Betty Rubble
Betty Rubble | |
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Aw, how about some more screentime. Pretty please? Huh huh? Can I? | |
Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Affiliation | Fred Flintstone Wilma Flintstone Hoppy |
Occupation | Homemaker Caterer |
Father | Mr. Bricker |
Mother | Mrs. Bricker |
Sibling(s) | One brother, Brad Bricker, in The Flintstone Kids |
Other relative(s) | Daughter-in-law, Pebbles Flintstone |
Marital status | Wife to Barney Rubble |
Children | One son, Bamm-Bamm |
Grandchildren | Roxy and Chip Rubble |
First appearance | TF: "The Flintstone Flyer" (1960) |
Played by | June Foray (1960, pilot pitch) Bea Benederet (1960-64) Gerry Johnson (1964-66) Gay Autterson (1971-82) B.J. Ward (1986-98) Rosie O'Donnell (1994) Jane Krakowski (2000) Grey DeLisle (since 2001) |
The Flintstone Kids | |
I Yabba-Dabba Do! | |
The Flintstones | |
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas | |
The Flintstones | |
Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs |
Betty Rubble is a cavewoman and the fourth main character of the Flintstones animated franchise. Her voice was originated by Bea Benederet in the first four seasons of the original series (not counting June Foray in the pilot pitch). From seasons 5-6, she was instead voiced by Gerry Johnson.
Betty is a wife to her husband, Barney. Her relationship is somewhat more easy-going with Barney than it is between her best friend Wilma and her husband, Fred, who are always at odds with their money and what she can do. Not much of Betty's personality has been known apart from her limited screen presence in the original series, as it was written as a classic domestic sitcom in mind. Unable to conceive children, both she and Barney later adopted a son called Bamm-Bamm.
Character description
Betty is a beautiful, slim woman with fair skin and black hair combed into a bob. She wears a blue dress with black straps attached around her neck, and a decorative stone sewn onto the front. She also wears a blue hair ribbon on top of her head.
As mentioned above, Betty is the wife of Barney Rubble. She is a sweet lady who mostly spends most of the time socializing with Wilma, and the two often make amends to bail their husbands out of whatever scheme Fred gets in trouble with. Betty is, unfortunately, the least developed character in the original show, as she is rarely seen not following the lead of either Barney or Wilma. In the case of the latter, she often shares with whatever feelings Wilma has in any situation.
In addition to her attractiveness and beauty, Betty can also be emotional at times. She gets mad when Barney acts negatively and she sometimes feels sad when something goes in the wrong hands. In later depictions, she is portrayed as being a bit more stubborn than Wilma, and considerably smarter than her husband.
Appearances
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
- Dexter's Laboratory
- 2.31A "Dad Is Disturbed" (no lines)
- I Am Weasel
- 2.7 "I Am My Lifetime"
- Johnny Bravo
- 4.11B "A Page Right Out of History" (no lines)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
- 5.4A "Modern Primitives"
- Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs
Specials
Movies
Theme park rides
Shorts
- D.A.R.E. Yogi Bear
- Dove commercial
Comics
- The Flintstones (Dell Comics)
- The Flintstones (Gold Key Comics)
- The Flintstones (Charlton Comics)
- Barney & Betty Rubble
- The Flintstones (Marvel Comics)
- The Flintstones (Harvey Comics)
- Yogi Bear D.A.R.E.
- 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
Video games
Biography
The Fourth Wheel
I Am Cameo
Having become old and retired, Betty lived a life at the Old Cartoon Sidekicks Retirement Home.[1]
Betty Sells Out
Betty appeared in a 2005 Dove shampoo commercial, with Wilma and Velma Dinkley.
Betty in the Funny Books
Development
Betty's personality was based on that of the archetypal wife of a lead character's best friend, commonly seen in 1950s television. Most prominently, she was inspired by Trixie Norton, the wife of Ed Norton in the 1955 sitcom, The Honeymooners. Like Betty, Trixie did not appear in every episode and had a less developed character, though she is shown to be bossy towards her husband at times.
Toys and merchandise
- Main article: Betty Rubble/Toys
Gallery
- Main article: Betty Rubble/Gallery
References
- ^ I Am Weasel: "I Am My Lifetime," season 2, episode 7 (1998).