We'll have a gay old time...
I previously did the Flintstones in my Bongo/Offspring of Zed post, a long time ago, but it wasn't really a Flintstones post. I was thinking it would be cool to look at the actual timeline of the Flintstones, which breaks down into a few time periods.
Note that the timeline of Bedrock is about 10,000 B.C. Originally it was one million B.C. but in recent years it's been retconned to 10,000 B.C. We're going to break down the timeline based on the ages of the characters as depicted in different periods, rather than doing a year by year breakdown.
Cave Kids (Not Canon)
Cave Kids (1996)--Fred and Barney as pre-schoolers. This also features Dino, contradicting the original Flintstones series. This may be in canon with Flinstone Kids but it is not canon with the original series.
Flintstone Kids (Not Canon)
The Flintstone Kids (1986 - 1988)--Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty as little kids. This show kind of contradicts a story from the Flintstones that shows the fellows meeting the girls in their early 20s. It may not be in the same continuity. It also has Dino, who was adopted by the Flintstones in the Flintstones pilot, so this is definitely not canon. This also shows Captain Caveman with his son, existing when the others are tweens, when Betty and Wilma will be contemporaries of Captain Caveman later when he is an adult.
The Flintstones pre-Pebbles
The Flintstones (1960 - 1963)--This series, loosely inspired by the Honeymooners, features Fred Flintstone, his wife and neighbors, in an ordinary sitcom style, taking place during what Hollywood imagined the stone age to be, with all the modern conveniences replaced by stone age "technology".
The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)--Fred and Wilma try to repair their marriage with a vacation for their anniversary.
The Flintstones with Pebbles as a baby
The Flintstones (1963 - 1966)--In 1963, Pebbles was born, in the episode "The Blessed Event". We skip some time as Wilma has her pregnancy, has the baby, and then in following episodes, Pebbles is about a year old. Bamm-Bamm was adopted by the Rubbles in "Little Bamm-Bamm" shortly after, who was the same age as Pebbles.
A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)--Fred stars as Scrooge in a stage production of A Christmas Carol, thousands of years before Dickens wrote it I guess.
What a Cartoon! (1995 - 1997)--Two segments feature Dino.
1996--HANNA-BARBERA PRESENTS # 6--An updated Laff-A-Lympics called the "Superstar Olympics" appeared in the Hanna-Barbera Presents #6 comic book in 1996. The Superstar Olympics featured Atom Ant, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Boo Boo Bear, Chopper, Cindy Bear, Dick Dastardly, Fred Flintstone, Grape Ape, Hokey Wolf, Huckleberry Hound, Jabberjaw, Magilla Gorilla, Muttley, Peter Potamus, Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks, Quick Draw McGraw, Ranger Smith, Secret Squirrel, Snagglepuss, Snooper and Blabber, Squiddly Diddly, Top Cat, Touché Turtle, Wally Gator, Wilma Flintstone, and Yogi Bear.
The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age Smackdown! (2015)--The Flintstones meet stone age versions of the WWE wrestlers. This story will later be referenced in Scooby-Doo Team-Up.
SEASON 1 EPISODE 3 “WEDNESDAY IS MISSING”
Release Date: September 22, 1972
Animated Series Crosses: The Addams Family (Animated)
The Story: The gang get their van stuck in front of the Addams home, and end up taking care of the kids while Gomez and Morticia take a vacation.
Notes: This cross brings The Addams Family animated series in. The version of the Addams Family here is reminiscent of the original comic, but is a tie-in with the animated series that is a continuation of the live-action series. However, this does not bring in the live action version. We must assume that a version of the live action show and comic strip may have existed in the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe, but only the animated series is canon for the Scooby-Doo Team-Up Universe. In the Scooby-Doo Team-Up issue featuring the Flintstones, the Mystery, Inc gang meets the Gruesomes, and suspects they are ancestors of another family Mystery Inc. once met. Since Laff-A-Lympics is not in this timeline, they were clearly not referencing the Creeplys but instead were talking about the time they met the Addams Family.
Nov 5 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 7--Flintstones
The Flintstones lived 10,000 years in the past, not 1 mIliion B.C. as was the original canon.
Fruity Pebbles commercials are referenced as canon.
Gruesomes ancestors of the Addams Family or possible the Creepleys.
Flintstones/WWE crossover referenced.
Dino’s dialogue call-back to his origin story
This takes place before Flintstones meet the Jetsons.
Shaggy makes fun of record players because Scooby has remained contemporary
This takes place before Jetsons meet Flintstones.
Nov 5 2014--SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP # 8--Jetsons
This takes place a thousand years in the future, and before Jetsons meet Flintstones because they are unfamiliar with time travel.
The Jetson's car (in SDTU) folds up to a briefcase (as in the original Jetsons), but when it folds with Shaggy, Scooby, and Astro inside, they aren't crushed, despite the small size, as if the inside stays the same side despite the exterior changing it's form. It's as if it's bigger on the inside, and rather than folding up, it really has a chameleon circuit. Ivan counters with this: "True, but tesseract technology isn't dependent on Gallifrey. DC ONE MILLION made use of similar gimmicks to explain how the Earth dealt with overpopulation issues. Besides, there's no evidence that it's bigger on the inside; could be that the contents of the car shrink." Good point. Also interesting point about tesseract technology. Video monitors on the Jetsons have always actually acted as portals, which is why Mr. Spacely can come out of the screen and physically grab George. As Ivan also points out, this is a common trope of cartoons, and even happens with telephone calls, with people reaching out of the phone from the other end.
This is a two parter. The story starts and ends on the same day.
Late 2017--Scooby-Doo Team-Up # 39 -- Justice Society of America
This issue confirms that while this is a pre-Crisis style world, it's also a "merged Earth" where golden age and silver age characters coexist in the same universe.
This story is set in 2017, because it is set 75 years after 1942.
In this universe, Black Canary was a JSA member in 1942! In Earth-2 and post-Crisis DCU she joined in 1947, shortly after her debut. Likewise, Wildcat is a member in 1942. In original canon, he only appeared once with the JSA as an honorary member, in 1945. He didn't regularly work with the team until the 1960s.
The Junior Justice Society fan club is referenced. This existed in canon, but also was a real world club DC established, thus making it seem as if the DCU was the real world.
Vandal Savage is the enemy. The JSA roster in 1942 is Doctor Fate, Doctor Mid-Nite, Wildcat, Johnny Thunder, Sandman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Atom.
Wonder Woman here is actually Hyppolitya, following the post-Crisis canon, sort of. Rather than her travelling back in time, she came to Man's World in 1941, then left after WWII presumedly, and her daughter then comes in 1948. Diana is already born in 1942, but too young for adventuring.
In regular DCU canon, Vandal Savage first encountered Green Lantern in 1947 and the JSA shortly after, with the Injustice Society of America. In this timeline, they are already familiar with him as an old foe in 1942.
Vandal Savage says he is 10,000 years old, meaning he lived roughly around the same time as the Flintstones.
The story splits into smaller story segments just as in the classic style of All-Star Comics.
Ma Hunkel makes a guest appearance.
This issue confirms that the silver age Black Canary is the daughter of the golden age Black Canary.
Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)--Fred and Barney often interact with modern age Hanna-Barbera characters, though it's never explained how this happens, and though I've postulated different theories in the past, such as Bedrock having a portal connecting it to the modern age, I'm not going to worry about that here. For the purposes of this timeline, I'm going to include the stories as they are from Fred and Barney's perspective on the timeline, rather when they take place in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Pebbles Age 9
1977 to 1979--SCOOBY’S ALL-STAR LAFF-A-LYMPICS (ANIMATED SERIES)--The Hanna-Barbera characters compete regularly in various sporting events. Every episode of the series was a crossover between all the major series owned by Hanna-Barbera. The three teams that compete are the Scooby-Doobies, the Yogi Yahooeys and the Really Rottens.
Scooby-Doo is the team captain of the Scooby-Doobies. Scooby-Doo first appeared in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, which began in 1969. The Scooby-Doobies consisted mostly of characters from Hanna-Barbera’s mystery solving teen group of cartoons. The team roster was Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Scooby-Dum, Dynomutt, the Blue Falcon, Captain Caveman, Brenda Chance, Taffy Dare, Dee Dee Skyes, Speed Buggy, Tinker, Babu and Hong Kong Phooey. Shaggy Rogers also debuted in 1969 in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? He is Scooby’s owner. Scooby-Dum is Scooby-Doo’s cousin, who first appeared in the Scooby-Doo Show in the 1976 episode “The Gruesome Game of the Gator Ghoul”. Dynomutt and the Blue Falcon originated from Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, which debuted in 1976. Captain Caveman, Brenda, Taffy, and Dee Dee originated in Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, starting in 1977. Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels were allegedly created as substitutes for Josie and the Pussycats (due to clearance issues with "Radio Comics"). Speed Buggy and Tinker originate from Speed Buggy, that first aired in 1973. Babu is from Jeannie, which began airing in 1973. Babu appeared alone because Columbia Pictures Television still owned I Dream of Jeannie (never mind that Jeannie and Babu appeared together on The New Scooby-Doo Movies). Curiously, ABC's print ad for Laff-a-Lympics in the Sept. 10–16, 1977, issue of TV Guide had Jeannie and Josie and the Pussycats featured. The order of who got bumped or replaced before whom is debated, except that Jeannie's removal was clearly last as she's counted in the opening narration and was included in the main model sheets for the series. During the Canada sled race, pause when Mildew and Snag are shown talking. Jeannie can be spotted standing between Babu and Hong Kong Phooey. In the opening credits it says there are 45 stars. Counting all three teams and announcers, there's 44. If recurring guest stars are counted (Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Jabberjaw), there are 47. The real reason being that it was written before Jeannie was cut. Unless the narrator is counting himself as the 45th (and hey, Don Messick narrated a lot of Hanna-Barbera cartoons in that "Ranger Smith" voice, so why not?) Finally, Hong Kong Phooey is from the cartoon of the same name that began in 1974. The Narrator and Announcers make multiple references to unseen "judges" that often hand out rulings and penalties. In the trivia What Could Have Been entry, it would appear at one point Hong Kong Phooey and Spot were to have filled this role before Spot was dropped and Phooey joined the Scooby Doobies. Some of the members of this team have met before this series and some would meet again after this series ended, but for the most part, the series that combined to make the Scooby-Doobies continued to stay separate for the most part, thus it still makes sense to count them as crossovers whenever they interact with each other.
Yogi Bear is the team captain of the Yogi Yahooeys. Yogi Bear first appeared in his own segment in The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958. The Yogi Yahooeys consisted of characters from Hanna-Barbera’s anthropomorphic funny talking animals group of cartoons. The team roster was Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo Bear, Cindy Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Pixie, Dixie, Mr. Jinks, Hokey Wolf, Yakky Doodle, Quick Draw McGraw, Snooper, Blabber, Augie Doggie, Doggie Daddy, Wally Gator and Grape Ape. Boo-Boo Bear also debuted in also debuted in 1958 in the Yogi Bear segment of The Huckleberry Hound Show. Cindy Bear first appeared in the Yogi Bear Show in the 1961 episode “Acrobatty Bear”. Huckleberry Hound originated from The Huckleberry Hound Show, which debuted in 1958. Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks originated in their own segment in The Huckleberry Hound Show, starting in 1958. Hokey Wolf originates from his own segment in The Huckleberry Hound Show, that first aired in 1960. Yakky Doodle is from the Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy segments of the Huckleberry Hound Show, debuting in the 1960 episode “Gone to the Ducks”. He would later spin-off into his own segments on the Yogi Bear Show. Quick Draw McGraw originated from The Quick Draw McGraw Show, which debuted in 1959. Snooper and Blabber originated in their own segment in The Quick Draw McGraw Show, starting in 1959. Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy originated in their own segment in The Quick Draw McGraw Show, starting in 1959. Wally Gator originated from his own segments of The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, starting in 1962. Finally, Grape Ape is from The Great Grape Ape Show that began in 1975. Unlike the Scooby-Doobies, the members of the Yogi Yahooeys would regularly appear together even beyond this series. From this point on, the members of this team would become supporting cast members in cartoons that feature Yogi Bear. For that reason, any crossovers after this point between members of the Yogi Yahooeys will not be listed, just as I do not consider crosses between members of Disney’s “Mickey Mouse Universe” after the debut of Disneyland and the Mickey Mouse Club, or between Looney Tunes characters after the debut of the Bugs Bunny Show.
Mumbly is the team captain of the Really Rottens. Mumbly first appeared in The Mumbly Cartoon Show in 1976. The Really Rottens consisted of original characters (except for Mumbly), though most of the roster were based on other villains that had previously appeared in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. The team roster was Mumbly, Dread Baron, Dinky Dalton, Dirty Dalton, Dastardly Dalton, Mr. Creepley, Mrs. Creepley, Junior Creepley, Orful Octopus, the Great Fondoo, Magic Rabbit, Daisy Mayhem and Sooey. Mumbly is almost identical to Muttley, who first appeared in 1968’s Wacky Races. In the second season, Mumbly did get mistakenly called "Muttley". Mumbly was originally a police detective. The studio attempted to distinguish Mumbly and Muttley by fur color (Muttley was light green, Mumbly light blue), ears (Muttley's were black, Mumbly's were the same color as his fur) and clothing (Muttley wore a collar, then his flying helmet and scarf; Mumbly, a trenchcoat). Dread Baron is identical to Dick Dastardly, who also debuted in 1968’s Wacky Races. In the Marvel Comics’ continuation of Laff-A-Lympics, it’s said that Dick and Dread Baron are twin brothers. Using this logic, it could be that Muttley and Mumbly are also twin brothers. Hanna-Barbera wanted to use Dick Dastardly and Muttley as captains of the Rottens, but Merrill Heatter allegedly still had part ownership of the Wacky Races characters. The Dalton Gang are original characters based on real life brothers of the 19th century who were infamous bank and train robbers. The Creepleys were a family modeled after the Gruesomes, who were neighbors of the Flintstones. And the Gruesomes were modeled after the previous Hanna-Barbera creations, Mr. & Mrs. J. Evil Scientist, as well as live-action series, the Addams Family and the Munsters. Orful Octopus is a Composite Character Expy of Squiddly Diddly and Occy the Octopus (The Gruesomes' pet octopus.) There may be a trace of Ocho, the pet octopus from the 1973 Addams Family cartoon. The Great Fondoo was an evil stage magician and is similar to Abner K. Dabra from the 1963 book, Yogi Bear and the Cranky Magician. Magic Rabbit is Pet of the Great Fondoo and bears a resemblance to the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland (or What's a Nice Kid Like You Doing in a Place Like This?) Finally, Daisy Mayhem is a bad girl redneck, who seems to be modeled after Moonbeam McShine from Li’l Abner, and also seems to be a bad guy counterpart of the Teen Angels and the Pussycats. Most of these villains would show up in later Hanna-Barbera cartoons as bad guys.
The show’s hosts were Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf. Snagglepuss is from his own segments of the Quick Draw McGraw Show, starting in 1959, while Mildew is from the It’s the Wolf! segments of the Cattanooga Cats, which began airing in 1969. Because the series aired on ABC, commentators Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf were depicted wearing the then-standard yellow sportscoats worn by ABC Sports broadcasters. Mildew Wolf referring to everyone as "savages" is a double reference to both his original voice actor, Paul Lynde (who again, originally voiced Mildew), and the Hanna-Barbera series Where's Huddles? (CBS, 1970), in which Lynde played Claude Pertwee, a character who often referred to show's football-playing Fred and Barney expies as "savages".
Jabberjaw and Peter Potamus were frequent guest judges. Jabberjaw is from his own series that debuted in 1976. Jabberjaw takes place in the future, but based on how time works in the Cartoon Universe, he seems to easily visit the 20th century. Peter Potamus also comes from his own show that debuted in 1964.
Fred and Barney from the Flintstones also show up from time to time as guest commentators. See my comments for the Flintstones for how Fred and Barney often show up in the 20th century.
Preceded by The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77)
A Flintstone Christmas (1977)--A Christmas special with younger versions of the children.
June, 1978--Worcester, MA. . My parents decide to move to California. I am five. To keep me occupied for the long trip, I'm given a handheld football video game, and a comic book, and that book was the spark. It was an issue of Scooby's Laff-a-Lympics, based on the cartoon. It was my first crossover. Scooby, Yogi, the Flintstones, and all the rest, interacting in the same story. It was amazing.The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)--Fred and Barney are coaching competing little league teams.
The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone--The Flintstones and Rubbles meet stone age versions of Dracula and the Frankenstein Monster. This Frankenstone is unrelated to the later neighbors of the Flintstones.
Pebbles Age 10 - 12 (Pre-Teen)
Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs (2021 - 2022)--Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm have adventures involving dinosaurs.
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as teenagers
The Rubbles (2002)--A parody of the Osbournes reality show. This features Bamm-Bamm as a teenager having a crush on Pebbles but not yet dating.
The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980)--The Frankenstones move in. This version seems different than the version that would appear later, but it must be the same family.
The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980)--Fred mistakenly thinks he only has 24 hours left to live.
The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980 - 1981)--Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as teenagers return with all their friends. Fred and Barney are now police officers. They have neighbors called the Frankenstones, based on Frankenstein. This show also featured the Shmoo, from Al Capp's comic strip. Captain Caveman was also featured on the show, during his time living in Bedrock before being frozen and unthawed in the modern era. Pebbles is 14 in this series.
The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)--Wilma has a shot at professional baseball, much to Fred's ire.
The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981)--Fred enters a marathon.
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971 - 1972)--Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as teenagers are now the stars with all their friends. Fred, Barney, Wilma and Betty are supporting characters. Pebbles is 15 in this show.
The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972 - 1973)--This series featured different segments, with both Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and Fred and Barney as the feature characters.
Release Date: August 2004 (Setting is c. 1,000,000 B.C., during the time when Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are teens)
Animated Series Crosses: The Flintstones; The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
The Story: A million years ago, in Bedrock, an ancestor of Johnny Bravo has his life saved by Fred Flintstone, after which Johnny’s ancestor attempts to repay the debt by doing Fred’s chores.
Notes: The prehistoric ancestor is also named Johnny Bravo, and acts just like our Johnny, but it’s made clear from the episode this is Johnny’s prehistoric ancestor, not a contemporary Johnny in Bedrock.
Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as adults
I Yabba Dabba Do (1993)--In their early 20s, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm marry.
Hollyrock a Bye Baby (1993)--Pebbles has twins, Chip and Roxy.
A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)--Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm and their kids, Roxy and Chip, come home for the holidays.
The Future
DUCK DODGERS IN ATTACK OF THE DRONES (ANIMATED SHORT)
Release Date: 2004 (Setting is 24th ½ century)
Series: Daffy Duck; Duck Dodgers
Animated Series Crosses: Looney Tunes; Futurama; Flintstones
Other Crosses: Star Trek; Star Wars
The Story: Duck Dodgers is tasked to save Earth from aliens, and creates an army of robotic duplicates to assist him. However, once the day is saved, the duplicates begin to run amuck.
Notes: This short did not air as an episode of Duck Dodgers, which was at the time airing on Cartoon Network. This short was meant to be released theatrically preceding New York Minute, but Warner Brothers cancelled it when Looney Tunes: Back in Action was not as successful as they had projected. However, the short has made its way to the internet, thankfully. In the original Duck Dodgers shorts, the stories were revealed to be fictions of Daffy Duck. The premise of the animated Duck Dodgers series though it that Daffy has ended up in the actual future 24th ½ century and is posing as the hero he once made up. It’s unclear if this short, made in the same year the series was launched, was meant to be part of Daffy’s fictional Duck Dodgers world, or if it takes place in the actual future of the Looney Tunes/Cartoon Universe timeline. I prefer to assume that it is part of the animated series that would be canon for the Cartoon Universe, due to the crossovers. Following the rules for Looney Tunes characters, crosses between individual Looney Tunes series only count for inclusion in this book prior to 1960. (For instance, the early shorts with Bugs and Daffy get included). After the Looney Tunes characters came to television, the various Looney Tunes characters appeared together so often that those later stories were truly Looney Tunes stories, with Looney Tunes as its own series, rather than crosses between individual Looney Tunes series. In the case of this series, many Looney Tunes characters regularly appear in Duck Dodgers and it doesn’t make sense to catalog all of them. However, this series also has other crossovers outside of Looney Tunes, as demonstrated below. Dodgers reports to a council (modeled after the Jedi council from the Star Wars prequel trilogy). Among the council members are Dr. Zoidberg (from Futurama), the Great Gazoo (from the Flintstones), and a Klingon (from Star Trek). I don’t recall any episodes of Futurama that refer to the life span of Zoidberg’s race, so this could be Dr. Zoidberg when he was younger. (Futurama takes place in the 31st century). On the other hand, this could just as well be another of his race. Likewise, the Great Gazoo appeared on the Flintstones, circa one million B.C., but was said to be from the future. This could be the same Great Gazoo, either chronologically before or after he went to Bedrock. But like with Zoidberg, this could be another of the Great Gazoo’s race. As this series takes place in the 24th century (presumedly in the latter half, due to the reference to the ½), this lines up nicely with the Star Trek timeline, portraying Klingons now allies of Earth and the United Federation of Planets. This short also (as a parody of Star Wars) demonstrates the existence of “Star Wars” technology existing and in use by Earth and its allies in this era. Both a star destroyer and a lightsaber appear. The lightsaber seen here still seems to have glitches. As seen in Futurama, by the 31st century, the Earth police will have standard issue light sabers. As Star Wars seems to take place in its own pocket reality within the Cartoon Multiverse, it may be likely that the genesis of Earth’s use of Star Wars technology began in the 21st century when Mickey Mouse managed to purchase the entire Star Wars galaxy for Disney, as seen in South Park.
Live Action
There are two live action films, the Flintstones (1994) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). The second film is a prequel showing how the fellows meet their girls. Note the Great Gazoo appears in the prequel, contradicting the original series, so these films are in their own continuity.
Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated (An alternate timeline)
August 2, 2010--SCOOBY-DOO! MYSTERY INCORPORATED (ANIMATED SERIES) SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 “REVENGE OF THE MAN CRAB”--Crystal Cove gets crabs. Actually, it’s just one very, very large crab. Dylan McKay and Brendan Walsh are victims of the Man Crab Beast, which places Beverly Hills, 90210 in the main Television Crossover Universe timeline. Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble appear to be students at Crystal Cove High School. See the beginning of this chronology for more on Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. Regarding Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated: Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble appear to be students at Crystal Cove High School. They appear in their teenaged incarnations from the Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. That means in this timeline, the Flintstones and Rubbles must exist in contemporary Crystal Cove. But by the rules of links in divergent timelines, that would place the Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm show, and the show it spawned from, The Flintstones, in the main TVCU timeline. Only, can it? The setting for the Flintstones is usually said to be circa one million B.C., and occasionally 10,000 B.C. mistakenly. Bedrock, and the entire world of their time, is a place where dinosaurs coexist with humans, and are pets and appliances. Television and telephones exist. Modern cigarettes exist there. They celebrate Christmas. They put on plays of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and have met Santa. And Fred and Wilma saw Star Wars as kids. In conclusion, the Flintstones cannot exist in the main TVCU timeline. I allowed for some bad history in allowing Hercules and Xena, but the Flintstones is too much. But the divergent timeline rule still applies. It could possibly be that the Flintstones and the Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show exist not in the main TVCU, but in a pocket dimension, possibly accessible through portals to the lost worlds in the center of the Earth. If that’s the case, it may be that the Flintstones was actually a contemporary setting, or exists in a reality where time operates differently than in the real world, or the TVCU.SEASON 1 EPISODE 16 “WHERE WALKS APHRODITE”
Release Date: March 16, 2011 (Contemporary Setting -- See Series Notes)
Horror Crosses: Body Snatchers; Stephen King Universe Animated Series Crosses: The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan; Flintstones
Non-Horror Crosses: The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show; Beverly Hills 90210
The Story: Scooby and Professor Pericles work together when the town is terrorized by the goddess Aphrodite.
Notes: The episode has similarities to Body Snatchers and the villain (who is not really Aphrodite) has an origin similar to that of Carrie. Suzie Chan of the Chan Clan is seen playing a game with Pebbles Flintstone. See my previous notes for those animated series in the Horror Universe. Dylan and Brenda also appear again, their date once more interrupted by a monster.
Release Date: August 7, 2012 (The episode is set on and around January 26.)
Animated Series Crosses: 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo; Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
The Story: The gang are attacked by a ghoul in the cemetary.
Notes: Vincent Van Ghoul makes a cameo in a projector image. Pebbles Flintstone again appears. According to this episode, talking dogs are a well-known category of animals known world-wide. Though that fact doesn't imply any crossovers, it is an important in-story reference that could be used to explain any other series that feature talking dogs as being perceived as normal, even in a world where other dogs don't talk, (for instance Brian on Family Guy).
Alternate Versions:
Yes, even this character has counterparts in other realms.
LooniverseIvan appears in a commercial as the imaginary persona of a young boy playing with a toy sold at Al's Toy Barn (a fictional business seen in TOY STORY 2). Although the footage of Ivan took place in the TVCU (see October 2011), the use of Al's Toy Barn also places the commercial in the TVCU, meaning the imaginary Ivan exists as a Looniverse tulpa of the 'real' Ivan. There is evidence that the Ivan of the Looniverse has visited the town of Bedrock, home of Fred Flintstone and his family, and that he has met Daria Morgendorffer of Lawndale. Additionally Misty Dawn (Ivan's veterinarian ally) of this reality has treated Sylvester the Cat for anxiety.
The Flintstones have headlined numerous cartoon series starting with THE FLINTSTONES (1960-1966) and have crossovers with nearly every significant character to come out of the Hanna-Barbaba animation studios (as well as being used in parody form in shows such as THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY, and DRAWN TOGETHER). DARIA ran from 1997 to 2002, but the character originally spun off from BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD (1993 - 2011) and has appeared on DRAWN TOGETHER. Sylvester the Cat is a character from LOONEY TUNES family of Warner Brothers cartoons, first appearing in 1945.
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