Uncle Tex Hardrock is Fred's maternal uncle, a member of the Texarock Rangers and a recurring character of two episodes, "Baby Barney" and "Deep in the Heart of Texarock" from the original series, The Flintstones and the episode "They Went That Away" from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
Background[]
Physical Appearance[]
He is a short and slender caveman with fair skin, a bald head with two tufts of white hair, a white mustache, big ears and a big nose.
Outfits[]
In the episode, "Baby Barney", he wears a baby-blue cowboy hat and a purple loincloth with a collar and a golden bolo tie.
In the episode, "Deep in the Heart of Texarock", he is now shorter and wears a big pink cowboy hat with a green and black-spotted center stripe, a dark blue and black-spotted loincloth and green gloves.
In the episode, "They Went That Away" from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, he wears a brown cowboy hat, a sky-blue short-sleeved loincloth with a collar, a dark blue vest and a bolo tie.
In the telefilm, I Yabba-Dabba Do!, he wears a white cowboy heat, a sky-blue short-sleeved loincloth with a black vest that is held together by a white bone with a black bolo tie.
Appearances[]
Films and Television
- The Flintstones
- "Baby Barney" (first appearance)
- "Deep in the Heart of Texarock"
- "They Went That Away" (from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show)
- I Yabba-Dabba Do! (last appearance, no lines)
Publications
- "The Masked Rider of Stonerock Gulch" (The Flintstones (Marvel Comics))
- The Flintstones (comic strips)
Gallery[]
Notes/Trivia[]
- In this episode, "They Went That Away" from The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Tex was only known as Uncle Hatrock, an uncle-in-law as a one-time character.
- A very similar character also named Tex who shared a similar design and was also voiced by Hal Smith first appeared in the second season episode "Feudin' and Fussin'", however unlike the Uncle Tex who would debut in the third season, this Tex was not Fred's relative.
- It is possible that this character would eventually be recycled into Uncle Tex.