Back to the Future 1985

George McFly: [deleted scene][after looking at his watch George rushes to the phone booth and calls the operator]George McFly: Operator! Operator, can you give me the time?[a few students come and block him in the phone booth with a trident]George McFly: Dixon, I got to get out! Dixon, this isnt funny! What? Dixon![the students laugh as they walk away]George McFly: [Mr. Strickland walks by and sees George inside the phone booth] Mr. Strickland, those no-good guys, they just locked me in.Mr. Strickland: You see. You see what happens to slackers, McFly?[walks away]George McFly: Yes. Yes! Mr. Strickland, youve got to let me out of here!

[last lines]Marty McFly: Hey, Doc, we better back up. We dont have enough road to get up to 88.Dr. Emmett Brown: Roads? Where were going, we dont need roads.

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Marty McFly: Whoa. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you trying to tell me that my mother has got the hots for me?Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely.Marty McFly: Whoa. This is heavy.Dr. Emmett Brown: Theres that word again. Heavy. Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earths gravitational pull?

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Marty McFly: Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah... Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?Dr. Emmett Brown: The way I see it, if youre gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some *style?*

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Marty McFly: Calvin? Wh... Why do you keep calling me Calvin?Lorraine Baines: Well, that is your name, isnt it? Calvin Klein? Its written all over your underwear.

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Marty McFly: [to Uncle Joey as a baby, playing in his playpen] So youre my Uncle Joey. Better get used to these bars, kid.

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[in the past, Marty observes his dads incompetence]Marty McFly: Jesus, George, it was a wonder I was even born.

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George McFly: Hey, you! Get your damn hands off her!

— Back to the Future 1985 you

Dr. Emmett Brown: [Marty is showing Doc Brown the flux capacitor in the DeLorean time vehicle] It works! It works![grabs Marty]Dr. Emmett Brown: I finally invent something that works!Marty McFly: [quietly] You bet your ass it works.

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[Marty and Doc observe Georges incompetence in 1955]Dr. Emmett Brown: Which ones your pop?Marty McFly: [points him out] Thats him.[they see him getting kicked around by other school bullies]George McFly: [has a kick me sign on his back] Okay. Okay, you guys. Ah-ha-ha-ha. Very funny. You guys are being real mature.Dr. Emmett Brown: Maybe you were adopted.

— Back to the Future 1985 funny

[repeated line]Marty McFly: This is heavy.

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[addressing the shocked expressions at the dance after playing a wild heavy metal guitar solo]Marty McFly: I guess you guys arent ready for that yet. But your kids are gonna love it.

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Marty McFly: [heads for a door then stops] Oh. One other thing. If you guys ever have kids, and one of them, when hes eight years old, accidentally sets fire to the living room rug... go easy on him.

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[Lorraines parents are talking about Marty McFly, Lorraines future son]Stella Baines: Hes a very strange young man.Sam Baines: Hes an idiot. Comes from upbringing. His parents are probably idiots, too. Lorraine, you ever have a kid who acts that way, Ill disown you.

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Marty McFly: [whilst with his girlfriend] What happens to us in the future? Do we become assholes or something?

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Marvin Berry: [on the phone, as Marty plays Johnny B. Goode] Chuck! Chuck, its Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Berry. You know that new sound youre looking for? Well, listen to this![holds the receiver out]

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[Stella Baines is Martys future grandmother]Stella Baines: You know, Marty, you look so familiar to me. Do I know your mother?Marty McFly: [turning to look at Lorraine, his mother in the future] Yeah, I think maybe you do...

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[pacing in front of the clock tower]Dr. Emmett Brown: [looks at his watch] Damn! Where is that kid?[looks at a small alarm clock in his other hand]Dr. Emmett Brown: Damn![looks at a second watch on his other wrist]Dr. Emmett Brown: Damn! Damn!

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George McFly: Lou, give me a milk.[dramatic pause]George McFly: Chocolate.

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George McFly: Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told me that if I didnt take Lorraine out, that hed melt my brain.

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Younger Dr. Emmett Brown: [running out of the room] 1.21 gigawatts! 1.21 gigawatts. Great Scott!Marty McFly: [following] What-what the hell is a gigawatt?

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[Marty places headphones over his fathers ears and wakes him up by playing Van Halen music at full blast. George wakes up screaming - Marty pauses the music. George looks up to see Marty, who is unrecognizable because he is wearing a radiation suit]George McFly: Who are you?Marty McFly: [after giving him another earful of loud rock music] Silence, Earthling. My name is Darth Vader. I am an extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan![makes Live Long and Prosper sign with his hand]

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[repeated line]Marty McFly: If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.

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[Marty wakes up in Lorraines bed]Marty McFly: Mom. That you?Lorraine Baines: There, there, now. Just relax.[pats a damp cloth on Martys forehead]Lorraine Baines: Youve been asleep for almost nine hours now.Marty McFly: I had a horrible nightmare. I dreamed that I went... back in time. It was terrible.Lorraine Baines: Well, youre safe and sound now, back in good old 1955.Marty McFly: [opens his eyes wide] 1955?

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Marty McFly: This is heavy.Dr. Emmett Brown: Weight has nothing to do with it.

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Dr. Emmett Brown: Marty, Im sorry, but the only power source capable of generating 1.21 gigawatts of electricity is a bolt of lightning.Marty McFly: [startled] What did you say?Dr. Emmett Brown: A bolt of lighting. Unfortunately, you never know when or where its ever gonna strike.Marty McFly: We do now.[hands Doc the Save the Clock Tower flyer]

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Lou: You gonna order something, kid?Marty McFly: Ah, yeah. Give me- Give me a Tab.Lou: Tab? I cant give you a tab unless you order something.Marty McFly: Right. Give me a Pepsi Free.Lou: You want a Pepsi, pal, youre gonna pay for it.

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[Marty sees the outside of the Hill Valley High School in 1955]Marty McFly: Whoa. They really cleaned this place up. Looks brand-new.[Marty and Doc walk toward the building]Dr. Emmett Brown: Now, remember. According to my theory, you interfered with your parents first meeting. If they dont meet, they wont fall in love, they wont get married and they wont have kids. Thats why your older brothers disappearing from that photograph. Your sister will follow, and unless you repair the damage, youll be next.Marty McFly: Sounds pretty heavy.Dr. Emmett Brown: Weight has nothing to do with it.

— Back to the Future 1985 love

Dr. Emmett Brown: Let me show you my plan for sending you home. Please excuse the crudity of this model. I didnt have time to build it to scale or paint it.[reveals intricate tabletop model of the town square]Marty McFly: [impressed] Its good.

— Back to the Future 1985 time

Marty McFly: [Doc has just been shot. Marty runs over to him] Doc! Doc!Marty McFly: [Marty turns Docs body over to reveal it is apparently bullet-ridden and lifeless. Marty begins to cry] No! No!Marty McFly: [Doc suddenly blinks and sits up] Youre alive.Marty McFly: [Doc unzips his radiation suit to reveal a bulletproof vest underneath] Bulletproof vest? How did you know? I never got a chance to tell you.Marty McFly: [Doc smiles and removes a weathered piece of paper from his pocket. Marty unfolds the paper to reveal it is the warning letter he had written in 1955, taped back together] What about all that talk about screwing up future events? The space-time continuum?Dr. Emmett Brown: Well, I figured, what the hell?

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[1955 Doc is watching a video of 1985 Doc]Dr. Emmett Brown: What on Earth is this thing Im wearing?Marty McFly: Ah, this, this is a radiation suit.Dr. Emmett Brown: Radiation suit? Of course. Cause of all the fallout from the atomic wars.

— Back to the Future 1985 war

[on the phone while all the clocks chime at once]Dr. Emmett Brown: Are those my clocks I hear?Marty McFly: Yeah, its 8:00.Dr. Emmett Brown: Perfect! My experiment worked! Theyre all exactly 25 minutes slow!Marty McFly: Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me that its 8:25?Dr. Emmett Brown: Precisely.Marty McFly: Damn! Im late for school![hangs up, grabs his skateboard and rushes out]

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Biff Tannen: Since youre new here, I-Im gonna cut you a break, today. So, why dont you make like a tree and get outta here?

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[Recurring line in all three movies]Biff Tannen: Hey, McFly. I thought I told you never to come in here.

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Marty McFly: Since when can weathermen predict the weather, let alone the future?

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Marty McFly: [Reading a letter he has just written] Dear Dr. Brown. On the night that I go back in time, you will be shot by terrorists. Please take whatever precautions are necessary to prevent this terrible disaster. Your friend, Marty.[Writes the words Do not open until 1985 on the envelope]

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George McFly: Lorraine. My density has brought me to you.Lorraine Baines: What?George McFly: Oh. What I meant to say was...Lorraine Baines: Wait a minute. Dont I know you from somewhere?George McFly: Yes. Yes. Im George. George McFly. Im your density. I mean, your destiny.

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George McFly: Ive never picked a fight in my entire life.Marty McFly: Look, youre not gonna be picking a fight, Dad... Dad-Dad-Daddy-O.

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Skinhead: [throws Marty in the trunk of a car] Thats for messing up my hair!Band Member: What the hell you doing to my car?3-D: Hey, beat it, spook. This dont concern you.Marvin Berry: [four additional band members get out of the car] Who you calling spook, peckerwood?Skinhead: Hey, hey, listen, guys... Look, I dont wanna mess with no reefer addicts, okay?Marvin Berry: Get home to your mama, boy.3-D: Biff, help![the band members chase the boys]

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Dr. Emmett Brown: [holding Martys video camera] No wonder your president has to be an actor. Hes gotta look good on television.

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Linda McFly: [having originally - before Marty went back in time and altered the past - complained about not being very popular socially] If Paul calls, tell him Im working late at the boutique tonight.Dave McFly: Linda, first of all, Im not your answering service; second of all, somebody named Greg or Craig called you just a little while ago.Linda McFly: Well, which one was it, Greg or Craig?Dave McFly: [a little impatiently] I dont know! I cant keep up of all of your boyfriends!

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Marty McFly: He laid out Biff in one punch. I didnt know he had it in him. Hes never stood up to Biff in his life!Dr. Emmett Brown: [looks at the picture, realizing the implications of Martys statement] Ever?

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Marty McFly: Look, Marvin, you gotta play. See, thats where they kiss for the first time on the dance floor. And if theres no music, they cant dance. If they cant dance, they cant kiss. If they cant kiss they cant fall in love, and Im history.

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Lorraine Baines: Marty, will we ever see you again?Marty McFly: I guarantee it.

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Mr. Strickland: I noticed your band is on the roster for the dance auditions after school today. Why even bother, McFly? You dont have a chance. Youre too much like your old man. No McFly ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley!Marty McFly: Yeah, well, history is gonna change.

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Biff Tannen: Mr. McFly! Mr. McFly, this just arrived. Oh, hi, Marty. I think its your new book.Lorraine Baines: Oh, honey! Your first novel.George McFly: Like Ive always told you, you put your mind to it, you can accomplish *anything*.Biff Tannen: Oh, Marty. Marty, heres your keys. Youre all waxed up, ready for tonight.Marty McFly: Keys?

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[seeing a poster for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance]Dr. Emmett Brown: Look! Theres a rhythmic ceremonial ritual coming up.Marty McFly: Of course! The Enchantment Under the Sea dance! Theyre supposed to go to this. Thats where they kiss for the first time.Dr. Emmett Brown: All right, kid. You stick to your father like glue and make sure he takes her to that dance.

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Dr. Emmett Brown: [Doc Brown is trying to read Martys mind with a geodesic helmet and a suction cup] Erm, you want me to make a donation to the Coastguard Youth Auxilliary?Marty McFly: Doc,[pulls off suction cup]Marty McFly: Im from the future. I came here in a Time Machine that you invented. Now I need your help to get back to the year 1985.Dr. Emmett Brown: My God. Do you know what this means?[Significant pause]Dr. Emmett Brown: It means that this damn thing doesnt work at all![Rips the helmet off]

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Marty McFly: [being chased by terrorists] Lets see if you bastards can do 90.

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Dave McFly: [kissing George McFly on the head] See you later, Pop. Whoo! Time to change that oil.

— Back to the Future 1985 time

Dr. Emmett Brown: Dont worry. As long as you hit that wire with the connecting hook at precisely 88 miles per hour, the instant the lightning strikes the tower... everything will be fine.

— Back to the Future 1985 light

Dr. Emmett Brown: [reads the Save the Clock Tower flyer and reacts with hope] This is it! This is the answer. It says here that a bolt of lightning is going to strike the clock tower at precisely 10:04 p.m. next Saturday night! If... If we could somehow harness this lightning... channel it into the flux capacitor... it just might work. Next Saturday night, were sending you back to the future!

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Marty McFly: Thats Strickland. Jesus, didnt that guy ever have hair?

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Biff Tannen: What are you looking at, butthead?Skinhead: Hey, Biff, get a load of this guys life preserver. Dork thinks hes gonna drown.

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Lorraine Baines: Its our first television set. Dad just picked it up today. Do you have a television?Marty McFly: Well, yeah. You know we have... two of them.Milton Baines: Wow! You must be rich.Stella Baines: Oh, honey, hes teasing you. Nobody has two television sets.

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[a switch actives Dr. Browns television and we see a news report]TV news anchor: The Senate is expected to vote on this today. In other news, officials at the Pacific Nuclear research facility have denied the rumor that a case of missing plutonium was, in fact, stolen from their vault two weeks ago. A Libyan terrorist group had claimed responsibility for the alleged theft. However, officials now attribute the discrepancy to a simple clerical error. The FBI, which is investigating the matter, had no comment. Twelve wooden crates filled with cocaine washed ashore near Boca Raton, Florida, yesterday.

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[after Marty caused him to crash into a manure truck]Biff Tannen: [to his friends] Im gonna get that son of a bitch.

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Biff Tannen: Say hi to your mom for me.

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Linda McFly: Then how am I supposed to ever meet anybody?Lorraine Baines: Well, itll just happen. Like the way I met your father.Linda McFly: That was so stupid! Grandpa hit him with the car.Lorraine Baines: [wistfully] It was meant to be.

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[Marty enters his house and sees Biff harrassing George]Biff Tannen: I cant believe youd loan me your car without telling me it had a blind spot. I couldve been killed!George McFly: Blind spot? Now, now, Biff, now I never noticed that the car had any blind spot before when I would drive it. Hi, Son.Biff Tannen: What, are you blind, McFly? Its there. How else do you explain that wreck out there?George McFly: Biff, can I- Can I assume that your, uh, insurance is gonna pay for the damage?Biff Tannen: My insurance? Its your car. Your insurance should pay for it. I wanna know whos gonna pay for this?[shows his shirt]Biff Tannen: I spilled beer all over it when the car smashed into me. Whos gonna pay my cleaning bill?

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[first lines]1985 radio announcer: October is inventory time, so right now, Statler Toyota is making the best deals of the year on all 1985-model Toyotas. You wont find a better car at a better price with better service anywhere in Hill Valley. Thats Statler Toyota in downtown Hill Valley.

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Mark Dixon: Scram, McFly. Im cuttin in.

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Dr. Emmett Brown: [Doc has just finished the final preparations for Martys return to 1985] Well, I guess thats everything.Marty McFly: [pause] Thanks.Dr. Emmett Brown: Thank *you*![Marty emotionally embraces Doc, which surprises him]Dr. Emmett Brown: See you in about 30 years.Marty McFly: I hope so.

— Back to the Future 1985 hope

Marty McFly: Lets go over the plan again, so eight-thirty where are you going to be?George McFly: Im gonna be at the dance.Marty McFly: And where am I gonna be?George McFly: Youre going to be in the car with her...Marty McFly: Right, so right around nine oclock shes going to get very angry with me.George McFly: Why would she get angry with you?Marty McFly: [reluctantly] Because, George, nice girls get angry when guys take advantage of them.George McFly: [Realizing] Ho! Hooo! You-you mean youre going to go touch her on her -[gestures at a bra in his hand]Marty McFly: No, no, no listen, George its just an act! Okay? So around nine oclock youre walking through the parking lot, you see us... struggling in the car. You walk up, you open the door and you say[pause]Marty McFly: ... your line, George!George McFly: Oh! Hey you! Get your damn hands off her!

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[in 1955, catching George spying on a woman undressing in her bedroom]Marty McFly: Hes a Peeping Tom!

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Marty McFly: My name is Lord Vader. I am an Extraterrestrial from the planet Vulcan.

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George McFly: [on the day after the evening Marty disguises himself as an alien and makes a threatening visit to George] Marty! Marty! Marty!Marty McFly: Hey, George, buddy, you werent at school. What have you been doing all day?George McFly: I overslept. Look, I need your help. I have to ask Lorraine out but I dont know how to do it.Marty McFly: Alright, okay, listen, keep your pants on. Shes over in the cafe.[George heads for the cafe, Marty races after him]Marty McFly: What made you change your mind, George?George McFly: [loud enough for a couple walking by to hear] Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told me that if I didnt take Lorraine, that hed melt my brain!Marty McFly: Yeah, well, uh, lets keep this brain-melting stuff to ourselves, okay?George McFly: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

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Red the Bum: [Marty has crashed into a theater after getting back to 1985] Crazy drunk driver.

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Dr. Emmett Brown: Im sure that in 1985, plutonium is available in every corner drugstore, but in 1955, its a little hard to come by.

— Back to the Future 1985 drugs

Marty McFly: [watching a Honeymooners episode in 1955] Hey, hey, Ive seen this one. Ive seen this one. This is a classic. This is, uh, where Ralph dresses up as a man from space.Milton Baines: What do you mean, youve seen this? Its brand new.Marty McFly: Yeah, well, I saw it on a[realizing]Marty McFly: ... rerun.Milton Baines: Whats a rerun?Marty McFly: Youll find out.

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Dr. Emmett Brown: Things have certainly changed around *here*. I remember when this was all farmland as far the eye could see. Old man Peabody owned all of this. He had this crazy idea about breeding pine trees.

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[thinking Marty is an alien]Sherman Peabody: Its already mutated into human form! Shoot it!Old Man Peabody: [firing shotgun at barn] Take that, you mutated son of a bitch!

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Dr. Emmett Brown: Youve got to get your father and mother to interact in some sort of social...Marty McFly: Wh-what? You mean like a date?Dr. Emmett Brown: Right!Marty McFly: What kind of date? I dont know. What do kids do in the 50s?Dr. Emmett Brown: Well, theyre your parents. You must know them. What are their common interests? What do they like to do together?Marty McFly: Nothing.

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Lorraine Baines: Anyway, your Grandpa hit him with the car and brought him into the house. He seemed so helpless, like a little lost puppy, and my heart just went out to him.Linda McFly: Yeah, Mom, we know. Youve told us this story a million times. You felt sorry for him, so you decided to go with him to the Fish Under the Sea dance.Lorraine Baines: No, no. It was the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.

— Back to the Future 1985 time

High-School Band Audition Judge: Okay, thats enough. Thank you, fellas. Hold it. Hold it, fellas. Im afraid youre just too darn loud. Next, please. Bring up the next group, please.

— Back to the Future 1985 school

Biff Tannen: I have your car towed all the way to your house and all you got for me is lite beer?[chuckles]

— Back to the Future 1985 you

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