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* Catchphrase: Buford uses the same one as his great-grandson when he sees Clara: "Lookie what we have here."
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* Catchphrase: CatchPhrase: Buford uses the same one as his great-grandson when he sees Clara: "Lookie what we have here."
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* ChekhovesGun: At the beginning, there's a few reminders that Marty still has his hover board from the previous film (1955 Doc tripping over it and making sure Marty brings it when he leaves 1955), only to not be seen or mentioned again until the climax where Doc needs to rescue Clara on the train.
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* ChekhovesGun: ChekhovsGun: At the beginning, there's a few reminders that Marty still has his hover board from the previous film (1955 Doc tripping over it and making sure Marty brings it when he leaves 1955), only to not be seen or mentioned again until the climax where Doc needs to rescue Clara on the train.
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Seamus asks Marty how he could travel through the Old West without a horse, boots, or even a hat, Marty answers "Well, my car--horse broke down, a bear ate my boots, and I guess I forgot my hat.", prompting Maggie to ask "How can you forget a thing like your hat?!".
** TruthInTelevision: A hat was an integral part of a man's wardrobe at the time, ''especially'' in a sunny southern desert, where it's useful for preventing heat stroke. The Spanish word ''sombrero'', for example, literally translates as "shade-maker."
** TruthInTelevision: A hat was an integral part of a man's wardrobe at the time, ''especially'' in a sunny southern desert, where it's useful for preventing heat stroke. The Spanish word ''sombrero'', for example, literally translates as "shade-maker."
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* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Seamus asks Marty how he could travel through the Old West without a horse, boots, or even a hat, Marty answers "Well, my car--horse broke down, a bear ate my boots, and I guess I forgot my hat.", prompting Maggie to ask "How can you forget a thing like your hat?!".
** TruthInTelevision: A hat was an integral part of a man's wardrobe at the time, ''especially'' in a sunny southern desert, where it's useful for preventing heat stroke. The Spanish word ''sombrero'', for example, literally translates as "shade-maker."
** TruthInTelevision: A hat was an integral part of a man's wardrobe at the time, ''especially'' in a sunny southern desert, where it's useful for preventing heat stroke. The Spanish word ''sombrero'', for example, literally translates as "shade-maker."
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted in Marty's showdown with "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty discards his gun, saying he "thought we could settle this like men". Tannen laughs and just shoots him. Of course, Marty was counting on him doing that, and was wearing armour.* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Part II''.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted in Marty's showdown with "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty discards his gun, saying he "thought we could settle this like men". Tannen laughs and just shoots him. Of course, [[GenreSavvy Marty was counting on him doing that, that]], and was wearing armour.armour.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Part II''.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Part II''.
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* HeterosexualLifePartners: Despite explicit instructions in Doc's letter not to go back for him in 1885, Marty decides to risk his life to go back anyway after stumbling upon Doc's tombstone that reveals he was killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen less than a week after sending the letter. And when Doc sees him, he only gives a quick "I specifically told you not to come back for me," before admitting he's very happy to see him.
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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted.
Subverted in Marty's showdown with "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty discards his gun, saying he "thought we could settle this like men". Tannen laughs and just shoots him. Of course, Marty was counting on him doing that, and was wearing armour.* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Part II''.
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* Catchphrase: Buford uses the same one as his great-grandson when he sees Clara: "Lookie what we have here."
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* ForWantOfANail: The train departed on time, but Clara stopped it when she heard the barbed wire salesman talking about her and Emmit. Otherwise, Doc and Marty would have missed the train entirely.
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*** She finally does believe when she sees the time machine model on the train tracks in his blacksmith shop.
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* BottomlessMagazine: Averted, when "Mad Dog" Tannen shoots at Marty...er, Clint Eastwood, in the saloon, he shoots six times making him dance. Later, when he gets the spitoon dumped on him, he tries to shoot Marty but the gun clicks on four empty chambers.
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* BottomlessMagazine: BottomlessMagazines: Averted, when "Mad Dog" Tannen shoots at Marty...er, Clint Eastwood, in the saloon, he shoots six times making him dance. Later, when he gets the spitoon dumped on him, he tries to shoot Marty but the gun clicks on four empty chambers.
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* BottomlessMagazine: When "Mad Dog" Tannen shoots at Marty...er, Clint Eastwood, in the saloon, he shoots six times making him dance. Later, when he gets the spitoon dumped on him, he tries to shoot Marty but the gun clicks on four empty chambers.
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* BottomlessMagazine: When Averted, when "Mad Dog" Tannen shoots at Marty...er, Clint Eastwood, in the saloon, he shoots six times making him dance. Later, when he gets the spitoon dumped on him, he tries to shoot Marty but the gun clicks on four empty chambers.
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* BottomlessMagazine: When "Mad Dog" Tannen shoots at Marty...er, Clint Eastwood, in the saloon, he shoots six times making him dance. Later, when he gets the spitoon dumped on him, he tries to shoot Marty but the gun clicks on four empty chambers.
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* RescuedFromPurgatory: After a certain fashion when Marty goes back for Doc.
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* RescuedFromPurgatory: RescuedFromTheUnderworld: After a certain fashion when Marty goes back for Doc.
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* ChekhovesGun: At the beginning, there's a few reminders that Marty still has his hover board from the previous film (1955 Doc tripping over it and making sure Marty brings it when he leaves 1955), only to not be seen or mentioned again until the climax where Doc needs to rescue Clara on the train.
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* HideousHangoverCure: The "wake-up juice". It's such a horrible concoction that it immediately causes Doc run, screaming, to the horse trough and dunk his head in. Note that he doesn't wake up, that's just the reflex action.
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* HideousHangoverCure: The "wake-up juice". It's such a horrible concoction that it immediately causes Doc to run, screaming, to the horse trough and dunk his head in. Note that he doesn't wake up, that's just the reflex action.
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* CoolTrain: The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Time-Travelling Hover-Train]] at the end. Currently provides the picture for that page, even!
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* CoolTrain: The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Time-Travelling Hover-Train]] at the end. Currently provides the picture for that page, even!
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-->'''Sheriff Stickland:''' Just like you, I take every advantage I get.
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-->'''Sheriff Stickland:''' Strickland:''' Just like you, I take every advantage I get.
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* CattlePunk: Being from the future, Doc has been able to invent things using his advanced technological knowledge, but keeps it hidden from the townspeople. (The ice-making refridgerator, however, was not Doc's invention. Already, ice factories were popping up all over the United States and scientists were making liquid nitrogen already.)
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* CattlePunk: Being from the future, Doc has been able to invent things using his advanced technological knowledge, but keeps it hidden from the townspeople. (The ice-making refridgerator, refrigerator, however, was not Doc's invention. Already, ice Ice factories were already popping up all over the United States and scientists were already making liquid nitrogen already.nitrogen.)
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* ClickHello: Happens twice in: first to Buford Tannen by Marshall Strickland, and shortly afterward to Doc by Buford.
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* ClickHello: Happens twice in: twice: first to Buford Tannen by Marshall Strickland, and shortly afterward to Doc by Buford.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Subverted. Initially, it looks like a BittersweetEnding because Doc Brown is stuck in the 1800s, but he is with the woman he loves, and Marty is reunited with Jennifer in his own time, but it looks like he will never see Doc Brown again. However, they are reunited in the end anyway because the Doc builds a [[CoolTrain steam-powered train time machine]]]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Subverted. Initially, it looks like a BittersweetEnding because BittersweetEnding: Doc Brown is stuck in the 1800s, but he is with the woman he loves, loves in the 1880s, and Marty is reunited with Jennifer in his own time, but it looks like he will Doc is stuck and they'll never see Doc Brown each other again. However, they are reunited in the end anyway because the Doc builds a [[CoolTrain steam-powered train time machine]]]].
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* LyricalDissonance: An odd example, considering you don't actually hear the words to the song, but the first song played at the hoedown is an uptempo version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLcZ5Rk3Lg "Nearer, My God, to Thee"]] of ''{{Titanic}}'' infamy. The song is traditionally very somber, so it's odd to hear such a positive version.
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* LyricalDissonance: An odd example, considering you don't actually hear the words to the song, but the first song played at the hoedown is an uptempo version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLcZ5Rk3Lg "Nearer, My God, to Thee"]] of ''{{Titanic}}'' ''[[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic Titanic]]'' infamy. The song is traditionally very somber, so it's odd to hear such a positive version.
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* CowboyEpisodeCowboyEpisode: 1885!Hill Valley is a fairly stereotypical Western setting and the film typically climaxes with a gun duel between Marty and local outlaw Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen.
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''Back to the Future Part III'' is the final part of the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy.
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''Back to the Future Part III'' is the final part of the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy.
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** "'Shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of 80 dollars?!' [[LampshadeHanging What kind of a future do you call that?!]]" However considering that this is 1885, and taking inflation into account, 80 dollars would have likely then been considered a big deal.
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** "'Shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of 80 dollars?!' [[LampshadeHanging What kind of a future do you call that?!]]" However considering that this is 1885, and taking inflation into account, 80 dollars would have likely then been considered a big deal.be equivalent to around 900 dollars in 1985.
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** Somewhat justified, though, in that there were no double-action firearms in those days, meaning that as long as the hammer was down, a finger on the trigger wasn't particularly dangerous, and modern gun safety practices weren't common until much later.
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* CattlePunk: Being from the future, Doc has been able to invent things using his advanced technological knowledge, but keeps it hidden from the townspeople.
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* CattlePunk: Being from the future, Doc has been able to invent things using his advanced technological knowledge, but keeps it hidden from the townspeople. (The ice-making refridgerator, however, was not Doc's invention. Already, ice factories were popping up all over the United States and scientists were making liquid nitrogen already.)
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* KnightOfCerebus: Marshall Strickland is the only character who doesn't know he's in a comedy. Even after Mad Dog tumbles into horse manure, Strickland just snaps irritatedly, "Get him out of that shit."
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Seamus may not approve of guns, but he definitely likes Marty's use of pugilism to take down Mad Dog. Then again, he ''is'' Oirish.
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* GoodOldFisticuffs: Seamus may not approve of guns, but he definitely likes Marty's use of pugilism to take down Mad Dog. Then again, he ''is'' Oirish. (Seamus certainly approves.)
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* PrecisionFStrike: "He's an ''asshole''!"
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Averted. Initially, it looks like a BittersweetEnding because Doc Brown is stuck in the 1800s, but he is with the woman he loves, and Marty is reunited with Jennifer in his own time, but it looks like he will never see Doc Brown again. However, they are reunited in the end anyway because the Doc builds a [[CoolTrain steam-powered train time machine]]]].
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Averted.[[spoiler:Subverted. Initially, it looks like a BittersweetEnding because Doc Brown is stuck in the 1800s, but he is with the woman he loves, and Marty is reunited with Jennifer in his own time, but it looks like he will never see Doc Brown again. However, they are reunited in the end anyway because the Doc builds a [[CoolTrain steam-powered train time machine]]]].
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* BookEnds: Lampshaded by Doc. From the first film, Doc and Marty saw the last moments of the Hill Valley clocktower in 1955, and this time, they're present for the first moments of the clocktower in 1885.
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->'''1955 Doc:''' Great Scott, it's me! Then, it ''is'' true. All of it. It is me who goes back there and gets shot.
->'''Marty:''' It's not gonna happen, Doc. After you fix the time circuits and put new tires on the [=DeLorean=], I'm gonna go back to 1885 and I'm bringing you home.
->'''Marty:''' It's not gonna happen, Doc. After you fix the time circuits and put new tires on the [=DeLorean=], I'm gonna go back to 1885 and I'm bringing you home.
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''Back to the Future Part III'' is the final part of the ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' trilogy.
Marty and the 1955 Doc exhume the [=DeLorean=] hidden by 1885 Doc Brown. Discovering the 1885 Doc's tombstone, which states he was shot dead by Biff's famous ancestor, the outlaw [[IdenticalGrandson Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen]], Marty disregards Doc's advice and heads for 1885 to save him. Trapped yet again when the [=DeLorean=] breaks upon reaching 1885, Marty and Doc attempt to repair the time machine before a showdown with Buford, only for Doc to fall in love with teacher Clara Clayton.
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!!This film provides examples of:
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene:
** The scene in the saloon towards the end, which you could compare to ''Film/HighNoon''. Buford and his gang have Marty trapped, and Buford is counting down to a showdown. Doc is unconscious. Marty is visibly struggling with whether or not to fight Buford, as Seamus looks on.
** The telescope repair between Doc and Clara.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Doc's dog Copernicus seems to at an almost human level of intelligence at times. For starters, after Doc finishes reading the letter that his future self wrote to Marty, Copernicus seems to be rather sad about Doc being TrappedInThePast. In addition, Copernicus is the one who discovers Doc's tombstone, and he seems to realize what it says.
* AndStarring: Lea Thompson.
* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: The Colt salesman at the festival is surprisingly cavalier about having his finger on the trigger and gesturing with the barrel at people, including Marty.
* BackForTheFinale: George, Lorraine, Dave, Linda, Biff, Jennifer, and even Einstein all return for the final scenes.
* BadassBoast: "It'll shoot the fleas off a dog's back at 500 yards, Tannen! And it's pointed straight at your head!"
* BadassLongcoat: Doc.
* BagOfSpilling: The [=DeLorean=] lost its flying abilities when it was struck by lightning in the last movie.
* BearsAreBadNews: A black bear happens to be lying in the cave Marty hides the [=DeLorean=] in.
* BecomingTheMask: Doc tells Marty in his letter that he'd set himself up as a blacksmith as a cover while attempting to fix the [=DeLorean=]. But when he realized the damage was beyond the capacity of 1885 technology, he buried the time machine so that Marty could fix it with the help of his 1955 counterpart and go back to 1985 himself, and accepted his place as a blacksmith, content to stay in 1885.
* BerserkButton:
** Do ''not'' call Buford Tannen "Mad Dog." It's clear that this button has been around for a while, as the moment Marty calls him "Mad Dog", every single patron and bartender hides or silently runs away.
-->'''Buford:''' Mad Dog?! I hate that name! I hate it, you hear?! NOBODY calls me Mad Dog! 'Specially not some duded-up, egg-suckin' GUTTERTRASH!
** Don't hurt Marty in front of Doc or especially Doc in front of Marty. If you have, ''don't'' laugh about it.
** Finally, don't suggest assaulting Clara in front of Doc. Not that you'll get off easily if only [[PluckyGirl she]] hears it.
* BigDamnHeroes: Marty defeats Buford JustInTime to stop him executing Doc; meanwhile, Doc swoops in JustInTime to save Marty from getting hanged AND Clara from falling. Lampshaded by Marty: "Why do we have to cut these things so damn close?"
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Averted. Initially, it looks like a BittersweetEnding because Doc Brown is stuck in the 1800s, but he is with the woman he loves, and Marty is reunited with Jennifer in his own time, but it looks like he will never see Doc Brown again. However, they are reunited in the end anyway because the Doc builds a [[CoolTrain steam-powered train time machine]]]].
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: As Doc Brown put it best, "We're going to hijack... ''[[InsistentTerminology borrow]]''... the locomotive..."
-->'''Engineer:''' Is this a hold-up?\\
'''Doc:''' (''{{beat}}'') It's a ''[[CassandraTruth science experiment]]''!
* TheBlacksmith: Doc sets himself up as one when trying to repair the [=DeLorean=] until giving up and hiding it in the Delgado Mine. By the time Marty comes to 1885 to rescue Doc, he's still operating as a blacksmith.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Doc wishes he lived in the Wild West. Although he wishes he still had Tylenol.
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: Marty and Doc briefly trade catch phrases after Doc points out the possibility that the tombstone might be for Marty now.
* BulletDancing: Spoofed, as Marty turns this into the Moon Walk. And it is awesome. Buford and his gang are so dumbfounded that they just watch in disbelief. Then he hits Buford with a spittoon, and all ''hell'' breaks loose.
* ButNowIMustGo: Doc tells Clara he must leave 1885, forever.
* TheCameo: Music/ZZTop is the Old West band playing during the town party in 1885 (playing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh4y05tEqRs an acoustic version]] of the song on the end credits).
* CantHoldHisLiquor: Doc passes out after a single shot of whiskey.
* CassandraTruth:
** Clara doesn't believe Doc when he tells her the truth about the time machine.
** Neither do the cowboys in the saloon; they just figure Doc having his heart broken has made him crack up.
* CattlePunk: Being from the future, Doc has been able to invent things using his advanced technological knowledge, but keeps it hidden from the townspeople.
* ChandelierSwing: Marty does it while trying to escape from Buford Tannen in the saloon.
* ClickHello: Happens twice in: first to Buford Tannen by Marshall Strickland, and shortly afterward to Doc by Buford.
* CombatPragmatist: Strickland's ancestor has no problems leveling a doubled-barreled shotgun at someone's back.
-->'''Sheriff Stickland:''' Just like you, I take every advantage I get.
* CoolTrain: The [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Time-Travelling Hover-Train]] at the end. Currently provides the picture for that page, even!
* CouldSayItBut: Doc's caginess with regard to Marty's future.
* CowboyEpisode
* CurbStompBattle: Marty vs. Buford. The only punch Buford lands on Marty after he gets up from FakingTheDead ends in Buford clutching his knuckles. Marty, on the other hand, pummels him silly.
* DareToBeBadass: The saloon regulars try to give one to Marty, saying he'll be labeled a coward for the rest of his life if he doesn't duel with Buford, though mostly because they're betting on the outcome one way or another.
* DescriptionCut
** "We may have to blast!" Cut to Doc using dynamite to blast into the Delgado gold mine
** This little gem from trying to find where to get the car up to 88 mph.
-->'''Marty:''' Doc, according to this map, there is no bridge.\\
(''cut to them standing at the unfinished bridge'')\\
'''Marty:''' Well Doc, we can scratch that idea.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Marty earns the respect of many 1885 citizens for standing up against Buford during the dance.
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** Buford being called "Mad Dog" leads to BulletDancing, then when Marty accidentally knocks a spittoon on him, [[FromBadToWorse it leads to an attempted hanging]].
** "'Shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of 80 dollars?!' [[LampshadeHanging What kind of a future do you call that?!]]" However considering that this is 1885, and taking inflation into account, 80 dollars would have likely then been considered a big deal.
* DoomedNewClothes: Marty's original "western" outfit, particularly the boots and hat.
* DoubleTake: At the end of the third movie, when Marty sees a train coming right for him.
* TheDreaded: Buford Tannen absolutely terrifies the citizens of Hill Valley in 1885. When Marty calls him "Mad Dog", everybody ''immediately'' runs away or takes cover.
* DriveInTheater: Featured in a PlayedForLaughs scene before Marty leaves for 1885.
* DrowningMySorrows: Doc, in the saloon -- subverted in that he doesn't actually touch his shot glass. When he finally does gulp it down, he [[CantHoldHisLiquor passes out instantly]].
* DubInducedPlotHole: Not exactly a plot hole per-se, but Doc's last line "Already been there (the future)" is sometimes dubbed to "I already am in the future." The original line is meant to be the lead-up for the Time Train's flying capability. The dubbed line turns it to a character moment, showing that whenever he can go, his heart is still in the Old West. Both versions work in their own way, though the dubbed version makes the train's flight something of an AssPull.
* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[spoiler: Played to be romantic rather than creepy. When Marty gets back to 1985, he sets out to Jennifer's house to check if she's alright from the events of ''Part II'', and finds her asleep on her front porch. After trying and failing to wake her the old-fashioned way, he kisses her on the lips, where-upon she kisses him back then wakes up. This could also count as a ReunionKiss]].
* EmbarrassingNickname: Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen.
* EmergencyRefuelling: Doc and Marty have to figure out an alternate means of propulsion when Marty gets the gas line cut in the [=DeLorean=] on arrival to the Old West.
* EternallyPearlyWhiteTeeth: Averted; Buford and his gang notice and remark on Marty's white teeth.
* EvilLaugh: Buford, after seemingly [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor killing Marty]].
* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
** Early in the film, Doc, confused on who "Clara" is, denies to Marty that he knows that any woman by that name and dismisses the notion of love at first sight as "utter romantic nonsense". Then the Hill Valley 1885 mayor rolls in and talks to Doc, reminding him that at a town hall meeting he agreed to meet the new schoolteacher. Doc breezes over a majority of the details, until the mayor mentions her name, "Clara Clayton", to which Doc freezes in horror and gives the same OhCrap face previously used for comedy a more serious twist.
** When Marty is reunited with Doc, who is currently talking down Buford, they are discussing about a recent shoeing job done on one of Buford's horse's that, because it went afoul, Buford thinks Doc should be held responsible. When Buford mentions the prices of the new horse and whiskey he bought that day, "$75 for the horse, $5 for the whiskey", Marty quickly does the math and whispers in shock, "That's the eighty dollars!" [[note]](According to the tombstone Marty found, Doc was "shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of eighty dollars.")[[/note]]
* ExplosiveOverclocking: The train, near the end.
* {{Fanservice}}: Michael J. Fox's [[WardrobeMalfunction partially exposed rear in his 1885 pajamas]].
* FashionsNeverChange: Spoofed.
* ForgottenPhlebotinum: Impressively averted. At the film's climax, the hoverboard -- which had been important to the ''previous'' movie -- gets reused.
* ForScience:
-->'''Train Engineer:''' Is this a hold-up?\\
'''Doc:''' No, it's a science experiment!
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** When Needles challenges Marty to a race near the end, we are given two shots of Marty shifting gears in his truck. First, he moves the gearshift selector to the far left and up for 1st gear. Then, we see him shift again all the way right and down, for Reverse.
** Clara Clayton actually appears in the scene immediately before her introduction. If you pay very close attention to the background when Marty and Doc are at the train station looking at the map of the track leading to Shonash Ravine, but especially when Marty says "Doc, according to this map, there is no bridge", as can be inferred if you pay close attention to her hat and her dress, though her back is to the camera so we can't see her face.
*** Also in that scene, the (then-)brand new clock shows the time around 10:04, which is when it will stop in 1955.
** Before going to 1885, Marty complains that Clint Eastwood never wore such a ridiculous getup, and Doc doesn't know who that is. They have this conversation in front of a drive-in theater, in front of a poster for ''Revenge of the Creature'', Eastwood's first film.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** When Doc and Clara return in the time machine train, Doc in the foreground tells Marty and Jennifer to make their future a good one. In the background, for whatever reason, the child playing Verne motions towards the camera and points to his crotch. It's been hypothesized that the child actor was trying to signal to someone (possibly director Zemeckis) that he needed to pee.
* GetTheeToANunnery: Ever wonder why Buford Tannen kept referring to Marty as "dude"? During that time period, "dude" basically meant CityMouse (hence, a "dude ranch" is a ranch for "dudes", i.e. tourists). Considering Marty is from TheEighties, it's odd that he doesn't [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] how that word changed.
* GoingNative: Doc has adjusted to life in 1885 ''very'' well. Although, he did say that the Old West was his favorite time period.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Seamus may not approve of guns, but he definitely likes Marty's use of pugilism to take down Mad Dog. Then again, he ''is'' Oirish.
* GreekChorus: The three old-timers who hang out at the saloon.
* HeldGaze: Doc and Clara have one.
* HonestJohnsDealership: In 1885 Hill Valley, we have Honest Joe Statler's horses, "Quality horses bought and sold!"
** Again, keeping similar jobs in a family, The Statler family owns the horse dealership in 1885, an Oldsmobile dealership in 1955, and a Toyota dealership in 1985.
* HideousHangoverCure: The "wake-up juice". It's such a horrible concoction that it immediately causes Doc run, screaming, to the horse trough and dunk his head in. Note that he doesn't wake up, that's just the reflex action.
* HighSpeedHijack: Doc and Marty hijack the train from horseback with the intent of using the locomotive to push the out-of-gas [=DeLorean=] to the requisite 88 mph.
-->'''Engineer:''' Is this a hold-up?\\
(''pause'')\\
'''Doc:''' It's a science experiment!
* {{Hypocrite}}: Mad Dog sneers at Strickland for pointing a gun at a man's back, but that's exactly what he does to Doc a few ''seconds'' later.
* IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: Doc with the train whistle -- "I've wanted to do that all my life!"
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: When Seamus asks Marty how he could travel through the Old West without a horse, boots, or even a hat, Marty answers "Well, my car--horse broke down, a bear ate my boots, and I guess I forgot my hat.", prompting Maggie to ask "How can you forget a thing like your hat?!".
** TruthInTelevision: A hat was an integral part of a man's wardrobe at the time, ''especially'' in a sunny southern desert, where it's useful for preventing heat stroke. The Spanish word ''sombrero'', for example, literally translates as "shade-maker."
* InSpiteOfANail: Again, the new timeline has barely changed toward the end, except that the ravine the train is supposed to cross over is originally called "Shonash Ravine" but was supposedly called "Clayton Ravine" after Clara fell in it (which Marty and Doc stopped from happening). After the train crashes into the ravine and Marty goes home at the end, the [=DeLorean=] rolls along the tracks and past a sign that says "Eastwood Ravine". Marty was going by Clint Eastwood in 1885, so "Clint Eastwood" fell into the ravine instead.
* InstantDeathBullet: Subverted. Marty and Doc both assumed that Doc will be shot on Monday, because that's when he dies. Turns out he got shot on ''Saturday'' in the original timeline, and didn't succumb to his wound for another two days.
* InstantSedation: We find out Doc ''really'' CantHoldHisLiquor when he swallows a shot of whiskey and instantly passes out - the whiskey has barely gotten in his stomach, much less into his bloodstream or brain to have any effect.
* InTheBack: Is where Buford Tannen is supposed to kill Doc.
* {{Irony}}: In 1985-A, Biff idolizes Clint Eastwood. In 1885, Buford thinks the name is utterly ridiculous and doesn't hesitate to call "Eastwood" a yellow-belly and kill him on sight.
** In addition, when Marty is preparing to go back in time at a movie theater, he is afraid that he'll crash into the painting of a group of Indians underneath the screen. Doc reassures him that when he goes back in time, the theater won't have been built yet and the Indians won't be there. As soon as he arrives in 1885 however, he nearly crashes into a group of very real Indians who just happened to be riding through the area at the time.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn:
** As Marty first meets Buford.
-->'''Buford:''' What's your name, dude?
-->'''Marty:''' Eastwood, Creator/ClintEastwood.
-->'''Buford:''' What kinda stupid name is that?
** "Run for fun? What the hell kinda fun is ''that''?"
* LaserGuidedKarma: Buford had killed Doc because his horse threw the shoe Doc put on, throwing himself off in the process. But as Doc points out, Buford never paid him for the job, "So I say that makes us even!"
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Subverted.
* LighterAndSofter: Compared to ''Part II''.
* LikeParentLikeSpouse: The "Bobs" (Zemeckis and Gale) claim that [=McFly=] men are attracted to women who look like Lea Thompson, to explain why Marty's ''paternal'' great-great-grandmother looks so much like his ''mother''. In addition, when you look at them, Claudia Wells (and later, Elizabeth Shue) both look a bit like Lea Thompson.
* LogoJoke: Old Universal logos appear during the opening, in honor of the 75th anniversary of Universal Pictures Film Company, Inc. and the new logo being introduced for it.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Doc and Clara, though Doc's skeptical before they meet when Marty says that this happened with him and Jennifer.
* LyricalDissonance: An odd example, considering you don't actually hear the words to the song, but the first song played at the hoedown is an uptempo version of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPLcZ5Rk3Lg "Nearer, My God, to Thee"]] of ''{{Titanic}}'' infamy. The song is traditionally very somber, so it's odd to hear such a positive version.
* MadeOfIron: How in the world does Buford manage to be thwacked across the face with a two-handed swing of [[ImprovisedWeapon a solid iron boiler plate]] and then immediately get back up and keep fighting?!?
* MatchCut: In a variant, Marty accelerates up to 90 mph in a drive-in movie theater. He speeds towards a mural depicting the background landscape with an Indian raid. He hits 88 mph, and from the perspective of the viewers, jumping back to 1885, the car is suddenly now racing towards a landscape of actual Indians being chased on horseback by a cavalry charge.
* MayDecemberRomance: If you're being very gentle with how old Doc must be, he ''still'' must be at least twice Clara's age. Of course, Doc paid a visit to a rejuvenation clinic in 2015 that added thirty to forty years onto his life, so it's not as unfortunate as it sounds. [[TooMuchInformation They also replaced his spleen and colon]].
* MoodWhiplash: One of the reasons why the scene where Buford shoots Marshal Strickland was removed. The producers thought it was too depressing, and after doing it, [[KarmaHoudini it didn't seem right that Buford not die]]. They were worried it would make audiences want Marty to kill Buford, and he can't, because Buford needs to live long enough to extend the Tannen family line. In 1985-A in ''Part II'', Buford was explicitly identified as Biff's great-grandfather, meaning Marty couldn't risk killing him. This leaves a minor plot-hole in the scene when Buford is arrested by Marshal Strickland's deputy instead of by Strickland himself. However, even if the scene were kept, it's possible Biff would have been born regardless because Part II does show that he lives with his grandmother Gertrude in 1955, who is implied to possibly either be Buford's child or married to one of his.
** At the end of the movie, right after Marty makes it back to 1985, we see a sign for "Eastwood Ravine," and it looks like the [=DeLorean=] has triggered the grade crossing gates at the end of the bridge -- both funny moments. A few seconds later, [[spoiler:a modern train destroys the [=DeLorean=] -- one of the most iconic cars in cinematic history -- and Marty realizes that this strands his best friend in the past]].
* MoonwalkDance: [[BulletDancing Marty is forced to dance while Buford shoots at his feet]]. He confuses the 19th century cowboy by performing the moonwalk.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Jules and Verne, named after... [[Creator/JulesVerne guess who]].
* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Maggie [=McFly=] introduces herself by saying "The name's [=McFly=], Maggie [=McFly=]." Marty introduces himself as "Eastwood, Creator/ClintEastwood.", also doing it to Buford Tannen.
* NoodleIncident: Doc's alcohol incident on the Fourth of July.
* OhCrap:
** The look on Doc's face when Buford comes to shoot him on ''Saturday'', and he realizes that just because he ''died'' in the original timeline on Monday doesn't mean that's when he got ''shot''. This is lampshaded by Buford by explaining that his derringer, despite its small size and ability to only shoot one shot, causes a slow, agonizing death.
** Similarly, when Marty tells Doc that the fuel line on the [=DeLorean=] was ruptured. Doc tells him that the car always ran on gasoline to get it up to 88 miles per hour - the Mr. Fusion had nothing to do with that - and there ain't no refined gasoline in 1885.
** Marty has a ''huge'' one near the end when [[spoiler:he sees a modern train coming for the [=DeLorean=], ''with him inside''. He ''just'' manages to get out before it's smashed into smithereens]].
* {{Oireland}}: Seamus and Maggie [=McFly=], complete with stereotypical (and non-existent in reality) accents.
* OminousPipeOrgan: Heard when Marty confirms to Doc that he returned to 1955 even after being sent to the future. [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn In-universe]]: backed up against the organ in his house in terror at Marty's apparition, Doc's groping hands just happen to play a series of dissonant and ominous chords.
* ProphecyTwist: The photograph of Doc's tombstone accurately predicts that he will die on Monday, September 7, 1885 by Buford shooting him in the back over a matter of $80 if history continues on the same course. Doc and Marty fail to realize that just because he ''dies'' on Monday does ''not'' mean he gets ''shot'' on Monday, hence Doc's surprise when Buford shows up to shoot him on ''Saturday'' is quite genuine.
* RaceForYourLove: Clara's race to get to Emmett before he leaves.
* RagnarokProofing: Averted. While Doc Brown took some measures to ensure that the [=DeLorean=] would not suffer too much deterioration by storing it in a dry, dark cave for seventy years, it still needed to be restored to working condition: the time travel circuitry had to be changed out with vacuum tubes, while the original tyres needed to be replaced with whitewall tyres.
* RailroadTracksOfDoom
* RealityIsUnrealistic:
** Seamus [=McFly=] frequently is ridiculed for wearing a bowler hat instead of the typical Wild-west cowboy hat everyone else has on. The comedy in this may well have been intentional, but bowler hats were ''actually'' the popular style back then. The cowboy hat we know today (the Stetson)? Back then, it looked like [[http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/1/7/177317_v1.jpg this]].
** Yes, the word "dude" existed in the Old West. At the time it meant something like "city slicker", hence the existence of "dude ranches".
** In the 1880's, there was [[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/3501_zero.html a race]] to see who could get gaseous elements to liquid and solid form, and they were able to get pretty darn frigid.
--->In the second half of the 19th century, this new understanding paved the way for steam power to artificially produce ice.
* RescuedFromPurgatory: After a certain fashion when Marty goes back for Doc.
* RescueRomance: Doc and Clara.
* SchizoTech: Invoked; by the end of the film, the [=DeLorean=] is a 1980s car, whose time circuits are powered by a 2015 fusion device, with jumps calculated by a computer built of 1955 vacuum tubes, running on 1885 train wheels.
** There's also the time machine built out of a train which the Doc and family later arrive in, playing it somewhat more straight.
* {{Schoolmarm}}: Clara Clayton.
* ScrewYourUltimatum: Marty gets challenged to a duel by Buford Tannen. He accepts, but eventually realizes [[RippleEffectIndicator from the photograph of Doc's tombstone]] that he will die from the duel. Trapped in the local saloon by Buford and his gang, he gets a count to ten to come outside and duel. The patrons also try to tell Marty to fight, but Marty eventually refuses.
* ShapedLikeItself: "You got a backdoor to this place?" "Yeah, it's in the back."
* ShootTheRope: Doc does this with a personally-modified lever-action rifle to save Marty from a hanging.
* ShoutOut:
** Doc's time machine train was modeled after the ''Nautilus'' submarine in the 1954 Disney adaptation of ''Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea''.
** Marty's authentic 1885 outfit (the one he wears after the goofy pink one) is a ShoutOut to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' (appropriate given [[Creator/ClintEastwood Marty's alias]]), as is the climax with the "bullet-proof" protection -- [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadowed]] in ''II''.
** He also says [[Film/DirtyHarry "Go ahead, make my day."]]
** And Doc's outfit at the end looks like that of Professor Marvel in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
** Doc's idiosyncratic way of dancing is stated in the commentary to be an homage to ''Film/MyDarlingClementine''. There is also a [[HomageShot careful reproduction]] of another shot from that film: a gun being [[BarSlide slid down a bar]] toward the camera, in deep focus.
** Bob Gale has acknowledged that a lot of inspiration for Buford Tannen's characterization and appearance came from ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance''.
* ShowdownAtHighNoon: Lampshaded and averted. Buford Tannen does his shooting before breakfast.
* TheSlowPath: The [=DeLorean=] does this -- mothballed by Doc in an abandoned gold mine in 1885 so Marty can retrieve it 70 years later in 1955. Also, he has to leave a letter with Western Union to get to Marty.
* SpearCarrier: The train engineer who asks if it's a robbery and Doc answers, "It's a science experiment."
* SteamPunk: Doc's custom sniper rifle, the time train from the end, as well as Doc's refrigerator in the blacksmith shop. The sheer size and complexity of the refrigerator, along with the difficulty of getting a conventional steam locomotive up to eighty-eight miles per hour (easily done with an internal combustion engine), illustrate more "realistic" applications of SteamPunk tech. The time train at the end throws all realism out the window, but Doc once said, "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything."
** As mentioned in Reality Is Unrealistic, there were aready ice factories that ran on steam power.
--->By the 1880s, many towns across America had (steam powered) ice plants like this one, which could produce 150 tons of ice a day.
* TimeTravelRomance: Between Clara and Doc Brown.
* TitleDrop: Last lines of the film.
-->'''Marty:''' Hey, Doc! Where you goin' now? Back to the future?\\
'''Doc:''' Nope. Already been there!
* TookALevelInBadass: After spending some time in TheWildWest, Doc Brown totes a huge rifle, rescues (and subsequently woos) a DamselInDistress, stands up to the local gunslinger, hijacks...er, '''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments BORROWS]]''' a steam locomotive and drives it off a cliff.
-->'''Doc:''' It's a ''science'' experiment!
** Marty goes from nearly getting hanged by Buford to outwitting and kicking his ass.
* TrainJob: Not your typical train robbery, either. They want to steal the locomotive.
* TrappedInThePast: Doc, after realizing he's stuck in 1885. All he has to do is leave a letter with Western Union.
* {{Undertaker}}: The town undertaker is seen measuring Marty up for his coffin size the day before the duel, due to the bets among the townspeople going against him.
* TheUnfrozenCavemanLawyer / IKnowMortalKombat: While Marty is only a teenager who has probably never used a real gun in his life, he is an expert at quick draw and pistol shooting because he played a shooting video game in 1985.
* TheUnseen: Joey the "Wake-Up Juice" man.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The Indians' reaction to the [=DeLorean=] when Marty arrives in 1885. True, they are being chased by the US Cavalry and one of the Indians hits the [=DeLorean=] with an arrow, but you would think at least a few of them would stop dead, especially since they just saw the [=DeLorean=] appear out of thin air in a flash of light.
* UrineTrouble: The first [=McFly=] born in America greets his future descendant with this trope.
* VoiceOverLetter: Subverted. At the end of Part 2, Marty receives a letter from time-displaced [[WriteBackToTheFuture Doc in 1885]], and reads the first few sentences of it aloud. In Part 3, the entirety of the letter is read by Doc. What makes this case different is that it's read by 1955's Doc, who won't write the letter for another 30 years, and so is reading it for the first time along with the audience.
* WhatTheHellHero: Seamus and Maggie [=McFly=], Marty's ancestors, give Marty one of these when they call him out on taking up Tannen's challenge when he was called "yellow" instead of just walking away and being the better man. They comment "Clint" [[YouRemindMeOfX reminds them of Seamus' brother Martin who also took up a challenge and died for it]].
* TheWildWest
* YouLookLikeYouveSeenAGhost:
-->'''Marty:''' You're not far off, Doc.\\
(''shines his flashlight on Doc's 1885 grave'')
* YoungGun: Marty; subverted.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Seamus and Maggie note Marty "Clint"'s habit of taking up challenges reminds them of Seamus' now dead brother ''Martin''.
* YouTalkinToMe: Marty quotes the speech in 1885.
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