The episode in which Pebbles is born has Fred be the one who inspires her name by simply saying she’s “a Pebble off the ol’ Flintstone”.Years later, along comes I Yabba-Dabba-Doo! where it actually happens. Heartwarming in Hindsight: The episode Rip Van Flintstone featured Fred dreaming that he slept for twenty years, and among the things that had happened were Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm being Happily Married.Harsher in Hindsight: The infamous cigarette ad becomes this when you remember that all four of the main voice actors (Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl, and Bea Benaderet) died of smoking-related illnesses and complications in the decades that followed the show's original run.The same goes with the Mexican Spanish dub, since it uses lots of local references in the dub, not to mention the great quality of the acting.The show's later seasons and the spin-offs aren't that well known, though. Due to the dub's success, some later dubs of cartoons and comedy movies used the same tactic. The cartoon's localized version was also a major hit in Hungary, as all the dialog had been rendered in witty rhymes by a famous poet.The show and its live-action movies were very popular in Quebec thanks to being dubbed in the local vernacular (as opposed to the "international French" most movies and TV shows use even when localized in the province).Their commentary makes those who dislike the series love them. Pretty much every animal character in the series especially the ones used for appliances or machinery and any work.Not the brightest light on the porch, but unlike Wilma, she's not a nag when she complains." An animation fan publication listed Betty as one of the sexiest cartoon females ever created: "A prehistoric Snow White eternally betrothed to a man half her size and twice her girth.He was also supposed to have his own show in the 1980s. Perry Gunnite, the private eye detective from "Love Letters on the Rocks" only appeared once, but he was still popular enough to star in his own spin-off stories in the comics.Some fans like them for bringing out Fred and Barney's softer sides, while others feel they were the start of the show being kidified and took the edge away from the show. Base-Breaking Character: Pebbles and Bamm Bamm.It didn't help that the show also featured shorts that were ripping off other shows, so we could watch Captain Caveman imitating Superman (he was even Clark Kenting) with Betty and Wilma as two Lois Lanes, teenage Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm solving Scooby Doo Hoaxes with Dino, and Fred and Barney in a Buddy Cop Show, patrolling the streets with a Shmoo, which was constantly molesting Fred. Yes, in the original cartoon some monstrous neighbors were mentioned, but only episodically and never as major characters. Most of the episodes were about Fred having a fight with Mr. Audience-Alienating Era: The franchise has a show where the Flintstones get new neighbors, the Frankenstones, a prehistoric version of The Addams Family or The Munsters with an unsympathetic Frankenstein's Monster as the head.Animation Age Ghetto: A bit of a meta example, but this is the reason why the infamous cigarette and beer ads are considered surprising for so many people, as the show was first created before the Ghetto even existed.Obvious evil is easy to spot and thus not as dangerous insidious or hidden evil is much worse. He was sent to Earth as punishment for creating a doomsday device that would destroy the universe, and he's cute, not menacing. The Great Gazoo could be the most evil character ever created.Some have even joked that at the same time The Flintstones takes place on the ground, The Jetsons takes place in the sky. Which makes a lot more sense if you consider that they celebrate Christmas and seem to have similar cultural norms to modern Americans, and the fact that creatures of different Geologic Ages, like mammoths and dinosaurs, can coexist in the same time. A few viewers have speculated that the Flintstones are actually a Post-Apocalyptic society using what it can to recreate the destroyed technology, even if it means reverting back to the Stone Age, and the supposed prehistoric animals in reality are produced by radioactive mutation.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |