Editing Pebbles Flintstone

{{Short description|Fictional character in The Flintstones}}
{{Infobox character
| full_name = Pebbles Wilma Flintstone-Rubble
| species = [[Caveman|Cavewoman]]
| gender = Female
| occupation = None (as a baby/child/teenager)<br>Advertising agency executive (''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'')<ref name="yabba">''I Yabba Dabba Do'', 1993, ABC</ref>
| series = [[The Flintstones]]
| image = Pebbles Flintstone.png
| image_size = 155px
| caption = Pebbles Flintstone as a baby
| first_major = [[The Flintstones]]
| first_minor = The Blessed Event
| first_date = February 22, 1963
| last = 
| creator = [[Hanna-Barbera]]
| lbl1 = Voiced by
| data1 = '''Baby'''<br />[[Jean Vander Pyl]] (1963–1994)<br />Rebecca Page (1965)<ref name="Christmas Records">{{cite web|title=Hanna-Barbera "HBR" Christmas Records|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hanna-barbera-hbr-christmas-records/|website=cartoonresearch.com|access-date=11 November 2020}}</ref><br />[[Lucille Bliss]] (''[[Strong Kids, Safe Kids]]'')<br />[[Robyn Moore AM|Robyn Moore]] (Green's commercials)<br />[[Russi Taylor]] (1993–2019)<br />[[Aria Curzon]] (''[[Cave Kids]]'')<br />[[Tress MacNeille]] (''[[Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law]]'')<br />'''Child'''<br />Jean Vander Pyl (''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]'')<br />Pamela Anderson (''[[The Flintstones: Little Big League]]'')<br />[[Jessica DiCicco]] (''[[Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs]]'')<br />'''Teenager'''<br />[[Sally Struthers]] (1971–1972)<br />Mickey Stevens (1972)<br />[[Janet Waldo]] (1976; ''[[Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips]]'')<ref name="Borrow Book">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDVcvXrdVfU FLINTSTONES FILMSTRIP SOUNDTRACK Barney Borrows a Book ALAN REED MEL BLANC and SALLY STRUTHERS]</ref><br />[[Patricia Parris]] (1979, 1980, 1982; ''Hanna-Barbera Educational Filmstrips'')<br />Russi Taylor (1980–2019)<br />[[Grey DeLisle]] (''[[Johnny Bravo]]'')<br />'''Adult'''<br />[[Megan Mullally]] (''[[I Yabba-Dabba Do!]]'' and ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'')<br />Kath Soucie (''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'')<br />[[Elizabeth Banks]] (''Bedrock'')
| lbl2 = Portrayed by
| data2 = Elaine Silver & Melanie Silver (1994 film)
| family = [[Fred Flintstone]] (father)<br />[[Wilma Flintstone]] (mother)<br />Ed Flintstone (paternal grandfather)<ref name="kids">''The Flintstone Kids'', 1986-1988, ABC</ref><br />Edna Flintstone (paternal grandmother)<ref name="kids" /><br />[[Pearl Slaghoople]] (maternal grandmother)<br />Ricky Slaghoople (maternal grandfather)<ref name="kids" /><br />Mica Slaghoople (maternal aunt)<ref name="kids" /><br />Mickey Slaghoople (maternal aunt)<ref name="kids" /><br />Jerry Slaghoople (maternal uncle)<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109813/ ''The Flintstones'' (1994 live-action movie)]</ref><br />[[Barney Rubble]] (godfather/father-in-law)<br />[[Betty Rubble]] (godmother/mother-in-law)<br />Stoney Flintstone (adopted brother; ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]'')<ref>''A Flintstone Family Christmas'', 1993, ABC</ref>
| spouse = [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]] (husband)<ref name="yabba">''I Yabba Dabba Do'', 1993, ABC</ref>
| children = Roxy Rubble (daughter; ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'')<ref name="hollyrock">''Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby'', 1993, ABC</ref><br />Chip Rubble (son; ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]'')<ref name="hollyrock" />
}}
'''Pebbles Flintstone''' is a fictional character in the ''[[The Flintstones|Flintstones]]'' franchise. The red-haired daughter of [[Fred Flintstone|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]]'', but has also appeared at various other ages, including as a teenager on the early 1970s [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''[[The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show]]'' and as an adult in three [[television film]]s. She spent most of her time with [[Bamm-Bamm Rubble]], her childhood best friend whom she eventually marries.<ref name="hollyrock" />

==Fictional character biography==
According to the February 22, 1963, edition of ''[[TV Guide]]'', Pebbles was born at the [[Bedrock (The Flintstones)|Bedrock]] Rockapedic Hospital on February 22, 10,000 BC. That particular year was never actually cited within the show itself; most versions of the show put the Flintstones' era as around 1,000,000 BC.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

As an infant, Pebbles quickly became lifelong best friends with her next-door neighbor, Bamm-Bamm Rubble.<ref>"Little Bamm Bamm," ''The Flintstones'', season 4</ref>

As a pre-teen, Pebbles was an excellent baseball player, which led to a misadventure involving her father, as seen in the 1978 primetime special ''[[The Flintstones: Little Big League]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 |date=1989 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2198-2 |access-date=27 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/154/mode/2up |pages=155–156}}</ref>

By the time she was a teenager, Pebbles began dating Bamm-Bamm and was noted for getting their friends into various misadventures, mostly due to sharing her dad's penchant for schemes that would inevitably backfire (such as causing a strike by Bedrock's city employees when she was elected honorary mayor for a week<ref>"Mayor May Not," ''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'', CBS</ref>). Her friends and she attended [[Bedrock High School]]; Pebbles had a catchphrase similar to her father's: "Yabba-Dabba-Doozie!"<ref>''The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show'', 1971-1972, CBS</ref>

As an adult, Pebbles pursued a career in [[advertising]] and married Bamm-Bamm.<ref name="yabba" /> After this, the newly married couple moved to Hollyrock, a fictional, prehistoric version of [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]]. They eventually had a son named Chip and a daughter named Roxy, who were [[Twin|fraternal twins]].<ref name="hollyrock" />

==Chronology==
Throughout the different iterations of the Flintstones series, Pebbles' age has varied significantly, depicted as an adolescent in one spin-off and reverting to an infant in the next. Listed approximately in order of release, Pebbles has appeared in the following Flintstones incarnations:

===Infant/toddler===
* ''[[The Flintstones]]''
* ''[[The Man Called Flintstone]]''
* ''[[The New Fred and Barney Show]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones' New Neighbors]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: Fred's Final Fling]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: Wind-Up Wilma]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: Jogging Fever]]''
* ''[[A Flintstones Christmas Carol]]''
* ''[[Cave Kids]]''

===Child/preteen===
* ''[[A Flintstone Christmas]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones: Little Big League]]''
* ''[[The Flintstones Movie]]'' (live-action)
* ''[[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!]]''<ref>{{cite news|title= Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm Plan Stone Age Wedding in Bedrock |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1993-02-06|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-06-ca-892-story.html|access-date=2010-09-10|first=Charles|last=Solomon}}</ref> 
* ''[[Hollyrock-a-Bye Baby]]''
* ''[[A Flintstone Family Christmas]]''

==Character marketing==
In 1963, when [[Hanna-Barbera]] decided to add a baby to the show, their first choice was a boy named Fred Junior. 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.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}

Pebbles, in her conventional toddler incarnation, is sometimes seen in the various Post [[Fruity Pebbles]] and [[Cocoa Pebbles]] [[cereal]] commercials that have been produced over the years. 
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 (formerly Miles Laboratories).

==Portrayal==
* Infant Pebbles was voiced by [[Jean Vander Pyl]], who also voiced her mother, Wilma.<ref>{{cite news|title= Jean Vander Pyl; Cartoon Voice of Wilma Flintstone |work= The Los Angeles Times|date=1999-04-15|url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-15-mn-27591-story.html|access-date=2010-09-10}}</ref>
* Pebbles has been voiced over the years by [[Sally Struthers]], Mickey Stevens, [[Russi Taylor]], [[Megan Mullally]], [[Tress MacNeille]], [[Kath Soucie]], [[Pamela Anderson]], [[Aria Curzon]], [[Grey DeLisle]], and [[Jessica DiCicco]].
* Pebbles appeared in the [[The Flintstones (film)|1994 live-action ''Flintstones'' movie]], where she was played by twins [[Elaine and Melanie Silver]].
* Pebbles appeared in the couch gag for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Kamp Krusty]]".
* Pebbles appeared in the ''[[I Am Weasel]]'' episode "I Am My Lifetime" as an old woman along with Hanna-Barbera elderly characters.
* Pebbles appeared in the ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Quagmire's Baby]]", during a police chase.
* Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm appeared in a cameo as background characters in the 2010 series ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'', in the episode "Revenge of the Man Crab", portrayed as teenagers.
* Infant Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm have cameo appearances in the 2020 ''[[Animaniacs (2020 TV series)|Animaniacs]]'' revival segment "Suffragette City".
* Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm make a cameo in the ''Looney Tunes'' film ''[[Space Jam: A New Legacy]]''.
* Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm make a cameo in the ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'' episode "Warner Bros. 100 Anniversary".

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