Editing Back to the Future (franchise)

{{italic title|Back to the Future}}
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{{Noticeline|This article is about the real-life entertainment franchise. For the film as seen in the ''Simpsons'' universe, see [[Back to the Future]]}}

'''''Back to the Future''''' is an American science fiction/comedy movie trilogy that stars [[Christopher Lloyd]] and [[Michael J. Fox]]. In the {{w|Back to the Future|first movie}}, which appeared in 1985, eccentric scientist [[Doc Brown|Emmett "Doc" Brown]] (portrayed by Lloyd) builds a {{w|DeLorean time machine|time machine}} in a {{w|DeLorean DMC-12|DeLorean}} sports car. By mischance, Doc's teenage friend [[Marty McFly]] (Fox) takes the DeLorean back in time to the year 1955 and must enlist the help of Doc's 1955 counterpart to return to 1985. The sequels, ''{{w|Back to the Future Part II}}'' and ''{{w|Back to the Future Part III|Part III}}'', appeared in 1989 and 1990, respectively, and chronicle the further adventures of the duo in times ranging from 1885 to 2015, as well as an alternate history version of 1985.

All three movies performed very well at the box office. The franchise has also spawned an animated / live-action {{W2|Back to the Future|TV series|television series}}, comic books, video games, novelizations of the movies, and a {{w|Universal Studios}} {{w|Back to the Future: The Ride|theme park ride}}.

In the ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' universe, the ''Back to the Future'' franchise has been referenced several times in various media.

== References ==
=== Television episodes ===
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{{TH|Season}}
{{TH|Episode number}}
{{TH|Episode name}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|[[File:Bart Hides from Skinner.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 5|5]]}}
{{TB|101}}
{{TB|"[[The Boy Who Knew Too Much]]"}}
{{TB|To dodge [[Principal Skinner]], [[Bart]] hides under a blanket in the back seat of [[Freddy Quimby]]'s convertible, similar to [[Marty McFly]] hiding under a blanket in the back seat of {{w|Biff Tannen}}'s car in ''Back to the Future Part II''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Frink Model - Explosion.png|150px]]<br>[[File:Frink Model - Fire.png|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 6|6]]}}
{{TB|117}}
{{TB|"[[Bart's Comet]]"}}
{{TB|[[Professor Frink]] uses a model of [[Springfield]] to demonstrate his plan for saving the town from the comet, a callback to scenes in ''Back to the Future'' and ''Back to the Future Part III'' where [[Doc Brown]] uses models to demonstrate plans to return to 1985 (from 1955 and 1885, respectively). Also, Frink's demonstration results in an explosion and fire, as does Doc's in ''Back to the Future''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Lisa's Date with Density.png|200px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 8|8]]|2}}
{{TB|160}}
{{TB|"[[Lisa's Date with Density]]"}}
{{TB|In addition to being a wordplay on the expression "date with destiny", the episode title is a reference to the scene in the first movie where {{w|List of Back to the Future characters|George McFly}} attempts to ask {{w|List of Back to the Future characters|Lorraine}} out on a date. George mixes up his words and says to her, "My density has brought me to you" and "I'm your density", when he means to say "destiny".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Bart Megaphone Prank.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|178}}
{{TB|"[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]"}}
{{TB|[[Bart]] sneaks away from a [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] field trip at the [[Springfield Police Station]] and pulls a prank where he lines up a row of megaphones and speaks into the last one. The resulting blast of sound not only shatters windows all over [[Springfield|town]], but also sends Bart flying backwards across the room. In the opening scene of ''Back to the Future'', [[Marty McFly]] turns Doc Brown's sound equipment to maximum volume, plugs in his guitar, strums a chord, and is sent flying backwards across the room by the force of the sound.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Terminizor Script Page.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 10|10]]}}
{{TB|208}}
{{TB|"[[When You Dish Upon a Star]]"}}
{{TB|The time machine in [[Homer]]'s movie script (''[[The Terminizor: An Erotic Thriller]]'') has a component which looks like the flux capacitor, a Y-shaped device which is the core component in Doc Brown's time machine.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Future Nelson Muntz (Bart to the Future).png|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 11|11]]}}
{{TB|243}}
{{TB|"[[Bart to the Future]]"}}
{{TB|Punned in the episode title. Also, the future [[Nelson Muntz]] bears a strong resemblance to {{w|Biff Tannen}} in the alternate history version of 1985 seen in ''Back to the Future Part II''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:If Marge Marries Artie.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 13|13]]}}
{{TB|279}}
{{TB|"[[Half-Decent Proposal]]"}}
{{TB|In the first movie, shortly after Marty McFly arrives in 1955, he accidentally disrupts his parents' first meeting and later realizes that if he doesn't get them together, he will never be born. In "Half-Decent Proposal", [[Artie Ziff]] stages a re-creation of the senior prom, dances with [[Marge]], and then kisses her. Homer watches through a skylight as the scene unfolds and laments, "If Marge marries Artie, I'll never be born!"}}
{{TBT|[[File:Marvin Cobain.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 19|19]]}}
{{TB|411}}
{{TB|"[[That '90s Show]]"}}
{{TB|[[Marvin Cobain]] calling his cousin [[Kurt Cobain|Kurt]] is a reference to the scene in ''Back to the Future'' where Marvin Berry calls his cousin [[Chuck Berry|Chuck]] and holds the phone toward the stage while Marty McFly and the Starlighters perform "{{w|Johnny B. Goode}}".}}
{{TBT|[[File:THOH 23 - Bart Visits 1974.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 24|24]]}}
{{TB|510}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]]"}}
{{TB|The third segment, "Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure", parodies the first movie. [[Professor Frink]] has built a time machine into a car, and [[Bart]] steals it and goes back to 1974 to buy a classic ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|comic}}'' comic book for its original cover price of 25 cents. While in the past, Bart disrupts [[Homer]]'s and [[Marge]]'s first meeting, which alters his own future as well, as Marge ends up marrying [[Artie Ziff]]. Bart decides he likes the change and wants to leave the new future as it is, but teen-aged Homer from 1974 and various other versions of Homer team up to try to change it back.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Maggie Holding Phone Up To Music.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 26|26]]}}
{{TB|565}}
{{TB|"[[Walking Big & Tall]]"}}
{{TB|While Bart and [[Lisa]] are working on Springfield's new anthem (Lisa playing her sax and Bart making armpit noises), [[Maggie]] dials on her toy phone, then holds it up to the music and smiles. Maggie's call is a reference to the scene in ''Back to the Future'' where Marvin Berry calls his cousin [[Chuck Berry|Chuck]] and holds the phone toward the stage while Marty McFly and the Starlighters perform "{{w|Johnny B. Goode}}".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Back to the Future.png|200px]]}}
{{TRs|[[Season 27|27]]|2}}
{{TB|580}}
{{TB|"[[Friend with Benefit]]"}}
{{TB|When the [[Simpson family]] left [[Jambowski Island]], the movie was about to be shown in the island's swim-up movie theatre.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles Couch Gag - Doc and Marty.png|175px]]}}
{{TB|585}}
{{TB|"[[Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles]]"}}
{{TB|[[Doc Brown]] and [[Marty McFly]] appear in the ''LA-Z Rider'' couch gag.}}
}}

=== Comics ===
{{Table|
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{{TH|Comic issue}}
{{TH|Story name}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|[[File:Bash to the Future-Title.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Bart Simpson's Joke Book]]''}}
{{TB|''[[Bash to the Future]]''}}
{{TB|Punned in the story title.}}
{{TBT|[[File:I Know Your Entire Filmography.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|{{SC|36}}}}
{{TB|''[[The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth]]''}}
{{TB|When {{ap|Doug|nerd}} meets with [[Troy McClure]] to work on making a movie with him, McClure gives his standard "You might remember me from such films as ..." introduction. However, Doug interrupts, says he knows McClure's entire filmography by heart, and rattles off a list of movies, including ''[[Back to the Sequel]]'', a wordplay on ''Back to the Future''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Simpsons Comics 47.jpg|200px]]}}
{{TB|{{SC|47}}}}
{{TB|N/A (front cover)}}
{{TB|The comic's subtitle "Bart to the Future!" is a pun on ''Back to the Future''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Bart Sound Blasted.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|{{BS|2}}}}
{{TB|''[[Maximum Bart!]]''}}
{{TB|[[Bart]] plugs his guitar into [[Professor Frink]]'s "Nuclear-Powered Sound Projector", turns the amplifier to maximum volume, strums a chord, and gets blown across the room by the sound, the same as [[Marty McFly]] in the opening scene of ''Back to the Future''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Back to the Future Crossover Crisis.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis 2|Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis #2]]''}}
{{TB|''[[Liquid Diamond Is Forever!]]''}}
{{TB|When Bart and [[Philip J. Fry|Fry]] ride on flying skateboards, [[Comic Book Guy]] comments that they are ripping off the hoverboard scene from ''Back to the Future II''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:The Time Bandit!.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|{{BS|14}}}}
{{TB|''[[The Time Bandit!]]''}}
{{TB|The comic's plot is based on the first ''Back to the Future'' film.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Bart Steals Skateboard.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|{{SC|123}}}}
{{TB|''[[Bobbing for Vengeance]]''}}
{{TB|While [[Bart]] is running from a mob of hypnotized Springfieldians who want to kill him, he happens upon [[Marty McFly]] and takes his skateboard.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Marty McFly - Future Cop.png|200px]]}}
{{TRs|''[[Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies 1]]''|2}}
{{TRs|''[[Future Cop!]]''|2}}
{{TB|In [[Chief Wiggum]]'s dream of being a cop in the future, Marty McFly and his "clone-daughter" are hoverboarding in a town that resembles the Hill Valley of 2015, as seen in ''Back to the Future Part II''. When [[Snake]] comes along and steals Marty's bitcoins, he is dressed like {{w|List of Back to the Future characters|Griff Tannen}}.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Doc Brown - Future Cop.png|200px]]}}
{{TB|Later, as Wiggum and his [[Officer Cornelius|partner]] are flying in their air car, Leeloo from ''{{w|The Fifth Element}}'' falls seemingly out of nowhere and lands on their windshield, then jumps onto the flying DeLorean with [[Doc Brown]] at the wheel.}}
}}

=== Books ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture}}
{{TH|Book}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|[[File:Table of Geeky Delights.jpg|250px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Lisa Simpson's Guide to Geek Chic]]''}}
{{TB|One of the elements on [[Lisa]]'s [[Table of Geeky Delights]] is De for the DeLorean.}}
}}

=== Games ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture}}
{{TH|Game}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|[[File:Back to the Futurama-Unlocked.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''}}
{{TB|In the level [[Five Characters in Search of an Author]], there is an achievement titled "Back to the [[Futurama]]". To unlock it, the player must defeat 30 enemies in 3 minutes.}}
}}

=== Twitter ===
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{{TH|Account}}
{{TH|Date}}
{{TH|Tweet}}
{{TBT|[[ComicBookGuy]]}}
{{TB|July 23, [[2011]]}}
{{TB|I have come to a conclusion: "Back to the Future Part III," though DEEPLY flawed, is still the finest movie ever made. #FOXSDCC}}
}}

=== Other ===
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{{TH|Picture}}
{{TH|Source}}
{{TH|Reference}}
{{TBT|[[File:Doc Brown.png|150px]]}}
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Ride]]''}}
{{TB|Doc Brown appears in the video shown to guests who are waiting in line to take the ride. Also, Professor Frink uses a DeLorean time machine to go back in time.}}
}}

== Common Cast and Crew ==

=== Cast ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture|width=100px}}
{{TH|Name}}
{{TH|Role in ''Back to the Future''}}
{{TH|Role on ''The Simpsons''}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Mark Campbell]]}}
{{TB|Provided the singing voice of {{w|Marty McFly}} performing "{{w|Johnny B. Goode}}" in ''Back to the Future'' and ''Back to the Future Part II''.}}
{{TB|Provided the singing voice of the [[country singer]] performing "[[America (I Love This Country)]]" in "[[Simple Simpson]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Dan Castellaneta.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Dan Castellaneta]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Doc Brown in the animated segments of the TV show.}}
{{TB|Main cast member: Voices [[Homer Simpson]], [[Abraham Simpson]], [[Krusty the Clown]], [[Barney Gumble]], [[Mayor Quimby]], [[Groundskeeper Willie]], and many other characters.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Catherine Cavadini.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Catherine Cavadini]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Jennifer Parker and other characters in the TV show.}}
{{TB|ADR loop group in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Flea.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Flea]]}}
{{TB|Played Needles (Marty's schoolmate in 1985 and co-worker in 2015); appeared in the second and third movies.}}
{{TB|Voiced {{ch|Flea|himself}} (as a member of the {{Chs|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}) in the [[Season 4]] episode "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Christopher Lloyd.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Christopher Lloyd]]}}
{{TB|Played Doc Brown in the movies and in the live-action segments of the TV show.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Doc Brown]] in ''[[The Simpsons Ride]]''; reprised the role of his ''{{W2|Taxi|TV series}}'' character [[Jim Ignatowski]] in the [[Season 26]] episode "[[My Fare Lady]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:ZZ Top.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[ZZ Top]]}}
{{TB|Appeared in ''Back to the Future Part III'' performing an acoustic version of "{{W2|Doubleback|song}}".}}
{{TB|Appeared in the opening montage of ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]''.}}
}}

=== Crew ===
{{Table|
{{TH|Picture|width=100px}}
{{TH|Name}}
{{TH|Role in ''Back to the Future''}}
{{TH|Role on ''The Simpsons''}}
{{TBT|[[File:Larina Jean Adamson.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Larina Jean Adamson]]}}
{{TB|Video playback designer supervisor in ''Back to the Future Part II''.}}
{{TB|Longtime producer (in various capacities) on the show; voice director for ''[[The Simpsons Road Rage]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons Skateboarding]]''; provided voice recording in ''[[The Simpsons: Hit & Run]]''; voiced a waitress in "[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:James Bolt.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Jim Bolt]]}}
{{TB|Re-recording mixer in ''Back to the Future Part II'' and ''Back to the Future Part III''.}}
{{TB|Sound mixer in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Sandy De Crescent]]}}
{{TB|Orchestra contractor for ''Back to the Future Part II''; music contractor for ''Back to the Future Part III''.}}
{{TB|Music contractor for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' and for the album ''[[The Simpsons Movie: The Music]]''.}}
{{TBT|}}
{{TB|[[Ellen Heuer]]}}
{{TB|Foley artist in ''Back to the Future Part II''.}}
{{TB|Foley artist in ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' and (as part of [[Skywalker Sound]]) in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Greg Orloff.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Greg Orloff]]}}
{{TB|Foley mixer in all three movies.}}
{{TB|Re-recording mixer for 123 episodes in Seasons 3 through 9 and for ''[[The Simpsons Ride]]''.}}
}}

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