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Hanna-Barbera is a popular animation company that started in the 1960's. It is most know for it's wide variety of cartoon shows, including Scooby-Doo and Yogi Bear. Their wide library of sound effects is still used in many shows today.

References

  • "Kamp Krusty" - The couch gag has the family running up to the couch, only to find The Flintstones occuping it.
  • "Marge vs. The Monorail" - The opening parodies the opening of The Flinstones. Homer even sings a parody of the theme song.
  • "The Front" - Roger Meyer's Jr. notes that animators reuse backgrounds to save cost as he, bart and Lisa pass by the same door, water cooloer and cleaning lady several times. This parodies the fact that Hannah-Barberra reuses their backgrounds many times.
  • "Treehouse of Horror V" - During "Time and Punishment", at one point, the house turns into The Flinstones house.
  • "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" - The couch gag feautres the famiy in Hanna-Barbere poses runing past the couch several times.
  • "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" and "HOMR" - A character named Ozmodiar appears that Homer can see, a parody of "The Great Gazoo" who only Fred Flinstone and Barney Rubble could see.
  • "When You Dish Upon a Star" - Homer dreams he's Yogi Bear, with Bart as "Bart-Bart" and Ned Flanders as the Park Ranger. Later he drteams that he's Magilla Gorilla.
  • "Children of a Lesser Clod" - In Homer's basketball fantasy, he is hit in the lg by George Jetson's flying saucere, to which he yells "JETSON!" in the same his boss, Mr. Spacly did.
  • "A Star Is Born-Again" - Upon hearing that Ned Flanders has a date with a movie star, a mall security guard sarcasticly replies "Sure, and I'm going apple-picking with Scooby Doo!"
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