Fred Flintstone

Frederick Flintstone (usually called Fred) is a fictional character who originated in the popular television animated series The Flintstones. Fred has since appeared in various other cartoon spinoffs and commercials. He is the caveman husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintstone. His best friends were his next door neighbors, Betty and Barney Rubble.

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Fictional character - Television - Animated series - The Flintstones - Commercial - Caveman - Wilma Flintstone - Pebbles Flintstone - Betty - Barney Rubble

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Fred lived in the fictional prehistoric city of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexisted with cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoyed "primitive" versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines.

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Prehistoric - Bedrock - Cavepeople - Telephones - Automobile - Washing machine

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Fred's personality was based on that of Ralph Kramden of the 1950s television series The Honeymooners. Thus, much like Ralph, Fred tended to be loud-mouthed, aggressive, and constantly scheming ways to improve his family's working class lot in life, often with unintended results.

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Ralph Kramden - 1950s - The Honeymooners

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Fred worked as a "bronto crane operator" at Slate Rock and Gravel Company (also known as Rockhead and Quarry Cave Construction Company in the earliest episodes).

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Fred's interests included bowling, playing pool, poker, lounging around the house, and playing golf. Of the first two he is incredibly skillfull, as seen in one of the episodes where he plays against Wilma's unsuspecting mother. Also, Fred has won championships for his incredible bowling skills; in one episode, he went so far as to take ballet lessons in order to improve his game. Fred, like Barney, was also a member of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalos Lodge.

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Bowling - Pool - Poker - Golf - Ballet

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Fred's catchphrase was "Yabba-Dabba-Do!," which became the subject of a song by Hoagy Carmichael which the singer-songwriter performed on an episode of The Flintstones.

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