- Fred's rich uncle has no heir, so Fred drafts Barney into posing as his son so that his uncle will leave his estate to Fred.
- In order to prove his uncle Tex that he has a "descendant" and to get his inheritance, Fred must find a baby to pass for his son. After unfortunate attempts to adopt a kid, he asks Barney to pass for Fred's son against his will when Uncle Tex comes to visit.—RealLiveClaude
- Fred's wealthy Texan uncle, Uncle Tex) wishes to have a nephew and pledges an inheritance to Fred's family if Fred has an heir. So, Fred tells Tex that he and Wilma have a son, named Little Tex, to ingratiate Fred with "Big Tex" and assure the Bedrock Flintstones a favorable bequest in Tex's will. A telegram announcement by Uncle Tex that he will come to Bedrock to visit Fred, Wilma, and Little Tex complicates Fred's scheme, as Fred must find a baby to be Little Tex.
Unable to adopt an infant for the time period of Uncle Tex's stay, Fred seizes upon the ridiculous idea of dressing Barney in a baby bonnet and diapers so that Barney is a somehow passable Little Tex. Betty and Wilma urge Barney to cooperate and be Little Tex, but when Uncle Tex arrives at the Flintstone home and plays rough with his baby-babbling namesake, Barney's tolerance of the Texan's affection is short-lived, and he scrambles- still in his baby clothes- to his car to flee from Tex, who drives his elongated limousine in pursuit of the prodigious "infant", and Fred, Wilma, and Betty, in Fred's car, chase Tex.
All are arrested by police for driving too fast, and at a police station, Fred is forced to confess his deception to Tex, who is surprisingly understanding of Fred's motives and forgives Fred. After Uncle Tex leaves the Flintstones for his return to Texarock, Fred finds some baby booties partly knitted by Wilma for Betty's sister's baby, assumes that Wilma is expecting a child, and scurries onto Tex's trail to tell Tex the good news.
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