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* Del sings "(Meet) The Flintstones" on the bus, even adding "Wilma!" at the end.
* Del sings "(Meet) The Flintstones" on the bus, even adding "Wilma!" at the end.
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===''Rage!''===
* The movie begins with Cal being woken up by his daughter leaving the TV on which is playing the episode "[[The House Guest]]," with the theme song and the opening scene of Fred telling Barney he is driving them to the Quicky Car Wash.
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===''Son of the Mask''===
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==TV series==
==TV series==
===''According to Jim''===
===''According to Jim''===
* "The Truck:" a drunk bar patron losing to arm wrestling all night pokes fun at [[Jim Belushi|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 Truck:" aAdrunk bar patron losing to arm wrestling all night pokes fun at [[Jim Belushi|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 [[Larry Campbell|her brother]] Fred and Barney when they succeed after their hunting trip to prove themselves.
* "The Hunters:" Jim believes he is a natural born hunter, a caveman even, which is probably why Dana calls him and [[Larry Campbell|her brother]] Fred and Barney when they succeed after their hunting trip to prove themselves.


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===''Animaniacs'' (1993)===
{{Main|Animaniacs}}
* "Yabba Dabba Boo:" The episode title is a play on "Yabba dabba doo," Fred's catchphrase. In the episode, the writing staff of Amblin gets a script doctor (Chicken Boo in disguise) to help with their movie scripts, which includes one for ''Flintstones''. They need help with what happens to Fred will say after a boulder comes crashing down on him after he gets in his car. Suggestions are "Let's rock and roll" and "The boulder and the beautiful," which are turned down in favor of the hilarious idea that the script doctor gives which is just clucking. It happens again when another scene depicts Fred at a golf course and picks up a stork instead of a club, with the suggestions of what the stork says next being, "It's a living" and "It's my job," but whatever the script doctor clucks about is approved. The final scene that will get the script finished, is of Fred standing on what he thinks is a boulder, but really a dinosaur head. Deanna Oliver, the one writer not impressed, starts clucking, but it just confuses the other writers. The script doctor does his own clucking, which sends the other writers into uproarious laughter.


===''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''===
===''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''===
{{Main|Aqua Teen Hunger Force}}
* "One Hundred:" [[Frylock]] becomes Fryboy in a ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' parody, but his face was transformed to resemble Barney's.
* "One Hundred:" [[Frylock]] becomes Fryboy in a ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (TV series)|Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' parody, but his face was transformed to resemble Barney's.


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===''The Cleveland Show''===
===''The Cleveland Show''===
* "Cleveland Live!:" The black card on-screen says "[[December 17]], [[1989]], History is made. America says hello to the [[The Simpsons|first non-prehistoric family]] in prime-time animation."
* "Cleveland Live!:" The black card on-screen says "[[December 17]], [[1989]], History is made. America says hello to the [[The Simpsons|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."
* "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''===
===''Clerks: The Animated Series''===
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===''Dexter's Laboratory''===
{{Main|Dexter's Laboratory (TV series)}}
* "[[Can't Nap]]:" [[Krunk]] brings over the cat-like [[White Tiger]] to [[Muscular Arms]] for the night, which sets off [[Major Glory]]'s allergies. He tries to get him to sleep out on the balcony, leading to a squabble between the two which mirrors Fred trying to get [[Baby Puss (Flintstones)|Baby Puss]] out of the [[Flintstone residence|Flintstone house at night. When White Tiger locks Major Glory out, he accidentally calls for Wilma instead of Krunk. Major Glory then flies away to find another way in, and Krunk answers the door dressed like Wilma.
* "[[Beard to Be Feared]]:" A newly bearded [[Dexter]] walks down the street past a shocked Fred and [[George Jetson]]. Fred is modernized, with his loincloth now a shirt joined by black shorts, sandals, and a watch.
* "[[Dad is Disturbed]]:" [[Dad (Dexter's Lab)|Dad]]'s golf watching is interrupted by [[Mom (Dexter's Lab)|Mom]] talking on the phone to Betty right next to him, so he goes over to her place to bound and gag her (her muffled sounds being performed by [[Kath Soucie]]), then pretends to be Betty so Mom to cut the conversation. Later, the family end up watching ''Wheel of Fortune'' while Dad goes to the bathroom, so he is forced to go to Barney's, who is rather unhappy because Dad has become an irritant to him with Dad's constant talking.
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* "Hot Tub:" When Foxxy attacks Clara, the Rubbles' car can be seen driving by the main house.
* "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."
* "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''.
* "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.
* "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]].
* "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.
* "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]], 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.
* ''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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* "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.
* "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.
* "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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* "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!"
* "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!"
* "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!"
* "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse:" Will wears a sweatshirt with Fred, while his father wears a t-shirt with [[Screwball Squirrel (character)|Screwball Squirrel]].
* "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''.
* "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''.
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===''Fuller House''===
===''Fuller House''===
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* "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.
* "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''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Freddy Krueger's body, D.J. plans to put Fred's head on Kimmy's body.
* "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''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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 "[[Dress Rehearsal]]."
* "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 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."
* "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.
* "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|The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy}}
* "[[Modern Primitives]]:" Fred is discovered in a block of ice in [[Billy (Billy & Mandy)|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''===
{{Main|Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law}}
* "[[The Dabba Don]]:"
* "[[Bird Girl of Guantanamole]]:"
* "[[Juror in Court]]:"
* "[[The Death of Harvey]]:"
===''I Am Weasel''===
{{Main|I Am Weasel}}
* "[[I Am My Lifetime]]:" Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm have retired to the [[Old Cartoon Sidekicks Retirement Home]], while Mr. Slate, who acts like a bad guy, has retired to the [[Old Cartoon Villains Asylum]].
===''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-Doo (character)|Scooby]] on TV.
===''Jellystone!''===
{{Main|Jellystone!}}
* "[[A Coconut to Remember]]:"
* "[[Must Be Jelly]]:"
* "[[Gotta Kiss Them All]]:"
* "[[Ice Ice Daddy]]:"
* "[[Uh Oh! It's a Burglar!]]:"
* "[[The Big Stink]]:"
* "[[Sweet Dreams]]:"
* "[[LAFF Games]]:"
* "[[Mummy Knows Best (Jellystone!)|Mummy Knows Best]]:"
===''The Jetsons''===
{{Main|The Jetsons (TV series)}}
* "[[Elroy's Mob]]:" [[Kenny Countdown]] is watching a clip of "[[The Swimming Pool (The Flintstones)|The Swimming Pool]]," which includes a scene with [[Alan Reed]] and [[Mel Blanc]] as Fred and Barney, respectively.
* "[[A Jetson Christmas Carol]]:" The Ghost of Christmas Past takes [[Mr. Spacely]] back to a fly-in movie theater when he was on a date with [[Mrs. Spacely]] before they were married, where they were watching Fred and Wilma.
===''Johnny Bravo''===
{{Main|Johnny Bravo (TV series)}}
* "[[A Page Right Out of History]]:" A prehistoric version of [[Johnny Bravo (character)|Johnny Bravo]] lives in Bedrock at the time Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are teenagers in ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]''.
===''Mad''===
{{Main|Mad}}
* "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.
===''The Middle''===
* "The Table:" The episode begins with a narration by Frankie about how families take more than one job, with a clip of a dinosaur clocking out Fred from the third season opening sequence of "(Meet) The Flintstones."
* "Halloween V:" Axl accidentally gets locked in the library and tries to use an old-fashioned rotary dial phone that he says like it came out of ''The Flintstones''.
* "The Shirt:" Mike gets a lot of jokes when suddenly wears a Hawaiian t-shirt instead of his usual flannel shirt. After they go on a double date with another couple, Mike complains about all the jokes they made, which Frankie says it's unusual, the same way if Fred Flintstone walked around Bedrock in something other than his "leopard man-dress" he wouldn't get any remarks from Wilma, Barney, and Betty.
* "Bat Out of Heck:" A whole debate about Fred Flintstone ensues between Atticus and Axl about him walking instead of pretending to drive with his feet, after Frankie calls Mike Fred Flintstone for his caveman-like attitude of being the one to drive others instead of taking rides. Atticus thought it was because they both work at a quarry, while Axl thought it was because they both used their feet to drive. This creates a whole debate between Atticus and Axl on why Fred needs a foot-pedal car when he can just walk to places. Axl says that he does it to use his radio, but Atticus says he didn't have one, although, interestingly, he did have one in the first [[The Flintstones (film)|live-action movie]].
===''Mighty Max''===
* "Tar Wars:" In starting up a conversation with the caveman Gor, Max begins by asking him how Betty Rubble keeps her shapely figure. After his mother criticizes his cave paintings, Max says, "Not to worry, Fred."
===''Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures''===
* "Scrappy's Field Day:" In the prehistoric past, two dinosaurs resembling Fred and Barney fight. The Barney-looking dinosaur has the same distinct laugh.
* "Don't Touch That Dial:" The worlds of ''The Flintstones'' and ''The Jetsons'' are merged into ''[[The Jetstones]]'', with [[Bedrock]] as the setting, but the patches of land float in a similar manner to when buildings in ''The Jetsons'' are raised high into the sky. The family and neighbors are based on Flintstones and Rubbles, respectively.
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===''The New Scooby-Doo Movies''===
{{Main|The New Scooby-Doo Movies}}
* "[[The Caped Crusader Caper]]:" Fred appears a parade float.
===''Open All Night''===
* "Buckaroo Buddies:" Bud sings along with a truncated version of "(Meet) the Flintstones," which only uses the first couple of verses and the last, and also includes a redubbed voice of a man saying, "Yabba-dabba-doo!" When the theme song is over, he tells his estranged son, Terry, that he likes the episode that is on because it's about Pebbles taking home a stray dinosaur but he doesn't want to spoil the rest. Terry, who is only slightly amused, wondering if it's going to be like this every day, but Bud says not on Sundays because ''The Flintstones'' isn't on that day.
===''Pinky, Elmrya & the Brain''===
* "Patty Ann:" After Brain says to Pinky he should be on his side instead of the oaf Elmyra, he asks Pinky if he has any questions. Pinky proves his own worth by only asking Brain why Fred would knowingly order a giant stack of ribs that would knock over the side of his car every week.
===''The Powerpuff Girls'' (1998)===
{{Main|The Powerpuff Girls (1998 TV series)}}
* "[[Hot Air Buffoon]]:" Bankrobbers called the Barefoot Bandits resembles Fred and Barney.
* "[[Ploys R' Us]]:" There is a pinball machine with Fred and Barney on it.
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===''Red Dwarf''===
* "Backwards:" In the first scene of the episode, Lister asks Cat if he has watched ''The Flintstones'' and if he thinks Wilma is sexy, which he agrees. Lister thinks it's crazy that they're discussing sleeping with a cartoon character, but then asks Cat what he thinks of Betty. He says that he would sleep with Betty but think of Wilma. Lister thinks their discussion is crazy but then says it's because Wilma would never leave Fred.
* "Dear Dave:" Lister's jacket usually only seen from the front throughout the tenth series, is finally given a clear view from the back, which has Wilma.
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===''The Ren & Stimpy Show''===
{{Main|The Ren & Stimpy Show}}
* "Big House Blues:" When Ren stops the girl to make her adopt both him and Stimpy from the dog pound, there are cameos of Fred and George Jetson as anthropomorphic dogs along side a more stupid and ugly version of [[Huckleberry Hound (character)|Huckleberry]], who is already a dog.
* "The Scotsman in Space:" During Haggis's meltdown after Ren and Stimpy overcook his eggs, he laughs like Barney.
* "Ren's Retirement:" The worm who eats both Ren and Stimpy in the end is a parody of Fred in terms of his voice, mannerisms, and distinctive laugh.
* "Jerry the Jellybean Elf:" As the guests leave Ren and Stimpy's party, Fred takes this cue to join them, telling Barney off-screen, "Come on, Barney, let's blow this pop stand," Barney responding, "Right behind you."
* "Aloha Höek:" The last scene ends in a dramatic with Stimpy holding the dead body of Ren, when suddenly Stimpy's watch goes off. In reality, Stimpy and Ren are just costumes worn by two Soviet spies who vaguely resemble and sound like Fred and Barney, respectively. Fred (or Yuri) says he misses his wife, as they go back to their sub.
* "My Shiny Friend:" When Ren kicks out Stimpy for being glued to the TV at night, Ren walks Stimpy past a photo of Fred and Barney they have on the wall.
* "Stupid Sidekick Union:" Ren's sidekick audition casting call includes a parody of Barney, but has Fred's black hair. Barney begins to laugh, but Ren immediately cuts him off and shouts, "Been done. Next!" He has E.F. on his shirt which may be a reference to artist Eddie Fitzgerald who worked on the show as an artist and also laughed a lot.
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===''Robot Chicken''===
{{Main|Robot Chicken}}
* "Easter Basket:" In "[[Cereal Killer]]," there is a [[Fruity Pebbles]] commercial, wherein things take a dark turn when Barney steals Fred's cereal.
* "Yancy the Yo-Yo-Boy:" In "[[Fred Flintstone's Brake Pads]]," a gory accident leaves Fred wondering if he needs to call a doctor or a mechanic.
* "Big Trouble in Little Clerks 2:" in "[[It's a Living]]," a stork is used for Fred's Lasik surgery. The stork says it isn't as bad as it's last job. which was giving abortions to unwed teens.
* "Casablankman II:" In the skit "[[The Great Gazoo]]," Fred thinks the Great Gazoo is a god and attempts to sacrifice a naked Wilma and kills Dino as an offering while Barney attempts to sacrifice Bamm-Bamm. Gazoo tells them he is not a god and it ends in him being beat up by Fred and Barney for being too weak.
* "Up, Up and Buffet:" In "[[Flintstone Colonoscopy]]," Fred receives a colonoscopy by getting a bird shoved up his rear end. The bird wishes he never dropped out of college.
* "Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat:" In "Cartoon Smokers," Fred is a victim of cartoon smoking due to a certain commercial in the 60s and has to speak through a special machine.
* "Strummy Strummy Sad Sad:" In the skit "[[Flintstones Dinosaur Uprising]]," the dinosaurs of Bedrock rebel against the humans.
* "May Cause an Indecision....or Not:" In "[[A Very Flintstone Christmas]]," the Great Gazoo comes by and informs Fred that they're celebrating Christmas even though Jesus won't be born for another ten thousand years, ripping a hole in the space time continuum. It's also revealed that Mr. Maceyrock is [[Satan]].
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===''Salute Your Shorts''===
* "Sponge's Night Out:" When Z.Z. sees Sponge sneaking out at night for his date, she calls him Orville Redenbacher, and when she sees Budnick and Donkeylips following, she calls them Fred and Barney.
===''Saturday Night Live''===
{{Main|Saturday Night Live}}
* "John Goodman/The Pretenders:" Although more as a promotion for the live-action film, host [[John Goodman]] (wearing a Fred costume, not like the one he wore in the film), does a sketch where he gives the Stone Age names of some celebrities, before removing celebrities' names who already have "Stone" or "Rock" in them.
* "Dan Levy/Phoebe Bridgers:" There is a sketch of a [[Universal Studios Pictures|Universal]] lot tour, where the guide mentions to the tourists they can see the Flintmobile (seen off-screen) from the live-action ''Flintstones'' movie.
* "Maya Rudolph/Jack Harlow:" Cindy Powell (Cecily Strong) is in the Weekend Update, telling Michael Che she looks like she's dressed like Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law.
* "Kieran Culkin/Ed Sheehan:" In "The Heist" sketch, the thief sarcastically asks if he is Fred ''Flintstein'' when told he has to use both of his feet to drive a stick shift. When the hacker questions the use of "Flintstein," the thief responds, "Did I stutter? Frederick Flintstein."
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* Barney Gumble is partly based on and a near homonym of [[Barney Rubble]]. In the first season, he also had blond hair (which was later changed to brown), and was originally intended to be Homer's neighbor.
* "Homer's Night Out:" When Apu asks whether Homer is on TV, Homer responds that Apu has mistaken him for [[Fred Flintstone|Fred]].
* "Bart the Murderer:" Yabba-Dabba-Do, named after Fred's catchphrase, is one of the racehorses Fat Tony bets against.
* "Kamp Krusty:" The couch gag has the family running up to the couch, only to find the [[Flintstones]] occupying it. In [[1999]], there was a recreated [[:File:The Simpstones cel.png|limited edition cel]], which was signed by [[William Hanna]], [[Joseph Barbera]], and Matt Groening.
* "Marge vs. the Monorail:" The opening of the episode parodies the opening of ''The Flintstones'' opening sequence, with Homer even singing a parody of the [[(Meet) The Flintstones|theme song]].
* "Marge in Chains:" Bart asks for "[[Flintstones Vitamins|Flintstones chewable morphine]]."
* ''Bart Simpson's Guide to Life'': In the evolution diagram, Fred is among the transformations from monkey to man.
* "Lady Bouvier's Lover:" Skinner tries to sabotage Mr. Burns's chances with Marge's mother by telling him the names of Homer, Marge, and Maggie are Fred, [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]], and [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]], respectively. Mr. Burns then hands over a box of chocolates, eliciting a "Yabba-dabba-do!" from Homer.
* "Sideshow Bob Roberts:" When Sideshow Bob is elected the new mayor, he uses his power to send Bart to kindergarten, where he guesses correctly the shape of a triangle and is rewarded with first choice of a toy to play with, which is a talking ''Flintstones'' phone. Out of all the characters, he presses Fred's button, which says, "Yabba-dabba-do! I like talking to you!" Fred is voiced by [[Henry Corden]].
* "Treehouse of Horror V:" During the "Time and Punishment" segment, when Homer gets crazy from time travelling into the Stone Age, he crushes fauna and flora alike in anger, which shapeshifts his house in the present into various different forms including the [[Flintstone residence|Flintstones' house]].
* "A Star is Burns:" When ''[[The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (film)|The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones]]'' comes on TV, Bart complains about it being a cheap corporate crossover just before Jay Sherman from ''The Critic'' shows up for dinner.
* "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular:" In a semi-serious behind the scenes look at the series, Troy McClure monologue references ''The Flintstones'' and the titular family by referring to the Simpsons as "America's favorite non-prehistoric cartoon family."
* "The Day the Violence Died:" ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]'' are brought up by Roger Myers Jr. when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties.
* "Homerpalooza:" There is a guy in the crowd wearing a t-shirt with Great Gazoo, although his skin is yellow, his helmet is red, and his clothes are blue.
* "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase:" At the end of the episode, one of the new season 9 storylines that Troy McClure previews is about a character named Ozmodiar who only Homer can see, a parody of the [[Great Gazoo]] who only Fred and Barney can see.
* ''Simpsons Comics'' #31 - "Radioactive Homer:" Dr. Hibbert and his wife are dressed as Fred and Wilm, respectively, at a masquerade ball.
* ''Simpsons Comics'' #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 [[Earth|world]].
* ''Simpsons Comics'' #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.
* "Beyond Blunderdome:" At the Hollywood Auto Museum, when Homer stammers to find a getaway car for him and Mel Gibson to escape the Hollywood executives, he sees the [[Flintmobile]] with mannequins of Fred, Wilma, and Dino with his head accurately poking through the roof.
* "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder:" Nancy O'Dell calls Homer a "warmed-over Fred Flintstone" in her yesterday's news segment.
* "Missionary: Impossible:" Homer puts the tribe to work based on what he's seen in ''The Flintstones'', using a pelican to mix cement. He then asks the pelican to make an "It's a living" joke, but it just falls to the ground, dead.
* "HOMЯ:" When Lisa is confused from watching an anime, Bart says that cartoons don't have to make sense, with Ozmodiar popping up only for Bart to see him agree. He then pops up after Homer gets everybody fired while the plant is brought up to code and calls him a "dumb-dumb."
* "Pokey Mom:" Bruce Vilanch, wearing Fred on his t-shirt, sits in the audience of Skinner's introduction of Jack Crowley.
* ''The Simpsons: Road Rage'': A tombstone at the pet cemetery in Springfield Mountains is inscribed with Dino.
* "Treehouse of Horror XII:" In the opening sequence, Homer and Marge are dressed as Fred and Wilma, respectively, for Halloween.
* ''Bart Simpson'' #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.
* ''Simpsons Comics'' #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''.
* "Mobile Homer:" While taking the RV by themselves, Bart and Lisa find a "Flintstones Fun Map" (which has the Flintstones, [[Rubbles]], their pets, and Gazoo) instead of a real map. They find a note scribbled on the map by Homer wondering if Dino is short for dinosaur, with a reminder to "Ask Jeeves" (which incidentally closed down around the same year this episode ended).
* On [[October 9]], [[2005]], ''TV Guide'' released nine tribute covers, which included one of Homer chiseling out the ''TV Guide''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s logo, while wearing Fred's loincloth, just as Fred did on the [[June 13]], [[1964]] edition.
* ''Simpsons Comics'' #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.
* "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh:" In cutting back, Homer is "Flintstone-ing his car" by using his feet to drive. As he starts his feet up, they make a cartoony running effect and as Homer proceeds to then struggle, he strains out a "Yabba-dabba-do."
* "Little Orphan Millie:" Homer's song to Marge, "Beautiful Eyes," contains the line, "She's the Wilma to my Fred."
* "In the Name of the Grandfather:" An [[Ireland|Irish]] tourist attraction consisting of a large pile of stones is called Blarney Rubble.
* Homer's [[Twitter]] post: [https://twitter.com/HomerJSimpson/status/2846460780 To that dude who keeps honking at me: I can't go any faster. I'm pushing the car with my feet through a hole in the floor.]
* ''Simpsons Comics'' #175 - "It Came from the '70s:" Homer calls himself Fred Flintstone as a cover when Kearney asks for it.
* "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution:" ''The Adventures of Fatso Flanagan'' plays at the Museum of TV and Television, which Marge calls a rip-off of ''The Honeymooners''. Homer jokes that everything is a rip-off of ''The Honeymooners'', and grabs Marge calling her the greatest, to which Marge affectionately calls Homer several other fat sitcom husbands before getting to his name, which includes Ralph from ''The Honeymooners'', Fred from ''The Flintstones'', Archie from ''All in the Family'', and Doug from ''The King of Queens''.
* "Bart's New Friend:" During Don's retirement party, Homer begs him to stay and continue to look out for him, but Don is ready to leave, saying, "If I was Fred Flintstone, I'd be at the end of the dinosaur's tail," referencing what Fred does when he finishes work in the opening sequence of "(Meet) the Flintstones."
* "Paths of Glory:" Nelson operates a foot-powered dune buggy called Yabba-Dabba Dune Buggy.
* "Treehouse of Horror XXVI:" Falling underground with her camera still on, Lisa captures the skeletal remains of Fred sitting in the Flintmobile.
* "Whistler's Father:" Helen describes the Simpsons' house as visiting the Flintstones, which is followed by Santa's Little Helper walking through the living room with a giant bone in his mouth.
* "A Tale of Two Trumps:" President Donald Trump has a dream of being a better person and making amends with people he has had feuds with, including letting [[Rosie O'Donnell]] she was great in ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstones]]'' movie.
* "Lisa Gets the Blues:" When the theme song begins, "The Flintstones" comes through the clouds, then "Simpstones," then finally, "The Simpsons."
* "Left Behind:" A depressed Ned talks about having a Flintstone vitamin to fall to sleep, claiming that half of Bamm-Bamm should do it.
* "Diary Queen:" The running sound effect comes into play when Rod and Todd run in place while inside a wendy house.
* "The Wayz We Were:" In prehistoric Springfield, there is a man resembling Fred, carrying the corpse of Dino on a stick.
* "The Many Saints of Springfield:" When can't believe that "fatso" Homer has such a hot wife, says it's a sitcom thing, using Doug from ''The King of Queens'', and Fred Flintstone as examples.
* "Pin Gal:" Homer imagines Marge bowling barefoot on her tiptoes like Fred with appropriate sound effects. A talking octopus picks up the bowling pins while commenting on his lot in life. After Homer finishes daydreaming, he asks Marge if they can have a [[brontoburger]], but Marge says he isn't Fred Flintstone, which makes Homer say, "Yabba-dabba-Doh!"
* "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass:" In the special opening sequence of the 750th episode, when Homer gets knocked by Marge's car while in the garage, Great Gazoo is one of the background characters watching.
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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.

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!!"

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Casper

Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers

  • One of the bootlegs is A Goofy Movie's Bigfoot wearing Fred's loincloth.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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

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.

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.

The Magic of Belle Isle (AKA Once More)

  • Monte buys a box of Fruity Pebbles at the grocery store.

¡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.

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.

Rage!

  • The movie begins with Cal being woken up by his daughter leaving the TV on which is playing the episode "The House Guest," with the theme song and the opening scene of Fred telling Barney he is driving them to the Quicky Car Wash.

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.

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:" aAdrunk 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."

Animaniacs (1993)

Main article: Animaniacs
  • "Yabba Dabba Boo:" The episode title is a play on "Yabba dabba doo," Fred's catchphrase. In the episode, the writing staff of Amblin gets a script doctor (Chicken Boo in disguise) to help with their movie scripts, which includes one for Flintstones. They need help with what happens to Fred will say after a boulder comes crashing down on him after he gets in his car. Suggestions are "Let's rock and roll" and "The boulder and the beautiful," which are turned down in favor of the hilarious idea that the script doctor gives which is just clucking. It happens again when another scene depicts Fred at a golf course and picks up a stork instead of a club, with the suggestions of what the stork says next being, "It's a living" and "It's my job," but whatever the script doctor clucks about is approved. The final scene that will get the script finished, is of Fred standing on what he thinks is a boulder, but really a dinosaur head. Deanna Oliver, the one writer not impressed, starts clucking, but it just confuses the other writers. The script doctor does his own clucking, which sends the other writers into uproarious laughter.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

Main article: Aqua Teen Hunger Force

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."

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.

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.

Clerks

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

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.

Dawson's Creek

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

Dexter's Laboratory

Main article: Dexter's Laboratory (TV series)
  • "Can't Nap:" Krunk brings over the cat-like White Tiger to Muscular Arms for the night, which sets off Major Glory's allergies. He tries to get him to sleep out on the balcony, leading to a squabble between the two which mirrors Fred trying to get Baby Puss out of the [[Flintstone residence|Flintstone house at night. When White Tiger locks Major Glory out, he accidentally calls for Wilma instead of Krunk. Major Glory then flies away to find another way in, and Krunk answers the door dressed like Wilma.
  • "Beard to Be Feared:" A newly bearded Dexter walks down the street past a shocked Fred and George Jetson. Fred is modernized, with his loincloth now a shirt joined by black shorts, sandals, and a watch.
  • "Dad is Disturbed:" Dad's golf watching is interrupted by Mom talking on the phone to Betty right next to him, so he goes over to her place to bound and gag her (her muffled sounds being performed by Kath Soucie), then pretends to be Betty so Mom to cut the conversation. Later, the family end up watching Wheel of Fortune while Dad goes to the bathroom, so he is forced to go to Barney's, who is rather unhappy because Dad has become an irritant to him with Dad's constant talking.

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, 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.

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.

Family Guy

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  • "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.

Family Matters

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

Fish Police

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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.

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!"
  • "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse:" Will wears a sweatshirt with Fred, while his father wears a t-shirt with Screwball Squirrel.
  • "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.

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

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  • "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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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."

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.

The Middle

  • "The Table:" The episode begins with a narration by Frankie about how families take more than one job, with a clip of a dinosaur clocking out Fred from the third season opening sequence of "(Meet) The Flintstones."
  • "Halloween V:" Axl accidentally gets locked in the library and tries to use an old-fashioned rotary dial phone that he says like it came out of The Flintstones.
  • "The Shirt:" Mike gets a lot of jokes when suddenly wears a Hawaiian t-shirt instead of his usual flannel shirt. After they go on a double date with another couple, Mike complains about all the jokes they made, which Frankie says it's unusual, the same way if Fred Flintstone walked around Bedrock in something other than his "leopard man-dress" he wouldn't get any remarks from Wilma, Barney, and Betty.
  • "Bat Out of Heck:" A whole debate about Fred Flintstone ensues between Atticus and Axl about him walking instead of pretending to drive with his feet, after Frankie calls Mike Fred Flintstone for his caveman-like attitude of being the one to drive others instead of taking rides. Atticus thought it was because they both work at a quarry, while Axl thought it was because they both used their feet to drive. This creates a whole debate between Atticus and Axl on why Fred needs a foot-pedal car when he can just walk to places. Axl says that he does it to use his radio, but Atticus says he didn't have one, although, interestingly, he did have one in the first live-action movie.

Mighty Max

  • "Tar Wars:" In starting up a conversation with the caveman Gor, Max begins by asking him how Betty Rubble keeps her shapely figure. After his mother criticizes his cave paintings, Max says, "Not to worry, Fred."

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures

  • "Scrappy's Field Day:" In the prehistoric past, two dinosaurs resembling Fred and Barney fight. The Barney-looking dinosaur has the same distinct laugh.
  • "Don't Touch That Dial:" The worlds of The Flintstones and The Jetsons are merged into The Jetstones, with Bedrock as the setting, but the patches of land float in a similar manner to when buildings in The Jetsons are raised high into the sky. The family and neighbors are based on Flintstones and Rubbles, respectively.

The New Scooby-Doo Movies

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Open All Night

  • "Buckaroo Buddies:" Bud sings along with a truncated version of "(Meet) the Flintstones," which only uses the first couple of verses and the last, and also includes a redubbed voice of a man saying, "Yabba-dabba-doo!" When the theme song is over, he tells his estranged son, Terry, that he likes the episode that is on because it's about Pebbles taking home a stray dinosaur but he doesn't want to spoil the rest. Terry, who is only slightly amused, wondering if it's going to be like this every day, but Bud says not on Sundays because The Flintstones isn't on that day.

Pinky, Elmrya & the Brain

  • "Patty Ann:" After Brain says to Pinky he should be on his side instead of the oaf Elmyra, he asks Pinky if he has any questions. Pinky proves his own worth by only asking Brain why Fred would knowingly order a giant stack of ribs that would knock over the side of his car every week.

The Powerpuff Girls (1998)

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  • "Hot Air Buffoon:" Bankrobbers called the Barefoot Bandits resembles Fred and Barney.
  • "Ploys R' Us:" There is a pinball machine with Fred and Barney on it.

Red Dwarf

  • "Backwards:" In the first scene of the episode, Lister asks Cat if he has watched The Flintstones and if he thinks Wilma is sexy, which he agrees. Lister thinks it's crazy that they're discussing sleeping with a cartoon character, but then asks Cat what he thinks of Betty. He says that he would sleep with Betty but think of Wilma. Lister thinks their discussion is crazy but then says it's because Wilma would never leave Fred.
  • "Dear Dave:" Lister's jacket usually only seen from the front throughout the tenth series, is finally given a clear view from the back, which has Wilma.

The Ren & Stimpy Show

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  • "Big House Blues:" When Ren stops the girl to make her adopt both him and Stimpy from the dog pound, there are cameos of Fred and George Jetson as anthropomorphic dogs along side a more stupid and ugly version of Huckleberry, who is already a dog.
  • "The Scotsman in Space:" During Haggis's meltdown after Ren and Stimpy overcook his eggs, he laughs like Barney.
  • "Ren's Retirement:" The worm who eats both Ren and Stimpy in the end is a parody of Fred in terms of his voice, mannerisms, and distinctive laugh.
  • "Jerry the Jellybean Elf:" As the guests leave Ren and Stimpy's party, Fred takes this cue to join them, telling Barney off-screen, "Come on, Barney, let's blow this pop stand," Barney responding, "Right behind you."
  • "Aloha Höek:" The last scene ends in a dramatic with Stimpy holding the dead body of Ren, when suddenly Stimpy's watch goes off. In reality, Stimpy and Ren are just costumes worn by two Soviet spies who vaguely resemble and sound like Fred and Barney, respectively. Fred (or Yuri) says he misses his wife, as they go back to their sub.
  • "My Shiny Friend:" When Ren kicks out Stimpy for being glued to the TV at night, Ren walks Stimpy past a photo of Fred and Barney they have on the wall.
  • "Stupid Sidekick Union:" Ren's sidekick audition casting call includes a parody of Barney, but has Fred's black hair. Barney begins to laugh, but Ren immediately cuts him off and shouts, "Been done. Next!" He has E.F. on his shirt which may be a reference to artist Eddie Fitzgerald who worked on the show as an artist and also laughed a lot.

Robot Chicken

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  • "Easter Basket:" In "Cereal Killer," there is a Fruity Pebbles commercial, wherein things take a dark turn when Barney steals Fred's cereal.
  • "Yancy the Yo-Yo-Boy:" In "Fred Flintstone's Brake Pads," a gory accident leaves Fred wondering if he needs to call a doctor or a mechanic.
  • "Big Trouble in Little Clerks 2:" in "It's a Living," a stork is used for Fred's Lasik surgery. The stork says it isn't as bad as it's last job. which was giving abortions to unwed teens.
  • "Casablankman II:" In the skit "The Great Gazoo," Fred thinks the Great Gazoo is a god and attempts to sacrifice a naked Wilma and kills Dino as an offering while Barney attempts to sacrifice Bamm-Bamm. Gazoo tells them he is not a god and it ends in him being beat up by Fred and Barney for being too weak.
  • "Up, Up and Buffet:" In "Flintstone Colonoscopy," Fred receives a colonoscopy by getting a bird shoved up his rear end. The bird wishes he never dropped out of college.
  • "Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat:" In "Cartoon Smokers," Fred is a victim of cartoon smoking due to a certain commercial in the 60s and has to speak through a special machine.
  • "Strummy Strummy Sad Sad:" In the skit "Flintstones Dinosaur Uprising," the dinosaurs of Bedrock rebel against the humans.
  • "May Cause an Indecision....or Not:" In "A Very Flintstone Christmas," the Great Gazoo comes by and informs Fred that they're celebrating Christmas even though Jesus won't be born for another ten thousand years, ripping a hole in the space time continuum. It's also revealed that Mr. Maceyrock is Satan.

Salute Your Shorts

  • "Sponge's Night Out:" When Z.Z. sees Sponge sneaking out at night for his date, she calls him Orville Redenbacher, and when she sees Budnick and Donkeylips following, she calls them Fred and Barney.

Saturday Night Live

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  • "John Goodman/The Pretenders:" Although more as a promotion for the live-action film, host John Goodman (wearing a Fred costume, not like the one he wore in the film), does a sketch where he gives the Stone Age names of some celebrities, before removing celebrities' names who already have "Stone" or "Rock" in them.
  • "Dan Levy/Phoebe Bridgers:" There is a sketch of a Universal lot tour, where the guide mentions to the tourists they can see the Flintmobile (seen off-screen) from the live-action Flintstones movie.
  • "Maya Rudolph/Jack Harlow:" Cindy Powell (Cecily Strong) is in the Weekend Update, telling Michael Che she looks like she's dressed like Fred Flintstone's mother-in-law.
  • "Kieran Culkin/Ed Sheehan:" In "The Heist" sketch, the thief sarcastically asks if he is Fred Flintstein when told he has to use both of his feet to drive a stick shift. When the hacker questions the use of "Flintstein," the thief responds, "Did I stutter? Frederick Flintstein."

The Simpsons

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  • Barney Gumble is partly based on and a near homonym of Barney Rubble. In the first season, he also had blond hair (which was later changed to brown), and was originally intended to be Homer's neighbor.
  • "Homer's Night Out:" When Apu asks whether Homer is on TV, Homer responds that Apu has mistaken him for Fred.
  • "Bart the Murderer:" Yabba-Dabba-Do, named after Fred's catchphrase, is one of the racehorses Fat Tony bets against.
  • "Kamp Krusty:" The couch gag has the family running up to the couch, only to find the Flintstones occupying it. In 1999, there was a recreated limited edition cel, which was signed by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, and Matt Groening.
  • "Marge vs. the Monorail:" The opening of the episode parodies the opening of The Flintstones opening sequence, with Homer even singing a parody of the theme song.
  • "Marge in Chains:" Bart asks for "Flintstones chewable morphine."
  • Bart Simpson's Guide to Life: In the evolution diagram, Fred is among the transformations from monkey to man.
  • "Lady Bouvier's Lover:" Skinner tries to sabotage Mr. Burns's chances with Marge's mother by telling him the names of Homer, Marge, and Maggie are Fred, Wilma, and Pebbles, respectively. Mr. Burns then hands over a box of chocolates, eliciting a "Yabba-dabba-do!" from Homer.
  • "Sideshow Bob Roberts:" When Sideshow Bob is elected the new mayor, he uses his power to send Bart to kindergarten, where he guesses correctly the shape of a triangle and is rewarded with first choice of a toy to play with, which is a talking Flintstones phone. Out of all the characters, he presses Fred's button, which says, "Yabba-dabba-do! I like talking to you!" Fred is voiced by Henry Corden.
  • "Treehouse of Horror V:" During the "Time and Punishment" segment, when Homer gets crazy from time travelling into the Stone Age, he crushes fauna and flora alike in anger, which shapeshifts his house in the present into various different forms including the Flintstones' house.
  • "A Star is Burns:" When The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones comes on TV, Bart complains about it being a cheap corporate crossover just before Jay Sherman from The Critic shows up for dinner.
  • "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular:" In a semi-serious behind the scenes look at the series, Troy McClure monologue references The Flintstones and the titular family by referring to the Simpsons as "America's favorite non-prehistoric cartoon family."
  • "The Day the Violence Died:" The Flintstones are brought up by Roger Myers Jr. when he explains that most animation is plagiarizing existing properties.
  • "Homerpalooza:" There is a guy in the crowd wearing a t-shirt with Great Gazoo, although his skin is yellow, his helmet is red, and his clothes are blue.
  • "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase:" At the end of the episode, one of the new season 9 storylines that Troy McClure previews is about a character named Ozmodiar who only Homer can see, a parody of the Great Gazoo who only Fred and Barney can see.
  • Simpsons Comics #31 - "Radioactive Homer:" Dr. Hibbert and his wife are dressed as Fred and Wilm, respectively, at a masquerade ball.
  • Simpsons Comics #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.
  • Simpsons Comics #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.
  • "Beyond Blunderdome:" At the Hollywood Auto Museum, when Homer stammers to find a getaway car for him and Mel Gibson to escape the Hollywood executives, he sees the Flintmobile with mannequins of Fred, Wilma, and Dino with his head accurately poking through the roof.
  • "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder:" Nancy O'Dell calls Homer a "warmed-over Fred Flintstone" in her yesterday's news segment.
  • "Missionary: Impossible:" Homer puts the tribe to work based on what he's seen in The Flintstones, using a pelican to mix cement. He then asks the pelican to make an "It's a living" joke, but it just falls to the ground, dead.
  • "HOMЯ:" When Lisa is confused from watching an anime, Bart says that cartoons don't have to make sense, with Ozmodiar popping up only for Bart to see him agree. He then pops up after Homer gets everybody fired while the plant is brought up to code and calls him a "dumb-dumb."
  • "Pokey Mom:" Bruce Vilanch, wearing Fred on his t-shirt, sits in the audience of Skinner's introduction of Jack Crowley.
  • The Simpsons: Road Rage: A tombstone at the pet cemetery in Springfield Mountains is inscribed with Dino.
  • "Treehouse of Horror XII:" In the opening sequence, Homer and Marge are dressed as Fred and Wilma, respectively, for Halloween.
  • Bart Simpson #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.
  • Simpsons Comics #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.
  • "Mobile Homer:" While taking the RV by themselves, Bart and Lisa find a "Flintstones Fun Map" (which has the Flintstones, Rubbles, their pets, and Gazoo) instead of a real map. They find a note scribbled on the map by Homer wondering if Dino is short for dinosaur, with a reminder to "Ask Jeeves" (which incidentally closed down around the same year this episode ended).
  • On October 9, 2005, TV Guide released nine tribute covers, which included one of Homer chiseling out the TV Guide's logo, while wearing Fred's loincloth, just as Fred did on the June 13, 1964 edition.
  • Simpsons Comics #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.
  • "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh:" In cutting back, Homer is "Flintstone-ing his car" by using his feet to drive. As he starts his feet up, they make a cartoony running effect and as Homer proceeds to then struggle, he strains out a "Yabba-dabba-do."
  • "Little Orphan Millie:" Homer's song to Marge, "Beautiful Eyes," contains the line, "She's the Wilma to my Fred."
  • "In the Name of the Grandfather:" An Irish tourist attraction consisting of a large pile of stones is called Blarney Rubble.
  • Homer's Twitter post: To that dude who keeps honking at me: I can't go any faster. I'm pushing the car with my feet through a hole in the floor.
  • Simpsons Comics #175 - "It Came from the '70s:" Homer calls himself Fred Flintstone as a cover when Kearney asks for it.
  • "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution:" The Adventures of Fatso Flanagan plays at the Museum of TV and Television, which Marge calls a rip-off of The Honeymooners. Homer jokes that everything is a rip-off of The Honeymooners, and grabs Marge calling her the greatest, to which Marge affectionately calls Homer several other fat sitcom husbands before getting to his name, which includes Ralph from The Honeymooners, Fred from The Flintstones, Archie from All in the Family, and Doug from The King of Queens.
  • "Bart's New Friend:" During Don's retirement party, Homer begs him to stay and continue to look out for him, but Don is ready to leave, saying, "If I was Fred Flintstone, I'd be at the end of the dinosaur's tail," referencing what Fred does when he finishes work in the opening sequence of "(Meet) the Flintstones."
  • "Paths of Glory:" Nelson operates a foot-powered dune buggy called Yabba-Dabba Dune Buggy.
  • "Treehouse of Horror XXVI:" Falling underground with her camera still on, Lisa captures the skeletal remains of Fred sitting in the Flintmobile.
  • "Whistler's Father:" Helen describes the Simpsons' house as visiting the Flintstones, which is followed by Santa's Little Helper walking through the living room with a giant bone in his mouth.
  • "A Tale of Two Trumps:" President Donald Trump has a dream of being a better person and making amends with people he has had feuds with, including letting Rosie O'Donnell she was great in The Flintstones movie.
  • "Lisa Gets the Blues:" When the theme song begins, "The Flintstones" comes through the clouds, then "Simpstones," then finally, "The Simpsons."
  • "Left Behind:" A depressed Ned talks about having a Flintstone vitamin to fall to sleep, claiming that half of Bamm-Bamm should do it.
  • "Diary Queen:" The running sound effect comes into play when Rod and Todd run in place while inside a wendy house.
  • "The Wayz We Were:" In prehistoric Springfield, there is a man resembling Fred, carrying the corpse of Dino on a stick.
  • "The Many Saints of Springfield:" When can't believe that "fatso" Homer has such a hot wife, says it's a sitcom thing, using Doug from The King of Queens, and Fred Flintstone as examples.
  • "Pin Gal:" Homer imagines Marge bowling barefoot on her tiptoes like Fred with appropriate sound effects. A talking octopus picks up the bowling pins while commenting on his lot in life. After Homer finishes daydreaming, he asks Marge if they can have a brontoburger, but Marge says he isn't Fred Flintstone, which makes Homer say, "Yabba-dabba-Doh!"
  • "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass:" In the special opening sequence of the 750th episode, when Homer gets knocked by Marge's car while in the garage, Great Gazoo is one of the background characters watching.