History Funny / BackToTheFuturePartIII

* Marty and Doc exchanging {{Catchphrase}}s.

* 1955 Doc and Marty discovering 1885 Doc's tombstone has two darkly comical moments:

'''Doc:''' How do you figure?\\
'''Buford:''' My horse threw a shoe. You was the one that done the shoeing, so that makes you responsible.\\

'''Buford:''' Wrong! See, I was on my horse when it happened, and I got throwed off! And that caused me to bust a perfectly good bottle of fine Kentucky Redeye. So the way I figure it, blacksmith, you owe me five dollars for the whiskey, and seventy-five dollars for the horse!\\

* Marty and Doc exchanging {{Catch Phrase}}s.

-->'''Buford:''' ''[after spitting out manure]'' [[CallForward I HATE manure.]]

* Marty holding baby Will: "So you're my great grandfather. The first [=McFly=] born in America... and you peed on me."

-->'''1955 Doc:''' Great... Scott! ''[[[FaintInShock FAINTS]]]''

[[caption-width-right:350:Side effects of wake-up juice: SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER!!!]]

-->'''1955 Doc:''' Great Scott... ''[[[{{Fainting}} FAINTS]]]''

** And what makes this funnier? The bartender states that Doc hasn't had any of the whiskey he's holding. ''Doc isn't drunk at all''.

* The entire [[AdaptationExpansion expanded scene in the novel]] with Marty at the [=McFly=] farmhouse, first using the wrong terminology ("using the bathroom" versus "relieving himself"), then assuming the toilet is ''inside'' the house (it's actually an outhouse), then being informed he'll [[AgonyOfTheFeet have to walk fourteen miles into town.]]
-->'''Marty:''' Did you say fourteen miles?
--> He could feel his feet ache already.

* The entire [[AdaptationExpansion expanded scene in the novel]] with Marty at the McFly farmhouse, first using the wrong terminology ("using the bathroom" versus "relieving himself"), then assuming the toilet is ''inside'' the house (it's actually an outhouse), then being informed he'll [[AgonyOfTheFeet have to walk fourteen miles into town.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Side effects of wake-up juice: SCREAMING!!!]]

** This then leads into [[CallBack Marty telling 1955 Doc the flux capacitor story]] as he fills him in on the events of the previous film. However, 1955 Doc is a bit more skeptical this go around:

* The scene where Marty wakes up alone in Doc's lab/smithy ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar with the heavy implication that Doc spent the night with Clara]]) and realizes that he's alone and has a few minutes to kill. He puts on his cowboy hat and gun holster; stands in front of a mirror, and totes his gun, quoting Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/ClintEastwood. ([[Film/TaxiDriver "You talkin' to me?"]] and [[Film/SuddenImpact "Go ahead. Make my day."]]) All while wearing his silly 1885 one-piece pajamas with a WardrobeMalfunction.

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'''WARNING:''' Spoilers are unmarked.

* Granted, it's recycled from Part II, but Doc's reaction to Marty coming back to 1955 ''from'' the future. The entire thing.
--> '''Doc:''' Great Scott... ''(FAINTS)''
* Doc spilling the truth about the future after losing Clara. Of course, he's been hitting up the sauce to drown his sorrows, and his delivery of the truth is completely deadpan and depressing. It sounds exactly like the ramblings of a miserable drunk.
-->'''Doc:''' And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called ''automobiles''.
-->'''Old-Timer:''' If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, don't anybody walk or run anymore?
-->'''Doc:''' Of course we run, but for recreation. For fun.
-->'''Old-Timer:''' Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?!
** And what makes this funnier? The bartender states that he hasn't had any of the whiskey he's holding. ''He isn't drunk at all''.
--->'''Bartender:''' ''[amused]'' He just likes to hold it!
** Earlier, he talks about sending rockets to the moon with Clara. When Clara finishes his sentence, Doc's look is priceless.
* The fact that Doc tells Marty the cardboard Indians at the drive-in won't be there in 1885 when he drives the [=DeLorean=] towards the movie screen... except they are, and they're REAL.
** Marty running away from the bear is pure slapstick.
* Doc passing out after drinking whiskey.
-->'''Marty:''' How many did he have?
-->'''Bartender:''' Just the one.
-->'''Marty:''' Just the ''one?'' Come on, Doc!
-->'''Bartender:''' Now there's a fella who [[CantHoldHisLiquor can't hold his liquor]].
** And then Doc's subsequent reaction to the "[[HideousHangoverCure wake up juice]]." He didn't actually wake up at that point, it was a reflex reaction according to the bartender.
* The old-timers' reaction to seeing Marty in his goofy pink "Western" outfit:
-->'''Old-Timer #1:''' Take a look and see what just breezed in the door.
-->'''Old-Timer #2:''' Well, I didn't know the circus was in town!
-->'''Old-Timer #3:''' Musta gotten that shirt off'n a dead Chinee.
* When Marty identifies Buford Tannen as "Mad Dog" Tannen, [[MassOhCrap everybody in the saloon either runs away or hides under the tables]].
** Then Buford makes Marty [[BulletDancing "dance"]] (read: force him to constantly dodge bullets getting shot at his feet), and Marty ends it with a {{moonwalk|Dance}}--you can even hear him singing [[Music/MichaelJackson "Billie Jean"]] under his breath. One of the old timers even lets out a bemused "Shit...". Buford's WTF look really sells it. And then the spittoon goes flying.
* Doc handwaving away the moral complications to train theft: "We're going to hija--''borrow'' the locomotive..."
** Also a brief HeroicBSOD when Doc momentarily remembers how he unintentionally changed history:
--->'''Doc:''' We'll drive the train towards Clayton... ''Shonash'' Ravine.
** Marty asks what's going to happen to the locomotive once the [=DeLorean=] is gone. Without breaking stride at all and continuing in his usual hammy glory, Doc replies "It'll be a spectacular wreck, too bad no one will be around to see it."
** And in the end, after Marty gets back to 1985, we see the ravine is called "Eastwood Ravine". This borders on BlackComedy, because as far as the 1885 residents of Hill Valley knew, "Clint Eastwood" was killed in a horrific train wreck (the same morning that he got Buford Tannen arrested, too!), and the ravine was thus renamed in his honour.
*** Even funnier, as Marty is coming to a stop, people from the main road are all staring in bewilderment at this [=DeLorean=] on the train tracks--and possibly at Marty in his full western outfit, too. All Marty can do is smile and wave awkwardly. [[MoodWhiplash And then he becomes aware that a train is barreling down the track...]]
* 1955!Doc reading the letter from 1885!Doc.
-->'''Doc:''' "Please take care of Einstein for me." Einstein?

-->'''Doc:''' Oh! Right.
** Look at Doc's face; until Marty clarifies, he thinks he's referring to ''Albert'' Einstein. Given all the time travel happening, it's not an unreasonable assumption.
** At the end of the same letter, 1885 Doc's rather heartfelt farewell to Marty is considered an in-universe SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}} by Marty... and Doc's younger self. [[FutureMeScaresMe Future Me Inspires Me]]?
--->'''Doc:''' I never knew I could write anything so touching.\\

*** And 1955 Doc's reaction to finding Marty in his house after thinking he imagined him coming back from the future is ''priceless''. He screams hysterically, [[ReactiveContinuousScream causing Marty to scream too]], then trips over the hoverboard [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn and backs into an organ's keyboard]], [[OminousPipeOrgan which carries on wailing dramatically in increasing key as Doc frantically inches backwards on the organ while Marty tries to explain what happened.]] Doc then retreats into the bathroom, [[RewatchBonus the ''very'' same bathroom where he banged his head while hanging the clock]], and throws a hilarious [[HairFlip]] just as he slams the door on Marty.
*** This then leads into [[CallBack a recreation of Marty telling 55!Doc the flux capacitor story]], as he fills him in on the events of the previous film. However, Doc is a bit more skeptical this go around:
---->'''Doc''': ''[hysterical]'' This can't be happening! You can't be here! ''[goes into the bathroom]'' It doesn't make sense for you to be here! ''I even refuse to believe you are here!'' ''[slams the door]''
---->'''Marty''': ''[to the door; fast]'' Doc, I ''am'' here, and it ''does'' make sense! I came back to 1955 again with ''you'', the you from 19''8''5, because he had to get a book from Biff! So once I got the book, you, that is the you from 1985, were in the [=DeLorean=] and it got struck by lightning, and you got sent back to ''1885''!
---->'''Doc''': '''1885'''?! ''[opens the door; gets in Marty's face]'' It's a ''very'' interesting story, Future Boy... but there's one thing that doesn't make sense. If the me of the future is now in the past, [[TemptingFate how could you possibly know about it?]]
---->'''Marty''': [[AskAStupidQuestion You sent me a letter.]] ''[holds it up to Doc's face]''
** Also, [[LockedOutOfTheLoop Doc learning that the DeLorean got upgraded for flying throughout the second film]], [[BagOfSpilling the circuits for which were sadly destroyed by the lightning bolt]].
--->'''Doc:''' It actually flew!?
--->'''Marty:''' Yeah, you had a hover-conversion done in the early 21st century.
--->'''Doc:''' Incredible...
* The scene where Marty wakes up alone in Doc's lab/smithy ([[GettingCrapPastTheRadar with the heavy implication that Doc spent the night with Clara]]) and realizes that he's alone and has a few minutes to kill. He puts on his cowboy hat and gun holster, stand in front of a mirror, and tote his gun quoting Creator/RobertDeNiro and Creator/ClintEastwood. ([[Film/TaxiDriver "You talkin' to me?"]] and [[Film/SuddenImpact "Go ahead. Make my day."]]) All while wearing his silly 1885 one-piece pajamas with a WardrobeMalfunction.
* "Everybody, everywhere, will say that Creator/ClintEastwood is the biggest yellow-belly in the West!"
** Also, Marty's reaction. It's also a Moment of Awesome, since it demonstrates his CharacterDevelopment and triumph over his BerserkButton, but it's just really funny how he incredulously shouts "He's an ''asshole''! I don't care what ''Tannen'' says!" like he's literally just figured this out and can't believe how obvious it is in hindsight.
* When Marty tries to forfeit his showdown with Buford.
-->'''Buford:''' Wha? ''Forfeit?! [turns to his lackey]'' What's that mean?
-->'''Mook:''' Uh... It means you win without a fight!
-->'''Buford:''' [[BloodKnight Without shootin'?!]] He can't do that! ''[turns back to Marty] Hey, you can't do that!!''
** A bit later, while he's giving Marty the count of ten to come out of the saloon.
--->''[Buford pauses, then looks at one of his mooks, who holds up seven fingers]''\\
'''Buford:''' Seven!

-->'''Marty:''' ''[pissed]'' Hey, lighten up, jerk!\\
''[beat during which a confused Buford looks at his mooks to try to figure out what Marty just said--they all just shrug]''
-->'''Buford:''' ''[still confused, but trying not to show it]'' Mighty strong words, runt!
* How about Buford being ''so'' pissed off after his confrontation with Marty at the Town Festival he sounds like he's about ready to ''cry:''

'''Buford:''' ''[turning to his Mooks, in an exasperated sotto voce]'' What about Monday? Are we doing anything Monday?\\

** What really sells it is when one remembers how utterly baffled 1955!Doc was at Marty's catchphrase in the first film.
* When Clara asks the Barbed Wire Salesman if Doc was the man suffering heartbreak at the saloon, she manages to blurt out a rather flattering description of him (could also belong under SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments).

* One of the outtakes has Seamus [=McFly=] bring home a plush [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]] for supper.
** In another, Doc's goodbye to Clara gets interrupted by the horse farting, which Creator/ChristopherLloyd acknowledges without breaking character.
--->'''Doc:''' ''[completely serious]'' I've come to say goodbye. We both have.
** The Roger Rabbit outtake may be funnier when you consider that Creator/ChristopherLloyd was in both movies, playing ''wildly'' different characters.
*** Even MORE hilarious, Creator/CharlesFleischer, the ''voice'' of Roger Rabbit, is in ''Part II'' as Terry.
** In the outtakes, the old timers offer a different commentary on Marty's "western" garb.
--->'''Old Timer #1:''' My son come home from once back east in them fancy-ass duds like that.\\

** Thomas F. Wilson based his portrayal of Buford Tannen on Lee Marvin in ''Film/TheManWhoShotLibertyValance'', but in one outtake, he inadvertently channeled another western star.
--->'''Tom:''' What's your name, pilgrim? ''[breaks character]'' "Pilgrim?" What am I, Creator/JohnWayne?
** And another outtake features Doc and Marty talking about the plan to get back to 1985 next to the unfinished bridge. As they start to head back, Christopher Lloyd accidentally sandwiches Michael J. Fox between the two horses.
--->'''Michael:''' Yo, Doc. You're squishing the shit out of me!
** The next blooper has Marty FakingTheDead after being shot by Buford. As the camera moves closer to Fox lying on the floor, a fly seems to think he's ''really'' dead and lands on his lips. Cue him blowing it away then cracking up laughing.
** Tom Wilson going from hopping on one foot in pain to doing an impromptu dance.
* The climatic showdown between Marty and Buford is both hilarious and [[Awesome/BackToTheFuture awesome]]. Marty decides not to use a gun against Buford and drops it on the ground--but when he IS shot, it turns out that he's [[BulletproofVest wearing a stove door under his poncho]] (a ShoutOut to ''Film/AFistfulOfDollars'' [[note]]which received a nice bit of {{Foreshadowing}} in ''Part II'', as Biff had been watching it in the alternate 1985![[/note]])--as Buford finds out the hard way when he tries to punch Marty in the stomach. Marty then takes it off and gives him a good whack in the face with it. When that is also dropped on the ground, [[PintsizedPowerhouse Marty]] still ''[[CurbStompBattle beats the everloving shit out of Buford]]''--who then [[RunningGag fittingly]] collapses into a manure cart after crashing into a tombstone (and not just any tombstone, but the blank that was going to be Doc's) from Marty's punch and making him dizzy.
--> '''Buford:''' [[CallForward I HATE manure.]]
* The 1955 Doc and Marty discovering the 1885 Doc's tombstone has two darkly comical moments:
-->'''Marty:''' ''[reading]'' "Erected in eternal memory by his beloved Clara." Who the hell is Clara?
-->'''Doc:''' Marty, please don't stand there!
-->''[Marty discovers he's standing directly over the grave]''
-->'''Marty:''' Oh, sorry! Gotta take another picture. ''[he takes the picture]''
-->'''Doc:''' ''[reading]'' "Shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of eighty dollars"!? ''[to Marty]'' What kind of a future do you call that?!
** Later, when the 1885 Doc sees the picture.
--->'''Doc:''' "Shot in the back by Buford Tannen over a matter of eighty dollars"!? September 7th? That's this Monday! Now I wish I'd paid him off!
* Here's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment: After Marty wakes up at the [=McFly=] farm and comes face to face with his great-great-grandmother, [[CallBack he lifts up the blanket to check if he's still wearing his pants (luckily he is, this time).]]
* A funny bit highlighting the global changes between 1955 and 1985:
--> '''Marty:''' "As you see, the lightning bolt shorted out the time-circuit control chip. The attached...\\
'''Doc:''' Schematic.\\
'''Marty:''' ...Schematic diagram will allow you to build a replacement unit with 1955 components, thus restoring the time machine to perfect working order."\\
'''Doc:''' Unbelievable that this little piece of junk could be such a big problem. No wonder this circuit failed. It says, "Made in Japan."\\
'''Marty:''' What do you mean, Doc? All the best stuff is made in Japan.\\
'''Doc:''' ''[whispering]'' ...Unbelievable!
* When reading a biography on Buford Tannen, it is claimed he shot 12 men, [[DeliberateValuesDissonance not including Indians and Chinamen]]. Doc asks if he's among the 12:
-->'''Marty:''' "However, this claim cannot be proven since precise records were not kept after Tannen shot a newspaper editor who printed an unfavorable story about him in 1884."
* Marty holding baby Will: "So you're my great grandfather. The first [=McFly=] born in America... and you peed on me."
* When Marty agrees to some water with dinner, he's grossed out by how dirty and cloudy the water is.
* Buford and Doc's meeting:
-->'''Buford:''' You owe me money, blacksmith.\\
'''Doc:''' How do you figure?\\
'''Buford:''' My horse threw a shoe. You was the one that done the shoeing, so that makes you responsible.\\
'''Doc:''' Well since you never paid me for the job, I'd say that makes us even.\\
'''Buford:''' Wrong! See, I was on my horse when it happened, and I got throwed off! And that caused me to bust a perfectly good bottle of fine Kentucky Redeye. So the way I figure it, blacksmith, you owe me $5 for the whiskey, and $75 for the horse!\\
'''Marty:''' ''[weakly]'' That's the $80...!\\
'''Doc:''' Look, if your horse threw a shoe, bring him back and I'll reshoe him.\\
'''Buford:''' I done shot that horse!
** After that, when Buford's gang rides away and Marty and Doc have their reunion, Doc says Marty is liable to get shot in his garish clothes and asks "What idiot dressed you like that?" Marty just claps Doc on the shoulder and says "You did."
* Doc's implausible ideas on how to get the [=DeLorean=] up to 88 MPH:
--> '''Doc:''' Wait! I've got it! We can roll it down a steep hill! No, we'll never find a smooth enough surface. Unless... Of ''course!'' Ice! We'll wait until winter, when the lake freezes over--\\
'''Marty:''' Winter?! What are you saying? Monday! It's three days away!
* Or how about when Doc is about to jump onto the [=DeLorean=] from the train and Clara is trying to get his attention. Remember, Doc and Marty have no idea that she had climbed into the locomotive. When Clara blows the locomotive's whistle, the look on Marty and Doc's faces, after hearing a whistle being blown from what they thought was an empty locomotive, is priceless.
* "That's a very interesting story, future boy."
* The [[RuleOfThree third instance]] of Marty waking up in what he thinks is his bed, only it's not.
--> '''Marty''': Mom? Mom, is that you?\\
'''Maggie''': There, there. You've been asleep for nearly six hours now.\\
'''Marty''': I had this horrible nightmare. I dreamed I was in a Western. I was being chased by all these Indians... and a bear.\\
'''Maggie''': You're safe and sound now here at the [=McFly=] farm.\\
'''Marty''': ''(wide awake)'' "[=McFly=] farm"? Aaah! ''(sits up in bed)'' You're my... you're my... [[SubvertedTrope who are you]]?
* When Marty and Doc hijack the train the engineer asks if this is a hold-up. Marty and Doc look at each other, both stumped as to how to answer. After a moment Doc says "It's a science experiment!" You don't see too many scientists running around with guns, do you?
* Clara is making her way across the train when a sudden burst of acceleration (the yellow log igniting) throws her back into the pile of wood she's been climbing. The best way she can find to express her surprise and frustration is "[[GoshDarnItToHeck Golly!]]"
** On the topic of the logs, it's minor in the midst of the intensity of the scene, but after the third log goes off and the train starts ''gunning'' down the tracks, the [=DeLorean=] is briefly pushed hard enough to ''tip upwards'' (accompanied by a brief shot of Marty screaming in shock.
* The movie's weird obsession with Seamus' [[NiceHat hat]]. He even plans to trade Marty's gun for a new one!
* It's easy to miss, but upon his first visit to the saloon, Marty earns a few laughs for trying to order water with ice. Not an hour after reuniting with Doc, he finds that his friend has invented this ridiculously large and complex device that the two men must operate at once to produce exactly that: ''[[MundaneMadeAwesome A cube of solid ice]]''. Doc enjoys an iced tea while Marty realizes the thing was a ''refrigerator''.

*** And 1955 Doc's reaction to finding Marty in his house after thinking he imagined him coming back from the future is ''priceless''. He screams hysterically, [[ReactiveContinuousScream causing Marty to scream too]], then trips over the hoverboard [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn and backs into an organ's keyboard]], [[OminousPipeOrgan which carries on wailing dramatically in increasing key as Doc frantically inches backwards on the organ while Marty tries to explain what happened.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Side effects of wake-up juice: screaming.]]

** Then Buford makes Marty [[BulletDancing "dance"]] (read: force him to constantly dodge bullets getting shot at his feet), and Marty ends it with a {{moonwalk|Dance}}--you can even hear him singing [[Music/MichaelJackson "Billie Jean"]] under his breath. Buford's WTF look really sells it. And then the spittoon goes flying.

** Look at Doc's face; until Marty clarifies, he thinks he's referring to ''Albert'' Einstein.

*** And 1955 Doc's reaction to finding Marty in his house after thinking he imagined him coming back from the future is ''priceless''. He screams hysterically, trips over the hoverboard [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn and backs into an organ's keyboard]], [[OminousPipeOrgan which carries on wailing dramatically in increasing key as Doc frantically inches backwards on the organ while Marty tries to explain what happened.]]

---->'''Doc''': (hysterical) This can't be happening! You can't be here! (goes into the bathroom) It doesn't make sense for you to be here! ''I even refuse to believe you are here!'' (slams the door)
---->'''Marty''': (to the door; fast) Doc, I ''am'' here, and it ''does'' make sense! I came back to 1955 again with ''you'', the you from 19''8''5, because he had to get a book from Biff! So once I got the book, you, that is the you from 1985, were in the [=DeLorean=] and it got struck by lightning, and you got sent back to ''1885''!
---->'''Doc''': '''1885'''?! (opens the door; gets in Marty's face) It's a ''very'' interesting story, Future Boy... but there's one thing that doesn't make sense. If the me of the future is now in the past, [[TemptingFate how could you possibly know about it?]]
---->'''Marty''': [[AskAStupidQuestion You sent me a letter.]] (holds it up to Doc's face)

-->'''Old-Timer:''' If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, don't anybody walk or run anymore?[[note]]The first internal combustion automobile was invented in 1807. Benz started his car company the same year as the film's setting: 1883.[[/note]]

'''Buford:''' ''[turning to his Mooks, in an exasperated sotto voice]'' What about Monday? Are we doing anything Monday?\\

'''Buford:''' ''[turning to his Mook, in an exasperated sotto voice]'' What about Monday? Are we doing anything Monday?\\

-->'''Old-Timer:''' If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, don't anybody walk or run anymore?

** Also, Marty's reaction. It's also a Crowning Moment of Awesome, since it demonstrates his CharacterDevelopment and triumph over his BerserkButton, but it's just really funny how he incredulously shouts "He's an ''asshole''! I don't care what ''Tannen'' says!" like he's literally just figured this out and can't believe how obvious it is in hindsight.

** At the end of the same letter, 1885 Doc's rather heartfelt farewell to Marty is considered an in-universe HeartwarmingMoment by Marty... and Doc's younger self. [[FutureMeScaresMe Future Me Inspires Me]]?

** This troper is from Canada and never came anywhere near California, but finds it ''doubtful'' at best that water could ever freeze in Hill Valley winter weather...