Multiple Dinos?

[Jack1000]

Hi,

Is it true that there were 3 Dino's on the series? The first one is a different color and is not called Dino at all--but a Snorkasaures? The next Dino is a different color than the regular Dino but I think is still called Dino. Than the 3rd Dino, is the regular Dino that was used for most of the series. Please clarify this. Thanks!

[mamamiasweetpeaches]

When they "found" Dino he could talk!!!!Then in later episodes he couldnt,except for"BowBow...bowwowowowwow!!!!"Hope this helps.

[Mysty Eyes]

I noticed that in the opening credits of the first season, the show had a different song AND a different colored Dino. That Dino was a blue or teal color.

I've never noticed whether or not Dino was that color in any episode though.

[W.J. Griffin]

Dino was a blue-green color only in the opening credits of "The Flintstones's" first two seasons...the "Rise-And-Shine" opening just recently restored to the show's prime-time broadcasts on Cartoon Network.

As for multiple Dinos: Dino first appeared in the episode "No Help Wanted" (21 October 1960), as the purple, spotted barking-dog character we're all familiar with. What confuses people is the subsequent episode "The Snorkasaurus Hunter" (27 January 1961), in which our heroes go into the forest to hunt game and meet a Bilko-esque talking Snorkasaurus who outwits Fred and Barney, Bugs Bunny style, for most of the episode before charming Wilma and Betty, who adopt the creature. The epilogue shows the Snorkasaurus, now named "Dino" helping Wilma around the house with the housework.

Interestingly, Dino's appearances during the earlier episodes is sporadic, at best, and H-B's dinos-as-dogs edict wasn't followed as slavishly as one would think, as there are episodes where actual dogs do appear (The Golf Champion, The Hypnotist)...and in a number of episodes Fred actually refers to Dino as a "dog"...so for all intents and purposes, Dino IS a dog. The "talking Dino" episode is obviously out of continuity, and should not be taken as gospel.

[B&W fan]

Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
The "talking Dino" episode is obviously out of continuity, and should not be taken as gospel.

Exactly! I prefer to think of that episode as having taken place in a different universe - "Star Trek" style, so to speak.

B&W "if not for that episode, everything else regarding Dino is in continuity" fan

[W.J. Griffin]

There are a lot of elements in "The Flinstones" that can be considered "out of continuity" once you think about it...the various "Mr. Slates" immediately come to mind. Even the name of Fred's employment changed from episode to episode...and the actual address of the Flinstones varied from time to time as well.

The task of trying to stick a coherent continuity to an animated series, especially one that was produced in the early sixties by a group of animation vets who never really had to worry about that type of continuity in the first place, can be particularly frustrating to modern-day viewers...but sometimes that's when it becomes the most fun!

[passionsfan79]

there was a talking dino to where they bring him home as a pet where fred and barney try to get him something like that

[Joeytrom]

The talking dino episode in January 1961 could have taken place before the first Dino apearance in October 1960, just aired out of order.

[W.J. Griffin]

While it is true that a lot of "The Flintstones" episodes were shown out of sequence, "No Help Wanted" was made...and broadcast...before "The Snorkasaurus Hunter". Even in syndication these episodes are played "out of sequence", even though logic demands that "Snorkasaurus" should precede "No Help", but this just reaffirms my earlier post about the "Talking Dino" story being out of continuity.

But, that IS just my opinion, as Hanna and Barbera never said anything about these continuity gaffes one way or the other.(and the story of Dino's origin has been contradicted so many times in so many places, it's hard to know what version to buy.)

So, if everyone wants to belive "Snorkasaurus" as Dino's true origin, far be it for me to tell you otherwise!!

[Pug Lover]

Originally posted by W.J. Griffin
While it is true that a lot of "The Flintstones" episodes were shown out of sequence, "No Help Wanted" was made...and broadcast...before "The Snorkasaurus Hunter". Even in syndication these episodes are played "out of sequence", even though logic demands that "Snorkasaurus" should precede "No Help", but this just reaffirms my earlier post about the "Talking Dino" story being out of continuity.

But, that IS just my opinion, as Hanna and Barbera never said anything about these continuity gaffes one way or the other.(and the story of Dino's origin has been contradicted so many times in so many places, it's hard to know what version to buy.)

So, if everyone wants to belive "Snorkasaurus" as Dino's true origin, far be it for me to tell you otherwise!!

Not to mention,"The Swimming Pool"was in fact the very first episode made.But"The Flintstone Flyer"was the very first episode aired.This was apparently because of how "The Swimming Pool" has Fred and Barney quarrelling throughout most of the episode.Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera had felt that not a good way to start a series.However,you could tell by the appearance of the characters,that"No Help Wanted"is actually an older episode than"The Snorkasaurus Hunters".Besides,how could Dino possibly have gone from his snorkasaurus personality to that of a barking house pet?It seems that the cartoonists couldn't make up their minds who Dino was going to be.Or maybe they had forgotten about the Dino they had introduced in "No Help Wanted"when they first aired"The Snorkasaurus Hunters".

[Steve Carras]

Also of note is the Dino appearance a few episodes BEFORE SNORKASUARUS HUNTER--in ARTHUR QUARRY'SD DANCE, which may have been made in reverse order coming a few epeisodes before*), in addition to the NO HELP WANTED one.

*the one broadcast right before SNOKRASUARUS was THE BIG BANK ROBBERY.Dino was not in that one)


ALl i have to say:
Bowowowowowowowowow!

[slackermonkey]

They're all Dino. It's just an evolution of the character.

[Steve Carras]

Originally Posted by slackermonkey

They're all Dino. It's just an evolution of the character.

That seems like the best explanation of all.

[slackermonkey]

Thanks.

[Roy5]

I remember the first Flintstone comic--it was a 25-cent annual published by Dell and came out in mid-1961. The episode about the snorkasaurus was included in comic form here, and the character was named "Snorky," rather than Dino. And the regular Dino was seen elsewhere in the same comic.

-Roy