Dino and Juliet

Dino and Juliet
Details
Show	The Flintstones
Season	5
Episode number	125
Production number	P-125
Original airdate	November 26, 1964 (ABC)
Recording Date	May 21, 1964
Crew
Animated by	Ed Love Hicks Lokey Bill Hutten
Layout	Dick Bickenbach Jack Huber Don Sheppard
Background	Phil Lewis Don Watson Rene Garcia
Written by	Tony Benedict (teleplay)
Chronology
Previous	"The Most Beautiful Baby in Bedrock"
Next	"King for a Night"

"Dino and Juliet" is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the original series, The Flintstones. It aired on November 26, 1964.

Synopsis

Fred gets into a feud with their new neighbor, Mr. Loudrock, and the situation gets worse when Dino falls in love with his dog, Juliet.

Plot

Hostilities begin with Fred responding to loud-mouthed neighbor, Mr. Loudrock's edict that he needs to be quiet on his own property while he is enjoying a backyard sunbath, by activating his lawn sprinkler and spraying water over the fence separating Flintstone and his premises and onto his face.

Loudrock retaliates first by knotting Matilda, the mastodon-sprinkler's trunk, then by throwing a lawn weed onto Fred's head. Fred protests and so, Loudrock lifts and drops the stone fence onto his feet and tickles them! When Fred later learns that he has acquired a guard dog (dinosaur) that bites his hand, he prepares Dino for a confrontation with the enemy's pet, but it is love at first sight when Dino finds that Loudrock's dinosaur is female.

The predictable outcome is Dino and Loudrock's girl dinosaur mate and beget 15 babies, which "in-laws" Fred and Loudrock form an uneasy alliance to give away to the people of Bedrock.

Characters

• Fred Flintstone
• Wilma Flintstone
• Barney Rubble
• Betty Rubble
• Pebbles Flintstone
• Bamm-Bamm Rubble
• Hoppy
• Dino
• Mr. Loudrock (only appearance)
• Juliet (only appearance)
• Dino and Juliet's puppies (only appearance)
• Matilda (only appearance)
• Doctor (only appearance)
• Joe Rockhead (mentioned)
• Mr. Slate (mentioned)

Locations

Bedrock

• Flintstone home
• Musclerock Health Club (only appearance)

Other

• New Rock Shell (mentioned)

Objects

• Hammer
• Punching bag
• Jump rope
• Tennis racquets
• Bone
• Rock Bell Phones

Animals

• Snorkasaurus
• Hopparoo
• Mammoth (as a sprinkler)
• Monkeysaurus
• Sheepasaurus

Vehicles

• Flintmobile

Cast

Alan Reed	Fred Flintstone
Jean Vander Pyl	Wilma Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone
Gerry Johnson	Betty Rubble
Don Messick	Bamm-Bamm Rubble Hoppy
Mel Blanc	Barney Rubble Dino Doctor
Henry Corden	Mr. Loudrock

Notes/Trivia

• This is quite possibly the most irritating episode of The Flintstones, consisting mostly of Fred's verbal and physical sparring with a new and obnoxious neighbor, Mr. Loudrock.
• This episode title is a spoof of Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet.
• In this episode, it's revealed that Fred's feet are extremely ticklish and he dreads having them tickled.

Allusions

• The background music playing while Dino and Juliet secretly meet at night is a romantic version of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
• Fred's feet are shown under Loudrock's wall. This mimics The Wicked Witch of the East from classic 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz.

Errors

• Fred's telephone cord is missing when he and Loudrock are calling their friends about the puppies.
• Juliet has 15 puppies, although you see only 13.