is kicked out after the gang finds out she uses a prehistoric worm as a tampon. The worm even says, "It's a living," which is what all the animal items would say in the original series. Wilma is voiced by Tara Strong.
  • "Lost in Parking Space Part Two," Fred is being brutally tortured at Hot Topic. He cries out for Barney to help. Fred is voiced by James Arnold Taylor, who was his current voice actor at the time.
  • The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!: A part of the movie takes place in Bedrock. Barney, Betty, Dino and Bamm-Bamm all make cameos too.
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Esme & Roy

  • "Flying High:" Roy does Fred's twinkle toe move while practicing bowling.

The Fairly OddParents

Main article: The Fairly OddParents
  • Channel Chasers (part 2): Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda are sent into a parody of The Flintstones called The Meatflints. They live life like a "modern stone-age family" as Timmy puts it, and proceed to work the TV remote in typical Flintstones fashion with a tiny pterodactyl flying out to turn on the TV. Meanwhile, Cosmo disturbs a sleeping sabretooth tiger resembling Baby Puss with Dino's color scheme. They run around the house in a background loop mocking the limited budget that Hanna-Barbera had, with the pterodactyl commenting, "It's a cycle," instead of the usual "It's a living." They then hop into the Flintmobile, and while "driving away," Timmy points out that if the cars in this show are powered by feet, shouldn't they just keep running? During this time, Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda are dressed like Bamm-Bamm, Fred, and Betty respectively, while still retaining the colors of their own outfits. There is also an error as the Meatflints on the TV Guide is called The Turnstones.
  • "Fairly OddBaby" (part 2): When Poof eats a burrito it causes him to release a giant magical fart, the power of which creates several transformations, including Cosmo and Wanda looking like stereotypical cavepeople and dressed like Fred and Wilma, respectively, bashing a fire with their clubs.
  • "Land Before Timmy:" Bogged down with the failure of technology, Timmy wishes for a world without, which is now a Flintstones-like world. The Turners are now called the Turnstones who live in a house like the Flintstones. Timmy and Cosmo ride down a dinosaur's back, with the former shouting, "Oo-ba-da-ba-di!"
  • "The Past and the Furious:" Cosmo and Wanda take Timmy back to the prehistoric era to meet their first godkid, Erg, where people dress in loincloths as they do in The Flintstones. Timmy and the fairies watch the past versions of Cosmo and Wanda tell Erg they're going bowling with Fred and Wilma.
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Family Guy

Main article: Family Guy
  • "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks:" While walking in New York set to Flintstones-esque music, Peter tries to lift Meg's spirits by telling her she'll find her hidden talent, when they suddenly walk onto Bedrock.
  • "Dammit Janet!:" When Peter and Lois don't return to America after the plane they were on was hijacked in Cuba, it is reported on the news, with the artist's rending capturing a fat man inexplicably married to an attractive redhead, which is in the form of Fred and Wilma.
  • "Wasted Talent:" When the final scroll to entering the Pawtucket Brewery was found, Peter disappointedly asked aloud what he was going to do now, when the Great Gazoo popped up asking the "dum dum" what he could do for Peter, but all Peter wanted was to be left alone. Annoyed at Peter's treatment of him, Gazoo whined that it wasn't always about him, the "fatso."
  • "Ready, Willing, and Disabled:" A cavegirl carhop tips Joe's wheelchair over with a plate of ribs in the same manner as what happens to Fred's car in the "(Meet) The Flintstones" theme song.
  • "From Method to Madness:" Former child star Bamm-Bamm has grown up to become a taxi driver. When a bouncer tells Bamm-Bamm to take home another former child star Elroy Jetson, all Bamm-Bamm can still say is his own name. Bamm-Bamm is voiced by Seth MacFarlane.
  • "The Cleveland-Loretta Quagmire:" Peter tells Cleveland that he walked in on the latter's wife having sex with another man, and when playing it out he uses the word "bam" several times as an onomatopoeia. Peter then asks Bamm-Bamm to continue for him by referencing his catchphrase, then Bamm-Bamm asks Emeril Lagasse to take over as he uses a similar catchphrase. Bamm-Bamm is voiced by MacFarlane.
  • "Peter's Got Woods:" When Brian is busy on another date with his new girlfriend, Peter tries to replace him with Barney. We then see Peter at the Rubbles', where he is waiting for Barney to finish in the toilet, so they can go play darts. Barney is using a pelican as a toilet, who makes a joke about his predicament. A sheep later made the same kind of joke after hearing Meg was on her period. MacFarlane voices Barney.
  • "Patriot Games:" Brian takes the same $50 bet on a celebrity boxing match between Mike Tyson and Carol Channing as Betting Freddie does, who stutters the word "bet" like the addicted gambler he was in "The Gambler." He then gets serious and claims there's nothing funny about addiction and tells the audience to vote "No" on Indian gaming bars. Fred is voiced by Jeff Bergman.
  • "Chick Cancer:" Olivia mentions that she starred with Victor in a Flintstones vitamin commercial.
  • "Road to Rupert:" In a reenactment of "(Meet) The Flintstones," Meg drives Peter to the Quahog Drive-In, where he sticks his head through the car roof like Dino and then has Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm placed on top of his head.
  • "Believe It or Not, Joe's Walking on Air:" Fred and Barney attend the inaugural ball of the Quahog Men's Club, where Fred reveals to Barney that he accidentally caught sight of Betty undressing, who saw Fred, but continued anyway, giving way to Fred's e-rock-tion. Bergman voices both Fred and Barney.
  • "Peter's Daughter:" Fred takes Wilma to Mr. Stoneberg to get a legal separation for not letting him back in after Baby Puss removes him from their house and locks him outside. He had been knocking for 20 minutes and shouting "Wilma!" but she claims to not have heard because she was taking a shower, but he believes that she was simply ignoring him and goes on further about her spending all his money on expensive clothes and hairdos, and not being available for sex, the "passive-aggressive bitch" she is. Bergman and Alex Borstein are the voices Fred and Wilma, respectively.
  • "Stew-Roids:" Gina says that Chris smells like Fred's ass. The scene then cuts to Fred, who says that no one's telling her to smell it. Fred is voiced by Bergman.
  • "Road to the Multiverse:" Stewie and Brian travel to an alternate universe of Quahog, which resembles Bedrock and has a laugh track. Peter and Lois are now called Rock Peter and Rock Lois and are dressed and have the same hairstyles as Fred and Wilma. The word "rock" is placed before and in place of other words as well, so they had rock sex which included Rock Peter rocking Rock Lois up the rock last rock night (which also included a "rockphylactic" in the form of a frog, "Ribbeted for your pleasure.") As you can imagine, Stewie and Brian wanted to get the "rock out of there."
  • "Quagmire's Baby:" Quagmire is selling a tape of The Best of the World's Wildest Police Chases, which features the police in a high speed pursuit of Fred in the Flintmobile, also carrying Dino, Pebbles, and Bamm-Bamm. Dino pops his head through the roof, and Fred places the babies on top of Dino's head. Fred manages to avoid them until he enters a drive-in movie theater and smashes into a snack bar. Fred tries to escape over a fence, but is caught and clobbered by the police. The narrator finishes his commentary by saying "Yabba-Dabba-Don't."
  • "Burning Down the Bayit:" Stewie brags to Brian about how he attended a baby rave the night before, where he dropped a "purple Betty" Flintstones chewable vitamin, which he claims sent him "flying."
  • "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream:" The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is Peter's favorite period film.
  • "The Simpsons Guy:" Fred acts as a judge when Peter and Homer Simpson go to court over the Pawtucket Patriot Ale being a copyright infringement over Duff Beer. He claims that both brands are imitations of Budrock, but is in favor of Duff Beer. Fred is voiced by none other than Bergman.
  • "The 2000-Year-Old Virgin:" Meg takes a job as a tag remover using her teeth. After she does it, she responds with, "It's a living", with accompanying "wah-wah-wah" music.
  • "Peter, Chris, & Brian:" Peter puts "Wilma Flintstone pearl necklaces" on him and Chris as a key to success.
  • "Emmy-Winning Episode:" Peter hears Flintstones running in Dr. Hartman's office.
  • "Happy Holo-ween:" As the hologram Peter is defeated, he quickly turns into 1999 Peter, Larry from Larry & Steve, and Fred Flintstone. He even yells "WILLMA."
  • "Happy Holo-ween:" As the hologram Peter is defeated, he quickly reverts to Peter from 1999, Larry from Larry & Steve, Homer Simpson, and Fred Flintstone. He even yells "WILMA!" before he explodes into ash.
  • "Fertilized Megg:" Peter insists that he cannot bowl like Fred Flintstone, and has Bruce imitate classic sound effects with a xylophone. When he hits a strike, he yells "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!", but has it altered to make it a "legally acceptable sound-alike". Peter later uses the same yell in a cutaway gag in which he's electrocuted in prison.
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  • Missing: Fat man and redhead.

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  • You think you have a crap job.

  • Vote "No" to Indian gaming bars.

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Family Matters

  • "Body Damage:" Carl mentions that Rachel broke his Flintstones mug.

Fish Police

Main article: Fish Police (TV series)

Fresh Off the Boat

  • "Parental Advisory:" The parents instruct the babysitter that if the kids get warm after going to bed, they should take a thermometer and a Flintstone chewable; Eddie likes grape, while his younger brothers like orange.
  • "It's a Plastic Pumpkin, Louis Huang:" There was a couple at Deidre's Halloween party dressed as Fred and Wilma.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

  • "Def Poet's Society:" Will sings and dances to Madonna's "Vogue," adding his own lyrics, "Michael Jordan, Al Capone, Woody Woodpecker, Fred Flintstone."
  • "Knowledge Is Power:" Will criticizes Geoffrey while he dances to "The Thieving Magpie," by saying that if he wore a Barney bobblehead it would be like watching The Flintstones on Ice.
  • "Did the Earth Move for You?:" While stuck in traffic after an earthquake, Ashley passes the time by singing "(Meet) The Flintstones," although we only hear her sing the last line, not forgetting to conclude with yelling "Wilma!"
  • "Will Gets a Job:" Hilary wants to cook her Sara Lee food, but Will is using the oven so he says to use the regular oven, causing her to flippantly respond, "I'm a Wilma Flintstone?"
  • "Hilary Gets a Life:" Hilary said she quit ballet when she was young because her feet were starting to look like Fred Flintstone's.
  • "Those Were the Days:" Commenting on Hilary's hair as a baby when her parents were hippies, Will says she has "sort of a yabba-dabba-doo."
  • "The Baby Comes:" When Phil and Will enter the hospital's reception area, Phil hears Vivian calling out for him while giving birth. He calls back a couple of times, which prompts Will to shout "Wilma!"
  • "Ain't No Business Like Show Business:" After Will gets a gig at a comedy club without auditioning, he yells, "Yabba-dabba-doo, I'm in the showcase, too!"
  • "Stress Related:" Will jokes about Uncle Phil working for Mr. Slate, the latter says he had to make copies of legal documents before Xerox machines existed. Looking unamused, Will then had to explain to Uncle Phil he was a character on The Flintstones.

Fuller House

  • "Our Very First Show, Again:" The same family members sing "(Meet) The Flintstones" to baby Tommy just like they did over 20 years ago to baby Michelle.

Full House

  • "Our Very First Show:" Joey, Jesse, Danny, D.J., and Stephanie, sing "(Meet) The Flintstones" to soothe baby Michelle.
  • "Our Very First Promo:" Joey and Jesse work on Michelle's hair, with Joey trying a Pebbles hairdo, but Jesse says she looks like Don King.
  • "Good News, Bad News:" During a feud between D.J. and Kimmy create rival school newspapers. When Kimmy pastes D.J.'s head on Friday the 13th's Freddy Krueger's body, D.J. plans to put Fred's head on Kimmy's body.
  • "Take My Sister, Please:" Joey impresses Lisa with his imitation of Fred saying "Yabba-dabba-doo" after saying he cried for a week after watching Fred and Wilma have Pebbles, which occurred in "The Blessed Event."
  • "Happy Birthday, Babies, Part 1:" There is a flashback to "Our Very First Promo."
  • "Happy Birthday, Babies, Part 2:" The family hosts a Flintstones-themed birthday party for Michelle. The living room is dressed up to look like Bedrock, and D.J., who is Wilma, welcomes Michelle's loinclothed guests (one of which is Taj Mowry as Teddy), wants them to meet her "Bedrock buddies," who are Stephanie as Betty, Joey as Barney (with voice imitation, too), Danny as Dino, Michelle as Pebbles, and Jesse as Fred. Jesse knocks on the bathroom door for Becky and shouts, "Wilma."
  • "Please Don't Touch the Dinosaur:" Michelle is excited about her trip to the museum in the hopes of seeing real dinosaurs, but Danny says they have been extinct for millions of years, only for Michelle to counter that Fred Flintstone lives with dinosaurs. Danny has to correct her that Fred is just a cartoon character, who has no neck and uses an elephant's trunk as a shower.

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The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Main article: The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
  • "Modern Primitives:" Fred is discovered in a block of ice in Billy's garden, who proceeds to treat him like a uncivilized caveman/pet, calling him Jake Steele. During the end credits, Billy pops up in Bedrock, knocking on the Rubble's door. Barney answers, but in a twist, can't understand Billy.

Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

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I Am Weasel

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In Living Color

  • "Krishna Cop:" Kim Wayans sings a parody of Crystal Waters's "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)" called "My Songs Are Mindless," in which Wayans changes the lyrics "La da dee la da da" to "Yabba-dabba-doo, yabba-dabba-dee," while pointing at Fred of The Flintstones on TV. She also mentions Scooby on TV.

Jellystone!

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The Jetsons

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Johnny Bravo

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Looney Tunes

  • Attack of the Drones: Duck Dodgers addresses a council made up of sci-fi characters from other franchises, including the Great Gazoo.
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Mad

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  • "2012 Dalmatians/Grey's in Anime:" In the skit "2012 Dalmatians," Fred and Barney make cameos as caveman bones in the Museum of Natural Mystery.
  • "Fast Hive/Minute to Flynn It:" In the skit "Minute to Flynn It," Sam Flynn discovers from Clu that the Flynn line goes right back to the Flynnstones, with Fred popping up in a Tron suit and says, "Yabba-dabba-doo! I'm talking to Clu!"
  • "Battleship vs Titanic/Jurassic Park and Recreation:" In the skit "Hey, whatever happened to that guy from that TV show I kinda remember from when I was a kid?", we get a glimpse of what happened to Fred after his TV show was cancelled when the creators realized that cavemen didn't exist the same time as dinosaurs and that Dino died. Fred then became "oversaturated" in everything from a preschool show called ¡Yodabba Dabba! (a parody of Yo Gabba Gabba!) and being the spokesman for a hair gel called "Yabba-Dabba-Do!" He then left the business, but returned in 1997 to become a failed stand up comedian, because all the audience want to hear him say is, "Yabba-dabba-Do."
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Malcolm in the Middle

  • "Grandma Sues:" The boys and Piama listen to "(Meet) The Flintstones" play on TV.
  • "Dewey's Special Class:" When Lois says goodnight to Hal and Craig, who have formed a dance team, she calls them Fred and Ginger. Craig then says to Hal he thought it was Fred and Barney.

Married... with Children

  • "Married... with Prom Queen: Part 1:" According to Al, Barney Rubble wasn't much but at least he was supportive, which is what Steve isn't being to Al.
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