Rubble Without a Cause

"Rubble Without a Cause" is the first segment of the sixth episode of the first season and the sixth overall episode of The Flintstone Kids, a spin-off of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on September 27, 1986.

Synopsis[]

A night of stargazing turns into an outer-space adventure when Barney is hit on the head with a telescope and dreams he is space hero Barney Skywatcher. He must rescue Princess Betty and the Star Stone from the hideout of the evil Darth Ratrock.

Characters[]

Freddy Flintstone (known in a fantasy as Flyboy Freddy)
Wilma Slaghoople
Barney Rubble (known in a fantasy as Captain Barney Skywatcher)
Betty McBricker (known in a fantasy as Princess Betty)
Bob Rubble (known in a fantasy as Master Skywatcher)
Rocky Ratrock (known in a fantasy as Darth Ratrock)
Aliens (only appearance, fantasy)

Locations[]

Bedrock[]

Flintstone home

Outer Space (only appearance, fantasy)[]

Flyboy Freddy's Service Station (only appearance, fantasy)
Wilma's Fast-On Pizzeria (only appearance, fantasy)
Luna Slab 7 (only appearance, fantasy)
Earth

Objects[]

Betty's star gem necklace (only appearance and known in a fantasy as the Star Stone)
Telescope
Astro Bubble Gum (only appearance, fantasy)

Animals[]

Mammoth (as an alien, fantasy)
Frogasaurus (as an alien, fantasy)
Monkeysaurus
Lizardsaurus (as Lightning Lasers)

Vehicles[]

Rocky's rock-bike
Darth Ratrock's spaceship (only appearance, fantasy)
Millennium Pterodactyl (only appearance, fantasy)
Spaceships (only appearance, fantasy)
Wilma's Proton Pizza Delivery spaceship (only appearance, fantasy)
Darth Ratrock's henchmen's spaceships (only appearance, fantasy)
Barney Skywatcher's rocket (only appearance, fantasy)

Cast[]

Lennie Weinrib	Freddy Flintstone
Julie Dees	Wilma Slaghoople
Hamilton Camp	Barney Rubble
B.J. Ward	Betty McBricker
Mel Blanc	Bob Rubble
Marilyn Schreffler	Rocky Ratrock
Frank Welker	Alien #1
Pat Fraley	Alien #2

Notes/Trivia[]

This episode is a spoof of the classic Star Wars trilogy.
The episode's title is a spoof of the 1955 drama film, Rebel Without a Cause.

Episodes of The Flintstone Kids

Season 1: "The Great Freddini" • "Frankenstone"/"Yard Wars"/"Freezy Does It" • "Heroes for Hire" • "Indiana Flintstone"/"Dreamchip's Cur Wash"/"Invasion of the Mommy Snatchers" • "The Bad News Brontos" • "Rubble Without a Cause"/"Dressed Up Dino"/"The Ditto Master" • "Dusty Disappears" • "Sugar and Spies"/"The Vet"/"I Was a Teenage Grown-Up" • "Poor Little Rich Girl" • "Freddy in the Big House"/"The Butcher Shoppe"/"Grime and Punishment" • "The Rock Concert That Rocked Freddy" • "Bedrock P.I.s"/"Fred's Mechanical Dog"/"A Tale of Too Silly" • "Curse of the Gemstone Diamond" • "Princess Wilma"/"The Dino Diet"/"To Baby or Not to Baby" • "I Think That I Shall Never See Barney Rubble As a Tree"/"Dino Come Home" • "The Monster from the Tar Pits"/"What Price Fleadom"/"Hero Today, Gone Tomorrow" • "The Fugitives" • "The Twilight Stone"/"The Terror Within"/"Day of the Villains" • "Freddy's Rocky Road to Karate" • "Betty's Big Break"/"Revenge of the Bullied"/"Curse of the Reverse" • "Barney's Moving Experience" • "Dino Goes Hollyrock"/"The Chocolate Chip Catastrophe"/"Capt. Caveman's First Adventure" • "The Little Visitor"/"Grandpa for Loan" • "Philo's Invention"/"Watchdog Blues"/"Leave It to Mother" • "Freddy's First Crush" • "Bedrock'n Roll"/"Captain Cavepuppy"/"Greed It and Weep"
Season 2: "The Flintstone Fake Ache"/"Killer Kitty"/"Captain Knaveman" • "Better Buddy Blues"/"Who's Faultin' Who?"/"Attack of the Fifty Foot Teenage Lizard" • "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Betty"/"Bone Voyage"/"The Cream-Pier Strikes Back" • "Haircutastrophe"/"World War Flea"/"Captain Caveman's Super Cold"/ • "Camper Scamper"/"Fred's Mechanical Dog"/"Grime and Punishment" • "A Tiny Egg"/"The Vet"/"Capt. Caveman's First Adventure" • "A Tiny Egg"/"Freddy the 13th"/"A Midnight Pet Peeve"/"The Big Bedrock Bully Bash" • "Philo's D-feat"/"The Birthday Shuffle"/"Captain Cavedog" • "Little Rubble, Big Trouble"/"Dreamchip's Cur Wash"/"Invasion of the Mommy Snatchers" • "Rocky's Rocky Road"/"The Butcher Shoppe"/"The Ditto Master"