Betty Rubble
Fictional character in The Flintstones / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Betty Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures. She is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble. Her best friend is her next-door neighbor Wilma Flintstone.
Betty Rubble | |
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The Flintstones character | |
First appearance | "The Flagstones" (1959) |
Created by | Hanna-Barbera |
Voiced by |
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Portrayed by | Rosie O'Donnell (1994 film) Jane Krakowski (2000 film) |
In-universe information | |
Species | Cavewoman |
Gender | Female |
Occupation | Housewife Newspaper reporter[1] Caterer[2] |
Family | Bradley "Brad" McBricker (brother) Jean McBricker (mother) Brick McBricker (father)[3] Sissy [McBricker] Sandstone (sister) |
Spouse | Barney Rubble (husband) |
Children | Bamm-Bamm Rubble (adopted son) |
Relatives | Marblehead Sandstone Sr. (brother-in-law) Marblehead Sandstone Jr. (nephew)[4] Pebbles Flintstone (goddaughter/daughter-in-law) Roxy Rubble (granddaughter)[5] Chip Rubble (grandson)[5] |
Betty lives in the fictional prehistoric town of Bedrock, a world where dinosaurs coexist with cavepeople and the cavepeople enjoy primitive versions of modern conveniences such as telephones, automobiles and washing machines. She speaks with a Midwestern accent.
Betty's personality was based on the stock character of the lead character's best friend's wife, commonly seen in 1950s television (other prominent examples including Trixie Norton of The Honeymooners, which by conflicting accounts was a major inspiration for The Flintstones, and Ethel Mertz of I Love Lucy). Much like Trixie or Ethel, Betty spent a lot of her time socializing with Wilma, and the two would often end up working together to bail their husbands out of whatever scheme of Fred's had landed them in trouble, sometimes scheming with each other.