Small Details You Missed In The Back To The Future Movies | Netflix

There's a lot to love about the Back to the Future trilogy, from the time travel hijinks to the amazing score and everything in between. It's been more than 30 years since the first film, and we can't stop watching these movies. No matter how many times you've seen them, though, there are still some details you may have missed in the Back to the Future films.
The Back to the Future set designers started dropping plot hints within the first minute of the film. The opening scene in Doc's home shows dozens of synchronized ticking clocks. This is a tribute to the classic 1960 time travel movie The Time Machine, in which eccentric inventor H. George Wells has a similar collection of aligned timepieces.
Doc's collection looks pretty random, but one of the clocks gives away a major scene from the end. At about a minute in, we see a miniature model of a clock tower with a man holding onto the minute hand. Like all but one of Doc's clocks, the time on this one is 25 minutes slow. Later in the movie, in 1955, Doc Brown dangles before the face of the Hill Valley clock tower as he tries to connect the cable to channel the lightning bolt.
However, this prop wasn't made for Back to the Future. It was a real clock made in tribute to a different movie: the 1923 silent film Safety Last!, in which actor Harold Lloyd also clung to the minute hand of a clock above a busy street. Actors named Lloyd can't seem to avoid clock towers.
A major plot tease | 0:00
Doc Brown's backstory | 1:20
Famous musician cameos | 2:39
Subtle sequel cameos | 3:43
Attention to continuity | 4:50
Meatloaf and sci-fi | 6:06
Marty and Pepsi | 7:11
Shout-outs to the crew | 8:43
Tributes to other films | 9:55
Real history | 11:25
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[@MattJohnsonA]

Fun fact they missed: in the scene with the antique store window, the man talking with Marty about the Cubs winning the World Series in 2015 is Charles Fleischer, the voice of Roger Rabbit.

[@Simon9Mr]

Yep. And he's also the garage mechanic in 1955 who fixes and cleans Biff Tannen's car after the collision with the manure truck.

[@speedjunkie13]

I just realized, in the original timeline when they're eating meatloaf and watching the honeymooners in 1985, George McFly had been the one eating meatloaf and watching the honeymooners with Lorraine and her family in 1955, basically reliving the first night they met.

[@Kinoparapino]

Time

[@bigbadjohn8099]

The fact that we are even discussing this film in 2022 is a testament to how wonderful these films were. I have a few co-workers that are in their early 20's and had never seen these films, so recently I loaned one of them my Blu-ray set. I was actually jealous of her getting to watch these movies for the first time! I saw all three of these films at the Penn Theater on main street in my little town, which is now sadly an abandoned building. Anyway, when she returned my DVD's I said "well???" To which her response was... "EPIC"!

[@Caaine]

Love her response :o)

[@offshoreman71]

Would have been funny if she said "that's heavy" lol

[@soonersciencenerd383]

our town movie house was turn into a church, but was closed down.

[@williamkoch5002]

Too bad you got dvds back instead of the blue rays. Back to the future?

[@bobbywoods684]

I'm surprised that at her age, she didn't say, "One black person. Not one homosexual, not one transsexual. Where's the diversity?"

[@hancock63]

In Part 3, Doc and Marty get their picture taken in front of the courthouse clock. The photographer is Dean Cundey, who was the director of photography for the whole trilogy.

[@jasonrackawack9369]

I love how you see the clock being unloaded from the train when they are asking the engineer how fast the locomotive would go to see if it would get up to 90mph

[@danielmarquis5258]

I also found out that Dean was the Director of Photography for some of the Halloween Movies.

[@hancock63]

@@danielmarquis5258 Yup, Director John Carpenter used Dean on five of his films.

[@flipnap2112]

dean was on halloween. I remember seeing his name every time I watched it

[@matthewwriter9539]

In the Playmobil BTTF3 advent calendar they have the camera, but not him. This was a slight disappointment to me. ...though not as much of a disappointment as not being able to buy a Playmobil George McFly...and what about that girl who has the hots for Marty in 1955? She is in many, many scenes in part 1, yet there is no Playmobil toy for her.

[@space_lobster_racing]

the back to the future trilogy are the only films i can watch repeatly without getting bored

[@jasonhaynes2952]

The small details of this movie are what makes it watchable over and over again

[@barnbersonol]

The more you watch them, the more you realise how brilliant they were.

[@Roberob1189]

BTTF 1/2/3, the goonies, home alone 1/2, the fog, Friday the 13 1/2/3/4, Halloween 1/2. I can watch these movies over and over and over. In fact, I do.

[@VincenzoBarbato]

​@@Roberob1189you missed the first two terminators, terminator 2 being the best one and only coming second to the BTTF movies

[@missolivie]

Frighteners movie 1996, because of Marty mcfly , I find all Michael j fox movies and found Frighteners the best one

[@lordvenjix3757]

One of Greatest Movies Of All Time

[@itsMrNoble]

You’re one of the greatest movies of all time, mate, if anyone is…

[@Rcjecfifwvjfwvjwfvj]

For all Time

[@coltonmaccune]

From all times

[@chard404]

..in every dimension

[@Badass_Rooster]

Facts!!

[@monicageorge2577]

Also in Back to the future III when marty gets back to 1985 there’s a sign called “Eastwood Ravine” instead of “Clayton Ravine” because he supposedly fell instead of her when he was going back to the future as the train track was incomplete

[@DaMixWizard]

That's awesome, will check that out next time I watch it✌🏾

[@Doves96]

yeah I noticed this today when I was watching it. cool eh

[@jackmorrison8269]

That was obvious, the whole point in marty being clint eastwood.

[@jeopardy60611]

I remember noticing that when I saw the third movie in the theater. If I remember correctly, kids talk about teachers they don't like falling in the ravine.

[@osamabad3597]

I never noticed the twin pines mall detail as a kid after watching it dozens of times. I watched it recently with my 10 year old son, and he noticed it immediately

[@K-Y-L-E]

Neither did I, I watched the trilogy atleast 15 times before noticing that

[@nxvakira]

I came back here to talk about this!

[@JeffDeWitt]

One fun thing that doesn't get noticed very often is the dealership that the Toyota pickup is from is Statler Toyota. In 1955 Statler Studebaker is on the end of main street (across from the courthouse), and there is a Studebaker parked across the street from it. Also, that newspaper Marty picks up has a full page ad for the 1955 Studebakers. Even more, at the drive-in in BTTF 3 there is a billboard advertising the Studebaker Golden Hawk, and in 1885 we can see construction of the Statler livery stable, about where the dealership was in 1955. I love these movies!

[@BuzzLOLOL]

Someone around here is proud he has a pickup like one in the movie... but everybody just says they don't remember that from the movie...

[@jerseystrongg2g352]

That was awesome!!!

[@jperkins3642]

Quality catch, right here.

[@WardyLion]

In 1885 Hill Valley we see a sign for "Honest Joe Statler" who rents / sells buckboards, wagons etc. Doc also assures Clara he will smooth things over with "Mr. Statler at the buckboard rental" after the one she rented goes over a cliff.

[@joeyglusky4774]

Here’s another interesting fact you missed: The owner of the pine trees is Old Man Peabody and his son is named Sherman, which bears resemblance to Mr. Peabody and Sherman who were coincidentally time travelers.

[@electricfil]

Van Halen part is the greatest. Also, I love in number 3 when Marty says "great scott" and doc says "I know, this is heavy".

[@davesargent7304]

ZZ Top revealed themselves not just with the beards but their signature instrument spinning in unison.

[@computerjantje]

Yeah ZZ top not being recognized was a stretch. Even I recognized them the moment they spin their guitars and I am not even from the USA.

[@luci-fer250]

the beards were a dead give away for me

[@Doing_it_right_the_first_time]

@@luci-fer250 And the ironic part is the one member of the band (the drummer as you all probably know) who does not have a beard, his name is “Frank Beard“!

[@luci-fer250]

@@Doing_it_right_the_first_time lol

[@glenfenderman]

@@luci-fer250 Me too

[@TheRealThunder]

More tiny details that might easily be overlooked: Doc's first time travel experiment, involving Einstein taking a trip 1 minute into the future. It's a resounding success, and Doc proceeds to explain to Marty that Einstein skipped over that minute and arrived instantly 1 minute later. The departure time Doc calls out, is 1:20 AM and 00 seconds. Einstein's arrival time is thus 1:21 AM. The same numbers, as the 1.21 Gigawatt of electricity required to power the flux capacitor. In the second film, Doc is wearing a colorful shirt in 2015 depicting cowboys and trains. Not only does this foreshadow the third film, but Doc repurposes this shirt as his bandana during the "science experiment" when Doc and Marty borrow the train in 1885.

[@realityanalyst]

BTTF "predicts" 9/11, go watch it. The way I see it, the time 1:20 00 of the clock is really the year 2001

[@justmike5446]

@@realityanalyst also Twin Pines Mall ( Twin Towers ) ... when Marty arrives for the first time there the clock reads 1:16 (upside down is 911).. later it is Lone Pine Mall (referencing the now single tower which replaced the twin towers, "One" World Trade Center)

[@realityanalyst]

@@justmike5446 Yes, just go and watch the video I mentioned.

[@justaprankj7339]

The bandana isn‘t the same because it wasn‘t as colourful as the shirt.

[@woodgrainstudios7321]

Daaammm

[@duartesimoes508]

I was 19 when Back to the Future came up, in 1985. It was the happiest time of my life. I had a great girlfriend, a fine motorcycle, money enough and the right friends. Good times indeed.

[@louismcg7601]

What happened to the girl?

[@spectrum7virkeytroni]

I was 22 and me and my girlfriend went to this movie on a double date. When we arrived at the theater, the only place we could get 4 seats together was in the front row. And from the front row leaning back to see the whole screen, that amp blowing was quite the shock at the beginning.

[@barbarathesecretary]

One thing that always stood out to me, at the end of the third movie, several people in cars watch Marty roll by on the train tracks and subsequently the car gets destroyed by a passenger train. No one comes to his aid, no emergency vehicles are called to the scene and the train doesn't stop. Marty even has time to go and get his girlfriend, bring her back to see the wreckage and still, no one else cares to investigate the crash.

[@ERTChimpanzee]

In Murica nobody don't care lol.

[@nathanjohnston1176]

Trains take miles and miles to stop. The people in cars though....

[@Alpha-Trion7]

Vern gestures at you. :P

[@MrWolfSnack]

Bro have you ever been to south LA? That's exactly how it is.

[@partyguy101ify]

@@nathanjohnston1176 The point is that the train never stopped after crashing.

[@TrimTrimmer]

I was born in 1985 and I have watched these religiously growing up. I watched the trilogy a hundred times but it wasn’t until we actually got to the year 2015 when I watched the second one and noticed the flat widescreen television mounted on the wall, a scene I had seen a hundred times, but never before found relevant, I was like that tv is the tv that everyone in the western world now has, that is exactly what televisions have become!! Suddenly this scene of the future that I had seen a hundred times is now the present and that tv is 100% familiar, they nailed it. It was a revelation like no other, he even talks to it and it has multi-screen channels showing. Amazing!! If you actually think of what tvs looked like in the 80’s how they predicted that I’ll never know!!

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Marty was the dude every kid looked up to. It's so crazy that Chernobyl happened a year after this.

[@donkique956]

That was... totally random!

[@briankurtz79]

When Marty comes back to the future at the end of the third movie the ravine is called Eastwood ravine instead of Clayton ravine

[@proverbialloaf]

Yes! Because Clara no longer dies that way. (-: and Eastwood was Marty’s 1885 alias, lol

[@andrewmurray1550]

and Lone Pine Mall not Twin Pine Mall.

[@computerjantje]

well that was so clear shown that it hardly can be listed in "details you missed".

[@computerjantje]

@@andrewmurray1550 you did not watch the video you are commenting on? The lone versus twin is in this video!!

[@gaspar1823]

@@computerjantje Right and the Twin Pine/Lone Pine Mall too😋

[@Borg9]

BTTF number 1 is a perfect movie. I saw it twice in the summer of 1985 when it came out. You could tell even then that it was a classic.

[@SamIAm-kz4hg]

Vito Lombano "BTTF number 1 is a perfect movie. I saw it twice in the summer of 1985 when it came out. You could tell even then that it was a classic." Toward the end I had to go pee so badly when I saw it in the theatre. But I couldn't get up and miss something.

[@tylerthompson1842]

Best trilogy of all time. I used to hate the third one for being so different, but as a whole it’s perfect.

[@emmakai2243]

For me, it's a 3-way tie between Star Wars, LOTR, and Back to the Future.

[@annettegenovesi]

@@emmakai2243 For me, a three way tie between BTTF, Jaws, and Titanic.

[@andrewmurray1550]

I don't know, that seems kind of OK. The Western setting made sense as far as Buford Tannen was concerned. And having Lea and Michael play Marty's great-grandparents was fun too and their reaction to the de ja vu feeling that's obvious to them but are trying to ignore it. But what if as Doc explained, they went to 2015 from the bad 1985-A? If they go forward from that point in time, it's the future of that reality i.e. 2015-A where Biff rules the town and (maybe not still) married to Lorraine, George is long dead and Doc brown is locked up in the looney bin. Maybe a return to 2015 from the "new" 1985 where Marty has his 4x4, George is a successful author and his parents are fit, healthy and happy, and assuming Joey is NOT in prison. We'd assume that some day Marty would submit some demo tapes to recording studios and actually get a few records done and become reasonably successful.

[@BornAgainRN]

For me, the Part II was my least favorite. I actually quite enjoyed Part III. But the original is by far the best. Classic stand-alone film. Didn't even need the other two, but really glad they were made.

[@JerryWasARaceCarDriver]

@@emmakai2243 Back To The Future, Poltergeist, and ROBOCOP. Oh wait hold on, The Stuff. LOL

[@Synapticalist]

When you mentioned Roger Rabbit, the Riverside Tunnel in Back To The Future II was also the same tunnel in Roger Rabbit that would into the cartoon land.

[@potterj09]

Hmm I'll meet u there

[@andrewmurray1550]

and Chris Lloyd was also the bad guy in Roger Rabbit......

[@nateroseman]

Well done

[@paulrobinson6078]

This is one of the best things in the movie which told me the writers actually cared about the story!

[@chuckwagon7354]

Huey Lewis did not write the Power of Love specifically for the film, he did offer to submit the next song he wrote to be used in the film. However, he did write Back in Time for the film.

[@cuda426hemi]

After Zemeckis asked him for a title song and Huey demurred - he said he would submit his next song. Whether or not he wrote it explicitly for the film or not (Huey never says it wasn't) it was written & submitted FOR the film per Zemeckis' request ... aka "work for hire" as Huey KNEW it would be for the film. See RS article where Huey talks about it. 🎶

[@Dracogame]

1:20 Now that I think about it, there's a scene in which Doc starts a fire in his house, possibly suggesting that he's just clumsy and eventually set his own house on fire.

[@daviddillard3513]

The bar tender in Part 3 was played by Matt Clark, who was also the bar tender in The Outlaw Josie Wales. The initial dialog between Marty and the bar tender is a play on the dialog from that movie as well. Fir some reason these are never called out in these Easter egg lists 🤔

[@robertmorris8997]

Well, in real life Matt Clark is a jackass.

[@AbeTheSigma007]

“Run Squirrel”…

[@cwmims]

Amazing movie, one thing I did realize watching the movie as kid is my favorite scene when he's playing that beautiful red Gibson ES 345. I didn't realize that guitar did not come out until 1958, yet Marty was rocking out to it in 1955. Lol a more appropriate guitar would have been a Strat or Tele, but it's all good fun and a great movie!

[@trajic9204]

Yeah, the humbucker pickups didn't even exist until 57, so he should have been playing something with single coil pickups.

[@Krullmatic]

Great catch!

[@glenhill9884]

In the store window, behind the Jaws vid is a VHS tape of the Dan Ackroyd movie Dragnet. The fedora he wore is like the one Marty wears to be in disguise. Also, old man Peabody is an homage to the cartoon adventures of Sherman and Mr. Peabody, who traveled through time in the Wayback Machine.

[@kasperchristensen8416]

Baaa .. ba-bam bam! The story is true! Dragnet!

[@hueytlatoani1177]

The fact that George never questioned Lorraine why Calvin (who Lorraine fell in love with back in 1955) and Marty (who was born in 1968) were identical, always intrigued me.

[@susanowen1709]

They only knew him for a week in '55. By the time Marty was old enough to look like "Calvin," it's been 30 years. They probably don't even really remember what he looked like.

[@hueytlatoani1177]

@@susanowen1709: Really? They probably didn't remember him? The guy who Lorraine was fascinated about and desperately wanted to have sex with? The guy who actually help George to overcome his fears and convinced him to aproach Lorraine? And they probably don't remember him. No, I don't think so.

[@crowtservo]

@@susanowen1709 And there’s probably no photos of him. I’m thinking back to 1992 and I can’t think of anyone I knew for a week. I dated a woman for 2 months in 2005 and I was surprised when I saw photos of her on Facebook in 2018 because she nothing like I remembered her.

[@tommissouri4871]

I know where you are going, but Marty was the youngest, having an older brother and a sister. So unless Calvin left something to remember with a time-delay, your angle wasn't happening.

[@susanowen1709]

@@hueytlatoani1177 I said they probably don't remember what he looked like, not that they didn't remember him. They only knew him for a week, after all, and didn't spend every minute of the day with him.

[@ralphralpherson9441]

I'm literally shocked you mentiond cameos without mentioning *Elijah Wood* was in BTTF 2. It was literally his very first on screen role in a feature film. ((He's one of the little boys who mock Marty for playing "Wild Gunman" arcade in "The 80s Cafe" with the line "you mean you need to use your hands!?" and then the other little boy says "its like a baby's toy!" and they both walk off in disgust. ))

[@donaldburrus2859]

Back when he was literally the size of a Hobbit

[@heyshipwreck5445]

Thats not what a cameo means.

[@Reesicup]

That's pretty well known though. I noticed it right away. But it probably wasn't included here because it wasn't a cameo, an easter egg, or a knod to anything/anyone, since at the time it was filmed, Elijah Wood was literally just a random kid actor who ended up becoming famous later on. . . 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@ralphralpherson9441]

@@Reesicup Yeah, I guess thats a good point. So maybe it's more of a "fun tidbit"... But still, being he's incredibly famous today I figured it would get a mention. More important than "oh that's the set designer driving a jeep" (yawn)

[@marshalofod1413]

@@ralphralpherson9441 More important? Why? Because Elijah is famous, and the set designer is not? That's f**ked up. EVERYONE on a set is important. Without the set designer, there'd be no film. Without the actor, there'd be no film. Without the gaffers, there'd be no film. Without the costume designers, there'd be no film. Etc, etc, etc... But go on, keep sniffing the taint of "celebrities", acting like they are more important than you, or anyone else. I'll be right here, knowing that we ALL play a part.

[@i8younglings]

I love this triology, because how many you watch it is not boring⌚❤️

[@flipnap2112]

its funny. there are a few movies that are like songs. you can just enjoy them over and over. some movies have a plot to discover, and the 3 acts to digest. Films like this are an experience and a ride.. take it over and over. I must've watched this thing 100's of times. except I got so used to seeing it replayed on TV, that when I played the DVD for my sisters kids I forgot about all the cursing ha ha. they were really young. Same with ET and the "pen!s breath" line. man what happened to our movies. where's our next "Close encounters" or "rocky".. nothing but more superhero movies

[@Alpha-Trion7]

Well the 10th time was a bit dull, but the 11th picked up again. The 14th time was mesmerizing. The 17th was alot like the 2nd. And that's ALL I need, this remote control and a VHS movie of BTTF!

[@I_Am_Become_Zero]

The Roger Rabbit in the window is also a subtle reference to Charles Fleischer, the voiice behind the character, who also played Terry, the car repairman who worked on Biff's car.

[@niagargoyle]

Terry/Charles is also the guy who asks Marty to donate to saving the clock tower and comments about going back in time to put money on the Cubs. There’s a deleted scene that confirms it’s the same character because Old Biff and Terry have an argument about how Biff is still stingy after sixty years.

[@I_like_turtles_67]

My uncle worked on Rodger rabbit and all three bttf movies. He's done a lot of q&a events over the years.

[@partyguy101ify]

@@niagargoyle "Ah you're living in the past, Terry!"

[@annettegenovesi]

I can't get enough of any of these characters, especially Marty and Doc. This was quite enjoyable.

[@rhowar1]

I always wondered why Doc Brown seemed puzzled when he was telling Marty about Peabody's idea to breed pine trees.

[@sevendyseven4090]

Same with me !!..certainly something deeper there went on that was never sought out/explained.

[@SOLO.SOLO.SOLO.]

i think doc bought part of the land from peabody on which his plans never finished or even died and helped build a mall there later as everyone knows doc used to be very rich & i also find it fascinating why he ended up dating marty wants to meet there of all places, would be the only logical reason for me why he acts in the scene as if they were once in a class

[@ToneeRhianRose]

Something else you didn't notice is that the name of the Peabody's son is Sherman Peabody! Sherman & Peabody are characters from The Bullwinkle Show aka Rocky and His Friends that are time travelers!

[@countenanceblog]

Bob Gale is a native of University City, Missouri, and its town iconography involves dual lions. Note that dual lions were on the entrance statuary to Lyon Estates, seen in both its completed and inhabited 1985 (and 1985A) versions and the beginning of construction in 1955. Either Gale or Zemeckis said that the reason there was so much Pepsi product placement is because Coca-Cola never changes its logo and corporate art, whilst Pepsi frequently does, and did several times even by 1985. This meant that a version of 2015 with Pepsi and a different logo/label would have been believable to 1989 audiences.

[@jb888888888]

Talking about cameos and shout outs you missed that George "Buck" Flower (Bum!Red) was the star of 1973's _Orgy, American Style_ which is being shown in the town theater before Marty goes back in time. And the old man who indirectly gives Marty the idea of taking the Sports Almanac back in time is Charles Fleischer in old-age makeup; Fleischer voiced Roger Rabbit in _Who Framed Roger Rabbit._

[@anderspemer358]

And played Terry the car repairman, who we see a few scenes later in the movie again when both Marty and old Biff are back in 1955. There was a cut scene following old Terry giving Marty the idea to go buy the almanac, where Terry and old Biff talk and Terry mentions the date of Biff picking up his car after the first manure truck hit, thus also giving Biff the idea of what day to go to, to give himself the almanac once he's stolen it.

[@Looper]

Great Scott! The Back to the Future movies are always entertaining, and every time we watch them we pick up some fun new small detail or secret!

[@dale611]

why am i first on a verified user that commented this a year ago

[@S0lar_Flare]

@@dale611 lmao

[@NeverEvil1]

Everyone overlooks that there were TWO Deloreans in 1885. How were there two? Doc Brown goes there first because of the lightning strike, buries that Delorean for Marty to find in 1955. When Marty goes back, the first Delorean would still have been in the mine shaft for less than a year. This giant plot hole always bugged me, and now it can bug everyone else. As a bonus mind bender, there were 3 Deloreans in 1955 at the same time. We have first movie Marty’s Delorean, first hidden on the outskirts of the city, and then brought to Doc Browns mansion in preparation for the clock tower lightning strike. We then have the second movie Delorean go back to 1955 to get the almanac, which is then hidden in the same spot as the first movie, but after the original was moved to the mansion. Finally, we have Biff, going back to 1955, to hand off the almanac, for the third one.

[@trajic9204]

@@NeverEvil1 I don't think it's a plot hole, if they took the delorean that was there, that would break causality, as marty couldn't be there if that Delorean was taken.

[@peterpiper831]

@@NeverEvil1 Another discrepancy is in the second movie. Old Biff takes the Almanac back from 2015 to young Biff in 1955, then returns to 2015. When Doc and Marty arrive back in 1985, Hill Valley is completely different due to 1955 Biff exploiting the Almanac, and as Doc explains, resulting in an altered timeline. Then 2015 should also have been different when old Biff returned as Hill Valley would still be following the altered timeline. But it was identical when old Biff returned. I also wondered why we saw Biff and his grandson Griff, but no mention of Biff's son/Griff's dad.

[@christopherwebb3517]

I like the little detail of how they made the Roger Rabbit doll in the antique shop look old and ragged, when the movie was being made while Who Framed Roger Rabbit was still in theaters.

[@wadafuttshowprolem7998]

They probably let “ Einstein” play with it !

[@WardyLion]

Good spot!

[@roabarton7962]

I even miss the commercials from back then. Seemed so much more simple.

[@ribeye-03]

Also in 2015, you can see a Pontiac dealership. But as we know Pontiac went under after the GM went bankrupt in 09

[@Stackali]

but remember. they changed the timeline a couple more times after that is shown. so thats why they went bankrupt sooner.

[@burtpanzer]

Lone Pine Mall is hardly a small detail which practically no one missed.

[@luci-fer250]

i did

[@jaspermartin7444]

i might have, I missed so many of these easter eggs...

[@mae2759]

That's really easy to miss if you're not looking for it. There's a ton of continuity things like that in the movie that you have to really pay attention to get.

[@ROSS4422]

I also noticed that as a kid right away in 1985 . To be fair I did not notice many of the others that were pointed out.

[@momentosdesempre9662]

Love this vid!!! Pls pls make a series about this, i love the BTTF and the most details i learn now for the first time.

[@ZVManning]

What still blows my mind is how well the aged Biff back and forth between the movies

[@VoIPPortland]

... you know your history. Very good .......

[@4exgold]

spot on. One of my favourite scenes from the series was "old Biff" sitting in 50's Biff's car and reading him the riot act. Doc always said an older version of one's self meeting the younger version could result in terrifying things happening to space & time....but I suppose because young Biff and middle-aged Biff were so thick, they had no idea who they were talking to, and thus it had no effect on the space-time continuum 😅

[@Friendship1nmillion]

@@4exgold Unless you notice the uncanny resemblance between " Biff " from Back to the Future { 1 & 2 } and former President Donald Trump . 😱😧🙈 ♑️✍️🇦🇺🇸🇯

[@4exgold]

@@Friendship1nmillion the mega rich Biff in 2 is defo supposed to be the Trumpster

[@partyguy101ify]

@@4exgold Yeah, except now (most of us) know that his "wealth" was created from an inheritance, many unpaid loans and debts, and several types of fraud.

[@holleyjomartinez4009]

Thank you for posting this video! There are probably a lot more details that I missed! ♥️

[@WardyLion]

George never lost his love of Peanut Brittle, either. He's eating it at Lou's diner in 1955 when Marty first encounters him and also in the 1985 dinner scene referenced in this very video.

[@RoseRose-hp4rq]

But he’s eating a bowl of cereal in that diner scene

[@electricfil]

He's eating corn flakes.

[@RoseRose-hp4rq]

@@electricfil I always assumed it was Bran flakes

[@electricfil]

@@RoseRose-hp4rq I think you are right. Definitely cereal though.

[@WardyLion]

@@electricfil Just double-checked and the box clearly states it’s peanut brittle.

[@sarkaniemi]

This was an interesting video! Thanks for bringing some of these interesting and fascinating details to our attention! Although I have watched the movies a few times, I had missed some of these cool details and hints! From now on I will enjoy watching them even more!

[@hootyhaha]

Every one that was around during this movie knew that, about Huey Lewis being in the movie.

[@troodon1096]

It was pretty well known; in fact they were counting on that for the sake of the joke. He's only less recognizable now due to less people knowing who he is.

[@jaspermartin7444]

This is really excellent, saw these movies when they first released and always intended to watch again but never go around to it. You've inspired me! But only after I read more of these easter egg articles about the trilogy!

[@lkajiess]

The kid holding the comic book in the barn was also the voice of Flounder in The Little Mermaid.

[@proverbialloaf]

I didn’t know that!

[@lkajiess]

@@proverbialloaf I only knew because he was a bartender in my home town lol.

[@proverbialloaf]

@@lkajiess That is too cool.

[@yourfavoritefriends]

lol

[@WardyLion]

@@lkajiess Bit young to be a bartender, wasn't he? ;-)

[@AbsenceOfLogic]

I suppose part of the reason Doc Brown wasn't interested in building a time machine to make money was because he was already rich when he invented it. It's easy to not care about money when you have a lot of it. But Marty was originally from a poor household before he changed the course of his parent's lives, so even after the change of his own family from poor to wealthy he still had the same mindset as the poor kid he grew up as when he went into the future in the 2nd movie and had the thought of cheating to make himself rich with the future sports almanac. And then ironically because of that he ended up causing another change which made his family worse off than before the first change.

[@paulrobinson6078]

True but a true scienentist is not about money but about the progress of knowledge|!

[@Martsims9]

Actually I don't know about that... Remember Doc told Marty that when he came to after hitting his head he had a vision in his head of the flux capacitor and it took him nearly 30 years and his family fortune to realize it. He had a vision but didn't realize what it was at the time.( also I don't understand why this video says apparently blah blah because he clearly says it) That said tho I also agree with Paul Robinson, Doc is a scientist and a quirky on at that he didn't care about money at that time OR want to change the time stream. That clearly changed by the third movie because I'm sure that modified ELB Locomotive cost a pretty penny.

[@alexleethomson]

@@Martsims9 Got kids though didn't he, and a lady. I bet that changed his tune pretty quick. Paying for all her telescopes and petty-coats.

[@Martsims9]

@@alexleethomson LOL a wife and kids ALWAYS changes a mans mind about money

[@XSDX3R0]

IIRC Doc had a "mysterious" fire that burnt his mansion down. He sold his land and probably got the insurance money to fund his research and development.

[@kevinhealey6540]

Met Tom Wilson at a Comic Con. Decent man, talked with me for a while about this and that.

[@WardyLion]

By all accounts, Tom Wilson is a "very nice" man, despite his obvious talent for portraying...not very nice men. He apparently was bullied as a child so used that an inspiration of sorts when playing Biff / Griff / Buford.

[@TommonSensePro]

11:48 I thought the last detail was the fact that Marty was passing a sign that read Ronald Reagan. Which references him as an actor which Marty tells past Doc Brown after he asks who the president was in that time period.

[@WardyLion]

Apparently Ronald was "quite tickled" when watching the movie and Doc reacted in disbelief that he was president ("Ronald Regan? The actor?!?"), so much so he asked the projectionist to rewind and play it again.

[@supergg07]

I love this!! Now I’m gonna have to watch the trilogy again. Lol

[@tommissouri4871]

4:28 You missed that Matt Clark the bartender was also the bartender in The Outlaw Josey Wales and he served Clint Eastwood as "Josey Wales". Here he serves Marty as "Clint Eastwood". Of the three at the table, only Pat Buttram had never been in a movie or TV show with Clint Eastwood.

[@nelsonclub7722]

That indeed is a great detail

[@tctheunbeliever]

"Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?"--one of my favorite lines.

[@crushcity3034]

You better run, squirrel!

[@johntiggleman4686]

Pat Buttram was Mr. Haney on the Green Acres TV show. He was also on the WLS radio "Barn Dance" show; I have a copy of their "Prairie Famer" magazine from 1941 with a picture of a young Pat. Too bad you can't post pictures in the replies...would love to show that here.

[@ducknorris233]

When the original premiered I took my wife to see it and we were looking for Huey Lewis because he was rumored to be in the movie but never found him. We liked the movie so much we went again the next day and spotted Huey. I think we were expecting a larger roll for him.

[@ducknorris233]

@Ulas yes, that is Huey Lewis

[@JerryWasARaceCarDriver]

I knew the auditorium guy was Huey immediately because of his eyebrows. What I didn't catch was Eddie as a bum until it was pointed out. Wait, wasn't that in ROBOCOP?

[@bobbywoods684]

It was the hair and glasses. Once you know it's him, the voice is a giveaway.

[@poochiew.9302]

I saw the movie when I was probably 8 or 9 and knew who he was the second he came on screen lol.

[@ducknorris233]

@@poochiew.9302 you Sire , know your Huey well.

[@Rossturnerphoto]

As a fan of all three movies, I also consider myself a bit of a Back to the Future trivia nerd. But there was some stuff in this video that I didn't even know or realize. Good job and it was an enjoyable video.

[@toddtourville984]

So many fond memories came back while watching this vid, thanks

[@heathercrawford722]

I just watched the trilogy again last week lol

[@itzcaseykc]

As Roger Rabbit went berserk from a single drink, Doc Brown reacted oddly to a drink he held all night without drinking its contents until Marty came into the bar and the patrons said they'll drink to the future, at which time he tossed it back and passed out drunk. That was funny.

[@gary1961]

.... during that scene when he is talking to the men in the bar, telling them about the future as they mock him, he looks absolutely pissed which is why there's a real impact when the bartender tells Marty that he's only had the one drink, the one he is still holding. 'Well gentlemen, I have a train to catch.' The Doc declares to the men in the bar. 'Here's to ya, blacksmith ....' They say, raising their glasses to him. 'Emmett, NO!' cries the bartender who knows what will happen if he downs the drink. Too late. The Doc knocks the whisky back in one go then collapses onto the table out cold.

[@itzcaseykc]

@@gary1961 Yeah, that's how it went. Some of it was fuzzy since I haven't watched it in quite a long time now. Thanks.

[@jaspermartin7444]

not understanding, why did doc pass out from one drink?

[@itzcaseykc]

@@jaspermartin7444 Because Doc wasn't a drinker.

[@kalel311superman9]

i love these movies, i have thesse on blu ray i watched them today i never get tired of watching these movies, it's 2023 and these movies still stand the test of time

[@albdamned577]

When I was little, I remember watching the reruns of this on TV and seeing the newspaper clip. It was one of the first times I saw a detail like that but it definitely got me looking for more, beyond this movie for sure.

[@HurriShane00]

Here's a real mind Bender for you. At the end of part two, Doc is struck by lightning and is transported back to 1885. Marty then gets the letter in 1955. Then in part 3, they dig up the DeLorean in The Mineshaft, and Marty uses that DeLorean to go back to 1885. When Marty gets there, he rips a hole in the gas line, and has no gas left. However there is a second DeLorean in 1885 by now. Doc at this point has already put the DeLorean in The Mineshaft for Marty in the future. So the fuel in that gas tank is still there. They could have went over to The Mineshaft and just got the gas out of that DeLorean.

[@mordecai1793]

He probably would have drained the gas before burying it. Wouldn't be good to leave gas in the engine for 70 years.

[@WardyLion]

Vehicles need to be drained of all fluids before being stored / laid up, hence the reason there would be no gas, oil or coolant in the buried DeLorean to use. 1885 Doc would have also likely disposed / used up what he drained as he anticipated that they'd merely replace them in 1955, plus it could have had serious ramifications if someone had discovered them accidentally in 1885.

[@orenmashko1177]

5:35 For decades I wasn't sure why doc is saying that breeding pine trees is a crazy idea and I always thought that this is a very awkward moment in the movie. Then it hit me that it's hilarious since in a mad scientist brain like doc has, something pretty ordinary as breeding pine trees is perceived to be crazy.

[@quentinparhiala9415]

These are good details in Back to The Future that we might have missed and I love this video and thank you for uploading it

[@Astrobrant2]

That was a very interesting collection. Thanks. As for the saloon scene, I noticed that the bartender was the same person as the bartender in _Outlaw Josey Wales_ and the bar was very similar, too.

[@chrismorris76]

“Zombies from Pluto” Plutonium being just what they needed… 🙂

[@donovandownes5064]

the pepsi product placement was done in exchange for free pepsi??? Might be the greatest trade deal in the history of trade deals, maybe ever

[@WorkFromYourLaptop]

The twin pines / lone pine reveal just blew my mind. Nice 👍🏼

[@AnarchyPossum]

Also, the thought-reading machine that Doc creates actually does work (kinda). Doc says (IIRC; going from memory), "You want me to make a donation to the Coast Guard Youth Auxiliary." Donation, because Marty donated to "Save the clock tower," and Coast Guard because Lorraine's mom (I think) mentioned, "You must be a sailor because you wear that life preserver," to which Marty responded, "Coast guard."

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

He mentioned Coast Guard because of Marty's vest. I assumed he felt he was looking for donations because he showed up at his door, not because of the donation earlier in the movie.

[@FerGalicia]

Well, no. Doc was actually just guessing based on his outfit, that was the joke.

[@JonSmith-cx7gr]

Jesus chris. Thats a stretch.

[@AnarchyPossum]

@@JonSmith-cx7gr I never said it worked perfectly, but of all the nouns he could have possibly picked, he picked "donation" and "coast guard". Yes, other things could have influenced his choices. Also, generally, since making a movie is expensive, everything in the movie should be something that has value. The writers would have chosen those words for a reason. If they wanted to say that the machine doesn't work at all, they would have avoided words that connect with other parts of the movie. My argument is that writers choose words deliberately, and since they chose words that do have a concrete connection with earlier parts of the movie, and since everything in a movie (should) add value, that line would therefore not be completely meaningless, which provides support for the claim that the machine actually does influence Doc's thoughts based on Marty's thoughts or memories. He specifically said "coast guard" and not "sailor". Simply the presence of a vest that looks like a life jacket wouldn't, by itself, give him that connection.

[@automotive474]

You are right and my mind is blown :)

[@kasperchristensen8416]

This trilogy is literally beyond genius! Also, GREAT work in exposing all these little details in the video above!

[@fredrikjonasson6808]

I love the homage to "Once Upon a Time In The West" in BTTF 3, when the camera pans over the train station and you see the town behind it

[@FRiESREiS]

That pine tree detail blew me away! Brilliant!

[@tecoberg]

That is a great trilogy. A classic for my generation, maybe a classic of the cinema

[@computerjantje]

agree

[@jonathanfesmiresteampunkau6983]

Everyone in 1985 knew that was Hewy Lewis, though maybe more recent generations wouldn't recognize him.

[@Kitfoo77]

Yeah I was wondering how they thought that was a "small detail". Heh, kids.

[@rgerber]

I'm 1984 i've seen the movies multiple times, i have no idea who this is

[@butlercorp]

And Huey bagging out Marty for playing the power of love was a brilliant gag

[@jondunmore4268]

More recent generations are idiots. Also, you call yourself an author and can't spell "Huey" correctly?

[@DrJekyll38]

I don't think he liked the Pinheads' heavy-metal take on his song.

[@matthewpowell2429]

One thing I noticed is that in BTTF 3, when Marty goes to 1885, that Doc has no memory of Marty disobeying his wishes back in 1955. I think that's because he either purposely forgot, forgot over the next 30 years (1955-1985), or remembered but changed his mind when he wrote the letter in 1885.

[@christophf.w.dohrmann-nick2967]

Great piece of work collected from the triogy. Thx

[@nathancruz9172]

I loved watching back to the future trilogy, when I was a kid.

[@kathseye21]

Im a kid wacthing this btw i watched all the movies last 4 days🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nemesis5271]

@@kathseye21 same! i watched bttf when i was a kid. now I'm a mom of 2 and i still watch them!

[@largol33t1]

The first two are good but the third one was awful and forgettable. My god it was corny!

[@user-wp4oh3zn5e]

I was about 11 when watched in My cousins home the tape of BttF l . Video recorders where not so common in the houses of 1985.

[@computerjantje]

I already watched these films back in 1744. I have no idea how the tv and video player got there and where I got the power from. vague memories from a past life.

[@garyhall2770]

At one point in time there were 4 DeLoreans in 1955. 1. The one Marty went back in time with. 2. The one Marty and Doc went back in time with. 3. The one Biff went back in time with. 4. And finally the one in the cave.

[@lunch2102]

Nice 1, I completely missed that. Cave/mine shaft

[@christopherheckman7957]

You might want to tackle "All You Zombies" next. 8-)

[@brocton1000]

Also the plot point of not having petrol so the Delorean wouldn't move , could have been solved by using the petrol in Doc's DeLorean that was hit by lightning with.

[@brocton1000]

also clearly time travel isn't about hitting 88mph.....if they couldn't acheive the required velocity they could have set the DeLorean up in a lightning storm with a lighting rod.....bam 1985...might have taken awhile to be sure.

[@karmicselling4252]

Indeed there were four DeLoreans all present at a certain point in November 1955. However, each of them was present in a separate Universe. The progression of time in each of the four universes was perfectly synchronised.

[@madpsych78]

The song that 2015 Marty played is exactly the same as the beginning of Weezer's "Say It Ain't So," which was released in the 1990s (after the entire trilogy came out, no less). 1985 Marty wouldn't know the song but 2015 Marty would.

[@scenevision356]

1:12 clock scene was a prop wall/clock built on the roof of a building overlooking the street, built safely about 10 feet in from the edge of the roof , using slick camera angles and well built , sturdy "clock" .

[@chicorodriguez3964]

One of the best three part movies ever made

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

[@bsnxenogear]

One wonders how much details the Netflix cut censored.

[@marcellachine5718]

Absolutely. That's why I dont Netflix. I Ethier buy the physical disc used or new or find if I like the movie enough. Or there is always the online jungle.

[@StudioLB]

This movie made my top 10 movies of all time for a reason ⏰

[@viliguns]

When Marty returns from the west, the ravine's name is changed from Clayton Ravine to Eastwood Ravine, the name Marty uses in the west. Perhaps they thought he died when the train went over. Also in part 3, when Doc and Marty are at the train station to figure out the speed of a train, Clara Clayton is at the station in the background. The mayor did tell Doc Brown that a teacher will be arriving at the station.

[@ShatteredTrousers]

In the original 1885 nobody at the town meeting volunteered to greet Miss Clayton at the train station, so she would attempt to get herself to her new home by carriage, her horse would be spooked by a snake and this would cause her to fall to her fate in Shonash Ravine. In the 1885 with Doc Brown, he is the one who volunteers to greet Miss Clayton, sees her home safely and the two fall in love, only for Doc to be shot in the back a few days later, as described in the movie. This, of course, changes history in the kind of way Doc Brown actively tries to avoid. What's really interesting to me is that when Marty goes back to 1885 his presence is what causes Doc Brown to break his promise to greet Miss Clayton at the train station. As a result the events of that day follow their original intended course, except in this version Doc Brown and Marty inadvertantly rescue Miss Clayton before she falls into the ravine, upsetting the timeline enough for the ravine to later be named the Eastwood Ravine, after Marty's 1885 alter ego.

[@amazingusername8925]

everybody knows that, try harder.

[@brocton1000]

​@@ShatteredTrousers Exactly...

[@peterpiper831]

Doc stayed in 1885, married Clara and had 2 children. I'm surprised he wasn't hung for threatening the train driver, then stealing and destroying the locomotive. His "disguise" was quite lame, so he would have been easily identified.

[@proverbialloaf]

@@amazingusername8925 I don’t think that comment was necessary. Why don’t you make like a tree…

[@JoeCnNd]

Him getting rid of isaac newton is in reference to when gravity dropped an apple on his head and he had a revelation about gravity, similar to when gravity worked when he slipped and fell and hit his head and got the idea for the flux capacitor.

[@bonzotheoriginal]

The front of Marty’s high school was the same building for Leave it to Beaver. The other scenes at the high school were on location.

[@tntamusements]

incredible! They really did have so much fun making these!

[@Random_user_8472]

Not really, the last part had to be finished really quickly because of Michael J. Fox's parkinson, which they actually used very well in the second part, Michael playing his older self.

[@lemnisgate8809]

Has the Simpson’s ever done a back to the future episode, Nelson looks just like Biff lol.

[@benjaminwilliams743]

I remember that the Simpsons did a parody episode called "Bart to the future" back in the year 2000 the Simpson's family car hovered & Bart's nemesis Nelson resembled the wealthy Biff from 1985A. This episode is also notable for predicting Donald Trump becoming President of the USA some sixteen years later

[@claudiobrito3421]

This trilogy is an american treasure IMO.

[@robletsdoit5886]

This was absolutely AWESOME!!!!!!!!

[@XRos28]

Cool easter eggs video!!! Love it!

[@TampaTec]

Back of the future 2 was my favorite, to see all those cool gadgets l, flying cars, retro cafe was fantastic. Some future things came true by 2015.

[@BillGraper]

I also love how you see their changed history again, with more than one of each of them... and from different angles than the original scenes from the first movie.

[@sevendyseven4090]

The Trump thing in BTTF2 was quite remarkable

[@geoffkburton]

I always thought that Marty's " all I want is a Pepsi" line was a reference to Suicidal Tendencies - "Institutionalized" which has the line " all I want is a Pepsi " in it .

[@WeLoveToKamp]

All I want is a Pepsi, just one Pepsi and she wouldn’t give it to me! I heard that too

[@brentsarazin6597]

That was awesome. A much under rated collection of movies that actually had quite a bit of 'thought' put into them. Thank You.

[@dandann8237]

when this film came out a friend went and saw it and thanked me for recommending it to her, about a week before i had seen it. Some freaky back to the future vibes going on there

[@dorbei]

Doc's story about how he came up with the flux capacitor after knocking his head when he fell from the toilet is remarkably similar to Isaac Newton's apple, according to which Newton formulated the laws of gravity after he got hit by a falling apple while sleeping under a tree.

[@WardyLion]

Early in the third movie, when Doc reacts in horror to Marty being back from the future and eventually retreats to the bathroom. When he re-opens the door to question how Marty could possibly know if Doc was in 1885, you see behind him the clock over the toilet that Doc had his accident while putting it up, knowledge of which is how Marty proves he knows Doc in the original film.

[@Random_user_8472]

Actually, Newton never got hit by the apple

[@RustInPeace2490]

Great! Now put part 3 on Netflix already!

[@marcellachine5718]

I have all 3 movies on laserdisc. Also on blue ray too.

[@andrewmurray1550]

They're on amazon prime.

[@ejicon3099]

This was great. Thanks a lot.

[@devastator5607]

I always die all these years later wen nerdy older George McFly does that crazy laugh

[@vinniejohns7895]

Back to the future movies were among my all time favourites. But Im pretty sure Ive spotted a plot mistake in the 3rd movie. Marty goes back to 1885 ? to rescue doc, but suffers car problems so bad they have to use a train to push the car through the time barrier. But wait. There should be 2 deloreans (cars) back in the 1885 time zone. Martys and also docs. The spare parts & fuel needed for Martys car, could have been taken from Docs car. Its only a movie, I know, but still, I think they overlooked a major detail there.

[@screamingpencil]

Interesting. 1985 Doc is hit by lightning in 1955 and is sent to 1885 where he hides the car in the mine. Marty and 1955 Doc find the car and Marty goes back to 1885. Since Marty has gone to 1885 and now changed the timeline, would Doc's car simply vanish from the mine? It depends on if the future events in that new timeline included Doc being hit by lightning in 1955. Time travel is very tricky in that one tiny event can cause huge changes.

[@vinniejohns7895]

@@screamingpencil I figure docs car arrives, 1885, he hides it in cave. Marty finds it & also returns it to 1885, so the same car should be there twice. If any parts are taken off docs car, they can be replaced after the cave car has been found, before Marty leaves on his trip back to 1885.?? Mind you, its been nearly 10 years since I watched that movie, so Im not sure I got all the details exactly right.

[@WardyLion]

@@vinniejohns7895 Cars that are stood / stored for any length of time need to be drained of all fluids, which degrade over time and could also result in clogging up or even seriously damaging the fuel / coolant / lubrication systems. No problem replacing them (and the tyres, which also rotted away) in 1955 as engine oil, coolant and gasoline are already well-established. Doc likely disposed of the fluids the best he could after draining them in 1885 as it was unlikely he had a vessel suitable to contain them, they'd degrade over time anyway, and he couldn't risk someone accidentally discovering them and potentially screwing up the future. The real plot hole is that the DeLorean was in-flight when the lighting struck. Doc states in his letter this "destroyed the flying circuits" so the car would have crashed to the ground and suffered serious damage as a result. I doubt neither he in 1885 or even Doc in 1955 could have repaired such damage.