Other Titles • Back to the Future • Zurück in die Zukunft (1985) • de Regreso al futuro! (1985)
Quotes from Back to the Future (1985)
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George McFly: Lorraine, my density has popped me to you. Lorraine Baines: What? George McFly: Oh, what I meant to say was... Lorraine Baines: Wait a minute, don't I know you from somewhere? George McFly: Yes. Yes. I'm George, George McFly. I'm your density. I mean... your destiny.
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George McFly: Last night, Darth Vader came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out that he'd melt my brain.
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Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean? Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
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[1955 Doc is watching a video of 1985 Doc] Dr. Emmett Brown: What on Earth's this thing I'm wearing? Marty McFly: Ah, this, this is a radiation suit. Dr. Emmett Brown: Radiation suit? Of course, because of all the fallout from the atomic wars.
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[In the past, Marty observes his dad's incompetence] Marty McFly: Jesus, George, it's a wonder I was ever born.
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Mr. Strickland: I noticed your band is on the roster for the dance auditions after school today. Why even bother, McFly? You don't have a chance, you're too much like your old man. No McFly ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley! Marty McFly: Yeah, well, history is gonna change.
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[Repeated line] Marty McFly: If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.
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[a smiling Biff comes in the McFly's house with a boxed package and waves to Marty on his way to the living room] Biff Tannen: Mr. McFly! Mr. McFly, this just arrived. Oh, Hi, Marty. I think it's your new book. [Biff puts the package on a small table and moves two candlesticks out of the way] Lorraine Baines: [opens the package and sees a stack of thick books reading "A Match Made in Space." The books have George's name on them, too] Oh, Honey. Your first novel! [picks up one copy and looks at it] George McFly: Like I've always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish ANYTHING. [Lorraine hands the book to George and George hands it to Marty] Biff Tannen: [runs up to Marty holding up car keys] Oh, Marty... Marty, here's your keys. You're all waxed up, ready for tonight. Marty McFly: [takes the keys from Biff] Keys? [Later Marty opens the garage and sees the black pick-up truck he saw the day before he went back in time]
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[concerning his audition tape] Marty McFly: What if I send it in and they don't like it? What if they say I'm no good? What if they say "Get out of here, kid. You got no future."? I mean, I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection. Jesus, I'm starting to sound like my old man!
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Dave McFly: [kissing George McFly on the head] See ya later, Pop. Whooo, time to change that oil.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit.
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[In 1955, Tab and Pepsi Free aren't invented yet] Lou: You gonna order something, kid? Marty McFly: Ah, yeah... Give me a Tab. Lou: Tab? I can't give you a tab unless you order something. Marty McFly: Alright, give me a Pepsi Free. Lou: You want a Pepsi, PAL, you're gonna pay for it.
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Goldie Wilson: [rushes up to George] Say! Why do you let those boys push you around like that for? George McFly: Well, they're bigger than me. Goldie Wilson: Stand tall, boy. Have some *respect* for yourself. Don't you know if you let people walk over you now, they'll be walking over you for the rest of your life! Look at me. You think I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in *this* slop house? Lou: Watch it, Goldie! Goldie Wilson: No, sir! I'm gonna *make* something of myself. I'm going to Night School. And one day I'm gonna *be* somebody! Marty McFly: That's right! He's gonna be mayor. Goldie Wilson: Yeah, I'm gonna... [smiles, one of his front teeth is gold] Goldie Wilson: Mayor! Now *that's* a good idea! I can run for mayor. Lou: A colored mayor, *that'll* be the day. Goldie Wilson: You wait and see, Mr. Carruthers. I *will* be mayor! I'll be the most powerful man in Hill Valley. And I'm gonna clean up this town. Lou: Good. You can start by sweeping the floor. [hands Goldie a broom] Goldie Wilson: [stands tall with a hand over his heart] Mayor Goldie Wilson. Like the *sound* of that. [collects George's dishes]
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[Lorraine's parents are talking about Marty McFly, Lorraine's future son] Stella Baines: He's a very strange young man. Sam Baines: He's an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots too. Lorraine, if you ever have a kid that acts that way I'll disown you.
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[Dr. Emmett Brown is doubting Marty McFly's story about that he is from the future] Dr. Emmett Brown: Then tell me, "Future Boy", who's President in the United States in 1985? Marty McFly: Ronald Reagan. Dr. Emmett Brown: Ronald Reagan? The actor? [chuckles in disbelief] Dr. Emmett Brown: Then who's VICE-President? Jerry Lewis? [later he rushes outside, down a hill and toward his laboratory] Dr. Emmett Brown: I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady! Marty McFly: [following Doc] Whoa! Wait! Doc! Dr. Emmett Brown: And Jack Benny, the Secretary of the Treasury. Marty McFly: [outside the lab door] Doc, You gotta listen to me. Dr. Emmett Brown: [opens the door to the lab] I've had enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, Future Boy! [closes the door leaving Marty outside] Marty McFly: No, wait! Doc. The... the... the bruise... the bruise on your head. I know how that happened! You told me the whole story. You were standing on your toilet, and you were hanging a clock, and you fell, and you hit your head on the sink. And that's when you came up with the idea for the Flux Capacitor... [somberly] Marty McFly: which... is what makes time travel possible. [Doc opens the door and looks at Marty with a stunned look on his face]
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Marty McFly: Wait a minute, Doc, are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me? Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely. Marty McFly: Whoa, this is heavy. Dr. Emmett Brown: There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull?
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[talking about the Time Machine] Marty McFly: [looks through a camcorder] This is uh... This is heavy duty, Doc. This is great. Uh... does it run, like... on regular unleaded gasoline? Dr. Emmett Brown: Unfortunately no, it requires something with a little more kick - plutonium. Marty McFly: Uh... plutonium? Wait. [lowers the camcorder by his side and points to the DeLorean] Marty McFly: Are you telling me that this sucker is nuclear? Dr. Emmett Brown: Hey, hey, hey. Keep rolling. Keep rolling, there. [Marty looks through the camcorder again] Dr. Emmett Brown: No, no, no. This sucker's electrical, but I need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 jigawatts of electricity I need. Marty McFly: Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium. Did you rip that off? Dr. Emmett Brown: Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing full of used pinball machine parts. Come on! Let's get you a radiation suit. We have to prepare to reload.
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Biff Tannen: Since you're new here, I'm gonna cut you a break... today. So, why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?
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George McFly: Lou. Give me a milk... [dramatic pause] George McFly: Chocolate.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: You're late, do you have no concept of time? Marty McFly: Hey c'mon, I had to change, you think I'm going back in that, that zoot suit? The old man really came through, it worked! Dr. Emmett Brown: What? Marty McFly: He laid out Biff in one punch! I never knew he had it in him! He never stood up to Biff in his life!
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Red the Bum: [Marty has crashed into a theater after getting back to 1985] Crazy drunk driver.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: Don't worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88mph the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.
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[last lines] Dr. Emmett Brown: Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: [reads the "Save the Clock Tower" flyer and reacts with hope] This is it! This is the answer. It says here... that a bolt of lightning is going to strike the clock tower at precisely 10:04pm, next Saturday night! If we can somehow... *harness* this lightning... *channel* it... into the flux capacitor... it just might work. Next Saturday night, we're sending you back to the future!
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Dr. Emmett Brown: I'm sure in 1985, plutonium is available at every corner drugstore, but in 1955 it's a little hard to come by.
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George McFly: I know what you're gonna say, son. And you're right, [chuckles breathlessly] George McFly: you're right. But uh... Biff just happens to be my supervisor, and I'm afraid I'm just no good at... confrontations. Marty McFly: The car, Dad. I mean he wrecked it. He totaled it. I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad. Do you have any idea how important this is to me? Do you have any clue? George McFly: I know, And all I can say is... I'm sorry.
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Biff Tannen: I have your car towed all the way to your house and all you've got for me is *lite* beer? [chuckles]
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Marvin Berry: [on the phone, as Marty plays "Johnny B. Goode"] Chuck. Chuck. It's Marvin - your cousin, Marvin BERRY. You know that new sound you're looking for? Well, listen to this. [holds the receiver out]
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Marty McFly: [watching a Honeymooners episode in 1955] Hey, hey, I've seen this one. I've seen this one. This is a classic. This is the one where Ralph dresses up as the man from space. Milton Baines: What do you mean, you've seen this? It's brand new. Marty McFly: Yeah, well, I saw it on a... [realizing] Marty McFly: ?rerun. Milton Baines: What's a rerun? Marty McFly: You'll find out.
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[Stella Baines is Marty's future grandmother] Stella Baines: Marty, you look so familiar to me. Do I know your mother? Marty McFly: [turning to look at Lorraine, his mother in the future] Yeah, I think maybe you do...
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[Marty sees the outside of the Hill Valley High School in 1955] Marty McFly: Whoa... they really cleaned this place up. Looks brand-new. [Marty and Doc walk toward the building] Dr. Emmett Brown: Now, remember - according to my theory, you interfered with your parents first meeting. If they don't meet, they won't fall in love, they won't get married and they won't have kids. That's why your older brother's disappearing from that photograph. Your sister will follow, and unless you repair the damage, you'll be next. Marty McFly: Sounds pretty heavy. Dr. Emmett Brown: Weight has nothing to do with it.
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[on the phone while all the clocks chime at once] Dr. Emmett Brown: Are those my clocks I hear? Marty McFly: Yeah! Uh, it's 8 o'clock! Dr. Emmett Brown: Perfect! My experiment worked! They're all exactly 25 minutes slow. Marty McFly: Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Doc... Are you telling me that it's 8:25? Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely. Marty McFly: Damn! I'm late for school! [hangs up, grabs his skateboard and rushes out]
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Marty McFly: Do you know where Riverside Drive is? Sam Baines: It's on the other end of town, a block past Maple. East end of town. Marty McFly: A block past Maple? That's John F. Kennedy Drive. Sam Baines: Who the hell is John F. Kennedy?
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[on the phone] Marty McFly: You know, Doc, you left your equipment on all week. Dr. Emmett Brown: My equipment. That reminds me, Marty. You better not hook up to the amplifier. There's a slight possibility of overload. Marty McFly: Yeah, I'll keep that in mind.
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Marty McFly: [introducing his band] All right. [microphone feedback] Marty McFly: We're the, uh... we're the Pinheads.
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Lorraine Baines: Kids, we're gonna have to eat this cake by ourselves. Your Uncle Joey didn't make parole again. [drops the cake on the dining table. It reads "Welcome Home, Uncle Joey"] Lorraine Baines: It would be nice if you all dropped him a line. Marty McFly: Uncle "Jailbird" Joey? Dave McFly: He's *your brother*, Mom. Linda McFly: Yeah. [taking rollers out of her hair] Linda McFly: I think it's a major embarrassment having an uncle in prison. Lorraine Baines: We all make mistakes in life, children.
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Marty McFly: [to Uncle Joey as a baby, playing in his playpen] So you're my Uncle Joey. Better get used to these bars, kid.
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George McFly: Do you really think I oughta swear? Marty McFly: Yes, definitely. Goddamn it George, swear.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: Oh, my God, they found me, I don't know how, but they found me. Run for it Marty. Marty McFly: Who? Who? Dr. Emmett Brown: Who do you think? The Libyans. Marty McFly: Holy shit!
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Dr. Emmett Brown: [the DeLorean has just made the first time-jump] Ah! What did I tell you? [jumping triumphantly] Dr. Emmett Brown: 88 miles per hour! [a license plate spins on one corner then collapses, Doc checks his watch] Dr. Emmett Brown: The temporal displacement occurred at exactly 1:20am and *zero* seconds! Marty McFly: [picks up the license plate then drops it awkwardly] Ah, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ, Doc, you just disintegrated Einstein! Dr. Emmett Brown: Calm down, Marty, I didn't disintegrate anything. The molecular structure of both Einstein and the car are completely intact. Marty McFly: Then where the hell *are* they? Dr. Emmett Brown: The appropriate question is, "*When* the hell are they?" You see, Einstein has *just* become the world's first time-traveler! I sent him into the future. One minute into the future to be exact. And at precisely 1:21am and zero seconds, we shall catch up with him and the time machine. [writes in his notebook]
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Younger Dr. Emmett Brown: [running out of the room] 1.21 jigawatts? 1.21 jigawatts? Great Scott! Marty McFly: [following] What the hell is a jigawatt?
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[repeated Line] Dr. Emmett Brown: Great Scott!
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Marty McFly: Wait, you don't understand. If you don't play there's no music. If there's no music they don't dance. If they don't dance they don't kiss and fall in love and I'm history.
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[addressing the shocked expressions at the dance after playing a wild guitar solo] Marty McFly: I guess you guys aren't ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it.
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[Marty and Doc observe George's incompetence in 1955] Dr. Emmett Brown: Which one's your pop? Marty McFly: [points him out] That's him. [they see him getting kicked around by other school bullies] Dr. Emmett Brown: Maybe you were adopted.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: Things have certainly changed around *here*. I remember when this was all farmland as far the eye could see. Old man Peabody owned all of this. He had this crazy idea about breeding pine trees.
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Dr. Emmett Brown: Marty, I'm sorry. But the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning. Marty McFly: [startled] What did you say? Dr. Emmett Brown: A bolt of lighting. Unfortunately, you never know when or where it's ever gonna strike. Marty McFly: We do now. [hands Doc the "Save the Clock Tower" flyer]
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Marty McFly: That's Strickland? Jesus. Didn't that guy ever have hair?
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Marty McFly: Calvin? Wh... Why do you keep calling me Calvin? Lorraine Baines: Well, that is your name, isn't it? Calvin Klein? It's written all over your underwear.
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[Thinking that Marty is an alien] Sherman Peabody: It's already mutated into human form. Shoot it.
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