Once more, Fred forgets the anniversary of the night he proposed to Wilma. After being chastised by Wilma, he agrees to take her on a date to the movies, but she wants to go on the same night he is supposed to be captaining his bowling team in the bowling alley, Fred tries to do both.

Having sold her home, Fred's antagonistic mother-in-law arrives at the Flintstone cave, and Fred tries to play cupid after meeting a rich Texan who is looking for an elderly wife. He invites the man home for dinner, but Wilma becomes suspicious of the would-be suitor.

Wilma secretly empties Fred's closet of mementos for a rummage sale, including his old football uniform. But when Fred finds the goods in the Rubbles' car, where Wilma put them, he suspects Barney of being a thief.

Wilma is in dither over finding an act for her auxiliary's benefit show until big mouth Fred boasts that he will line up singer Rock Roll, whose hit song is ""The Twitch."" Now committed, Fred has to pull out all the stops to obtain the rock star's participation.

The Lodge delegates Fred and Barney depart for a convention at Stone Mountain Ski Resort, leaving their disappointed wives at home. The girls congratulate themselves on being so understanding until they become involved in a big diamond theft and beauty contest at the resort.

Wilma is charmed by the exploits of the Kissing Burglar, a criminal whose m.o. involves leaving a rose and a kiss for the lady of the house. Her comment that she has nothing worth stealing annoys Fred, who decides to teach her a lesson by posing as the burglar--on the very night the real one shows up.

Fatherhood has already made Fred resolute in his effort to acquire serenity, but his will power is put to the test by the formidable Nurse Frightenshale, who is sent by Wilma's mother to take care of the Flintstones' cave.

Having worked to clean up his own act, Fred now worries that Pebbles will pick up Barney's uncouth ways. Fred moves the family to a ""better"" neighborhood, but quickly realizes that the ""high life"" isn't what it seems.

While preparing a surprise birthday party for Fred, Wilma assigns to Barney the task of keeping Fred out of the way and occupied, and Barney is so successful that both he and Fred are missing at party time.

Upset that Fred has forgotten the anniversary of his joining the household, Dino runs away in a sulk. The next morning Fred and Barney seach for him, bringing home a look-alike pet that they assume to be Dino.

After Wilma insists that Fred have his eyes examined, he mistakenly puts on the wrong pair of prescription lenses. As a result of his temporarily faulty eyesight, he ends up taking a performing monkey to the circus, believing it is Pebbles.

Betty and Wilma employ a ""sleep-teaching"" method to try and turn Fred and Barney into perfect spouses. The plan goes awry, and the foursome are ultimately arrested as thieves. After pleading their cases in court, the wives are sentenced by the judge to twenty days of serving their ""victimized spouses"" breakfast in bed.

Vacationing in Rockapulco, Fred encounters international jewel thieves who plant a million dollars' worth of stolen diamonds on him to carry across the border. The deception is detected and Fred is offered a reward, and is subsequently arrested back home for failing to declare the reward money!

After mocking Wilma's housekeeping efforts, Fred accepts her challenge to swap jobs for one day. He soon learns that a housewife's labors are tougher than he thought.

While on a mineral-gathering trip out West, Fred gets appointed sheriff of a ghost town called Rocky Gulch just in time to deal with a rough-and-tumble trio of outlaw brothers who ride into town looking to gun down the local lawman.

Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm develop remarkable musical talent, which is exploited by teen impresario Eppy Brianstone. Soon the tots have no time to their fathers, which prompt Fred and Barney to kidnap them. After a frightening police chase, Fred awakens and realizes the whole episode has been a dream.

When Wilma gets a letter from her mother saying that she is moving in with her favorite son-in-law and his wife, Fred begins refurbishing a dilapidated shack to house Mrs. Slaghoople. But soon Wilma learns that he mother was not referring to Fred, but her other daughter's husband. Fred is delighted, until he realizes how much he spent on the shack.

Fred and Barney discover a visitor from another planet, the two-foot high, green Gazoo, who becomes their servant. An evening out at an expensive restaurant, supposedly with Gazoo treating, becomes a nightmare as the alien disappears, leaving the Flintstones and the Rubbles to wash dishes to pay for the food.