Back to the Future Quotes
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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Marty McFly : Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
Marty McFly : Doc, we better back up. We don't have enough road to get up to 88.
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... If we could 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 that in 1985 plutonium is available in 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 not very good at... confrontations.
Marty McFly : The car, Dad. I mean he wrecked it. He totaled it. I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad. I mean, do you have any idea h-how important this was to me? Do you have any clue?
George McFly : I know, and all I can say is I'm... I'm sorry.
George McFly : you're right. But uh... Biff just happens to be my supervisor, and I'm afraid I'm just not very good at... confrontations.
Marty McFly : The car, Dad. I mean he wrecked it. He totaled it. I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad. I mean, do you have any idea h-how important this was to me? Do you have any clue?
George McFly : I know, and all I can say is I'm... 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, uh, where Ralph dresses up as a 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.
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...
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.
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 ]
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, uh, that's John F. Kennedy Drive.
Sam Baines : Who the hell is John F. Kennedy?
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, uh, 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.
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.
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 : Think 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. I think it's a major embarrassment having an uncle in prison.
Lorraine Baines : We all make mistakes in life, children.
Lorraine Baines : Think 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. 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.
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!
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? 88 miles per hour! The temporal displacement occurred exactly 1: 20am and zero seconds!
Marty McFly : Ah, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ, Doc, you 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.
Marty McFly : Ah, Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ, Doc, you 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.
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Younger Dr. Emmett Brown : [ running out of the room ] 1.21 gigawatts? 1.21 gigawatts? Great Scott!
Marty McFly : [ following ] What-what the hell is a gigawatt?
Marty McFly : [ following ] What-what the hell is a gigawatt?
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Marty McFly : Marvin, you gotta play. See that's where they kiss for the first time on the dance floor. And if there's no music, they can't dance. If they can't dance, they can't kiss. If they can't kiss they can't 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.
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 ]
George McFly : [ has a 'kick me' sign on his back ] Okay. Okay you guys. Ah-ha-ha-ha, very funny. You guys are being real mature.
Dr. Emmett Brown : Maybe you were adopted.
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 ]
George McFly : [ has a 'kick me' sign on his back ] Okay. Okay you guys. Ah-ha-ha-ha, very funny. You guys are being real mature.
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 ]
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 : 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.
Lorraine Baines : Well, that is your name, isn't it? Calvin Klein? It's written all over your underwear.
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[ thinking Marty is an alien ]
Sherman Peabody : It's already mutated into human form. Shoot it!
Old Man Peabody : [ firing shotgun at barn ] Take that, you mutated son of a bitch!
Sherman Peabody : It's already mutated into human form. Shoot it!
Old Man Peabody : [ firing shotgun at barn ] Take that, you mutated son of a bitch!
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