Can you tell the difference between Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble?
Don't take their similarities for "granite."
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Wilma Flintstone and Betty Rubble are two of animated television’s most iconic women. Friends through thick and thin, they often have to clean up the messes made by their well-meaning but reckless husbands.
Wilma and Betty have many similarities. They both enjoy doing charity work, meeting Hollyrock celebrities like Stony Curtis and Ann-Margrock, and going on vacation to Hawaii or Rockapulco.
Still, there are some distinct differences between the two. How well do you know Betty Rubble and Wilma Flintstone? Do you remember what makes each of them unique? Take the quiz below to find out!
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In early episodes her maiden name is Pebble but is later changed to Slaghoople.
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She is much taller than her husband.
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She makes great gravelberry pie and sold the recipe to Safestone's supermarket.
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She was voiced by two different actors (three if you count "The Flagstones" original pilot.)
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She adopted her child.
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In one episode, she poses as the maid when her husband's boss comes over for dinner.
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Rosie O'Donnell played her in the 1994 live action Flintstones movie.
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Her eyes are just two black dots.
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Her character is heavily inspired by Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners.
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She has a bow in her hair.
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She dresses as an old lady and unwittingly uses counterfeit money in one memorable episode.
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She owns a saber-toothed cat named Baby Puss.
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She met her husband while working as a cigarette girl at the Honeyrock Hotel.