The Entire Back To The Future Timeline Explained 

Which BTTF movie was your favorite?

In my opinion, Back To The Future is the most consistent movie trilogy (at least in terms of quality), which is ironic because it breaks the key rule of a trilogy which is doing essentially the same story 3 times, yet it works given the motif of history repeating itself.

“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads.” Still one of the best quotes of all time.

The real reason Doc Brown taped Marty's letter back together is not only just because he was curious. Marty actually gives Doc the idea when Marty returns from the dance where his parents met in the original timeline. It's revealed in a little bit of dialogue between Marty and Doc Brown. Marty is very excited because his plan to get his parents back together succeeds beyond his wildest dreams. He tells Doc Brown about how his dad stood up to Biff and punched him out by saying how awesome it was to see his dad finally stand up to Biff. The dialogue goes like this: Marty McFly : He laid out Biff in one punch. I didn't know he had it in him. He's never stood up to Biff in his life! Doc Brown : [looks at the picture, realizing the implications of Marty's statement] Ever? Watch that scene carefully and you realize that Marty has indeed changed the past. You can see Doc Brown realizing what Marty has done. Marty has created a new timeline for his parents, and as soon as Doc Brown realizes the implications of that (Marty has indeed changed the past) he decides to tape the pieces of Marty's letter back together and once he reads it, he realizes he can change the future as well. He wears a bulletproof vest to the test of the time machine. And that was because he realizes that the timeline can be changed.

Why there are no flying cars . Bcuz we in the biff timeline.

What's consistent in every timeline is that Biff is a psychopath.

I really hope Hollywood never try to remake this.

My favorite movie/movies of all time. Flawless, I don’t care what anyone says. They had me exploring the concept of paradoxes and The Chaos Theory at a very young age. It’s quality storytelling that can have you entertained for hours on end even after the the initial experience is over.

I just wish they would go back in time and fix the year 2020.

I think it was Western Union not the USPS that delivered the letter to Marty.

The ultimate modern day Time Travel Trilogy which despite telling the same story in all 3 movies actually works in the narrative of history repeating itself. The performances by Michael J Fox and the rest of the cast are flawless. Part 2 has always been my favourite in the whole Trilogy for the clever way it tells the movie while revisiting the events of the first movie inside the 2nd movie.

I've heard the argument of how could Marty's parents not remember their kid when they are grown up. The counter is that he was just some kid in school they knew for a week. With that said, there is NO WAY Biff doesn't remember the Almanac, fighting with Marty multiple times, crashing into the manure truck for a second time, and, of course, a flying car moments before all that happened.

My favourite movie trilogy. 🙂

You forgot the disruption in the timeline that made Claudia Wells become Elisabeth Shue.

If this movie was remade today with the same time between dates. From 2020 they'd go to 1990. Then to 2050 and then to 1920! At least I think that's how it would go...

Have watched this countless times....even now i want to see it again... ❤

I came looking for analysis and found a plot summary.

Was anyone else distracted by docs son at the end 😂

Also when he goes back to the mall at the end of the first movie the Twin Pines Mall had the name changed to Lone Pine Mall Because he ran over one of the pines when he first went back to 1955. I noticed this last time I saw the movie.

1 of the few trilogies left that won’t be tarnished

Just watched the trilogy this weekend on Netflix. Perfect movie trilogy imo.

The comics fill a lot of missing areas and was overseen by Bob Gale and them. Also i waited with baited breath for part 2 to come out. I skipped school and waited for the theater to open, i was the only person in the room :) sooooo cool 😎

This is my favourite movie series of all time. Love each individual movie the actors and time traveling type movies I love! Great job explanation the full series! Great video.

15:33 docs kid... pointing at the crouch

Explain? ... this is just a bloody recap.

One of the best time travel movie.

looper is really scraping the bottom of the Quarantine barrel these days

When BTTF 2 came out, I kind of wished that it would stay in 2015 the whole time and be about how Marty Jr became the bully and Griff became the wimp that Marty Jr picked on. And that Marty Sr's lesson was to convince his son that bullying isn't the way, and have be have a more heartfelt approach with a good lesson to be learned like the first BTTF. Not sure how that would work with there being a Buford Tanner in 1885 without it being anticlimactic. But still a good story for part 2.

Marty did the right decision to prevent the incident by needles leading to a reckless driving when the white silver cloud stops preventing a serious accident when needles evaded it as the fax note disappears Marty with Jennifer accomplish in the process so their future can look bright for years to come.

The GREATEST trilogy of ALL TIME!

And the friendship between Doc Brown and Marty truly makes a lot more sense after watching Rick and Morty.

I literally just saw the trilogy yesterday, weird

It's really weird that you posted this today. I'm literally in the middle of the 3rd movie after watching the first 2 earlier lol

i love this trilogy! i just ordered the 2014 dvd upgrade!

I like to believe that this all happens in an Alternate Timeline, Doc makes another timeline and tells Steven Spielberg what happened and he switches it up to make a blockbuster Movie Series...

Didn't George and Lorraine meet the same day as doc Brown's accident? And old Biff shows up on November 12, the date of the dance and the storm. And the 1885 letter is delivered by western union.

Greatest trilogy ever made in the history of human kind! Ever!

2:44 Really losing my mind. Thought the license plate said Quarantine..

15:30 the blond boy pointed to her pines.

Great Scott! Great production👏😍

The best 3 pieces of film history. Change my mind PLEASE!!!!

SOMETHING HUGE WAS SKIPPED! Marty breaks into Dr. Emmett Brown's lab to steal a part for his guitar... Doc Brown catches Marty and decides to hire him as an assistant (taking a liking to his enthusiasm). This was the origin of the Marty/Doc Brown friendship.

Great Scott ! I knew the timeline just like videos like these.

1 correction: After Marvin phoned Chuck, Marty only played about 2 bars of the original music before going off the rails. Chuck heard none of the lyrics and almost none of the original music. Marty's influence on Chuck writing the song would likely have been none at all.

It’s like Looper knew I watched this movie earlier today... Back to the Future 1 & 2 for me are the greatest movie pair of films of all time.

Pure awesomeness. Thanks for this!

I just finished the trilogy for the 100th time yesterday....weird

That was so very well done!... BTTF1 aways my fave of the trilogy... Then 3, then 2. Iconic films of the 80s.

it's good that they traveled in the year 2015 because if they had traveled in 2020 they would have ended up in quarantine

The funniest part of this is at the very end where the youngest of Doc’s children motions with his hand and points to the front of his pants. The actual actor had to use the restroom. I’m not sure if they didn’t notice or did and just left it in there, but I’m glad they did. A funny Easter egg

I watched the trilogy a week ago and let me tell you this is one of the best I ever saw. I was disappointed that Marty's girlfriend was changed after first part.

I loved watching the movies and the cartoon series.

I only now realised that when marty travels to the old west and the fuel line is punctured on the delorean and they cant get fuel, they still have the second delorean which doc has hidden, they could of used the fuel line and fuel from the original delorean on this delorean and travel without the train.

1985 body armor that can stop an AK bullet that's some serious shit

Ha look at Vern around 15:31 . What’s he motioning? 🤣🤣🤣

Lorrain said that she wouldn't marry biff even if he had a million dollars but apparently she would if he had a billion dollars.

This isn’t a timeline explanation, this is just a run down of the trilogy scripts. All Doc would’ve had to tell Marty in order to avoid his kid from being arrested in the future,(which never made sense because it can be repeated anyway ) tell Marty do not get into a race with his truck it will cause an accident and chain events that screw up his and his future family’s life.

Just rewatched these today. And even with that I'm confused

Back to the Future is what I can describe as a PERFECT trilogy. Every movie in it is awesome, and I think they are all on par with each other. The time travel logic is not perfect but it’s all in good fun.

I wonder why when Marty went back to rescue doc in 1855 and his foul destroyed on the way in, why didn't use the parts or foul from the one he had (that he hid and left for Marty). Writing this made me realize that if they did anything to the one doc had would not let Marty go back to rescue doc. But maybe the doc in 1955 could have fixed the foul part too.

George Mcfly succeeded to take a stand and laid out Biff Tannen to the punch.

Classic and without a doubt my favourite trilogy.

Great Scott!

I don't think Marty would have had to burn the almanac to restore the timeline. Once he got it from Biff, then that should've changed everything, sincehe was no longer able to use it.

I Love that movie so much, ive watched it maybe 1400 times, tonight i will watch it again maybe.

One of my favorites too next to the original star wars trilogy

?.if he didn't have the technology to fix the car how did he get the technology to make a train into a time machine?

Definitely freaking awesome, love back to the future 1

Theres 1 really depressing aspect to the first movie if you think about it. If there was only 1 timeline, the past would have already happened so the mall would already be named the Lone Pine at the beginning + all the other things Marty changed. Since everything is different after he returns to 1985, that means that this better 1985 is a new timeline. Which means that the original timeline where Doc dies and Marty just disappears forever still exists and is playing out in it's own timeline.

Doc used Western Union giving the date, time, and location to deliver the letter to Marty.

How did I turn this video all the way down and still find it too loud?

how many times is Looper going to keep making these bttf time line videos? this like the 7th on in last 4 years.

I want to see it's 3rd part

i wished you coved timeline G For 2015, sense marty avoided the tragic car accident and learned not to step up to bullies. in this timeline marty furfilled his music career, and doc later gone back to the future to prevent jennifer from being taken to the mcfly residence and meets her future self. and as always the events of the 2nd movie took place where marty prevented martin mcfly jr. from being arested.

I have the Back to the Future 2 newspaper. 😎

For a person of X generation who hasn't seen the trilogy but got here after reading the plot online to get a better understanding...ooh that's still confusing..yet awsome

It's too good

I'm going to let my kids see this. Shit, I might get a Back to the future theme tattoo lol.

This is my favorite movies

I wonder if Doc is really Marty's dad? Doc could go back to 1885 meet his wife and have a son. Doing this would explain why Doc is always there for Marty and always has a explanation for why certain things can happen. It makes perfect sense because sense Doc for some reason can't tell Marty he's his dad he settles for being his BEST FRIEND.

Has anyone else noticed how similar Marty's girlfriend and mother look alike? Intended? Or just that the two actresses look very similar and they just went with it?? Seriously that's pretty heavy as Marty would say.

Hilarious how you used the clip of the kid asking the camera to zoom in while pointing to his private parts lol

I literally watched the first 2 movies yesterday after watching the 3rd one about 2 or 3 weeks ago 😂😂😂😂 all 3 for the first time

You got it a little backwards at 13:38....Doc decides not to go back to the future after all, but then Marty convinces him to come back. Doc goes to tell Clara goodbye but also winds up telling her the truth, and after she is heartbroken because she thinks he's lying, he then becomes despondent, passes out from a shot of whiskey, and delays their appointment with the train.

Did I just notice this guy sounds like that dude who does the animations.

and because Marty decided not to race Needles, he didn't crash into the car....which means he change that the cubs would not win in 2015 but only a year later....he not only change his future but he also change the future of the cubs!!

Watched every movie yesterday 😂

Outta time. I'll watch this later.

One thing I never got was how did lightning fry the time circuits when they used lightning previously to get the energy needed?

its very rare for me to see an old movie having alot of plot twist...

10:16 so Getrude Tanner would have been Bufford "Mad Dog's" daughter in law

Wowzers

There's also a tv show and video game that continues the story

i LOVE back to the future

A lot of small details incorrect in this. One: old Biff traveled back to November 12th 1955, not November 5th.

Don't forget Marty helped out someone outside of Hill Valley...... Chuck Berry's career w/ one song ....3 years before it's supposed to be out ......

i dont think doc stole the Tran i think he may have found an abandon one

Great explanation thankyou. Just don't know why they changed the Jennifer actress after part 1.

I gotta watch 3 again because Doc ended up in 1885 and hid the Delorean then Marty travels to that time in a Delorean so now there's 2 cars, right? 🤔

0:02 Marty Mcfly actually hit 90 miles/h at that shot right there not 88