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* PalmFistTap: During the climax, Fred bowls Cliff over, then steps on his hand before he can retrieve his gun. he looks down at Cliff laying on the ground, says "it's time for [them] to interface", and gives him the palm-fist tap, Cliff's kidnapping Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm having made Fred only too eager to beat Cliff up.

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* PalmFistTap: During the climax, Fred bowls Cliff over, then steps on his Cliff's hand before he can retrieve his gun. he looks down at Cliff laying on the ground, gun, says "it's time for [them] to interface", and gives him the palm-fist tap, Cliff's kidnapping Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm having made Fred only too eager to beat Cliff up.
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* PalmFistTap: During the climax, Fred bowls Cliff over, then steps on his foot before he can retrieve his gun. he looks down at Cliff laying on the ground, says "it's time for [them] to interface", and gives him the palm-fist tap, Cliff's kidnapping Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm having made Fred only too eager to beat Cliff up.

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* PalmFistTap: During the climax, Fred bowls Cliff over, then steps on his foot hand before he can retrieve his gun. he looks down at Cliff laying on the ground, says "it's time for [them] to interface", and gives him the palm-fist tap, Cliff's kidnapping Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm having made Fred only too eager to beat Cliff up.
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* {{Cincinnatus}}: Fred Flintstone when offered an executive position [[spoiler:again during the denouement of the movie by Mr. Slate himself. After a self-interrupted moment of exclamation, he remembers the kind of man he became when he got promoted before he brings himself back down and politely declined the offer, but not before getting some more perks of Mr. Slate on behalf of his fellow laborers in the company.]]

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* {{Cincinnatus}}: Fred Flintstone when offered an executive position [[spoiler:again during the denouement of the movie by Mr. Slate himself. After a self-interrupted moment of exclamation, he remembers the kind of man he became when he got promoted before he brings himself back down and politely declined declines the offer, but not before getting some more perks of off Mr. Slate on behalf of his fellow laborers in the company.]]
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** Barney's good hearted vow to repay Fred for enabling him and Betty to adopt leads him to take steps that end up driving his family to near financial ruin.
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* DoubleTake: The office parrot does this in shock when he notices that Wilma has walked into the room while Fred is flirting with his secretary.

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Re-alphabetizing (again).


* CreditsGag: The end credits contain several "rock" and "stone" jokes ("Stone Age Sound Editing: Solange Of Hollyrock").



* CreditsGag: The end credits contain several "rock" and "stone" jokes ("Stone Age Sound Editing: Solange Of Hollyrock").
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Cliff Vandercave, at the end kidnaps Pebble and Bamm Bamm to force Freddy and Barney to give him the Dictabird. But even after obtaining what he wants he decides to kill the kids anyway.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: Cliff Vandercave, at in the end kidnaps climax, abducts Pebble and Bamm Bamm to force Freddy and Barney to give him surrender the Dictabird. But even after obtaining what he wants wants, he decides to kill execute the kids anyway.anyway, as revenge for Fred and Barney foiling his plans.]]
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** Dean Cundey, the director of photography, also makes an appearance as a technician.

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** Dean Cundey, the director of photography, also makes an a brief appearance as a crash test technician.
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* AdaptationalHairstyleChange: Wilma Flintstone's famous combination bun-pompadour hairstyle is changed into a perm for live-action.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Cliff's advanced machinery significantly increases the company's output and could have him millions completely legitimately. Yet he treats this as nothing more than a distraction while he plots to embezzle the money instead.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Cliff's advanced machinery significantly increases the company's output and could have made him millions completely legitimately. Yet he He treats this technological breakthrough as nothing more than a distraction while he plots to embezzle the money instead.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Before the above-mentioned AcquiredSituationalNarcissism, Fred was considerably more good-natured than his animated counterpart.
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-->'''Barney:''' Fred, did you hear what happened to everyone down at the quarry today?!
-->'''Fred:''' Yep, few hours ago I sent them all off on a nice, long vacation!
-->'''Barney:''' More like a ''permanent'' vacation! You fired them!
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Had Cliff presented his ideas in a legitimate fashion, he could have made the company millions, but he just had to be a jerk about it.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Had Cliff presented his ideas in a legitimate fashion, he Cliff's advanced machinery significantly increases the company's output and could have made him millions completely legitimately. Yet he treats this as nothing more than a distraction while he plots to embezzle the company millions, but he just had to be a jerk about it.money instead.


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* ParentalAbandonment: Near the end of the film, Cliff implies that he experienced this at some point.
-->'''Cliff:''' In the words of my dear mother... ''[[GoldDigger I'm taking the money]] and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere moving to a warmer climate]]''.


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* TrickedIntoSigning: On Cliff's instructions, Ms. Stone has Fred sign some papers and stops him from reading the fine print, telling him that they're vacation notices for the quarry workers. Fred later learns from Barney that the papers were actually termination notices.
-->'''Barney:''' Fred, did you hear what happened to everyone down at the quarry today?!
-->'''Fred:''' Yep, few hours ago I sent them all off on a nice, long vacation!
-->'''Barney:''' More like a ''permanent'' vacation! You fired them!
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* AndStarring: The opening cast roll ends with "and Creator/ElizabethTaylor."

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* CastingGag:
** The Dictabird is voiced by Harvey Korman, who voiced The Great Gazoo in the original cartoon. He was also in the prequel as Colonel Slaghoople.

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* CastingGag:
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CastingGag: The Dictabird is voiced by Harvey Korman, who voiced The Great Gazoo in the original cartoon. He was also in the prequel as Colonel Slaghoople.
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* UnwittingPawn: Fred never realizes that Cliff is using him for his schemes until it's almost too late.
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* CrimeReconstruction: PlayedForLaughs when a news team presents a supposedly factual reenactment of Fred stealing money from Slate and Company for its breaking story "The Case of the Embezzling Executive". Said "reenactment" consists of a Fred-like actor [[CardCarryingVillain blatantly shoveling huge amounts of cash into a suitcase]] while loudly declaring [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "I'm an EXECUTIVE! I'm... EMBEZZLING!"]]
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* FilmAdaptationLiveAction: A completely original live-action film based on ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.
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** "Son of a brachiosaurus" crosses this with GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

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** "Son of a brachiosaurus" crosses this with GettingCrapPastTheRadar.brachiosaurus"
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* AlternateContinuity: The story of Bamm-Bamm's adoption is different here than it was in the original series.

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* AlternateContinuity: The story of Bamm-Bamm's adoption is different here than it was in the original series.series; rather than being a DoorstepBaby, Barney and Betty adopt him after Fred lends them his family savings.
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* BigBad: Cliff Vandercave
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''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!\\
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-->'''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!\\

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-->'''Wilma:''' ''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!\\
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-->'''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!

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-->'''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!Fred!\\
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-->'''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!\\

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-->'''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!\\Fred!
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-->'''Wilma:''' Oh, Fred!\\
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* ReadTheFinePrint: Fred signs a bunch of forms without reading them, and they turn out to be termination notices for all his colleagues who dig in the quarry. The dictabird even tells him "only an idiot signs something before reading it."

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* ReadTheFinePrint: Played with, initially, Fred plans on reading over all the forms before signing, citing he was [[TaughtByExperience once getting screwed over by renovators remodeling his kitchen because he didn't read the forms first]], only for Cliff and Miss Stone to manipulate him otherwise. As a result, Fred signs a bunch of forms without reading them, and they turn out to be termination notices for all his colleagues who dig in the quarry. The dictabird even tells him "only an idiot signs something before reading it."
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* [[CreditCardDestruction Credit Rock Destruction]]: When the wives go out shopping, Mica tells Betty that her credit card is no good and smashes it with a hammer.

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* [[CreditCardDestruction Credit Rock Destruction]]: CreditCardDestruction: When the wives go out shopping, Mica tells Betty that her credit card is no good and smashes it with a hammer.
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-->'''Cliff:''' I want you to fire Barney!\\
'''Fred:''' Fire Barney, you got it! Wait- Fire Barney?! Why?

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-->'''Cliff:''' I want you to fire Barney!\\
Bernard Rubble!\\
'''Fred:''' Done! Fire Barney, you got it! Wait- Fire Barney?! Why?

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