Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble are the neighbours and best friends at the centre of The Flintstones, the Hanna-Barbera animated sitcom that first aired in 1960. Their constant bickering and clumsy physical comedy became a defining part of the show, with arguments often ending in a noisy, cartoon-style scuffle. Clips of those fights later circulated on soundboards and in meme edits, where the familiar crashing and thudding instantly reads as classic television slapstick. The sound endures because the characters remain widely recognised and the gag needs no dialogue to land.