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[[File:The_Flintstones_-_Fred_Flintstone_-_Clipart_-_1.png|thumb|173px|An excited [[Fred Flintstone]] saying, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"]]
 
[[File:The_Flintstones_-_Fred_Flintstone_-_Clipart_-_1.png|thumb|173px|An excited [[Fred Flintstone]] saying, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"]]
"'''Yabba-Dabba-Doo!'''" is [[Fred Flintstone]]'s most famous and iconic catchphrase on the original series and franchise, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]'', usually to express exuberance and astonishment.
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"'''Yabba-Dabba-Doo!'''" is [[Fred Flintstone]]'s most famous and iconic catchphrase and trademark featured in the original series and franchise, ''[[The Flintstones (TV series)|The Flintstones]]'', usually to express exuberance and astonishment.
   
 
=="Yabba-Dabba-Doozy!"==
 
=="Yabba-Dabba-Doozy!"==
 
A variant on Fred's original expression is "Yabba-Dabba-Doozy!", originating with the spin-off, ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' on CBS in the 1971-72 season and used by a teenage [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] in much the same spirit as her father's original term. Such was also heard in a later spin-off of ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'' (known as ''The Flintstone Comedy Show'') as aired on CBS in the 1972-74 period.
 
A variant on Fred's original expression is "Yabba-Dabba-Doozy!", originating with the spin-off, ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' on CBS in the 1971-72 season and used by a teenage [[Pebbles Flintstone|Pebbles]] in much the same spirit as her father's original term. Such was also heard in a later spin-off of ''[[The Flintstone Comedy Hour]]'' (known as ''The Flintstone Comedy Show'') as aired on CBS in the 1972-74 period.
   
The Bedrock Rockers also had a song with that title, the video occasionally featured on both shows as above.
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The Bedrock Rockers also had a song with that title, the video occasionally featured on this show as above.
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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==See also==
 
==See also==
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*''[[Yabba-Dabba-Doo! (song)|Yabba-Dabba-Doo!]]'' - a song featured in the episode, "''[[The Hit Songwriter]]''".
 
*''[[Yabba-Dabba-Doo! (video game)|Yabba-Dabba-Doo!]]'' - a 1986 video game.
 
*''[[Yabba-Dabba-Doo! (video game)|Yabba-Dabba-Doo!]]'' - a 1986 video game.
*''[[Yabba-Dabba Doo! (Bedrock Hop)|Yabba-Dabba Doo!]]'' - a song featured in the album, ''[[Bedrock Hop]]''.
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*''[[Yabba-Dabba-Doo! (Bedrock Hop)|Yabba-Dabba-Doo!]]'' - a song featured in the album, ''[[Bedrock Hop]]''.
 
*''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' - a 1993 television film.
 
*''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' - a 1993 television film.
 
**''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do! (song)|I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' - a song featured in the 1993 television film of the same name.
 
**''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do! (song)|I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' - a song featured in the 1993 television film of the same name.

Revision as of 03:55, 23 June 2020

The Flintstones - Fred Flintstone - Clipart - 1

An excited Fred Flintstone saying, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!"

"Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" is Fred Flintstone's most famous and iconic catchphrase and trademark featured in the original series and franchise, The Flintstones, usually to express exuberance and astonishment.

"Yabba-Dabba-Doozy!"

A variant on Fred's original expression is "Yabba-Dabba-Doozy!", originating with the spin-off, The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show on CBS in the 1971-72 season and used by a teenage Pebbles in much the same spirit as her father's original term. Such was also heard in a later spin-off of The Flintstone Comedy Hour (known as The Flintstone Comedy Show) as aired on CBS in the 1972-74 period.

The Bedrock Rockers also had a song with that title, the video occasionally featured on this show as above.

History

Alan Reed, the original voice of Fred Flintstone, came up with the term ad lib during an early recording session for the series; as Joseph Barbera recalls it in his 1994 memoir My Life In Toons, Reed noted that the script called for him to say simply "Yahoo!", but felt that "Yabba-Dabba-Doo!" might make it more interesting.

Notes/Trivia

  • Some sources contend that the term was inspired by the Abba-Zaba bar, a peanut-butter-and-Turkish-taffy sandwich such long popular in the American West.

See also