Continuity mistake: During Fred's dream sequence, Fred tells Barney that he missed watching Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm grow up and behind Barney there is a table and a painting on the wall. In a close-up of Barney in the next shot, both the table and painting have disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Wilma is trying to help Betty find a part-time job in the newspaper, you can see that there is a light blue cloth at the end of the line, but when we see Pebbles playing with Dino in the next shot, the blue cloth has disappeared.
Daddy's Little Beauty - S4-E12
Continuity mistake: When Fred is trying to work out what kind of talent Pebbles has, she has her bathing suit on. When Pebbles is seen crawling onto the stage when it's her turn, she has her regular clothes on, and when Pebbles is on the stage with Dino, she has her bathing suit on again.
Continuity mistake: When Detective Shale knocks at Fred's door, he is wearing a blue suit, but when he enters the door, his suit is now yellow.
Continuity mistake: The "8" on the side of Fred's car keeps changing style throughout the race sequence.
Continuity mistake: When Fred drives his car the wrong way during the race, there is an "8" on the back of the car when he squeezes his way through two cars, but in the next shot the "8" has disappeared.
Continuity mistake: When Barney, Betty, Wilma, Bamm-Bamm and Pebbles are on the bridge at the end of the episode, Bamm-Bamm's white hair turns red like Pebbles', then changes back to white when they all start laughing.
Continuity mistake: When Fred introduces Wilma's book to Barney, the book is red, but when Wilma is reading the book in bed later, the colour is now green.
Monster Fred - S5-E2
Continuity mistake: When the doctor puts Fred into the trick box you can see that the box is quite small, but after a quick cut to Barney we return to the doctor and the box is much longer.
Continuity mistake: When Fred is reading his letter about his position being accepted at the Stone Valley Inn, you can see Wilma is sitting in the chair next to him, but in the next shot the chair is empty and Wilma is nowhere to be seen, then she reappears in the chair.
Superstone - S5-E24
Continuity mistake: When the host tells the audience that Superstone (Fred) will demonstrate his strength at the Bedrock Theatre, the barbell in front of Superstone's feet changes position between shots.
Superstone - S5-E24
Continuity mistake: When the woman in the episode on TV says "Farewell, Superstone!", Superstone replies, "Bee-Hee-Hee-Ho-Ho!" and you can see that he has a yellow triangle on his suit, but in the next shot when he flies out of the window, the triangle has disappeared.
Superstone - S5-E24
Continuity mistake: When Fred, Barney, Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, Dino and Hoppy are watching "Superstone" on the TV, you can see that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are right in front of Barney, but in the close-up of the two, Barney is nowhere in sight.
Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are fighting over the television there are three knobs on the TV set, but when Wilma starts talking to Fred they have vanished, then they reappear.
Other mistake: When the shopkeeper takes the magazine away from Fred in the supermarket, Fred says he was just looking at the pictures. But when the shopkeeper takes the magazine, you can see that the page Fred was reading is completely blank.
Other mistake: When the Inventor asks the Flintstones and the Rubbles if they are game enough to try his Time Machine, Betty says, "Golly, I don't know." After Betty says the line, her nose disappears.
Continuity mistake: When Fred and family start their drive toward Jellyrock Park, the trailer has one window and a door on its right side (behind Wilma's side of the car), but when they reach Jellyrock that side of the trailer now has two windows and the door is gone. (00:11:50)
Continuity mistake: Fred is on a ladder lighting a candle - the top legs of the ladder are rounded. He falls from the ladder. The top legs are now square. (00:07:15)
Continuity mistake: While sitting down at the celebration dinner, Wilma has a blue dress and Betty has a white dress. When they get up and walk away from the table, they've swapped colours.
Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are driving their car through the One-Way tunnel, the edge around the hole at the back of their car is smooth, but when Barney turns right to go through a tunnel, the edge is now torn.
Answer: The ratings had declined in its last few seasons, and the series was cancelled.
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