{ "id": "ep6pp2vkck", "slug": "yabba-dabba-dinosaurs", "title": "Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series", "label": "Animated television series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series.children-s-animated-adventure-and-fantas", "label": "Children's animated adventure and fantasy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series.children-s-animated-adventure-and-fantas" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series.children-s-animated-adventure-and-fantas.comedy-and-slice-of-life-series", "label": "Comedy and slice-of-life series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series.children-s-animated-adventure-and-fantas.comedy-and-slice-of-life-series" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.nodate.culture.performance", "label": "United States · Not dated: Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.nodate.culture.performance", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.nodate", "label": "United States · Not dated", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.nodate" }, { "id": "geo.us.nodate.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.nodate.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.nodate.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.nodate.culture.performance" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! is a 2020 Warner Bros. Animation Flintstones spin-off following Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, developed by Marly Halpern-Graser and Mark Marek, with 26 Boomerang episodes and a 2021 HBO Max US release.", "snippet": "Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! is a 2020 Warner Bros. Animation Flintstones spin-off following Pebbles, Bamm-Bamm, and Dino, developed by Marly Halpern-Graser and Mark Marek, with 26 Boomerang episodes and a 2021 HBO Max US release.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.animated-series.children-s-animated-adventure-and-fantas.comedy-and-slice-of-life-series", "markdown": "# Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!\n\n**Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs!** is an American animated television series, a spin-off of Hanna-Barbera's *The Flintstones*, that follows the two children of the Flintstone and Rubble households, [Pebbles Flintstone](https://www.edgepedia.org/pebbles-flintstone) and [Bamm-Bamm Rubble](https://www.edgepedia.org/bamm-bamm-rubble), together with the pet dinosaur Dino.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) The series was developed by Marly Halpern-Graser and Mark Marek, produced by [Warner Bros. Animation](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-bros-animation) with the Irish studio Salty Dog Pictures, and ran for 26 episodes.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) • [2](https://vamers.com/2020/03/05/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs-interview/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Premise | The adventures of the two sole children of the Flintstones and the Rubbles, and pet Dino[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) |\n| Developed by | Marly Halpern-Graser and Mark Marek[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) |\n| Original run | 26 episodes on Boomerang in 2020; final episode \"The Point of a Friend\" aired November 18, 2020[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) |\n| US streaming release | HBO Max, September 30, 2021; executive producer Sam Register[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/yabba_dabba_dinosaurs) |\n| Main voice cast | Jessica DiCicco (Pebbles), Ely Henry (Bamm-Bamm), Eric Bauza (Dino), Jeff Bergman (Fred), Tress MacNeille (Wilma), Kevin Michael Richardson (Barney), Grey DeLisle (Betty)[4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/season-1) |\n| Production | Warner Bros. Animation, Hanna-Barbera Productions, and Salty Dog Pictures[5](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film751449.html) |\n| Ratings | TV-Y7 (Apple TV listing) and TV-G (HBO Max listing)[6](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/umc.cmc.6f10xpwrbjt2ao077np66o7sr) • [3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/yabba_dabba_dinosaurs) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and setting\n\nThe series centers on Pebbles Flintstone and Bamm-Bamm Rubble as best friends growing up in the stone-age town of Bedrock. When they can, they head to the open wilderness outside town, a region called the Crags, where wild environments and many different dinosaurs live.[4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/season-1) According to Common Sense Media's review by Joly Herman, Pebbles is the curious one, ready to measure or take notes on a discovery, while Bamm-Bamm is driven to smash things with his club, which he carries in a harness like a sword; he is not malicious but breaks a lot of property.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs)\n\nModern conveniences are spoofed with stone-age equivalents: instead of smartphones, the families use \"smart stones,\" complete with a Siri-type bird that pops out to provide information.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) Episodes include \"Mistaking Sides,\" in which the pair are pulled into a feud between two rival dinosaur species at Crags Lake, \"Rock Me, Plantasaurus,\" in which Bamm-Bamm brings home a rare plant, and \"Yabba-Dabba-Dabba Kamma-Kamma Chameleon,\" in which Pebbles accidentally leads a shape-shifting dinosaur from the Crags back to Bedrock.[6](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/umc.cmc.6f10xpwrbjt2ao077np66o7sr)\n\n## Production\n\nThe show was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and the Irish studio Salty Dog Pictures as a spin-off of *The Flintstones*, the [Hanna-Barbera](https://www.edgepedia.org/hanna-barbera) series that ran for six seasons between 1960 and 1966.[2](https://vamers.com/2020/03/05/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs-interview/) • [8](https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/8days/producers-flintstones-spin-thundercats-reboot-just-make-changes-and-hope-people-will-them-539816) In an interview with Vamers, producer Mark Marek explained that the series treats Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm as 8-to-10-year-olds, an age he described as a sweet spot the characters had never really been fleshed out in; in 1960s appearances they were toddlers, in the mid-1990s *Cave Kids* they were still toddlers, and at one point they were depicted as married young adults.[2](https://vamers.com/2020/03/05/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs-interview/) Marek told 8days.sg that redesigning Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm was the biggest challenge in taking on a familiar property, deciding how much to tweak without straying too far from the original.[8](https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/8days/producers-flintstones-spin-thundercats-reboot-just-make-changes-and-hope-people-will-them-539816) On animation style, Marek said the team did not lean on the original technically, since animation has changed considerably, but he wanted to avoid over-animating because he liked the simplicity and laugh track of the early Flintstones.[2](https://vamers.com/2020/03/05/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs-interview/)\n\n## Broadcast and release history\n\nThe series aired on [Boomerang](https://www.edgepedia.org/boomerang), with TVmaze listing a weekday 18:30 slot of 15-minute episodes in the United Kingdom in 2020, ending with episode 26 on November 18, 2020.[1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) In the United States, the series was released on [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) with a release date of September 30, 2021, listed with a TV-G rating and Sam Register as executive producer.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/yabba_dabba_dinosaurs) Rotten Tomatoes lists the show as running 2021 to present with two seasons, while TVmaze and FilmAffinity record a single 26-episode season that ended in 2020, with FilmAffinity stating it was canceled after its first season.[3](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/yabba_dabba_dinosaurs) • [1](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) • [5](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film751449.html) As of 2026, the season is available for digital purchase on Amazon Video, the Apple TV Store, and Fandango at Home in the United States.[4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/season-1)\n\n## Reception\n\nCommon Sense Media rated the show suitable for ages 6 and up, summarizing it as \"lots of destruction, some laughs in Flintstones remake,\" and noting heavy slapstick content of bonking, smashing, and chases by sharp-toothed animals, alongside positive messages about taking responsibility and apologizing.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) The review found the gags sometimes new and sometimes obvious, with stone-age gizmos running on pulleys or animal power likely to amuse children new to the franchise.[7](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs) On IMDb the series holds a user rating of about 4.0.[4](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/season-1)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/57196/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs)\n2. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs brings back The Flintstones for the new age, Vamers (2020)](https://vamers.com/2020/03/05/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs-interview/)\n3. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/yabba_dabba_dinosaurs)\n4. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs Season 1, JustWatch](https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/season-1)\n5. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs (2021), FilmAffinity](https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film751449.html)\n6. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs/umc.cmc.6f10xpwrbjt2ao077np66o7sr)\n7. [Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs: Parents' Guide, Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs)\n8. [The Producers Of The Flintstones Spin-Off, ThunderCats Reboot, CNA Lifestyle](https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/8days/producers-flintstones-spin-thundercats-reboot-just-make-changes-and-hope-people-will-them-539816)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Animated television series (individual series) › Children's animated adventure and fantasy series › Comedy and slice-of-life series*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/yabba-dabba-dinosaurs.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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