The Flintstones

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When we first see Fred and Barney on stage at "The Ed Sullystone Show", the curtain behind them has creases, but in a close-up of the two, it appears completely flat.

Itty Biddy Freddy - S5-E3

Continuity mistake: When Barney is knocking on the door at Fred's house after seeing an advert in the newspaper, Fred says "I'll get it, Wilma!" and stops near the door. At this point, Fred is well away from the door, but in the next shot he is now standing near the corner of it.

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.

The Golf Champion - S1-E12

Continuity mistake: At the 18th hole, Fred's opponent Ben Boulder hits his tee shot on the fairway. But we see Boulder doing his second shot, he doesn't hit the ball from the fairway; he hits the ball from the same tee box on which he did his first shot.

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Old Lady Betty - S4-E9

Continuity mistake: When Betty is talking to Wilma about the job she is doing for the old lady, she chuckles and takes off her wig, but in the next shot the wig is back on her head.

Old Lady Betty - S4-E9

Continuity mistake: When Wilma and Betty are looking at the jobs in the wanted ads, there is a purple cloth between the green and pink cloth on the washing line, but when the two are looking at Dino playing with Pebbles, the purple cloth has disappeared. There's also a basket by Wilma that moves to the end of the washing line.

Disorder in the Court - S6-E4

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Wilma are in their beds, you can see that the holes in the dial of the phone are in a diagonal position, but when we see a close-up of the phone, the holes are now straight.

Indianrockolis 500 - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When we see a close-up of Fred's car during the race, you can see there are two cars in front of him and there is nothing behind him, yet in the next shot he is being passed by a purple car.

Indianrockolis 500 - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Wilma is shocked to see Fred on the television, you can see behind her there is a window and curtains, but when we see Wilma in the next shot, the window has disappeared.

Indianrockolis 500 - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When we see Fred and Barney singing "Doo Dah" in the car while on their way to the track, Barney is sitting in a single seat, yet a close-up shot shows him sitting on a longer seat.

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Fred Flintstone: I love my dear sweet mother in-law. My mother in-law is a doll.
Attendant: Are you feeling all right, mister?
Fred Flintstone: Huh? Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay.
Attendant: Good. Good. You just stay in here and rest. That hot sun out there is a killer.
Fred Flintstone: Poor guy, he must have been standing in it for hours.

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Question: At the end of every episode, it shows Fred putting out the sabertooth tiger. Has this animal ever appeared in any of the episodes? If yes, what episodes was it in? If no, then why show Fred putting an animal he doesn't own outside?

Answer: The name of the pet is "Baby Puss." He has appeared in episodes, but only a very few. The first episode was probably "The X-Ray Story" from season 2.

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