Dino (The Flintstones)

Dinosaur character in The Flintstones

Fictional character

Dino

The Flintstones character
First appearance|

* "No Help Wanted"
* The Flintstones
* October 21, 1960

Created by| Hanna-Barbera
Voiced by| Mel Blanc (1960–1989, 1994, 2000)
Jerry Mann (1961)
Frank Welker (1981–2001)
Hal Smith (1984)[1]
Keith Scott (1992, 1996; Green's commercial, Wonderland Sydney commercials)[2][3][4]
Jeff Bergman (1994; Flintstones/Jetsons: Timewarp)[5]
Frank Ward (1996; A Flintstones Motown Christmas)[6]
Mark Mangini (2000–2001)[7]
Seth Green (2011; Robot Chicken)[8]
J Todd (2014)[9]
Eric Bauza (2015–present)
In-universe information
Species| Snorkasaurus
Gender| Male
Spouse| Juliet
Children| 15

Dino ( /ˈdiːnoʊ/) is a fictional character featured in the Hanna-Barbera animated television series The Flintstones, and its spin-offs and feature films. He is a pet dinosaur of the series' main characters, Fred and Wilma Flintstone.[10] Dino debuted in the opening credits of the pilot episode of The Flintstones, but is not mentioned by name until the first season's fourth episode, "No Help Wanted". Dino was voiced by voiceover actor Mel Blanc from 1960 to 1989 and (through archival recordings) in 1994 and 2000.[11]

## Background

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In the series, Dino serves the role of a pet dog, and exhibits the characteristics of a typical domesticated canine.

Dino is a prosauropod-like dinosaur, a Snorkasaurus. Dino is a relatively small dinosaur, only slightly larger than the humans of his time, smaller than mammoths that appear in the series, and much smaller than the numerous sauropods that appear as work animals in the series (a full-sized sauropod appears as a crane in the opening sequence, and oversized "bronto ribs" the size of an automobile are seen in the closing credits).

A recurring gag in the series is Fred coming home from work, and Dino gets excited and knocks him down and licks his face. But no matter how hard he tries to the contrary, Fred usually gives in to Dino's ticklish and wet doglike kisses. Dino frequently exhibits human emotions, nearly "talking", and can also be moved to anger, at which point he snarls and snaps, especially when Fred tries to lie either to or in front of him, which he can always tell. He also loves to play with Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, the Flintstones' and Rubbles' respective offspring; these characters are introduced in the middle part of the series. In the episode "Hop Happy" Dino meets Hoppy, the Rubbles' new pet hopperoo. At first, Dino and Fred get scared, thinking he's a giant mouse, but they eventually become best friends after Hoppy helps Dino rescue their owners in an accident.

Although he is usually immune, Dino does take a couple of brief stabs at romance. The first comes in the episode, "Dino Goes Hollyrock", which originally aired on September 14, 1962. In it, Dino falls in love with female TV star sauropod "Sassie" (an obvious takeoff on "Lassie") and then becomes her co-star on her TV show. However, after she removes her false eyelashes and wig, he is shocked that she turned out to be an ugly, talented sauropod that could be beautified. The second comes in the episode, "Dino and Juliet", which originally aired on November 26, 1964. In it, Dino falls in love with the new neighbor's female sauropod (Juliet). Their romance, which results in the birth of 15 puppies, helps end the feud between Fred and the new neighbor, Mr. Loudrock.

Although Dino had already appeared earlier in the series' first season (such as the episode "No Help Wanted" and "Arthur Quarry's Dance Class" - these episodes were made after the "Snorkasaurus Hunter" but aired before), Dino is portrayed quite differently in the first season's 18th episode "The Snorkasaurus Hunter". In this episode, Fred and his friend Barney Rubble are on a camping trip, trying to hunt a snorkasaurus. Unlike Dino's other appearances, the snorkasaurus in this episode speaks and behaves toward Fred and Barney in a manner similar to comedian Phil Silvers. At the end of the episode, the Flintstones take in the dinosaur; the snorkasaurus (called "Dino" at one point by Wilma) is seen acting like a butler for the Flintstones: answering the telephone, dusting, and ironing. Dino in this episode is also slightly larger than in other appearances, walks on his hind legs, and has purple skin instead of his varying pink-to-red color, which seems to vary from episode-to-episode during this early period, but is permanently purple after this episode. After this episode, Dino is permanently portrayed as behaving in a doglike fashion.[12][13]

Dino's origins are explained in the episode "Dino Disappears", which originally aired on October 10, 1963. In it, Wilma states that Dino followed Fred home because Fred was playing with him. Fred counters by saying he was merely trying to chase him away. This seems to refer to the episode "Snorkasaurus Hunter" where Fred and Barney's playing was actually hunting him down and Dino's following him was actually Dino sneaking onto the car.

Post-original series, Dino appears in most of the series' spin-offs, except during the first season of The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. There, Dino is replaced by Wooly, a dwarf mammoth, as the Flintstone family's pet. However, starting with the following series The Flintstone Comedy Hour, Dino once again becomes a regular character.

In the 1980–1982 series The Flintstone Comedy Show, Dino is featured in his own segment, "Dino and Cavemouse", where Dino tries futilely to capture a pesky mouse in the Flintstone household. The segments bear some similarities to classic cat-and-mouse cartoons such as Tom and Jerry.

Dino later appears as a puppy in 1986–1988 series The Flintstone Kids (including his own segment, "Dino's Dilemmas"), as Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm's babysitter in the short-lived 1996 series Cave Kids, and also starred in his own two 7-minute short cartoons, Dino: Stay Out! (1995) and Dino: The Great Egg-Scape (1997).

In 2020, Dino is featured in the new series Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs. Similar to Cave Kids, the show focuses on the lives of Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm, who are joined by Dino for many adventures in the Stone Age.[14]

## Other media

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Dino statue (right), along with Fred Flintstone (left).

Dino appears in both live-action movies. He isn't seen very often in the first film, The Flintstones (1994). Dino was created with both computer-generated imagery and as a puppet from Jim Henson's Creature Shop, while archival audio of Mel Blanc from the original series was used to serve as Dino's voice.[citation needed]

However, in the second film, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000), Dino has more screen time; he appears here as a puppy. Fred won Dino's egg as a prize after winning a carnival game. Initially, Fred didn't think much of the egg as he felt that the creatures inside never live long. On a ferris wheel, just as Fred and Wilma are about to kiss, Dino's egg hatches and he takes an immediate attachment to Fred, believing him to be his mother. (This, of course, contradicts Dino's origin in the original series.)

Dino made non-speaking cameos on Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law in the episodes "The Dabba Don" and "Peanut Puberty".

## Filmography

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### Television shows

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* The Flintstones (1960–1966)
* The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1974)
* Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–1978)
* The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980)
* The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–1982)
* The Flintstone Funnies (1982–1984)
* The Flintstone Kids (1986–1988)
* What a Cartoon! – featuring Dino: Stay Out! (1995) and Dino: The Great Egg-Scape (1997)
* Cave Kids (1996)
* Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs (2020)

### Films and specials

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* The Man Called Flintstone (1966)
* Energy: A National Issue (1977)
* A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
* The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)
* The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling (1980)
* The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
* The Flintstones: Jogging Fever (1981)
* The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
* The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special (1988)
* A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration: 50 Years of Hanna-Barbera (1989)
* I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
* Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
* A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)
* The Flintstones (1994)
* A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
* The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
* The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)
* The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015)

## Portrayal

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Dino's barks and sound effects were provided by Mel Blanc for 29 years, from 1960 to 1989; archive audio of Blanc was used for Dino in the 1994 live-action film and its prequel in 2000. Jerry Mann provided the speaking voice of Dino in the 1961 episode "The Snorkasaurus Hunter". Frank Welker provided Dino's vocal effects for 20 years, from The Flintstones: Jogging Fever in 1981, until The Flintstones: On the Rocks in 2001. Mark Mangini provided additional vocals effects for The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas and shared vocal duties with Welker for The Flintstones: On the Rocks. Eric Bauza provided the vocal effects for the 2015 direct-to-video The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! and the 2020 spin-off Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs.

## References

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1. ^ "Strong Kids, Safe Kids". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-07-23. "Dino's usual voice actor isn't listed, but he makes noises and has only one line of dialogue."
2. ^ "Greens 1992 Ad". YouTube. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
3. ^ "Wonderland". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
4. ^ "Keith Scott". Blah Artists. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
5. ^ "Flintstones Jetsons: Timewarp". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
6. ^ "Various – A Flintstones Motown Christmas (1996, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
7. ^ "The Voice of Dino". markmangini.com. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
8. ^ "Voice of Dino in Robot Chicken". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
9. ^ "Flintstones Slot Machine from WMS Gaming". YouTube. 5 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
10. ^ Blake, Heidi (2010-09-30). "The Flintstones' 50th anniversary: 15 things you don't know". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2010-10-01.
11. ^ Sennett, Ted (1989). The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity. Studio. p. 83\. ISBN 978-0670829781. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
12. ^ "The Snorkasaurus Hunter". IMDb. 27 January 1961.
13. ^ "Webrock - the Flintstones FAQ". Archived from the original on 2012-05-13. Retrieved 2013-01-05.
14. ^ Amidi, Amid (May 24, 2018). "Boomerang Announces 2 New Streaming Series: 'Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!' and 'Scooby-Doo And Guess Who?'". Cartoon. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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Characters|

| The Flintstones|

* Fred Flintstone
* Wilma Flintstone
* Pebbles Flintstone
* Dino

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The Rubbles|

* Barney Rubble
* Betty Rubble
* Bamm-Bamm Rubble

Other characters|

* Captain Caveman
* The Frankenstones
* The Great Gazoo
* Shmoo

Television
series|

* The Flintstones (1960–1966)
* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972)
* The Flintstone Comedy Hour / The Flintstone Comedy Show (1972–1974)
* Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–1978)
* The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980)
* The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–1981)
* The Flintstone Funnies (1982–1984)
* The Flintstone Kids (1986–1988)
* Dino (part of What a Cartoon!)
* Stay Out! (1995)
* The Great Egg-Scape (1997)
* Cave Kids (1996)
* The Rubbles (2002)
* Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs (2021–2022)
* Jellystone! (2021-present)

Television specials
and DTV films|

* Alice in Wonderland or What's a Nice Kid like You Doing in a Place like This? (1966)
* The Flintstones on Ice (1973)
* Energy: A National Issue (1977)
* A Flintstone Christmas (1977)
* Hanna-Barbera's All-Star Comedy Ice Revue (1978)
* The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)
* The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979)
* The Flintstone Primetime Specials
* The Flintstones' New Neighbors (1980)
* Fred's Final Fling (1980)
* Wind-Up Wilma (1981)
* Jogging Fever (1981)
* Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
* Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper (1982)
* The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration (1986)
* The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones (1987)
* The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special (1988)
* Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (1989)
* I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993)
* Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby (1993)
* A Flintstone Family Christmas (1993)
* A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
* The Flintstones: On the Rocks (2001)
* The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown! (2015)

Theatrical films|

| Animated|

* The Man Called Flintstone (1966)

|

Live-action|

* The Flintstones (1994)
* The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

Video games|

* Yabba Dabba Doo! (1986)
* The Flintstones (1988)
* The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy (1991)
* The Flintstones (1993)
* The Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (1993)
* The Treasure of Sierra Madrock (1994)
* The Flintstones (1994/1995)
* Bedrock Bowling (2000)
* Big Trouble in Bedrock (2001)

Comics|

* List of comics book titles
* The Flintstones (2016)

Other media|

* "Meet the Flintstones"
* Bedrock City theme park
* Arizona
* British Columbia
* South Dakota
* Pinball
* The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera (1990)
* "Bedrock Anthem"

See also|

* Bedrock
* Flintstone House
* Flintstones Chewable Vitamins
* Pebbles (cereal)
* Hanna-Barbera
* The Jetsons
* The Roman Holidays
* The Honeymooners
* "BedRock"
* SiIvaGunner
* Vinesauce

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Original
productions|

| 1950s debuts|

* The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957–1960)
* The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1961)
* The Quick Draw McGraw Show (1959–1961)

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1960s debuts|

* The Flintstones (1960–1966)
* The Yogi Bear Show (1961–1962)
* Top Cat (1961–1962)
* The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series (1962–1963)
* The Jetsons (1962–1987)
* The Magilla Gorilla Show (1963–1967)
* Jonny Quest (1964–1965)
* The Peter Potamus Show (1964–1966)
* The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show (1965–1968)
* Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968)
* Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966–1968)
* The Space Kidettes (1966–1967)
* Birdman and the Galaxy Trio (1967–1969)
* The Herculoids (1967–1968)
* Shazzan (1967–1969)
* Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967–1969)
* The Fantastic Four (1967–1968)
* Samson & Goliath (1967–1968)
* The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (1968–1970)
* The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–1969)
* The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1968–1969)
* Wacky Races (1968–1970)
* The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971)
* Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971)
* Cattanooga Cats (1969–1971)
* Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1978)

1970s debuts|

* Where's Huddles? (1970)
* Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1971)
* The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1971–1972)
* Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–1972)
* The Funky Phantom (1971–1972)
* The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
* Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974)
* The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972–1973)
* The Roman Holidays (1972)
* Sealab 2020 (1972)
* The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974)
* Speed Buggy (1973)
* Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids (1973)
* Yogi's Gang (1973)
* Super Friends (1973–1974)
* Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–1975)
* Inch High, Private Eye (1973–1974)
* Jeannie (1973–1975)
* The Addams Family (1973)
* Hong Kong Phooey (1974)
* Devlin (1974)
* These Are the Days (1974–1975)
* Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–1975)
* Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch (1974–1975)
* The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show (1975–1977)
* The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–1977)
* Clue Club (1976–1977)
* Jabberjaw (1976–1978)
* Taggart's Treasure (1976)
* Fred Flintstone and Friends (1977–1978)
* Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977–1979)
* CB Bears (1977–1978)
* The Skatebirds (1977–1978)
* The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–1978)
* The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983)
* Yogi's Space Race (1978–1979)
* Challenge of the Superfriends (1978)
* The New Fred and Barney Show (1979)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979)
* Casper and the Angels (1979–1980)
* The New Shmoo (1979)
* Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1980)
* The World's Greatest SuperFriends (1979–1980)
* Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980)

1980s debuts|

* The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–1982)
* The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980–1982)
* Space Stars (1981–1982)
* The Kwicky Koala Show (1981–1982)
* Trollkins (1981–1982)
* The Smurfs (1981–1989)
* The Flintstone Funnies (1982–1984)
* The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–1983)
* Jokebook (1982)
* The Gary Coleman Show (1982)
* Shirt Tales (1982)
* Pac-Man (1982)
* The New Scooby Doo Mysteries (1983–1985)
* The Biskitts (1983–1985)
* Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–1985)
* Paw Paws (1985–1986)
* Yogi's Treasure Hunt (1985–1988)
* Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986)
* The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–1986)
* The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985)
* The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible (1985–1992)
* The New Adventures of Jonny Quest (1986–1987)
* Pound Puppies (1986–1987)
* The Flintstone Kids (1986–1987)
* A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991)
* The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988)
* The New Yogi Bear Show (1988)
* Fantastic Max (1988)
* The Further Adventures of SuperTed (1989)
* Paddington Bear (1989)

1990s debuts|

* Tom & Jerry Kids (1990–1994)
* Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990–1996)
* The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–1993)
* Yo Yogi! (1991)
* Fish Police (1992)
* The Addams Family (1992)
* Droopy, Master Detective (1993–1994)
* The New Adventures of Captain Planet (1993–1996)
* SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron (1993–1994)
* 2 Stupid Dogs (1993–1995)
* Dumb and Dumber (1995–1996)
* Cave Kids (1996)
* The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996–1997)

Cartoon Network
productions|

* What a Cartoon! (1995–1997)
* Dexter's Laboratory (1996–1997)
* Johnny Bravo (1997–2002)
* Cow and Chicken (1997–1999)
* I Am Weasel (1997–2000)
* The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2002)

Founders|

* William Hanna
* Joseph Barbera
* George Sidney

Amusement
attractions|

* Hanna-Barbera Land
* The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera

Comics|

* Hanna-Barbera Beyond

Other media|

* Films
* Video games

Related articles|

* Tom and Jerry
* Characters
* List of Scooby-Doo media
* Ruby-Spears
* 1982 animators' strike
* Jellystone!

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