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Dino has not eaten his Shlump food for two days and has been sleeping almost incessantly during this time. Wilma is worried about Dino's condition and telephones Fred, who is at work at the rock quarry, to ask that Fred bring Dino to a veterinarian for examination. A German-accented, slightly dotty doctor of animals X-rays Dino and discovers a dinopeptic germ in the dinosaur's stomach. He prescribes a few days of rest so that Dino's body can defeat the germ.
 
Dino has not eaten his Shlump food for two days and has been sleeping almost incessantly during this time. Wilma is worried about Dino's condition and telephones Fred, who is at work at the rock quarry, to ask that Fred bring Dino to a veterinarian for examination. A German-accented, slightly dotty doctor of animals X-rays Dino and discovers a dinopeptic germ in the dinosaur's stomach. He prescribes a few days of rest so that Dino's body can defeat the germ.
   
After Fred and Dino exit the Teutonic veterinary practitioner's office, the veterinarian's secretary writes Fred's name and address on the X-ray picture, which is blown by a gust of wind out of a "window" and into the hand of a policeman, who shows it to a doctor at the Bedrock P.D.'s forensics laboratory. The doctor, Sandstone, assumes the X-ray photograph to be a representation of Fred's stomach- and dinopeptitus to be an affliction of Fred. Dinopeptic germs are fatal to humans unless the host thereof is kept awake and active for 72 hours, and Sandstone visits Wilma and informs her of Fred's "condition". Fred must not be told about it because, "The shock could kill him."
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After Fred and Dino exit the Teutonic veterinary practitioner's office, the veterinarian's secretary writes Fred's name and address on the X-ray picture, which is blown by a gust of wind out of a "window" and into the hand of a policeman, who shows it to a doctor at the Bedrock P.D.'s forensics laboratory. The doctor, Sandstone, assumes the X-ray photograph to be a representation of Fred's stomach- and dinopeptitus to be an affliction of Fred. Dinopeptic germs are fatal to humans unless the host thereof is kept awake and active for 72 hours, and Sandstone visits Wilma and informs her of Fred's "condition". Fred must not be told about it because, "The shock could kill him."
   
 
Together with the Rubbles, who are also privy to the details of Fred's "illness", Wilma strives to prevent a weary Flintstone from falling asleep. Wilma, Barney, and Betty relentlessly prod Fred into dancing at the Rockadero, The Rocking 20's, and Rock and Bop night clubs, drinking gallons of black coffee, ice skating until the early hours of the next morning, and walking with Wilma and the Rubbles back to his abode, where he is subjected to a cold shower, toothpicks in his eyes, and a New Year's eve horn in his ear.
 
Together with the Rubbles, who are also privy to the details of Fred's "illness", Wilma strives to prevent a weary Flintstone from falling asleep. Wilma, Barney, and Betty relentlessly prod Fred into dancing at the Rockadero, The Rocking 20's, and Rock and Bop night clubs, drinking gallons of black coffee, ice skating until the early hours of the next morning, and walking with Wilma and the Rubbles back to his abode, where he is subjected to a cold shower, toothpicks in his eyes, and a New Year's eve horn in his ear.
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*Shlump Food Can <small>(only appearance)</small>
 
*Shlump Food Can <small>(only appearance)</small>
 
*Polarock X-Ray Camera machine <small>(only appearance)</small>
 
*Polarock X-Ray Camera machine <small>(only appearance)</small>
*News-slab
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*[[News-slabs|News-slab]]
 
==Animals==
 
==Animals==
 
*[[Snorkasaurus]]
 
*[[Snorkasaurus]]
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*[[Sea Serpent]] <small>(Sea Serpent Fillets in Shlump)</small>
 
*[[Sea Serpent]] <small>(Sea Serpent Fillets in Shlump)</small>
 
*[[Brontosaurus]] <small>(as New Rock Cut Bronto-Steaks, Bronto-Ribs and a Bronto-Crane)</small>
 
*[[Brontosaurus]] <small>(as New Rock Cut Bronto-Steaks, Bronto-Ribs and a Bronto-Crane)</small>
*[[Mammoth]] <small>(as a pet, a shower and part of a drum-set)</small>
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*[[Mammoth]] <small>(as a pet, a shower and part of a drum-set)</small>
 
*Saber-Toothed Cat <small>(as [[Baby Puss]])</small>
 
*Saber-Toothed Cat <small>(as [[Baby Puss]])</small>
 
*Saber-Toothed Lionasaurus <small>(as a pet)</small>
 
*Saber-Toothed Lionasaurus <small>(as a pet)</small>
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|-
 
! [[Mel Blanc]]
 
! [[Mel Blanc]]
| [[Barney Rubble]]<br>[[Dino]]<br>Cop<br>Man<br>[[Baby Puss]]<br>Bird
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| [[Barney Rubble]]<br />[[Dino]]<br />Cop<br />Man<br />[[Baby Puss]]<br />Bird
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [[Bea Benaderet]]
 
! [[Bea Benaderet]]
| [[Betty Rubble]]<br>Ms. Schultz
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| [[Betty Rubble]]<br />Ms. Schultz
 
|-
 
|-
 
! [[John Stephenson]]
 
! [[John Stephenson]]
| Doctor<br>Dr. Sandstone
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| Doctor<br />Dr. Sandstone
 
|}
 
|}
 
==Notes/Trivia==
 
==Notes/Trivia==

Revision as of 22:08, 4 April 2020

"The X-Ray Story" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of The Flintstones. It first aired on December 29, 1961.

Synopsis

Fred takes a sick Dino to the vet, but Fred's name is mistakenly placed on Dino's X-rays diagnosing him with a disease deadly to humans, but harmless to dinosaurs.

Plot

Dino has not eaten his Shlump food for two days and has been sleeping almost incessantly during this time. Wilma is worried about Dino's condition and telephones Fred, who is at work at the rock quarry, to ask that Fred bring Dino to a veterinarian for examination. A German-accented, slightly dotty doctor of animals X-rays Dino and discovers a dinopeptic germ in the dinosaur's stomach. He prescribes a few days of rest so that Dino's body can defeat the germ.

After Fred and Dino exit the Teutonic veterinary practitioner's office, the veterinarian's secretary writes Fred's name and address on the X-ray picture, which is blown by a gust of wind out of a "window" and into the hand of a policeman, who shows it to a doctor at the Bedrock P.D.'s forensics laboratory. The doctor, Sandstone, assumes the X-ray photograph to be a representation of Fred's stomach- and dinopeptitus to be an affliction of Fred. Dinopeptic germs are fatal to humans unless the host thereof is kept awake and active for 72 hours, and Sandstone visits Wilma and informs her of Fred's "condition". Fred must not be told about it because, "The shock could kill him."

Together with the Rubbles, who are also privy to the details of Fred's "illness", Wilma strives to prevent a weary Flintstone from falling asleep. Wilma, Barney, and Betty relentlessly prod Fred into dancing at the Rockadero, The Rocking 20's, and Rock and Bop night clubs, drinking gallons of black coffee, ice skating until the early hours of the next morning, and walking with Wilma and the Rubbles back to his abode, where he is subjected to a cold shower, toothpicks in his eyes, and a New Year's eve horn in his ear.

When not even these methods are sufficient to arrest the onset of sleep, Wilma decides to share her knowledge of Fred's "malady" with Fred in the hope that he will force himself to stay awake. After some panicky moments, Fred suspects a misunderstanding and demands to see the X-ray photograph evidence of dinopeptitus, identifies the stomach in the picture to be that of Dino, and falls to floor and goes to sleep beside his slumbering pet dinosaur.

Characters

Locations

  • Bedrock
    • Flintstone home
    • Rubble home
    • Pet Hospital
    • Bedrock Police Department
    • Rockadero
    • The Rocking 20's Club (only appearance)
    • Rock and Bop Club (only appearance)
    • Palace Ice Skating Rink (only appearance)

Objects

  • Shlump Food Can (only appearance)
  • Polarock X-Ray Camera machine (only appearance)
  • News-slab

Animals

  • Snorkasaurus
  • Pterodactyl (Chopped Pterodactyl Livers in Shlump)
  • Crocodile (Tenderized Crocodile Ribs in Shlump)
  • Saber-Toothed Tiger (with Saber-Toothed Tiger Giblets in Shlump)
  • Turtlesaurus (Dried Turtle Egg Yolks in Shlump, a pet and a violin)
  • Sea Serpent (Sea Serpent Fillets in Shlump)
  • Brontosaurus (as New Rock Cut Bronto-Steaks, Bronto-Ribs and a Bronto-Crane)
  • Mammoth (as a pet, a shower and part of a drum-set)
  • Saber-Toothed Cat (as Baby Puss)
  • Saber-Toothed Lionasaurus (as a pet)

Vehicles

  • Mr. Slate's brand new car (only appearance)

Cast

Alan Reed Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl Wilma Flintstone
Mel Blanc Barney Rubble
Dino
Cop
Man
Baby Puss
Bird
Bea Benaderet Betty Rubble
Ms. Schultz
John Stephenson Doctor
Dr. Sandstone

Notes/Trivia

  • This time, the Flintstones live at 35 Cobblestone Road.
  • One of the doctors is named Sandstone. The nurse's last name is Schultz.
  • The Honeymooners, on which The Flintstones is based, had a nearly identical plot line in "A Matter of Life and Death" in which Ralph thinks he has 6 months to live due to a mix-up with a veterinarian's report.

Errors

  • When Fred and Barney are rollerskating in the rink, and Fred falls asleep whilst still skating, during the brief moment where Wilma and Betty yell in unison "FRED WATCH OUT" (just before he crashes into a wall) Wilma has normal eyes (white eyes with pupils).

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