The Flintstones (TV Series)

Kleptomaniac Pebbles (1963)

Alan Reed: Fred Flintstone

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Quotes 

• [after Fred gives a baby elephant ride a dime, Pebbles starts to ride it] 

  Pebbles Flintstone : [giggles]  Whee!

  Fred Flintstone : Hold on tight.

  [the elephant stops seconds later and Fred walks away with Pebbles] 

  Fred Flintstone : Boy, that's what I'd call a short ride.

  Elephant : What does he expect for a dime? A round trip to the moon?

• Fred Flintstone : As I was saying, Barney, tomorrow I am taking a cop to lunch. Huh?

  [Fred finds two policemen near his car, writing tickets] 

  Traffic Cop #1 : Parking too close to a hydrant.

  Traffic Cop #2 : Parking too far from the curb.

  Traffic Cop #1 : License plates incorrectly displayed.

  Traffic Cop #2 : Broken taillight.

  Traffic Cop #1 : Parking in a crosswalk.

  Traffic Cop #2 : And in a red zone.

  Barney Rubble : Like you said, Fred, our police force is the finest.

• Fred Flintstone : Okay, Wilma, I'll tell you the truth. Your daughter is a kleptomaniac.

  [Pebbles plays and giggles] 

  Wilma Flintstone : MY daughter?

  Fred Flintstone : I'm afraid so. Kleptomaniacs run in your family.

  Wilma Flintstone : Fred, how dare you?

  Fred Flintstone : Well, what about your grandfather, the dinosaur horse thief?

  Wilma Flintstone : [gasps]  That's right. Oh, Fred, our child's future is at stake.

  Fred Flintstone : I know. She's liable to be the only baby in Bedrock with her picture in the post office.

  Wilma Flintstone : What'll we do?

  Fred Flintstone : Well, there... there's only one solution. I'll... I'll... I'll return the bracelet to the store without them knowing who took it.

  Wilma Flintstone : Oh, Fred, hurry. Pebbles is too young to be fingerprinted!

• Wilma Flintstone : Oh, Fred?

  Fred Flintstone : Yes, dear?

  Wilma Flintstone : Try to keep an eye on Pebbles while you're in the market. You know how babies grab things off shelves when you aren't looking.

  Fred Flintstone : [chuckles]  Don't you worry. Maybe other babies snatch things, but not Pebbles Flintstone.

  [Pebbles pulls out Fred's grocery list] 

  Fred Flintstone : Hey, how did she get that list?

• Fred Flintstone : Yeah, Wilma. Dino and I took Pebbles to three different supermarkets and she didn't take a single thing.

  Wilma Flintstone : I told you she'd change, Fred. We won't have to worry about her anymore.

  [Dino is heard barking] 

  Fred Flintstone : Hey, what's Dino up to?

  [Fred walks over to Dino who is hiding something under the rug] 

  Fred Flintstone : If I told you once, I told you a thousand times, Dino, don't hide your bones under the rug.

  [after struggling with Dino, Fred pulls the rug over and finds food under it] 

  Fred Flintstone : Oh, no. Stuff from the supermarket. Oh, Wilma! We got another one! Oh, boy.

• Fred Flintstone : Wilma's birthday tomorrow, and I didn't even remember it. What a stoop, huh, Pebbles?

  Pebbles Flintstone : Dada a stoop. Dada a stoop.

  Fred Flintstone : [chuckles]  Okay, okay, you don't have to agree so hard.

• Barney Rubble : Oh, Fred, I got a feeling you haven't told me everything.

  Fred Flintstone : Okay, Barney, I'm going to confide in you. Pebbles took this from the jewelry store. She's a... a kleptomaniac.

  Barney Rubble : Oh, uh, then that makes us even. I got a cousin who's a hypochondriac.

• Fred Flintstone : [with his arms up]  You got to hand it to the Bedrock Police, Barney. They're really alert.

  Barney Rubble : Oh, uh, Fred, uh...

  Fred Flintstone : Look at the way they captured that crook, Baffles.

  Barney Rubble : Hey, uh, Fred, uh...

  Fred Flintstone : Our police force is the finest in the nation.

  Barney Rubble : Fred!

  Fred Flintstone : Huh? Huh?

  Barney Rubble : You can put your arms down now.

• Fred Flintstone : Hey, look. Rocky Pierre's Boutiques. And look at that handbag. I wonder if it's genuine alligator.

  Alligator : Oh, really? And what do I look like, a giraffe?

• Fred Flintstone : Well, let's see. What should we get Mommy for her birthday?

  [Pebbles babbles] 

  Fred Flintstone : Last year, I gave her a mop and a lifetime supply of floor wax.

  [Pebbles sputters and shakes her head, clearly disapproving] 

  Fred Flintstone : I know, I know. That's exactly the way your mother felt about it.

• Clerk : A loaf of rockwheat, one pterodactyl egg, a quart of mammoth milk and... Wow! Ha ha! You sure are stocking up on the groceries today, Mr. Flintstone.

  Fred Flintstone : Huh? What do you mean?

  Clerk : [chuckles]  Look at the load.

  [Fred looks inside of his grocery cart and finds many other grocery items that Pebbles have grabbed] 

  Fred Flintstone : Pebbles, when did you take those things?

  Clerk : Heh. Don't worry about it. Lots of kids do that.

  Fred Flintstone : Uh, well, um, you better put this on my bill, uh, and deliver it, will you?

  Clerk : Sure thing, Mr. Flintstone.

  Fred Flintstone : Pebbles and I have some shopping to do.

  [Pebbles grabs an apple and bites down on it] 

  Fred Flintstone : Pebbles!

  Clerk : [laughs]  Now don't let her get you down, Mr. Flintstone. They all grow out of it. That'll be five cents for the apple.

  Fred Flintstone : [chuckles nervously]  Uh, yeah, uh, uh, just add it to the bill, huh?

• Fred Flintstone : Why, it's you. The gentleman from the store.

  Baffles Gravel : Correction. Inspector Gravel here, of Rockland Yard.

  Barney Rubble : Rockland Yard? Hey, listen, he... he forced me into this. I wanted to go straight. Uh, who... who do I see about turning state's evidence?

  Fred Flintstone : [sarcastically]  Good old Barney, loyal to the end.

• [after the two detectives apprehends Baffles Gravel] 

  Detective #2 : [to Fred and Barney]  How long have you two been working with Baffles?

  Baffles Gravel : I say, do you think I would associate with such obvious mental incompetence?

  Fred Flintstone : Hey, Barney, I think he's referring to us.

  Barney Rubble : I guess he likes us.

• Baffles Gravel : I planted the bracelet in the baby carriage. I'll sign a full confession, but I implore you, don't link me with those two, please!

  Fred Flintstone : Told you he was a gentleman, Barney. He says please.