Fred El Terrifico

Fred El Terrifico
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	4
Episode number	105
Production number	P-106
Original airdate	January 9, 1964 (ABC)
Recording Date	July 19, 1963
Crew
Animated by	Dick Lundy William Keil Bob Carr Virgil Ross
Layout	Dick Bickenbach Willie Ito Jerry Eisenberg
Background	Robert Gentle
Written by	Joanna Lee
Chronology
Previous	"Ten Little Flintstones"
Next	"The Bedrock Hillbillies"

"Fred El Terrifico" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season and the one hundred and fifth overall episode of The Flintstones. It aired on January 9, 1964.

Synopsis

On a vacation to Rockapulco, Fred hams it up as "El Terrifico," and some jewel smugglers decide to take advantage of his innocent pose for their own gain.

Plot

Another Flintstone and Rubble vacation, this time in Rockapulco, means more misadventures for Fred, who fancies himself to be a seasoned world-traveler with athletic prowess unexcelled. Sporting a mustache that everyone thinks is dirt on his upper lip, Fred calls himself "El Terrifico". After leaving Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm in the care of Wilma's mother, Flintstones and Rubbles fly to Mexirock via a carriage on the back of a pterodactyl "fueled" by bird seed and piloted by TransWorld-TransPterodactyl Airlines personnel.

During the flight, Fred brags to other passengers about his untrue brave exploits in foreign lands and annoys Wilma, who pays a Mexican customs clerk to detain El Terrifico on suspicion of criminal activity in several states. Fred is later released by the Mexican customs officials and is displeased to learn about Wilma's deception.

At a sombrero shop, Fred buys a matador's hat and cape as a lark and is separated from Wilma and the Rubbles while the four are going to see a "bull"-fight (prehistoric style, with the "bull" being a squat but powerful horned dinosaur) and tries to bypass a long line of paying spectators by entering the arena through another door, not noticing the "toreros" sign there above. With his matador hat and cape, Fred is thought by bullfight organizers to be the scheduled bullfighter and given access to the bullfight ring where, to the dismay of Wilma, Barney, and Betty, he luckily defeats his foe by tricking it to collide with a wall.

Suddenly, a rose is tossed into Fred's mouth by a ravishing, redheaded admirer named Shayla, who has been overhearing Fred's phony claims to globetrotting derring-do and plans to smuggle stolen diamonds across the American border with the intrepid El Terrifico as her unwitting stooge. She schemes to give a present, a large stick-rattle containing the gems, to Fred at a party sponsored by her and by her accomplice, Rockoff.

Wilma's jealousy of Shayla's flattering adulation of Fred leads to a confrontation during which Wilma angrily snatches the stick-rattle from Shayla's hand and hits Shayla on the head with it. The gems roll out of the shattered musical instrument. Mexican police apprehend Shayla and Rockoff and are convinced of Fred's innocence in the plot- and Fred receives a monetary reward from the Mexican officials.

However, before leaving Rockapulco for Bedrock, Fred is detained again by customs officials, this time on a true criminal charge, of not declaring his reward money for taxation.

Characters

• Fred Flintstone
• Wilma Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Pearl Slaghoople
• Dino
• Mildred (only appearance)
• Harvey (only appearance)
• Shayla (only appearance)
• Rockoff (only appearance)
• Torero (only appearance)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home
• Bedrock Airport

Overseas

• Hawaii (mentioned)
• Rock Vegas (mentioned)

Mexirock

• Mexirock Airport (only appearance)
• Rockamilco (only mentioned)
• Cuernarocka
• Rockapulco
• Plaza de Toros (only appearance)

Objects

• Suitcases (only appearance)
• Suntan oil
• Sombreos (only appearance)
• Maracas (only appearance)
• Diamonds (only appearance)

Animals

• Snorkasaurus
• Pterodactyl
• Triceratops (as a bullasaurus)
• Turtlesaurus

Vehicles

• Loggin Continental

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone Shayla
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino
Bea Benaderet	Betty Rubble
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Harvey Torero Fan Voice of Speaker Turtle
Janet Waldo	Pearl Slaghoople Mildred Hostess
Howard Morris	Rockoff Pterodactyl Official Proprietor Joe

Notes/Trivia

• The role of Wilma's mother, Pearl Slaghoople, is no longer voiced by Verna Felton. From this episode on, the role is now voiced by Janet Waldo.
• Rockapulco, Cuernarocka, and Rockamilco are spoofs of the cities of Acapulco, Cuernavaca, and Xochimilco, Mexico.

Errors

• None known.