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{{Character|name = Perry Gunnite|image = The Flintstones - Character Profile Image - Perry Gunnite.jpg|gender = Male|hair = Black|job = Private investigator<br>Detective|appearance = ''[[Love Letters on the Rocks]]''|voice = [[John Stephenson]]}}'''Perry Gunnite''' is a private investigator and detective of [[Bedrock]], a one-time character of the episode, "''[[Love Letters on the Rocks]]''", featured in the original animated series, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]'' and also the main character of his own spin-off stories featured in ''[[Comics|The Flintstones]]'' comic series.
Perry Gunnite is a hard boiled detective in Bedrock. He first appeared in S01E21 episode of the original series, [[Love Letters on the Rocks]], where he was used as a parody of TV detective Peter Gunn. 
 
   
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==Background==
With Western Publishing needing a huge stable of characters to create comics for, Perry Gunnite, along with Cave Kids, [[Rodney Rocktop]] and [[Pebble Bleach]] got spun off into their own stories in Flintstones comics. 
 
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As a tough, strong, hard-boiled, helpful and heroic private investigator and detective of Bedrock, he operates his role of helping other people, solving mysteries and crimes and defeating notorious criminals.
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==='''Physical Appearance'''===
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He is a muscular caveman with a handsome face including his black beady eyes, thick black eyebrows and black hair.
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===='''Fashion'''====
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In the episode, "''[[Love Letters on the Rocks]]''", he wears a purple and black-spotted loin cloth, a white tie and a white Fedora hat with a black and white striped hat band.
   
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In the comic series, he wears a brown-orange and black-spotted loin cloth, a green tie and blue Fedora hat with a black and white striped hat band.
Perry Gunnite has also shown up in other Flintstones merchandise including the Denny's activity books from the early 90's 
 
==Western Publishing Comic Appearances==
 
* Perry Gunnite - Fred's Private Eye Try - 9 pg comic - Dell Giant #48 - The Flintstones Bedrock Bedlam Sep 1961 (Reprint Flintstones with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm 1 Nov 1965)
 
* Perry Gunnite - Playing It Safe - 6 pg comic - The Flintstones Bigger and Boulder #1 Nov 1962 (reprint Bigger & Boulder #2)
 
* Perry Gunnite - A Case of Trouble - 4 pg comic - Flintstones #4 Mar 1962
 
* Perry Gunnite - Caught in the Act - 4 pg comic - Flintstones #5 May 1962 (reprint 42)
 
* Perry Gunnite - The Inside-Out Job - 4 page comic - The Flintstones #6  Jul 1962 (Different story than issue 10)
 
* Perry Gunnite - Hi-Fi Fling - 4 pg comic - Flintstones #7 Oct 1962 (reprint 43)
 
   
 
==Appearances==
* Perry Gunnite - The Inside-Out-Job - 4 pg comic - Flintstones #10 Jun 1963 (Different story than issue 6)
 
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* ''[[Love Letters on the Rocks]]''
* Perry Gunnite - Counter-Fit-Thrower - 4 pg comic - Flintstones #11 Jun 1963 (Reprint 59)
 
* Pebbles Flintstone - The Sleepy-Eyed Private Eye - 5 pg comic - Flintstones #14 Oct 1963 (Reprint Flintstones with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm 1 Nov 1965)
 
* Perry Gunnite - The Case of the Striped Suit - 4 pg comic - Flintstones #15 Nov 1963
 
* Perry Gunnite - Diary of a Private Eye - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #16 Jan 1964 (Reprint 50)
 
* Perry Gunnite - Relative Detective - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #17 Mar 1964 (Reprint 49)
 
* Perry Gunnite - The Crystal Caper - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #19 Jul 1964 (Reprint 51)
 
* Perry Gunnite - Going Batty - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #20 Aug 1964 (Reprint 58)
 
* Perry Gunnite - Whacky Waiter Batty - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #21 Sep 1964 (Reprint 55)
 
* Perry Gunnite - Getting the Business - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #23 Nov 1964 (Reprint 57)
 
* Perry Gunnite - How to Catch a Crook - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #25 Mar 1965
 
* Flintstones - Too Many Clues - 8 pg comic - Flintstones #30 Oct 1965
 
* Perry Gunnite - The Answer - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #35 Aug 1966
 
* Perry Gunnite - Girl Friday - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #36 Oct 1966
 
* Flintstones - Bedrock Ice Capades - 14 pg comic - Flintstones #37 Dec 1966
 
* Perry Gunnite - The Baffling Bandit - 1 pg text story - Flintstones #40 Jun 1967
 
* Flintstones - Worry at the Quarry - 8 pg comic - Flintstones #40 Jun 1967
 
* Flintstones - A Pet in the Store Is Worth Two at Home - 6 pg comic - Flintstones #40 Jun 1967
 
* Flintstones - Rocky Road to Riches - 7 pg comic - Flintstones #51 Apr 1969
 
* Flintstones - Stoneage Drop-Outs - 7 pg comic - Flintstones #57 Apr 1970
 
   
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==Gallery==
== Other Appearances ==
 
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* The Flintstones - [[Detective Fred Flintstone]] - Ottenheimer Publishers 1978
 
 
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* Flintstones - Sleuth-Goof - 4 pg comic - Denny's Flintstones Fun Book #3 - 1988 (Also on cover)
 
 
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* Perry Gunnite Gets His Man - 1 pg puzzle - Denny's Flintstones Fun Book #17 - 1990
 
 
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[[File:Perry Gunnite2.jpg|thumb|571x571px]]
 
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==Notes/Trivia==
[[File:The-Flintstones-Perry-Gunite-1971-Hanna-Barbera-Cartoon.jpg|thumb|563x563px]]
 
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*He is a spoof of the character, Perry Gunn [[Wikipedia:Perry Gunn|from the television series of the same name]].
[[File:The-Flintstones-Perry-Gunite-Scooter-1971-Hanna-Barbera.jpg|thumb|560x560px]]
 
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*A character resembling Perry appears in the animated TV special, ''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'', for [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] and [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm's]] wedding and reception, but he's not identified by name, so his character model may just have been reused.
[[File:The-Flintstones-Perry-Gunite-1971-Hanna-Barbera-Cartoon (1).jpg|thumb|557x557px]]
 
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Revision as of 04:10, 4 January 2020

Perry Gunnite is a private investigator and detective of Bedrock, a one-time character of the episode, "Love Letters on the Rocks", featured in the original animated series, The Flintstones and also the main character of his own spin-off stories featured in The Flintstones comic series.

Background

As a tough, strong, hard-boiled, helpful and heroic private investigator and detective of Bedrock, he operates his role of helping other people, solving mysteries and crimes and defeating notorious criminals.

Physical Appearance

He is a muscular caveman with a handsome face including his black beady eyes, thick black eyebrows and black hair.

Fashion

In the episode, "Love Letters on the Rocks", he wears a purple and black-spotted loin cloth, a white tie and a white Fedora hat with a black and white striped hat band.

In the comic series, he wears a brown-orange and black-spotted loin cloth, a green tie and blue Fedora hat with a black and white striped hat band.

Appearances

Gallery

Notes/Trivia