The Flintstones

The Flintstones (1960)

104 mistakes in season 5

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Sheriff for a Day - S5-E21

Continuity mistake: After Wilma and Betty have pulled Fred and Barney out of Kitty's Place, the background behind them initially has a yellow saloon but then changes to a blue building in the very next shot.

Sheriff for a Day - S5-E21

Continuity mistake: When Fred is telling Barney, Betty and Wilma about his adventures, Betty can be seen sitting next to Wilma at the table, but in the next shot Betty has suddenly disappeared.

Sheriff for a Day - S5-E21

Continuity mistake: When we first see Betty and Wilma in the caravan, the outside view shows two windows and it seems they are sitting well apart from each other. But inside the caravan, they are sitting much closer to one another.

Sheriff for a Day - S5-E21

Continuity mistake: When we see Fred and Barney in the car, Barney produces a geiger counter. In the close-up, he pushes a button and the flap opens to produce a cricket inside the machine, but in the very next shot the flap has suddenly closed.

Time Machine - S5-E18

Continuity mistake: When Wilma is scrubbing the deck on Columbus' boat, you can see she has Betty working beside her, but after Barney asks "A mutiny?" we cut back to Wilma and Betty has vanished.

Time Machine - S5-E18

Continuity mistake: During the jousting scene, the King and Queen keep changing positions from standing up to sitting down on their thrones between shots.

Time Machine - S5-E18

Continuity mistake: When Fred wins the jousting competition, the King tells him that he has won his daughter, Princess Lenor, but in the next shot when Fred asks, "What do you mean, I've won her?" Lenor has suddenly disappeared.

Time Machine - S5-E18

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney rush off to have a go on the shooting gallery, Wilma's eyebrows disappear but then re-appear when Betty says "Aren't they cute?".

Time Machine - S5-E18

Continuity mistake: When we see Wilma speaking in Fred's car at the start of the episode, the hole behind her changes from small to large between shots.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: When Fred is sitting at the dinner table with Wilma and the Rubbles, you can see he has a knife in front of his hand, but in the next shot the knife has disappeared.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: When the producers tell George to put his Superstone costume on, you can see one of his bags is next to his dressing room table, but in the next close-up of George, the bag has disappeared.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: When Fred and Barney are in the bar, the barman asks them "What'll it be, you guys?" and you can see there is nothing on the counter, but in the very next shot a bottle has suddenly appeared.

Superstone - S5-E24

Continuity mistake: When Fred (as Superstone) is putting the powder on his face in his dressing room, he puts the powder puff back in its dish, but when the door knocks, we cut back to Fred, and the powder puff has disappeared.

Sheriff for a Day - S5-E21

Continuity mistake: When the poker players hide under the table, you can see there are blue chips, white chips and red chips on the table, but when Sheriff Craig leaves, the blue and white chips have changed places and the red chips 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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Trivia: When dubbed in Spanish (shown on Spanish stations), Fred and Barney's first names were changed to Pedro and Pablo. Wilma became Vilma and Betty remained Betty.

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

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