"'''Adobe Dick'''" is the fourteenth episode of the [[The Flintstones episode list|fifth season]] of [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It first aired on December 17, [[1964]].
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}}"'''Adobe Dick'''" is the fourteenth episode of the [[The Flintstones episode list|fifth season]] of the original series, [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It first aired on December 17, [[1964]].
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==Synopsis==
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A Water Buffalo fishing trip turns exciting when [[Fred Flintstone|Fred]] and [[Barney Rubble|Barney]] are swallowed by the feared whalesaurus Adobe Dick.
==Plot==
==Plot==
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Fred and Barney embark upon the Water Buffalo Lodge fishing expedition aboard the H.M.S. Bountystone, commanded, of course, by tyrannical Captain Blah. There is a $10 prize from the Water Buffalo Lodge treasury for the largest catch, which Fred intends to achieve.
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A Water Buffalo fishing trip turns exciting when [[Fred]] and [[Barney]] are swallowed by the feared whalesaurus [[Adobe Dick (character)|Adobe Dick]]. They escape by tickling the beast until it laughs itself to sleep, and Barney photographs Fred standing next to it. But when they use the picture to prove their fish story, they discover that Barney has taken a great shot of his own finger.
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After three hours of casting their fishing lines with not a single hook nibble from the
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creatures of the deep, Fred and Barney opt to part company from their brother Water Buffalos. While Blah is preoccupied romancing a mermaid, Flintstone and Rubble borrow a H.M.S. Bountystone lifeboat and row it to a secluded spot in hope of better luck in their fishing enterprise. They encounter what they believe is an island and park their boat there. But their chosen place for a quick lunch and further fly casting is alive. It is the back of the legendary whaleasaurus, Adobe Dick!
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Irked by the two cavemen positioned on his hulky body, Dick goes into attack mode and swallows alive Fred and Barney, who, while rowing in panic their boat away from the fearsome Adobe's prior location, unwittingly choose to hide in a cave that is really the fully opened maw of the monster of the deep! In Dick's stomach, Fred and Barney read a message on one of Dick's molars from a long-dead fellow victim of the notorious whaleasaurus, a certain Jonah, and conclude correctly that they are Adobe Dick fodder. They manage to escape the whaleasaurus's stomach and mouth by tickling Dick's tonsil. Dick pursues them as they row their boat in haste toward bona fide land, becomes tired, and slumbers on a beach.
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With his Polarock camera, Barney attempts to photograph Fred standing beside the huge beast of the sea, but while stepping backward to frame his snapshot, Barney falls off of the top of a cliff. His cry in the fall awakens Dick, who darts into the water and into the horizon, never to be seen again. Fred is heartbroken to have lost yet another opportunity for fame.
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Happily, Barney discovers after he and Fred return to their homes that he did in fact photograph Fred with Adobe before his tumble from the cliff. Fred's rapt anticipation that his ostensibly incredible "fish story" will be verified to Wilma and to the world is dashed as Barney is shocked to discover that his thumb obstructed the camera frame!
*[[File:Screenshot-2.png|thumb|146px|Captain Blah along with a mermaid.]]The mermaid is very similar to the titular protagonist, [[w:c:disney:Ariel|Princess Ariel]] from Disney's 1989 animated feature film, ''[[w:c:disney:The Little Mermaid|The Little Mermaid]]''.
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* The title and character is a spoof and a reference to Moby Dick from the [[Wikipedia:Moby-Dick|1851 novel of the same name]], about the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaler "Pequod", commanded by Captain Ahab who had an obsession with the great white whale named Moby Dick. Richard Basehart played the wandering sailor Ishmael in the 1956 [[Wikipedia:Moby Dick (1956 film)|movie adaptation]].
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*A message, "Rots o' Ruck, Jonah", along with the name "Jonah" derives from the Old Testament book of the same name. He was swallowed by a whale as part of God's plan to go directly to Nineveh rather than Tarshish.
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*The references in this episode are Playrock Magazine (Playboy), Brigitte Bardrock (Brigitte Bardot), and Mickey Marble (Mickey Mantle).
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==Trivia==
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==='''Errors'''===
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*None known.
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* The title and character is a spoof to Moby Dick from the [[Wikipedia:Moby-Dick|1851 novel of the same name]].
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Revision as of 07:23, 12 June 2020
"Adobe Dick" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the original series, The Flintstones. It first aired on December 17, 1964.
A Water Buffalo fishing trip turns exciting when Fred and Barney are swallowed by the feared whalesaurus Adobe Dick.
Plot
Fred and Barney embark upon the Water Buffalo Lodge fishing expedition aboard the H.M.S. Bountystone, commanded, of course, by tyrannical Captain Blah. There is a $10 prize from the Water Buffalo Lodge treasury for the largest catch, which Fred intends to achieve.
After three hours of casting their fishing lines with not a single hook nibble from the
creatures of the deep, Fred and Barney opt to part company from their brother Water Buffalos. While Blah is preoccupied romancing a mermaid, Flintstone and Rubble borrow a H.M.S. Bountystone lifeboat and row it to a secluded spot in hope of better luck in their fishing enterprise. They encounter what they believe is an island and park their boat there. But their chosen place for a quick lunch and further fly casting is alive. It is the back of the legendary whaleasaurus, Adobe Dick!
Irked by the two cavemen positioned on his hulky body, Dick goes into attack mode and swallows alive Fred and Barney, who, while rowing in panic their boat away from the fearsome Adobe's prior location, unwittingly choose to hide in a cave that is really the fully opened maw of the monster of the deep! In Dick's stomach, Fred and Barney read a message on one of Dick's molars from a long-dead fellow victim of the notorious whaleasaurus, a certain Jonah, and conclude correctly that they are Adobe Dick fodder. They manage to escape the whaleasaurus's stomach and mouth by tickling Dick's tonsil. Dick pursues them as they row their boat in haste toward bona fide land, becomes tired, and slumbers on a beach.
With his Polarock camera, Barney attempts to photograph Fred standing beside the huge beast of the sea, but while stepping backward to frame his snapshot, Barney falls off of the top of a cliff. His cry in the fall awakens Dick, who darts into the water and into the horizon, never to be seen again. Fred is heartbroken to have lost yet another opportunity for fame.
Happily, Barney discovers after he and Fred return to their homes that he did in fact photograph Fred with Adobe before his tumble from the cliff. Fred's rapt anticipation that his ostensibly incredible "fish story" will be verified to Wilma and to the world is dashed as Barney is shocked to discover that his thumb obstructed the camera frame!
The mermaid is very similar to the titular protagonist, Princess Ariel from Disney's 1989 animated feature film, The Little Mermaid.
The title and character is a spoof and a reference to Moby Dick from the 1851 novel of the same name, about the adventures of the wandering sailor Ishmael and his voyage on the whaler "Pequod", commanded by Captain Ahab who had an obsession with the great white whale named Moby Dick. Richard Basehart played the wandering sailor Ishmael in the 1956 movie adaptation.
A message, "Rots o' Ruck, Jonah", along with the name "Jonah" derives from the Old Testament book of the same name. He was swallowed by a whale as part of God's plan to go directly to Nineveh rather than Tarshish.
The references in this episode are Playrock Magazine (Playboy), Brigitte Bardrock (Brigitte Bardot), and Mickey Marble (Mickey Mantle).
