Preliminary Poll - Back to the Future
The DeLorean
Einstein (dog)
Marty McFly
Dr. Emmett Brown
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Top two proceed to the main bracket!
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The DeLorean [4 submissions]
I mean, just look at it!
A car was chosen to be a time machine because they wanted to be able to move, and a DeLorean was chosen because it was known to be a crappy car that they could make fun of breaking down.
Icon! •88mph •Flame tracks •stolen Uranium •trash -> fuel converter •1.21 Gigawatts!
I just think she's neat
Einstein (dog)
He's the world's first time traveler!
Marty McFly [2 submissions]
The character of all time. He accidentally prevents his parents from meeting and starts fading out of existence. He tries to save his bestie from getting shot by telling him 30 years before it happens. He wears 4 layers in October in California. He has problems thinking 4th dimensionally. He just wants to play guitar and hang out with his girlfriend, but first he has to save the world and his own life like 5 times.
Back to the Future (1985) [2 submissions]
Teenager accidentally goes back in time and prevents his parents from meeting. He has to get them to fall in love before he gets erased from existence and then get back to his own time, with the help of the mad scientist/his best friend who invented the time machine in the first place (but technically hasn't yet because it's the past). Doc and Marty's friendship is so sweet and I love them and this trilogy so much :)
Marty McFly accidentally time travels from 1985 to 1955, to the day his friend Doc Brown came up with the concept of time travel in the first place. He accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, so he has to set them up or else he'll be erased from existence. He and 1955 Doc then harness a bolt of lightning to send Marty back to the future, where Marty discovers his family is richer and happier as a result of his actions. 1985 Doc then goes to the future to see what it's like, before returning and getting Marty and his girlfriend Jennifer to save their future kids.
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Marty McFly and Doc Brown go to the future (2015) to save Marty's kids from getting into trouble with the law. Marty buys a sports almanac to make money in 1985, but it's stolen by the villain from the first movie, who gives it to his past self and becomes rich, creating an alternate timeline where he rules the world and it sucks. Doc and Marty have to go back to the events of the first movie in 1955 to stop the evil future from being created. Before they can return to 1985 Doc and the time machine are struck by lightning, sending Doc back to 1885. Doc sends Marty a letter telling him where he is, and Marty goes to get help from the Doc in 1955, causing him to faint as he just saw the Marty from the first movie go back to the future.
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Marty McFly and his friend Doc Brown just saved the world again, but Doc was accidentally sent back to 1885. Marty has to get help from 1955 Doc, who helps him get to 1885 to rescue 1985 Doc, who they learn will die in a week if Marty doesn't save him. Marty gets to the old west and prevents him from dying. Along the way Doc falls in love with a teacher named Clara and is heartbroken when he tries to tell her he's from the future and she doesn't believe him. Doc and Marty use a train to get up to speed to get back to the future, but Clara climbs on at the last second to reunite with Doc, but falls off. Doc jumps off the train to save her, leaving Marty to return to 1985 alone. Doc then reappears in 1985, having built a time machine into a different train, and goes off to travel the world with his new family, while still promising Marty he'll keep in touch. "Your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has! Your future is whatever you make it, so make it a good one."