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--> "[[WhatAnIdiot Do those hoverboards really fly?]]" ''[[MST3KMantra It's a movie]]!'' Stop asking me the question!\\

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--> "[[WhatAnIdiot Do "Do those hoverboards really fly?]]" fly?" ''[[MST3KMantra It's a movie]]!'' Stop asking me the question!\\
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*One episode involved Marty and Verne going back to WWII and in one scene Marty infiltrated an Andrews Sisters-esque trio while they're performing (complete with costume and falsetto). It's revealed that while they sing fantastic in unison,the sisters' voices get progressively deeper when actually speaking (with the dark-haired sister channeling Homer Simpson).
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* When Biff and his gang are about to slam into the manure truck, they all shout in unison, '''''"[[VisualPun SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!]]"'''''

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* When Biff and his gang are about to slam into the manure truck, they all shout in unison, '''''"[[VisualPun SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!]]"'''''SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!]]"'''''
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* The opening scene. Marty uses a [[KeyUnderTheDoormat key under Doc's doormat]] to get into his lab (muttering "''Aw, God!'' Oh, Jesus... That is ''disgusting'', what the hell is it with him..." when he notices the bowl full of [[{{Squick}} spoiled dog food]]), and proceeds to fiddle with different knobs and switches to activate a [[UpToEleven ridiculously gigantic amplifier]] at full volume. [[WhatAnIdiot Which he is standing right in front of.]] He gets into position, readying his guitar pick...[[GaleForceSound and is promptly blown across the room by the noise]], destroying the amp in process and crashing into a bookcase. [[GlassesPull "Rock 'n' roll"]] indeed.

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* The opening scene. Marty uses a [[KeyUnderTheDoormat key under Doc's doormat]] to get into his lab (muttering "''Aw, God!'' Oh, Jesus... That is ''disgusting'', what the hell is it with him..." when he notices the bowl full of [[{{Squick}} spoiled dog food]]), and proceeds to fiddle with different knobs and switches to activate a [[UpToEleven ridiculously gigantic amplifier]] at full volume. [[WhatAnIdiot [[FailedASpotCheck Which he is standing right in front of.]] He gets into position, readying his guitar pick...[[GaleForceSound and is promptly blown across the room by the noise]], destroying the amp in process and crashing into a bookcase. [[GlassesPull "Rock 'n' roll"]] indeed.



-->'''Marty:''' Yeah... I'll keep that in mind...

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-->'''Marty:''' --->'''Marty:''' Yeah... I'll keep that in mind...
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* When Biff and his gang are about to slam into the manure truck, they all shout in unison, '''''"[[VisualPun SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!]]"'''''

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* When Biff and his gang are about to slam into the manure truck, they all shout in unison, '''''"[[VisualPun SHIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!]]"'''''SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!]]"'''''
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* "So why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get out]][[{{Malaproper}} ta here]]?". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.

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* "So why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} [[{{Malaproper}} get out]][[{{Malaproper}} ta outta here]]?". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.
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--> "[[WhatAnIdiot Do the hoverboards really fly?]]" ''[[MST3KMantra It's a movie]]!'' Stop asking me the question!\\

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--> "[[WhatAnIdiot Do the those hoverboards really fly?]]" ''[[MST3KMantra It's a movie]]!'' Stop asking me the question!\\
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* Tom Wilson (the actor who played Biff) wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y this song]] to answer a lot of questions he gets about the film.

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* Tom Wilson (the actor who played Biff) wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y this song]] to answer a lot of questions he gets about the film. He did that again [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwKcPRCV6bI in 2009...]]
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* "I'm gonna catch you a break today. So why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get out]][[{{Malaproper}} ta here]]?". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.

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* "I'm gonna catch you a break today. So "So why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get out]][[{{Malaproper}} ta here]]?". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.



** "I'm your density." Just the way George awkwardly approaches Lorraine, holding his notebook out halfway over the table, and then Lorraine and her friends staring blankly at him as he breathes, "My density... has popped me to you." And she responds with a FlatWhat

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** "I'm your density." Just the way George awkwardly approaches Lorraine, holding his notebook out halfway over the table, and then Lorraine and her friends staring blankly at him as he breathes, "My density... has popped me to you." And she responds with a FlatWhatFlatWhat.
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* "If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles an hour... [[SophisticatedAsHell you're gonna see some serious shit]]."

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* "If "[[IfMyCalculationsAreCorrect If my calculations are correct, correct]], when this baby hits 88 miles an hour... [[SophisticatedAsHell you're gonna see some serious shit]]."



* "Why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get outta here]]". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.

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* "Why "I'm gonna catch you a break today. So why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get outta here]]".out]][[{{Malaproper}} ta here]]?". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.
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* "Why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get outta here]]."

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* "Why don't you make like a tree... and [[{{Metaphorgotten}} get outta here]]."here]]". One of Biff's goons clearly rolls his eyes at this.
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'''Doc:''' ''Ronald Reagan''? The ''actor''? Then who's Vice President? Creator/JerryLewis?! I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady! And Jack Benny is Secretary of the Treasury!

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'''Doc:''' ''Ronald Reagan''? The ''actor''? Then who's Vice President? Creator/JerryLewis?! I suppose Jane Wyman Creator/JaneWyman is the First Lady! And Jack Benny Creator/JackBenny is Secretary of the Treasury!

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** Made even funnier when Doc [[NowYouTellMe calls afterwards to warn Marty not to use the amplifier]].

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** Made even funnier when Doc [[NowYouTellMe calls afterwards to warn Marty not to use the amplifier]]. amplifier because there's a slight possibility of overload]].
-->'''Marty:''' Yeah... I'll keep that in mind...
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* Tom Wilson (the actor who played Biff) wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmjYimspW-4 this song]] to answer a lot of questions he gets about the film.

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* Tom Wilson (the actor who played Biff) wrote [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmjYimspW-4 com/watch?v=iwY5o2fsG7Y this song]] to answer a lot of questions he gets about the film.
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* From a [[http://youtu.be/JVf6aYCGPYI?t=10s deleted scene]], after Marty looks at the newspaper confirming that he's in 1955, an elderly woman bumps into him. What does Marty do? He asks her to [[PinchMe pinch him]] to confirm that this is real. [[EpicFail He gets a slap instead.]]

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* From a [[http://youtu.be/JVf6aYCGPYI?t=10s deleted scene]], after Marty looks at the newspaper confirming that he's in 1955, an elderly woman bumps into him. What does Marty do? He asks her to [[PinchMe [[DreamRealityCheck pinch him]] to confirm that this is real. [[EpicFail He gets a slap instead.]]

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* Marty's horror when Lorraine dismisses his criticism of her smoking by saying he sounds like her mother.

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* Marty's horror Marty reflexively jerking his face around to stare at Lorraine, horrified, when Lorraine she dismisses his criticism of her smoking by saying he sounds like her mother.mother (Marty's grandmother).



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* Early in the first episode of the [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture animated series]], Marty arrives at the Brown residence to find a lot of smoke and chaos. What does Doc have to say in explanation?
--> '''Doc''': Always take the aluminum foil off your burrito before you put it in the microwave!
* "[[Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin Gone Fishin']]": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.
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* From the first episode of the [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture animated series]]:
--> '''Doc''': Always take the aluminium foil off your burrito before you put it in the microwave!
* "[[Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin Gone Fishin']]": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.
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* "[[ Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin Gone Fishin']]": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.

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* "[[ Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin "[[Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin Gone Fishin']]": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.
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* "Gone Fishin'": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.

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* "Gone Fishin'": "[[ Recap/BackToTheFutureTheAnimatedSeriesS1E11GoneFishin Gone Fishin']]": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.
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* "Gone Fishin'": The entire sequence after Marty, the boys, and Emmett examine the materials for the final stunt (going over Upper Yosemite Falls in a barrel). Given the amount of danger involved, Verne asks what idiot would come up with this kind of feat for a four-year-old. Cue the arrival of D.W. Tannen, prompting Marty to comment that he expected this. When Emmett expresses his doubts, Tannen tells him that the stunt is "movie magic" and that he'll be replaced by a dummy before the barrel actually goes over the falls. Without missing a beat, Marty asks if that means Tannen is doing it.
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Simply not wanting to be gay does not constitute Values Dissonance. Marty is never seen or depicted as being bigoted or oppressive of those who are and he never once speaks lowly of them.


-->'''Marty:''' You know, [his EngineeredHeroics plan] is the kind of thing that could screw me up permanently. What if I go back to the future and I end up bein'... ''[[ValuesDissonance gay?]]''\\

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-->'''Marty:''' You know, [his EngineeredHeroics plan] is the kind of thing that could screw me up permanently. What if I go back to the future and I end up bein'... ''[[ValuesDissonance ''[[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday gay?]]''\\
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** Marty initially seems dumbfounded about Doc making a time machine, but his last line almost makes him [[ComicallyMissingThePoint sound more concerned about what kind of car it is]].
** And then it sounds like he's about to ask if he can borrow it so he can go to the lake with Jennifer.

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** Marty initially seems dumbfounded about Doc making a time machine, but his last line almost makes him [[ComicallyMissingThePoint sound more concerned about what kind of car it is]].
** And then
is]]. ''Then'' it sounds like he's about to ask if he can borrow it so he can go to the lake with Jennifer.



** A notable example is when the flaming wind-up car runs off the table and sets fire to some old rags. Even though his eyes are covered by his goggles, [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080320220833/bttf/images/7/73/Docgasp.jpg his reaction]] is priceless. Merely typing "huh!" doesn't even begin to cover the emotion Lloyd conveys in that second.
** It's more like "YHHHUUUAH!"

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** A notable example is when the flaming wind-up car runs off the table and sets fire to some old rags. Even though his eyes are covered by his goggles, [[http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080320220833/bttf/images/7/73/Docgasp.jpg his reaction]] is priceless. Merely typing "huh!" doesn't even begin to cover the emotion Lloyd conveys in that second. \n** It's more like "YHHHUUUAH!"



* After the manure truck incident, Doc and Marty work out how they're going to get George and Lorraine together, as well as their plan for how to get the lightning bolt to power the flux capacitor...and then Lorraine turns up at Doc's house, having followed Marty here, to tell Marty that a real man stands up for the woman he loves.[[note]]Marty had just punched out Biff at Lou's Cafe.[[/note]] As she's saying this, Doc leans forward onto the covered [=DeLorean=] in a HeadDesk.
** From the look on Doc's face, the whole time he is clearly thinking "this is bad, this is really bad, this is really, ''really'' bad".

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* After the manure truck incident, Doc and Marty work out how they're going to get George and Lorraine together, as well as their plan for how to get the lightning bolt to power the flux capacitor...and then Lorraine turns up at Doc's house, having followed Marty here, to tell Marty that a real man stands up for the woman he loves.[[note]]Marty had just punched taken out Biff at Lou's Cafe.[[/note]] As she's saying this, Doc leans forward onto the covered [=DeLorean=] in a HeadDesk.
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HeadDesk. From the look on Doc's face, the whole time he is clearly thinking "this is bad, this is really bad, this is really, ''really'' bad".


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* Marty's horror when Lorraine dismisses his criticism of her smoking by saying he sounds like her mother.
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* The entire premise of ''Get Thee Back to the Future'' (the first movie written as a Shakespeare play) is amusing, and the style sometimes manages to make normal moments in the film funnier. One example of the latter occurs when Doc is pacing and looking at his watch, complaining about Marty being late with a constant, building repetition of "Where's the boy?"
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'''Doc:''' ''[baffled]'' Weight has nothing to do with it!\\

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'''Doc:''' ''[baffled]'' Weight has nothing to do with it!\\it!

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** In a magazine interview from 2015, Thompson actually pointed out that was her favorite scene to shoot, because everyone was in on it except Fox, and she comments that he was so tired from filming the movie AND ''Series/FamilyTies'' at the same time that he probably wanted to just drink it.

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** In a magazine interview from 2015, Thompson actually pointed out that was her favorite scene to shoot, because everyone was in on it except Fox, and she comments that he was so tired from filming the movie AND ''and'' ''Series/FamilyTies'' at the same time that he probably wanted to just actually drink it.it in peace.
* [[NoJustNoReaction Lorraine instantly backing off Marty after she tries to kiss him]], [[ParentalIncest instinctively feeling that it's wrong]]. "I can't explain it. It's like kissing...my brother."
** Writer/producer Bob Gale said he had a hard time writing that line, [[SureLetsGoWithThat because this situation had literally never happened before in human history]].
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-->'''George:''' WHAT?

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-->'''George:''' --->'''George:''' WHAT?



--->'''[=LatinoThug=]!Marty:''' Eh, ''puto''! There she is, mang, there's the bitch! ''[looks through the window]'' Cheatin', mang... SUNUVA BITCH, SHE CHEATIN', MANG! ''[bangs on door]'' ''EH, BITCH!!'' No homeboy for her tonight, mang.

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--->'''[=LatinoThug=]!Marty:''' ---->'''[=LatinoThug=]!Marty:''' Eh, ''puto''! There she is, mang, there's the bitch! ''[looks through the window]'' Cheatin', mang... SUNUVA BITCH, SHE CHEATIN', MANG! ''[bangs on door]'' ''EH, BITCH!!'' No homeboy for her tonight, mang.
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*** Further more on the coffee bit, Marty puts a handful of change on the bar that's no doubt the exact change (or close to it) for a cup in 1985. Lou leaves some coins on the bar, and gives Marty more change, prompting a confused look.
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-->'''George:''' WHAT?

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-->'''Old Man Peabody:''' My pine! Why you... ''[shoots at the [=DeLorean=], misses and hits the mailbox]'' '''YOU SPACE BASTARD! ''YOU KILLED MY PIIIIINNNEEE!!'''''
** Even funnier when you look at the sign for the Twin Pines Mall (where Peabody's farm once stood) at the end of the movie; ''[[BrickJoke it is now called Lone Pine Mall!]]''
** And before that:

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-->'''Old Man Peabody:''' My pine! Why you...MY PINE! WHY YOU... ''[shoots at the [=DeLorean=], misses and hits the mailbox]'' '''YOU SPACE BASTARD! ''YOU KILLED MY PIIIIINNNEEE!!'''''
** Even funnier when you look at Marty runs back to the sign for the Twin Pines Mall (where Peabody's farm once stood) mall at the end of the movie; ''[[BrickJoke movie, it is now called [[BrickJoke Lone Pine Mall!]]''
** And before that:
Mall.]]
**Marty stumbles out of the car after accidentally scaring the Peabodys into retreating to the house.
--->'''Marty:''' Hello? Ah...excuse me? ''[points behind him awkwardly]'' Sorry about your barn. ''[Peabody begins shooting at him with a shotgun. Marty stumbles back and trips]''



'''Old Man Peabody:''' ''[fires a shotgun]'' Take that, you mutatin' son of a bitch!
** And before ''that'':
--->'''Marty:''' Hello? Ah...excuse me? ''[points behind him awkwardly]'' Sorry about your barn. ''[BANG from shotgun, Marty stumbles back and trips]''

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'''Old Man Peabody:''' ''[fires a shotgun]'' Take that, you mutatin' son of a bitch!
** And before ''that'':
--->'''Marty:''' Hello? Ah...excuse me? ''[points behind him awkwardly]'' Sorry about your barn. ''[BANG from shotgun, Marty stumbles back and trips]''



* The part when Marty tries to get directions from the guy in the cafe:

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* The part when Marty tries Marty's failed attempt to get directions from the guy in the cafe:to Lou:



** And if you look closely when that scene first starts, you'll see that the suction-cup thing Doc puts on Marty's forehead was originally on the top of Copernicus's head. Yes, before Marty showed up, Doc was trying to read the mind of his DOG!

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** And if you look closely when that scene first starts, you'll see that the suction-cup thing Doc puts on Marty's forehead was originally on the top of Copernicus's head. Yes, before Marty showed up, Doc was trying to read the mind of his DOG!dog's mind.



* The "Who's president in 1985?" exchange is just outright hilarious because of Doc's hamminess.

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* The "Who's president in 1985?" exchange is just outright hilarious because of Doc's hamminess.reaction to learning who will be President in 1985.



** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-MDtPK0hbY Another deleted scene]] shows Marty peeking into a classroom window and seeing Lorraine cheating on a test. She's then seen telling her friends that she got an F anyways.

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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-MDtPK0hbY Another deleted scene]] (before the scene of Marty pointing George out to Doc) shows Marty peeking into a classroom window and seeing Lorraine cheating on a test. She's then seen telling her friends that she got an F anyways.



** Doc's face through that scene is pure hilarity. You just know the old guy is thinking "this is bad, this is really bad, this is really, ''really'' bad".

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** From the look on Doc's face through that scene is pure hilarity. You just know face, the old guy whole time he is clearly thinking "this is bad, this is really bad, this is really, ''really'' bad".



* Marty's confrontation with Biff when he shows up to toss George up. The way he towers over Marty who has just [[ContrivedClumsiness casually tripped him up]] in the cafe, the camera catching a glimpse of Marty's [[OhCrap classically scared face]] (just watch his eyes) as it happens (the fact that he's barely able to see over Biff's shoulders shows it is hilarious). Marty then quickly pulls the oldest trick in the book by [[LookBehindYou pointing at something behind Biff]], punching him in the face when he's distracted, and then taking off. Doubles as SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.

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* Marty's confrontation with Biff when he shows up to toss George up.out. The way he towers over Marty who has just [[ContrivedClumsiness casually tripped him up]] in the cafe, the camera catching a glimpse of Marty's [[OhCrap classically scared face]] (just watch his eyes) as it happens (the fact that he's barely able to see over Biff's shoulders shows it is hilarious). Marty then quickly pulls the oldest trick in the book by [[LookBehindYou pointing at something behind Biff]], punching him in the face when he's distracted, and then taking off. Doubles as SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome.
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'''Marty:''' ''[just as baffled as Doc]'' What?\\

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'''Marty:''' ''[just as baffled as Doc]'' What?\\What?

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