Officer Bettelheim is an officer of the Pangaea Parent Patrol in the Dinosaurs episode "License to Parent." where he is the main antagonist. He cites Earl Sinclair for bad parenting and revokes his license, subsequently doing likewise for Fran Sinclair.

When he finds himself in charge of the Sinclair children, however, the police officer finds his manual doesn't cover everything, and pulls a gun on Baby Sinclair. To save his badge, Bettelheim drops the charges. At the end credits, in a spoof of Dragnet, Bettelheim was suspended from the Parent Patrol for parent code violation and displaying severe emotional instability. He was allowed to return to duty when he thought good and hard for what he has done.