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* ContrivedCoincidence: Doc types in "November 5, 1955" into the time machine, the day he came up with the Flux Capacitor. Marty ends up going back to that day, which also happens to be the exact same day his parents met. It's also lucky for Marty that the dance where his parents first kissed and fell in love happened before lightning hit the clock tower, the only time Marty and Doc knew of when and where lightning would strike, as opposed to after. It also is pretty convenient that said strike happened to be within a week of when Marty arrived, close enough that he wouldn't have to wait long to go back, but long enough for Doc to use this information to come up with a plan that works. And they only ''know'' it because Marty happens to have been handed a "Save the Clock Tower" flier that day -- that happens to include a copy of a newspaper article from the day the lightning hit; which he happens to have kept only because Jennifer happened to use it to write down her phone number for him plus a love note, and happens to decide to show to Doc because when Marty happens to have mentioned that he has a girlfriend as one of the reasons he can't stay in 1955, Doc ''happens'' to bother asking how things are between him and his girlfriend back home...

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Doc types in "November 5, 1955" into the time machine, the day he came up with the Flux Capacitor. Marty ends up going back to that day, which also happens to be the [[LawOfTimeTravelCoincidences exact same day day]] his parents met. It's also lucky for Marty that the dance where his parents first kissed and fell in love happened before lightning hit the clock tower, the only time Marty and Doc knew of when and where lightning would strike, as opposed to after. It also is pretty convenient that said strike happened to be within a week of when Marty arrived, close enough that he wouldn't have to wait long to go back, but long enough for Doc to use this information to come up with a plan that works. And they only ''know'' it because Marty happens to have been handed a "Save the Clock Tower" flier that day -- that happens to include a copy of a newspaper article from the day the lightning hit; which he happens to have kept only because Jennifer happened to use it to write down her phone number for him plus a love note, and happens to decide to show to Doc because when Marty happens to have mentioned that he has a girlfriend as one of the reasons he can't stay in 1955, Doc ''happens'' to bother asking how things are between him and his girlfriend back home...

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