List of pop culture references to Flintstones

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," and Fred Flintstone's catchphrase, "Yabba-dabba-doo!" becoming part of everyday people's lexicon.

Books

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

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.

Adventures of Superman

In #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!!"

Films

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.

Son of the Mask

Baby Alvery switches the TV onto this episode, 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

The theme song "(Meet) The Flintstones" is played on the sax.

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.

Songs

"Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys

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

TV series

According to Jim

"The Truck:" a drunk bar patron losing to arm wrestling all night pokes fun at Jim by calling him Fred Flintstone when Jim refuses his challenge. Jim cut him some slack because he was drunk and agreed he had a "vague resemblance to Fred Flintstone." Larry doesn't drop it and bets Jim £20 he will win and calls him Fred again, but Larry is a hustler who ends up winning Jim's truck. When they meet again for a second time at the bar, Larry says, "Yabba-dabba-doo." Lloyd also calls his wife and sister-in-law Wilma and Betty, when a pool game is proposed.
"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."

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."

===''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.
* "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''===
===''The Cleveland Show''===
===''Clerks: The Animated Series''===
===''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."
* "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 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 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

Main article: Family Guy

"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Bucks:" While walking in New York set to Flintstones-esque music, Peter tries to lift Meg's spirits by telling her she'll find her hidden talent, when they suddenly walk onto Bedrock.
"Dammit Janet!:" When Peter and Lois don't return to America after the plane they were on was hijacked in Cuba, it is reported on the news, with the artist's rending capturing a fat man inexplicably married to an attractive redhead, which is in the form of Fred and Wilma.
"Wasted Talent:" When the final scroll to entering the Pawtucket Brewery was found, Peter disappointedly asked aloud what he was going to do now, when the Great Gazoo popped up asking the "dum dum" what he could do for Peter, but all Peter wanted was to be left alone. Annoyed at Peter's treatment of him, Gazoo whined that it wasn't always about him, the "fatso."
"Ready, Willing, and Disabled:" A cavegirl carhop tips Joe's wheelchair over with a plate of ribs in the same manner as what happens to Fred's car in the "(Meet) The Flintstones" theme song.
"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.
"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.
"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."
"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."

You think you have a crap job.

Family Matters

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

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

"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!"

Futurama

Main article: Futurama

"Hell is Other Robots:" Fry dances to the Beastie Boys' song "Intergalactic" which features the "Flintstone flop" line, inspired by Fred's dance in "Shinrock A Go-Go."
"Fun on a Bun:" At the end of the episode, Zap Brannigan orders large ribs which are so heavy they bring down the corner of the table, just like when Fred orders some at the drive-in theater in closing to each episode of The Flintstones that used "(Meet) The Flintstones."

The Golden Girls

"High Anxiety:" Blanche believes that Rose has gone back to taking her prescription medication she had become too dependent on, only to find out she was taking a Fred Flintstone vitamin.
"Snap Out of It:" Sophia informs an old woman that it's Flintstone, not Flintstein.
"Melodrama:" Dorothy reminded Blanche about how she once described Mel as looking like Fred but with a better car.

Hank

"Drag Your Daughter to Work Day:" Maddie says to her dad that when he was her age, people pushed cars around with their feet, which led her boyfriend to make the comparison with The Flintstones.

Heartbreak High (1994)

"Episode 8" (season 2): Mr. Deloraine asked his nephew, Matt, how the stereo was at the warehouse he had recently moved into, with Matt responding that it looked like something Freddy Flintstone built.
"Episode 4" (season 3), a student wears a t-shirt of Fred in football gear.

Flintstones merch in Australia.

Looney Tunes

In celebration of Warner Bros.' 100th anniversary, they made a special short featuring Looney Tunes characters taking a group photo of their favorite Flintstones characters in Bedrock, but this is spoiled by Daffy who comes dressed as Fred and then Bamm-Bamm, even though Bugs and Sylvester were already covering them, respectively.

Lucifer

"Yabba Dabba Do Me:" and a young Jimmy Baines watches the series, mostly from the "(Meet) the Flintstones" theme song.

Mad

Main article: 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 canceled 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."

What's left of Fred and Barney in "2012 Dalmatians/Grey's in Anime."

Man v. Food

"Columbus, Ohio" (season 8): Host Casey Webb referred to the pork as "Fred Flintstone food," alluding to the giant-sized ribs Fred would eat.

Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures

"Don't Touch That Dial:" Mighty Mouse is being watched by a kid on TV, who gets bored, and flips the channel causing Mighty Mouse to jump to what the kid is watching, which includes a mashup between The Flintstones and The Jetsons called The Jetstones. There is a George lookalike who drives his saucer car, but it's made of stone and is foot powered, and there is a house made of stone his wife comes out from, but the front doors slide open. He also has a friend who looks similar to Barney.

Moesha

"Credit Card:" Hakeem enters the Mitchell household and calls the family the Flintstones, as part of a recurring gag of Hakeem referring to the family as other families in pop culture. The scene is also used as part of a clip show in "Girls' Night In."
"This Time You've Gone Too Far:" There are a couple of transition shots of two kids in a ride on car making the same running sound effects as Fred.
"Definitely Not the Cosbys:" Moesha, who is desperate for Niecy to leave their dorm so she could be alone with Q, she suggested to Niecy that she should use her feet to drive her brother's broken down car.

Outnumbered

"The Tennis Match:" Ben says that cavemen would fight each other to prevent the other one from stealing their brontosaurus based on the rules of Charles Darwin, but his mother retorts that it's something more like out of The Flintstones.

Robot Chicken

Main article: Robot Chicken

"Easter Basket:" In a parody of the Fruity Pebbles commercials, things take a dark turn when Barney steals Fred's cereal.
"Yancy the Yo-Yo-Boy:"
"Big Trouble in Little Clerks 2:"
"Casablankman II:"
"Up, Up and Buffet:"
"Triple Hot Dog Sandwich on Wheat:"
"Strummy Strummy Sad Sad:"

Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996)

"Dante's Inferno:" Dante magically splits his bowling ball into pieces before it hits any pins, leaving Harvey to say he had never seen anything like that, except maybe on The Flintstones.

Saturday Night Live

"George Carlin/Billy Preston & Janis Ian:" Host George Carlin mentions them in one of his stand-up routines.
"John Goodman/The Pretenders:" Although more in promotion for the 1994 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.
"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 two use both of his feet to drive a stick shift. When the hacker questions him about calling him "Flintstein," the thief responds, "Did I stutter? Frederick Flintstein."

Seth McFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy

"Fred and Barney Try To Get Into a Club:" Fred and Barney try to enter a club but are denied access
"Fred Flintstone Takes a Shit:" exactly what it says on the tin.

The Simpsons

Main article: The Simpsons

"Marge vs. the Monorail:" The episode begins with a parody of Homer singing "(Meet) The Flintstones" with his own lyrics, ending when Homer crashes his car into a chestnut tree, having only paid partial attention to the road.
"The Day the Violence Died:" When Chester takes Robert Meyers, Jr. to court over plagiarism of his creation of Itchy, Meyers claims that this is part of the business because without The Honeymooners there wouldn't be The Flintstones.

Teen Titans Go!

Main article: Teen Titans Go!

"Double Trouble:" Cyborg is dressed like Fred in a game called "Cavemen and Dinosaurs".
"Serious Business:" Mankind was primitive until the first toilet was made, with the worlds of Flintstones and Jetsons representing the before and after.

That '90s Show

"Boyfriend Day One:" Sherri mentions that she has a tattoo on her hip of Fred surfing.

We Baby Bears

"Modern-ish Stone Age Family:" The bears have gone back to the Stone Age, leading Grizz to make references to The Flintstones and its theme song, although the show he is actually watching is called The Fossil Folks which is somewhat different.

Young Sheldon

"A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run:" Georgie thinks that his parents will divorce due to the fighting between his father and his mother-in-law, but Sheldon counters that this it's typical and doesn't lead to divorce, to which Missy chimes in is to how Fred and Wilma have stayed together.
"A Research Study and Czechoslovakian Wedding Pastries:" When George and Mary get into a disagreement while talking to the research doctors about the twins, Meemaw tells the doctors to never mind Fred and Wilma and move on to the kids.
"A Race of Superhumans and a Letter to Alf:" Missy is worried that Sheldon's offer to make her smarter involves brain swapping which she is against because it didn't go well on Gilligan's Island or Flintstones, with "Monster Fred" being the episode she was presumably referring to.
"An Ugly Car, An Affair, and Some Kickass Football:" As Georgie is showing Mandy the kids section of Video Village, he mentions they have Looney Tunes, Flintstones, and Fraggle Rock.

Other

In Nick at Night's pop-up trivia edition of The Brady Bunch episode "Adios, Johnny Bravo," they said that the Flintstones shared a bed (although this didn't happen at first).