Wilma Flintstone

Wilma Flintstone is a cavewoman and the tritagonist of the Flintstones animated franchise. Her voice was originated by Jean Vander Pyl.

Wilma is a strong-willed, stay-at-home wife for her husband Fred. Serious and incredibly sarcastic, Wilma must always contend with Fred's temper—typically caused by work or money she needs—which usually ends in him looking like an incompetent fool. Wilma's best friends are her next-door neighbors, Betty and Barney Rubble. Halfway in season three of The Flintstones, she gave birth to her daughter Pebbles.

Character description
Wilma is an slim and very attractive woman with fair skin and swirly red hair. She wears a white loincloth dress, a pearl necklace, and red lipstick. One distinct thing Wilma has is that she has black dots for eyes (as opposed to Fred, who has white eyes with black dots).

Wilma works as a homemaker in her household; often seen doing laundry or making meals for his husband when he comes home. She is patient, strong willed, and level-headed, often criticizing Fred for his childish and ill-fated schemes. Wilma can also be pretty sarcastic towards him when he acts up. Although she can get emotionally unhappy when something goes wrong, she still brings affection to her family, and will often be the one to bail out Fred when his plans land him in hot water.

Wilma's closest friends are the next-door Rubble family, namely Betty Rubble. Wilma is often seen having a conversation with Betty, regardless of what topic they cover. They are sometimes seen shopping in various stores within the the town.

TV series

 * The Flintstones
 * The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
 * The Flintstone Comedy Hour
 * The New Fred and Barney Show
 * The Flintstone Comedy Show
 * The Flintstone Kids
 * Johnny Bravo
 * 4.11B "A Page Right Out of History"
 * Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs
 * Jellystone!
 * 1.7 "Must Be Jelly" (picture)

Movies

 * The Man Called Flintstone
 * The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
 * I Yabba-Dabba Do!
 * Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby
 * The Flintstones
 * A Flintstones Christmas Carol
 * The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
 * The Flintstones: On the Rocks
 * The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!

Specials

 * The Flintstones: Little Big League
 * The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone
 * The Flintstones Primetime Specials
 * 1.1 The Flinstones' New Neighbors
 * 1.2 The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling
 * 1.3 The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma
 * 1.4 The Flintstones: Jogging Fever
 * The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special
 * A Flintstone Family Christmas

Shorts

 * D.A.R.E. Bear Yogi
 * "Unstick Your Style"

Theme park rides

 * The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera

Comics

 * The Flintstones (Dell Comics)
 * The Flintstones (Gold Key Comics)
 * The Flintstones (Charlton Comics)
 * The Flintstones (Marvel Comics)
 * Yogi Bear D.A.R.E.
 * The Flintstones (Harvey Comics)
 * The Flintstones (Archie Comics)
 * Cartoon Network Christmas Spectacular
 * #1B "It's a Gift"
 * The Flintstones and the Jetsons
 * Scooby-Doo! Team-Up
 * #7 "Scooby-Doo, When Are You?"
 * #8 "Future Shocked" (no lines)
 * The Flintstones (DC Comics)

Books

 * The Flintstones
 * The Case of the Many Missing Things

Development
Wilma is based on Alice Kramden, the wife of Ralph Kramden and one of the four main characters from the 1950s TV sitcom The Honeymooners. Like her animated counterpart, Alice is patient, often finding herself bearing with her husband's absurd demands, and responding him with her sharp-tongued sarcasm.

In popular culture

 * In the movie Police Academy 2, Mahoney says the Scullions' hideout in the abandoned Griffith Park Zoo has a "cave-like atmosphere," and asks where Fred and Wilma are.
 * In the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles, Del sings "(Meet) The Flintstones" on the bus, even adding "Wilma!" at the end.
 * In the April 2, 1989 comic strip of Garfield, the opening panel spoofs The Flintstones, with Garfield and Arlene dressed like Fred and Wilma, respectively, as Garfield complains to Arlene that her dogasaurus (Odie) ate his car.
 * In The Golden Girls episode "Once, in St. Olaf," Brother Martin says Rose looks familiar to which she said she gets that because she thinks she looks like Wilma.
 * In the pilot episodes of Full House and Fuller House, the same characters sing "(Meet) The Flintstones" to the baby of the respective series, with Stephanie shouting "Wilma!" both times.
 * In the Moesha episode "The Ditch Party," Moesha refers to Kim and Neicy as Betty and Wilma when she tells them to relax after they believe she's gone to the wild side in joining them in a ditch party, which is actually a story for the school newspaper.
 * In Chris Rice's song "Cartoons," Rice questions if Fred and Wilma are religious and would say "Yabba-dabba-do-lu-yah" in place of "Hallelujah."
 * In the According to Jim episode "The Truck," a hustling bar patron repeatedly makes jokes about Jim looking like Fred, and even calls his wife, Wilma. Even Jim accidentally calls his wife Wilma.
 * In the 2004 "New Years Special" of British sketch comedy Dead Ringers, President George W. Bush says, "This result is an overwhelma Flintstone" in a speech addressing his second term win.
 * In the Drawn Together episode "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.
 * In The Office episode "Beach Games," the staff of Dunder Mifflin sings "(Meet) the Flintstones" while on a bus trip, while their boss Michael Scott improvised the background music and shouted "Wilma!" at the end.
 * In the film The Amazing Spider-Man, Dr. Connors's lab rats are called Fred and Wilma.
 * In the Fresh Off the Boat episode "It's a Plastic Pumpkin, Louis Huang," a couple is dressed as Fred and Wilma at Deidre's Halloween party.
 * In celebration of Warner Bros.' 100th anniversary, they produced a special short which had the Looney Tunes cast dressed like the Flintstones cast while taking a photo in Bedrock, with a red headed Lola Bunny as Wilma.

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.

Family Guy

 * "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.
 * "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. Wilma is voiced by Alex Borstein.
 * "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.
 * "Peter, Chris, & Brian:" Peter puts "Wilma Flintstone pearl necklaces" on him and Chris as a key to success.
 * "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.

Young Sheldon

 * "A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run:" Georgie thinks that his parents will divorce due to the fighting between his father and his mother-in-law, but Sheldon counters that this it's typical and doesn't lead to divorce, to which Missy chimes in is to how Fred and Wilma have stayed together.
 * "A Research Study and Czechoslovakian Wedding Pastries:" When George and Mary get into a disagreement while talking to the research doctors about the twins, Meemaw tells the doctors to never mind Fred and Wilma and move on to the kids.