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** A theater marquee lists ''Space Man From Pluto'', the title that a Universal executive reportedly wanted to force into ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.

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** A theater marquee lists ''Space Man From Pluto'', the title that a Universal executive reportedly wanted to force into ''Film/BackToTheFuture''.''Film/BackToTheFuture1''.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Or Azazel, to be precise. [[spoiler:Isaac cut a deal with Azazel for the knowledge to reverse time and end humanity, seeing it as preferable to letting the evils of humanity continue.]]


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* DestructionEqualsOffSwitch: Lewis tries this with the Doomsday Clock, but it is merely the catalyst for a much larger mechanism and is mostly hollow. [[spoiler:Jamming up the gears of the real one, on the other hand, does the trick.]]
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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Isaac and Selena Izard, who plan to use the clock to reset the world, leaving only them remaining to shape history to their liking.]]

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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler: Isaac [[spoiler:Isaac and Selena Izard, who plan to use the clock to reset the world, leaving only them remaining to shape history to their liking.]]



* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: Isaac’s voice is heavily distorted after his return from death.]]

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* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: Isaac’s [[spoiler:Isaac’s voice is heavily distorted after his return from death.]]



* HumansAreBastards: Izard fought in [[WarIsHell World War II]], and his experiences caused him to [[spoiler: make a DealWithTheDevil in exchange for the means to turn back time for the entire world and make sure humanity never existed.]]

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* HumansAreBastards: Izard fought in [[WarIsHell World War II]], and his experiences caused him to [[spoiler: make [[spoiler:make a DealWithTheDevil in exchange for the means to turn back time for the entire world and make sure humanity never existed.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Other then getting publicly humiliated by a basketball to the face K.O. from Lewis at the end, Tarby gets off unpunished for taking advantage of Lewis and making him bring back a wizard who tried to end the world. But that happened in the story too, and it just served to make Lewis become more mature and find better company.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Other [[spoiler:Other then getting publicly humiliated by a basketball to the face K.O. from Lewis at the end, Tarby gets off unpunished for taking advantage of Lewis and making him bring back a wizard who tried to end the world. But that happened in the story too, and it just served to make Lewis become more mature and find better company.]]



* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: Izard's wife, Selena, did this with their neighbor Mrs. Hanchett]].

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* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: Izard's [[spoiler:Izard's wife, Selena, did this with their neighbor Mrs. Hanchett]].



* RaceLift: [[spoiler: Selena Izard was white in the novel; she's African-American in the film]]. Similarly, Rose Rita.

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* RaceLift: [[spoiler: Selena [[spoiler:Selena Izard was white in the novel; she's African-American in the film]]. Similarly, Rose Rita.



* SupernaturalRepellent: Pumpkins (especially when made into Jack O'Lanterns) and iron (especially when made into horse-shoes) are mentioned to be the two best methods of keeping out evil forces, Jonathan lining his front yard with jack o'lanterns and nailing iron horseshoes to anything that needs extra security. [[spoiler:Both methods fail when put to scrutiny,]. Isaac burns off every horseshoe in and out of the house and turns the jack o'lanterns into glue-spewing monsters.]]

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* SupernaturalRepellent: Pumpkins (especially when made into Jack O'Lanterns) jack-o'-lanterns) and iron (especially when made into horse-shoes) are mentioned to be the two best methods of keeping out evil forces, Jonathan lining his front yard with jack o'lanterns jack-o'-lanterns and nailing iron horseshoes to anything that needs extra security. [[spoiler:Both methods fail when put to scrutiny,]. scrutiny: Isaac burns off every horseshoe in and out of the house and turns the jack o'lanterns jack-o'-lanterns into glue-spewing monsters.]]



* TragicKeepsake: Lewis's Magic8Ball was a gift from his parents just before they died. [[spoiler: Lewis ends up sacrificing it to save the world.]]

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* TragicKeepsake: Lewis's Magic8Ball was a gift from his parents just before they died. [[spoiler: Lewis [[spoiler:Lewis ends up sacrificing it to save the world.]]



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Isaac Izard's actions are monstrous and [[spoiler: his ultimate goal is even [[RetGone worse]]]], but once you find out [[WarIsHell what]] [[ShellShockedVeteran caused him]] [[DespairEventHorizon to be this way]], it's hard not to feel at least a little bit sorry for him. Before this, he was implied to have been a decent person and a very close friend to Jonathan, and interestingly, he [[spoiler: offers to save Lewis when the eclipse starts and the clock's power activates]]. Ultimately, he's been so twisted by his trauma and dark magic that whatever's left of the person Jonathan and Florence knew is long gone by the time he comes back from the dead.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Isaac Izard's actions are monstrous and [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his ultimate goal is even [[RetGone worse]]]], but once you find out [[WarIsHell what]] [[ShellShockedVeteran caused him]] [[DespairEventHorizon to be this way]], it's hard not to feel at least a little bit sorry for him. Before this, he was implied to have been a decent person and a very close friend to Jonathan, and interestingly, he [[spoiler: offers [[spoiler:offers to save Lewis when the eclipse starts and the clock's power activates]]. Ultimately, he's been so twisted by his trauma and dark magic that whatever's left of the person Jonathan and Florence knew is long gone by the time he comes back from the dead.

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