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Having a crash out because this guy doesn’t know what the Chainshipping tag is on here. Now between all my depressing gay art is a poor guy trying to sell watches 💀

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saw enjoyers when they see that nasty ass bathroom

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What if wr kissed …in the saw bathroom..?

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This is how I see every oc x canon for the eltingville club

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The soundtrack version of Only a Matter of Time is objectively better than the demo version, but the demo version is objectively way funnier

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And Marty McFly was as real as it got - a real desperado, some might say. Standing stock-still in the center of the street, a shivering dog at his back. Some scruffy, mangy mutt with a tattered collar bearing the name ‘Einstein’ , David would find out later.

Took a lot of guts, thought David - staring into a defiant face streaked with rain and mud - to stand up for a stray.

“Don’t you assholes know how to drive?” Had been the first words out of Marty’s mouth. (x)

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A Complete Guide to Back to the Future!

 Hello! Welcome to Travis’ Guide to Everything, where I take my favorite pieces of media and give a thorough step by step on how to get started (It’s also an excuse to brain dump about my fixations)! Today we’re covering one of 1980’s cult trilogy: Back to the Future!

DISCLAIMER: I know first hand how intimidating it can be to join a fandom that's older or has a lot of content. Travis’ Guide to Everything serves to help those who don’t know where to start or for those who are simply looking for more content to engage in! There’s no “correct” way or order to enjoy media! If I missed anything, let me know!

 THE TRILOGY

If you’re seeing this, you’ve probably already seen the movies. If you haven’t or have only seen the first movie, START HERE! While almost everyone knows the original movie from 1985, some have never actually seen Back to the Future PT.2 and PT.3. The original Back to the Future can definitely stand on its own; however the second and third movie add so much to not only Marty and Doc but to Hill Valley’s history. Part 2 and 3 are conjoined stories, following Marty and Doc going to 2015 and 1885. Despite the first movie being the most popular, I’ve seen Back to the Future PT.2 being referenced more often within the fandom (Marty’s hoverboard, the Biff tower, Marty’s self tying shoes, etc.).

THE ANIMATED SERIES

  While you can stop after finishing the movies, why would you?! You’ll definitely see throughout this list that almost all additional Back to the Future content seeks to answer the question: What happens next? With the creators swearing never to make a Back to the future 4/remake, other types of media have taken vastly different approaches to what may have happened after the ending of Back to the Future PT. 3. 

  The 1991 animated series is no exception to this. With 2 seasons and 26 episodes, the animated series is in my opinion a great addition to the franchise. Marty and Jennifer take a backseat as we follow Doc and Clara’s family. Jules and Verne are now grown enough to participate in time travel which leads to a bunch of crazy scenarios that Doc and Marty have to get them out of. Each episode begins and ends with a small live action portion of Doc (Which Christopher Lloyd revives his role for) explaining the science behind the plot of the episode. He’d do a small child friendly experiment with his assistant (which fun fact is played by Bill Nye!).

  There are some issues with this series that I must address although I don’t see them as deal breaking when it comes to watching the show. From episode 1, it’s clear that Marty becomes more of a sideline character, playing the Kimmy Gibbler role in Doc’s family. This is simply because writers found it hard to create fun episodes without back writing all the character growth Marty and Doc had within the original trilogy. Another issue would be the creative liberties it takes with the Back to the Future technology. In each episode, Jules and Verne travel to a different place in time, learning about historical events. In order to create diverse episodes, the DeLorean can now time travel outside of Hill Valley (Greece, England, etc.). There are also some episodes that completely derail from the grounded laws of Back to the Future, such as an episode where Doc creates a device that brings video game characters to life or the episode where Jules and Verne enter Doc’s imagination. As someone who’s watched both seasons, the episodes are just as enjoyable, you just have to get used to these changes.

THE COMIC SERIES

  For Back to the Future day in 2015 (a celebration of the day Doc and Marty go to the future), IDW comics released a Back to the Future comic series that lasted until 2017. In opposition to the animated series, the IDW comics aimed to explain the darker effects time travel had on Marty after part 3. The entire purpose of  Volume 1: Untold tales and alternate timelines is to go through any plot holes or skip over issues in the trilogy. This includes what Doc did when he got to the future the first time around without Marty and how he built the time train in 1885. The rest of the volumes are a direct continuation after part 3 that follows Marty as he tries to understand his new life, one without time travel. 

  This series is definitely more for time travel nerds who pick apart the timelines of the trilogy. It supports multiple fan theories such as multiverse and “Where did lone pine Marty go?” (If you’re confused, I will go over this later on). The only issues I’ve picked up on this series is that the art style can be very inconsistent between volumes and sometimes even between issues. Besides that, the comics touch on other frequently asked questions such as how Marty and Doc met. It expands small characters like Needles and even goes farther into the future past 2015. Bottom line is, if you want to see Marty have an identity crisis, read this. 

If you’re interested in reading the series, this is the order I followed: 

VOLUME 1: Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines

ISSUE 1: When Marty met Emmett/Looking for a few good scientists 

ISSUE 2: The Doc who never was/Science Project

ISSUE 3: In search of Calvin Marty Klein/Jurassic Biff

ISSUE 4: Peer pressure/Emmett Brown visits the future 

ISSUE 5: Clara’s story

VOLUME 2: Back to the Future: Continuum Conundrum 

ISSUE 6: Continuum Conundrum part 1

ISSUE 7: Continuum Conundrum part 2

ISSUE 8: Continuum Conundrum part 3

ISSUE 9: Continuum Conundrum part 4

ISSUE 10: Continuum Conundrum part 5

ISSUE 11: Continuum Conundrum part 6

VOLUME 3: Back to the Future: Who is Marty Mcfly?

ISSUE 12: How Needles got here

ISSUE 13: Who is Marty Mcfly? Part 1

ISSUE 14: Who is Marty Mcfly? Part 2

ISSUE 15: Who is Marty Mcfly? Part 3

ISSUE 16: Who is Marty Mcfly? Part 4

ISSUE 17: Who is Marty Mcfly? Part 5 

VOLUME 4: Back to the Future: Hard Time 

ISSUE 18: Stowaway to the future 

ISSUE 19: Hard Time part 1

ISSUE 20: Hard Time part 2 

ISSUE 21: Hard Time part 3 

VOLUME 5: Back to the Future: Time Served

ISSUE 22: Time Served part 1

ISSUE 23: Time Served part 2

ISSUE 24: Time Served part 3

ISSUE 25: Time Served part 4

BACK TO THE FUTURE: Tales from the time train 

ISSUE 1: Welcome to the world of tomorrow part 1

ISSUE 2: Welcome to the world of tomorrow part 2

ISSUE 3: Welcome to the world of tomorrow part 3

ISSUE 4: Welcome to the world of tomorrow part 4

ISSUE 5: Welcome to the world of tomorrow part 5 

ISSUE 6: Welcome to the world of tomorrow part 6

To add to this great comic series, there are also two mini series that accompany it. First is Back to the Future: Biff to the Future (6 issues) which expands upon how Biff from 1985A became who we see in Back to the Future part 2. Then there’s Back to the Future: Citizen Brown (5 issues) which I intentionally left for last. Citizen Brown is a comic adaption of the Back to the future video game (5 issues for the 5 episodes of the game). Obviously you are to read this after you play the game. While the physical books for this series are considered collectibles (each volume can go for 300-400 bucks on eBay from what I’ve seen.), you can download their files and read online via comic apps like Panels. If you’d like me to make a tutorial, let me know!

THE GAME

  Speaking of video games, Back to the Future of course has one. The 2010 TellTale game “Back to the Future: The Game”, is a point and click, puzzle and story game, often referred to as the closest thing we’ll have to Back to the Future part 4. To understand the storyline in full, you must understand the basic history behind the idea for Back to the Future. Bob Gale first got the idea for the movie while visiting his parents. He was going through old yearbooks when he found out his father was actually senior class president. Seemingly in complete opposition with Gale, he wondered what it would be like to go to school with his father. The relationship between Marty and George has always been the core of the franchise. In the later Back to the Future movies, this focus is turned to Doc and Marty’s relationship dynamic (Caused by a multitude of issues concerning Crispin Glover Yikes!). The game takes this focus and transforms it from “Would Marty and George have been friends if they were both teenagers” to “would Marty and Emmett have been friends?”.

  It follows Marty after the events of Back to the Future Part 3, dealing with the idea that Doc is truly gone. That is, until a delorean appears in front of Doc’s home with no driver. After some research, Marty realizes he must travel back to 1931 in order to save Doc, only to find out the only way to save him is to befriend Emmett’s seventeen year old self. It’s a really interesting concept that brings the players to a ton of different versions of Hill Valley. Besides a 1931 Hill Valley, We also get to see multiple alternative timelines including a dystopian, overruled, prison-like version of the town. Unlike the animated series, which primarily uses Biff and other Tannen relatives to serve as antagonists, the game introduces new villains such as Edna Strickland, Principal Strickland’s sister. As someone who’s played it, I very much recommend it. The puzzles aren’t hard and each section leaves you wanting more. Sadly, the game has been taken off most websites and the physical copies are few and far between. Even if you can’t get your hands on a version, I’d still recommend watching a play-through on YouTube (There’s a BUNCH)!

THE MUSICAL

  Much like every other entry on this list, I’d love to make a fully detailed post primarily on the Back to the Future musical. Opening on WestEnd in 2020 and on Broadway in 2023, the Back to the Future musical uses extraordinary SFX to achieve intense DeLorean action along with lovable song and dance numbers. I’m going to be totally honest with you, I was very skeptical when I heard they were in production. I just really couldn’t imagine how 88 mph was going to be depicted on a stage but, after seeing it I genuinely think they did it perfectly. Obviously some things are changed such as the car now being voice controlled, the 1955 car chase being replaced with a school fight, and Doc’s new fear of heights. I was a bit hesitant at first but I can understand why they made these changes.

Unfortunately, the musical is having its last performance on January 5th 2025. That doesn’t mean you can’t watch slime tutorials! The one I watched was really close up for most of the performance and had great audio. The soundtrack is also available on Spotify! (I recommend listening to the deluxe edition because it has a bunch of deleted and early versions of some of the numbers). 

THE RIDE  

  Now there isn’t as much to explain with this entry. With the success of Disneyland’s Star Tours and the rising popularity of screen visual rides, The Back to the Future ride was born! Passengers would sit in an 8 seat “DeLorean” and chase Biff around different versions of Hill Valley. Why I included this on the list isn’t just because it’s a cool thing to know, it also expands on what might’ve happened after part 3. In this timeline, Doc has created a research institution for time travel in which the riders are travel volunteers. 1955 Biff is misplaced and ends up infiltrating the building. He steals a DeLorean which leads to the ride portion. While the ride is short (only about 4 minutes or so), the queue line videos are almost 30 minutes long and give a lot of extra content.

In 2007, the ride was replaced with the Simpsons ride which I will NEVER FORGIVE!! Even though you can’t go ride it, there are multiple videos on YouTube that include the ride and queue line videos!

ACTION FIGURES AND OTHER GADGETS

  Unfortunately, if I went through every single piece of merchandise you could buy for Back to the Future, this blog post would be seven different posts. Of course there are a billion different shirts, socks, and prop replicas you can buy to feel like a time traveler but one prominent thing I see most often is Back to the Future action figures! I might be a bit biased seeing as I already collect action figures so I’m bound to focus on it, however they are widely popular in the fandom from my experience. There are a multitude of companies that make ⅙ scale BTTF figures all the way down to 3 ⅓ inches but, there are two in specific I want to speak on. 1, because I favor them over other companies from my personal experience and 2, because they both represent opposite sides of availability. 

  The first and probably most popular company to buy from would be HOT TOYS. They have a Back to the Future series (⅙ scale figures) that include Marty and Doc in all three movies AND all three DeLorean’s which are up to scale with the figures (part 3 comes out in 2025). I own the deluxe Doc Brown collection and the Marty Mcfly revamp that includes Einstein.  They are probably the highlight of my Back to the Future collection. They’re great quality and come with a BUNCH of accessories. My only reason for not recommending them is solely the price. HOT TOYS is pretty much a luxury collectors brand. Each figure in the collection is about $200-$500 depending on where you buy it from (The DeLoreans can cost up to 1K YIKES). This can definitely be out of people’s price range which is where I introduce my lovely substitute. 

  NECA’s Ultimate Back to the Future collection includes over 10 figures and props. This collection has Marty, Doc, and Biff in both Back to the Future part 1 and 2. There’s even a fading Marty that has a skeleton-like hand! They’re 7” scale and also include similar accessories that the HOT TOYS come with. They range from $20-$40 which is much more reasonable. I own 1955 Doc and Classic Marty and I can say they’re a great alternative. They’re smaller and lower quality than HOT TOYS but still make for great additions to any collection. A good substitute for the HOT TOYS DeLorean would probably be the LEGO Back to the Future collection. I own the 2013 version which is much smaller but my girlfriend owns the 2022 revamped version which is much cleaner. While the LEGO sets can still come out to $100, it's definitely better than the insanity HOT TOYS is asking for. Funko Pops also exist for a bunch of characters but not everyone is crazy about them. I own the classic Marty, 1955 Doc, and the 2015 Doc. They’re very much Funko pops lmao. If that’s your thing I’d definitely recommend but if not, you’re not missing out. 

HISTORY, SCIENCE, AND THEORIES BEHIND IT

  As we come to a close with content, I’d like to cover some surface level ideas and background knowledge you should know when engaging with the fandom and some stuff to research on your own time! It’s a widely known fact that the filming of Back to the Future was less than.. Great. Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis were struggling writers who were having trouble getting the movie green lit. Once it was approved, Eric Stoltz was actually casted as Marty. They went through half of filming before firing him and bringing on Michael J Fox. Even the story itself went through dramatic changes as Gale and Zemeckis wrote it. Did you know in the early script, Marty and Doc sell bootleg videos, or that Doc was supposed to have a pet chimp? 

    I could make an entire blog post solely on the making of the trilogy. There for some reason was SO MUCH drama! If you’re interested I’d heavily recommend Back to the Future The Ultimate Visual Guide. It goes through all the early drafts and plans for Back to the Future and even has little prop replicas inside like a motion changing family picture! If you really liked the musical I’d also recommend getting the Creating Back to the Future The Musical book. It goes in depth with the SFX and early drafts. 

  The science of time travel is a bit hard to explain in one area especially when including the second and third movie. The one rule of time travel that all Back to the future content generally follows is that you’ll never go back to the same timeline you were once in. While it may be extremely similar, just your existence in another time will cause you to jump to another timeline, destroying the other one. A lot of fans consider this to be a wave effect (which is why Marty doesn’t start to fade until a week into 1955). This is what causes most theories and questions behind the trilogy. The comics actually do a great job of explaining this. Most of Marty’s problems in the comics after the events of part 3 are caused by the fact that he holds no memories of the marty he took over for. There was a Marty that was always raised with wealthy parents who must've acted differently. This leads into a popular fan discussion about “Where did Lone Pine Marty go?” (Lone Pine refers to the fact that when Marty knocks over old man Peabody’s pine tree, the mall is changed from twin pine mall to lone pine mall in the new timeline). I personally believe that the lone pine Marty simply went to another version of the past, messed it up in a different way, and traveled to another version of 1985, but there are plenty of different theories, even one that believes Doc tries to kill him??!!

  There are a bunch of other crazy fan theories such as “George knew” which refers to the idea that George figured out Marty was a time traveler because of his interest in Sci Fi. Don’t even get me started on theories about Biff and the Biff tower. Another small piece of content I didn’t cover was the novelizations by George Gipe and Craig shaw. They take some inspiration from the original script and are pretty cool! I’ve only read the original Back to the Future novelization but there are books for each of the movies. If you’d like to read them, I’m pretty sure they’re on the internet archive! I just didn’t include them in their own section because there’s so little to talk about when it comes to them.

  I really hope you’ve enjoyed this guide to Back to the Future! This trilogy has been one of my favorites since I was little and I’d love to get more people involved. If anyone needs tutorials on how to download the comics or want more detailed blog posts about a certain section, please let me know! I’d love to do a deep dive into theories or reviews on any of the content I listed. Until next timez!

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I don't think we talk enough about the Western Union letter situation at the end of part II. I mean, this strange blacksmith shows up in 1885, hands over a letter, and lays out extremely detailed instructions for them to deliver it on this specific day seventy years in the future to a teenage boy standing in the middle of an empty road. He gives them a description of Marty and makes a whole big deal of them keeping the letter safe and following through with the task when the time comes.

For SEVENTY YEARS, the workers at Western Union have this letter in their possession—likely locked away somewhere. It becomes something of legend in that building. I can see new employees, in the midst of all their training, being taken to wherever The Letter is being housed so that they can be told about it.

The guy who delivers it to Marty mentions they had all placed bets on whether or not anyone would even be there to give the letter to. Could you imagine having a mysterious letter sitting around your office for seventy years and then the day finally comes where you can find out if that guy from way back when was crazy or not.

How was it that only one guy ended up making the trip with the letter?? How'd he get chosen? Were all the workers fighting to be the one picked?? I'm surprised they didn't all pile into a few cars and take a field trip out in the storm to see what would happen.

And then how did that guy just Go Back after??

Dozens of eyes eagerly set on him as he walked through the door. "Well??! Was he there?"

"Yeah, he was there."

"And?? What was the letter all about?"

"I don't know. Whole thing was weird. The kid was just standing there, soaked through from the rain. He seemed nervous. Gave him the letter and he freaked out, yelled something about the Old West, and took off running."

And that's just. It. That's all the closure they get.

I'd lose my mind.

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Why he standin like that

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I’m a Carlisle and Aro were lovers during Carlisle’s time with the Volturi truther

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I took the text from Frankenstein: A New Musical

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twilight (2008) mary shelley's frankenstein

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guys did anybody read v. e. schwab's newsletter

what do you mean she's watching hannibal for victorious research purposes???

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sorry but the hand placement, the warm glances, the chin chuck, AND the book cover recreation???? director chris weitz was crazy for this one

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vampire Bella, how did your attractiveness and personality increase like 10x after your death

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Y/n: *sneaks into the castle at 2am*

Marcus: *turns in a chair* care to tell me where you were?

Y/n: I was with… Uh......A....Aro!

Aro: *also turns in a chair* Care to- *keeps spinning* Marcus I can’t stop the chair.