Hop Happy

Hop Happy
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	5
Episode number	115
Production number	P-116
Original airdate	September 17, 1964 (ABC)
Recording Date	March 10, 1964
Crew
Animated by	Jerry Hathcock Dick Lundy Hicks Lokey Don Patterson
Layout	Dick Bickenbach Walt Clinton Jack Huber Willie Ito
Background	Fernando Montealegre (known as F. Montealegre) Fernando Arce
Written by	Warren Foster
Chronology
Previous	"Operation Switchover"
Next	"Monster Fred"

"Hop Happy" is the first episode of the fifth season and the one hundred and fifteenth overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on September 17, 1964.

Synopsis

The Rubbles' new pet hopparoo, Hoppy is annoying to Fred until the animal proves its worth at a picnic.

Plot

Barney buys a kangaroo-like pet Hopparoo for Bamm-Bamm, and Dino and Fred mistake the Hopparoo for a giant mouse. After being introduced by Barney to the Hopparoo, Fred challenges "Hoppy" to a boxing duel, which "Hoppy" wins, leaving Fred furious with Barney. However, Fred suspends his anger when informed by Wilma of a picnic to which the Rubbles have invited the Flintstones.

At the picnic, Fred, Barney, Wilma, and Betty are endangered when Barney's out-of-control car careens toward a cliff, with all four persons struggling to stop it, falling over the precipice with it, and dangling on a precarious limb. Dino stays with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm at the campground while Hoppy runs to find the police for help, and the Flintstone and Rubble couples are rescued.

Characters

• Fred Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Wilma Flintstone
• Betty Rubble
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Dino
• Hoppy (first appearance)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home
• Rubble home
• Bedrock Pet Shoppe (only appearance)
• Cliffside Picnic Park (only appearance)
• Bedrock Police Station

Other

• Rockstralia (mentioned)

Objects

• Broom
• Little Red Riding Hood storybook (only appearance)
• Lighter
• Boxing glove
• News-slabs
• Rock Bell Phone

Food

• Bronto-Burgers

Animals

• Snorkasaurus
• Hopparoo (first appearance)
• Pigasaurus (as a garbage disposal)
• Pterodactyl (as an apple corer)
• Mouseasaurus
• Pentadactyl
• Unnamed bird
• Brontosaurus (as a fire truck and Bronto-Burgers)
• Pelicansaurus (as a horn)

Vehicles

• Flintmobile
• Loggin Continental

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone Pigasaurus
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Cop
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Hoppy Bird Clerk Animal Bird #2 Siren

Notes/Trivia

• The working title for this episode was "Bamm-Bamm's Hopparoo".
• This is the first episode to air with Gerry Johnson as the second voice of Betty Rubble.

Allusions

• When Fred and Dino meet Hoppy for the first time, they both think he is a giant mouse. A situation not unlike that of Sylvester when he occasionally came face to face with Hippety Hopper in many shorts written by Warren Foster.