The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones

***The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones*** is 1987 animated crossover made-for-television film produced by Hanna-Barbera for syndication as part of the *Hanna-Barbera Superstars 10* series, starring *The Jetsons* and *Flintstones* as they cross paths following a time travel experiment gone wrong.

## Plot

In the future, while Elroy is busy working on a time machine, George Jetson comes to Mr. Spacely's office for a serious discussion. Spacely's business rival, Cogswell, has been stealing Spacely's business ideas, putting their jobs in jeopardy, Spacely orders George to go spy on Cogswell where George finds out that Cogswell's robot computer, S.A.R.A., has been seducing the Spacely robot computer, R.U.D.I., into leaking Mr. Spacely's secrets. George tries to report to Spacely, but R.U.D.I. won't let him.

In the Stone Age, Wilma and Betty are trying to convince Fred Flintstone to have their vacation in Honolurock. Fred ignores their advances and tells Barney Rubble that he plans to take the girls someplace better. Mr. Slate wants Fred and Barney to work a late shift due, but instead they go to a poker game, hoping to use the winnings to go on holiday. Slate is at the poker game however, so Fred and Barney try disguising themselves. Fred loses to Slate, and he and Barney are exposed, so Slate fires them.

Back in the future, Elroy finishes his time machine. The Jetsons decide to use it to take a trip to the 25th century to relax. Right before Elroy gets the machine working, his dog Astro accidentally sets the switch to "Past".

With no job, the Flintstones and Rubbles are forced to settle for a camping holiday. As Fred and Barney set up the tent, the "Jetsons" arrive from the future. Fred and George eventually communicate and the families become friends. Fred is amazed by George's futuristic gadgets and decides to use them to help Mr. Slate at the competitions at the upcoming company picnic. Fred introduces George to Slate, claiming George is a distant cousin. Slate is reluctant at first to trust George, but since Mr. Tarpit's cheating has set him back in the competitions, Slate accepts their help in exchange for giving them their jobs back. George and Fred use George's technology to win the events. However, during the last event, which consists of catching a "pigasaurus" in the mud, Astro and Dino's continued chase scares the pigasaurus enough for it to jump into Tarpit's arms, making him the winner of the picnic. Enraged, Mr. Slate refuses to hire Fred and Barney again.

While Mr. Spacely continues to vent over his failing business, Henry and Rosie assemble a 'time machine retriever' to bring the Jetsons back. But when they turn it on the time machine returns with the Flintstones instead. At first, Henry, Rosie, and Mac mistake the newcomers for the Jetsons, and so does Spacely. But upon seeing they really are cavemen, Spacely introduces them to the press.

Stuck in the past, George asks Mr. Slate for a job. Slate initially rejects, but when Tarpit offers George work, Slate immediately makes George his partner. George becomes famous. Using their new found fame and riches, the Jetsons buy multiple local businesses and are soon overwhelmed. Mr. Spacely makes Fred the spokesman for his company, but R.U.D.I. leaks this information to S.A.R.A. When Spacely is introducing Fred to some important investors, Cogswell shows up and introduces Barney. Fred and Barney fight jealously. Meanwhile, Rosie requests R.U.D.I. to help her and Henry try to fix the time machine to find the Jetsons. S.A.R.A. arrives and demands that R.U.D.I. get rid of Rosie, but R.U.D.I. agrees that he'll do whatever he can to get the Jetsons back and leaves S.A.R.A. for good. They fix the time machine and Rosie is transported to the Stone Age where she finds her family.

Now able to return home the Jetsons leave, taking the Flintmobile with them, after Judy says goodbye to a teen idol. Mr. Spacely concocts a plan to use the Flintmobile as a model for futuristic replicas, and his business of selling Stone Age style cars becomes successful, much to Cogswell's dismay. Fred and Barney repair their friendship, and before they return home, George offers his partnership with Mr. Slate to give them their jobs back. Just as they are about to leave, Elroy tells them the time machine is broken and cannot be repaired. However, they're able to return to the Stone Age because their car absorbed the time machine's "quadrapotents". The Jetsons say goodbye to their friends, the Flintstones. And Fred echos his famous catchphrase "Yabba dabba doo!"

## Voice Cast (in alphabetical order)

* Jon Bauman - Iggy
* Mel Blanc - Barney Rubble, Dino and Mr. Spacely
* Daws Butler - Elroy Jetson, W.C. Cogswell and Henry Orbit
* Hamilton Camp - Turk Tarpit
* Henry Corden - Fred Flintstone
* Julie Dees - Betty Rubble, Jet Rivers, Investor, Panelist, and Harem Girl
* Don Messick - Astro, R.U.D.I, Mac, Announcer, Store Manager and Robot
* George O'Hanlon - George Jetson
* Penny Singleton - Jane Jetson
* John Stephenson - Mr. Slate, Moderator, Investor and Poker Player
* Brenda Vaccaro - Didi
* Jean Vander Pyl - Wilma Flintstone, Rosie and Mrs. Spacely
* Janet Waldo - Judy Jetson and S.A.R.A
* Frank Welker - Dan Rathmoon, Johnny and Mr. Goldbrick

### **Additonal voices**

* Patric Zimmerman
* Catherine Thompson
* Howard Morris

## Home media

The movie has been released on VHS four times, first by Worldvision Home Video, then by Kid Klassics (using the same cassette as the previous release) in 1987, its parent company, GoodTimes Home Video, in 1989, and by Warner Home Video on July 3, 2001. On June 14, 2011, Warner Archive released *The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones* on DVD in NTSC picture format with all region encoding, for the very first time as part of their Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release available exclusively through Warner's online store and Amazon.com

On August 24, 2017, Boomerang's streaming service added the film to its Video On Demand.

## Reception

The film itself received a mixed to positive response, garnering a 6.5/10 rating on IMDb.

## Video game

A 1994 Philips CD-i game with a similar premise called *Flintstones/Jetsons Time Warp* was released in Europe. "A time machine warps Fred Flintstone into the future and George Jetson into the past!"

## Follow-up film

* *Rockin' with Judy Jetson* was released in 1988.
* *The Flintstone Kids' "Just Say No" Special* was released in 1988.

## Videos

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