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"Daddy's Little Beauty" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of The Flintstones. It aired on December 5, 1963.

Synopsis

When Fred hears of a "most beautiful baby" contest, he of course enters Pebbles.

Plot

While "riding" on a bus, Fred and Barney overhear talk, by other male "passengers", of a beauty contest in which one of said "passengers" has entered his "baby". The prize: $500. Fred assumes that the man is referring to a baby contest and to contending that his infant is Bedrock's comeliest under-age-2 person.

Only after Fred has decided that Pebbles deserves to win the competition and has, with Barney, departed from the two men without sufficiently discussing the details of the contest with them do the men describe the contest to really be between fully grown females and that the entrant's "baby" is his adult daughter. Fred had procured from his opponent father in the contest a spare application ticket therefor.

Wilma, however, forbids Fred to flaunt Pebbles' pulchritude by admitting her in a beauty contest, prima-donna vanity not being Wilma's wish for her daughter, but Fred does so anyway, unbeknownst to Wilma. Fred bathes Pebbles and garbs her in a lampshade bathing suit as he readies his pretty baby for appearance on stage at the contest. Wilma and Betty suspect Fred and Barney of being secretive, and Wilma, mistakenly supposing of Fred to be unfaithful in marriage, so much as orders Fred and Barney to bring Pebbles with them on the evening of the contest, during which they are parting from the wives for a mysterious purpose.

The contest organizer, a balding, bespectacled man named Harry Goldbrick, objects to Fred's attempt to include a baby in the parade of Stone Age belles, and during the resultant argument between Fred and Goldbrick, Pebbles crawls onto the stage and garners approving applause from the audience and judges. Pebbles wins honorable mention as Miss Beauty of the Future in the final decision of the contest judges, and although furious with Fred's defiance of her wishes, Wilma is pleased that Pebbles' normal self-perception appears not to have been affected by her moment of glory.

Characters

Fred Flintstone
Wilma Flintstone
Barney Rubble
Betty Rubble
Pebbles Flintstone
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Dino
Photographer (only appearance)
Charlie (only appearance)
Stanley (only appearance)
Honey (only appearance)
Harry Goldbrick (only appearance)
Zelda Pillbrick (only appearance, no lines)

Locations

Bedrock
- Flintstone home
- Photography studio (only appearance)
- Main Street
- Stonestown Shopping Center (only appearance, in a billboard)

Objects

Rock-Cola (in a billboard)
Entry form (only appearance)
Rock salt shaker
Bubble bath box (only appearance)

Animals

Snorkasaurus
Mammoth (as a vacuum)
Pterodactyl (as a cuckoo clock and a coin feeder)
Brontosaurus (as a Ponysaurus)
Monkeysaurus
Stegosaurus (as a Roast Loin of Stegosaurus)

Vehicles

Hot dog cart (only appearance)
Flintmobile
Loggin Continental

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone Honey
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Ponysaurus
Bea Benaderet	Betty Rubble
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Cuckoo Bird Charlie Bird Monkey Stanley Doorman P.A. Announcer
Daws Butler	Elephant/Photographer Bus Driver 1st Man Mr. Goldbrick

Notes/Trivia

Two of the beauty contestants are Honey and Zelda Pillbrick.
Harry Goldbrick, Ann-Margrock's manager, is now involved in the beauty contest.

Errors

While Fred is yelling at Barney to think of something for Pebbles to do on stage, she crawls past the two of them in her regular clothes.

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