The Flintstones

The Flintstones (1960)

178 mistakes

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Cave Scout Jamboree - S4-E20

Continuity mistake: When the man lies out the map at the Bedrock Auto Club, Barney says to him, "We don't want to go camping in the winter!" and you see that Fred and Barney are next to the man. In the next shot, Fred and Barney have disappeared.

Swedish Visitors - S3-E27

Continuity mistake: When Fred walks into the room with a snack for a second time, he goes back and returns with a purple salt shaker. In the next shot, the shaker is blue.

Dial S for Suspicion - S3-E14

Continuity mistake: When Fred hands Barney the job advert he saw in the newspaper, Barney takes it with his right hand but a close-up of the advert shows him holding it with his left hand.

Indianrockolis 500 - S5-E13

Continuity mistake: When Fred drops the tyre on his foot, he hops around in pain and you can see that Barney is holding the tail on the turtle. When Fred says, "Now you tell me!" we cut back to Barney, and the turtle has gone.

Ten Little Flintstones - S4-E16

Continuity mistake: When the spaceship lands for the second and last time during the episode's finale, it appears to be night-time, but when Fred is chasing all of his duplicates down the street, it appears to be daylight.

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.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are in Madame Yes's house, Madame Yes takes away the envelope from Fred and you can see Barney is standing beside him, but in the next shot Barney is standing behind Fred.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Fred asks Barney what he should do with the envelope the agent handed him, Barney says that they should forget about it. You can see that Fred is holding the envelope in front of him, but in the next shot Fred is holding onto the steering wheel and the envelope is nowhere to be seen.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Fred is reading the address on the envelope that the agent gave to him, you can see that he is holding it with one hand but a close up shot of the envelope shows him holding it with both hands.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Betty is carrying some dishes from the kitchen through to the room next door, the dishes have three cups on the top of them, but when Betty is setting up the table, the cups are nowhere to be seen.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Barney is taken inside Madame Yes's house, there is a sign reading "1717 Stoney Lane" on the door. But when Fred barges the door open to rescue Barney, the sign has disappeared.

Dr. Sinister - S5-E8

Continuity mistake: When Jay Bondrock lights the fuse on the bomb to destroy the island, you can see he is holding the match by the fuse, but in the next shot he is holding the match under the fuse.

Rooms for Rent - S1-E28

Continuity mistake: When Wilma is serving the two steaks for Fred at the dinner table, you can see there is steam coming out of the steaks, but when she places them in front of Fred the steam has disappeared.

Cave Scout Jamboree - S4-E20

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are singing "Old MacDonald" with the international scouts, the groups' signs aren't consistent. At first, they have the names of the countries, but later on they have the names of the languages.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: During the dinner scene with the Flintstones and Rubbles, Barney has a salt and pepper pot in front of his plate, but when we cut to Barney speaking, the pots have disappeared.

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

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