History WhatAnIdiot / TheFlintstones

* "At The Races": Fred expresses interest in buying a popular pool hall from its retiring wealthy owner, knowing it'll result in the Flinstones' (and the Rubbles') fortunes turning around. However, Fred and Barney don't have enough cash on hand to acquire it, so they put their life's savings into a bet on a nearby horse, er, dinosaur race. They manage to win by the skin of their teeth and head home to tell Wilma the good news. Before they get there, however, Fred begins to fear how Wilma will react to how he won the money in the first place. Thus, he and Barney decide they need to hide the check from Wilma, just in case she blows her stack.\\

* "The Bedrock Hillbillies": The Flintstones and Rubbles find out that Fred is the last adult of the Flinstone line AND his family is engaged in a mortal blood feud with the Hatrock clan, stemming Fred's ancestor, Rory Flintstone, insulting a portrait of the Hatrock matriarch. At the end of the episode, with the feud officially called off, Fred is shown the portrait that started it all and is asked his opinion of it.\\

'''Later:''' Fred is reading the newspaper and he hears Wilma busy baking a cake. He doesn't realize the implications of why that's bad until [[ExplainExplainOhCrap he explains it himself.]], especially considering that cakes use flour. Fred races into the kitchen, and confronts Wilma about it.\\

* The outro of the show has the family returning home and Fred setting the cat outside. The cat hops inside the window and tosses Fred out instead.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Oh yeah! The cat got inside through the window! So surely, Fred could do the same as well.\\
'''Instead:''' He continuously bangs on the door shouting out Wilma's name at the top of his lungs.

'''Instead:''' Fred repeats the same line that started the original feud[[note]]"I don't know what he got for that painting, but he should've got life!"[[/note]]. A line he was explicitly told was what was started the feud. The feud is back on and the episode ends with the Flintstones and Rubbles running for their lives.

* "The Gravel Berry Pie King": Fred's coworkers want him to take a list of grievances to Mr. Slate, but refuses. The Great Gazoo advises him to do so as well, claiming that he bets Mr. Slate will be impressed with his courage.\\

'''The Result:''' They must work as employees at the hotel to pay their bill (thought the owner, who was an old friend of Fred's had offered to let them stay for free, which Fred turned down). It is kind of fun though, and Betty and Barney get to sing an awesome musical number together on stage.

[[WhatAnIdiot Stupidity]] still existed back in the Stone Age, after all.

'''You'd Expect:''' Fred and Barney would notice this when they arrived at the alley, and go find another bowling alley to play in,\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Barney would just not do anything that would give the charade away.\\
'''Instead:''' ''He scolds the girls as the German mustached man he pretended to be at the bowling alley along with Fred'' , which gives the game away.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' They would take turns pedaling and operating it, so that they won't tire out quite as quickly and hopefully stay up long enough for the girls anger to cool down.\\

'''The Result:''' The police laboratory scientist goes to Wilma and tells her she must keep Fred awake for 72 hours (as the disease only attacks when the patient is asleep) in order for him to be cured, without telling him why (for the shock would be harmful). So Fred has a long and miserable night all for nothing.

* "The Engagement Ring": Barney shows Fred the titular engagement ring, a beautiful diamond ring that no doubt costs well over thousands of dollars in lump sum, which was the engagement ring that Barney could never afford during his engagement to Betty. Being the ever-so-trusting individual that he is, Barney decides to give the ring to Fred so that he can hide it for him and present it to Betty when the opportune moment arrives. Remember, we're dealing with Fred Flintstone here, so does it even need to be explained as to ''why'' this is a bad idea, if not catastrophic? In case that it does...\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Barney wouldn't even trust Fred with that ring considering that almost every time a plot device is in Fred's hands, something bad is bound to happen to it. Barney would've asked someone else he had faith in, preferably someone without a spouse who also didn't get an engagement ring from their husband.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Fred to just tell her the truth as to what he's doing and why. Wilma would have been envious of Betty, sure, but she would have understood and perhaps even help Fred find a better hiding place for the ring. It really would've saved Fred and Barney a whole lot of grief that happens later on.\\

'''Instead:''' Not being able to trust his own wife, Fred makes the flimsiest excuse you could ever hear coming his mouth: he has to watch his weight. Does it even need to be explained as to why that this excuse is incredibly asinine? Fred has the appetite of a horse and then some, for God's sake! The idea of Fred Flintstones dieting is so bullshit, that even Wilma points out how stupid that is.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' Given her history with Fred when he acts weird or has some zany scheme up his sleeve that Wilma would question why there would be an expensive diamond ring in the hole of a bowling ball of all places.\\
'''Instead:''' Wilma immediately thinks that Fred had bought the ring for her due to the fact that she never got an engagement ring from him. Thus, Wilma becomes so starstruck and grateful to Fred. Now, this should have been the point where Fred tells Wilma the truth, but with Fred, nothing is ever that simple.\\

[[WhatAnIdiot Stupidity]] still existed back in the Stone Age, apparently.

* ''The Bedrock Hillbillies'': The Flintstones and Rubbles find out that Fred is the last adult of the Flinstone line AND his family is engaged in a mortal blood feud with the Hatrock clan, stemming Fred's ancestor, Rory Flintstone, insulting a portrait of the Hatrock matriarch. At the end of the episode, with the feud officially called off, Fred is shown the portrait that started it all and is asked his opinion of it.\\

* ''The Bedrock Hillbillies'': The Flintstones and Rubbles find out that Fred is the last of the Flinstone line AND his family is engaged in a mortal blood feud with the Hatrock clan, stemming Fred's ancestor, Rory Flintstone, insulting a portrait of the Hatrock matriarch. At the end of the episode, with the feud officially called off, Fred is shown the portrait that started it all and is asked his opinion of it.\\

* ''The Bedrock Hillbillies'': The Flintstones and Rubbles find out that Fred is the last of the Flinstone line AND his family is engaged in a mortal blood feud with the Hatrock clan, stemming Fred's ancestor, Rory Flintstone, insulting a portrait of the Hatrock matriarch. At the end of the episode, with the feud officially called off, Fred is shown the portrait that started it all and is asked his opiinion of it.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Fred to lie. Or stay silent. Or do anything besides...

'''Instead:''' He continuously bangs on the door shouting out Wilma's name at the top of his lungs.

Stupidity still existed back in the Stone Age, apparently.

'''Instead:''' Barney gives the ring to Fred to hide, anyway. [[SarcasmMode This will]] ''[[SarcasmMode surely]]'' [[SarcasmMode not go wrong at all. No, sir, it can't]] [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong possibly go wrong AT ALL.]]

* "The Engagement Ring", which involves Barney planning to give a beautiful (and the titular) engagement ring, albeit a belated one, to Betty as he couldn't afford one before they'd gotten married and she kept harping on him about it before and after their engagement. Coincidentally, Fred was pretty much in the same boat as he couldn't afford an engagement ring for her, either. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Barney, being the ever-so trusting individual that he is, requests that Fred would hide it for him]]. Does it even need to be explained as to ''why'' this is a horrible, if not cataclysmic, idea? In case that it does...\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Considering how Fred can get himself caught up in some really ridiculous shenanigans, Barney
wouldn't even ''consider'' asking Fred to hide the ring for him. Barney should have either hid it himself or asked someone more competent to do so, like Wilma.\\

'''You'd Expect:''' The police to not make any immediate assumptions about the x-ray, since they don't even the its source, and to try locate the source to question them about it.\\

'''Instead:''' It's clear from the rest of the series' run that none of this happened and the check was treated as gone forever. Granted, it likely would have ended the series if the two couples had moved on up like that from buying the pool hall and becoming wealthy, but still...

'''Instead:''' It's clear from the rest of the series' run that none of this happened and the check was treated as gone forever. Granted, it likely would have ended the series if the two couples had moved on up like that from buying the pool hall and becoming wealthy, but still...
* In the closing credits of the show, Fred throws the cat outside of the house. The cat then runs through the window and locks Fred outside instead.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Oh yeah! The window is obviously glass-free! And the cat has gone through too! So Fred could just simply crawl through to get back inside!\\
'''Instead:''' Fred just bangs on the door shouting out Wilma's name at the top of his lungs.

'''You'd Expect:''' They would take turns peddling and operating it, so that they won't tire out quite as quickly and hopefully stay up long enough for the girls anger to cool down.\\
'''Instead:''' Barney does the peddling all by himself, and eventually grows exhausted. The episode ends as the girls comment on how Barney will "run out of gas" in no time, and be ready for them.

'''Instead:''' Fred just bangs on the door shouted out Wilma's name at the top of his lungs.

* "The House Guest": After Fred "fixes" the Rubbles Plumbing, he invites them to stay with them for a week while their house is being repaired, but Wilma and Betty are reluctant because she thinks two couples living together will be hard. Fred assures her she is wrong, and she relents. But Barney turns out to be a completely selfish, inconsiderate, and rude house guest, for reasons that could have been avoided.\\
'''First:''' Wilma gives Fred and Barney both a piece of cake.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' That Barney, as a polite house guest would do, wait to be offered the big piece of cake.\\
'''Instead:''' He takes it all to himself immediately.\\
'''Then:''' At bedtime, while the women get the bed, Fred plans to sleep on the couch, and as for Barney...\\

'''Instead:''' Apparently wanting to save on money, Fred sets up two chairs instead. Barney understandably does not like the idea, and claims the couch for himself.\\

'''Later Still:''' Barney saves the worst for last. Wilma gets a delicious pizza for the two couples to eat on their last night together. While the girls go shopping, Barney comes home from work, sees the pizza in the fridge and wants to eat it.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' Barney to wait until the girls come home and ask to make sure that it wasn't for anything special.\\
'''Instead:''' Barney eats it all right away.\\

'''Additionally, You'd Expect This:''' It's not like they couldn't call the police or the bank to either find the check, replace it (since it wasn't cashed in yet), or find the mugger. Heck, if the mugger tries to cash the check, the teller would likely see that it wasn't his and call the police and the Flintstones. (It's not like he could have cleanly scribbled out who the check was made for; like everything else in Bedrock it's made of stone! It's also not like Wilma would refuse to believe Barney's story about how they lost the check forever, either.)\\

* In the closing credits of the game, Fred throws the cat outside of the house. The cat then runs through the window and locks Fred outside instead.\\

'''Instead:''' Fred just bangs on the door shouted out Wilma's name at the top of his lungs.\\

'''Instead:''' It's clear from the rest of the series' run that none of this happened and the check was treated as gone forever. Granted, it likely would have ended the series if the two couples had moved on up like that from buying the pool hall and becoming wealthy, but still...

'''You'd Expect:''' That since they found the X-Ray out on the street and don't even know the source, that they would not make any immediate assumptions about, and instead try to find out where it came from or go ask Fred about it, since his name is on it.\\
'''Instead:''' They immediately jump the conclusion that it's Fred's x-ray because it has his name on it, and that he has the Dinopeptic Germ (which is very dangerous to humans).\\
'''The Result:''' The police laboratory scientist goes to Wilma and tells her she must keep Fred awake for 72 hours (as the disease only attacks when the patient is asleep)in order for him to be cured, without telling him why (for the shock would be harmful). So Fred has a long and miserable night all for nothing.

'''You'd Expect:'''Tat since Fred has a major gambling problem and they are staying in a place known for gambling more than anything, that that the gang would probably realize it would probably be better if Wilma held the money they brought for the trip.\\

* In ''The Happy Household'', Wilma and Betty go to get jobs, and the employment agency tells to go to a famous tv network. They ask Wilma to sing, and she does amazingly, and then they tell her to sign a contract.\\

'''Instead:''' She signs without doing so, and is forced to be star of a tv show called ''happy Housewife'' or will be sued.\\

** The pilot episode, "The Flintstone Flyer": Barney invents a flying machine and Fred wants to start a business selling the machine for people to fly in. He states that he'll be president and Barney will be vice president in charge of production, even wanting to change the name from "The Barney Copter" to "The Flintstones Flyer".\\

** In "The Golf Champion", after Fred wins his lodges golf tournament, Barney, who is the club's president at the time, will not award him his trophy because he is behind in paying his membership dues\\

** In "The X-Ray Story", Dino is sick, so Fred takes him to the vetenarian. The vetenarian takes an x-ray of Dino, and discovers that he has a disease called a "dinopeptic germ", that is harmless to dinosaurs [[ChekhovsGun but incredibly virulent to humans.]] After Fred and Dino leave, the nurse writes Fred's name on it to store it in his file, but when she is called into another room the the x-ray is accidentally blown out the window, and is discovered by a police officer who takes it down to the police laboratory\\

** "The House Guest": After Fred "fixes" the Rubbles Plumbing, he invites them to stay with them for a week while their house is being repaired, but Wilma and Betty are reluctant because she thinks two couples living together will be hard. Fred assures her she is wrong, and she relents. But Barney turns out to be a completely selfish, inconsiderate, and rude house guest, for reasons that could have been avoided.\\

** In "The Rock Vegas Caper", the gang arrives for a two week vacation in Rock Vegas.\\

** In "Divided we Sail" the gang's new houseboat has hit a rock and begins to sink. The life raft can only hold three people, leaving Fred and Barney to argue over which one of them has to stay. Wilma asks if she can hold the raft for Fred.\\

** In ''The Happy Household'', Wilma and Betty go to get jobs, and the employment agency tells to go to a famous tv network. They ask Wilma to sing, and she does amazingly, and then they tell her to sign a contract.\\

** "The Gravel Berry Pie King": Fred's coworkers want him to take a list of grievances to Mr. Slate, but refuses. The Great Gazoo advises him to do so as well, claiming that he bets Mr. Slate will be impressed with his courage.\\

** "At The Races": Fred expresses interest in buying a popular pool hall from its retiring wealthy owner, knowing it'll result in the Flinstones' (and the Rubbles') fortunes turning around. However, Fred and Barney don't have enough cash on hand to acquire it, so they put their life's savings into a bet on a nearby horse, er, dinosaur race. They manage to win by the skin of their teeth and head home to tell Wilma the good news. Before they get there, however, Fred begins to fear how Wilma will react to how he won the money in the first place. Thus, he and Barney decide they need to hide the check from Wilma, just in case she blows her stack.\\