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That ain't no airplane

This is truly amazing, a portable television studio. No wonder your president has to be an actor, he's gotta look good on television.

Flux capacitor
Flux Capacitor USB Car Charger

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Aw yeah, everything is great. The car, Dad, I mean He wrecked it, totaled it. I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad, I mean do you have any idea how important this was, do you have any clue? Biff. Quiet. C'mon.

Um, yeah, I'm on my way. What? Thank god I found you. Listen, can you meet me at Twin Pines Mall tonight at 1:15? I've made a major breakthrough, I'll need your assistance. Which one's your pop? Oh.

That's Strickland. Jesus, didn't that guy ever have hair? Yoo. Really. Hey George, buddy, hey, I've been looking all over for you. You remember me, the guy who saved your life the other day. Pa, what is it? What is it, Pa?

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Aw yeah, everything is great. The car, Dad, I mean He wrecked it, totaled it. I needed that car tomorrow night, Dad, I mean do you have any idea how important this was, do you have any clue? Biff. Quiet. C'mon.

Um, yeah, I'm on my way. What? Thank god I found you. Listen, can you meet me at Twin Pines Mall tonight at 1:15? I've made a major breakthrough, I'll need your assistance. Which one's your pop? Oh.

That's Strickland. Jesus, didn't that guy ever have hair? Yoo. Really. Hey George, buddy, hey, I've been looking all over for you. You remember me, the guy who saved your life the other day. Pa, what is it? What is it, Pa?

Button

Ho, you mean you're gonna touch her on her- Right. Lou, gimme a milk, chocolate. Lorraine, my density has popped me to you. Whoa, whoa, Biff, what's that? What was it, George, bird watching? Like I always told you, if you put your mind to it you could accomplish anything

Yeah well, I saw it on a rerun.

Oh, you mean how you're supposed to act on a first date. Not a word, not a word, not a word now. Quiet, uh, donations, you want me to make a donation to the coast guard youth auxiliary? What? Whoa, they really cleaned this place up, looks brand new. Wait a minute.

So you're my Uncle Joey. Better get used to these bars, kid. Don't tell me anything. Yeah, gimme a Tab. Don't say a word. George, buddy. remember that girl I introduced you to, Lorraine. What are you writing?

I don't wanna see you in here again. Hey, not too early I sleep in on Saturday. Oh, McFly, your shoe's untied. Don't be so gullible, McFly. This Saturday night, mostly clear, with some scattered clouds. Lows in the upper forties.

Evening, Doctor Brown, what's with the wire? My insurance, it's your car, your insurance should pay for it. Hey, I wanna know who's gonna pay for this? I spilled beer all over it when that car smashed into me. Who's gonna pay my cleaning bill? Doc, wait. Oh, hi , Marty. I didn't hear you come in. Fascinating device, this video unit.

“ Biff

Hey beat it, spook, this don't concern you.

Biff

Yeah. I'm writing this down, this is good stuff. Well, Marty, I'm almost eighteen-years-old, it's not like I've never parked before. No no. Lorraine, Lorraine, what are you doing? Well, I guess that's everything.

Your, your right. Oh no, don't touch that. That's some new specialized weather sensing equipment. Doc? I don't know, I can't keep up with all of your boyfriends. Wait a minute, what are you doing, Doc?

Re-elect Mayor Goldie Wilson. Progress is his middle name. Yeah well, you shouldn't drink. Ohh, no. Right. Of course, from a group of Libyan Nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn gave them a shiny bomb case full of used pinball machine parts.

This is it. This is the answer. It says here that a bolt of lightning is gonna strike the clock tower precisely at 10:04 p.m. next Saturday night. If we could somehow harness this bolt of lightning, channel it into the flux capacitor, it just might work. Next Saturday night, we're sending you back to the future.

Quiet, quiet. I'm gonna read your thoughts. Let's see now, you've come from a great distance?

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Back to the Future stars with a car.
Focused Ion Beam

What?

And Jack Benny is secretary of the Treasury. I'm telling the truth, Doc, you gotta believe me.

Alright
Focused Ion Beam

It's a board with wheels.

Tom, how am I gonna generate that kind of power, it can't be done, it can't.

This is heavy
Focused Ion Beam

Uh, well, okay Biff

Biff, now I wouldn't want that to happen. Now, uh, I'll finish those reports up tonight, and I'll run em them on over first thing tomorrow, alright?

Marty, is that you?
Focused Ion Beam

My experiment worked

Evening, Doctor Brown, what's with the wire? Hey c'mon, I had to change, you think I'm going back in that zoot suit?

I'll need your assistance

Look, there's a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up. Look me up when you get there, guess I'll be about 47. Pa, what is it? What is it, Pa? Like I always told you, if you put your mind to it you could accomplish anything. Good evening, I'm Doctor Emmett Brown. I'm standing on the parking lot of Twin Pines Mall. It's Saturday morning, October 26, 1985, 1:18 a.m. and this is temporal experiment number one. C'mon, Einy, hey hey boy, get in there, that a boy, in you go, get down, that's it.

Oh, uh, hey you, get your damn hands off her. Do you really think I oughta swear? I have a feeling too. You do? Right. What you got under here?

 

Stand tall, boy, have some respect for yourself. Don't you know that if you let people walk all over you know, they'll be walking all over you for the rest of your life? Listen to me, do you think I'm gonna spend the rest of my life in this slop house? Well, aren't you going up to the lake tonight, you've been planning it for two weeks. Good morning, Mom. C'mon, Mom, make it fast, I'll miss my bus. Hey see you tonight, Pop. Woo, time to change that oil. Now remember, according to my theory you interfered with with your parent's first meeting. They don't meet, they don't fall in love, they won't get married and they wont have kids. That's why your older brother's disappeared from that photograph. Your sister will follow and unless you repair the damages, you will be next.

Doc, you don't just walk into a store and ask for plutonium. Did you rip this off? Let me show you my plan for sending you home. Please excuse the crudity of this model, I didn't have time to build it to scale or to paint it. You wait and see, Mr. Caruthers, I will be mayor and I'll be the most powerful mayor in the history of Hill Valley, and I'm gonna clean up this town. Doc. I don't wanna see you in here again.

The DeLorean DMC-12

Delorian

Yeah man, that was good. Let's do another one.

Time machine
A Delorian driving at approximately 87mph
Marty McFly

Oh no, don't touch that. That's some new specialized weather sensing equipment.

Next, please. I'm too loud. I can't believe it. I'm never gonna get a chance to play in front of anybody. Jesus, George, it's a wonder I was ever born. The flux capacitor. Yeah, I guessed you're a sailor, aren't you, that's why you wear that life preserver.

Marty, is that you? Lorraine. Okay, alright, Saturday is good, Saturday's good, I could spend a week in 1955. I could hang out, you could show me around. Calm down, Marty, I didn't disintegrate anything. The molecular structure of Einstein and the car are completely intact. Stop it.

 

Ahh. Oh, oh Marty, here's your keys. You're all waxed up, ready for tonight. Whoa, whoa, Biff, what's that? Whoa, whoa, okay. Remember, fellas, the future is in your hands. If you believe in progress, re-elect Mayor Red Thomas, progress is his middle name. Mayor Red Thomas's progress platform means more jobs, better education, bigger civic improvements, and lower taxes. On election day, cast your vote for a proven leader, re-elect Mayor Red Thomas...

 

Alright, good-bye Einy. Oh, watch that re-entry, it's a little bumpy. Good morning, Mom. Oh, Marty, I almost forgot, Jennifer Parker called. My insurance, it's your car, your insurance should pay for it. Hey, I wanna know who's gonna pay for this? I spilled beer all over it when that car smashed into me. Who's gonna pay my cleaning bill? Yeah I know, If you put your mind to it you could accomplish anything. Alright, McFly, you're asking for it, and now you're gonna get it.

 

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