The Flintstones

Cultural References

The character Barney Gumble from The Simpsons is based on Barney Rubble.

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Barney Gumble - The Simpsons

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The series spawned three breakfast cereals: the popular Fruity Pebbles and Cocoa Pebbles, and the discontinued Dino Pebbles. Commercials for these cereals featured a gimmick in the form of Barney (who seems much smarter in the commercials than in the show itself) tricking Fred out of his cereal, usually by way of disguising himself as something completely different. Eventually, Fred catches on and gives chase after Barney as the ad ends. Early ads used the closing tagline, "Yabba-dabba-delicious!", but the phrase was removed during the 1990s.

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Breakfast cereal - Fruity Pebbles - Cocoa Pebbles - Dino Pebbles

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An enduring license has been a line of children's multivitamins called "Flintstones Complete" (more popularly known as Flintstones Vitamins); the first seasons of the series were, in part, sponsored by One-a-Day Vitamins. There has been a "Did You Know?" quiz circulating on the Internet for a number of years that asks which of the four main characters is not in Flintstone Vitamins. The answer, at one time, was Betty Rubble. However, since 1996, Betty has been in the bottle also. The Flintstones' car was removed to make room for Betty.

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Multivitamin - One-a-Day Vitamins - 1996

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The England cricketer Andrew Flintoff is nicknamed "Freddie" after Fred Flintstone, on account of both his similar surname and his "larger-than-life" character.

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England - Cricketer - Andrew Flintoff

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The Australian television series Fast Forward once did a parody of The Flintstones.

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Australian - Fast Forward

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