Questions tagged [back-to-the-future]
Directed in 1985 by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd, the first of a trilogy of comedy adventure movies involving time-travel to different periods of a fictional Californian town.
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Was the train whistle present in the original theatrical version of Back to the Future?
The first Back to the Future movie was recently on TV, and I noticed that there is a distant train whistle sound effect when Marty arrives at the Twin Pines Mall to record the Delorean's first trips. ...
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What kind of LED display was used for the “Time Circuits” in Back To The Future?
The Time Circuits in Back To The Future (1985) use what appears to be an LED display, but such displays don't exist in real life.
Look at the last letter of each month: N, V, and T. The T has two LEDs ...
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Did Doc Brown send his clocks 25 minutes into the future?
In the opening scene of Back to the Future, Marty arrives at Doc's place to play guitar. After blowing himself across the room 🤣, Doc calls Marty on the phone. In the middle of the conversation, ...
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Why was Pepsi free in 1985?
In Back to the Future, when Marty is stuck in the past, he visits a known diner from his timeline and asks the server about the phone booth and the address of Doc Brown. The server angrily asks him &...
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Why does Marty give the colt peacemaker to Seamus at the end of Back to the Future Part 3?
Everything seems to have some sort of meaning, but the peacemaker just feels random.
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How does the loop of Marties work when Marty returns 10 minutes early in Back to the Future?
First of all, this is just a question based on my curiosity. It can seem pointless and illogical because of some missing piece of information, but I am asking it anyway based on my understanding of ...
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What do the red fox and scorpion tail represent in these movies? [closed]
The same red fox and scorpion tail logos appear in Back to the Future and The Monster Squad:
Has anyone noticed this same image before? Is this just an image directors throw in their movies as an ...
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How was the DeLorean perceived in 1985?
The DMC DeLorean is now seen as an iconic car. Everyone knows it today because of Back to the Future, but back in 1985, how was it seen?
In 1984, when Back to the Future was filmed, the DMC DeLorean ...
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Why did Marty McFly need to look up Doc Brown's address in 1955?
At the beginning of Back to the Future, it is clear that in 1985 Marty McFly knows where Doc Brown lives.
Why then did he look up Doc Brown's address in a 1955 phone book? Doesn't he already know ...
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Shouldn’t they end up in space (because the earth moves over time)?
The earth is moving and so is the solar system, so shouldn’t they end up in space every time they travel through time?
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How is past Marty paradox explained in the Back to the Future series?
So Marty's parents are supposed to meet after his dad gets hit by his grandpa's car. The mom and dad relive the stories about it.
After Marty time travels he is basically in their faces for a week ...
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Did Doc Brown warn Marty to never travel to 2020 or what year did he warn about?
The premise of this question is that I remember Doc Brown warning Marty to never travel to a particular year but I do not remember which year it was.
There is this meme (shown below) that makes it ...
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In BTTF, Did Marty make his first jump in the Twin Pines car park on purpose?
When Marty goes for 2nd gear at the beginning of Back to the Future, he accidentally turns on the time circuits in the DeLorean for the first time, then switches it off again when he goes into 3rd.
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Why was the DeLorean covered by ice?
In the first time-jump, where Einstein moves 1 minute into the future on the parking lot, the DeLorean arrives covered by ice. It never happens again for the remainder of the series, if I'm not ...
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Bottle cap in Back to the Future
In Back to the Future Marty has trouble opening a glass bottle, because he assumes that the bottle can be opened by twisting off the cap, which implies to me, that he has no idea, that he has to use a ...
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