11 Facts About Betty Rubble

Betty Rubble is a fictional character in the television animated series The Flintstones and its spin-offs and live-action motion pictures.

Betty Rubble is the black-haired wife of caveman Barney Rubble and the adoptive mother of Bamm-Bamm Rubble.

Betty Rubble's personality was based on the stock character of the lead character's best friend's wife, commonly seen in 1950s television.

Much like Trixie or Ethel, Betty Rubble 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.

Occasions when Betty Rubble leads the action are extremely scarce: one episode centers around her working undercover as a gentle old lady to earn money for a present for Barney; in another, the plot focuses on her and Wilma's suspicions of Barney being involved with another woman.

In spite of this, Betty Rubble is portrayed as having a distinctly emotional marriage with Barney, which often includes pet names and more obvious affection than the dynamic and energetic interaction between Fred and Wilma.

Betty Rubble has a married sister with a baby son named Marblehead Sandstone.

Betty Rubble became a homemaker, keeping house with such prehistoric aids as a baby mammoth vacuum cleaner, pelican washing machine, and so forth.

The story depicted Betty Rubble as despondent over their inability to conceive, which was a surprisingly serious topic for any cartoon.

When Bamm-Bamm was a teenager, Betty Rubble gained employment as a reporter for one of Bedrock's newspapers, the Daily Granite, under the editorial guidance of Lou Granite.

Later still, after Bamm-Bamm grew up and left home, Betty Rubble started a successful catering business with her neighbor and friend Wilma, before becoming a grandmother to Bamm-Bamm's twin children, Chip and Roxy.