The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes

The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	5
Episode number	133
Original airdate	January 22, 1965
Crew
Animated by	Lou Kachivas Lou Zukor Rudy Cataldi
Written by	Alan Dinehart Herbert Finn
Chronology
Previous	"Time Machine"
Next	"Moonlight and Maintenance"

"The Hatrocks and the Gruesomes" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of the original 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 (only appearance, no lines)

Families

The Hatrocks

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

The Gruesomes

• Weirdly Gruesome
• Creepella Gruesome
• Gobby Gruesome
• Occy (last appearance)
• 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

• Snorkasaurus
• Hopparoo
• Pigasaurus
• Turtlesaurus

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 Turtlesaurus Gobby Gruesome
Howard Morris	Jethro Hatrock Weirdly Gruesome Slab Hatrock Waiter Percy

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.

Allusions

• The song that Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Pebbles, Bamm Bamm, Dino, Hoppy, and the Gruesomes sing "She Said Yeah Yeah Yeah" is an obvious takeoff of The Beatles' "She Loves You".
  • 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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