Back to the Future 

The time travelling adventures of Doc Brown, his family, and his friend, Marty McFly.

Creators:

Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis

Stars:

David Kaufman, Dan Castellaneta, Bill Nye

6 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
David Kaufman	...	Martin Seamus 'Marty' McFly 26 episodes, 1991-1992
Dan Castellaneta	...	Dr. Emmett Brown / ... 26 episodes, 1991-1992
Bill Nye	...	The Science Guy 26 episodes, 1991-1992
Christopher Lloyd	...	Dr. Emmett Brown (live-action segments) 26 episodes, 1991-1992
Mary Steenburgen	...	Clara Clayton Brown 25 episodes, 1991-1992
Josh Keaton	...	Jules Erastosthenes Brown 25 episodes, 1991-1992

Storyline

An animated series based on the movie of the same name. Marty, Doc Brown, Jules and Verne travel through time in the Doctor's modified DeLorean, bouncing from one era to the next where a different adventure awaits them each time. Between shows there are live-action segments featuring Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown with Bill Nye the Science Guy.

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Plot Keywords:

time traveller | dr. emmett l. brown character | marty mcfly character | time travel comedy | time traveling car | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-Y

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 September 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Back to the Future: The Animated Series

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Cartoon Studios, Amblin Entertainment, Amblin Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min (26 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In season one, episode two, "A Family Vacation", Harold McFly (Marty's ancestor in the Middle Ages) and his love, Jennivere, decide to move to Ireland "to raise generations of McFlys". The family stays in Ireland until the 1880s, when Seamus and Maggie McFly move to Hill Valley in Back to the Future Part III (1990).

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Goofs

In the episode "Back to the Future: Hill Valley Brown-Out", Doc's shirt changes from purple, to white, to purple again.

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Quotes

Doc Brown: Holy bovine!

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Crazy Credits

After the credits, Biff Tannen appears and makes a comment/joke about the episode. For example, the episode that involves baseball has Biff saying "Hey butt-head, how do you hold a baseball bat? By its wings! Ha ha ha". Then Biff holds a real bat by its wings which ends up biting him and ending that segment.

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Connections

Featured in Mr. Robot: eps3.5_kill-pr0cess.inc (2017)

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Soundtracks

BACK IN TIME
Written by Johnny Colla (uncredited), Chris Hayes (uncredited), Sean Hopper (uncredited) and Huey Lewis (uncredited)
Performed by Huey Lewis & The News (as Huey Lewis and The News)

User Reviews

It could entertain fans of the franchise, but it doesn't do lots of good

Back to the Future: The Animated Series is far from a perfect animated adventure of the Back to the Future world. It has enough humor, color and happiness to entertain younger 5-9 year old fans of the franchise, but for ages 9 and up, it isn't good enough.

Cons: The animation is typical Saturday morning, the jokes usually fall flat, and the two new kids of Doc and Clara, Jules and Verne, really make the show worse. They are super annoying and unfunny, and if they weren't even in the show, it would be 3x better, and i would give it 8 out of 10, but they just aren't good. I also don't understand why Christopher Lloyd couldn't be Doc in the animated segments, but can be Doc in the live action segments.

Pros: It is at least trying to give you good entertainment. The episode Brothers is pretty good, and is one of the only good episodes in the short lived series. It has more laughs, more plot, and better Jules and Verne, surprisingly. Doc actually sounds like Doc in this episode. But those are the only pros in the show.

Overall, I have mixed to negative reception to this animated show. The mixed part is the plot. Its sometimes pretty good, but some of the episodes have a really bland one. The negative is everything else. At least try new animation. It would be better. I won't really recommend this if you love the movies, but I guess its enjoyable for the young ones.