Frederick F. "Fred" Flintstone also known as "Fred W. Flintstone" in at least one episode, is a fictional character who originated in the popular television animated series The Flintstones. Fred has since appeared in various other cartoon spinoffs and commercials. He is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone. His best friends are his next door neighbours, Betty and Barney Rubble, who have a son named Bamm-Bamm. Image File history File links Fred_flintstone. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas is a 2000 film based on the Hanna-Barbera animated television series The Flintstones, produced by Amblin Entertainment and Univershell (Universal) Pictures. ... Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, as infants. ... Wilma Flintstone Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. ... Pebbles Flintstone (left) and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, as infants. ... Alan Reed (August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was the voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spin_off series. ... Henry Corden (January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was an American actor and voice artist best-known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones after Alan Reed died in 1977. ... John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. ... Mark Addy (born January 14, 1964 in York, England) is a British actor. ... William Denby Bill Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder, together with Joseph Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera. ... Joseph Roland Joe Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and co-founder, together with William Hanna, of Hanna-Barbera. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... An animated series or cartoon series is a television series produced by means of animation. ... The Flintstones is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Wilma Flintstone Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone. ... Pebbles Flintstone (left) and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, as infants. ... Betty Rubble and her friend, Wilma Flintstone. ... Barney Rubble. ... Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble, as infants. ...

Fred lives in the fictional prehistoric city of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with modernized barefoot cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy "primitive" versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles, and washing machines. Prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is the period of human history prior to the advent of writing (which marks the beginning of recorded history). ... Bedrock, as it appeared during the first season of The Flintstones Bedrock is the fictional prehistoric city that is home to the characters of the television animated series The Flintstones. ... Walking barefoot Going barefoot is the practice of not wearing shoes, socks, or other foot covering. ... Neanderthal A caveman is a popular stock character based on how early humans or hominids may have looked and behaved. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... Karl Benzs Velo model (1894) - entered into the first automobile race An automobile or motor (usually shortened to just car) is a wheeled passenger vehicle that carries its own motor. ... Front-loading washing machine. ...

Fred's personality was based on that of Ralph Kramden of the 1950s television series The Honeymooners and Chester A. Riley from The Life of Riley. Thus, much like Ralph, Fred tends to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results. Herbert John Jackie Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor, and musician. ... The Honeymooners is an American television situation comedy produced by Jackie Gleason Enterprises, Inc. ... William Bendix as Chester A. Riley The Life of Riley, with William Bendix in the title role, was a popular radio situation comedy series of the 1940s that was adapted into a 1949 feature film and continued as a long-running television series during the 1950s. ...

Fred works as a "bronto crane operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company (also known as Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company in the earliest episodes). Binomial name (Marsh, 1879) vide Riggs, 1903 Synonyms Brontosaurus excelsus Marsh, 1879c Brontosaurus (pronounced ), meaning thunder lizard (from the Greek brontē/βροντη meaning thunder and sauros/σαυρος meaning lizard), is a deprecated genus of sauropod dinosaurs. ...

Fred's interests include bowling, playing pool, poker, lounging around the house, and playing golf. At the first two of these, he is very skilled, as seen in one of the episodes where he plays against Wilma's unsuspecting mother. Also, Fred has won championships with his incredible bowling skills; in one episode, he goes so far as to take ballet lessons in order to improve his game. Fred is also an excellent golfer. In one episode he wins the championship only to have Barney repossess the winning trophy cup because Fred is behind in his dues. Fred, like Barney, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge and a member of the Loyal Order of Dinosaurs (clearly modeled after Freemasonry; Blanc himself was a Mason). Fred also has a serious gambling problem; the mere mention of the word "bet" causes Fred to stammer "bet" over and over again and go on gambling binges. A bowler releases the ball. ... This article is about the various cue sports. ... A game of Texas hold em in progress. ... This article is about the sport. ... Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... The Masonic Square and Compasses. ... Caravaggio, The Cardsharps, c. ...

Fred's catchphrase is "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!," which becomes the subject of a song by Hoagy Carmichael that the singer-songwriter performs in an episode of The Flintstones. Fred's ability to carry a tune was quite good in his younger years. In fact, he was a singer and went on tour. As the series progressed, however, his voice became worse and worse, eventually to the point that his housekeeper quit rather than hear Fred sing. It was also referenced in the refrain of the George Jones song "The King is Gone." Hoagland Howard Hoagy Carmichael (November 22, 1899 – December 27, 1981) was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. ... George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931), is an American country music artist known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship. ...

Character Biography

Fred Flintstone's biography has changed significantly throughout the show and its subsequent spinoffs. Hi is the only son of Ed and Edna Flintstone. In the original series episode, "Love Letters On The Rocks", it is stated that Fred and Wilma attended Boulder High School together, where Fred was a baseball player. Fred asked Wilma out when he was sixteen by romancing her with a love letter. This is contradicted in a later episode, "Flintstone Of Prinstone", where it is revealed that Fred went to Rockyville High School, was a football player, and graduated in seven years instead of four. His first meeting with Wilma has also been retconned in "Bachelor Daze" where it shows them meeting as young adults during the summer.

In The Flintstone Kids Fred and Wilma's first meeting has been retconned all the way to their childhood, having them know each other as children and having attended Bedrock Elementary.

In the original series:

• The Flintstone clan came from "Arkstone" {Arkansas} where they had a long feud with the "Hatrocks." The feud ended when Fred saved both Pebbles and a Hatrock baby from drowning in the local river. However, at the celebration of the end of the feud, Fred makes the same comment about a portrait of a Hatrock matron that originally started the fued, ("I don't know what he got for it, but he shoulda got life!) which restarts the feud.
• His last Arkstone relation was "Zeke Flintstone."
• He had a rich eccentric uncle, "Giggles Flinstone," whose practical jokes drive Fred into a maddening rage.
• He also had two Texas relatives-Uncle "Tex" and sister Aunt "Jamina".
• His Birthday is February 2nd; it's mentioned when Barney mentions that it's Groundhogs Day.
• Both the first and last episodes were about aviation. In the first, Barney invents a hand powered heliocopter; in the last, one of Fred's relatives and his sidekick are still trying to bring down their Red Baron enemy-50 years after World War I.

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In other media

• Fred Flintstone was the guest of honor at a celebrity roast for his birthday in the live-action and animated TV special Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1977) hosted by Roy Clark and Bonnie Franklin which featured the Ice Capades.

• Fred Flintstone appeared in the short movie trailer, Raging Fred, a redub of Flintstones clips with dialogue from the movie Raging Bull (parental discretion is advised).

• Fred Flintstone appeared in the Johnny Bravo episode "A Page Right Out Of History," in which he saved Johnny's ancestor of the same name. Johnny did chores for Fred as a way of repaying Fred, who also made sure to keep Johnny well away from his now-teenaged daughter Pebbles.

• In 2003, Fred Flintstone came in at # 42 on VH1's list of the 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons. Some of Fred's animated peers also made the list including Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, Spider-Man, Charlie Brown, Scooby Doo, Batman, Superman, and The Simpsons.

• Fred Flintstone appeared in an episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law in which he is suspected to be an organized crime boss. The episode is a parody of The Sopranos and The Godfather. In this show, he is voiced by Maurice LaMarche.

• Fred made a special guest appearance in the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode, Modern Primitives, in which Billy finds him frozen in ice and buried in his backyard. Upon being (accidentally) defrosted by Grim, Billy forces Fred to adapt to the modern world until he finally goes on a senseless rampage. At the end of the episode, he is frozen again, this time due to sherbet ice cream. Billy also gets frozen (though this is not shown in the episode; Billy tells Fred about it in another future world), upon realizing that there was sherbet ice cream buried in his yard. This version of Fred behaves like a caveman and can only say "Yabba-Dabba-Doo," shortening it to "YABBA-DABBA!!!" when he got really mad. When Billy asks him his name, he replies with "Oh, Fred," but Billy misinterprets it, thinking Fred is talking in another language, and renames him "Jake Steel." Here, Fred Flintstone is voiced by James Arnold Taylor.

• Fred made a cameo appearance in the Family Guy episode "Dammit, Janet!", in which he is seen on a news report, along with Wilma, when the news reporter described Peter and Lois as "a fat man inexplicably married to an attractive redhead." Fred made another appearance in the episode "Patriot Games." He is seen having placed a bet with Stewie and stammering "Bet-bet-bet-bet!" in the same way he does in the Flintstones episode "Betting Freddy."

• English cricketer Andrew Flintoff is given the nickname "Freddie Flintoff" because of a similarity between their surnames.

• In autumn 2005, Fred and Barney began appearing in Midas Muffler television commercials.

• Fred makes a cameo in the Dexter's Laboratory episode "Beard To Be Feared" in which he looks at Dexter's beard.

• Fred's catchphrase "Yabba dabba doo" is parodied in a The Far Side cartoon, in which two saber-toothed cats are walking away, having eaten a caveman. One says to the other, "You know, I've heard all sorts of sounds from those things, but 'Yabba dabba doo' was a new one to me."

• In the opening credits of an episode of The Simpsons, the standard joke in the title sequence with the couch has the Simpson family running to the couch, and being perplexed to see Fred and the Gang already there. Also, in Lady Bouvier's Lover, Mr. Burns mistakes Homer Simpson for Fred.

• Fred and Barney appear as burglars in an episode of The Powerpuff Girls.

• Fred appears in the 2D fighting game engine M.U.G.E.N. He is one of two Hanna-Barbera characters for M.U.G.E.N.

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Trivia

• Alan Reed was the original voice artist of Fred until his death in 1977. Henry Corden, who had provided the singing voice for Reed (and Fred) in The Man Called Flintstone, took over until his death in 2005. In the first live-action Flintstones film, he was portrayed by John Goodman, while the second live-action film had the character portrayed by Mark Addy.

• The notion of a rivalry between in-laws, as seen between Fred and Wilma's mother, is seen in various other sitcoms, including the animated series The Simpsons, in which Homer shares a rivalry with Marge's sisters Patty and Selma Bouvier.

• With Barney Rubble, Fred has been a pitchman for Post Cereals' Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles breakfast cereals. The commercials typically feature Barney trying to trick Fred out of his cereal, usually ending with Fred bellowing, "Barney, my Pebbles!" as Barney runs off with Fred's cereal - with one notable exception of a Christmas-themed commercial in which Santa Claus reminds him that "'Tis the season for sharing, Fred." Fred then sheepishly shares his cereal with both Barney and Santa.

• During the first several seasons of The Flintstones series, Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were pitchmen for Winston cigarettes, the show's sponsor at the time. In one Winston ad, Fred and Barney saw the men working hard at the quarry and decided to retire out of sight for a smoke break. After extolling the virtues of the Winston brand cigarette, Fred lit up his cigarette and delivered the catch phrase: "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should." Another similar ad for the cigarettes featured Wilma and Betty as well; the women were working hard mowing the lawn and beating dust out of a rug while Fred and Barney smoked behind the house. Vignettes also aired in which Fred lit Wilma's Winston cigarette, and the couple shared a smoke. Campaigns such as this contributed to cigarette advertising of all kinds being banned from television beginning in 1970.

• In the crossover film The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones, Fred and Barney become spokesmen for Spacely Sprockets and Cogswell Cogs respectively.

• When the series was broadcast in Spanish-speaking countries, Fred and Wilma's names became Pedro (Pedro, Peter in Spanish as being close to 'piedra' which means 'stone') and Vilma Picapiedra ('picapiedra' translating to something like 'stone chiseler' or 'stone hammerer'), and Barney and Betty Rubble became Pablo and Betty Mármol ('marble'), though in Portuguese (which is quite similar to Spanish), the names remained intact. The Spanish version featured Mexican actor Jorge "Tata" Arvizu doing the voice of Pedro Picapiedra, who frequently ad-libbed comments not traceable to the original English language script. Some critics (and a few Hanna-Barbera executives, Arvizu once claimed), found these ad-libbed comments funnier than those in the original English track. A classic example is an episode in which Fred suggests to Barney that two music-playing boarder youths who rented rooms at their respective houses be ejected from them "de una patada en la rabadilla" ("with a kick in their rumps"), a line not featured in the English script.

• Fred was the spokesman for a Rhode Island bank until it went out of business in the 1980s-'90s. The bank, The Providence Institution for Savings, known as Old Stone Bank, featured Fred in its commercials, saying, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo! Love that Old Stone Bank!" The Bank was also one of the first to offer full service Automated Teller Machines (ATM) which were named "Ready Freddy" and included a picture of Fred until the Bank decided to terminate its contract with Hanna Barbera to use the likeness. The machines were so popular that people often referred to ATMs at other banks as "Ready Freddies."

• Fred is an Eagle Scout.

• During a camping trip, Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty go to see the Grand Canyon. It is a small stream running at their feet, but Fred comments, "It'll be really something someday."

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Portrayal

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External links

• Webrock - The Flintstones and Hanna Barbera Page