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"The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock" is the tenth episode of the fifth season and the one hundred and twenty-fourth overall episode of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on November 19, 1964.

Synopsis

While their parents argue about which couple has the more beautiful child, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm take to their knees and crawl away.

Plot

Relations between the Flintstones and Rubbles deteriorate rapidly when Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are both entered in the Water Buffalo Lodge's baby beauty contest. Not only are Fred and Barney squabbling, but Wilma and Betty angrily diverge too.

Fred and Barney both strive to secure votes for their respective child among the Bedrock public, and the competition escalates to rival ice cream vending trucks, giant billboards, and picnics with free food for all. When Fred and Barney begin physically fighting, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm wander away from the picnic site, and Flintstones and Rubbles reconcile in their successful search for their missing babies.

Characters

Fred Flintstone
Wilma Flintstone
Barney Rubble
Betty Rubble
Pebbles Flintstone
Bamm-Bamm Rubble
Dino
Sam Slagheap
Joe Rockhead
Waldo (only appearance)
Muscles (only appearance)
Sophia Rockabridgia (only appearance, as Julietta)
Marcello Pebblian (only appearance, as Rockeo)
Montegranite (only appearance)
Charlie Capulet (only appearance)
Manny, Moe and Jack (only appearance)

Locations

Bedrock
- Flintstone home
- Rubble home
- Bedrock Drive-in Theater
- Water Buffalo Lodge
- Pizza Parlor (only appearance)

Objects

Car key
Golf clubs
Readling lamp
Poker chips
Picket signs
Squirter gun (only appearance)
Mallet (only appearance)
Plunger (only appearance)
Dino Piggy Bank (only appearance)
Ballot slabs (only appearance)
Ballot Box barrell (only appearance)

Animals

Snorkasaurus
Hopparoo
Brontosaurus (as Bronto-Fritters and Bronto-Ribs)
Triceratops (as a Palezoic Pictures mascot)
Mammoth (as a vacuum cleaner and a water hose)

Vehicles

Flintmobile
Loggin Continental
Ice cream trucks (only appearance)

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Elephant
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble Julietta Tired Woman Woman Guest
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Hoppy Rockeo Pizza Bird Joe Rockhead Moe Guest #2 Woodpecker
Henry Corden	Monte Shale Manny Doctor Guest #1
Doug Young	Capulet Sam Slagheap Gravel Mop Bird Muscles Jack

Notes/Trivia

Rockeo and Julietta and William Shalespeer are spoofs of William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet.
The last house Fred and Barney campaign at, is resided by three guys, Manny, Moe and Jack that resembles Curly, Larry, and Moe from The Three Stooges.
Clips from this episode were used in Son of the Mask.

Allusions

This is the first of several episodes parodying Romeo and Juliet. The movie Rockeo and Julietta stars Sophia Rockabridgida (Sophia Lollabridgida, again) and Marcello Pebbliani (Marcello Marstrianni). Their parents are Montegranite (Montague) and Charlie Capulet.

Errors

None known.

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-|show= [[The Flintstones (1960 TV series)|''The Flintstones'' (1960)]]
+|show = [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]
-|season= [[Season 5 (The Flintstones (1960))|5]]
+|season = [[The Flintstones episode list|5]]
-|episode= 124
+|episode = 124
-|airdate= November 19, [[1964]]
+|airdate = November 19, [[1964]]
-|animator= [[Rudy Cataldi]]<br/>[[Lou Zukor]]<br/>[[John Sparey]]
+|animator = Rudy Cataldi<br/>Lou Zukor<br/>John Sparey
+|writer = Joanna Lee
-|writer= [[Warren Foster]]<br/>[[Michael Maltese]]<br/>[[Arthur Phillips]]
+|previous = "''[[The Gruesomes]]''"
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+|next = "''[[Dino and Juliet]]''"
-"'''The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock'''" is the tenth episode of the [[Season 5 (The Flintstones (1960))|fifth season]] of [[The Flintstones (1960 TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It first aired on November 19, [[1964]].
+}}"'''The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock'''" is the tenth episode of the [[The Flintstones episode list|fifth season]] and the one hundred and twenty-fourth overall episode of the original series, [[The Flintstones (TV series)|''The Flintstones'']]. It aired on November 19, [[1964]].
+==Synopsis==
+While their parents argue about which couple has the more beautiful child, [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] and [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble|Bamm-Bamm]] take to their knees and crawl away.
+==Plot==
+Relations between the Flintstones and Rubbles deteriorate rapidly when Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm are both entered in the Water Buffalo Lodge's baby beauty contest. Not only are Fred and Barney squabbling, but Wilma and Betty angrily diverge too.
+Fred and Barney both strive to secure votes for their respective child among the Bedrock public, and the competition escalates to rival ice cream vending trucks, giant billboards, and picnics with free food for all. When Fred and Barney begin physically fighting, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm wander away from the picnic site, and Flintstones and Rubbles reconcile in their successful search for their missing babies.
+==Characters==
+*[[Fred Flintstone]]
+*[[Wilma Flintstone]]
+*[[Barney Rubble]]
+*[[Betty Rubble]]
+*[[Pebbles Flintstone]]
+*[[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]
+*[[Dino]]
+*Sam Slagheap
+*[[Joe Rockhead]]
+*Waldo <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Muscles <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Sophia Rockabridgia <small>(only appearance, as Julietta)</small>
+*Marcello Pebblian <small>(only appearance, as Rockeo)</small>
+*Montegranite <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Charlie Capulet <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Manny, Moe and Jack <small>(only appearance)</small>
+==Locations==
+*[[Bedrock]]
+**[[Flintstone home]]
+**Rubble home
+**Bedrock Drive-in Theater
+**Water Buffalo Lodge
+**Pizza Parlor <small>(only appearance)</small>
+==Objects==
+*Car key
+*Golf clubs
+*Readling lamp
+*Poker chips
+*Picket signs
+*Squirter gun <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Mallet <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Plunger <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Dino Piggy Bank <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Ballot slabs <small>(only appearance)</small>
+*Ballot Box barrell <small>(only appearance)</small>
+==Animals==
+*[[Snorkasaurus]]
+*[[Hopparoo]]
+*[[Brontosaurus]] <small>(as Bronto-Fritters and Bronto-Ribs)</small>
+*[[Triceratops]] <small>(as a Palezoic Pictures mascot)</small>
+*[[Mammoth]] <small>(as a vacuum cleaner and a water hose)</small>
+==Vehicles==
+*[[Flintmobile]]
+*[[Loggin Continental]]
+*Ice cream trucks <small>(only appearance)</small>
+==Cast==
+{| class="wikitable"
+! [[Alan Reed]]
+| [[Fred Flintstone]]
+|-
+! [[Jean Vander Pyl]]
+| [[Wilma Flintstone]]<br />[[Pebbles Flintstone]]
+|-
+! [[Mel Blanc]]
+| [[Barney Rubble]]<br />[[Dino]]<br />Elephant
+|-
+! [[Gerry Johnson]]
+| [[Betty Rubble]]<br />Julietta<br />Tired Woman<br />Woman Guest
+|-
+! [[Don Messick]]
+| [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]]<br />[[Hoppy]]<br />Rockeo<br />Pizza Bird<br />[[Joe Rockhead]]<br />Moe<br />Guest #2<br />Woodpecker
+|-
+! [[Henry Corden]]
+| Monte<br />Shale<br />Manny<br />Doctor<br />Guest #1
+|-
+! [[Doug Young]]
+| Capulet<br />Sam Slagheap<br />Gravel<br />Mop Bird<br />Muscles<br />Jack
+|}
+==Notes/Trivia==
+*Rockeo and Julietta and William Shalespeer are spoofs of [[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare's]] play, ''[[Wikipedia:Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Juliet]]''.
+*The last house Fred and Barney campaign at, is resided by three guys, Manny, Moe and Jack that resembles Curly, Larry, and Moe from ''[[Wikipedia:The Three Stooges|The Three Stooges]]''.
+*Clips from this episode were used in ''[[Wikipedia:Son of the Mask|Son of the Mask]]''.
+==='''Allusions'''===
+*This is the first of several episodes parodying ''[[Wikipedia:Romeo and Juliet|Romeo and Juliet]]''. The movie Rockeo and Julietta stars Sophia Rockabridgida (Sophia Lollabridgida, again) and Marcello Pebbliani (Marcello Marstrianni). Their parents are Montegranite (Montague) and Charlie Capulet.
+==='''Errors'''===
+*None known.
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