Pebbles Flintstone

**Pebbles Wilma Flintstone-Rubble** is the daughter of Fred Flintstone and Wilma Flintstone, granddaughter to Pearl Slaghoople, goddaughter/daughter-in-law to Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble, wife to Bamm-Bamm Rubble and mother to Chip and Roxy Rubble and a fictional character of the original series, *The Flintstones* and the rest of the franchise.

## Background

According to the February 22, 1963, edition of *TV Guide*, Pebbles was born at the Bedrock Rockapedic Hospital on February 22, 10,000 B.C. That particular year was never actually cited within the show itself; most versions of the show put the Flintstones' era as circa 1,000,000 B.C.

As a preteen, Pebbles was an excellent baseball player, which led to a misadventure involving her father, as seen in the prime-time special, *The Flintstones: Little Big League*.

By the time she was a teenager, Pebbles was noted for getting Bamm-Bamm and their friends into various misadventures, mostly due to sharing her dad's penchant for schemes that would inevitably backfire. She and her friends attended Bedrock High School; Pebbles had a catchphrase similar to her father's: "Yabba-Dabba-Doozie!"

As an adult, Pebbles pursued a career in advertising and married Bamm-Bamm. After this, the newly married couple moved to Hollyrock and eventually had fraternal twins, Chip and Roxy.

### **Physical appearance**

#### **Toddler**

In her famous form as a toddler, Pebbles is short with fair skin and red hair and a trademark white bone on her pony-tail hair.

In the original series, *The Flintstones*, she wears a loin cloth with black spots in various colors, including tan in the third through fifth seasons and green in the sixth and final season, and a diaper in various colors including black in the third through fifth seasons and white in the sixth and final season. Also, she mostly wears a green and black-spotted loin cloth and teal diaper in the franchise, including *The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!* for example.

#### **Child/Preteen**

As a 9 year-old child in *A Flintstone Christmas*, *The Flintstones: Little Big League* and a 12 year-old preteen in *The Flintstone Comedy Show* she is growing and is slender, plus her hair style is a little bit larger.

#### **Teenager**

As a 15 year-old teenager in the spin-offs, *The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show* and *The Flintstone Comedy Hour*, she is tall and her hair style is longer with a short pony-tail.

#### **Adult**

As an adult in the three films, *I Yabba-Dabba Do!*, *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby* and *A Flintstone Family Christmas*, she is now finally grown up and her hair style is now shorter and different.

## Appearances (in chronological order)

### **Infant/toddler**

* *The Flintstones*
* *The Man Called Flintstone*
* *The New Fred and Barney Show*
* *The Flintstone Primetime Specials*
	+ *The Flintstones' New Neighbors*
	+ *The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling*
	+ *The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma*
	+ *The Flintstones: Jogging Fever*
* *I Yabba-Dabba Do!* (flashback)
* *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby* (flashback)
* *A Flintstones Christmas Carol*
* *Cave Kids*
* *The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!*
* *The Flintstones: Bring Back Bedrock*

### **Child/preteen**

* *A Flintstone Christmas*
* *The Flintstones: Little Big League*
* *The Flintstones* (1994)
* *Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs*

### **Teenager**

* *The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show*
* *The Flintstone Comedy Hour*
* *Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips* – featuring *Information Please, A Weighty Problem, Fire Alarm, Fire Escape and Driving Guide*
* *The Flintstone Comedy Show*
* *The Flintstone Funnies*

### **Adult**

* *I Yabba-Dabba Do!*
* *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby*
* *A Flintstone Family Christmas*

## Portrayals

### **Television shows and specials**

* **Jean Vander Pyl** - *The Flintstones*, *A Flintstone Christmas*, *The New Fred and Barney Show* and *Fred and Barney Meet the Thing*
* Sally Struthers: *The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show*
* Mickey Stevens: *The Flintstone Comedy Hour*
* Pamela Anderson: *The Flintstones: Little Big League*
* Russi Taylor: *The Flintstone Comedy Show*
* Megan Mullally: *A Flintstone Family Christmas*
* Aria Curzon: *Cave Kids*
* Jessica DiCicco: *Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs* (2020)

### **Films**

* **Jean Vander Pyl:** *The Man Called Flintstone* (1966)
* Megan Mullally: *I Yabba-Dabba Do!* (1993)
* Kath Soucie: *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby* (1993)
* Elaine and Melanie Silver: *The Flintstones* (1994)
* Russi Taylor: *I Yabba-Dabba Do!*, *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby*, *A Flintstones Christmas Carol* and *The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!* (2015)

### **Other**

* Russi Taylor: *The Flintstones: Bedrock Bowling*

## Character marketing

In 1963, when Hanna-Barbera decided to add a baby to the show, their first choice was a boy. When Ideal Toy Company heard this, company executives approached Hanna-Barbera with a proposal to change the baby character to a girl for which the toymaker could create a doll, and Hanna-Barbera agreed.

Pebbles, in her conventional toddler incarnation, is sometimes seen in the various Pebbles Cereal commercials. Pebbles also appears on the packages of "Flintstones" children's vitamins and with Bamm-Bamm on the packages of "Flintstones" toddler vitamins, which are manufactured by Bayer Healthcare.

## Gallery

Images of Pebbles Flintstone, featured in the franchise of *The Flintstones*.

## Notes/Trivia

* Pebbles is most famous in her toddler form.
* In the TV film, *Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby*, Pebbles' daughter, Roxy, has Bamm-Bamm's strength and her son Chip has his grandfather Fred Flintstone's big mouth.
* Despite appearing before Bamm-Bamm did, she still crawls while he can walk. This could mean that Bamm-Bamm is older than Pebbles or it's due to his strength.
* Pebbles is fickle as a baby. Even though she loves her father, she'll easily replace him with someone she likes. For example, Wilma's old cowboy friend, Bony Hurdle comes for a visit, Pebbles prefers him and calls him "Dada" in the episode, *Bedrock Rodeo Round-Up*.
* Pebbles' pet name for Bamm-Bamm as an adult is "Bammer".
* Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm appeared in a cameo with their modern teenage designs as background characters in the 2010 series, *Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated*, in the episode "*Revenge of the Man Crab*".