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|gender= Female
 
|gender= Female
 
|hair= Black
 
|hair= Black
|age= 38 <small>(Seasons 1-3)</small><br>40 <small>(Season 4)</small><br>43 <small>(Seasons 5-6)</small>
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|age= 38 <small>(Seasons 1-3)</small><br/>40 <small>(Season 4)</small><br/>43 <small>(Seasons 5-6)</small>
|job= Housewife<br>Newspaper reporter<br>Caterer
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|job= Housewife<br/>Newspaper reporter<br/>Caterer
|family= {{Scroll|[[Brick McBricker]] <small>(father)</small><br>[[Jean McBricker]] <small>(mother)</small><br>[[Brad McBricker|Bradley "Brad" McBricker]] <small>(brother)</small><br>Sissy "McBricker" Sandstone <small>(sister)</small><br>[[Barney Rubble]] <small>(husband)</small><br/>[[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] <small>(adoptive son)</small><br>Marblehead Sandstone Sr. <small>(brother-in-law)</small><br>[[Marblehead Sandstone Jr.]]<small>(nephew)</small><br/>[[Roxy Rubble]] <small>(granddaughter)</small><br/>[[Chip Rubble]] <small>(grandson)</small><br/>[[Pebbles Flintstone]] <small>(goddaughter/daughter-in-law)</small>}}
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|family= {{Scroll|[[Brick McBricker]] <small>(father)</small><br/>[[Jean McBricker]] <small>(mother)</small><br/>[[Brad McBricker|Bradley "Brad" McBricker]] <small>(brother)</small><br/>Sissy "McBricker" Sandstone <small>(sister)</small><br/>[[Barney Rubble]] <small>(husband)</small><br/>[[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] <small>(adoptive son)</small><br/>Marblehead Sandstone Sr. <small>(brother-in-law)</small><br/>[[Marblehead Sandstone Jr.]]<small>(nephew)</small><br/>[[Roxy Rubble]] <small>(granddaughter)</small><br/>[[Chip Rubble]] <small>(grandson)</small><br/>[[Pebbles Flintstone]] <small>(goddaughter/daughter-in-law)</small>}}
 
|appearance= ''[[The Flagstones]]'' <small>(Pilot)</small>
 
|appearance= ''[[The Flagstones]]'' <small>(Pilot)</small>
|voice= [[Barney Rubble#Portrayals|See below]]}}
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|voice= [[Betty Rubble#Portrayals|See below]]}}
 
{{Quote|Barney!|Betty Rubble}}
 
{{Quote|Barney!|Betty Rubble}}
   
'''Elizabeth Jean''' "'''Betty'''"''' Rubble''' (née '''McBricker/O'Shale''') is the beautiful and very attractive wife of [[Barney Rubble]], the adoptive mother of [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]], the grandmother of [[Chip Rubble|Chip]] and [[Roxy Rubble|Roxy]] and a fictional character of the original series, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]'' and the rest of the franchise.
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'''Elizabeth Jean''' "'''Betty'''"''' Rubble''' (née '''McBricker/O'Shale''') is the beautiful and very attractive wife of [[Barney Rubble]], the adoptive mother of [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]], the grandmother of [[Chip Rubble|Chip]] and [[Roxy Rubble|Roxy]], a fictional character and the tetartagonist of the original series, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]'' and the rest of the franchise.
   
 
==Background==
 
==Background==
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Betty's personality was based on that of [[wikipedia:Trixie Norton|Trixie Norton]], wife of Ed Norton on the 1950s television series ''[[wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]]''; each of the four of the series' principal adult characters is an analogue of a ''Honeymooners'' character. Much like Trixie spent a lot of her time socializing with [[wikipedia:Alice Kramden|Alice Kramden]], Betty mostly spends a lot of her time socializing with [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]], and the two will often end up working together to bail their husbands out of whatever scheme of Fred's has landed them in trouble.
 
Betty's personality was based on that of [[wikipedia:Trixie Norton|Trixie Norton]], wife of Ed Norton on the 1950s television series ''[[wikipedia:The Honeymooners|The Honeymooners]]''; each of the four of the series' principal adult characters is an analogue of a ''Honeymooners'' character. Much like Trixie spent a lot of her time socializing with [[wikipedia:Alice Kramden|Alice Kramden]], Betty mostly spends a lot of her time socializing with [[Wilma Flintstone|Wilma]], and the two will often end up working together to bail their husbands out of whatever scheme of Fred's has landed them in trouble.
   
Betty can be considered the least developed character in the show, as she is rarely seen not following the lead of either Barney or Wilma, the latter of whom she often seems merely an echo of, generally. In spite of this, Betty is shown to have a distinctly emotional marriage with Barney, which more often included pet names and a more obvious affection, as opposed to the more dynamic and energetic interaction between Fred and Wilma.
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Betty can be considered the least developed character in the show, as she is rarely seen not following the lead of either Barney or Wilma, the latter of whom she often seems merely an echo of, generally. In spite of this, Betty is shown to have a distinctly emotional marriage with Barney, which more often included pet names and a more obvious affection, as opposed to the more dynamic and energetic interaction between Fred and Wilma.
   
This lack of protagonism (almost as background-set as supporting characters such as [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]], [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]], or [[Dino]], except for her more continuous presence) makes Betty less of a protagonist as is implied by the general concept of the show. In addition to her attractiveness and beauty, Betty can also be quite emotional. She sometimes gets angry and frustrated when Barney is not behaving and she feels sad sometimes and starts crying when something goes wrong, one example is after making a phone call about being sent to the Fireman's Ball.
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This lack of focus and character development (almost as background-set as supporting characters such as [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]], [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]], or [[Dino]], except for her more continuous presence) makes Betty less of a main character as is implied by the general concept of the show and more like a filler character. In addition to her attractiveness and beauty, Betty can also be quite emotional. She gets mad and frustrated when Barney is not behaving and she feels sad sometimes and starts sobbing when something goes wrong, one example is after making a phone call about being sent to the Fireman's Ball.
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In later depictions, she is portrayed as being more stubborn and headstrong than Wilma, and considerably smarter than her husband. Her jealous streak is also played up.
   
 
==='''Physical Appearance'''===
 
==='''Physical Appearance'''===
 
Betty is a beautiful, slim and slender young woman with fair skin and black hair in a bob and she's considerably taller than her husband, Barney. She wears a blue loincloth/tube dress with black straps that tie around the back of her neck, a decorative stone sewn onto the front of the chest and a jagged bottom. She also wears a trademark blue ribbon in her hair.
 
Betty is a beautiful, slim and slender young woman with fair skin and black hair in a bob and she's considerably taller than her husband, Barney. She wears a blue loincloth/tube dress with black straps that tie around the back of her neck, a decorative stone sewn onto the front of the chest and a jagged bottom. She also wears a trademark blue ribbon in her hair.
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In the episode, "''[[The Beauty Contest]]''", Betty alongside Wilma proved themselves the two most beautiful women of the Stone Age. In a plan surprise Fred and Barney, the girls donned swimsuits and heels and showed themselves more gorgeous than the other contestants.
   
 
==Occupations and Interests==
 
==Occupations and Interests==
 
The occasions when Betty leads the action are extremely scarce: one episode centers around her working undercover as a gentle old lady who uses her to pass "counterfeit" money to buy a present for Barney, and on another occasion the plot for her and Wilma was led by her suspicions of Barney being involved with another woman (which turns out to be Fred in a disguise contrived in order to attend a ball game free of charge).
 
The occasions when Betty leads the action are extremely scarce: one episode centers around her working undercover as a gentle old lady who uses her to pass "counterfeit" money to buy a present for Barney, and on another occasion the plot for her and Wilma was led by her suspicions of Barney being involved with another woman (which turns out to be Fred in a disguise contrived in order to attend a ball game free of charge).
   
Betty, much like Wilma, also enjoys volunteering for various charitable/women's organizations in Bedrock, shopping, and (occasionally) getting to meet the celebrities of their world, including Stony Curtis, Cary Granite, and Ann-Margrock.
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Betty, much like Wilma, also enjoys volunteering for various charitable/women's organizations in Bedrock, shopping, and (occasionally) getting to meet the celebrities of their world, including [[Stony Curtis]], Cary Granite, and [[Ann-Margrock]]. At various times, she has been seen playing sports like tennis, polo, softball and bowling.
   
When Bamm-Bamm was a teenager, Betty gained employment as a reporter for one of Bedrock's newspapers (or, more accurately, [[News-slabs|news-slabs]]), the ''Daily Granite'' (presumably a parody of the ''[[w:c:dc:Daily Planet|Daily Planet]]'' of [[w:c:dc:Superman|Superman]] fame), under the editorial guidance of [[Lou Granite]]. While employed there, she shared various adventures with prehistoric superhero [[Captain Caveman]], who (in a secret identity as Chester) also works for the newspaper.
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When Bamm-Bamm was a teenager, Betty gained employment as a reporter for one of Bedrock's newspapers (or, more accurately, [[News-slabs|news-slabs]]), the ''[[Daily Granite]]'' (presumably a parody of the ''[[w:c:dc:Daily Planet|Daily Planet]]'' of [[w:c:dc:Superman|Superman]] fame), under the editorial guidance of [[Lou Granite]]. While employed there, she shared various adventures with prehistoric superhero [[Captain Caveman]], who (in a secret identity as Chester) also works for the newspaper.
   
 
Later still, after Bamm-Bamm grew up and left home in ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' and ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'', Betty started a successful catering business, "Bone-Appetite" with her partner Wilma.
 
Later still, after Bamm-Bamm grew up and left home in ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' and ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'', Betty started a successful catering business, "Bone-Appetite" with her partner Wilma.
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==Relationships==
 
==Relationships==
 
==='''Family'''===
 
==='''Family'''===
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Betty's pre-marriage name is either McBricker or O'Shale, depending on the source.
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In the 1980's spin-off series, ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'', Betty is a friend of Fred, Barney and Wilma since their childhood. As a child, she lived with her parents, Brad and Jean who ran a convenience store and her brother Brick and sister Sissy. Later, she and Barney were married, presumably not long after Fred and Wilma.
 
In the 1980's spin-off series, ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'', Betty is a friend of Fred, Barney and Wilma since their childhood. As a child, she lived with her parents, Brad and Jean who ran a convenience store and her brother Brick and sister Sissy. Later, she and Barney were married, presumably not long after Fred and Wilma.
   
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*''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' (1986–1988)
 
*''[[The Flintstone Kids]]'' (1986–1988)
 
* ''[[The Rubbles]]'' (2002)
 
* ''[[The Rubbles]]'' (2002)
*''[[Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs]]'' (2020)
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*''[[Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs]]''
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* ''[[Bedrock (TV series)|Bedrock]]''
 
==='''Films and specials'''===
 
==='''Films and specials'''===
 
*''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' (1966)
 
*''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]'' (1966)
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*''[[The Flintstones - On the Rocks|The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'' (2001)
 
*''[[The Flintstones - On the Rocks|The Flintstones: On the Rocks]]'' (2001)
 
*''[[The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!]]'' (2015)
 
*''[[The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!]]'' (2015)
 
 
==='''Video games'''===
 
==='''Video games'''===
 
*''[[The Flintstones - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy|The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino &amp; Hoppy]]''
 
*''[[The Flintstones - The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy|The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino &amp; Hoppy]]''
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*''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas''
 
*''The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas''
 
*''[[The Flintstones - Bring Back Bedrock|The Flintstones: Bring Back Bedrock]]''
 
*''[[The Flintstones - Bring Back Bedrock|The Flintstones: Bring Back Bedrock]]''
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==='''Publications'''===
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*''[[The Flintstones (comic strips)]]'' (1961-1998)
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*''[[The Flintstones (Dell Comics)]]''
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*''[[The Flintstones (Gold Key Comics)]]''
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*''[[The Flintstones (Charlton Comics)]]'' and ''[[The Flintstones (Harvey Comics)|Harvey]]''
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**''[[Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (Charlton Comics)]]''
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**''[[Barney & Betty Rubble (Charlton Comics)]]''
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**''[[Dino (Charlton Comics)]]''
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**''[[The Great Gazoo (Charlton Comics)]]''
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*''[[The Flintstones (Marvel Comics)]]''
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*''[[The Flintstone Kids (Marvel Comics)]]''
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*''[[The Flintstones (Archie Comics)]]''
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*''[[The Flintstones and the Jetsons]]''
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*''[[The Flintstones (DC Comics)]]''
 
}}
 
}}
   
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==='''Other'''===
 
==='''Other'''===
 
* [[Julie McWhirter|Julie McWhirter Dees]] - ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''
 
* [[Julie McWhirter|Julie McWhirter Dees]] - ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''
* Rosie O'Donnell - ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstone]]''
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* [[Rosie O'Donnell]] - ''[[The Flintstones (film)|The Flintstone]]''
* Jane Krakowski - ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''
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* [[Jane Krakowski]] - ''[[The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas]]''
 
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}}
   
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==Notes/Trivia==
 
==Notes/Trivia==
*Betty appeared as a supporting character and made a cameo appearance in the 1995 series, ''[[w:c:johnnybravo:Johnny Bravo (series)|Johnny Bravo]]'', in the 2004 episode "''A Page Right Out of History''".
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*Betty appeared as a supporting character and made a cameo appearance in the 1995 series, ''[[w:c:johnnybravo:Johnny Bravo (series)|Johnny Bravo]]'', in the 2004 episode "''[[A Page Right Out of History]]''".
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*For many years, Betty was controversially not included as a character in the popular [[Flintstones Chewable Vitamins]]. Apparently this was either because she was not considered a very popular character among children or due to her lack of focus in the show.
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*"[[Old Lady Betty]]" is the only episode to actually focus on Betty.
 
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubble, Betty}}
 
[[Category:Characters]]
 
[[Category:Characters]]
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[[Category:The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! characters]]
 
[[Category:The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! characters]]
 
[[Category:Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs characters]]
 
[[Category:Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs characters]]
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[[Category:Bedrock characters]]
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[[Category:Bedrock citizens]]

Revision as of 18:19, 31 May 2021

Barney!
―Betty Rubble


Elizabeth Jean "Betty" Rubble (née McBricker/O'Shale) is the beautiful and very attractive wife of Barney Rubble, the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble, the grandmother of Chip and Roxy, a fictional character and the tetartagonist of the original series, The Flintstones and the rest of the franchise.

Background

Personality

Betty's personality was based on that of Trixie Norton, wife of Ed Norton on the 1950s television series The Honeymooners; each of the four of the series' principal adult characters is an analogue of a Honeymooners character. Much like Trixie spent a lot of her time socializing with Alice Kramden, Betty mostly spends a lot of her time socializing with Wilma, and the two will often end up working together to bail their husbands out of whatever scheme of Fred's has landed them in trouble.

Betty can be considered the least developed character in the show, as she is rarely seen not following the lead of either Barney or Wilma, the latter of whom she often seems merely an echo of, generally. In spite of this, Betty is shown to have a distinctly emotional marriage with Barney, which more often included pet names and a more obvious affection, as opposed to the more dynamic and energetic interaction between Fred and Wilma.

This lack of focus and character development (almost as background-set as supporting characters such as Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, or Dino, except for her more continuous presence) makes Betty less of a main character as is implied by the general concept of the show and more like a filler character. In addition to her attractiveness and beauty, Betty can also be quite emotional. She gets mad and frustrated when Barney is not behaving and she feels sad sometimes and starts sobbing when something goes wrong, one example is after making a phone call about being sent to the Fireman's Ball.

In later depictions, she is portrayed as being more stubborn and headstrong than Wilma, and considerably smarter than her husband. Her jealous streak is also played up.

Physical Appearance

Betty is a beautiful, slim and slender young woman with fair skin and black hair in a bob and she's considerably taller than her husband, Barney. She wears a blue loincloth/tube dress with black straps that tie around the back of her neck, a decorative stone sewn onto the front of the chest and a jagged bottom. She also wears a trademark blue ribbon in her hair.

In the episode, "The Beauty Contest", Betty alongside Wilma proved themselves the two most beautiful women of the Stone Age. In a plan surprise Fred and Barney, the girls donned swimsuits and heels and showed themselves more gorgeous than the other contestants.

Occupations and Interests

The occasions when Betty leads the action are extremely scarce: one episode centers around her working undercover as a gentle old lady who uses her to pass "counterfeit" money to buy a present for Barney, and on another occasion the plot for her and Wilma was led by her suspicions of Barney being involved with another woman (which turns out to be Fred in a disguise contrived in order to attend a ball game free of charge).

Betty, much like Wilma, also enjoys volunteering for various charitable/women's organizations in Bedrock, shopping, and (occasionally) getting to meet the celebrities of their world, including Stony Curtis, Cary Granite, and Ann-Margrock. At various times, she has been seen playing sports like tennis, polo, softball and bowling.

When Bamm-Bamm was a teenager, Betty gained employment as a reporter for one of Bedrock's newspapers (or, more accurately, news-slabs), the Daily Granite (presumably a parody of the Daily Planet of Superman fame), under the editorial guidance of Lou Granite. While employed there, she shared various adventures with prehistoric superhero Captain Caveman, who (in a secret identity as Chester) also works for the newspaper.

Later still, after Bamm-Bamm grew up and left home in I Yabba-Dabba Do! and Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby, Betty started a successful catering business, "Bone-Appetite" with her partner Wilma.

Relationships

Family

Betty's pre-marriage name is either McBricker or O'Shale, depending on the source.

In the 1980's spin-off series, The Flintstone Kids, Betty is a friend of Fred, Barney and Wilma since their childhood. As a child, she lived with her parents, Brad and Jean who ran a convenience store and her brother Brick and sister Sissy. Later, she and Barney were married, presumably not long after Fred and Wilma.

Around the fourth season of the original series, Betty and Barney found an abandoned infant on their doorstep, by the name of "Bamm-Bamm." After a court battle in which they defeated noted lawyer "Perry Masonry", the couple were allowed to adopt Bamm-Bamm legally and permanently. The Rubbles never had children of their own.

Later in Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby and A Flintstone Family Christmas, she became a grandmother to Bamm-Bamm's twin children, Chip and Roxy.

Love Interests

As young adults, Betty and Wilma were employed as cigarette girls/waitresses at a resort. There, they first met, and fell in love, with their future husbands, Fred and Barney.

Appearances

Television shows

Films and specials

Video games

Publications

Portrayals

Television shows, films and specials

Other

Gallery

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Notes/Trivia

  • Betty appeared as a supporting character and made a cameo appearance in the 1995 series, Johnny Bravo, in the 2004 episode "A Page Right Out of History".
  • For many years, Betty was controversially not included as a character in the popular Flintstones Chewable Vitamins. Apparently this was either because she was not considered a very popular character among children or due to her lack of focus in the show.
  • "Old Lady Betty" is the only episode to actually focus on Betty.