Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Christopher Lloyd: Dr. Emmett Brown
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Quotes
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Doc : Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.
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Doc : The time-traveling is just too dangerous. Better that I devote myself to study the other great mystery of the universe: women!
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[Doc and Marty in the time machine are about to depart from the Alternate 1985]
Doc : Time circuits on.
Marty McFly : What do you mean "Time Circuits on"? Doc, we're not goin' back now!
Doc : Yep.
Marty McFly : Doc, What about Jennifer? What about Einstein? We can't just leave 'em here.
Doc : Don't worry, Marty. Assuming we succeed in our mission, this alternate 1985 will be changed back into the real 1985, instantaneously transforming around Jennifer and Einie. Jennifer and Einie will be fine, and they will have absolutely no memory of this horrible place.
Marty McFly : Doc... what if we don't succeed?
Doc : We *must* succeed.
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Marty McFly : Where are we? When are we?
Doc : We're descending toward Hill Valley, California, at 4:29 pm, on Wednesday, October 21st, 2015.
Marty McFly : 2015? You mean we're in the future?
Jennifer : Future? Marty, what do you mean? How can we be in the future?
Marty McFly : Uh, Jennifer, um, I don't know how to tell you this, but I... you're in a time machine.
Jennifer : And this is the year '2015'?
Doc : October 21st, 2015.
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[Flying above Biff in 1955]
Marty McFly : There he is, Doc! Let's land on him, we'll cripple his car.
Doc : Marty, he's in a '46 Ford, we're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tin foil.
Marty McFly : So what do we do?
Doc : I have a plan.
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Marty McFly : [arriving in 1955] Oh, this is heavy, Doc. I mean, it's like I was just here yesterday.
Doc : You were here yesterday, Marty.
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Marty McFly : I don't get it, Doc. I mean, how can all this be happening? It's like we're in Hell or something.
Doc : No, it's Hill Valley. Although I can't imagine Hell being much worse!
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Doc : They're taking her home, to your future home! We'll arrive shortly thereafter, get her out of there and go back to 1985.
Marty McFly : You mean, I'm gonna see where I live? I'm gonna see myself as an old man?
Doc : No, no, no Marty, that could result in a-
[gasps]
Doc : Great Scott! Jennifer could conceivably encounter her future self! The consequences of that could be disastrous!
Marty McFly : Doc, what do you mean?
Doc : I foresee two possibilities. One, coming face to face with herself 30 years older would put her into shock and she'd simply pass out. Or two, the encounter could create a time paradox, the results of which could cause a chain reaction that would unravel the very fabric of the space time continuum, and destroy the entire universe! Granted, that's a worse case scenario. The destruction might in fact be very localized, limited to merely our own galaxy.
Marty McFly : Well, that's a relief.
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[last lines]
Young Doc : No! It can't be; I just sent you back to the future!
Marty McFly : No, I know; you *did* send me back to the future. But I'm back - I'm back *from* the future.
Young Doc : Great Scott!
[Doc faints]
Marty McFly : Doc! Doc! Doc! Oh, fantastic.
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Marty McFly : [Reading the newspaper from 2015] "Within two hours of his arrest, Martin McFly Jr. was tried, convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in the state penitentiary."? Within two hours?
Doc : The justice system works swiftly in the future now that they've abolished all lawyers.
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Marty McFly : Nice shot Doc! You're not gonna believe this, we gotta go back to 1955.
Doc : I don't believe it!
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Doc : Don't talk to anyone, don't touch anything, don't do anything, don't interact with anyone, and try not to look at anything.
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Marty McFly : The almanac. Son of a bitch stole my idea! He must have been listening when I- It's my fault! The whole thing is my fault. If I hadn't bought that damn book, none of this would have ever happened.
Doc : Well, that's all in the past.
Marty McFly : You mean the future.
Doc : Whatever! It demonstrates precisely how time travel can be mis-used, and why the time machine must be destroyed, after we straighten all of this out.
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Marty McFly : That's right, Doc. November 12, 1955.
Doc : Unbelievable, that old Biff could have chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance. Almost as if it were the temporal junction point for the entire space-time continuum. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence.
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Marty McFly : [on walkie-talkie to Doc] Doc! Biff's guys chased me into the gym and their gonna jump... me!
Doc : [on walkie talkie to Marty] Then get outta there!
Marty McFly : [on walkie-talkie] No, Doc. Not *me*, the *other* me, the one that's up on stage playing "Johnny B. Goode."!
Doc : [on walkie-talkie] Great Scott! Your other self will miss the lightning bolt, you won't get back to the future and we'll have a major paradox!
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Doc : Marty! What in the name of Sir Isaac H. Newton happened here?
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[Marty and Doc have just arrived back in 1955]
Doc : Sometime today, old Biff will show up to give young Biff the Almanac. Above all, you must not interfere with that event. We must let Old Biff believe he succeeded, so that he'll leave 1955 and bring the DeLorean back to the future.
Marty McFly : Right.
Doc : Once Old Biff is gone, grab the Almanac anyway that you can. Remember, both of our futures depend on this.
Marty McFly : You don't have to remind me of that, Doc.
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Doc : I went to a rejuvenation clinic and got a whole natural overhaul. They took out some wrinkles, did hair repair, changed the blood, added a good 30 to 40 years to my life. They also replaced my spleen and colon. What do you think?
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[repeated line]
Doc : Great Scott!
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Doc : What's this?
Marty McFly : Uh, it's a... souvenir.
Doc : "50 years of sports statistics." Hardly recreational reading material, Marty.
Marty McFly : Well, hey, Doc, what's the harm in bringing back a little info on the future? You know, maybe we could place a couple bets.
Doc : Marty, I didn't invent the time machine for financial gain! The intent here is to gain a clearer perception of humanity. Where we've been, where we're going, the pitfalls and the possibilities, the perils, and the promise. Perhaps even an answer to that universal question, "Why?"
Marty McFly : Hey, Doc, I'm all for that. What's wrong with making a few bucks on the side?
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Marty McFly : [seeing two cops with Jennifer] What the hell are they doing, Doc?
Doc : They used her thumbprint to assess her ID. Since her thumbprint never changes over the years, they simply assume she's the Jennifer of the future.
Marty McFly : Well, we gotta stop 'em.
Doc : What are we gonna say? That we're time-travelers? They'd have us committed.
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Marty McFly : Tell me about my future. I know I make it big, but do I become, like, a rich rock star?
Doc : Please Marty. No one should know too much about their destiny.
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Doc : Oh, and Marty, be careful around that Griff character. He's got a few short circuits in his bionic implants.
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Marty McFly : The future. Unbelievable. I gotta check this out, Doc.
Doc : All in good time Marty, we're on a right schedule here.
Marty McFly : Tell me about my future. I know I make it big, but do I become like a rich rock star or something?
Doc : Please, Marty, nobody should know too much about their own destiny.
Marty McFly : Right, right. But I am rich, right?
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Doc : Don't talk to anyone, don't touch anything, don't do anything, don't interact with anyone, and try not to look at anything.
Marty McFly : I don't get it, I thought you said this has something to do with my kids.
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Doc : [8:54] In exactly 2 minutes you go around the corner into the café 80's. One of those nostalgic places but not done very well. Go in there and order a Pepsi. Here's a $50 Then wait for a guy named Griff.
Marty McFly : All right. Griff.
Doc : Biff
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Doc : is going to ask you about tonight: Are you in or out? Tell him you are OUT! Whatever happens, whatever he says, say, "no", you're not interested. Then leave, come back here, and wait for me. Don't talk to anyone, don't touch anything, don't interact with anyone, and try not to look at anything.
Marty McFly : I don't get it, I thought you said this had something to do with my kids.
Doc : Look what happens to your SON!
Marty McFly : [looking at the next day's paper] My son? Gosh, he looks just like me. Within two hours of his arrest, Martin McFly Jr was tried and convicted in the state penitentiary? Within two hours?
Doc : The justice system works swiftly in the future now that they've abolished all lawyers.
Marty McFly : This is heavy.
Doc : Oh it gets worse. Next week your daughter tries to break him out and she gets sent up for 20 years.
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Doc : [observing a younger Marty upon arriving in 2015] Aha! Precisely on schedule!
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Marty McFly : Doc, is everything all right? Over.
Doc : 10-4, Marty, but it's pretty miserable flying weather. Much too turbulent to make a landing from this direction. I'll have to circle around and make a long approach from the south. Have you got the book?
Marty McFly : [taking the almanac out] In my hand, Doc! I got it in my hand!
Doc : Burn it!
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Marty McFly : Doc, I'm in trouble. I blew it.
Doc : Where's the book?
Marty McFly : I don't... Biff must still have it with him. All I got is the damn cover.
Doc : And where's Biff?
Biff Tannen : [outside in the background] All right, McFly, you're asking for it, and now you're gonna get it.
Marty McFly : I don't know!
Doc : Don't you have any idea where he is?
Marty McFly : No! I mean, he could be anywhere by now.
Doc : Marty, the entire future depends on you finding Biff and getting that book back!
Marty McFly : I know! I just don't know where...
Lorraine Baines : Stop it! Stop it, Biff, you'll break his arm. Stop it!
Marty McFly : [looking out the window] Of course! I gotta go! I got one chance! My old man's about to deck Biff!
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Marty McFly : Doc, listen, my kid showed up. All hell broke loose.
Doc : Your kid? Great Scott, the sleep inducer. I was afraid of this. Because I used it on Jennifer, there wasn't enough power left to knock your son out for a full hour. Damn!
Marty McFly : Doc, Doc, Doc, look at this! It's changing.
[seeing the newspaper headline change, Doc takes a hand-held viewer out and looks at Griff being arrested]
Griff Tannen : I was framed!
Doc : Why, yes! Yes, of course! Because this hoverboard incident has now occurred, Griff now goes to jail. Therefore, your son won't go with him tonight, and that robbery will never take place. Thus, history - future history - has now been altered, and this is the proof! Marty, we've succeeded, not exactly as I planned, but no matter. Let's go get Jennifer and go home!
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Doc : Here's some binoculars and a walkie-talkie so we can keep in contact. I'll stay here and try to repair the short in the time circuit. That way, we don't risk anyone else stealing the time machine, and I won't risk accidentally running into my other self.
Marty McFly : Your other self?
Doc : Yes. There are now two of me here, and there are two of you here. The other me is the Dr. Emmett Brown from 1955, the younger me that helps the other you get back to 1985. Remember the lightning bolt at the clock tower?
Marty McFly : Yeah.
Doc : That event doesn't happen until tonight, so you must be very careful not to run into your other self. Let me give you some money.
[opening his briefcase of emergency cash]
Doc : I have to be prepared for all monetary possibilities. Get yourself some '50s clothes.
Marty McFly : Check, Doc.
Doc : Something inconspicuous!
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Doc : Marty, what happened to you? I went to Biff's house and you weren't there.
Marty McFly : You must have just missed me. I'm in the back of Biff's car. He's on his way to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
Doc : Marty, listen, we may have to abort this entire plan. It's getting much too dangerous.
Marty McFly : Don't worry. The book is on Biff's dashboard. I'll grab it as soon as we get to the school.
Doc : Marty, you must be extremely careful not to run into your other self.
Marty McFly : My other self?
Doc : [behind him, his own younger self goes about preparing for the lightning experiment] Yes. Remember? Your mother is at that exact same dance with you. Yeah!
Marty McFly : Right. This could get heavy, Doc.
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Doc : [returning to 1985, they bring Jennifer home] Let's put her in the swing. Then I'll take you home, and you can come back in your truck and wake her. When she awakens here at her own house and it's dark, you should be able to convince her that it was all a dream.
Marty McFly : Wait a minute. We're just gonna leave her here on the porch?
Doc : The disorientation will help convince her that it was all a dream.
Marty McFly : How long do you think she's gonna be out?
Doc : I'm not quite sure. She received quite a shock. Could be for a few minutes. Most probably, a couple of hours. You'd better bring some smelling salts back with you.
Marty McFly : Hey, you're the doc, Doc.
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Doc : This stays here. I didn't invent the time machine to win at gambling. I invented a time machine to travel through time!
Marty McFly : I know. I know. I know, Doc.
[Doc throws the almanac away and they leave; after a moment, Biff comes out of his hiding spot and picks it up]
Old Biff : So, Doc Brown invented a time machine.
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Marty McFly : So we go back to the future, and we stop Biff from stealing the time machine.
Doc : We can't, because if we travel into the future from this point in time, it will be the future of this reality, in which Biff is corrupt and powerful, and married to your mother, and in which this has happened to me.
[he shows Marty a newspaper with the headline "EMMETT BROWN COMMITTED"]
Doc : No. Our only chance to repair the present is in the past, at the point where the timeline skewed into this tangent. In order to put the universe back as we remember it, and get back to our reality, we have to find out the exact date and the specific circumstances of how, where, and when young Biff got his hands on that sports almanac.
Marty McFly : I'll ask him.
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Doc : Obviously, the time continuum has been disrupted, creating this new temporal event sequence resulting in this alternate reality.
Marty McFly : English, Doc.
Doc : Here, here, here. Let me illustrate.
[drawing on a chalkboard]
Doc : Imagine that this line represents time. Here's the present, 1985, the future, and the past. Prior to this point in time, somewhere in the past, the timeline skewed into this tangent, creating an alternate 1985. Alternate to you, me, and Einstein, but reality for everyone else.
[retrieving something from the time machine]
Doc : Recognize this? It's the bag the sports book was in. I know because the receipt was still inside. I found them in the time machine, along with this.
Marty McFly : It's the top of Biff's cane. I mean, old Biff from the future.
Doc : Correct. It was in the time machine because Biff was in the time machine, with the sports almanac.
Marty McFly : Holy shit.
Doc : You see, while we were in the future, Biff got the sports book, stole the time machine, went back in time, and gave the book to himself at some point in the past. Look, huh. It says right here that Biff made his first million betting on a horse race in 1958. He wasn't just lucky, he knew because he had all the race results in the sports almanac. That's how he made his entire fortune.
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Doc : First, you've gotta get out and change clothes.
Marty McFly : Right now? It's pouring rain.
Doc : [realizing Marty's right, he checks his watch] Wait five more seconds.
[the rain instantly stops and the clouds clear]
Doc : Right on the tick. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. Too bad the post office isn't as efficient as the weather service.
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Marty McFly : [Doc uses his sleep inducer on Jennifer] Doc! What the hell are you doing?
Doc : Relax, Marty. It's just a sleep-inducing alpha rhythm generator. She was asking too many questions, and no one should know too much about their future. This way, when she wakes up, she'll think it was all a dream.
Marty McFly : Then what did you bring her for?
Doc : I had to do something. She saw the time machine. I couldn't just leave her there with that information. Don't worry. She's not essential to my plan.
Marty McFly : Well, you're the doc, Doc.
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Doc : You see? This one event starts a chain reaction that completely destroys your entire family.
Marty McFly : Hey, Doc, this date... wait. This is tomorrow's newspaper.
Doc : Precisely. I already went further ahead into time to see what else happens. I backtracked everything to this one event. That's why we're here today, to prevent this incident from ever happening.
[his watch beeps]
Doc : Damn! I'm late!
Marty McFly : Wait a minute. Where are you going now?
Doc : To intercept the real Marty, Jr. You're taking his place. Around the corner at the Cafe '80s. Guy named Griff. Just say no!
Marty McFly : Hey, what... what about Jennifer? We're not just gonna leave her here.
Doc : Don't worry, she'll be safe. It'll just be for a few minutes.
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Marty McFly : What the hell was that?
Doc : Taxicab.
Marty McFly : What do you mean a taxicab? I thought we were flying.
