Marty McFly must step on a million different butterflies during his trip to 1955 in back to the future. The biggest consequences of Marty’s time travel are revealed by back to the futureThe end of: his father’s success as an author, his parents’ happy marriage, Biff waxing cars for a living, etc. The smallest changes are marked by back to the futureThere are a lot of Easter eggs, like Twin Pines Mall becoming Lone Pine Mall.
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Still, Marty barely keeps a low profile in 1955, interacting with a large number of people in a variety of locations. According to the butterfly effect principle, Marty’s impact in 1985 is almost certainly more far-reaching than the back to the future reveals.
7 Did Marty accidentally popularize skateboarding?
An influential figure could see Marty’s skating exhibition
One of Marty McFly’s most obvious stunts in 1955 involves turning a child’s scooter into a skateboard and gliding down Hill Valley like a teenage Tony Hawk before a crowd of amazed onlookers. To any advertising or toy industry executive present, the skateboard’s potential would have been obvious.
Skateboarding in some form existed before the 1950s, so it would be a stretch to argue that Marty invented the sport in back to the futureThe iconic chase scene. However, commercial skateboards did not begin to appear until the late 1950s, so Marty’s exciting demonstration could have easily accelerated the development of the skateboard into a popular toy in the United States.
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6 Did the Peabody Family Still Believe They Saw a Real Alien?
The Peabody family could be one of the hidden tragedies of Back to the Future
one of back to the futureUnaddressed subplots concern the Peabody family. Lost pine tree on one side, back to the future He never reveals what happened to the farming clan after their ordeal on November 5, 1955. As far as the Peabodys are concerned, an alien ship carrying a pilot in a yellow suit crashed into their barn and then disappeared, never to be seen again.
Farmer Peabody was scared enough to shoot the “alien,” and it’s fascinating to reflect on what the consequences would have been. Maybe the Peabodys became alien conspiracy theorists and sold their story to anyone who would listen. Perhaps the children were inspired to pursue a career in astronomy. As a darker alternative, perhaps Marty McFly scared the Peabody family so much that none of them recovered psychologically.
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5 Marty McFly also changed the future of Biff’s friends
Were Biff’s friends redeemed?
back to the future It never shows Biff’s cohort of followers in 1985, but Marty’s manipulation of time would inevitably have altered their lives. By back to the futureIn the end, the adult Biff goes from a plush office job copying George McFly’s work to waxing George’s car. More importantly, Marty’s influence in the past means Biff’s power is taken away.
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In back to the futureIn the original timeline, Biff’s friends would likely have continued to follow him, but Biff’s fall from grace in the second timeline suggests that his friends would have drifted away, finding their own identities rather than acting like sycophants. Rumors say that one of them even appeared in James Cameron’s film. Titanic.
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4 Doc Brown’s career must have improved thanks to Marty
Doc moved forward knowing his time travel experiment would work.
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Doc Brown knew the importance of not acting based on his knowledge of the future. However, by seeing his future DeLorean in action, Doc Brown would have saved himself hours of work trying to figure out time travel, as his knowledge would negate the need to test new theories and doubt himself.
Both Doc Browns are doing puzzles here, but the second one is looking at the picture on the box.
Simply knowing that the flux capacitor would eventually succeed must have given Doc Brown more time to develop other inventions. On the contrary, its counterpart in back to the futureThe unchanged timeline would have been running on the DeLorean with no guarantee that it would work. Both Doc Browns are doing puzzles here, but the second one is looking at the picture on the box.
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3 Marty McFly’s influence on local politics
Did Marty push Goldie Wilson into politics before?
In back to the futureIn 1985, Goldie Wilson serves as mayor of Hill Valley, but when Marty meets young Wilson in 1955, he is working as a busboy at the local diner. At this point, Wilson is determined to make something of himself, but has a spark of inspiration when a surprised Marty shouts, “That’s right, he’s going to be mayor.“.
Since Goldie Wilson is mayor of back to the futureIn the 1985 original, he evidently decided on that career path even without Marty’s influence. However, in the altered timeline, Marty apparently planted the idea of entering local politics in Wilson’s mind at an earlier time. Wilson may have started pursuing his dreams earlier thanks to Marty’s intervention, and such a change could cause a chain reaction throughout Hill Valley.
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2 George McFly must have realized that time travel was real
George McFly was a science fiction fan
Marty McFly’s parents overlook the uncanny resemblance between their son and his old high school friend, but George must discover that time travel is real in 1985. When Marty tries to scare his young father into facing his fears , he claims to be “Darth Vader“of the planet “Vulcan.” This incident (a threatening alien in his own bedroom) would have been etched into George McFly’s brain for life.
The Darth Vader song from Back To The Future was written for a totally different movie, starring original actor Marty McFly
Marty McFly from Back to the Future wakes up his father with a musical composition with an interesting backstory that originated in another film.
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When trip to the stars first broadcasts during the 1960s and star wars premiered in 1977, George would become reacquainted with both Vulcan and Darth Vader, and they will surely make the connection with their nighttime visitor from 1955. As an enthusiastic science fiction writer, George would naturally consider time travel to explain both the intruder in his room and references to science fiction. Combine that with the fact that his old school friend looks an awful lot like his own son, George is in a good position to find out what really happened in back to the future.
1 Broken page from the Back to the Future phone book
A small act could have had big consequences
No one can deny that Marty McFly makes a mess of 1955, but he largely avoids leaving permanent destruction in the past. A notable exception is the restaurant’s phone book, from which Marty tears out a page while searching for Doc Brown.
Marty’s influence on the timeline is potentially much greater than shown.
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Marty apparently assumed that no one would miss a single page of the phone book between 1955 and 1985. But if, for example, a teenager in the 1950s needs to reschedule a date with his girlfriend, Emelie Brown, and the page with her number is missing , the couples could separate. Any children they had would cease to exist. There are countless other similar permutations of how the broken phone book potentially changes. back to the futureMarty’s story demonstrates that Marty’s influence on the timeline is potentially much greater than shown.
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10/10 21 9/10 Back to the future PG
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, maverick scientist Doc Brown. In 1955, he meets his parents when they were his age and must intervene to make sure they end up together before returning to 1985.
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*Availability in the US Director Robert Zemeckis Release Date July 3, 1985 Writers Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Cast Claudia Wells, Christopher Lloyd, James Tolkan, Thomas F. Wilson, Michael J. Fox, Wendie Jo Sperber, Crispin Glover, Marc McClure, Lea Thompson Duration 116 minutes