The Best Episodes of Fred and Barney Meet The Thing
Every episode of Fred and Barney Meet The Thing ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Fred and Barney Meet The Thing!
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 8, 1979 to December 1, 1979 on NBC. It contained the following segments: ⁕The New Fred and Barney Show ⁕The Thing Despite the title, the two segments remained separate and did not crossover with one another. Fred, Barney and the Thing were only featured together during the show's opening title sequence and in brief bumpers between segments. The unusual combination of a Marvel superhero and The Flintstones was possible because, at this time, Marvel Comics owned the rights to several Hanna-Barbera franchises and were, in fact, publishing comic books based upon them; The Flintstones was one of these. For the 1979-80 season, the series was expanded to ninety-minutes with the addition of The New Shmoo episodes and retitled Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo.
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Fred and Barney Meet The Thing" is "Circus Stampede", rated 6.6/10 from 25 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Circus Stampede" aired on 9/22/1979 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Bigfoot Meets the Thing".
6.6/10 25 votes#1 - Circus Stampede
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1979-09-22
Benjy and his friends attend the Barney and Baillum Circus where the Yancy Street Gang sets loose a mouse, causing the elephants to stampede and all the other animals to escape.
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- 6.5/10 25 votes
#2 - Bigfoot Meets the Thing
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1979-09-08
Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge.
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- 6.2/10 25 votes
#3 - Junkyard Hijinks
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1979-09-15
Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood children.
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- 6.1/10 25 votes
#4 - Gone Away Gulch
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1979-09-15
Benjy and his friends visit the town of Gone Away Gulch and, during a storm, the group seeks shelter in a deserted hotel haunted by an old prospector.
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- 5.9/10 25 votes
#5 - Double Trouble for the Thing
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1979-10-20
An evil scientist named Danton Blackwood creates a robot Thing to commit crime to make the citizens believe The Thing has gone bad, but which also lands the real Thing in jail.
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- 5.8/10 25 votes
#6 - The Thing Blanks Out
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1979-09-29
Benjy and his friends enjoy a trip aboard Ronald's father's yacht; Thing saves the group from crashing into a downed drawbridge, but then he is stricken with amnesia following the closing drawbridge's impact on his head.
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- 5.6/10 29 votes
#7 - The Picnic Panic
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1979-09-08
Benjy and his friends attend their high school picnic at the Centerville Picnic Grounds, but when the Yancy Street Gang shows up at the picnic and causes trouble, The Thing must save the day.
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- 4.7/10 25 votes
#8 - The Thing and the Queen
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1979-09-22
When Betty runs for homecoming queen, the Yancy Street Gang (whose friend Sophie is also vying for the same title) resorts to their usual dirty tactics as they try to sabotage Betty's campaign.
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- 4.6/10 26 votes
#9 - Carnival Caper
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1979-09-29
Benjy and his friends visit a local carnival and, after stopping a runaway ferris wheel and fixing it, The Thing is offered a job at the carnival by its owner.
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- 4.3/10 27 votes
#10 - The Thing Meets the Clunk
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1979-10-06
Dr. Quimby introduces his latest invention – a robot called Clunk who is programmed to do good – however, the robot malfunctions, goes out-of-control and causes trouble for The Thing.
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- 4.3/10 26 votes
#11 - Beach Party Crashers
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1979-10-06
Benjy attends a beachside surf party with Kelly, Betty, Ronald and Miss Twilly, but the Yancy Street Gang are up to their old tricks as they crash the party and sabotage a volleyball game.
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- 4.3/10 27 votes
#12 - Decepto the Great
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1979-10-13
A magician, Decepto the Great, performs his magic show at the high school fair, but Benjy discovers Decepto is stealing from the school kids and it's up to The Thing to stop him from escaping town.
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- 4.3/10 26 votes
#13 - The Thing's the Play
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1979-10-13
Betty studies with acting teacher Ferdinand Bestmore so she can audition for a TV crew coming to Centerville High School to shoot a commercial; however, Bestmore confuses Betty with an old actress he once discovered and whom she resembles so he kidnaps her.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#14 - To Thing or Not to Thing
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1979-10-20
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#15 - The Big Bike Race
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1979-10-27
Benjy enters a cross country bike race because the winner gets to escort the Race Queen to the dance.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#16 - The Thing and the Treasure Hunt
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1979-10-27
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#17 - Out to Launch
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1979-11-03
Benjy and his friends are going to a ship launching but the world's greatest demolition expert intends to ruin the day.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#18 - The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1979-11-03
The Yancy Street Gang decides to steal Benjy's ring, causing no end of trouble for The Thing.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#19 - A Hot Air Affair at the Fair
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1979-11-10
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#20 - The Thing Goes to the Dogs
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1979-11-10
Ronald has entered his dog Countess in the Centerville Dog Show, but chaos ensues when Countess is dognapped by the troublesome Yancy Street Gang and it's up to The Thing to rescue her.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#21 - The Thing Goes Camping
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1979-11-17
Benjy, his friends and Miss Twilly go on a camping trip as part of a special school project which is anything but relaxing with a bear running loose at their campsite and a big storm triggering a landslide that threatened the entire camp.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#22 - Dude Ranch Rodeo
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 1979-11-17
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#23 - Photo Finish
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 1979-11-24
Benjy accompanies his friends to the Centerville Zoo which is sponsoring a photo contest and the Yancy Street Gang resorts to their usual dirty tactics to win.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#24 - Lights, Action, Thing!
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 1979-11-24
Ronald and Betty are hired to appear in a movie currently filming at a local lake, but problems occur when a mechanical octopus monster (controlled by an angry stuntman) attacks the set, trying to sabotage the entire production.
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- NaN/10 0 votes
#25 - The Thing and the Captain's Ghost
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 1979-12-01
The Yancy Street Gang dares Ben and his friends to stay on a haunted ship for a night.
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