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The Funniest Back To The Future References EVER

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

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One of the slaves in the Fallout 2 slaver mission reportedly screams "run for it, Marty!"

Interplay

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It's The Simpsons, obviously they have HUNDREDS of references, but here's Professor Frink's time machine from Treehouse Of Horrors XXIII

Fox

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XKCD make multiple references to the BTTF series

XKCD

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"Where we're going, we don't need roads" - Ronald Reagan quoted BTTF in his 1986 State Of The Union

C-Span

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Wolfram Alpha knows what 88mph *really* means

Wolfram Alpha

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Google's 2008 April Fools prank offered users a chance to send their emails back in time, using an 'e-flux capacitor'

Google

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Scribblenauts has an entire string of levels designed around BTTF

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

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The trophy awarded for completing Rachet & Clank: A Crack In Time is called '88 MPH'

Sony Computer Entertainment

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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

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Phones4U 2014 advert helped sell phones by showing customers what their future lives were like

Phones4U

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In one episode of The Fairly OddParents! Wanda and Cosmo travel to Timmy's room in a Delorean

Nickelodeon

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Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory spends a pretty long time explaining the timelines of BTTF in "The Focus Attenuation"

CBS

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The Supernatural boys travel back in time to the old west, where Dean uses the pseudonym "Clint Eastwood", just like Marty McFly

The CW

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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

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Regular Show has a mall called Two Peaks Mall, which references both Twin Peak, and BTTF's Two Pines Mall

Cartoon Network

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Red Vs. Blue titled an episode 1.21 Giga Whats, like gigawatts... Geddit?

Rooster Teeth

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Michael Scott's production company in The Office is called "Great Scott" productions, after Doc Brown's famous catchphrase

NBC

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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

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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

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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]

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Peter Griffin fighting the chicken man on top of a Delorean... Can you get any more Family Guy?

20th Century Fox

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Drawn Together's Wooldoor Sockbat uses their 'Wooldelorean' to travel back in time

MTV

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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.

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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

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Stephen Colbert is said to "believe Back to the Future is a documentary" in one episode of The Colbert Report

Comedy Central

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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

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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

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You can clearly see a flux capacitor in the cabin of the Polar Express

Warner Bros.

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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

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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

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Rango enters a bar and is laughed at when he asks for water, just like Marty McFly in Back To The Future III

Paramount

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Bolt's collar gives his address as 2400 Riverside Drive, AKA Marty's house in BTTF

Disney

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Bill & Ted's time travel machine sets on fire, the exact same was as the Delorean

StudioCanal

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