The Frankenstones

The Frankenstones
The Flintstones character
The Frankenstones. From left to right: Rockjaw, Hidea, Frank, Atrocia and Freaky
First appearance	"Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones" (The New Fred and Barney Show)
Last appearance	"House Wars" (The Flintstone Comedy Show)
Created by	Hanna-Barbera
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Species	Horror-themed Cavepeople

The Frankenstones are a family of fictional characters who were introduced in 1979 and appeared in different versions on television spin-offs and specials of The Flintstones through the early 1980s. The family has been described as a sort of fusion of The Flintstones and The Munsters.

The first version of the Frankenstones were introduced on September 15, 1979 in the episode "Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones" of the second season of The New Fred and Barney Show. They were featured as the managers of a condorstonium development called Deadrock Arms that Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble considered moving their families into. This Frankenstone family consisted of:

Frank's voice was patterned after Boris Karloff by voice actor John Stephenson, and Hidea had a pseudo-Transylvanian accent.

The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone (1979) featured a Frankenstone monster voiced by Ted Cassidy of The Addams Family. This version of Frankenstone was Count Rockula's unfinished creation, awoken prematurely when lightning strikes the machinery in Rockula's laboratory. Despite the strong resemblance, he is not to be confused with the Frank Frankenstone character that first appeared in The New Fred and Barney Show or featured in subsequent television specials and series.

The second version of the Frankenstones moved in next door to the Flintstones in The Flintstones' New Neighbors as part of The Flintstone Primetime Specials limited-run revival of The Flintstones which aired on NBC prime time in 1980–1981. This time, the family consisted of: