The Flintstones

The Flintstones (1960)

178 mistakes - chronological order

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Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Fred starts shrinking after he has drunk all of the reducing formula, he is holding a mixing bowl in his right hand. When he has fully shrunk, the bowl is nowhere to be seen.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: At the auditions for "The Ed Sullystone Show", there is a man with a performing dog and when we first see the dog, he has a collar around his neck. When he starts performing, the collar has disappeared.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Fred steps on the scales with the reducing formula, there is a table with chemistry equipment behind him. In the close-up of Fred in the next shot, the table disappears, and in the shot after that, it is back again.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When the bird flies back into its box after telling the doctor that Fred and Barney have arrived, the switch on the box is initially pointing down but in the next shot it has moved up.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When the nurse says "What a cute little boy!" to Fred at the doctor's surgery, you can see there nothing around Fred, but when the camera closes in on Fred in the next shot, small rocks have appeared.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Bamm-Bamm is placing the plank of wood into the sandpit, you can see that by the sandpit there is a bucket with a spade in it, but in the next shot the spade is now positioned near the sandpit.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When the doctor tells Fred to take aspirin twice daily, Fred is positioned near the corner of the doctor's table and Barney is right behind him. But in a close-up of Fred in the next shot, Barney is nowhere to be seen.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney shows Fred the circled ad in the newspaper about auditioning for "The Ed Sullystone Show", we see a close-up of the ad and you can see that the circle around the ad is completely different from the one seen in the previous shot.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Fred goes over to Wilma after she drops the cups and saucers after seeing him shrunk, the broken crockery that surrounds him is completely different to what's seen in the previous shot.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: In the scene where Fred and Barney are in the doctor's surgery, the doctor produces a lollipop for Fred. When he produces the lollipop, you can see it's well away from Fred, but as the shot changes the lollipop is much closer to him than it was in the previous shot.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When the aeroplane arrives at Dr Sinister's volcano, Fred and Barney are led down the stairs by the three crooks, but when they arrive at the sliding door, one of the crooks has gone.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are on the top of the cliff, Madame Yes smashes the glass on the emergency box and flies off holding the legs on a prehistoric bird. When we return to Fred and Barney, the emergency box has disappeared.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When the three gangsters bust into Madame Yes's house, one of the gangsters holds on to Barney's leg and you can see there are two purple planks behind Barney. When we see Barney a couple of shots later, the planks have disappeared.

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Answer: The ratings had declined in its last few seasons, and the series was cancelled.

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