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|caption= On-screen title card.
|caption= On-screen title card.
|creators= [[Mark Marek]]<br />[[Marly Halpern-Graser]]
|creators= [[Mark Marek]]<br />[[Marly Halpern-Graser]]
|network=  
|network= [[HBO Max]]
|prodcompany= [[Warner Bros. Animation]]
|prodcompany= [[Warner Bros. Animation]]<br />[[Salty Dog Pictures]]
|distributor= Warner Bros. Television
|distributor= [[Warner Bros. Television]]
|released=
|released= [[September 30]], [[2021]]―[[February 17]], [[2022]]
|run_time= 11 minutes
|run_time= 11 minutes
|starring= [[Jessica DiCicco]]<br />[[Ely Henry]]<br />[[Eric Bauza]]<br />[[Jeff Bergman]]<br />[[Kevin Michael Richardson]]<br />[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />[[Grey DeLisle|Grey Griffin]]
|starring= [[Jessica DiCicco]]<br />[[Ely Henry]]<br />[[Eric Bauza]]<br />[[Jeff Bergman]]<br />[[Kevin Michael Richardson]]<br />[[Tress MacNeille]]<br />[[Grey Griffin]]
|execs= [[Sam Register]]
|execs= [[Sam Register]]
|producers= Mark Marek<br />Marly Halpern-Graser
|producers= Mark Marek<br />Marly Halpern-Graser
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'''''Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs''''' is an American animated TV sitcom produced by [[Warner Bros. Animation]] for the [[Boomerang SVOD|Boomerang's SVOD service]], although this never came to fruition, because Boomerang had no convictions towards the negative reactions from the animation community based on [[The Grass is Always Dinner|one episode]] that was leaked. It did however air in Europe during 2020, and eventually, after a year-long delay in Canada, the first few episodes aired on [[Teletoon]] during the fall of 2020, until all their attention moved onto the ''Animaniacs'' revival for not only first-run showings, but also repeated viewings. It is the sixth ''[[Flintstones (franchise)|Flintstones]]'' series after ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]''.
'''''Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs''''' is an American animated prehistoric comedy television series created by [[Mark Marek]] and [[Marly Halpern Graser]]. It was produced by [[Warner Bros. Animation]] for [[HBO Max]]. It ran from [[2021]] to [[2022]], airing 26 episodes that spanned one season (although HBO Max will tell you it spanned two). It is the sixth ''[[Flintstones (franchise)|Flintstones]]'' series after ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]''. There is a [[Hanna-Barbera]] logo at the end, despite the fact it's still a defunct studio.


The canned laugh track has made a comeback, but is employed at completely random times (just like ''Sports Night''). There is also a [[Hanna-Barbera]] logo at the end, despite the fact it's still a defunct studio.
[[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] and [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]], along with pet, [[Dino]], venture into the unexplored [[the Crags|Crags]] outside of [[Bedrock]], where new dinosaurs are waiting to be discovered and potentially harassed by the scientifically curious Pebbles and meat-headed Bamm-Bamm.


The series is about [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] and [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]], along with pet, [[Dino]], who venture into the unexplored [[the Crags|Crags]] outside of [[Bedrock]], where new dinosaurs are waiting to be discovered and potentially harassed by the scientifically curious Pebbles and meat-headed Bamm-Bamm.
This is the second series after ''[[Cave Kids (TV series)|Cave Kids]]'' to star Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, although, unlike that series, the parents are included, who now barely read like their original counterparts, so, pros and cons.
 
This is the second series after ''[[Cave Kids (TV series)|Cave Kids]]'' to star Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, although unlike that series, the parents are included, who now barely read like their original counterparts, so, pros and cons.


It's also notable for cameos by the [[Great Gazoo]] from ''The Flintstones'', [[Moonrock Crater]] from ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'', and [[Captain Caveman]], who's only called Caveman (or Oomf) at this point.
It's also notable for cameos by the [[Great Gazoo]] from ''The Flintstones'', [[Moonrock Crater]] from ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'', and [[Captain Caveman]], who's only called Caveman (or Oomf) at this point.
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==Production==
==Production==
===Development===
===Development===
In early 2016, character designer [[Chris Battle]] was one of the artists tasked with creating a new series called ''Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!'', about a much younger Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, which came close to being made into a pilot, before being put on hold.<ref>[[Chris Battle|Battle, Chris]] (February 5, 2020). [https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MPI52DivW/ "In early 2016, I was one of several artists asked to take a shot at designing a new Flintstones show about young Pebbles & Bamm Bamm that was in development at WB. A fun assignment (done between seasons of TTG), and it almost went to pilot, but the project stalled and I figured that was the end of that. Little did I know that almost 2 years later there’d be more work to do…"]. ''Instagram''. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref>
In early [[2016]], character designer [[Chris Battle]] was one of the artists tasked with creating a new series called ''Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!'', about a much younger Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, which came close to being made into a pilot, before being put on hold.<ref>[[Chris Battle|Battle, Chris]] ([[February 5]], [[2020]]). [https://www.instagram.com/p/B8MPI52DivW/ "In early 2016, I was one of several artists asked to take a shot at designing a new Flintstones show about young Pebbles & Bamm Bamm that was in development at WB. A fun assignment (done between seasons of TTG), and it almost went to pilot, but the project stalled and I figured that was the end of that. Little did I know that almost 2 years later there’d be more work to do…"]. ''Instagram''. Retrieved [[March 22]], [[2021]].</ref>
 
On [[May 23]], [[2018]], the series was announced to be debuted in [[2019]] on [[Boomerang SVOD|Boomerang's online subscription service]], with Mark Marek and Marly Halpern-Graser producing.<ref>Spangler, Todd ([[May 23]], [[2018]]). [https://variety.com/2018/digital/news/boomerang-new-scooby-doo-flintstones-spinoffs-1202818966/ "Boomerang Streaming Service to Add New ‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Flintstones’ Spinoffs in 2019"]. ''Variety''. Retrieved [[July 20]], [[2022]].</ref>
 
Marek aged them up to around 8 to 10, because he felt that age group had yet to be fleshed out yet.<ref name="Vamers">Swardt, Edward ([[March 5]], 2020). [https://vamers.com/2020/03/05/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs-interview/ "Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs brings back The Flintstones for the new age"]. ''Vamers''. Retrieved July 20, 2022.</ref> making it inadvertently appear to be random (just like [[ABC]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Sports Night|Sports Night]]'').
 
On [[August 13]], 2018, it was announced that the series would be outsourced to [[Dublin]]-based animation studio [[Salty Dog Pictures]].<ref name="AWN">AWN Staff Editor ([[August 13]], [[2022]]). [https://www.awn.com/news/irelands-salty-dog-pictures-headed-bedrock "Ireland's Salty Dog Pictures Headed to Bedrock"]. ''Animation World Network''. Retrieved [[July 20]], [[2022]].</ref>
 
The canned laugh track has made a comeback but is employed only in the scenes set in Bedrock, as a nod to the original series,<ref name="Vamers" />


===Aftermath===
===Aftermath===
On December 12, 2018, Will Terrell an artist on ''Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz'', another Warner Bros. Animation-produced series, announced that his series, ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'', and ''Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs'' had been canceled.<ref>Terrell, Will (December 12, 2018). [https://twitter.com/willterrell/status/1072889621128728576 "Sadly, three shows at Warner Bros. were canceled this week, including mine."]. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref><ref>Terrell, Will (December 12, 2018). [https://twitter.com/willterrell/status/1072930347933790208 "Not that I know of. The 3 shows that I know were canceled were all the Boomerang App Exclusive shows. Wacky Races, Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, which I was on."]. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref> Joe Apel, who worked as an artist on ''Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs'', confirmed this abrupt cancellation since the series was intended for two seasons. All the storyboard artists had been laid off that same month.<ref>[[Joe Apel|Apel, Joe]] (January 2019). [https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFX-GMhsgi/ "Our crew on Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs found out a week before Christmas that our show, which was intended for 2 seasons, is being abruptly cut short and we're only producing one season of the show."]. ''Instagram''. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref>
In 2018, Boomerang previewed the series with "[[The Grass is Always Dinner]]" in a newsletter for subscribers, which was subsequently leaked, receiving negative reactions from the animation community of fans, causing Boomerang to silently drop it. It did, however, air in Europe during 2020, and eventually, after a year-long delay in Canada, the first few episodes aired on [[Teletoon]] during the fall of [[2020]], until all their attention moved onto the ''Animaniacs'' revival for not only first-run showings, but also repeated viewings.
 
Series co-creator Halpern-Graser confirmed the series had been cancelled by the end of that year.<ref>[[Marly Halpern-Graser|Halpern-Graser, Marly]] in response to @KennyPickett ([[December 17]], 2018). [https://twitter.com/MarlyHG/status/1074754902214074368 "Bad news: it's canceled."]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 20, 2022.</ref><ref>Halpern-Graser, Marly in response to @KennyPickett (December 17, 2018). [https://twitter.com/MarlyHG/status/1074756627956256768 "Working on this show, I learned that after Gazoo was introduced to The Flintstones, the show was almost immediately canceled. I can't confirm or deny that we have Gazoo in an episode of Yabba but we WERE canceled so..."]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved July 20, 2022.</ref> All the storyboard artists were laid off that month, which was abrupt according to [[Joe Apel]], as the series was expected to last at least two seasons.<ref>[[Joe Apel|Apel, Joe]] ([[January 1]], 2019). [https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFX-GMhsgi/ "Our crew on Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs found out a week before Christmas that our show, which was intended for 2 seasons, is being abruptly cut short and we're only producing one season of the show."]. ''Instagram''. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref> Will Terrell, an artist on ''Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz'', another Warner Bros. Animation-produced series, also announced that his series, ''[[Wacky Races (2017 TV series)|Wacky Races]]'', and ''Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs'' had been canceled.<ref>Terrell, Will ([[December 12]], [[2018]]). [https://twitter.com/willterrell/status/1072889621128728576 "Sadly, three shows at Warner Bros. were canceled this week, including mine."]. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref><ref>Terrell, Will (December 12, 2018). [https://twitter.com/willterrell/status/1072930347933790208 "Not that I know of. The 3 shows that I know were canceled were all the Boomerang App Exclusive shows. Wacky Races, Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, which I was on."]. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref>
 
[[Joan Ford]], writer of "[[Dawn of the Disposals]]," which introduced [[Shaley]], was a male to female transgender cave kid, but the cancelation of the series prevented that revelation from occurring.<ref>[[Joan Ford|Ford, Joan]] ([[March 31]], 2020). [https://twitter.com/joanhaleyford/status/1245068902624722945 "Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! This is Shaley! A character I created for Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs. She's a 10 year old, action star wannabe and she's trans! I think she's the first LGTBQ character to appear in a Flintstones show. (There have already been some in the comics).]". ''Twitter''. Retrieved [[March 15]], 2021.</ref>


Two other Caveman/Oomf episodes had been written, where he would travel to Bedrock, and then join a circus gaining the moniker of Captain Caveman.<ref>[[Steve Clemmons|Clemmons, Steve]] (March 22, 2021). In response to @HBgrifkuba: [https://twitter.com/WallaWords/status/1374101687686758400 "Yes! We wrote a 3 episode arc but the 2nd and 3rd scripts were never produced. One was about Oomf going to Bedrock and the other was about him joining a circus where he's given the moniker Captain Caveman. We had no plans for his story beyond that though."]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref>
Two other Caveman/Oomf episodes had been written, where he would travel to Bedrock, and then join a circus gaining the moniker of Captain Caveman.<ref>[[Steve Clemmons|Clemmons, Steve]] (March 22, 2021). In response to @HBgrifkuba: [https://twitter.com/WallaWords/status/1374101687686758400 "Yes! We wrote a 3 episode arc but the 2nd and 3rd scripts were never produced. One was about Oomf going to Bedrock and the other was about him joining a circus where he's given the moniker Captain Caveman. We had no plans for his story beyond that though."]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 22, 2021.</ref>


[[Joan Ford]], writer of "[[Dawn of the Disposals]]", which introduced [[Shaley]], was a male to female transgender cave kid, but the cancelation of the series prevented that revelation from occurring.<ref>[[Joan Ford|Ford, Joan]] (March 31, 2020). [https://twitter.com/joanhaleyford/status/1245068902624722945 "Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! This is Shaley! A character I created for Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs. She's a 10 year old, action star wannabe and she's trans! I think she's the first LGTBQ character to appear in a Flintstones show. (There have already been some in the comics).]". ''Twitter''. Retrieved March 15, 2021.</ref>
On [[August 19]], 2021, it was announced that HBO Max would host it as one of their originals for [[September 30]].<ref name="Broadway">Leiber Sarah Jae ([[August 19]], 2021). [https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/HBO-Max-Announces-New-Material-for-September-2021-20010101 "HBO Max Announces New Material for September 2021"]. ''Broadway World''. Retrieved [[August 20]], 2021.</ref> The second half of the season, promoted as season 2, was made available on [[February 17]], 2022. In the latter half of August 2022, it was removed from HBO Max in a massive purge of original content from the newly-promoted President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav.


==Music==
==Music==
The music is composed by [[Alessandro Tabora]], while the theme song is written and performed by [[Mark Marek]].
The theme song was written and performed by [[Mark Marek]]. The score was composed by [[Alessandro Tabora]].


==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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! Title
! Title
! Number
! Number
! Air date
! Original air date
|-
|-
| "[[Mistaking Sides]]"
| "[[Mistaking Sides]]"
| 1x01
| 1x01
| February 3, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Rock Me, Plantasaurus]]"
| "[[Rock Me, Plantasaurus]]"
| 1x02
| 1x02
| February 3, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Kamma-Kamma-Chameleon]]"
| "[[Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Kamma-Kamma-Chameleon]]"
| 1x03
| 1x03
| February 4, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Treehouse Blues]]"
| "[[Treehouse Blues]]"
| 1x04
| 1x04
| February 5, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Yabba Dabba Don't]]"
| "[[Yabba-Dabba Don't]]"
| 1x05
| 1x05
| February 6, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Alien vs. Pebbles]]"
| "[[Alien vs. Pebbles]]"
| 1x06
| 1x06
| February 7, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Gonna Fly Now]]"
| "[[Gonna Fly Now]]"
| 1x07
| 1x07
| February 10, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[The Grass is Always Dinner]]"
| "[[The Grass is Always Dinner]]"
| 1x08
| 1x08
| February 11, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Dawn of the Disposals]]"
| "[[Dawn of the Disposals]]"
| 1x09
| 1x09
| March 8, 2020 (Poland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Agony Alley (episode)|Agony Alley]]"
| "[[Agony Alley]]"
| 1x10
| 1x10
| February 12, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Dino Holds Barred]]"
| "[[Dino Holds Barred]]"
| 1x11
| 1x11
| February 13, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[The Spirit of Frostnos]]"
| "[[The Spirit of Frostnos]]"
| 1x12
| 1x12
| February 14, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Invasion of the Trendsetters]]"
| "[[Invasion of the Trendsetters]]"
| 1x13
| 1x13
| February 17, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| September 30, 2021
|-
|-
| "[[Bammnesia]]"
| "[[Bammnesia]]"
| 1x14
| 1x14
| February 18, 2020 (UK & Ireland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[The Rocks and the Rolliest]]"
| "[[The Rocks and the Rolliest]]"
| 1x15
| 1x15
| March 21, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Dino Whisperer]]"
| "[[Dino Whisperer]]"
| 1x16
| 1x16
| March 22, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Dinosaurs with Angel Faces]]"
| "[[Dinosaurs with Angel Faces]]"
| 1x17
| 1x17
| March 22, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[The Puddle Sitters Club]]"
| "[[The Puddle Sitters Club]]"
| 1x18
| 1x18
| March 28, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Doppel Dino]]"
| "[[Doppel Dino]]"
| 1x19
| 1x19
| March 28, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Pave Crag-adise]]"
| "[[Pave Crag-adise]]"
| 1x20
| 1x20
| March 29, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Art Attack]]"
| "[[Art Attack]]"
| 1x21
| 1x21
| March 29, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Over My Shed Body]]"
| "[[Over My Shed Body]]"
| 1x22
| 1x22
| April 4, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Goo-rillas in the Mist]]"
| "[[Goo-rillas in the Mist]]"
| 1x23
| 1x23
| April 4, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Woman from the Future]]"
| "[[Woman from the Future]]"
| 1x24
| 1x24
| April 5, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[Caveman Begins]]"
| "[[Caveman Begins]]"
| 1x25
| 1x25
| April 5, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|-
|-
| "[[The Point of a Friend]]"
| "[[The Point of a Friend]]"
| 1x26
| 1x26
| April 11, 2020 (Poland)
| February 17, 2022
|}
|}


One of the unproduced episodes was called "The Bedrock Beast," possibly about Captain Caveman.<ref>[[Dick Grunert|Grunert, Dick]] (March 23, 2021). [https://twitter.com/dgrunert/status/1374383741431259142 "“The Bedrock Beast” was my favorite script to write. It kills me it never got made."]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved May 11, 2021.</ref>
One of the unproduced episodes was called "The Bedrock Beast," possibly about Captain Caveman.<ref>[[Dick Grunert|Grunert, Dick]] (March 23, 2021). [https://twitter.com/dgrunert/status/1374383741431259142 "“The Bedrock Beast” was my favorite script to write. It kills me it never got made."]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved May 11, 2021.</ref>
==Release==
Premiere dates of countries are in order of release:
* [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]]: [[February 3]], 2020 on [[Boomerang]]
* [[Africa]]: [[February 17]], 2020 on Boomerang<ref>Media Release ([[February 3]], 2020). [https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/eng-af/media-release/ignite-your-inner-fire-yabba-dabba-dinosaurs?language_content_entity=en "Ignite your inner fire with Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs!"]. ''WarnerMedia''. Retrieved July 20, 2022.</ref><ref>Boomerang TV ([[February 17]], 2020). [https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=472521603423651 "Pebbles Flintstone, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Dino the crazy pet dinosaur, are here to take you through endless adventures, without forgetting about the importance of friendship ❤️🌳 🦕 Tune in TODAY for Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs premiere at 18:05 CAT!"]. ''Facebook''. Retrieved July 20, 2022.</ref>
* Poland: [[February 19]], 2020 on Boomerang
* [[Asia]]: [[May 23]], 2020 on [[UNIFI TV]]<ref>Florey DM ([[April 30]], 2020). [https://www.cinema.com.my/articles/interviews_details.aspx?search=2020.i_markmarektalks_54625 "Mark Marek discusses Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs"]. ''Cinema Online''. Retrieved July 20, 2022.</ref>
* [[Canada]]: [[September 5]], 2020 on [[Teletoon]]
* [[United States]]: September 30, 2021 on HBO Max
==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Jessica DiCicco]] as [[Pebbles Flintstone]]
* [[Jessica DiCicco]] as [[Pebbles Flintstone]]
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* [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as [[Barney Rubble]]
* [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] as [[Barney Rubble]]
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Wilma Flintstone]]
* [[Tress MacNeille]] as [[Wilma Flintstone]]
* [[Grey DeLisle|Grey Griffin]] as [[Betty Rubble]] and [[Wiky]]
* [[Grey Griffin]] as [[Betty Rubble]] and [[Wiky]]
 
==Promotion==
===Photos===
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===Videos===
==References==
==References==
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Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs
YDD title card.png
On-screen title card.
Created by Mark Marek
Marly Halpern-Graser
Network HBO Max
Production company Warner Bros. Animation
Salty Dog Pictures
Distributor Warner Bros. Television
Original release September 30, 2021―February 17, 2022
Run time 11 minutes
Starring Jessica DiCicco
Ely Henry
Eric Bauza
Jeff Bergman
Kevin Michael Richardson
Tress MacNeille
Grey Griffin
Executive producer(s) Sam Register
Producer(s) Mark Marek
Marly Halpern-Graser
Music composed by Alessandro Tabora
Writer(s) Steve Clemmons
Director(s) Mark Marek
Todd Dejong
Erik Knutson
Zach Smith
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Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs is an American animated prehistoric comedy television series created by Mark Marek and Marly Halpern Graser. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation for HBO Max. It ran from 2021 to 2022, airing 26 episodes that spanned one season (although HBO Max will tell you it spanned two). It is the sixth Flintstones series after The Flintstones. There is a Hanna-Barbera logo at the end, despite the fact it's still a defunct studio.

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, along with pet, Dino, venture into the unexplored Crags outside of Bedrock, where new dinosaurs are waiting to be discovered and potentially harassed by the scientifically curious Pebbles and meat-headed Bamm-Bamm.

This is the second series after Cave Kids to star Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, although, unlike that series, the parents are included, who now barely read like their original counterparts, so, pros and cons.

It's also notable for cameos by the Great Gazoo from The Flintstones, Moonrock Crater from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, and Captain Caveman, who's only called Caveman (or Oomf) at this point.

Production

Development

In early 2016, character designer Chris Battle was one of the artists tasked with creating a new series called Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!, about a much younger Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, which came close to being made into a pilot, before being put on hold.[1]

On May 23, 2018, the series was announced to be debuted in 2019 on Boomerang's online subscription service, with Mark Marek and Marly Halpern-Graser producing.[2]

Marek aged them up to around 8 to 10, because he felt that age group had yet to be fleshed out yet.[3] making it inadvertently appear to be random (just like ABC's Sports Night).

On August 13, 2018, it was announced that the series would be outsourced to Dublin-based animation studio Salty Dog Pictures.[4]

The canned laugh track has made a comeback but is employed only in the scenes set in Bedrock, as a nod to the original series,[3]

Aftermath

In 2018, Boomerang previewed the series with "The Grass is Always Dinner" in a newsletter for subscribers, which was subsequently leaked, receiving negative reactions from the animation community of fans, causing Boomerang to silently drop it. It did, however, air in Europe during 2020, and eventually, after a year-long delay in Canada, the first few episodes aired on Teletoon during the fall of 2020, until all their attention moved onto the Animaniacs revival for not only first-run showings, but also repeated viewings.

Series co-creator Halpern-Graser confirmed the series had been cancelled by the end of that year.[5][6] All the storyboard artists were laid off that month, which was abrupt according to Joe Apel, as the series was expected to last at least two seasons.[7] Will Terrell, an artist on Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, another Warner Bros. Animation-produced series, also announced that his series, Wacky Races, and Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs had been canceled.[8][9]

Joan Ford, writer of "Dawn of the Disposals," which introduced Shaley, was a male to female transgender cave kid, but the cancelation of the series prevented that revelation from occurring.[10]

Two other Caveman/Oomf episodes had been written, where he would travel to Bedrock, and then join a circus gaining the moniker of Captain Caveman.[11]

On August 19, 2021, it was announced that HBO Max would host it as one of their originals for September 30.[12] The second half of the season, promoted as season 2, was made available on February 17, 2022. In the latter half of August 2022, it was removed from HBO Max in a massive purge of original content from the newly-promoted President and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, David Zaslav.

Music

The theme song was written and performed by Mark Marek. The score was composed by Alessandro Tabora.

Episodes

Title Number Original air date
"Mistaking Sides" 1x01 September 30, 2021
"Rock Me, Plantasaurus" 1x02 September 30, 2021
"Yabba-Dabba-Dabba-Kamma-Kamma-Chameleon" 1x03 September 30, 2021
"Treehouse Blues" 1x04 September 30, 2021
"Yabba-Dabba Don't" 1x05 September 30, 2021
"Alien vs. Pebbles" 1x06 September 30, 2021
"Gonna Fly Now" 1x07 September 30, 2021
"The Grass is Always Dinner" 1x08 September 30, 2021
"Dawn of the Disposals" 1x09 September 30, 2021
"Agony Alley" 1x10 September 30, 2021
"Dino Holds Barred" 1x11 September 30, 2021
"The Spirit of Frostnos" 1x12 September 30, 2021
"Invasion of the Trendsetters" 1x13 September 30, 2021
"Bammnesia" 1x14 February 17, 2022
"The Rocks and the Rolliest" 1x15 February 17, 2022
"Dino Whisperer" 1x16 February 17, 2022
"Dinosaurs with Angel Faces" 1x17 February 17, 2022
"The Puddle Sitters Club" 1x18 February 17, 2022
"Doppel Dino" 1x19 February 17, 2022
"Pave Crag-adise" 1x20 February 17, 2022
"Art Attack" 1x21 February 17, 2022
"Over My Shed Body" 1x22 February 17, 2022
"Goo-rillas in the Mist" 1x23 February 17, 2022
"Woman from the Future" 1x24 February 17, 2022
"Caveman Begins" 1x25 February 17, 2022
"The Point of a Friend" 1x26 February 17, 2022

One of the unproduced episodes was called "The Bedrock Beast," possibly about Captain Caveman.[13]

Release

Premiere dates of countries are in order of release:

Cast

Promotion

Photos

  • YDD poster (with family).jpg

Videos

References

  1. ^ Battle, Chris (February 5, 2020). "In early 2016, I was one of several artists asked to take a shot at designing a new Flintstones show about young Pebbles & Bamm Bamm that was in development at WB. A fun assignment (done between seasons of TTG), and it almost went to pilot, but the project stalled and I figured that was the end of that. Little did I know that almost 2 years later there’d be more work to do…". Instagram. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Spangler, Todd (May 23, 2018). "Boomerang Streaming Service to Add New ‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Flintstones’ Spinoffs in 2019". Variety. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b Swardt, Edward (March 5, 2020). "Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs brings back The Flintstones for the new age". Vamers. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  4. ^ AWN Staff Editor (August 13, 2022). "Ireland's Salty Dog Pictures Headed to Bedrock". Animation World Network. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  5. ^ Halpern-Graser, Marly in response to @KennyPickett (December 17, 2018). "Bad news: it's canceled.". Twitter. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  6. ^ Halpern-Graser, Marly in response to @KennyPickett (December 17, 2018). "Working on this show, I learned that after Gazoo was introduced to The Flintstones, the show was almost immediately canceled. I can't confirm or deny that we have Gazoo in an episode of Yabba but we WERE canceled so...". Twitter. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Apel, Joe (January 1, 2019). "Our crew on Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs found out a week before Christmas that our show, which was intended for 2 seasons, is being abruptly cut short and we're only producing one season of the show.". Instagram. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Terrell, Will (December 12, 2018). "Sadly, three shows at Warner Bros. were canceled this week, including mine.". Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  9. ^ Terrell, Will (December 12, 2018). "Not that I know of. The 3 shows that I know were canceled were all the Boomerang App Exclusive shows. Wacky Races, Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, and Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz, which I was on.". Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  10. ^ Ford, Joan (March 31, 2020). "Happy #TransDayOfVisibility! This is Shaley! A character I created for Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs. She's a 10 year old, action star wannabe and she's trans! I think she's the first LGTBQ character to appear in a Flintstones show. (There have already been some in the comics).". Twitter. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Clemmons, Steve (March 22, 2021). In response to @HBgrifkuba: "Yes! We wrote a 3 episode arc but the 2nd and 3rd scripts were never produced. One was about Oomf going to Bedrock and the other was about him joining a circus where he's given the moniker Captain Caveman. We had no plans for his story beyond that though.". Twitter. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  12. ^ Leiber Sarah Jae (August 19, 2021). "HBO Max Announces New Material for September 2021". Broadway World. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Grunert, Dick (March 23, 2021). "“The Bedrock Beast” was my favorite script to write. It kills me it never got made.". Twitter. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  14. ^ Media Release (February 3, 2020). "Ignite your inner fire with Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs!". WarnerMedia. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  15. ^ Boomerang TV (February 17, 2020). "Pebbles Flintstone, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Dino the crazy pet dinosaur, are here to take you through endless adventures, without forgetting about the importance of friendship ❤️🌳 🦕 Tune in TODAY for Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs premiere at 18:05 CAT!". Facebook. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  16. ^ Florey DM (April 30, 2020). "Mark Marek discusses Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs". Cinema Online. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
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