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Everyone knows the story of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': teenager Marty McFly goes back in time from 1985 to 1955, interrupts his parents' first meeting, jeopardizes his existence in the process, so on, so forth, and what have you.

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Everyone knows the story of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': teenager Marty McFly [=McFly=] goes back in time from 1985 to 1955, interrupts his parents' first meeting, jeopardizes his existence in the process, so on, so forth, and what have you.
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-->At this point Biff '''...''' gives Marty the keys to the 4x4 '''...''', and Marty runs out and climbs inside and begins to have sex with it!

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-->At this point Biff '''...''' gives Marty the keys to the 4x4 '''...''', and Marty runs out and climbs inside [[CargoShip and begins to have sex with it!it]]!
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* DiesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/29122597776/page-246-the-cover-of-a-match-made-in-space-is Presented without comment:]][[note]]Quote is shortened for simplicity.[[/note]]
-->At this point Biff ... gives Marty the keys to the 4x4 ..., and Marty runs out and climbs inside and begins to have sex with it!

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* DiesThisRemindYouOfAnything: DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/29122597776/page-246-the-cover-of-a-match-made-in-space-is Presented without comment:]][[note]]Quote is shortened for simplicity.[[/note]]
-->At this point Biff ... Biff '''...''' gives Marty the keys to the 4x4 ..., 4x4 '''...''', and Marty runs out and climbs inside and begins to have sex with it!
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-->Marty I want to help but you need to tell me ''what happened to you''

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-->Marty --->Marty I want to help but you need to tell me ''what happened to you''
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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is that when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21270911628/page-121 The Atomic Kid]]", [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.

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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is that when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21270911628/page-121 The Atomic Kid]]", Kid]]" and taking a nap, [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.
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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is that when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "The Atomic Kid", [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.

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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is that when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "The "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21270911628/page-121 The Atomic Kid", Kid]]", [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.
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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "The Atomic Kid", [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.

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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is that when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "The Atomic Kid", [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.
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* ForWantOfANail: At one point, we get to see what would've happened if Marty pulled the "flux capacitor" card ''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21209877188/page-119-120 early]]'' when talking to 1955!Doc for the first time. The end result is when 1955!Doc slams the door in his face, Marty has nothing to say to convince him. Ultimately, after [[spoiler:going back to Hill Valley and seeing "The Atomic Kid", [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer yes, really]]]], Marty [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/21325259046/so-marty-drives-the-delorean-over-to-docs-place decides to drive the DeLorean]] to the Brown Mansion to show him.
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* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/20527133454/marty-wakes-up-in-bed-and-again-we-play-movie-vs Unfortunately,]] Marty shoots down Lorraine's assumption that his name is "[[LineOfSightName Calvin Klein]]" by telling her that's the name of the underwear manufacturer. Sigh.
** Luckily, [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/23551217168/page-166-169-on-these-pages-we-learn-that-george the Darth Vader scene]] ''is'' still intact... Except Marty ties in a ''lot'' more references into it.
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* NewspaperDating: Subverted. Marty realizes he's in 1955 [[spoiler:by looking at the time circuits]]. He confirms by turning on the [=DeLorean=]'s radio.
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** And, sadly, it doesn't even take driving to his house, only to find a model home in an empty field, to clue Marty in. What does? [[spoiler:'''''Glancing at the "Destination Time" and "Current Time" readouts on the time circuits.''''']]
-->Marty I want to help but you need to tell me ''what happened to you''
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* LateToTheRealization: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/19733876654/page-68-74-marty-accidentally-travels-through It]] [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/19779606289/marty-still-thinking-hes-in-1985-drives-to-his takes]] Marty a ''shocking'' amount of time to realize that by driving the ''time machine'', he went '''''back in time'''''.
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* RealityEnsues: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17375158174/page-16 Ryan mentions]] that [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17606660283/remember-that-skateboarding-story-i-mentioned-in his brother]] tried holding onto the back of a vehicle while skateboarding, like Marty does in the film. The end result was that [[spoiler:he fell while the vehicle was still moving, and "got road rash on his chest SO BADLY that the pavement literally grated a nipple off[[note]][[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17375460178/actually-it-was-only-mostly-scraped-off-it-was mostly, actually]][[/note]] and he had to go to the hospital"]]. On the plus side, [[spoiler:they learned that nipples grow back]].

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* RealityEnsues: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17375158174/page-16 Ryan mentions]] that [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17606660283/remember-that-skateboarding-story-i-mentioned-in his brother]] tried holding onto the back of a vehicle while skateboarding, like Marty does in the film. The end result was that [[spoiler:he fell while the vehicle was still moving, and "got road rash on his chest SO BADLY that the pavement literally grated a nipple off[[note]][[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17375460178/actually-it-was-only-mostly-scraped-off-it-was mostly, actually]][[/note]] and he had to go to the hospital"]]. On the plus side, [[spoiler:they learned that nipples grow back]].

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* RimShot: Ryan links to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34 this SNL clip]] everytime Marty makes a quip in [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/18497233972/remember-the-last-page-where-marty-quipped-maybe the 1985 dinner scene]].

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* RealityEnsues: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17375158174/page-16 Ryan mentions]] that [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17606660283/remember-that-skateboarding-story-i-mentioned-in his brother]] tried holding onto the back of a vehicle while skateboarding, like Marty does in the film. The end result was that [[spoiler:he fell while the vehicle was still moving, and "got road rash on his chest SO BADLY that the pavement literally grated a nipple off[[note]][[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17375460178/actually-it-was-only-mostly-scraped-off-it-was mostly, actually]][[/note]] and he had to go to the hospital"]]. On the plus side, [[spoiler:they learned that nipples grow back]].
* RimShot: Ryan links to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34 this SNL clip]] everytime Marty makes a quip in [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/18497233972/remember-the-last-page-where-marty-quipped-maybe the 1985 dinner scene]].
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* RimShot: Ryan links to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34 this SNL clip]] everytime Marty makes a quip in the 1985 dinner scene.

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* RimShot: Ryan links to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34 this SNL clip]] everytime Marty makes a quip in [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/18497233972/remember-the-last-page-where-marty-quipped-maybe the 1985 dinner scene.scene]].
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* RimShot: Ryan links to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oShTJ90fC34 this SNL clip]] everytime Marty makes a quip in the 1985 dinner scene.
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* DoingInTheWizard: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/19291662644/page-56-on-page-56-doc-remembers-when-this-was The novelization explains]] that the flux capacitor ''isn't'' what makes time travel possible, "it’s just a really good battery with a high discharge rate". Ryan even compares this to ''Franchise/StarWars'' introducing [[Film/ThePhantomMenace midichlorians]] to explain the Force.


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* LudicrousPrecision: Like in the movie, Doc brings up that "it's taken [him] almost thirty years and [his] entire family fortune to fulfill the vision of that day". Unlike the movie, Doc actually ''pulls out a calculator to do the math''. And what he comes up with... [[WritersCannotDoMath well...]]


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* WritersCannotDoMath: [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17774012405/page-26-27 Minor contradiction aside]], when Doc checks to see if it ''really has'' been 30 years since he got the idea for the time machine[[note]]reminder: the dates being compared are November 5th 1955 and October 26th 1985[[/note]], [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/19235039130/so-here-on-page-55-doc-points-out-the-flux Doc gets "twenty-nine years, eleven months, and 355 days"]]. ...except the ''actual'' difference is 29 years, 11 months, and '''21''' days. "Gipe is off by almost ''an entire year''."
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* DeadpanSnarker: Apparently either Gipe or Zemeckis and Gale (who wrote the draft Gipe used) thought Marty should engage in some stand-up in the movie[[note]]the only surviving remnant of this in the final product is Marty's "Uncle 'Jailbird' Joey?" quip[[/note]]. This is especially prevalent in the 1985 dinner scene, where Marty "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/18497233972/remember-the-last-page-where-marty-quipped-maybe throws out one-liners]] [at] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer EVERY SINGLE CHANCE HE GETS]]".

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* DeadpanSnarker: Apparently either Gipe or Zemeckis and Gale (who wrote the draft Gipe used) thought Marty should engage in some stand-up in the movie[[note]]the only surviving remnant remnants of this in the final product is Marty's "Uncle 'Jailbird' Joey?" quip[[/note]].quip and his quiet "Doc, is that a Devo su-" being cut off by Doc[[/note]]. This is especially prevalent in the 1985 dinner scene, where Marty "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/18497233972/remember-the-last-page-where-marty-quipped-maybe throws out one-liners]] [at] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer EVERY SINGLE CHANCE HE GETS]]".
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Unsurprisingly, Gip manages to futz the original trope naming scene[[note]]"Clock Tower Finale", anyone?[[/note]] up by relegating the final stretch to a few paragraphs.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Unsurprisingly, Gip Gipe manages to futz the original trope naming scene[[note]]"Clock Tower Finale", anyone?[[/note]] up by relegating the final stretch to a few paragraphs.

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* ClockTowerFinale: Unsurprisingly, Gip manages to futz the trope naming scene up by relegating the final stretch to a few paragraphs.


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* DeadpanSnarker: Apparently either Gipe or Zemeckis and Gale (who wrote the draft Gipe used) thought Marty should engage in some stand-up in the movie[[note]]the only surviving remnant of this in the final product is Marty's "Uncle 'Jailbird' Joey?" quip[[/note]]. This is especially prevalent in the 1985 dinner scene, where Marty "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/18497233972/remember-the-last-page-where-marty-quipped-maybe throws out one-liners]] [at] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer EVERY SINGLE CHANCE HE GETS]]".



-->Doc says that's all well and good but "what if you'd been spotted by some cop?" and Marty replies "What if I'm spotted by a cop when I'm in the time machine?" and Doc says "''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/27125442192/chapter-thirteen If that happens, you keep going, dummy.]]''"\\

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-->Doc says that's all well and good but "what if you'd been spotted by some cop?" and Marty replies "What if I'm spotted by a cop when I'm in the time machine?" and Doc says "''[[http://btothef."'''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/27125442192/chapter-thirteen If that happens, you keep going, dummy.]]''"\\]]'''"\\
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* PlotHole: [[{{In-universe}} As Ryan points out]], it's mentioned that Marty has a "new" Walkman with him as he leaves for Twin Pines Mall due to Strickland [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext crushing his old one with a vice while Marty was in detention in an earlier scene]].
-->(when did he get it? Seriously, ''when'') (Marty's movements have been fully accounted for since his Walkman was destroyed and he never went to the Walkman store) (I dub thee: Paradox Walkman)


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-->One of the challenges with this blog is to find new ways to say “HOLY CRAP THERE ARE A LOT OF UNNECESSARY WORDS”, but holy crap, you guys: there are a lot of unnecessary words.
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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Ryan has a theory that Gipe was / thought he was paid by the word, and really, ''it shows''...
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-->''Stay tuned for surprises Marty [=McFly=] [[TemptingFate never could have imagined]]!''
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While "B^F"'s primary form of existence comes in the form of the Tumblr blog, [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Novelization-Of-Feature-Film-ebook/dp/B008X945R4/ref=pd_sim_351_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51LMct-0BzL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_&refRID=0X2ABZHZV0XF0MZMB01J an ebook version]] was made after it finished, released on August 12th, 2012.

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While "B^F"'s primary form of existence comes in the form of the Tumblr blog, [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Novelization-Of-Feature-Film-ebook/dp/B008X945R4/ref=pd_sim_351_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51LMct-0BzL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_&refRID=0X2ABZHZV0XF0MZMB01J com/B-F-Novelization-Feature-Film-ebook/dp/B008X945R4/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 an ebook version]] was made after it finished, released on August 12th, 2012.
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While its primary form of existence comes in the form of the Tumblr blog, [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Novelization-Of-Feature-Film-ebook/dp/B008X945R4/ref=pd_sim_351_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51LMct-0BzL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_&refRID=0X2ABZHZV0XF0MZMB01J an ebook version]] was made after it finished, released on August 12th, 2012.

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While its "B^F"'s primary form of existence comes in the form of the Tumblr blog, [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Novelization-Of-Feature-Film-ebook/dp/B008X945R4/ref=pd_sim_351_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51LMct-0BzL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_&refRID=0X2ABZHZV0XF0MZMB01J an ebook version]] was made after it finished, released on August 12th, 2012.
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Everyone knows the story of ''Film/BackToTheFuture'': teenager Marty McFly goes back in time from 1985 to 1955, interrupts his parents' first meeting, jeopardizes his existence in the process, so on, so forth, and what have you.

Well... actually, not ''everyone'' knows that story, or at least the finalized version. One particular person, George Gipe, was more familiar with the draft he was given in 1984 so he could write the novelization. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Yes.]] He wrote the novelization ''[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness before]]'' the movie was finalized. [[ShockingSwerve And then he was stung to death by bees soon after submitting his manuscript.]] [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer Again, yes.]] And, for a while, that was it: the novelization was published, and not much attention was directed towards it since.

At least, until January 30th, 2012, when one particular man decided to create a Website/{{Tumblr}} blog dedicating to recapping / reviewing the novelization. That man... was [[WebComic/DinosaurComics Ryan North]].

While its primary form of existence comes in the form of the Tumblr blog, [[http://www.amazon.com/The-Novelization-Of-Feature-Film-ebook/dp/B008X945R4/ref=pd_sim_351_6?ie=UTF8&dpID=51LMct-0BzL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR100%2C160_&refRID=0X2ABZHZV0XF0MZMB01J an ebook version]] was made after it finished, released on August 12th, 2012.

If you thought you knew ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' before, hold on to your hats...
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!!This book / series provides examples of[[note]]To make things easier, tropes from the novelization and tropes from the blog with be both brought up.[[/note]]:

* GenreShift: As Ryan points out, there are two instances where Marty suddenly acts like [[MoonLogicPuzzle he's in a]] PointAndClickGame. And when this happens, we are treated to "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/17319973021/pages-13-15 Marty]] [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/19626038618/page-64-67-marty-had-never-been-shot-at-before Quest]]" just to hit the point home.
* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Practically a RunningGag in the story as Ryan has to keep pointing out that what he's describing is what ''actually happens'' in the novelization.
* RageQuit: "[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/19626038618/page-64-67-marty-had-never-been-shot-at-before Marty Quest II]]" comes to an abrupt end when Ryan gets fed up:
-->> can’t say i care to!! QUIT\\
Are you sure you want to quit Marty Quest II?\\
> i say this with all sincerity: never in all my years on this lonely planet have i been more sure of anything until this very moment\\
Thank you for playing Marty Quest II!
** [[spoiler:He only gets 1.21 out of 88 points as a result.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: Say, you know how Marty and Doc are friends? ''Kinda hard to tell here...''
-->Doc says that's all well and good but "what if you'd been spotted by some cop?" and Marty replies "What if I'm spotted by a cop when I'm in the time machine?" and Doc says "''[[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/27125442192/chapter-thirteen If that happens, you keep going, dummy.]]''"\\
[[SarcasmMode Can’t you feel the love between these two people? It’s just so wonderful to read about two great friends having an adventure together]]
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