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15* A General Electric ad heavily references the series, showing how [[TechnologyMarchesOn technology has marched on.]]
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19* The portal back to Brigadoon in ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan'' is based off the series.
20* From the dub of ''Anime/DeadLeaves'': "Let's make like a tree and get the hell out of here!"
21* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum'' have Doraemon and gang going to the future in a flying convertible whose methods of teleporting into the future works similarly as the [=DeLorean=]: rising off the ground, shooting through the air at high speeds, and disappearing in a flash before reappearing in a different time zone.
22* Episode 20 of ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' has [=GranLocomon=] using the Xros Loader to transfer Zones. He does this by speeding up, slowly creating a portal in front of him as he accelerates. Thankfully, he gets stopped before reaching 88 MPH.
23* In the "Endless Eight" arc of the ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' anime, Mikuru says "I can't go back to the future!" OnceAnEpisode.
24* The 1988 version of ''Manga/HimitsuNoAkkoChan'''s end credits have the characters reenacting scenes from famous movies, this being among them.
25* Episode 12 of ''Anime/MagicalShoppingArcadeAbenobashi'', ReferenceOverdosed as it is, naturally has a ShoutOut to this series.
26* ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'': [[spoiler:Future Ramona]] owns a pair of time-traveling roller skates made from a [=DeLorean=] that require a speed of 88 MPH to work.
27* Tenri's western clothing in ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows'' is a WholeCostumeReference to Clara Clayton.
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30[[folder:Blogs]]
31* The CoolCar of [[Blog/AskSeriousRainbow Serious Rainbow]] is a [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice 1959 DeSoto Adventurer]] with elements of the [=DeLorean=], and is nicknamed the [[Series/DoctorWho "TARDISoto"]].
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34[[folder:Comic Books]]
35* From ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'': "Should an intense young man or a wild-eyed gentleman ever approach you and mention the word 'Tunguska', I want you to shoot them."
36** Also, the Telluric Interchanger that Emma presents at the National 4th Grade Science Fair is more than a little bit similar (read: identical) to the Flux Capacitor.
37* A Flux Capacitor cameos in the background of issue 10 of the ''ComicBook/DarkwingDuck'' comic book.
38* ''ComicBook/MonicasGang'': In a story that mostly parodies the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'', Jimmy Five is sent back in time to steal Monica's bunny when she was a baby. His friends become so enraged with his failure the story ends with him desperately begging Doc Brown to take him away from them.
39* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsonsFuturamaCrossoverCrisis'': Fry and Bart use the anti-gravity gum to make their skateboards fly and go to the Simpsons' house faster. Comic Book Guy sees this and points out that they're ripping off Creator/MichaelJFox's flying skateboard scene from ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'':
40--->'''Comic Book Guy:''' [[WorstWhateverEver Worst tribute, ever!]]
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43[[folder:Fan Works]]
44* The TimeTravel device used in ''Fanfic/BackToTheFrollo'' (whose very name is also a reference to the series) is a Chevy.
45* ''Fanfic/AGameOfCatAndCat'': "Halloween Special Again": An unnamed character dressed as Marty [=McFly=].
46* A joke about "ponymarines" in ''Fanfic/CurseOfTheDemonPony'' is based off a similar joke in ''Part III''.
47* ''Fanfic/MyLittleCastlevania'' has a reference to "1.21 gigawatts".
48* A chapter of the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' story, ''[[Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama Legacy]]'' is titled "Back To the Present", marking a return to the {{frame story}} after two chapters of {{flashback}}s.
49* In ''Film/TheButterflyEffect'' prequel fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3210906 The Butterfly Effect 0]]'', the head of the Sunnyvale Institution is named Dr. Emmett Von Braun.
50* ''Fanfic/YuYuGiDigiMoon'' briefly imitates the famous fading sequence.
51* From ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'', during the TimeTravel-heavy third season:
52-->'''Deadpool:''' Great Scott!\
53'''Green Goblin:''' I know, this is heavy.
54* ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''
55** "The Power of Love" is playing when the Time Roulette is used in episode 8.
56** Also:
57--->'''Bakura:''' Cards? Where we're dueling we don't need cards.
58** Before Yusei goes back to Jaden's time, the Crimson Dragon says "Once you hit 88-miles-per-hour..."
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61[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
62* During the opening credits of ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009'', a few kids are having fun by clinging onto the backs of carriages and hitching a ride on them. Upon being redeemed, Scrooge himself does this too.
63* A chase scene in ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' ends with the pursuers getting covered in manure.
64** Later, Aladdin pretends to jump off a balcony and is caught by a flying device hovering at a height just far enough below the balcony for his head to disappear, much like the purpose the [=DeLorean=] served in ''Part II''.
65* One of [[PungeonMaster Raoul]]'s puns in the English version of ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis'' is a reference to the series.
66* During the car chase between the heroes and the weasels in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', the weasel driving sneers "I'm gonna ram 'im!"... then, when the attempted target of their vehicular assault dodges, he and his mooks scream as they hurtle towards a crash, just like the scene with Biff chasing a skateboard-riding Marty in the first movie.
67* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'', a sketch of a flux capacitor can be seen [[http://www.cinema52.com/2014/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Half-Point-Dragon.png on a wall]] behind Hiccup.
68* ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'': [[spoiler:When Mr. Peabody is talking about the WABAC needing to go faster than it had ever before to go forward in time, the speedometer reads 88 miles per hour.]]
69* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGoToTheMovies'' has time travel scenes that reference BBTF in various ways: the BTTF theme is used as background music; Robin exclaims "Then let's go back to the future! I mean, the past!"; and Raven asks where they're going to find Libyan terrorists to sell them plutonium at this hour.
70* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie2TheSecondPart'' explicitly references the series when Rex Dangervest [[spoiler:who is actually an alternate Emmet from the future]] builds a time machine with pieces taken from LEGO sets about time travel franchises: Doc Brown's [=DeLorean=] is naturally the first one. Near the end he's fading from existence piece by piece (starting from the hand, of course) and says he's "Back-to-the-Futuring".
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74* [[spoiler:The Wishful Thinking van taking off into the sky]] at the end of ''Film/AFairlyOddMovieGrowUpTimmyTurner'' mimics the famous ending shot of the first movie.
75* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'': TheTeam mentions the film along with various TimeTravel films when discussing about their plan for a "time heist".
76* ''Film/BloodsuckersAnonymous'', among other references, has a very familiar TimeMachine.
77* In ''Film/TheBoondockSaints'' [=McGerkin=] is known for misquoted proverbs and references Biff Tannen's misquoted "Why don't you make like a tree, and get out of here." almost verbatim when he demands that the Russian mobsters leave his bar.
78* ''Film/CampNowhere''
79** There's some through ActorAllusion: Dennis, played by Creator/ChristopherLloyd, is rivaled against Hendricks, played by Creator/ThomasFWilson.
80** Also, Dennis also falls in love with someone he has to lie to, as Doc Brown did in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII''. And in both cases, the love interest forgives him.
81* As soon as TimeTravel is brought up in ''Film/DonnieDarko'', Donnie mentions the [=DeLorean=].
82* In ''Film/TheFlash2023'', one of the first differences with the prime universe that Barry discovers is that Creator/EricStoltz [[TheOtherMarty remained in the role of Marty McFly]].
83* ''Film/FrequentlyAskedQuestionsAboutTimeTravel'' has several references to TimeTravel-related media, this being among them. One character lifts his shades ala the famous movie posters, and later a movie theater is shown playing "A Boy's Life", the WorkingTitle for the original film.
84* Creator/SethMacFarlane's western comedy ''Film/AMillionWaysToDieInTheWest'' features an in-character cameo of Creator/ChristopherLloyd as Doc Brown in a reference to the third film.
85* Here's some interesting trivia: originally, the climax of getting Marty [=McFly=] back, well, to the future, was that Doc Brown was going to take him and a refrigerator to an A-Bomb test, and let the bomb's effects send him back to his rightful time. However, Creator/StevenSpielberg was uncomfortable with the idea, concerned that kids might climb into abandoned fridges to play-act the scene, and so asked Creator/RobertZemeckis to find a different approach. However, no good idea goes unpunished, and thus was born the infamous fridge scene from ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull''.
86* ''Il migliore dei mondi'', a film by Maccio Capatonda who also directed and starred in ''Italiano Medio'' (see below), is about an alternate temporal line and has a few nods to BTTF, since it is Capatonda's favorite film ever. A BTTF poster hangs on Ennio's office, the girls he falls for is dressed as Marty for a costume party, and to woo her Ennio mentions how Eric Stoltz was going to be Marty before being replaced by Michael J. Fox. (Not to mention that the name of the character Capatonda plays, "Ennio Storto", kind of sounds like Eric Stoltz)
87* A subtle one in ''Film/ItalianoMedio'': one of the placards inside the environmentalists' hideout reads "Save the clock tower!".
88* ''Film/Sharknado5GlobalSwarming'': The final scene mimics the final scene of the first movie, including a flying car about to time travel.
89* ''Film/SingStreet'': Conor Lawlor asks few characters if they have seen ''Back To The Future''.
90* ''Film/WelcomeToMarwen'': near the end, protagonist Mark Hogancamp builds a [=DeLorean=] model out of random stuff including a kitchen timer, Christmas lights and a lava lamp, and his alter ego uses it in the doll world to get rid of the witch that represents his PTSD after having been assaulted (ItMakesSenseInContext). The car is functionally identical to the one in BTTF, with the only difference being the flaming trails being blue instead of red. Parts of the BTTF theme are also used in the soundtrack. The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis, who wanted to include a meta reference.
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94* In ''Literature/ABoyMadeOfBlocks'', Sam's friend's father is a classical composer who is said to look like Doc Brown, only more eccentric.
95* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'' has a flying [=DeLorean=] in ''Duty Calls''.
96* In ''Literature/DarkFuture'', Bronson Manolo's high-tech and highly secure tank and mobile command center is a [=DeLorean=] Sand Master.
97* In ''Literature/DogsDontTalk'', Diane throws a ''Back to the Future''-themed graduation party for Johnny and his classmates.
98* In ''Literature/Harmony2016'', Tilly imagines a world in which people disappear from photos when they die, like when Marty almost fails to get his parents together.
99* ''Literature/TheLightJar'': In a flashback, Nate tries to bring a friend over, hoping to watch ''Back to the Future''.
100* ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' has Luhy Distone owning a green [=Delorean=] that can fly (and leaves behind flame trails).
101* ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'': The vehicle Parzival uses to go to Ogden Morrow's party is a [=DeLorean=].
102* In ''Literature/TheresMoreThanOneWayHome'', Anna buys the trilogy as a boxed set, and that night she and Jack watch all three in one sitting. Jack keeps asking questions about [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure celebrities he's never heard of]] and plot holes, until finally Anna says, "[[MST3KMantra Time travel stories never hold up if you look at them too closely]]."
103* The Delorelion from ''Literature/{{Zoofights}}'' has a Flux Capacitor[[spoiler:, which gets set off in the sixth installment during a fight, sending both combatants back in time]].
104* In ''Literature/{{Mindblind}}'', Cooper says "Hello, [=McFly=]?" when Nathaniel spaces out.
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108* The final episode of ''Series/AceOfCakes'' was made for the series' 25th anniversary, and is appropriately decked with references.
109* The ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'' episode "[[Recap/BirdsOfAFeatherCS5ItHappenedInHollywood It Happened in Hollywood]]" has a brief scene where Tracey, Sharon, and Dorien run past the set for the clock tower.
110* The ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' episode "He's Dead, She's Dead" has a reference to the series, among other TimeTravel-based works.
111* In ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', Dr. Leo Dreyfus ([[ActorAllusion played by]] Creator/ChristopherLloyd) is constantly called "Doc" by Chuck.
112** An entire episode was laden with Back to the Future jokes, when one of the characters ill-advisedly buys an old [=DeLorean=] for cheap because it's owner is fed up with it. The car can't go faster than 22 miles per hour, and there are several jokes lampshading both the car's prominent role in the series and it's general lack of quality.
113* ''Series/ColdCase'': The episode ''[[Recap/ColdCaseS1E20Greed "Greed"]]'' features a victim who owned a [=DeLorean=] and was killed in 1985.
114* The ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode [[Recap/CommunityS3E22IntroductionToFinality "Introduction to Finality"]], Evil Abed makes his [[SoOkayItsAverage opinions]] on ''Part II'' quite clear.
115* The first victim in an episode of ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' is named Dr. Martin Browning, a mashup of Marty [=McFly=] and Doc Brown's names. The ep in question deals with the possibility of time travel.
116* ''Series/DoctorWho'', also being a famous time travel-based series, has a few references to the series:
117** One of these is in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode "The Shakespeare Code"]].
118** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E6TheVampiresOfVenice "The Vampires of Venice"]], the Doctor climbs a stone edifice in a storm in order to do something to a mechanical device.
119** When the Doctor changes history in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E16TheWatersOfMars "The Waters of Mars"]], we see news entries with changing text. Not to mention the flaming tire trails...
120* ''Series/TheFairlyOddParentsFairlyOdder'': There was an episode titled, ''Back to the Scooter'', (A reference to the film) where Viv and Roy travel back to 1996, to get their parents to change their minds about a school dance.
121* ''Series/TheFlash2014'': The film trilogy was mentioned by the eponymous protagonist and his friends when discussing TimeTravel. [[CelebrityParadox Interestingly]], Creator/ThomasFWilson plays a major RecurringCharacter in [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow one of its sister shows]].
122* ''Series/{{Fringe}}'':
123** Eric Stoltz playing Marty in the AlternateUniverse, a [[CastingGag reference]] to the fact that he would originally play that role in RealLife.
124** Also, [[Recap/FringeS03E10TheFirefly "The Firefly"]] is a story about a teenager who time travels from 1985... [[ActorAllusion and has]] Creator/ChristopherLloyd.
125* In the ''Series/HannahMontana'' episode "The Way We Almost Weren't", Miley and Jackson [[AllJustADream time-travel]] back to the diner where Robbie met their mother for the first time. When they accidentally interfere with the initial encounter, Jackson starts fading out of existence. They spend the rest of the episode trying to make their parents meet so that they are actually born.
126* The series ''Series/GetALife'' features an episode where Chris Elliot's man child character needs to time travel (it's that sort of show). While going through, and rejecting various famous time travel devices (such as a TimeTunnel that is infested with bats), he rejects a [=DeLorean=] because it has a broken turn signal and that can be dangerous at 88 MPH.
127* In the ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' season 1 episode "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E8NightOfTheHawk Night of the Hawk]]", the team travels to 1958 and has to go undercover in a small Oregon town. The episode contains a lot of references to the first movie, and the characters themselves give some of their own, such as Jax calling a bully met in a diner "Biff".
128* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': The two-part season three finale, "Snow Drifts" and "There's No Place Like Home". Would you believe Literature/{{Rumpelstiltskin}} as Doc Brown and Literature/SnowWhite and the Prince as Lorraine and George?
129* ''Series/SpinCity'' has Creator/MichaelJFox's character looking at his watch in a matter quite similar to the famous posters for the series. This was [[ActorAllusion most definitely intentional.]]
130* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In "Hollow Pursuits", one of the systems that Barclay mentions is malfunctioning is the flux capacitor. However, in a previous scene, it's referred to as a "flow capacitor," making this either a script error or a flub on Dwight Schultz's part.
131* ''Series/StrangerThings'' Season 3 has Dustin, Erica, Steve, and Robin hide at a midnight showing of ''Back to the Future'' while [[spoiler:escaping from the Soviets]] at the mall. Steve, who is disoriented [[spoiler:from a dosage of TruthSerum the Soviets gave him earlier]], doesn't understand what's happening and sums it up as "[[Series/FamilyTies Alex P. Keaton]] trying to [[{{Irony}} fuck his mom]]."
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135* The Music/{{Busted}} song "Year 3000" has several references to the series.
136* The description for the [[Music/CobraStarship "Guilty Pleasure"]] home video says that the label gave them $650,000 to make the video, which they blew on a sports car. Afterwards, the official video for "Guilty Pleasure" was released, and we get to see that the car the band blew all that money on was a [=DeLorean=].
137* The music video for the Music/ElectricSix song "Down at [=McDonnelzzz=]", a [=DeLorean=] shows up at one point.
138* British band Music/{{McFly}} are named after the main character and his family.
139* The album "Tillbaka till samtiden" (''"Back to the present"'') by the famous Swedish band Music/{{Kent}}. It doubles as a pun, since "Back to the future" means "Tillbaka till framtiden" in Swedish.
140* Music/IDontKnowHowButTheyFoundMe, a concept band consisting of Dallon Weekes (ex-Music/PanicAtTheDisco) and Ryan Seaman (ex-Music/FallingInReverse), took their name from a line in the first film. Fittingly enough, a large part of the band's mythos is based around TimeTravel.
141* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3n4CrZxu3g official video]] for Music/PinguiniTatticiNucleari's "Ringo Starr" recreates the "Enchantment Under the Sea" scene, complete with the film's Italian dialogues in the spoken parts.
142* The song "What If" by Matthew West contains the line "I can't go back in time, I don't have a [=DeLorean=]."
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146* One AprilFoolsDay, Website/{{Google}} calculated that the time it took to load the search results was 1.21 gigawatts.
147* ''WebOriginal/DirtyLaundryAnAlternate1980s'' explores an AlternateUniverse where the series had [[spoiler:four]] films and Marty [[spoiler:was played by Creator/JohnCusack]].
148* The My Density ring in ''Website/GaiaOnline'' is a shout-out to the scene where George [=McFly=] accidentally substitutes the word "density" for "destiny."
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152* ''Pinball/TheAdventuresOfRockyAndBullwinkleAndFriends'': A small [=DeLorean=] can be seen parked behind the WABAC Machine - both are {{Time Machine}}s, after all.
153* ''The Getaway: Pinball/HighSpeed 2'': The "Burn Rubber" bonus map can display a number of fictional places, one of which is Hill Valley.
154* ''Pinball/Rush2022'': [[https://www.thisweekinpinball.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Screen-Shot-2022-01-04-at-8.51.58-AM.png The "Time Machine" insert text on the playfield]] is written in a font mimicking the ''Back to the Future'' logo.
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157* The trilogy was reviewed by the ''Podcast/NowPlaying'' podcast
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160[[folder:Radio]]
161* The ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' installment [[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWho081TheKingmaker "The Kingmaker"]] uses WriteBackToTheFuture as a tip of the hat to the trilogy.
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164[[folder:Roleplay]]
165* ''Roleplay/AbsitOmen'' has a time-traveling wizard that references the series heavily.
166* Somewhere in ''Roleplay/AnythingAgencyVsLawbreakersRP''[='=]s mass of references, a allusion to this series pops up.
167* At one point in ''Roleplay/AWorldOfHeroes'', Wildcard calls Dax "[=McFly=]".
168* In ''Roleplay/CelestialRefresh'', [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition Francis York Morgan]]'s Intro Topic involved him meeting Doc Brown and [[Franchise/JurassicPark Dr. Malcolm]].
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171[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
172* ''TabletopGame/{{Chrononauts}}'' has Gray's Sports Almanach.
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175[[folder:Video Games]]
176* A very subtle one when Westridge is briefing you when you first arrive at the safehouse in the Middle East in ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol''. Apparently the computer has an internet connection "that's so fast you'll feel like you're going back in time."
177* The first ''VideoGame/AmateurSurgeon'' game has a boss referencing the series.
178* The TimeTravel plot from the very 80's-inspired game ''VideoGame/RetroCityRampage'' alludes to the series quite a bit.
179* In the WildWest-themed "Ham 'em High" chapter of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'', Level 14-5 has a [=DeLorean=] as a set piece.
180* One of ''VideoGame/BlazBlue Continuum Shift''[='=]s achievements is named "1.21 Gigawatts!"
181* A white-board in ''VideoGame/BlackMesa'' notes that the high powered laser requires 1.21 gigawatts.
182* ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' has a floating [=DeLorean=] knockoff.
183* The first ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' game has this quote from Patricia Tannis:
184--> "We'll need a nuclear reactor to generate the 1.21 gigawatts - oh, hey!"
185** [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 The sequel]] has an achievement named "This is [[VideoGame/HalfLife HEV]]-y".
186* The Guardian, from ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyBlackOpsII''[='=]s multiplayer, consumes 1.21 gigawatts of power.
187* During the ''Reverie'' DLC for ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'', you come across a scroll which mentions a time machine built by Emmett Marron.
188* One achievement in ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}} V'' references the series.
189* In ''VideoGame/ComicJumperTheAdventuresOfCaptainSmiley'', Smiley refers to the "speed of time travel", 88 MPH. Also, Winklemeyer's helmet seems to be intended to resemble the one Doc Brown is seen wearing.
190* When starting his vehicle after a full stop in ''VideoGame/CrashTagTeamRacing'', Cortex sometimes says "1.8 Gigawatts of power!"
191* In ''VideoGame/Crysis2'', in the electrified tunnel near the end of the second chapter, the first time you get shocked, the suit discreetly warns you that the electricity is 1.21 gigawatts.
192* The power output of Tesla's Hypercoil weapon in ''VideoGame/DarkVoid'' is 1.21 gigawatts.
193* ''VideoGame/TheDarksideDetective: A Fumble in the Dark'': In the episode "Funfair Dismissal", a key plot point involves a vehicle that teleports when it travels at 88 meters per hour, powered by a familiar-looking device called "the Duck's Capacitor".
194* At one point in ''VideoGame/DeadSpace'', you have to salvage a "Singularity Core" from the ''USM Valor''. Said core looks an awful lot like a Flux Capacitor.
195* In ''VideoGame/DejaVu1985'', Stogie remarks that he'd never seen anyone wearing purple underwear before. At least he didn't call you "Calvin."
196* The terrorist combi van in the second ''VideoGame/DesertStrike'' game is ripped right out of the first movie.
197* There's a quest in ''VideoGame/DragonFable'' called "Back To The Past". The [[BossBattle boss]] is called Biff, and his death animation is a manure truck dropping on him.
198* ''VideoGame/DiscoZoo'' lets the player use a Delorean to travel through time to the Jurassic.
199* The secret NostalgiaLevel in ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco'' is unlocked by driving 88 MPH in a [=DeLorean=].
200* ''VideoGame/DungeonsOfDredmor'' has a katana item with the description "All the best stuff is [[MadeInCountryX made in Japan.]]"
201* In one level of ''VideoGame/DukeNukem: Time to Kill'', Duke can come across the [=DeLorean=].
202* In ''VideoGame/FreeSpace'', there's a cutscene where scientists are testing new shield technology. The firing beam discharges at 1.21 gigawatts.
203* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'' has a car modeled on the Delorean, which has a levitating mode inspired by the movie.
204* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'':
205** One ultra-rare enemy can send you hopping throughout time as an attack, ending with "Great Scott!"
206** Also, an encounter in the Haunted Ballroom mimics the plot of the first movie, the difference here being that the Marty stand-in is a ghost, like everyone else there, and therefore isn't really in danger of death. Nonetheless, the player character helps him out. (As an added bonus, the filename for his image is named [[Series/SpinCity "Keaton]].jpg".)
207** Another adventure is titled "Hack to the Future".
208* The ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFuckboys'' series uses a time-traveling [=DeLorean=] as a major plot device.
209* The climax of the [[TheWildWest Western Movie]] level in ''VideoGame/TinyToonAdventuresBusterBustsLoose'' has Buster and Montana Max [[HandcarPursuit riding on a handcar]] to evade [[LocomotiveLevel a runaway train]]. Once they get up to 88 MPH, they disappear in a trail of flames.
210* ''VideoGame/SlapsAndBeans'' have an NPC character looking a lot like Doc Brown. Said character even exclaims "Great Scott!" at one point.
211* ''VideoGame/Splatoon2: Octo Expansion'' has the level [=McFly=] Station, named after Marty [=McFly=] himself. The reference also extends to the station's subtitle: "Do it with some style!"
212* In ''VideoGame/{{Stray|2022}}'', Doc is a robot with wires around his hair emulating a wild mane of hair, a fondness for goggles, and who has made an invention that requires 1.21 gigawatts to work. Also, everyone just calls him "Doc" and he hangs out with a younger person who constantly wears a reddish orange sleeveless puffer vest and whose legs are denim blue. Doc's home is also filled with clocks. In addition, there's a robot named Seamus. Seamus is the name of Marty [=McFly's=] [[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII great great grandfather]].
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216* ''VisualNovel/YoJinBo'' has a reference to the series.
217* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'' makes many references to the series including mentioning "1.21 gigawatts" and the main plot device is called D-Mail, which is short for [=DeLorean=] Mail. The lead writer even calls ''Back to the Future'' one of his favorite movies.
218* The first movie is mentioned as a LawyerFriendlyCameo in ''VisualNovel/ZeroTimeDilemma'' in order to describe the concept of [=SHIFTing=].
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222* As Twilight looks over the wreckage the titular WebAnimation/DoubleRainboom causes, a double fire trail is shown. To further cement in the reference, the famous theme cameos in the background music for a few seconds.
223* At the end of the ''WebAnimation/BarbieLifeInTheDreamhouse'' episode "Endless Summer", Summer rides [[spoiler:the Mattel-branded hoverboard from the sequels.]]
224* The time machine in the ''WebAnimation/DickFigures'' episode "Steakosaurus" has a Flux Capacitor right in the middle of it.
225* [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future Several references]] in ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' and [[WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail its main attraction]].
226* Expect the [=DeLorean=] to show up if a game reviewed on ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' involves TimeTravel. (Either that or a [[Series/DoctorWho TARDIS]].)
227* ''WebAnimation/ClearSkies 3'': When Sol's boosting the drive output near the end, his screen shows a prompt warning him that rerouting the power will void the warranty, and the amount of power transferred is 1.21 gigawatts.
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231* One of the {{Alternate Universe}}s explored in certain ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'' comics include "Docs and [=DeLoreans=]".
232* From ''Webcomic/DinosaurComics'': [[http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1707 Here lies T-Rex / Where he's going, he won't need... roads.]]
233* Marty cameos in the [[http://www.distillum.com/?p=672 fake ending]] of ''Webcomic/{{Distillum}}''.
234* The TimeTravel arc of ''Webcomic/DrawYourOwnStory'' is a WholePlotReference to this series.
235* ''[[Platform/DummComics Life in the Analog Age]]'' has a reference to the series.
236* In ''Webcomic/FrankieAndStein'', Shelley claims that [[spoiler: Frankie's]] head will [[YourHeadAsplode explode]], citing "It is too science! I saw it on TV!" as proof. Stein tries to figure out where she got her "information," referencing (along with ''Series/DoctorWho'' and ''Literature/TheTimeMachine'') "the one with the car".
237* ''Webcomic/GenderSwapped'' has the characters watching the movie on TV.
238* The time-travelling Mysterious Mare-Do-Well in ''Webcomic/{{Hoofstuck}}'' paraphrases a scene from ''Part II'': "Third, if you ever have a daughter who, when she's eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug, go easy on her."
239* ''Webcomic/TheLessThanEpicAdventuresOfTJAndAmal'': TJ and Amal turn trying to quote along to the movie into a drinking game since they both saw it a lot as children.
240* [[http://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=511 This]] ''Webcomic/SquareRootOfMinusGarfield'' strip edits the Garfield comic from October 25, 1985, the day Doc Brown successfully tested his time machine in the first film, edited so the [=DeLorean=] is about to crush Nermal.
241* A RunningGag in the ''WebComic/{{Walkyverse}}'' is Professor Doc's resemblance to Doc Brown, a trait he seems to have passed on to his theoretical KidFromTheFuture, Brock Doc.
242** His UltimateUniverse counterpart in ''WebComic/DumbingOfAge'', Professor Kellan Brock, carved out a bit of time in his syllabus ''specifically'' to discuss the resemblance because he knew his students would see it, and points out one big difference between him and Doc Brown. Doc Brown is a ''benevolent'' scientist.
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246* ''WebVideo/AfterHours''
247** The series is discussed, declaring Marty's mother Lorraine to be a hardcore sadist who can only orgasm when danger is involved.
248--->'''Katie:''' First we learn that Lorraine is like a danger-slut. She only falls for George in the first place because he's injured, and then in the alternate past, Marty gets injured and she falls for him.\
249'''Soren:''' That's the basic plot of the movie, yeah.
250** Then there's this discussion:
251--->'''Dan:''' Marty gave this random black guy the push he needed to succeed in 1955, the year the civil rights movement started.\
252'''Katie:''' (''bewildered'') Okay...so you're saying...?\
253'''Michael:''' '''Black people invented hoverboards!'''\
254'''Dan:''' Close. I'm saying I wouldn't be surprised if the original rough draft of ''Back to the Future'' was Marty time-traveling and ''crafting black history.'' [gives examples]\
255'''Michael:''' I would watch that movie.\
256'''Dan:''' All I'm saying is that Marty influences history in exactly two ways, not related to parental boning. One, he gives black people the idea for rock music. And two, he gives a black guy political aspirations the year the civil rights movement started.\
257'''Katie:''' (''conceding'') Okay...\
258'''Michael:''' Huh. [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Why do you know what year the civil rights movement started?]]\
259'''Dan:''' [[BerserkButton Why do you not?!]]
260* ''Retro WebVideo/AssistMe'' has a lot of references to this series, being themed around TimeTravel and all.
261* From ''WebVideo/BumReviews''[='=] take on ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'': "Marty, it runs on sand!"
262* Kyle (of ''WebVideo/BrowsHeldHigh'')'s Kickstarter video has him trying to think of a name for his political TimeTravel movie. One idea is ''[[VideoGame/PacMan Super-Pac]] to the Future''.
263* ''WebVideo/CityNerd'': The thumbnail image for ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIeWLDwnOXM To Improve a STROAD: How One City Is Reimagining an Orphan Highway]]'' is tilted "Were We're Going We Don't Need Stroads" after the famous line from ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture''
264* One of [[WebVideo/TheIrateGamer Chris Bores]]'s other projects is called "Back to the Past".
265* Doc Brown raps against [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] in one episode of ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory''.
266* ''WebVideo/FourBlokesWithoutTelly'' has a reference in episode 8.
267* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's review of ''WesternAnimation/ATrollInCentralPark'' has Alan Silvestri's theme play when Stanley saves Rosie with his flying boat, a nod to when Doc saved Marty in ''Part II''.
268* Caleb's HideousHangoverCure for Armand in ''Series/FlandersCompany'' is a reference to ''Part III''[='=]s.
269* ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd:''
270** In his "Back to the Future" review, The Nerd reviews [[VideoGame/BackToTheFuture1989 the]] [[VideoGame/BackToTheFuturePartIIAndIII two]] [[LicensedGame licensed games]] based on the three films for the UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem by [[Creator/LJNToys LJN]].
271** In his "Back to the Future Revisited" review, The Nerd further explores the two licensed games for the NES, and also reviews the ''Back to the Future: Part III'' licensed game for the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis by Probe Software and ''Super Back to the Future II'' for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Super Famicom]].
272** In his review of [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B. the Robot]], the Nerd says that R.O.B. looks like something that Doc Brown or [[Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse Pee-Wee Herman]] would use.
273** In his review of games based on Creator/StevenSpielberg movies, after he reviews the ''VideoGame/{{Jaws}}'' LicensedGame for the NES, The Nerd says that he's planning to sell his copy of the game to an antique store opening up in Hill Valley in 2015, referencing ''Back to the Future: Part II''.
274** In his review of the Amiga [=CD32=], when the Nerd plays ''Morph'', he describes Dr. Krankenpot and Morris Rolph as "Doc and Marty if they were crossbred with [[Franchise/DespicableMe the Minions]]".
275* ''Teens WebVideo/{{React}}'' discussed the film trilogy on their October 18, 2015 episode, [[MeaningfulReleaseDate three days short of the day Doc Brown and Marty arrived in the very year within the film]].
276* In an episode of ''WebVideo/ConsoleWars'', Pat and Dan see whether the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES]] or the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis had the better LicensedGame based on the franchise; ''Super Back to the Future II'' or ''Back to the Future: Part III''.
277* WebVideo/{{Osa|naiNazuna}}Nazu, in a video where she attempted to [[ItMakesSenseInContext power Tokyo during the typhoon season]] with a bicycle, ends up accidentally [[DimensionalTraveller warping to another dimension]] in a manner based on the Delorean; building up speed and energy before disappearing [[BurningRubber with a trail of flames left behind.]]
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281* ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' has two episodes named "Back to Dave's Future" and "Back to Our Future".
282* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'', Stan and Steve are trying to get a door for Stan's project of building a [=DeLorean=], and are competing with a ''Back to the Future'' fanboy, who steals the knob from Stan's gearshift. Steve climbs out onto the hood, leaps into the other guy's [=DeLorean=], steals the knob back, and then jumps back to Stan's car, even flipping back down into the passenger's seat. All while a {{Suspiciously Similar|Song}} version of the ''Back to the Future'' theme song plays.
283* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': In the "Warriors of Kyoshi" episode, Aang tells Sokka "Where we're going, you won't need any pants".
284* Professor T. Bird introduces his new FlyingCar to the WesternAnimation/{{Battletoads}} with this line:
285--> "Where we're going, we don't need tires!"
286* Sparky from the ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' episode "Does Pavlov Ring a Bell?" is quite similar to Doc Brown.
287* From ''WesternAnimation/ChopSockyChooks'': "Where did I go? Back to the future?"
288* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
289** The episode "Meet the Quagmires" is a WholePlotReference to ''Back to the Future'', with Peter going back to 1984 and accidentally preventing his marriage to Lois.
290** In "Business Guy", one of Carter's VideoWills for if he's dead or otherwise unable to run his company has him saying that the train wasn't able to push the [=DeLorean=] up to 88 miles per hour and he's stuck in 1885.
291** "Finders Keepers" has a cutaway where George questions Lorraine about the similarities between their son and the "Marty" they met in 1955.
292** During the chicken fight from "Internal Affairs", Peter and the Giant Chicken go back in time to the Old West and return to the present via Marty and the [=DeLorean=] pushed by a train.
293** A cutaway in "Peter's Sister" shows an alternate ending to the first movie where Marty figures that since he's about to [[RetGone fade into oblivion]], he might as well [[MyOwnGrampa have sex with Lorraine in the past]]. The result is that in his picture of himself and his parents, they're replaced with an inbred Marty, and the "To Be Continued" card is replaced with "To Be Contondered".
294** An [[WhatCouldHaveBeen unused joke]] from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuyPresentsLaughItUpFuzzball'' had a reference to the past Lorraine kissing Marty when Leia kissed Luke.
295* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' is titled "[[Recap/GarfieldAndFriendsS3E10 Quack to the Future]]".
296* When the twins travel into the past in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'', Dipper asks "When the heck are we?" Mabel is about to ask the same question. This is a reference to the first film, where Marty asks "Where the hell are they?" and Doc Brown replies with, "The question is, when the hell are they?" Dipper said the line Mabel was about to say, as she expected him to start with, "Where the heck are we?", thereby copying the exchange word for word.
297* During the montage in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' episode "Grandpa's Birthday", Arnold and Grandpa Phil see a movie with a [[Film/SafetyLast man hanging from a clock tower.]]
298* The extremely rare cartoon adaptation of ''Little Shop of Horrors'' -- ''WesternAnimation/LittleShop'' -- has an episode called "Back to the Fuchsia".
299* ''WesternAnimation/MiloMurphysLaw'':
300** "Missing Milo": As in ''Part II'', Milo writes a letter to be delivered for his friends to read decades [[TimeTravelTenseTrouble before/later]]. Likewise, the {{Cliffhanger}} ending shows a [[PlantPeople Pistachion]] on the loose in 1955.
301** "The Race": Dakota and Cavendish get stuck in the Old West, and their method of getting home requires a risky maneuver with a cliff.
302* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'' is entitled "Back to the Nursery". In this episode, Baby Fozzie accidentally spills hot cocoa on a photo in Nanny's yearbook. The babies then build their own pretend TimeMachine and imagine they go back in time to recreate the photo.
303* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': The TimeTravel episode "Quantum Boogaloo" sees Adult!Candace accidentally [[ButterflyOfDoom cause a chain reaction]] that turns Danville into a gloomy dystopia.
304* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is an AffectionateParody of this movie franchise.
305* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'' featured various sketches based on the movies, and Creator/ChristopherLloyd reprised his role as Doc Brown in a few sketches, namely one which explained how he got the plutonium from Libyan terrorists.
306* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
307** In "The Boy Who Knew Too Much", Bart hides from Principal Skinner by covering himself with a blanket in the backseat of a convertible, like Marty in ''Part II''
308** The title of "Lisa's Date With Density" is a play on how George accidentally introduces himself to Lorraine as "her density".
309** In "When You Dish Upon A Star", Homer tries to give Alec Baldwin a script he's written about "a killer robot driving instructor who travels back in time for some reason". As he looks through the script, we see a drawing that resembles the flux capacitor.
310** In "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)", Homer worries about a duel the next morning while looking at a gravestone with his name on it, like Marty in ''Part III''.
311** "Bart to the Future": Besides the episode's title, the future Nelson resembles the Biff Tannen of 1985-A.
312** In "That 90's Show", Homer performs at a concert, where a certain "Marvin Cobain" calls his cousin to tell him about the new sound "he's been looking for", in a parody of the scene where "Marvin Berry" makes a similar call to his cousin Chuck.
313** In the third segment of "Treehouse of Horror XXIII", "Bart & Homer's Excellent Adventure" Bart used Professor Frink's time machine car (Similar to the [=DeLorean=] time machine) to go back into time to get a low-priced comic book in 1974. While in the past, he prevented his parents from meeting and checks out his picture. The picture seems to disappear, suggesting that he prevented his existence. Instead, a new picture showed up, revealing him to still be born despite his mom marrying someone else.
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