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The Funniest Back To The Future References EVER

Josh Pappenheim
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Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 14:47

The Back To The Future series is, for our money, one of the best trilogies of all time. Sure, it gets a bit shark jumpy when they go all old west on our arses, but seriously, there's just so much to love!

Deloreans, Chuck Berry, Libyan terrorists, the BTTF series has made so many things iconic... which is probably why so many iconic movies, TV shows, video games, and even the President of the United God Damn States has referenced it.

Take a look through our 38 favourite below!

The 38 Best Back To The Future References

  • Seth Macfarlane comes across Christopher Lloyd's Doc Brown in A Million Ways To Die In The West, working on his time machine
    Universal Pictures
    1 of 38
  • One of the slaves in the Fallout 2 slaver mission reportedly screams "run for it, Marty!"
    Interplay
    2 of 38
  • It's The Simpsons, obviously they have HUNDREDS of references, but here's Professor Frink's time machine from Treehouse Of Horrors XXIII
    Fox
    3 of 38
  • XKCD make multiple references to the BTTF series
    XKCD
    4 of 38
  • "Where we're going, we don't need roads" - Ronald Reagan quoted BTTF in his 1986 State Of The Union
    C-Span
    5 of 38
  • Wolfram Alpha knows what 88mph *really* means
    Wolfram Alpha
    6 of 38
  • Google's 2008 April Fools prank offered users a chance to send their emails back in time, using an 'e-flux capacitor'
    Google
    7 of 38
  • Scribblenauts has an entire string of levels designed around BTTF
    Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
    8 of 38
  • The trophy awarded for completing Rachet & Clank: A Crack In Time is called '88 MPH'
    Sony Computer Entertainment
    9 of 38
  • If you choose to quick travel in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, a Deluxo icon appears. Deluxo was the game's alternative to a Delorean.
    Rockstar Games
    10 of 38
  • Phones4U 2014 advert helped sell phones by showing customers what their future lives were like
    Phones4U
    11 of 38
  • In one episode of The Fairly OddParents! Wanda and Cosmo travel to Timmy's room in a Delorean
    Nickelodeon
    12 of 38
  • Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory spends a pretty long time explaining the timelines of BTTF in "The Focus Attenuation"
    CBS
    13 of 38
  • The Supernatural boys travel back in time to the old west, where Dean uses the pseudonym "Clint Eastwood", just like Marty McFly
    The CW
    14 of 38
  • The time-travelling Goobacks in South Park say their method of time-travel follows "Terminator rules, that is it's one way only and you can't go back. This is in contrast to, say, Back to the Future rules, where back-and-forth is possible..."
    Comedy Central
    15 of 38
  • Regular Show has a mall called Two Peaks Mall, which references both Twin Peak, and BTTF's Two Pines Mall
    Cartoon Network
    16 of 38
  • Red Vs. Blue titled an episode 1.21 Giga Whats, like gigawatts... Geddit?
    Rooster Teeth
    17 of 38
  • Michael Scott's production company in The Office is called "Great Scott" productions, after Doc Brown's famous catchphrase
    NBC
    18 of 38
  • In the Malcolm In The Middle episode, "Vegas", Hal explains how he came by enough money for a holiday by saying he 'outsourced flux capacitors'. He actually cashed in his life insurance policy
    Fox
    19 of 38
  • In an episode of Lost, the gang travel back to 1977, and Hurley checks his hand to make sure it doesn't disappear, like Marty
    Buena Vista
    20 of 38
  • In the Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law episode "Back To The Present" the Jetson family travel back to their home time using a Delorean
    [Adult Swim]
    21 of 38
  • Peter Griffin fighting the chicken man on top of a Delorean... Can you get any more Family Guy?
    20th Century Fox
    22 of 38
  • Drawn Together's Wooldoor Sockbat uses their 'Wooldelorean' to travel back in time
    MTV
    23 of 38
  • When Chuck performs Mr. Roboto at Ellie's wedding, he tells the band to "watch me for the changes", like Marty playing Johnny B. Goode
    Warner Bros.
    24 of 38
  • At the end of Community episode "Basic Rocket Science" Troy and Abed make spaceships out of cardboard boxes. Abed's has a flux capacitor inside
    Sony Pictures
    25 of 38
  • Stephen Colbert is said to "believe Back to the Future is a documentary" in one episode of The Colbert Report
    Comedy Central
    26 of 38
  • In the 3rd Rock From The Sun episode 'The House That Dick Built', Harry is seen reading the Tales From Space comic from BTTF
    NBC
    27 of 38
  • Michael J. Fox's character in Teen Wolf lives in exactly the same house (1727 Bushnell Street in Pasadena) as his BTTF character, Marty McFly
    MGM
    28 of 38
  • You can clearly see a flux capacitor in the cabin of the Polar Express
    Warner Bros.
    29 of 38
  • Christopher Lloyd's character in The Pagemaster uses a strange machine on his head to find out why Macauley Culkin's character has come to the library, in a straight homage to Doc Brown meeting Marty McFly in 1955
    20th Century Fox
    30 of 38
  • When Paul boards his spaceship home and tells Tara she's coming with him, she says "I forgot to bring my toothbrush." Paul responds, "Where we're going, we don't need teeth."
    Universal Pictures
    31 of 38
  • Rango enters a bar and is laughed at when he asks for water, just like Marty McFly in Back To The Future III
    Paramount
    32 of 38
  • This entire scene in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up revolves around BTTF quotes. CHOICE MOMENTS: "Where we're going we don't need roads." *slimy Paul Rudd smile*
    Universal Pictures
    33 of 38
  • Paul Rudd quotes Back To The Future AGAIN in I Love You, Man, screaming "Hey, Chuck, you know that new sound you were looking for?" before falling over while playing Rush
    Paramount
    34 of 38
  • When Nicolas Cage's Ghost Rider's bike breaks the sound barrier, the license plate falls off and spins on the floor... JUST LIKE IN BTTF
    Sony Pictures
    35 of 38
  • In Death Becomes Her (from BTTF director Robert Zemeckis), Helen takes her magic potion on October 26, 1955 the day that all hell breaks loose in BTTF
    Universal Pictures
    36 of 38
  • Bolt's collar gives his address as 2400 Riverside Drive, AKA Marty's house in BTTF
    Disney
    37 of 38
  • Bill & Ted's time travel machine sets on fire, the exact same was as the Delorean
    StudioCanal
    38 of 38

Related: Guess The Movie From Their Emoji Plots

Guess The Movie From Their Emoji Plots

  • Come on, this one's easy
    1 of 18
  • HE'S MY EMOJI... SO WAS I
    2 of 18
  • Sadly they didn't have a tiny hand emoji...
    3 of 18
  • The emoji with the mouth...
    4 of 18
  • Hmmmm a mask and a robot and some spaceships... WHAT COULD IT BE!?
    5 of 18
  • A long time ago, in an emoji conversation far, far away
    6 of 18
  • Duhhhhh duh duh duhhhhhh duh duh duhhhhhhhhhhhhh
    7 of 18
  • I'm gonna make you an emoji you can't refuse
    8 of 18
  • Pink is my favourite colour
    9 of 18
  • OMG, Karen, you can't just ask people why they're gold!?
    10 of 18
  • Well, technically they're children in the original text
    11 of 18
  • We dream of Baz Luhrmann's emoji set
    12 of 18
  • Sadly the family emoji doesn't allow for five... fascists
    13 of 18
  • Gooooodbyeeeee my emojiiiiiii
    14 of 18
  • Bears look a lot cuddlier in emoji form
    15 of 18
  • This text was written in one continuous shot
    16 of 18
  • ...Go on...
    17 of 18
  • Great, now our heart's breaking two times over... THANKS QUIZ WRITER
    18 of 18

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