1. The quack who ordered Fred to stay in bed for a bump on his head in “At the Races

Fred wants to bet his wages at the dinosaur racetrack, so he has Barney club him in the head and tells Wilma he got mugged. She insists a doctor makes a house call, and the questionably unqualified doctor is guilty of overkill in his diagnosis when he orders Fred to stay in bed. This threatens to prevent Fred from returning to the racetrack when his big bet actually pays off

2. This doctor who failed to help Fred in a legit emergency in "The Split Personality"

This episode is a legit emergency. Fred gets mad when Barney drinks the last bottle of his favorite Cactus Coola and gets back at his neighbor by draining the bottle of Cactus Coola he finds in Barney’s car. Only it's not cola in that bottle, but car polish. Freaked out, Fred tosses the bottle up and it plunks down on his head, knocking the caveman out cold. Frantic, Wilma calls a doctor, yet another quack who arrives and cannot help revive Fred. It turns out he's a veterinarian and is only qualified to work on animals.

When Fred finally awakens to the talk of a juicy hamburger, his personality has drastically changed, turning the bullish Fred into a total gentleman. In the end, though, the family wants the old Fred back and the cure is so simple, even a vet could’ve thought of it: Another bonk on Fred's head and he was back to his old lovable grumpy form.

3. The army medical examiner who approves Fred and Barney as recruits in "The Astra' Nuts"

Whoops! Fred and Barney accidentally signed up for the army, requiring a doctor to examine the boys.

4. The vet who mislabeled Dino's X-ray, leading Fred to be misdiagnosed in "The X-Ray Story"

Dr. Sandstone spoke with a German accent when he told Fred that Dino needed a few days rest after the vet visit. Dino's X-rays showed a condition that was relatively harmless for dinosaurs, but for humans, it can be quite deadly. So when the hapless vet first mislabels the X-ray with Fred's name instead of Dino's, and then accidentally sends the X-ray flying out the window, it sails into a police officer’s hands and begins to make mayhem.

The cop consults a forensic examiner at work who upon seeing the X-ray gets very concerned for Fred. The end result is an entire hilarious episode where Fred’s friends and family try to keep him awake for days due to what they perceive as his very serious condition. But don't worry, everything eventually gets straightened out, and Fred promptly gets some shut eye.

5. Two doctors in one in "Operation Barney"

Fred and Barney want to call out of work sick, so Fred comes up with a plan to get Barney a good doctor's note that turns out to be a little too good. It sounds so serious, it sends Barney to the hospital. Bonus hospital scene: Fred argues with a desk nurse in the waiting room.

6. A bad temper sends Fred to this punny doctor in "The Little Stranger"

You have to figure it would take a lot of grumping from Fred for Wilma to consider his attitude so bad he should probably go see a doctor. Her theory was that he was acting out to hide physical pain. What a caring wife, right?

When Fred goes to see the doctor, though, the doctor's got more puns than solutions to what pains Fred, and Fred unsurprisingly leaves the office stuck in his funk. Later, his attitude improves when he wrongly believes Wilma is pregnant, but when he finds out who "the little stranger" really is, the episode ends with Fred legitimately in need of some medical attention after he faints

7. The veterinarian Fred hires to extract Barney's tooth in "Nuttin' But the Tooth"

Cheapskate Fred this time arranges for a vet to look at Barney's aching tooth instead of finding his buddy a real dentist. This is one of several occasions where The Andy Griffith Show actor Howard Morris voiced a doctor on The Flintstones.

8. The doctor who fails to make Barney re-appear in "Barney the Invisible"

Barney has a bad case of the hiccups, so Fred serves him a cup of the soft drink he's been cooking up in his free time. Barney drinks it, immediately turns invisible, and nothing on earth seems to change him back.

Listen closely to Dr. Quartz when Fred takes Barney in to be "seen" by the doctor. The doc may not be able to help Barney much without being able to see what the problem is, but you’ll likely recognize he's voiced by another actor from The Andy Griffith Show, Howard McNear!

9. The optician who accidentally sends Fred home with the wrong glasses in "Fred's Monkeyshines"

A clumsy mistake leads Fred to grab the wrong eyeglasses, which belong to his optician Dr. Boulder Dome, instead of the ones with the lenses that the doctor has prescribed for Fred. Comedy ensues when Fred then mistakes a monkey wrapped in a blanket for his own baby daughter.

10. A bowling injury sends Fred to Dr. Frankenstone and company in "Monster Fred"

It's Barney this time who brings Fred to the doctor after a bowling ball crashes into Fred's noggin. "Monster Fred" has perhaps more doctors than any other Flintstones episode, with Dr. Len Frankenstone, Dr. Sigrock Freep, Dr. Zero, and Dr. Dracuslab making their only appearances, and even more doctors mentioned, including Dr. Boulderheimer, Dr. Kilarock, Dr. Sigmund Fraudstone, and Dr. Jekyllrock. This episode contains many personality swaps (Fred swaps with Dino, Wilma, and Barney; Barney swaps with Betty). Medically speaking, it, unfortunately, has a reverse ending to "The Split Personality," where this time Fred doesn't get magically healed, but re-injured at the end, resulting in a cliffhanger, instead of a cure.

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