Baby Puss (The Flintstones)

Baby Puss is the name of Fred and Wilma Flintstone's pet saber-toothed tiger in the animated series The Flintstones.

Though featured in early merchandise (toys, books, etc.) and in the series opening and closing credits, the prehistoric "house cat" is rarely seen in the actual episodes. Baby Puss is mostly known for Fred's failed attempts at putting him out at night in the ending credit sequences. (This ending was re-created in the 1994 movie The Flintstones. An episode of Dexter's Laboratory parodied this ending with "Major Glory" playing the part of Fred, "White Tiger" playing "Baby Puss," and "Kronk" playing Wilma.)

In a What-a-Cartoon short, "Stay Out", Fred puts Dino in charge of keeping Baby Puss outside, only to often fail miserably. The short ends with Fred showing him how it is done. The cat locks them both out, leading Fred and Dino yelling for Wilma to let them in.

A couple of spotlight moments came in Seasons 3, 4, and 5:

• In Season 3, Baby Puss is shown fighting with Dino outside the sleeping Wilma's room. Fred yelled at them to "knock it off."
• In Season 4, the episode "Ten Little Flintstones" shows Fred as he gives Dino his supper; he puts Dino out for the night and tells the cat to "pick a catfight in someone else's yard tonight."
• In Season 5's "Pebbles' Birthday Party," Fred's snoring is keeping everyone up at night. Fred wakes up Baby Puss, and the cat says, "If it doesn't get any better than this, I'm goin' to the animal shelter."