I don't think Fred was really a bully. He blustered and boasted about his strength and athletic prowess a lot and occasionally threatened Barney, but he was basically good-hearted and cared about his friends.
I think a classic example of "a typical bully" on THE FLINTSTONES was Fred's neighbor "Mr. Loudrock" in the 5th season episode "Dino and Juliet."
Mr. Loudrock treats everyone with contempt, deliberately mispronouncing Barney's last name as "Rabble," and ordering Barney to tell Fred to be quiet while he (Loudrock) takes a sunbath.
Loudrock especially enjoys picking on Fred, referring to him as "Fatstone" and "Fatso Flintstone," tying a knot in the nose of Fred's mastadon sprinkler, and throwing a lawn weed on Fred's head in a deliberate effort to get Fred's goat.
Loudrock also takes special delight in humiliating Fred when Fred tries to be a tough guy. For instance, when Fred confronts Loudrock for throwing the lawn weed on his head and tells him to knock it off (tormenting him), Loudrock responds by by swinging a hammer at Fred's head, forcing Fred to duck to avoid injury.
Fred's most humiliating moments occur when he warns Loudrock that he knows karate. Loudrock responds by dropping the stone wall between their properties on Fred's legs, trapping Fred's bare feet on Loudrock's side of the wall. While smirking at Fred, Loudrock allows Fred to bluster until Fred realizes that Loudrock is about to tickle his feet and meekly reveals his terror of having his feet tickled. Loudrock is perfectly evil as he taunts Fred by saying "Cootcee, Cootchee, Coo!" while he starts ticking Fred's feet vigorously. Fred erupts in helpless laughter which quickly becomes hysterical, but despite Fred's pleas, Loudrock keeps up the tickle torture, savoring Fred's helplessness, until Fred is able to pull his feet to safety on his side of the wall.
Later, Loudrock punches Fred so hard that he flies through his house ending up in a trash can outside the back door, swats Fred with a tennis racket, sending Fred flying, and wraps a golf club around Fred's neck.
Loudrock is a real bully if there ever was one. He's physically intimidating, has a big ego, and he's both physically and verbally abusive toward others, especially Fred, and enjoys it.
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