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* LikeFatherUnlikeSon: While his father William is quite capable of standing up for himself and others, Arthur, like his own son, is initially an ExtremeDoormat.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His getting arrested and then handed a lengthy prison sentence, along with his sister's getting an even longer sentence for trying to bust him out -- and presumably also Marty Sr. getting fired from his job -- ends up tearing the [=McFly=] family apart.

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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His getting arrested and then handed a lengthy prison sentence, along with his sister's getting an even longer sentence for trying to bust him out -- and presumably also Marty Sr. getting fired from his job -- ends up tearing the [=McFly=] family apart. This in turn causes Doc taking Marty into the future, which in turn indirectly causes all the conflicts in the sequels.
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* CanadaEh: She's from Manitoba. [[spoiler:One of the reasons she marries Arthur [=McFly=] is so that she can gain American citizenship so she can get her job back.]]
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* ForWantOfANail: In the bad 1985 timeline, he dies because Biff has him killed for petty reasons. Biff shot him personally and used his contacts with the police to cover up the crime.
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