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7Character page for ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' (the film trilogy and all subsequent media of the franchise).
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9[[foldercontrol]]
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11[[index]]
12* [[Characters/BackToTheFutureMcFlyFamily McFly Family]]
13* [[Characters/BackToTheFutureBrownFamily Brown Family]]
14* [[Characters/BackToTheFutureTannenFamily Tannen Family]]
15[[/index]]
16
17!The Baines Family
18[[folder:Lorraine Baines]]
19See [=McFly=] Family
20[[/folder]]
21
22[[folder:Sam and Stella Baines]]
23[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/119947_nazad_v_budushee_back_to_the_future.jpg]]
24[[caption-width-right:350:''"He's a very strange young man." "He's an idiot."'']]
25->'''Played by:''' Creator/GeorgeDiCenzo (Sam) and Frances Lee [=McCain=] (Stella)\
26'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/JeanPierreMoulin (Sam) and Arlette Thomas (Stella)
27
28Lorraine's parents and Marty's maternal grandparents. They are seen only in 1955, leaving it unclear whether they are still alive in 1985.
29----
30* HappilyMarried: They argue a bit but in an affectionate way. We certainly get no sense that they're dissatisfied with their lives, as we do with George and Lorraine in the original 1985.
31* {{Housewife}}: Stella seems to be a pretty typical 1950s housewife. As of 1955, she has cranked out five kids and appears to be pregnant with a sixth.
32* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Like George 30 years later, Sam seems more interested in the TV than his family, even watching the exact same show.
33* ShoutOut: Stella is named after Stella Kowalski from ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'', just so that Sam can yell "STELLA!" as a Creator/MarlonBrando reference.
34* Standard50sFather: Sam is clearly based on this trope, albeit he's a bit more grumpy than when it's played totally straight.
35[[/folder]]
36
37[[folder:Joey Baines]]
38[[quoteright:255:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a1e36174_ffda_48fc_829b_4f141ba18a13.jpeg]]
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40Son of Sam and Stella Baines.
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42* AscendedExtra: Heck, he's an ascended ''offscreen character''. He was briefly mentioned in the first movie when Lorraine's celebration of his return from prison was cancelled because he was denied parole. In the comics, an entire arc centers around the question of what put him in prison to begin with, and its effects on the family are explored in more detail.
43* CoolUncle: Before he was arrested, he and Marty were very close.
44* HonorBeforeReason: Refused to give away [[spoiler: Biff Tannen and his friends]] to get himself out of trouble, although it means he has to serve a 15-year sentence.
45[[/folder]]
46
47!The Parker Family
48[[folder:Jennifer Parker]]
49!!Jennifer Jane Parker
50[[quoteright:289:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gal_recast_jennifer-parker_7502.jpg]]
51[[caption-width-right:289:''"Marty, you're acting like you haven't seen me in a week!"'']]
52->'''Played by:''' Claudia Wells (''Back to the Future''), Creator/ElisabethShue (''Back to the Future Part II'' and ''III''), Courtney-Mae Briggs (original, London musical), Sophie Naglik (new casting, London musical), Mikaela Secada (original, Broadway musical)\
53'''Dubbed in French By:''' Martine Reigner (''Back to the Future''), Brigitte Berges (''Back to the Future Part II'' and ''III'')\
54'''Voiced in the animated series by:''' Creator/CathyCavadini\
55'''Voiced in the Creator/TelltaleGames series by:''' Claudia Wells
56Marty's girlfriend and future wife.
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58* AdaptationalBadass: The video game has her as a teen rebel who likes to disrupt a brutal regime oppressing Hill Valley.
59* AdaptationalDyeJob: Has light blonde hair in the animated series.
60* AgentMulder: At the start of the second movie, when she learns that the [=DeLorean=] is a time machine, she doesn't question it once (although she ''does'' sound pretty freaked out when she asks if they're in 2015).
61* AllADream: What Doc expects/hopes she will conclude about her trip to 2015 after waking up from her faint. As expected, this is ''exactly'' what she thinks, as, even though she has no recollection of going to sleep on the porch swing, coming face-to-face with her 2015 self is the last thing she remembers before waking up, meaning that from her perspective it took place only a second ago. Marty eventually fills her in on the fact that it ''was'' all real.
62* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler:In the alternate!1986]] in the Telltale game, [[spoiler:she's dating an ugly, stupid tool rather than Marty -- just because he plays electric guitar in a band (the Marty in the alternate timeline is apparently a grade-A nerd who plays the ukulele rather than guitar). This trope is how the real Marty wins her back, along with showing off his guitar talents]].
63* ChildhoodFriendRomance: According to [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture the comic book]], she and Marty knew each other in fourth grade, fell out of contact for a few years, then reconnected and fell in LoveAtFirstSight in 1984.
64* DeadpanSnarker: In the game. [[spoiler:Well, the punk-rock delinquent version of herself, anyway.]]
65* DrowningMySorrows: A deleted scene from ''Part II'' has 2015 Marty Sr. discovering 2015 Jennifer lying unconscious in their house's doorway (having [[FaintInShock fainted from the shock]] of encountering her younger self from 1985), and his reaction is a resigned sigh followed by "She's [[FutureSlang tranked]] again", implying that 2015 Jennifer (trapped in an unhappy marriage with Marty) regularly intoxicates herself with chemicals to the point that she would arrive home so drunk that she'll pass out cold as soon as she steps through the door, and Marty is used to this.
66* HeavySleeper: Well, heavy ''[[FaintInShock fainter]]''. More than fourteen hours (and a major timeline shift) go by while she's lying limp on a porch swing utterly out like a light from the shock of encountering her older future self. The sudden and deafening roar of a jumbo jet flying right over her does nothing to even make her stir.
67* EightiesHair: Especially with her first actress. [[spoiler:In alternate 1986, this becomes DelinquentHair.]]
68* FaintInShock: As a result of the Bobs not having planned any sort of CharacterDevelopment for her and [[TheLoad not knowing what to do with her in the sequels]], this ends up being pretty much her default status in ''Parts II'' and ''III''. After encountering her older 2015 self in the middle of ''Part II'', she faints and stays out cold until the end of ''Part III'', which means that despite her unconscious body having physically visited the alternate 1985 created in ''Part II'', her consciousness never even got to exist at any point during this time to experience it before the timeline was rectified!
69* FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: It's even the page image!
70* GoodGirlGoneBad: In the game, [[spoiler:she's a [[TookALevelInJerkass bitchy]], [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic]], delinquent rocker in the alternate-1986; this is implied to be [[LaResistance a form of rebellion]] against Citizen Brown's rule.]]
71* GuestStarPartyMember: Her most significant role was in the second film. Which involved her running around her future home in a controlled panic. The Bobs have noted that if they'd intended on making a sequel, they would not have had Jennifer go to the future with Marty and Doc as they had no idea what to do with her.
72* HiddenDepths: The "Continuum Conundrum" arc in [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture the comic]] shows Jennifer taking a more active role in the plot than she did in the movies, and consequently displays sides of her that we didn't previously see.
73** For instance, she shows some remarkable sci-fi savvy, mentioning how she wishes that Doc had a "time phone" or similar, and she even theorizes that the version of [[spoiler:Doc]] that they've encountered might somehow be from the original (Twin Pines) timeline, or even an AlternateUniverse. She says this comes from reading George's sci-fi novels.
74** The comics show that she's also quite organized and clever in her thinking, such as when she gains the trust of Goldie Wilson, Jr. in order to get the location of Doc's secret lab. She also chastises Marty for relying too heavily on {{Indy Ploy}}s rather than coming up with an organized game plan, and is able to get him to focus on the task at hand.
75* HighSchoolSweethearts: Is this with Marty, and we see that they're married with kids in 2015. But the original timeline isn't very happy, though maybe not to the extent of George and Lorraine in ''their'' original timeline - they appear to actually be HappilyMarried. Lorraine even says that she thinks that she married her son out of pity (and this is to her own ''granddaughter'')! [[spoiler:Fortunately, it's heavily implied that her and Marty's future becomes much better/happier after Marty prevents the incident that ruined his life from happening thanks to his CharacterDevelopment.]]
76* InSeriesNickname: Is called "Jen" a couple of times by Marty in ''Part III'' and in the game.
77** In the [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture comic]], Needles attempts to flirt with her and calls her "Jenny". She isn't impressed.
78* TheLoad: Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale never had any sort of CharacterDevelopment in mind for her, stating that had they planned to make a sequel to the original film, they would not have put her in the car at the end. Sure enough, less than five minutes into ''Part II'', she's rendered unconscious and pretty much spends the rest of the series that way. Her actress isn't even given top billing in the film credits, even though those who play even smaller roles are.
79* LockedOutOfTheLoop: It's quite clear that she has absolutely ''no'' idea what's going on when she climbs into the [=DeLorean=] with Marty. Catches up fast, though.
80* LoveAtFirstSight: With Marty, according to him when explaining that the trope is possible to Doc.
81* TheOtherDarrin: When Elizabeth Shue took over the role from Claudia Wells, she is introduced after the new timeline has taken hold (Marty has the truck, George is a successful writer, etc.). Marty makes no sign of the change (natch), but it makes sense in-universe that she might have different circumstances as well, but the changes were ret-conned into Marty's memory as well.
82* SatelliteLoveInterest: She appeared very little in the first movie and apparently existed only so that Marty would have someone to spill exposition on in the opening scenes. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale tried to write her out of the sequels, but the way they ended the first movie made that difficult; she did get some development in the second and third movies.
83* SecretKeeper: She becomes this once Marty tells her about (and shows her what's left of) Doc's time machine.
84* TotallyTrustingLoveInterest: When Marty gets temporarily distracted by two women in exercise suits, Jennifer calmly and casually tilts his face back towards her and continues flirting as though nothing had happened. Marty, in turn, loves her very much and never takes advantage of being away from her time-traveling to make moves on other girls (at least in the trilogy).
85
86!!Alternate Jennifer Parker
87->'''Voiced in the Creator/TelltaleGames series by:''' Claudia Wells
88An alternate version of Jennifer Parker who lives in a Hill Valley turned into a dystopia-disguised-as-an-utopia by First Citizen Emmett Brown and his wife Edna Strickland. This version is no longer the GirlNextDoor type like her main timeline version but a teen rebel who dresses like a punk rocker, dyes her hair, and spray paints buildings to stick it to the Brown Administration.
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90* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: She breaks up with Marty because he was a goody-two-shoes and hooks back up with him when he proves himself a rebel.
91* LikeParentUnlikeChild: While her father is a cop, she is a juvenile delinquent.
92* RebelliousSpirit: From her looks, her interests, to even her love interests are all in the name of sticking it to the Brown Administration.
93* TookALevelInJerkass: Became a rebellious punk goth that had broken up with Marty when he became a "square" and rebelled against the Browns and their Citizen Plus program, constantly vandalizing buildings. This could also be a case of becoming a BrokenBird because of the terrifying dystopia she's grown up in, and perhaps that her own father supports the regime as a law officer. Of course, she is pretty nasty to Marty before hooking back up with him, and she also quickly ditches her other boyfriend in the process.
94* {{Xenafication}}: The video game has Jennifer as a more awesome character than she was in the films by making her a street punk disrupting the Citizen Brown regime.
95[[/folder]]
96
97[[folder:Officer Danny J. Parker, Jr.]]
98!!Officer Danny J. Parker, Jr.
99->'''Voiced in the Creator/TelltaleGames series by:''' Mark Barbolak
100The son of Detective Danny Parker and Jennifer Parker's father. In the main timeline, he is a shoe salesman. After Marty accidentally creates an alternate timeline in which Emmett Brown and Edna Strickland marry and turn Hill Valley into a utopia, this version of Danny follows in his father's footsteps to become a police officer.
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102* AscendedExtra: After making only a brief appearance in the first movie played by an uncredited extra, he gets a larger supporting role in episode 3 of the game.
103* IdenticalGrandson: In the game, he looks like an older version of his father in his youth, albeit with a mustache.
104[[/folder]]
105
106[[folder:Detective Danny J. Parker]]
107!!Detective Danny J. Parker
108->'''Voiced in the Creator/TelltaleGames series by:''' Mark Barbolak
109Jennifer's paternal grandfather. He is a police officer in 1930s Hill Valley.
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111* TheAlcoholic: He starts drinking heavily after his encounters with the Time Machine cause his life to fall apart.
112* DirtyCop: At his lowest point, he accepts money from Kid to turn a blind eye to his bootlegging. Eventually, Marty helps him realize the error of his ways and he redeems himself by putting Kid away.
113* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He clearly doesn’t buy any of Edna’s accusations about Marty.
114[[/folder]]
115
116!The Strickland Family
117[[folder:Vice Principal Strickland]]
118!!Vice Principal Gerald Strickland
119[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/strickland_4.jpg]]
120 [[caption-width-right:350: "Slacker!"]]
121->'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesTolkan, Mark Oxtoby (original, London musical), Matthew Barrow (understudy, London musical), Gary Trainor (new casting, London musical), Meritt David Janes (original, Broadway musical)\
122'''Dubbed in French by:''' Jean-Paul Tribout (''Back to the Future''), Jean-Claude Montalban (''Back to the Future Part II'')
123The Vice Principal of Hill Valley High School.
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125* AdultsAreUseless: In the deleted scene where Dixon and his friends lock George in the phone booth with a trident, all he does is reprimand George and takes a hike.
126* BaldOfEvil: Granted he's not so much evil as much as he's an overly strict jerk, but he's completely bald in 1985, and when Marty is in 1955, he lampshades Strickland's male-pattern baldness.
127-->'''Marty:''' Jesus, didn't that guy ''ever'' have hair?
128* CatchphraseInsult: "Slacker!"
129* DeanBitterman: Even in the 50s he was against his students' wild side.
130* EmbarrassingOldPhoto: In the game, Marty finds an old photo of him as a child -- dressed like a girl -- in his sister Edna's apartment.
131* FunHatingConfiscatingAdult: His name is probably an inside joke on the word 'strict'.
132* FutureBadass: In the crime-ridden dystopian future of the second movie, he has become an embattled survivalist who semi-successfully defends his home against the heavily armed gangs who plague that version of Hill Valley.
133* GrumpyOldMan: Age does not appear to have made him any less of a hardass.
134* HairTodayGoneTomorrow: Averted. He's down to the last few dregs of his hair in 1955 and completely bald in 1985. Played for laughs with his grandfather who had extremely long hair (though is still balding on top, as shown in a deleted scene). He's shown to have a full mane of blonde hair in 1946 in "Biff to the Future".
135* HatesEveryoneEqually: While he may be a hardass and thorn in the [=McFly=] family's side, he's shown to be the same way with ''all'' of the High Valley High School students, including bullies like Biff.
136* INeedAFreakingDrink: In 1955 at least, he kept a bottle of liquor concealed in his office.
137* {{Jerkass}}: He is hardly a pleasant fellow.
138* JerkassHasAPoint: He tells [[ButtMonkey George McFly]] to [[GrewASpine shape up]].
139* MeaningfulName: Strickland. He's really strict.
140* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he isn't exactly helpful when it comes to George having pranks bulled on him by bullies, if nothing else he is willing to intervene when he sees Biff about to beat up Marty, showing that if nothing else Mr. Strickland doesn't tolerate fighting.
141* TookALevelInBadass: In 1985-A. He became a shotgun-wielding survivalist because of the collapse of civilization in Hill Valley. This is presumed to be stemmed from his military combat training during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, as shown in an episode of [[WesternAnimation/BackToTheFuture the animated series]] when a young Strickland is shown as a MP back in the 1940s.
142-->'''Strickland:''' ''(aims shotgun at hooligans)'' '''[[ShotgunsAreJustBetter EAT LEAD]], [[CharacterCatchphrase SLACKERS]]!!!'''
143* VillainyFreeVillain: He's a strict hardass, but aside from his survivalist mode in 1985-A and his seemingly confiscating the almanac adding extra complications to Marty’s mission, he's hardly evil or malicious.
144[[/folder]]
145
146[[folder:Marshal Strickland]]
147!!Marshal James Strickland
148->'''Played by:''' Creator/JamesTolkan \
149'''Dubbed in French by:''' Jean-Claude Montalban
150
151Grandfather of Gerald Strickland and Marshal of Hill Valley in 1885.
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153* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: The Marshal of Hill Valley and one of the few people who can put Buford Tannen in his place.
154* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: For all of his strictness, he was a kind and devoted father to his son.
155* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: A strict man, but ultimately he's trying to keep order in Hill Valley.
156* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He’s not quite as uptight as his DeanBitterman grandson and appears to be a fair-minded lawman.
157* ShutUpHannibal: Once Buford Tannen suggests he smile at the town festival, Marshal responds with this badass threat:
158-->'''Marshal:''' The only party I'll be smiling at is one that sees you at the end of a rope.
159* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks identical to his grandson, except with long hair and a mustache.
160[[/folder]]
161
162[[folder:Edna Strickland]]
163!!Edna Strickland
164->'''Voiced in the Creator/TelltaleGames series by:''' Rebecca Sweitzer (present time) and Shannon Nicholson (younger version)
165Sister of Gerald Strickland. A CrazyCatLady Marty meets in 1986. Because Marty interacts with her and young Emmett in 1931 they both fall in love, this little mistake throws the timeline into jeopardy and prevents the events of the movie from ever happening.
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167* AdaptationalVillainy: She is much more ruthless in the comic book adaption of the game. Not only she considers her action an act of God, [[spoiler:she also has no qualm in killing people]]. [[AdaptationalNiceGuy On the flipside]], in the end [[spoiler: she feels remorse and willingly turns herself in to the police in the comic, whereas she has to be dragged kicking and screaming in the game]].
168* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[spoiler: In the game finale, with Kid Tannen, of all people.]]
169* BreakTheHaughty: Throughout the game, she looks down on almost everyone else as being lowly and wicked, believing herself to be a paragon of purity. It isn't until her very last scene that she finally mellows out.
170* BigBad: The main antagonist of the game.
171* CharacterCatchphrase:
172** "It's a fact, look it up."
173** "Hooligans!"
174** She borrows the “slacker” catchphrase her brother uses at least once or twice.
175* ClingyJealousGirl: By 1986C she won't let Doc so much as interact with another woman.
176* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: By the time Episode 5 rolls around, Marty exclaims, "Jeez, that lady was always a loon!"
177* CrazyCatLady: The original 1986 Edna and [[spoiler: Crazy, Old 1931 Edna]].
178* DisproportionateRetribution: Just because she has a fear of dogs, Edna calls dogs a pest and has all dogs in Hill Valley impounded in 1986C.
179* DryCrusader: [[spoiler:She sets ''Hill Valley'' accidentally ablaze while trying to burn down a saloon.]]
180* EpicFail: [[spoiler: While in 1876, Edna tried to burn down Hill Valley's saloon since her grandfather wouldn't do anything about it. This ended up ''burning down all of Hill Valley.'']]
181* EvilOldFolks: Exaggerated in Ep. 3 when she becomes a dictator.
182* FromNobodyToNightmare: Whenever Edna gets a drop of power, there are always serious consequences.
183* GrumpyOldMan: She's never happy in her old age. [[spoiler: At least until her defeat and reformation.]]
184* HollywoodToneDeaf: However, her song [[spoiler: is actually quite effective when sung by Trixie.]]
185* TheHorseshoeEffect: Edna pursues an insanely harsh and fundamentalist interpretation of justice, law and order. In the process, she commits numerous sins while trying to do good deeds, including pride and wrath. By the end of the game, in the alternate 1931, she goes so far as to accidentally burn down the town she claimed to defend, becoming the hooligan she claimed to oppose. Even worse, she acknowledges it.
186* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Went from an aspiring journalist respected by almost everyone in Hill Valley to a maniac who everyone in Hill Valley turns against, and has thrown all her principles and influence away in the pursuit of destroying alcohol.
187* {{Hypocrite}}: When encountered in 1986 at the beginning of the first episode, she chides Marty not to romanticize the past. She actually does just that relative to ''her own'' past, loving 1876 for how "pure" it is before Beauregard Tannen shows up. Also, see "StrawHypocrite" below.
188* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:As Mary Pickford, she claims that Doc/Citizen Brown and Marty tricked her into using the [=DeLorean=] and sending her back to 1876, leading her to destroy Hill Valley and puts full blame on them when she regains her memories]].
189* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:Edna manages to get away with burning down the Hill Valley speakeasy in 1931 in many timelines but by the end of the game and after altering history several times, she is finally arrested.]]
190* KnightTemplar: Her views of justice are... ''petty'', to say the least.
191* LethallyStupid: [[spoiler: She once burned down the entire town of Hill Valley in her protests.]]
192* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Hooking up with Kid Tannen results in both of them mellowing out a ''lot''.]]
193* LovingAShadow: After Marty talks with young Edna about the nature of her relationship with Emmett, it becomes apparent that she loves what his scientific genius can do for her causes more so than Emmett as a person.
194* ManipulativeBitch: She manipulates Emmett to get what she wants...by turning Hill Valley into a police state.
195* MirrorCharacter: In Episode 3, she ends up becoming one to Part II's Biff, in which both of them end up controlling all of Hill Valley due to the consequences of time travel, including owning the police, but whereas Biff turned Hill Valley into a chaotic, lawless, biker-filled wasteland, Edna turns Hill Valley into a pristine police state where mundane liberties are punishable by brainwashing.
196* MoralGuardians: InUniverse. She forces her views on what's right and wrong on everybody.
197* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:In 1931A, after remembering that she burnt Hill Valley, she puts full blame on Doc and Marty]].
198* NotSoHarmlessVillain: As the second half of the game reveals, she's capable of pretty nasty stuff.
199* ObliviouslyEvil: Like her brother and possibly the rest of her family to some extent, Edna believes herself to be the most moral, righteous person in Hill Valley. She fails to see that she is no different to the "hooligans" that she hates so much. [[spoiler: When she confessed to burning down the speakeasy, she admits that she enjoyed watching the building burn but took no consideration that there may be people in there]]. Her comic book counterpart is even worse.
200* OrderVersusChaos: Her reason for persecuting "hooligans" is how they chaotically live outside the normal order of Hill Valley.
201* PromotedToParent: [[spoiler: Becomes Biff's stepmother.]]
202* PyroManiac: [[spoiler:Burning down buildings is her go-to method of fighting against vice and corruption, and her Crazy 1931 incarnation shows that she absolutely ''revels'' in it.]]
203* PuppyDogEyes: Young Edna lays this trope on Young Emmett, provoking a hilarious attempt at a [[TheUnsmile smile]].
204* RedHerringShirt: She initially seems to be a side character, but eventually becomes the main antagonist.
205* SanitySlippage: When the game begins, Edna is as dignified as you'd expect a good KnightTemplar to be. By the end of the game, she has completely lost it, willing to torch Hill Valley's saloon all for sake of banning alcohol in the state forever.
206* ShadowDictator: Citizen Edna, who rules Hill Valley with an iron fist.
207* SheWhoFightsMonsters: She may have had good intentions in fending off "hooligans", at least at first, but as the StrawHypocrite entry indicates, she's a violent PyroManiac who's just as evil as the "hooligans" she's fighting against. Though she starts to see the error of her ways when she discovers that she was breaking the law herself.
208* SilverVixen: [[spoiler: She aged considerably better in the timeline where she married Emmett.]]
209* StrawHypocrite: Yells at other people for breaking the law, but [[spoiler: broke the law herself by lighting buildings on fire.]]
210* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Once she ultimately marries Emmett and takes over Hill Valley by turning it into a police state. Her reign proves to be discomfortable due to her strict rules and banning of all things vice and sin. Even some of the citizens grumble over her husband in hushed whispers.
211* TheUnfettered: She doesn't start out as this, but she ends up focusing so much on destroying all the speakeasies and other similar establishments that she no longer cares about how the people of Hill Valley perceive her.
212* UsedToBeASweetKid: Played with. It's a plot point that multiple characters, particularly [[spoiler: Citizen Brown]], presume that she was kinder and less crazy in her youth than she becomes in her old age, to the point where even though Marty is told that Edna [[spoiler: was the arsonist]] in Ep. 2, nobody really believes it. [[spoiler: This becomes Citizen Brown's brief re-FaceHeelTurn, as he comes to believe stopping his younger self from becoming a scientist will prevent her from becoming a monster]]. However, while she is somewhat more compassionate and sane in the past - helped by the fact that her crusade is against a legitimately evil criminal - she turns out to be no less [[KnightTemplar fanatically closed-minded]], and her StartOfDarkness was well before the plot even happened. It takes [[spoiler: going to jail and ironically getting together with Kid Tannen]] for her better traits to stick around in her future.
213* VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:In the timeline where she inadvertently destroys Hill Valley and becomes [[TheHermit a hermit]] known as "Scary Mary".]]
214* WellIntentionedExtremist: Heavily {{Downplayed}}. Her intentions of keeping "hooligans" is good and all, but she goes about burning their places down just to ensure they don't come back again, which basically makes her no better than those villains she's fighting against, especially since she's pretty unhinged even way before the game happened. [[spoiler:Trying to have Beauregard Tannen's saloon destroyed might be a good effort to fight crime in Hill Valley in 1876, but her crazy arsonist methods of doing so ended up having ''the entire town razed to the ground''.]]
215* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler:Terrified of dogs, at least until the ending.]]
216[[/folder]]
217
218!Other Characters
219
220[[folder:Goldie Wilson]]
221!!Goldie Wilson
222[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ef72ed55_ad0f_4859_945a_a2cb14d21613.jpeg]]
223 [[caption-width-right:350:]]
224->'''Played by:''' Donald Fullilove, Cedric Neal (original, London musical), Jordan Benjamin (new casting, London musical), Jelani Remy (original, Broadway musical)\
225'''Dubbed in French by:''' Gilles Laurent
226The mayor of Hill Valley in 1985, having worked his way up from being a cleaner in a malt shop.
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228* CorruptPolitician: Averted. The Save the Clock Tower committee paints him as this, due to his desire to remove the broken clock tower. But when Marty meets him in 1955, he sees that Goldie is actually a NiceGuy who just wants to make a difference.
229* IdenticalGrandson: His grandson Goldie Wilson III makes an appearance in 2015 played by the same actor.
230* NiceGuy: As a teenager, he's sympathetic to George and tries to raise his spirits.
231-->'''1955 Goldie Wilson:''' Stand tall, boy! Have some respect for yourself!
232* OnlyFriend: He's the only friend a teenaged George had.
233* RagsToRiches: In 1955, he was a poor black youth whose boss didn't believe he could rise to anything. By 1985, he's the mayor of Hill Valley.
234-->'''1955 Goldie Wilson:''' ''Mayor'' Goldie Wilson... I like the sound of that!
235* YoungFutureFamousPeople: An InUniverse example in 1955. As a young man, he showed all the traits of a politician: ambition, drive, and the ability to inspire others to better themselves.
236[[/folder]]
237
238[[folder:Needles]]
239!!Douglas J. Needles
240[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/needles.jpg]]
241->'''Played by:''' [[Music/RedHotChiliPeppers Michael "Flea" Balzary]]\
242'''Dubbed in French by:''' Creator/MarcFrancois
243An acquaintance of Marty and Jennifer who leads his own gang and often goads Marty into taking reckless actions by insulting him (usually using the [[NobodyCallsMeChicken "chicken"]] trick).
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245* AdaptationalVillainy: Needles, whose deeds in the movies included the card scam in 2015 and the car race in 1985, is much more antagonistic in [[ComicBook/BackToTheFuture the comic book]], threatening to beat up Marty on multiple occasions and attempting to steal equipment from Doc's lab. In effect, he becomes Marty's own personal Tannen.
246* ADayInTheLimelight: Issue #12 of the IDW comic, "How Needles Got Here", is a WholeEpisodeFlashback showing how he became the bully he is in the films.
247* TheBully: Despite not being related to Biff or any of the Tannens, he fulfills the role of bullying a [=McFly=], Marty in his case.
248* CasanovaWannabe: Needles tries "flirting" with Jennifer (in front of his own girlfriend, no less) in the comics. It fails, naturally.
249* CelebrityParadox: According to the comics, he's a big fan of Music/RedHotChiliPeppers. Needles' actor in the movies is Michael "Flea" Balzary, who is RHCP's bassist.
250* CreateYourOwnHero: When Needles tried to bully Marty into trying to steal from Doc's lab, it never occurred to him that Marty would befriend Doc by using his wits to infiltrate the lab and eventually become the hero he is in ''Back to the Future''.
251* FreudianExcuse: In his backstory comic he's the product of TeenPregnancy, his parents are recently divorced, and they seemingly use expensive presents as an alternative to actually parenting him. As a result, he became the kind of kid who acts out just to get attention.
252* GangOfBullies: He has three buddies who laugh when he harasses Marty and Jennifer.
253* GenerationXerox: His relationship with Marty mirrors that of Biff and George. Both Biff and Needles bullied George and Marty in high school and ended up working at the same place together where they continued the bullying. While Biff was more of a physical bully and ended up as George's boss, Needles is a ManipulativeBastard who knows what [[BerserkButton buttons to push]] to goad Marty into doing what he wants and inadvertently gets Marty fired in the future.
254* KarmaHoudini: He ruins Marty's life on at least two occasions and doesn't suffer any consequence. Even when Marty doesn't take his bait, Needles is shown to avoid the collision with the Rolls Royce that would have injured Marty.
255* LastNameBasis: He is only referred to as "Needles"; according to the comic he insisted on it as an attempt to change his image.
256* LonelyRichKid: According to the comic, his father is rich and a young Doug would frequently buy whatever tickled his fancy as soon as he could. However, his poor attitude meant that Marty was the only person who tolerated him for any length of time.
257* SmallRoleBigImpact: He doesn't have a lot of screen time, but his goading Marty into a drag race was responsible for wrecking his life in one of the timelines.
258* UngratefulBastard: According to the comic, Marty tried to be his friend, but this just resulted in Doug making him the butt of his jokes and pranks. The fact that Marty showed incredible patience and didn't just tell him off only inspired Needles to keep doing it, and to go even further (going from childish pranks to strong-arming him into trying to steal from Doc) as time progressed.
259* VillainOfAnotherStory: In the movie trilogy, he's responsible for ruining Marty's life on multiple occasions, but he only ever plays that role in the future timeline. The present-day versions of Marty and Doc have bigger and more immediate fish to fry, the former isn't even aware of his presence, and CharacterDevelopment leads to that future never happening in the first place, rendering Needles into a PlotIrrelevantVillain.
260* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After finishing his phone call with Marty in 2015, Needles is never seen or mentioned again in ''Part II''.
261[[/folder]]
262
263[[folder:Professor Marcus Irving]]
264A temporal researcher in the 20th century.
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266* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:For trying to steal the flux capacitor and attempting to kill Doc and Marty twice, to say nothing of lying to Marty and menacing him with evil animatronic doubles of himself.]] In fairness, [[spoiler:that was the older version of himself.]]
267* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:To Doc Brown, with whom he shares many attributes, such as scientific knowledge and [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness a convoluted way of speaking]]—though his taste in time-travel vehicles is comparatively underwhelming. His bitterness against Doc stems from the fact that he was on the path to discovering time travel himself, and his arc even goes in a similar direction when he falls in love with a woman and changes his priorities as a result.]]
268* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:At the end of the arc in which he first appears, "Who is Marty [=McFly=]?"]]
269* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Much of his behavior springs from loneliness, and it's implied that he's starting on the right path when he begins a relationship with a woman, Gabriella Sanchez.]]
270* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: To an even worse degree than Doc.
271* TerrifiedOfGerms: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that he's attempting to avert the ButterflyOfDoom.
272[[/folder]]
273
274[[folder:Libyan Terrorists]]
275->'''Played by:''' Richard L. Duran (Terrorist Gunner), Jeff O'Haco (Terrorist Van Driver)
276A group of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin terrorists from Libya]] who come to the Twin Pines Mall after being cheated by Doc in their attempts to build a nuclear bomb.
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278* AdaptedOut:
279** They're not present in the musical. As such, the main plot kicks off when Marty ignores Doc's warning to not drive the [=DeLorean=] at 88 miles per hour, desperate to get medical help to save Doc from dying from radiation poisoning.
280** They're also not present in the Pop Classics children's book adaptation. The plot kicks off when Marty accidentally reaches 88 while simply test-driving the [=DeLorean=].
281* AllThereInTheManual: [[Literature/BackToTheFuture George Gipe's novelization]] says that they're a part of a six-person cell, their leader is nicknamed "Sam", and one of their ranks is an ex-fashion model named Uranda.
282* BigBadWannabe: They're murderous terrorists intent on building nuclear bombs, an agenda that could have ''far'' surpassed any of the Tannens in threat level. However their attempts to murder one single teen are completely haphazardous, with their vehicle and artillery blatantly unreliable, and after crashing they are never even heard from again. Had they not [[DirtyCoward cold bloodedly shot down a surrendering Doc]] just moments prior they could have passed as {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s.
283* BlindedByTheLight: [[spoiler:When Marty travels back in time, the flash from the time travel causes the Driver to lose control of his van and crash.]]
284* ChildSoldier: Sam from the novelization. He's mentioned as being in his forties and having been a terrorist for thirty years.
285* DarkActionGirl: Uranda from the novelization, described as "a twenty-five-year-old ex-fashion model from Damascus who got her kicks by pumping bullets into other people's bodies."
286* EvilDuo: The ones that appear in the film: a driver and a gunner armed with an AK-style assault rifle and RPG-7. The gunner appears to be the leader as he gives commands to the driver.
287* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The shooter uses an automatic weapon while being positioned right behind Marty's car. Still he doesn't manage a single hit.
288* LeaveNoWitnesses: Presumably why they target Marty because he saw them shoot Doc.
289* MiddleEasternTerrorists: They're from an Arab country and intend on using a nuclear device on US soil.
290* {{Revenge}}: Learning Doc gave them a bomb casing full of pinball machine parts, they come to the Twin Pines Mall to kill him.
291* SmallRoleBigImpact: These guys are personally responsible for Marty going back to 1955 since Marty tries to use the [=DeLorean=] to escape; when he hits 88 mph, the flux capacitor is automatically activated, sending the car back in time. Despite this, they're not around for any of the sequels or spin-off material.
292* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:There's conflicting information about whether or not they survived their van crashing. The novelization says that the police show up shortly after they crash and take them into custody, but there's no confirmation of this in any other media.]]
293* VileVillainSaccharineShow: The franchise is for the most part lighthearted and the Tannens have humorous moments with their stupidity, but the terrorists are played completely seriously, with no comical moments whatsoever; if gunning down Doc isn't bad enough we don't know what else is.
294* WouldHurtAChild: They had zero issues about going after the teenaged Marty the second they figured out that he saw them shoot Doc.
295[[/folder]]

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