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.
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.
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.
Pebbles' Birthday Party - S5-E4
Continuity mistake: When Fred opens the back door and lets the dancing girls out of his house during Pebbles' Birthday Party, the door has a handle on the back of it. When one of the girls kicks down the door and lands on Fred a little later on, look at the door and the handle is missing.
Pebbles' Birthday Party - S5-E4
Continuity mistake: When the kids are playing poker during The Birthday Party, the red haired boy is seen holding his cards and has nothing next to him on the table, but in the next shot a pile of four cards has appeared.
Pebbles' Birthday Party - S5-E4
Continuity mistake: During Pebbles' Birthday Party, nine dancing girls come out of her birthday cake, but when they perform as a group, there are only six.
A Haunted House Is Not a Home - S5-E7
Continuity mistake: When Pebbles is watching Wilma bake cookies, you can see that she has a baseball next to her, but when Betty and Bamm-Bamm arrive, we see Pebbles and the baseball has now gone.
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.
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.
The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: When the Flintstones and the Rubbles are sitting at their table in the pizza parlour, Fred asks Betty if she wants some pizza and you can see there is a large pizza in front of Wilma and Betty, but in the very next shot the pizza has gone.
The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: When Wilma is sitting in the car, she asks Fred what's wrong and you can see that he is standing by the car, but in the next shot when Fred says he forgot his car key, there is no sign of the car.
The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock - S5-E10
Continuity mistake: When the Flintstones and Rubbles arrive at the Bedrock Theatre to see "Rockeo & Julietta", Fred parks the car in the car park and you can see there is a car next to him when he stops, but in the next shot the car has vanished.
Other mistake: Fred's telephone cord is missing when he and Loudrock are calling their friends about the puppies.
Answer: The ratings had declined in its last few seasons, and the series was cancelled.
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