The WORST episodes of The Flintstones
Every episode of The Flintstones ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Flintstones!
The Flintstones is about a modern stone-age family, set in the prehistoric times. There's Fred, the meat-loving, bowling-playing fat man, Wilma, his wife who loves to cook and Pebbles, their cute baby daughter. Their next door neighbors are Barney, Fred's best friend, Betty, Barney's wife who always loves to hang out with Wilma, and their baby son Bamm-Bamm who is incredibly strong. The two families risk prehistoric danger or wild antics as they struggle to live normal lives.
#1 - The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1964
When The Water Buffalos hold a baby contest, a fight breaks out between the Flintstones and the Rubbles over whose child is the most beautiful. Upset by all the bickering, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm run away. Upon finding their children, the couples vow never again to fight.
#2 - Bedrock Rodeo Round-Up
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1964
Fred's ego takes a serious bruising when an old friend of Wilma's, rodeo champion Bony Hurdle, arrives in town for The Bedrock Rodeo and enchants young Pebbles, who even calls him "Dada." To win his daughter's affection back, Fred joins the rodeo himself.
#3 - Seeing Doubles
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1965
Wanting to sneak out of a dinner date with their wives in order to bowl, Fred and Barney ask Gazoo for help. The little green alien creates clones of the boys, so that they can be in two places at once, resulting in the inevitable mix-ups.
#4 - Here's Snow in Your Eyes
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1962
The Lodge delegates Fred and Barney depart for a convention at Stone Mountain Ski Resort, leaving their disappointed wives at home. The girls congratulate themselves on being so understanding until they become involved in a big diamond theft and beauty contest at the resort.
#5 - Groom Gloom
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1963
Frustrated that paperboy (and part-time babysitter) Arnold always beats him at table-tennis, Fred has a nightmare in which an older Arnold elopes with his grown-up daughter Pebbles.
#6 - Dino and Juliet
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1964
The Flintstones have a new neighbor: Mr. Loudrock! After tormenting Fred through practical jokes such as tickling his trapped feet, they go into a feud., which is only broken by Dino falling in love with Loudrock's dog. Eventually, she has puppies, and all is forgiven, and Loudrock and Flintstone live happily ever after.
#7 - The Beauty Contest
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1961
Fred and Barney are appointed judges for the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo's beauty contest. But complicating matters are Wilma's and Betty's suspicions, pressure from Mr. Slate, whose daughter is the competition, and threats from a racketeer who wants his girlfriend to be named Miss Water Buffalo.
#8 - The Rolls Rock Caper
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/19/1965
Fred and Barney become the assistants of millionaire cop Aaron Boulder, only they chase the criminals while Boulder chases women. At the end Boulder reveals they are guest stars on his new show, "Smile, You're On My Favorite Crime."
#9 - Rooms for Rent
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/31/1961
Tired of hearing their husbands complain about finances, Wilma and Betty rent rooms to piano and bongo-playing student musicians. Fred and Barney go along with the arrangement, unaware that their wives are providing the lodging in return for music and dancing lessons.
#10 - Ten Little Flintstones
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/2/1964
Chaos reigns supreme when ten androids from another planet - all whom are dead-ringers for Fred - land in Bedrock causing havoc in an attempt to conquer the earth. When the alien master admits failure and recalls the androids, Fred is left to explain his odd behavior.
#11 - Flash Gun Freddie
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1962
Fred convinces Barney to buy an instant Polarock camera and the two go into the photo business. When they mistakenly snap the pictures of two escaping bank robbers, they are able to sell the photos and recoup Barney's money.
#12 - The Picnic
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1961
Coveting the trophy collection of Lodge brother Joe Rockhead, Fred realizes that dumping Barney as his partner will improve his chances of winning during the annual field day games. This plan causes resentment from both Barney and Rockhead.
#13 - Big League Freddie
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1963
When Fred's performance for the Bedrock Quarry baseball team flounders, he is replaced by Roger who attracts the attention of Big League scouts, but since he is wearing Fred's uniform, the scouts try to sign up Fred.
#14 - The House That Fred Built
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1965
When Wilma gets a letter from her mother saying that she is moving in with her favorite son-in-law and his wife, Fred begins refurbishing a dilapidated shack to house Mrs. Slaghoople. But soon Wilma learns that he mother was not referring to Fred, but her other daughter's husband. Fred is delighted, until he realizes how much he spent on the shack.
#15 - Flintstone and the Lion
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/23/1964
Fred befriends a kitten while on a fishing trip and decides to make a house pet of it, not realizing that the tiny kitten will grow up to be a full-sized lion, which begins eating the family out of house and home.
#16 - The Twitch
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1962
Wilma is in dither over finding an act for her auxiliary's benefit show until big mouth Fred boasts that he will line up singer Rock Roll, whose hit song is "The Twitch." Now committed, Fred has to pull out all the stops to obtain the rock star's participation.
#17 - Pebbles' Birthday Party
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1964
In trying to organize a birthday party for his daughter and a Lodge party on the same night, Fred mixes things up. As a result, a clown shows up to the Lodge party, while dancing girls arrive at the Flintstones' home to entertain the tots.
#18 - The Masquerade Ball
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1961
Fred buys tickets to a society costume ball from his supervisor, Mr. Rockhead. Fred's plan to use this opportunity to butter up his costumed boss backfires when Rockhead switches costumes, and instead of being the recipient of Fred's honey, he becomes an unwitting confidant in his scheme.
#19 - The Girls' Night Out
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1961
Fred and Barney decide to treat their wives to a night out, at an amusement park. Fred cuts a song at a recording booth as a souvenir but misplaces the record. It is later discovered by a group of teens who pass it along to a deejay, and Fred is suddenly transformed into unwitting rock star "Hi-Fye."
#20 - The Return of Stony Curtis
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1965
Through a publicity contest, Wilma and Betty win movie star Stoney Curtis (voiced by Tony Curtis) as a "slave boy" for a day. Jealous Fred works him unmercifully, until Stoney offers him a job as his stand-in for a new movie. Fred quits his job and prepares for life as a star, which, of course, is not all it is cracked up to be.
#21 - Fred's Second Car
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/8/1965
Fred buys a second car at a police auction, unaware that the vehicle is also being sought by a gang of jewel thieves, who think stolen jewels are hidden inside. Fred is captured by the gang and sends Dino for help, then manages to escape. Wilma, Betty, and the police arrive on the scene just as the gang catches up with him a second time.
#22 - The Engagement Ring
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1960
Barney decides to surprise Betty with a belated engagement ring, which he gives to Fred for safekeeping. But Wilma discovers the ring and assumes it is a gift for her. Not wanting to shatter her illusions, Fred decides to buy a second ring, but doesn't have the cash. He cons Barney into going several rounds with a boxing champ in order to win a $500 prize.
#23 - The Astra' Nuts
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1961
Thinking they are undergoing an examination for a physical contest, Fred and Barney mistakenly sign up for a three-year stint in the Army! After a tearful goodbye to their wives they enter into the service, where they quickly blunder their way into volunteering for the first lunar landing mission.
#24 - The House Guest
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/22/1961
While plumbers at the Rubble home try to unfix Fred's attempted repair job, Betty and Barney move in temporarily with the Flintstones. The wives are convinced the forced togetherness will cause problems between Fred and Barney and they are right, although the husbands go to extreme measures to try to hide their bickering.
#25 - The Monster from the Tar Pits
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1960
A Hollyrock film company goes on location in Bedrock to film its new feature Monster From The Tar Pits, and gullible Fred is enlisted as stand-in for star Gary Granite. But Fred's real problems begin when Wilma and Betty audition for roles in the film and end up going ga-ga upon meeting movie stars Rock Pile and Wednesday Tuesday.