The X-Ray Story

The X-Ray Story is an episode of The Flintstones.
== Summary ==
Wilma Flintstone can't understand the reason for Dino's sluggish behavior, and refusal to eat Schlump dog food. She threatens to feed it to the cat, whereupon Baby Puss runs out of the house.
When Fred comes home, he takes Dino to the veterinarian to find out what's wrong with him. The good doctor takes Dino's X-ray, and reveals a dinopeptic germ inside him. He tells Fred that all Dino has to do is get plenty of sleep, but that if a human were to contract a dinopeptic germ, he'd rather not talk about it.
Fred and Dino leave, and the nurse writes Fred's name on the X-ray. Before she can file it away, a gust of wind blows it out the window. A policeman sees it, and brings it to the police doctor. Both men mistakenly believe it's Fred's X-ray, so the doctor goes to see Wilma, and tells her she has to keep Fred awake and active for 72 hours to wear the germ out. She and the Rubbles try to prevent Fred from falling asleep by taking him out to dinner and ice skating, among other things. They also ply him with coffee. Barney Rubble even siphons the gasoline out of the car, and tells Fred that they're walking all the way home for exercise.
When they get home, Fred, now fed up with their efforts to keep him awake, tries to fall asleep. They use toothpicks to keep his eyes open, but this fails. Finally, Wilma realizes that they'll just have to tell him the truth, and explains that a doctor told her that if he falls asleep, he's a goner. Upon hearing this, Fred goes into full panic mode, and drinks more coffee, but stops and asks, "Doctor? What doctor?" Wilma tells him about the X-ray, and explains that he has a dinopeptic germ. Fred then tells them that it's Dino's X-ray, not his. The Rubbles apologize for keeping him up all night for nothing, but Wilma tells them to save their apologies for the morning, as both Fred and Dino get their well-deserved sleep.
== Trivia ==
* The nurse would not have been able to write anything on the X-ray output.
* The amount of coffee that Fred drinks is actually unhealthy. People can safely drink between one and five cups, but since caffeine is a stimulant, drinking more than that can cause serious health complications.
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