Back to the Future (1991-1992) Animated Series Opening Titles

The animated adventures of Doc and Marty ran for two Seasons on CBS, from 1991-1992. The complete series is available to own on DVD from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Order the series today!
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[@BDNeon]

It's amazing how practically EVERYTHING in the late 80s and early 90s got an animated cartoon adaptation.

[@drawingsuperstar252]

I wish we could get something like that again.

[@BDNeon]

@@drawingsuperstar252 Sadly not likely, America has largely forfeited the advantage it held in the world of animation, while much of the bulk-work of TV shows of the late 80s through the 90s was done by overseas studios in western-aligned Asian countries like South Korea or Japan, they still relied on American animation leads based in the states doing keyframes and storyboard work. Because most major companies have completely dismantled their departments that used to do this animation, there is very little incentive for american animation students to learn the old way of doing things.

[@drawingsuperstar252]

@@BDNeon I see that.

[@JAKECOT_CENTER]

True. Star Wars, robocop, back to the future, little shop of horrors and so many more

[@borntoclimb7116]

True

[@AwesomeCoolAyden]

I love how the scientist ALWAYS time travels to 2015! Even in this!

[@A.B.GSaNaAnAz]

On this very day 4/4/24 I’m just now discovering back to the future had a animated show

[@johnstewart7362]

Bill Nye was doc's assistant in the live action segments.

[@shinigamiphantom1391]

I knew about it since I was 8, circa 1998.

[@evanooruvan5379]

1 may 2024 India

[@sergiofernandez2166]

Me too

[@stevepanzer2305]

Totally Remember this show. I was 10 turning 11 when it came out

[@nthgth]

Surprisingly catchy cover despite being so understandably short

[@thegrimmretails3777]

What cover? That was from the original Huey Lewis song.

[@liamdell4202]

​@@thegrimmretails3777this isnt Huey Lewis perfoming it...

[@BigSplenda1885]

@@thegrimmretails3777 Lmao… wrong… how tf can you think that?

[@metallicarchaea1820]

Ah yes. At the end of the show they always had a clip with what i remember as Christopher Lloyd playing as Doc Brown explaining whatever scientific principle they used in the episode to get out whatever jam they were in. Bill Nye actually demonstrated whatever said principle was, I think way before he had his own PBS show.

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Yep. Bill Nye was on the show until a year after it was canceled and then on his own show.

[@susanfit47]

The show lasted two seasons, each featuring 13 episodes, and ran on CBS from September 14, 1991 to December 26, 1992, the date of the last original episode. Reruns remained on the CBS Saturday morning schedule until the end of August 14, 1993 on CBS, after which it was replaced by CyberCOPS. The network chose not to renew the show for a third season (citing low ratings). It was later rerun on The Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) from 1994 to June 1996, and on Fox, as a part of the FoxBox block, from March 22 to August 30, 2003.

[@mikejorsch304]

Christopher Lloyd appears as Doc Brown in live action sequences

[@CartoonPhreak]

Correct. Universal Kids might possibly continue airing Back to the Future: The Animated Series 24/7.

[@littlegipper5798]

I feel it was more than 13, closer to 30 🤔

[@beauwalker9820]

I remember seeing it back in 2003. It's surprising because not many 90s cartoons reaired in that era, besides "New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh."

[@susanfit47]

@@beauwalker9820 Same for me. I was 16 years in 9th grade at Colleton County High School in Walterboro, South Carolina in Spring 2003 when I watched the show as reruns every Saturday at 8:30a.m.-9:00a.m. half-hour timeslot on the FoxBox.

[@jackstamper893]

I remembered an episode, where the blond kid (Verne) was annoyed at his weird name, so he travelled back in time to his birth. He accidentally saves the day, so his parents back then name their kid after him, showing him, his name was actually in honor to himself. The writers apparently forgot he and his brother were named after Jules Verne, and he just had the bad luck of being born later.

[@matafuko]

Verne is short for Vernon as well, it's not even that weird a name.

[@DrasticFox2004]

That Back in Time rendition is the *Real Ghostbusters Theme Song* of this show 😂

[@dylanlyles9453]

Fancy seeing you here

[@DrasticFox2004]

@@dylanlyles9453 Do I know you?

[@dylanlyles9453]

@@DrasticFox2004 yes, I replied to your comment about P.T. Boomer's name

[@DrasticFox2004]

@@dylanlyles9453 Oh yeah, that was you.

[@dylanlyles9453]

@@DrasticFox2004 The one and only

[@DrasticFox2004]

Indiana Jones = Historically Epic Ghostbusters = Supernaturally Comedic *Back to the Future = Timelessly Truthful*

[@karmatt3098]

I think Back to the Future is a great movie.

[@DrasticFox2004]

@@karmatt3098 Nobody asked you tho

[@redgrape404]

The Godfather: Criminal Masterpiece

[@TheQuaadFather]

Short Circuit = Artificially Fantastic

[@EdwinLegoMovieFan2003]

Star Wars = Space Adventure

[@Christian39521]

30 years already. I feel old.

[@johndough247]

I know right? Back when we had no cares in the world.

[@FULLradiator]

Remember watching this on CBS morning cartoons.

[@Comfy_Gaming]

how have I only just accidentally found this

[@captaindragonyt8439]

Who wants a revival for the Animated back to the future

[@Bluestoneklutz357]

Technically Rick and Morty lmaooo

[@Jeevesie1988]

They use the animated series theme song in the West End musical version, so... does that count?? XD

[@captaindragonyt8439]

@@Jeevesie1988 n o

[@chocolaanimu4evaxx396]

I personally want a more realistic and polished looking remake of the Back to the Future game plot.

[@therowdyruffboysdizzledude5260]

They had ideas for a Netflix Reboot of the animated series

[@artosin]

The real Back to the Future 4. I grew Up with this series.

[@DrasticFox2004]

0:41 *Back in Time!*

[@wildnightsadrenalinedays3330]

I loved this as a kid

[@Idiotic45]

I was born in 2005 and I watched this on dvd as a kid

[@LokoJoe6]

I need this series on Disney+, HBO Max or something, i need to make a proper rewatch, i loved it as a kid back on that day ❤❤❤

[@user-np3dn7nq2d]

If you're wondering, the dvd collection of the series is actually fairly cheap, around 15 dollars.

[@LokoJoe6]

@@user-np3dn7nq2d That's cool, i would love to see it with the Latin American dub if if it was available ❤️

[@leondriaellis9652]

i’m a 2002 baby and this is my childhood!

[@Brasswatchman]

... how? It came out like 10 years before you were born! Did your parents keep tapes?

[@Dremag_Gaming]

@@Brasswatchman Got to remember, some did watch older shows that came out before them while they were young. So perhaps the same for them as well.

[@lonetigerx]

The opening song had played in my head countless times and I couldn't remember where it was from, thank you for answer this question I've had for years

[@zaybear2272]

I didn't know BTTF had a cartoon.

[@lexramstudios1386]

Same

[@baronluigi2738]

@@lexramstudios1386 in Spain, it was broadcast in the early 90s.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

That's because it's obscure and forgotten, that's why you never knew it existed

[@RoosterMontgomery]

@@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000 Obscure? I have to disagree. BTTF was HUGE from 1989-1991. Forgotten? Sure, but it was released on home video in 2015.

[@helpimarock66]

This new season of Rick and Morty looks great.

[@phoenixfirex]

I remembered this cartoon while Playing the Power Wash Simulator BTTF pack.

[@cgimovieman]

From around 1987 to 1993 we had SO many fun cartoons. I was only 8-14 during those years, and probably in the perfect sweet spot as a viewer. Such a fun time to be a kid and I feel so lucky. Some series only lasted one year, and we may look back at them and chuckle today. Like the MC Hammer or NKOTB cartoons for instance. But you know, at the time they were just fun, and played into our fandom. Kids today have access to unlimited options at pretty much any time. But I feel sorry for them. The quality today just isn’t as good animation and story-wise, and you don’t have that anticipation and excitement of watching something Saturday mornings or some other specific time. It’s all just a big blur of semi-mediocre media, and you have to pay for about 12 different services for it. As a huge BTTF fan, I was never that into this series growing up. But I watched it occasionally, and absolutely remember it.

[@gpostallive5818]

1983-1996

[@spencersholden]

I literally just discovered this. How did I miss this!?

[@helpfulplaylists3933]

Hold up. There are some good shows still right now such as the owl house amphibia big city greens moon girl and dinosaur Craig of the creek victor and valieato etc. I think you're just too old to watch and appreciate them because you're in your 40s.

[@gpostallive5818]

@helpfulplaylists3933 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 WE KNOW WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD BECAUSE WE GREW UP IN THE MIDDLE OF TV HISTORY BETWEEN THE BEGINNING OF TV 📺 AND NOW... AND WHATS OUT NOW IS 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 CREATED TO KEEP THE YOUNGINS 🤡🤡🤡 IT AINT ME ,THATS JUST A FACT OF LIFE! THE STUFF OUT TODAY IS LO KEY INDOCTRINATION BY WAY OF DUMBING DOWN THE CONTENT! It started in the 2000's and progressed ... the content is not produced in a way to protect, educate, include moral values, integrity, intelligence. Not saying all cartoons did . But by the 1980's child TV laws were in place protecting children's programing where as today Children's programing promotes a regression of intelligence.

[@KickyMickey1982]

As my favorite scientist once said “great Scott!!” This bring back memories

[@borntoclimb7116]

This Intro is underrated

[@lordprecliktwo7332]

My favorite detail is that Doc named his sons "Jules" and "Verne" (after the famous writer who is considered one of the founders of the science fiction genre, having written such works as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Mysterious Island, and Twenty Thousand Miles Under the Sea,...)

[@danielvuong]

How come I never heard of this yet I only heard the movie

[@Dremag_Gaming]

It came not long after the 3rd movie and even though they did promos (Mcdonald toys as well). It didn't last as long. (but it was also the first time people got to see Bill Nye before he ended up with his own show.)

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@Dremag_Gaming Well it ran for 2 seasons with a total of 26 episodes! Funny Talespin ran for only one season and had a total of 65 episodes! 🚗🚂💥🛩📺

[@manuelalvarado6510]

The ending notes on the cover version of Back In Time on this intro for the Back to the Future animated series should have been on the live performance of the original song from Huey Lewis and the News from the first movie.

[@jeannguyen3199]

Why am I just finding out this existed now?!

[@CinemaStormz]

This is awesome keep up the good work!

[@04angelbydeath]

never EVER heard of this cartoon until now

[@bartman1238]

I dimly remember i was 4 year old when its was out .

[@bowmaj8666]

"Get back, Marty!"

[@EstebanLopez-bn9pd]

I remember this show. Specially the episode when they disintegrated the meteor what was supposed to hit ancient earth, then they had to restore it, meaning that they had to let the friendly pteranodon die after it had saved them from a T-Rex. It was moving, I cried for hours after.

[@ElloAsty]

I gotta look this series up.

[@kevinferguson4166]

I remember seeing this before the movies.

[@FromtheHerts81]

Who knew Einstein was that clever? (The dog that is.)

[@DrasticFox2004]

Indiana Jones - Discover the Spirits Ghostbusters - Answer the Call *Back to the Future - Back in Time*

[@riverehrstien3712]

Lol Wow. I didn't even know they made a cartoon based on Back to the future.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@riverehrstien3712 Well you'll also be surprised to know that Kid N' Play also had an animated Saturday Morning incarnation LOL!🤔📺📼👍

[@Matt561]

it was a fun show

[@marvinthemaniac7698]

This show was designed to be an animated spin-off of the Back To The Future trilogy. Instead, it was the precursor of Rick & Morty.

[@wertical771]

I never knew amblin youtube channel exist

[@RoosterMontgomery]

0:59 Love seeing the title getting struck by lightning!

[@RetroGaming-gp2ef]

Not gonna lie, this show was actually pretty good for 1991/1992. The 90s truly had some of the best animated shows ever.

[@ayoutubechannel3813]

The OG Rick and Morty

[@susanfit47]

This show, Where's Waldo?, Muppet Babies, Mother Goose & Grimm/Grimmy, Garfield & Friends, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Inspector Gadget reruns, Fievel's American Tails, The Little Mermaid, Raw Toonage and Cyber C.O.P.S. were my favorite CBS cartoons back in the day.

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Miss it when saturday cartoons were around.

[@Mr.pumpkin443]

when doc kissed Clara Clayton I thought he was kissing Marty McFly 🤣

[@Diddy_Kongs_Left_Foot]

BTTF trilogy is the closest we’ll ever get to a live action reboot of Rick and Morty

[@caustin850]

What I even like about this cartoon show, is that it has Christopher Lloyd as the original Emmett L. Brown

[@papaonta]

damn i love this version rather than huey lewis' version

[@DrasticFox2004]

Strangely enough, I want to agree.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Who sings this version?

[@megalexantros]

Has anyone actually watched this as a kid? I just found out about it.

[@RocStarr913]

I did. It’s what first really introduced me to Back To The Future.

[@TBrizzle01]

It's crazy that they made Rick and Morty so long ago.

[@hiphopkillen14]

i did not know this exist

[@susanfit47]

CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" lineup Fall 1991: 8:00am - Riders in the Sky 8:30am - Mother Goose and Grimm 9:00am - Garfield and Friends (1 Hour) 10:00am - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1 Hour) 11:00am - Back to the Future 11:30am - Where's Waldo? 12:00pm - Jim Henson's Muppet Babies 12:30pm - CBS Storybreak CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" lineup Fall 1991 (October 5-November 2): 8:00am - Jim Henson's Muppet Babies 8:30am - Mother Goose and Grimm 9:00am - Garfield and Friends (1 Hour) 10:00am - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1 Hour) 11:00am - Back to the Future 11:30am - Where's Waldo? 12:00pm - Riders in the Sky 12:30pm - CBS Storybreak CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" lineup early November 1991-1992: 8:00am - Jim Henson's Muppet Babies 8:30am - Mother Goose and Grimm 9:00am - Garfield and Friends (1 Hour) 10:00am - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1 Hour) 11:00am - Back to the Future 11:30am - Where's Waldo? 12:00pm - Inspector Gadget 12:30pm - Riders in the Sky CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" lineup fall 1992-spring 1993: 8:00am - Fievel's American Tails 8:30am - Disney's The Little Mermaid 9:00am - Garfield and Friends (1 Hour) 10:00am - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1 Hour) 11:00am - Back to the Future 11:30am - Disney's Raw Toonage 12:00pm - The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys 12:30pm - Grimmy CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" lineup spring-summer 1993 (March 20-August 14): 8:00am - Fievel's American Tails 8:30am - Disney's The Little Mermaid 9:00am - Garfield and Friends (1 Hour) 10:00am - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1 Hour) 11:00am - Cyber C.O.P.S. 11:30am - Disney's Raw Toonage 12:00pm - The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys 12:30pm - Back to the Future

[@allright]

"MAKE AMERICA THE 80'S AGAIN"

[@zarinaa1135]

I thought this was a fan animation! WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WAS REAL?!?!?!?!

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Yep. Came out a year after the 3rd movie (1991)

[@Deathtrooper-kn7cr]

Oh WoW,en serio existió una serie animada de Back to the Future? Cada dia descubro algo nuevo. Así que...esta serie animada será lo más cercano que habrá a una Back to the Future 4?

[@Steamboatproductions37]

So that’s where that extremely cracked adoption scene came from…

[@carlosrincon1551]

Vaguely remember this

[@xblastoise9934]

Good cartoon. The question is... how did the doc travel to the time of the dinosaurs if the time machine can only travel to the year 0000? :V

[@nsls8223]

So take me awayyyy i don't mindddd

[@stephengregory404]

Sucks they couldn't get the rights to the original song

[@cameronboushehri9423]

Somebody put this on Peacock

[@Dremag_Gaming]

They could since its owned by Universal (who also owns this show and its movies)

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I remember this cartoon when I was coming up because it got boring after a while.

[@MaxBraver555]

those times, movies spawning animated series

[@RiseofTaitoShirei]

This was 4Kids before Pokemon. Interesting.

[@EmperorOfTheScrubs]

Im gonna tell my kids this was Rick and Morty

[@isthatyoursomnomnom]

We'll always be a part of Elliot Alderson.

[@user-to2uj5nq5c]

Starring Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd

[@chrispiss8902]

Who didn’t?

[@benji2091]

God I’m part of a cartoon! Cool!

[@chrispiss8902]

Lmaoooo, ur a legend

[@benji2091]

@@chrispiss8902 thanks

[@chrispiss8902]

Great Scott, he replied!

[@wildnightsadrenalinedays3330]

I loved this as a kid

[@benji2091]

@@wildnightsadrenalinedays3330 why thank you

[@emu8435]

This isn’t the one I’m thinking of - was there a different back to the future animated series with just Doc Brown and Einstein?

[@TimHUnt-vl1uc]

I think your thinking of live action segments at the end of the show

[@alexmercadodesign2417]

Louie Hewis and the information

[@haflongbar9697]

This was rick and morty before rick and morty 😂

[@mrj.kottari8453]

In which decade Doc and his family live in this series? 2080s? Flying cars were thing in BTTF movies' 2015 but didn't Doc and Clara end in farther in the future in BttF 3 to mix the steam engine with anti-gravity technology? 2085 would be cool detail, as it's 200yrs after the movies' earliest time leap date

[@Cheeseybeaver45]

lol 2015 in the beginning haha

[@nathancruz9172]

0:46 I think this is the same song from teen titans go.

[@ElleRoni]

Rick and Morty: Season 0

[@nordicohahah]

Wait this exists???

[@HuginTheOwl]

imagne if one of kids were named Jerry

[@jenny6609]

I hate this but if no one does this it breaks the cannon so... 2024 aNYOnE?!?!?!?!

[@legomaker1423]

Ok this is really strange when did they made this show of back to the future

[@Dremag_Gaming]

A year after the 3rd movie (since you can see characters in this show from there) Show was out in 1991

[@legomaker1423]

@@Dremag_Gaming that's really strange across I wouldn't know because this show came years before I was born

[@Bobby3OOO]

First pilot for Rick and Morty was weird

[@stephaniembry2298]

Hello

[@KalNov11]

theres a animated back to the future 😂?

[@user-ji5qh2vt9w]

これ日本語版無いのかな？ あったら見たいw てかアインシュタインがケンケンに似てるなw

[@Mr_King_D]

0:41

[@jamestallini13]

I can still watch the movies but as an adult I can't take seeing cartoon characters bouncing around like that

[@harry.t9523]

This Couldn’t have existed could it?

[@jasonmarin8187]

How come Christopher Lloyd never voiced his animated counterpart?

[@ciarangleeson2880]

It is a little weird, given how dedicated he is to playing Doc Brown, and even more so, since he still played him in the live action sequences.

[@RoosterMontgomery]

@@ciarangleeson2880 It is strange that he had the time to film live segments but not voice recordings. Though I've always thought I'd rather have Lloyd on screen over just his voice if given the choice. The showrunners made the right choice.

[@Dremag_Gaming]

From what i seen. He was busy with other things and bearly had time to do his own live segments. (which is why Bill Nye was there to show off some "experiments")

[@martymcfiy482]

mcfiy

[@hiroyui9699]

The original, Rick and Morty.

[@susanfit47]

CBS "Kid TV - CBS Saturday Morning" schedule August 28, 1993 - from Huntsville, Alabama WCFI Ch. 33 (CBS) [Central]: 7:00am Fievel’s American Tails - “” 7:30am Disney’s The Little Mermaid - “” 8:00am Garfield and Friends - “” 9:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - ""/"" 10:00am Cyber C.O.P.S. - "The Case of " 10:30am Raw Toonage - "" 11:00am The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys - “” 11:30am Back to the Future - ""

[@Deveneditandmakeaimusic]

Show name

[@art23428]

You stupid bro

[@Dremag_Gaming]

Name in title

[@chromxrobinandcorrinxcamil9031]

Sussy.

[@EshaanR]

I would love this to be rebooted as an education kid show

[@Heirllionaire]

...aka RICK and MORTY

[@Presto100]

Rick and morty

[@ArtGals-AI]

The OG Rick & Morty