Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone is the main character of *The Flintstones*, a Hanna-Barbera animated television series set in a Stone Age suburbia.

He's a blustering, well-meaning everyman who works at a quarry and lives with his wife Wilma in the town of Bedrock.

His catchphrase is Yabba dabba doo!

The character has become a cultural reference point for anything comically prehistoric or outdated.

cartoon

The Flintstones

Animated caveman household show

Barney Rubble · Betty Rubble · Bamm-Bamm · primetime · Mel Blanc · sitcom · theme song · animation · spinoff · The Jetsons

prehistoric

caveman

Prehistoric cave-dwelling human

  • dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
  • mammothExtinct elephant with curved tusks
  • mastodonExtinct elephantine Pleistocene mammal

saber-toothed cat · pterodactyl · woolly rhinoceros · tar pit · cave · club · animal skins · bone tools · cave dwelling

personality

loudmouth

Obnoxiously vocal person

loyal · boisterous · impulsive · get-rich-quick · bluster · stubborn · good-hearted · buffoon · bowling · everyman

family

husband

Married man's role

provider · breadwinner · patriarch · household · domestic · devoted · protective · home · lodge member · neighbor

Categories
Opposites
fictional era/temporal setting

Fred FlintstoneGeorge Jetson

Astro · Buck Rogers · Flash Gordon · Captain Kirk

personality/temperament

Fred FlintstoneNed Flanders

Mr. Rogers · Mister Rogers · George Jetson · Barney Rubble · Bob Ross

social class/sophistication

Fred FlintstoneMr. Burns

Male courtesy title

George Jetson · Richie Rich · Scrooge McDuck · Bruce Wayne

Family

Fred, flint, flinty, stone, stones, stoned, stoning, stony, stonework

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G