The Great Gazoo (The Flintstones)

The Great Gazoo is a character from the sixth and final season of the American animated series The Flintstones. He is a friend of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble who appears from time to time. During the show's run, he wasn't that well received and disappeared after the show ended its run, only appearing in subsequent Flintstones media such as merchandise and comics, but ever since The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, he has become a proper part of the franchise.

Why He's a Dum Dum

 * 1) His character and overall concept don't fit in with the show's prehistoric, stone age setting which relied on realism despite the juxtaposing of both the ancient and modern to this point. He's basically a living "Jump the Shark" moment. In fact, he feels like something out of the sister show mh:besttvshows:The Jetsons rather than The Flintstones.
 * 2) Apparently he had been banished from his home planet because he invented a weapon, which is a button that could destroy the entire universe with a single press. How he was able to get ahold of any of that stuff is beyond our reasoning?!
 * 3) The script tries to make us feel sympathy for him for said banishment, but he's too irritating and annoying to like. He spent his time on Earth being a jerk to Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, calling them "dum-dums," getting him into sticky and dangerous situations, and then disappearing when things got tough.
 * 4) There's no reason why Fred, Barney and the kids should be the only ones who can see him; if anything, it makes things worse for the characters.
 * 5) Apart from that, his storyline of him trying to return to Earth never even gets resolved by the time the show got cancelled (spoiler alert), which only makes him even more pointless to the show.
 * 6) He's one of the main contributions to the original series getting cancelled.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) His design can appear as cute for some.
 * 2) Harvey Korman did a good job voicing him.