''I Yabba-Dabba Do!'' is a 1993 American

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made-for-television film based on the 1960s animated series, ''

The Flintstones ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions, which takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the R ...

'' and is a continuation of the series’ spin-off, ''

The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that originally aired for one season on CBS Saturday morning from September 11, 1971, to January 1, 1972. With an ensemble voice ...

''. It premiered on

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on February 7, 1993.

Plot

Pebbles, who now works for an ad agency and Bamm-Bamm, who works in a car repair shop, decide to get married after Bamm-Bamm proposes with a poem, in the middle of the street (after Pebbles mistakenly thinks he was trying to dump her when Bamm-Bamm read her a letter that started "Dear Pebbles"). However,

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loses the family savings when he bets it on his team, the Bedrock Brontos, who go on to lose. Fred tries asking for a raise from Mr. Slate, but is dismissed from his job because of his violent temper. Fred enlists Barney's help in earning more money for the

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, but they fail, losing Barney's money to a real estate con artist and becoming more in debt than before. Meanwhile, Wilma's mother

Pearl Slaghoople ''The Flintstones'' is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the Rubbles. It was ...

arrives to help with the wedding. Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm decide to elope in Rock Vegas because of their parents' arguing and fighting. Barney angrily reveals the truth about Fred and Wilma’s nest egg. Wilma, livid at Fred, forces him out of the house. After seeing that even Dino’s mad at him, Fred finally realizes the error of his ways and decides to fix his mistakes. Reconciling with Barney, Wilma, Betty and Pearl, Fred asks Barney to help search for Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. Fred and Barney travel to Rock Vegas looking for Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. They stop at a casino where Barney wins more money. They are attacked by the Wedding Whackers gang after mistaking them for Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm getting married and took a photo of them robbing a newlywed couple. Shortly afterwards they are rescued by Bamm-Bamm for Pebbles. During the chase, the photo of the Wedding Whackers is destroyed, so the four are captured as

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s of being the marriage whackers, along with the real marriage whackers. While in detainment, Fred reveals all the trouble he has gone through to try to help Pebbles with her wedding ceremony which leads the marriage whackers to confess to their crimes, to the dismay of the Whackers' mother. Since Barney made a lot of money on his casino wins on the big wheel, they can use it to pay for the wedding, replace their nest eggs and pay off their debts. Fred, Barney, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm finally reunite with Wilma, Betty and the others. Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm get married, with Fred, Barney, Dino, Wilma and Betty as the happy ones seeing them getting married. Fred gets his job back from Mr Slate and is given a raise after being invited to the wedding. At the end, Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm reveal they are moving to Hollyrock with Barney paying their way with his share of the Rock Vegas winnings, at which Fred gets angry with Barney and they start to fight again.

Voice cast

Henry Corden Henry Corden ( Cohen; January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor, best known for assuming the voice of Fred Flintstone after the death of Alan Reed in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was in a 1965 Hanna ...

Fred Flintstone Fred Flintstone is the main character of the animated sitcom '' The Flintstones'', which aired during prime-time on ABC during the original series' run from 1960 to 1966. Fred is the husband of Wilma Flintstone and father of Pebbles Flintst ...

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Barney Rubble Barney Rubble is a fictional character who appears in the television animated series ''The Flintstones''. He is the diminutive, blond-haired caveman husband of Betty Rubble and adoptive father of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. His best friend is his next ...

and

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Jean Vander Pyl Jean Thurston Vander Pyl (October 11, 1919 – April 10, 1999) was an American voice actress. Although her career spanned many decades, she is best known as the voice of Wilma Flintstone for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon ''The Flintstones''. In ...

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and Martha Slate * B.J. Ward as Betty Rubble *

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as Pearl Slaghoople & Additional Voices *

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Pebbles Flintstone Pebbles Flintstone is a fictional character in the '' Flintstones'' franchise. The red-haired daughter of Fred and Wilma Flintstone, Pebbles was born near the end of the third season. She is most famous in her infant form on ''The Flintstones'', ...

-Rubble * Jerry Houser as

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* John Stephenson as Mr. Slate *

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as Himself *

William Hanna William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, voice actor, and musician who is best known for co-creating ''Tom and Jerry'' and providing the vocal effects for the series' title characters. Alongside Joseph B ...

as Himself * Darryl Phinnessee as Wedding Reception Singer/Piano Player singing "I Yabba Dabba Do" * Randy Crenshaw as The Lodge Patron #2, The Mammoth * Henry Polic II as the Seagull Writer

Nielsen ratings

The film brought in a 12.4/19 rating/share in its original airing and was watched by 22 million viewers. The film came in second place in its timeslot, and ranking 35th out of 94 programs that week.

Home media

Cartoon Network, in association with Turner Home Video, released the movie on VHS on January 14, 1997. Then

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released it on April 21, 1998, and again in 1999 and 2000, but they are now out of print. On October 9, 2012,

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released ''The Flintstones- I Yabba-Dabba Do!'' on

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in region 1 as part of their

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. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available through Warner's online store, Amazon.com and Wal-Mart.com. On August 4, 2020,

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gave it its first wide release as part of the DVD collection ''The Flintstones: 2 Movies & 5 Specials.''

Syndication

This spinoff movie has aired on

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in the 1990s, then ran on

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in the 2000s.

Sequel

'' Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'' was released in 1993. The sequel is considered very difficult to syndicate after its original broadcast and the attempt at releasing it on home media was delayed until 2012, mainly due to the involved suggestive material relating to

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. However, it eventually aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang usually as part of

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special programming in the early 2000s.

References

External links

* {{H-B films 1993 television films 1993 animated films 1993 films 1990s American animated films The Flintstones films Hanna-Barbera animated films Films based on television series Animated films based on animated series Animated films set in the Stone Age American animated television films Films about weddings American animated comedy films Films scored by John Debney Television films based on television series Films directed by William Hanna Films about feuds