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Season
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Episode number
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Episode name
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Reference
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1
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10
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"Homer's Night Out"
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Homer says to Apu, "You got me confused with Fred Flintstone".
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2
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34
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"Three Men and a Comic Book"
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The Laramie cigarettes commercials featuring Radioactive Man are a takeoff of commercials where the Flintstones and the Rubbles pitched Winston cigarettes.
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3
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39
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"Bart the Murderer"
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Bart begrudgingly and sarcastically picks a horse called "Don't Have a Cow" to win a horse race. One of the other horses in the race is called "Yabba-Dabba-Doo", Fred Flintstone's catchphrase.
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4
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60
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"Kamp Krusty"
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Fred, Wilma and Pebbles appear in the couch gag.
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71
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"Marge vs. the Monorail"
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The opening of the episode parodies the intro of The Flintstones and the song Homer sings is a parody of the show's theme tune.
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80
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"Marge in Chains"
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Bart wants Flintstones chewable morphine.
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5
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102
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"Lady Bouvier's Lover"
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Mr. Burns forgot The Simpsons' names and Smithers whispers them in his ear, though on purpose gives the names of Flintstones characters. When Mr. Burns greets Homer, Marge and Maggie he names them Fred, Wilma and little Pebbles. After giving Homer a special gift Homer shouts in joy: Yabbadabba-doo!, which was Fred Flintstone's catchphrase.
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6
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108
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"Sideshow Bob Roberts"
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Bart plays with the Flintstone Phone which plays Fred's voice. The actual actor who normally performed Fred's voice on the Flintstones during that era, Henry Corden, was brought to the studio to record this line.
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109
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"Treehouse of Horror V"
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In one alternate reality, 742 Evergreen Terrace has become the Flintstones house.
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121
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"A Star Is Burns"
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When Bart watches TV the voice-over announces The Flintstones Meet the Jetsons, which Bart describes as "another cheap cross-over". Instantly afterwards he too meets Jay Sherman from The Critic.
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7
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138
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"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
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Troy McClure calls the Simpsons "America's most popular non-prehistoric cartoon family", a reference to The Flintstones.
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146
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"The Day the Violence Died"
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When Roger Meyers, Jr. pleads his case in court, he mentions that several animated television series and characters were plagiarized from other series and characters: "Animation is built on plagiarism! If it weren't for someone plagiarizing The Honeymooners, we wouldn't have The Flintstones."
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152
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"Homerpalooza"
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One teen wears a The Great Gazoo T-Shirt.
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8
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177
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"The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
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Ozmodiar, a "space alien only Homer can see", is a parody of The Great Gazoo.
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11
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227
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"Beyond Blunderdome"
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The Flintstone Mobile is seen in the Hollywood Auto Museum. Fred, Wilma and Dino are seen in it.
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232
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"Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
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A news anchor dismisses Homer as a "warmed-over Fred Flintstone".
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241
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"Missionary: Impossible"
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The scene where Homer supervises the construction of a casino in Microatia has several references to The Flintstones:
Homer is wearing a hard hat made from a turtle shell, similar to the ones sometimes seen at Bedrock Quarry, Fred's workplace.
Homer says, "If The Flintstones has taught us anything, it's that pelicans can be used to make cement", referencing the show's frequent depiction of animals being used as appliances.
Homer says to the pelican, "Come on, little friend, make a wisecrack", referring to a running gag on the show where the animals/appliances would break the fourth wall, look into the camera, and voice a complaint or sarcastic remark about their jobs. However, instead of making a wisecrack, Homer's pelican falls over.
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12
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257
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"HOMЯ"
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Ozmodiar reappears and calls Homer "dumb-dumb", like Gazoo did with Fred and Barney in The Flintstones.
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258
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"Pokey Mom"
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Fred's face is on Bruce Vilanch's T-Shirt.
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13
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270
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"Treehouse of Horror XII"
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In the opening sequence, when the Simpson family trick-or-treat the Burns' manor, Homer and Marge are costumed as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, respectively.
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16
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348
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"Mobile Homer"
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A Flintstones Fun Map is kept in Homer's RV, featuring Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm Rubble, The Great Gazoo, Dino and Hoppy.
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18
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393
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"Rome-Old and Juli-Eh"
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Homer tells his father that they have to cut back on costs with everything, and he even Flintstoned the car, and proceeds to demonstrate it, only to struggle, and say "Yabba Dabba Doo".
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19
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406
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"Little Orphan Millie"
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Homer's song for Marge ("Beautiful Eyes") features the line "She's the Wilma to my Fred", a reference to Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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20
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434
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"In the Name of the Grandfather"
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Blarney Rubble is a reference to Barney Rubble.
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23
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494
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"The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"
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Marge calls Homer overweight sitcom characters: Ralph The Honeymooners, Fred The Flintstones, Archie All in the Family, King of Queens.
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26
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563
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"Bart's New Friend"
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During his retirement, Don Bookner compares himself to Fred Flintstone, and says he would be "at the end of the dinosaur tail". This is a reference to The Flintstones opening.
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27
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582
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"'Paths of Glory"
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Nelson's car (the "Yabba-Dabba Dune Buggy") is a reference to the Flintstones' car.
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579
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"Treehouse of Horror XXVI"
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Fred Flintstone appears underground as a skeleton in his foot-powered car from the series.
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28
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611
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"The Cad and the Hat"
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The biting sound effect from Flintstones plays when Homer bites a raisin in the couch gag.
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29
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621
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"Whistler's Father"
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Helen Lovejoy, while critizing Marge, refers to her house as like visiting The Flintstones'. Santa's Little Helper passes by holding a bone in his mouth, in reference to Dino, Fred's pet.
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635
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"Lisa Gets the Blues"
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The title screen says "The Flintstones" instead of "The Simpsons", it goes back and "The Simpstones" is written, a mix of The Flintstones and The Simpsons, it goes back again and the correct text shows up.
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637
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"Left Behind"
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Ned mentions taking some Flintstones Vitamins.
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32
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696
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"Diary Queen"
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Rod and Todd's running in place and the sound is the same used as the one used in the show.
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33
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710
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"The Wayz We Were"
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In the prehistoric era, a character looking like Fred Flintstone is seen carrying a dead Dino.
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34
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741
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"The Many Saints of Springfield"
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When Louie asks why "fatso" has such a hot wife, Johnny Tightlips says that it's a sitcom thing, then mentions Fred Flintstone as an example.
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745
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"Pin Gal"
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Homer imagines Marge bowling similar to Fred Flintstone, with her running up to the alley on her toes. He also imagines an octopus setting up the pins after. Homer then asks Marge if they can have bronto burgers that night and Marge tells Homer that he isn't Fred Flintstone. Homer then responds with "Yabba dabba d'oh!", a combination of Fred Flintstone's catchphrase "Yabba dadda doo!" and Homer's catchphrase of "D'oh!"
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