Passes the Bechdel test

The Flintstones

Name: The Flintstones
Released: 1994

1994. Directed by Brian Levant, written by Tom S. Parker and Jim Jennewein and Steven E. de Souza.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
13 women characters. 10 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 8 scenes out of 56.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.

The film

The Flintstones and the Rubbles are modern stone-age families. Fred and Barney work at Slate and Company, mining rock. Fred gives Barney some money so he and Betty can adopt a baby. When Fred and Barney take a test to determine who should become the new associate vice president, Barney returns the favor by switching his test answers for Fred's, whose answers aren't very good. Fred gets the executive position, but little does he know that he's being manipulated by his boss to be the fall guy for an embezzlement scheme.

Released: 27 May 1994
Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rated: PG
IMDb: 5.1 / 10
Metascore: 38 / 100
Awards: 6 wins & 10 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Fred 197 lines, man
Barney 113 lines, man
Lava 52 lines, man
Wilma 52 lines, woman
Slate 42 lines, man
Betty 36 lines, woman
Piltdown 24 lines, man
Feldspar 18 lines, woman
Mrs. Slate 17 lines, woman
Herdmaster 14 lines

Full cast, 42 people

John Goodman as Fred Flintstone
Elizabeth Perkins as Wilma Flintstone
Rick Moranis as Barney Rubble
Rosie O'Donnell as Betty Rubble
Kyle MacLachlan as Cliff Vandercave
Halle Berry as Sharon Stone
Elizabeth Taylor as Pearl Slaghoople
Dann Florek as Mr. Slate
Richard Moll as Hoagie
Irwin Keyes as Joe Rockhead
Jonathan Winters as Gobo The Grizzled Man
Harvey Korman as Ali / Dicabird / Blossom's Adopted Doll Son Ali
Lainey Silver as Pebbles
Melanie Silver as Pebbles
Hlynur Sigurðsson as Bamm-Bamm
Marinó Sigurðsson as Bamm-Bamm
Sheryl Lee Ralph as Mrs. Pyrite
Jean Vander Pyl as Mrs. Feldspar
Janice Kent as Stewardess
Jack O'Halloran as Yeti
Becky Thyre as Roxanne
Rod McCary as Store Manager
Kate Pierson as BC-52's
Fred Schneider as BC-52's
Keith Strickland as BC-52's
Jim Doughan as Maitre d'
Laraine Newman as Susan Rock
Jay Leno as Bedrock's Most Wanted Host
Alan Blumenfeld as Fred Look-A-Like
Messiri Freeman as Miss Stone Look-A-Like
Alex Zimmerman as Accuser
Sam Raimi as Cliff Look-A-Like
Tommy Terrell as Accuser
Andy Steinfeld as Aerobics Instructor
Bradford Bryson as Foreman
Tabbie Brown as Accuser
Dean Cundey as Technician
Lita Stevens as Woman at Chevrox
Joseph Barbera as Man in Mersandes
William Hanna as Executive in Boardroom
Mel Blanc as Dino (voice) (archive sound)
Sam the Orangutan as Mr. Henderson (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 12% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 56

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	0	3
3 to 4	0	3
5 to 6	10	26
7 to 8	15	22
9 to 10	11	1
11 to 12	5	6
13 to 14	1	18
15 to 16	0	6
17 to 18	3	32
19 to 20	9	4
21 to 22	22	12
23 to 24	2	37
25 to 26	6	40
27 to 28	0	17
29 to 30	12	2
31 to 32	4	33
33 to 34	5	9
35 to 36	2	26
37 to 38	5	39
39 to 40	13	28
41 to 42	2	33
43 to 44	0	4
45 to 46	6	7
47 to 48	8	7
49 to 50	3	1
51 to 52	5	20
53 to 54	10	21
55 to 56	0	3

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

PEBBLES: Mommy, is the bad Ze-ze-zenosaurus gonna get me and eat me up? WILMA: Of course not, baby.

BETTY: We're still shopping around. WILMA: Fortunately, we're both -- WILMA & BETTY: -- Professional shoppers!

WILMA: Ah, hello, Mrs. Slate. WILMA: We met at the quarry picnic? MRS. SLATE: Oh, of course. Mrs. Flintstein.

BETTY: Here we are, Mrs. Slate. Sorry you had to ride in the back. MRS. SLATE: Not at all. I'm used to being driven around.

MRS. SLATE: Thank you, Marie. I ordered the hors d'oeuvres for the junior talent show. They were out of Ceolanth caviar so I got Mastodon brie instead. … WILMA: Flintstone -- MRS. SLATE: -- oh, it used to be Flintstein -- ? And this is ah, Becky... Betty!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 26 are women's.

159 lines from women, 460 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

13 women and 24 men in the cast. 10 women and 6 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 15 of 702. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 22% of the words (1,861), men 78% (6,556). Women have 26% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit F: behind the camera

2 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Brian Levant (man)
Written by: Steven E. de Souza (man), Tom S. Parker (man), Jim Jennewein (man), Michael J. Wilson (man)
Produced by: Bruce Cohen (man), Colin Wilson (man)
Shot by: Dean Cundey (man)
Edited by: Kent Beyda (man)
Music by: Marty Paich (man), Ted Nichols (man), David Newman (man)
Production design by: William Sandell (man), Eloy Lobato (gender not listed)
Costumes by: Rosanna Norton (woman)
Cast by: Nancy Nayor (woman)