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"The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of The Flintstones. It aired on January 22, 1965.

Synopsis

The Flintstones need to get rid of their house guests, the hillbilly Hatrocks, and hope that their creepy and sinister neighbors, the Gruesomes, can be of help.

Plot

The Hatrocks have declared a truce with the Flintstones and come to Bedrock and Flintstone home territory to visit, and Fred does not dare to offend his irritating guests, whose extended stay is crowding the Flintstones out of their own house, not to mention skyrocketing Fred's food bill.

Fred asks the Gruesomes to scare the irritating Hatrocks into leaving his property, but the Hatrocks are anything but frightened by the Gruesomes. Fred's last hope involves bombarding the Hatrocks' ears with detested "bug music". The backwoods Hatrocks cannot abide the Beatles-like singing of Flintstones, Rubbles, and Gruesomes, and depart Fred's abode in haste to attend Bedrock's World's Fair.

Characters

Fred Flintstone
Wilma Flintstone
Barney Rubble
Betty Rubble
Pebbles Flintstone
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Dino
Hoppy
Waiter
Clem Kadiddlerock (only appearance, no lines)

Families

The Hatrocks

Jethro Hatrock (last appearance)
Granny Hatrock (last appearance)
Zack Hatrock (last appearance)
Slab Hatrock (last appearance)
Percy Hatrock (last appearance)

The Gruesomes

Weirdly Gruesome
Creepella Gruesome
Gobby Gruesome
Occy
Schneider
Uncle Ghastly

Locations

Bedrock
- Flintstone home
- Tombstone Manor
- Dinosaur's Club Cafe (only appearance)
Arkanstone (mentioned)

Objects

Helmets
Slingshot rifles
TV
Brontosaurus burgers
Grape juice (mentioned)
Radio

Animals

Vehicles

Hatrock's family trailer (only appearance)

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone Ghastly Porker
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Zack Hatrock
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble Granny Hatrock
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Telegram Delivery Boy Hoppy Turtle Gobby
Howard Morris	Jethro Hatrock Weirdly Gruesome Slab Hatrock Waiter Percy Hatrock

Notes/Trivia

This episode marked the second and final appearance of the Hatrocks.
Clem Kadiddlerock is a spoof of Clem Kadiddlehopper, whose name is based upon a Red Skelton character.
Although the Four Insects and their "bug" music are supposed to be a parody of the Beatles, the style of guitar playing is actually surf guitar.

Errors

None known.

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+{{Episode
-[[File:The_Hatrocks_and_the_Gruesomes.jpg|thumb|The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes]]
+|name= The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes
-Even the Gruesomes can't scare away Fred's visiting hillbilly relatives.
+|image= The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes.jpg
+|show= [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]
+|season= [[The Flintstones episode list|5]]
+|episode= 133
+|airdate= January 22, [[1965]]
+|animator= Lou Kachivas<br>Lou Zukor<br>Rudy Cataldi
+|writer= Alan Dinehart<br>Herbert Finn
+|previous="''[[Time Machine]]''"
+|next="''[[Moonlight and Maintenance]]''"
+}}"'''The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes'''" is the nineteenth episode of the [[The Flintstones episode list|fifth season]] of [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It aired on January 22, [[1965]].
+==Synopsis==
+The Flintstones need to get rid of their house guests, the hillbilly Hatrocks, and hope that their creepy and sinister neighbors, the Gruesomes, can be of help.
+==Plot==
+The Hatrocks have declared a truce with the Flintstones and come to Bedrock and Flintstone home territory to visit, and Fred does not dare to offend his irritating guests, whose extended stay is crowding the Flintstones out of their own house, not to mention skyrocketing Fred's food bill.
+Fred asks the Gruesomes to scare the irritating Hatrocks into leaving his property, but the Hatrocks are anything but frightened by the Gruesomes. Fred's last hope involves bombarding the Hatrocks' ears with detested "bug music". The backwoods Hatrocks cannot abide the Beatles-like singing of Flintstones, Rubbles, and Gruesomes, and depart Fred's abode in haste to attend Bedrock's World's Fair.
+==Characters==
+*[[Fred Flintstone]]
+*[[Wilma Flintstone]]
+*[[Barney Rubble]]
+*[[Betty Rubble]]
+*[[Pebbles Flintstone]]
+*[[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]
+*[[Dino]]
+*[[Hoppy]]
+*Waiter
+*Clem Kadiddlerock <small>(only appearance, no lines)</small>
+==='''Families'''===
+===='''The Hatrocks'''====
+*Jethro Hatrock <small>(last appearance)</small>
+*Granny Hatrock <small>(last appearance)</small>
+*Zack Hatrock <small>(last appearance)</small>
+*Slab Hatrock <small>(last appearance)</small>
+*Percy Hatrock <small>(last appearance)</small>
+===='''[[The Gruesomes Family|The Gruesomes]]'''====
+*[[Weirdly Gruesome]]
+*Creepella Gruesome
+*Gobby Gruesome
+*Occy
+*Schneider
+*Uncle Ghastly
+==Locations==
+*[[Bedrock]]
+**[[Flintstone home]]
+**Tombstone Manor
+**Dinosaur's Club Cafe <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Arkanstone <small>(mentioned)</small>
+==Objects==
+*Helmets
+*Slingshot rifles
+*TV
+*Brontosaurus burgers
+*Grape juice <small>(mentioned)</small>
+*Radio
+==Animals==
+*[[Snorkasaurus]]
+*[[Hopparoo]]
+*[[Pigasaurus]]
+*Turtlesaurus
+==Vehicles==
+*Hatrock's family trailer <small>(only appearance)</small>
+==Cast==
+{| class="wikitable"
+! [[Alan Reed]]
+| [[Fred Flintstone]]<br />Ghastly<br />Porker
+|-
+! [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
+| [[Wilma Flintstone]]<br />[[Pebbles Flintstone]]
+|-
+! [[Mel Blanc]]
+| [[Barney Rubble]]<br />[[Dino]]<br />Zack Hatrock
+|-
+! [[Gerry Johnson]]
+| [[Betty Rubble]]<br />Granny Hatrock
+|-
+! [[Don Messick]]
+| [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]<br />Telegram Delivery Boy<br />[[Hoppy]]<br />Turtle<br />Gobby
+|-
+! [[Howard Morris]]
+| Jethro Hatrock<br />Weirdly Gruesome<br />Slab Hatrock<br />Waiter<br />Percy Hatrock
+|}
+==Notes/Trivia==
+*This episode marked the second and final appearance of the Hatrocks.
+*Clem Kadiddlerock is a spoof of Clem Kadiddlehopper, whose name is based upon a Red Skelton character.
+*Although the Four Insects and their "bug" music are supposed to be a parody of the Beatles, the style of guitar playing is actually surf guitar.
+==='''Errors'''===
+*None known.
+{{Season 5 (The Flintstones (1960))}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatrocks and the Gruesomes, The}}
 [[Category:Episodes]]
+[[Category:The Flintstones episodes]]