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** [Marty feels too guilty to lie to Emmett about getting a patent, and confesses.

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* Marty apologizes to Jennifer for accusing her of adultery.

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* Marty apologizes to Jennifer for accusing her of adultery.
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* Marty has absolute faith that Doc will come to his concert because Doc has never broken a promise to him before.
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* Uncle Ollie finally comes to his senses and saves 3-year-old Emmett from dying in a stunt after exploiting his newfound fame as a stunt man. He then tears up D.W. Tanner’s contract to make Emmett famous, retiring Daredevil Brown and apologizes to Emmett for not taking him fishing like he originally wanted. At the end, Uncle Ollie and Emmett fish together.

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* Uncle Ollie finally comes to his senses and saves 3-year-old Emmett from dying in a stunt after exploiting his newfound fame as a stunt man. He then tears up D.W. Tanner’s Tannen’s contract to make Emmett famous, retiring Daredevil Brown and apologizes to Emmett for not taking him fishing like he originally wanted. At the end, Uncle Ollie and Emmett fish together.
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* Even though Marty and Verne are enjoying the wealth Emmett’s stunts as Daredevil Brown brought them, their primary concern is Emmett’s happiness in doing those stunts.
* Uncle Ollie finally comes to his senses and saves 3-year-old Emmett from dying in a stunt after exploiting his newfound fame as a stunt man. He then tears up D.W. Tanner’s contract to make Emmett famous, retiring Daredevil Brown and apologizes to Emmett for not taking him fishing like he originally wanted. At the end, Uncle Ollie and Emmett fish together.
* While Uncle Ollie and Emmett fish, Marty and Jules have a splash fight. It’s cute to see the two acting like brothers.
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* The ''Johnny B Good'' rendition has elements of this, seeing how much fun the kids are having as their exposed to rock and roll a little earlier than they might have been in the old timeline, and have fun dancing, while Marty is getting to play the kind of music he likes for an enraptured audience and the band members are grinning themselves over getting to play this.

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* The ''Johnny B Good'' Goode'' rendition has elements of this, seeing how much fun the kids are having as their exposed to rock and roll a little earlier than they might have been in the old timeline, and have fun dancing, while Marty is getting to play the kind of music he likes for an enraptured audience and the band members are grinning themselves over getting to play this.

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* When the Libyans arrive the first thing Doc says is "Run for it Marty!!" and it's emphasized even further by the LastWords he says: [[HeroicSacrifice "I'll draw their fire!"]] Despite how frightened he is (and let's face it, with good reason), Doc cares more about Marty than he does about himself, and is willing to sacrifice himself without a second thought to give his best friend a chance for survival.

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* When the Libyans arrive the first thing Doc says is "Run for it Marty!!" and it's emphasized even further by the LastWords he says: [[HeroicSacrifice [[DrawAggro "I'll draw their fire!"]] Despite how frightened he is (and let's face it, with good reason), Doc cares more about Marty than he does about himself, and is willing to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice himself himself]] without a second thought to give his best friend a chance for survival.


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* After failing to snap Doc out of his HeroicBSOD, Clara says she's going to call in Marty. Clara doesn't hold any jealousy or suspicion about the pair's [[HeterosexualLifePartners close friendship]] and is totally accepting of Marty possibly being able to help when she isn't, just as long as her husband recovers.
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* Marty being protective of his parents throughout the film even when it could endanger his existence, such as protecting his mom from Biff in the cafeteria and stopping him from hurting his dad at the diner. Made even better by the fact that Marty has had to watch Biff bully his dad his whole life, and could never do anything about it before.
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* The ''Johnny B Good'' rendition has elements of this, seeing how much fun the kids are having as their exposed to rock and roll a little earlier than they might have been in the old timeline, and have fun dancing, while Marty is getting to play the kind of music he likes for an enraptured audience and the band members are grinning themselves over getting to play this.
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** Young!Doc and his father making up for their behavior against each other and also finding out why Doc went into the past: to give Marty a [=McFly=] lineage book, from Seamus to present.

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** Young!Doc Young Doc and his father making up for their behavior against each other and also finding out why Doc went into the past: to give Marty a [=McFly=] lineage book, from Seamus to present.
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* For that matter, the easy acceptance between the other Browns and Marty. Both of them are used to having Doc's full attention, but they seem to have bonded easily enough once they got to the same part of the time stream.
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* At the end of the episode, every one is mad at Doc because they can’t celebrate Founder’s Day without electricity. Clara secretly brings one of the founders to present day to remind the townsfolk that the original founders celebrated without electricity. The townsfolk are cheered up and celebrate Founder’s Day like the original founders did. In fact they loved it so much they almost kept the power shut down forever.

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* At the end of the episode, every one is mad at Doc because they can’t celebrate Founder’s Day without electricity. Clara secretly brings one of the founders to present day 1991 to remind the townsfolk that the original founders celebrated without electricity. The townsfolk are cheered up and celebrate Founder’s Day like the original founders did. In fact they loved it so much they almost kept the power shut down forever.
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* When the entire town including Clara and the boys are angry at Doc for causing a black out, Marty is the only one who isn’t angry at Doc and helps him disguise himself from the Sheriff who told Doc not to show his face around town.
* All of the citizens immediately chant a cheer for Doc every time he solves Hill Valley’s electricity problem after spending days jeering at Doc for causing said problem.
* At the end of the episode, every one is mad at Doc because they can’t celebrate Founder’s Day without electricity. Clara secretly brings one of the founders to present day to remind the townsfolk that the original founders celebrated without electricity. The townsfolk are cheered up and celebrate Founder’s Day like the original founders did. In fact they loved it so much they almost kept the power shut down forever.
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* The cherry on top of Marty's 1985 life after altering the timeline is seeing the new Toyota 4x4 he desperately wanted at the beginning of the movie, now under his possession, in the garage, accompanied by the moving Alan Silvestri score. Marty is driven to speechlessness at the sight of the truck. The same scene starts off ''Part II'' on a heartwarming note as well.
** Even better is Jennifer showing up as Marty's admiring the truck. After all he's been through, he's the thing he wanted to see the most. Even if it was for a moment, Marty's life was perfect.
--> '''Jennifer''': How about a ride, mister?
--> '''Marty''': Jennifer... Oh, you're a sight for sore eyes.
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** Relating to this, when Doc and Marty first meet in 1955, the latter tells Doc the story of how he came up with the flux capacitor as proof that he really is from the future. Doc then takes him to where the [=DeLorean=] is hidden, and shows him a picture he drew of the flux capacitor. Marty then reaches into the car and switches on the real thing. Doc's gleeful "IT WORKS! I FINALLY INVENTED SOMETHING THAT WORKS!" is a sight to behold.

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** Relating to this, when Doc and Marty first meet in 1955, the latter tells Doc the story of how he came up with the flux capacitor as proof that he really is from the future. Doc then takes goes with him to where the [=DeLorean=] is hidden, and shows him a picture he drew of the flux capacitor. Marty then reaches into the car and switches on the real thing. Doc's gleeful "IT WORKS! I FINALLY INVENTED SOMETHING THAT WORKS!" is a sight to behold.
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* After Doc tears up the letter, insisting on not getting warned, Marty sits at the wheel of the Delorean upset that he's not able to save Doc. Then it [[EurekaMoment dawns on him]] "I got all the time I want I got a time machine, I can just go back early and warn him!" and he changes the Return time to 1985 [[HopeSpot to a ten minutes earlier]]. To hell with the space-time continuum, Marty's ''gonna save his friend''.

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* After Doc tears up the letter, insisting on not getting warned, Marty sits at the wheel of the Delorean upset that he's not able to save Doc. Then it [[EurekaMoment dawns on him]] "I got all the time I want want, I got a time machine, I can just go back early and warn him!" and he changes the Return time to 1985 [[HopeSpot to a ten minutes earlier]]. To hell with the space-time continuum, Marty's ''gonna save his friend''.
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* After Doc tears up the letter, insisting on not getting warned, Marty sits at the wheel of the Delorean upset that he's not able to save Doc. Then it [[EurekaMoment dawns on him]] "I'm in a time machine!" and he changes the Return time to 1985 [[HopeSpot to a ten minutes earlier]]. To hell with the space-time continuum, Marty's ''gonna save his friend''.

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* After Doc tears up the letter, insisting on not getting warned, Marty sits at the wheel of the Delorean upset that he's not able to save Doc. Then it [[EurekaMoment dawns on him]] "I'm in "I got all the time I want I got a time machine!" machine, I can just go back early and warn him!" and he changes the Return time to 1985 [[HopeSpot to a ten minutes earlier]]. To hell with the space-time continuum, Marty's ''gonna save his friend''.



* Marty's time spent bonding with Past!George was surprisingly endearing.

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* 1955!Doc's triumphant yell when he sees the [=DeLorean=] go back to the future. Part of that was definitely it finally sinking in that he finally made something that worked.

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* 1955!Doc's 1955 Doc's triumphant yell when he sees the [=DeLorean=] go back to the future. Part of that was definitely it finally sinking in that he finally made something that worked.



* Marty telling 1955!Lorraine that she might regret drinking later in life. Remember that 1985!Lorraine is a bloated alcoholic due to her unsatisfactory marriage. Marty was trying to save her that fate by discouraging her drinking before it got out of hand.

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* Marty telling 1955!Lorraine 1955 Lorraine that she might regret drinking later in life. Remember that 1985!Lorraine 1985 Lorraine is a bloated alcoholic due to her unsatisfactory marriage. Marty was trying to save her that fate by discouraging her drinking before it got out of hand.



* 1955! Doc telling Marty that he's sad about the latter returning to the future and that it's going to be difficult waiting 30 years before they can talk about the past week's events to each other.

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* 1955! 1955 Doc telling Marty that he's sad about the latter returning to the future and that it's going to be difficult waiting 30 years before they can talk about the past week's events to each other.
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* After Doc tears up the letter, insisting on not getting warned, Marty sits at the wheel of the Delorean upset that he's not able to save Doc. Then it [[EurekaMoment dawns on him]] "I'm in a freaking time machine!" and he changes the Return time to 1985 [[HopeSpot to a half-hour earlier]]. To hell with the space-time continuum, Marty's ''gonna save his friend''.

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* After Doc tears up the letter, insisting on not getting warned, Marty sits at the wheel of the Delorean upset that he's not able to save Doc. Then it [[EurekaMoment dawns on him]] "I'm in a freaking time machine!" and he changes the Return time to 1985 [[HopeSpot to a half-hour ten minutes earlier]]. To hell with the space-time continuum, Marty's ''gonna save his friend''.
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-->'''Doc:''' This isn't what it looks like, Marty. You ''know'' I'd never hurt you, ''whatever'' timeline you came from.

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-->'''Doc:''' This isn't what it looks like, Marty. You ''know'' I'd never hurt you, ''whatever'' ''[[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment whatever]]'' [[DoppelgangerGetsSameSentiment timeline you came from.from]].
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*** What makes it so much better is that Biff bullies George all the time, and this time was no different, threatening to break his arm or not. George didn't even try to fight back, until Biff pushed Lorraine to the ground. Look at George's reaction to that, he sees it happen, he gets not just angry, but ENRAGED, and whirls around, decking Biff in one hit. It's not that George hates Biff, it's that he didn't want Lorraine to get hurt

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*** ** What makes it so much better is that Biff bullies George all the time, and this time was no different, threatening to break his arm or not. George didn't even try to fight back, until Biff pushed Lorraine to the ground. Look at George's reaction to that, he sees it happen, he gets not just angry, but ENRAGED, and whirls around, decking Biff in one hit. It's not that George hates Biff, it's that he didn't want Lorraine to get hurthurt.

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** Even if their first meeting didn't make it into the films, the Bobs felt it still worked because they imagined a kid like Marty would naturally be interested in a quirky guy like Doc, and Doc would just be happy to have a friend who's so interested in his work. [[TrueCompanions And they were right]].



* Even if their first meeting didn't make it into the films, the Bobs felt it still worked (they were right), because they felt a kid like Marty would naturally be interested in a quirky guy like Doc, and Doc would just be happy to have a friend who's so interested in his work.
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* Even if their first meeting didn't make it into the films, the Bobs felt it still worked (they were right), because they felt a kid like Marty would naturally be interested in a quirky guy like Doc, and Doc would just be happy to have a friend who's so interested in his work.
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* "Continuum Conundrum" explains when Doc picked Einstein up from the 80s and brought him to meet his family before he built the Time Train. The dog is instantly smitten with Clara and knocks her right onto the ground.
--->'''Doc:''' Clara, boys, meet Einstein. I do believe he likes you.

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Clara, boys, meet Einstein. I do believe he likes you.
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* "Continuum Conundrum" explains when Doc ended up picking Einstein up from the 80s before he built the Time Train. The dog is instantly smitten with Clara and knocks her right onto the ground.

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* "Continuum Conundrum" explains when Doc ended up picking picked Einstein up from the 80s and brought him to meet his family before he built the Time Train. The dog is instantly smitten with Clara and knocks her right onto the ground.

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* "Continuum Conundrum" ends with Doc introducing his family to Einstein after picking him up from the 80s.

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* "Continuum Conundrum" ends with explains when Doc introducing his family to ended up picking Einstein after picking him up from the 80s.80s before he built the Time Train. The dog is instantly smitten with Clara and knocks her right onto the ground.
--->'''Doc:''' Clara, boys, meet Einstein. I do believe he likes you.

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