Back to the Future: The Animated Series was an animated series based on the Back to the Future trilogy of films. The series lasted two seasons, each lasting 13 episodes, and ran on CBS from September 21, 1991 to September 1993, and later repeated on FOX from February 2003 to August 2003. The show focused on Marty McFly and Doc Brown, together with Doc's wife Clara, their sons Jules and Verne and dog Einstein, and Marty's girlfriend Jennifer Parker as they travelled through time using the De Lorean and steam train time machines.

Doc and his family have settled down in 1991 Hill Valley after living in the 1890s, but their time travelling adventures are by no means over. The films' villain Biff Tannen also pops up from time to time. In addition, relatives of both the McFly and Tannen families are plentiful in most of the past or future time zones that the time travellers visit.

Mary Steenburgen and Thomas F. Wilson voiced their characters from the films, and Christopher Lloyd played Doc Brown in live action segments that opened and closed each episode. The animated Doc Brown's voice was provided by Dan Castellaneta. In addition, Bill Nye performed scientific experiments during live action segments on each episode. The series was executive produced by Bob Gale, co-writer of the first BTTF and writer of BTTF II and BTTF III

Many fans do not consider the events of the series to be canon with the timeline presented in the original trilogy, with the only exception being the birthdates of the main characters, and some characters' middle names.

Although this show is no longer being shown on television, 9 VHS cassettes and 3 volumes of the show on laserdisc were released in 1993, a total of 18 episodes (26 were made altogether). The show is not yet available on DVD. In 1991, McDonald's also released 4 Happy Meal toys, featuring Marty on his hoverboard, Doc in the DeLorean, Verne in his Junkmobile and Einstein in the time train.

Cast

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• Marty McFly - David Kaufman
• Dr. Emmett Brown - Dan Castellaneta
• Clara Brown - Mary Steenburgen
• Jules Brown - Joshua Keaton
• Verne Brown - Troy Davidson
• Jennifer Parker - Cathy Cavadini
• Biff Tannen - Thomas F. Wilson
• Dr. Emmett Brown (live-action segments) - Christopher Lloyd
• Bill Nye - Himself

Episode guide

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Below are the episode titles and first transmission dates for all 26 episodes.

Season 1

1. Brothers (September 14, 1991)
2. A Family Vacation (September 21, 1991)
3. Forward to the Past (September 28, 1991)
4. Witchcraft (October 12, 1991)
5. Roman Holiday (aka Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Race) (October 19, 1991)
6. Go Fly a Kite (October 26, 1991)
7. Time Waits for No Frog / Einstein's Adventure (November 2, 1991)
8. Batter Up (November 9, 1991)
9. Solar Sailors (November 16, 1991)
10. Dickens of a Christmas (November 23, 1991)
11. Gone Fishin' (November 30, 1991)
12. Retired (December 7, 1991)
13. Clara's Folks (December 14, 1991)

Season 2

1. Mac the Black (September 19, 1992)
2. Put on Your Thinking Caps, Kids! It's Time for Mr. Wisdom! (September 26, 1992)
3. A Friend In Deed (October 3, 1992)
4. Marty McFly PFC (October 17, 1992)
5. Verne's New Friend (October 24, 1992)
6. Bravelord and the Demon Monstrux (October 31, 1992)
7. The Money Tree (November 7, 1992)
8. A Verne by Any Other Name (November 14, 1992)
9. Hill Valley Brown-Out (November 21, 1992)
10. My Pop's an Alien (December 5, 1992)
11. Super Doc (December 12, 1992)
12. St. Louis Blues (December 19, 1992)
13. Verne Hatches an Egg (December 26, 1992)

Trivia

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• In a testament to the show's historical accuracy, the episode "Batter Up", aired November 9, 1991, which had Marty, Jules, and Verne travel to Boston to help baseball player "Pee-Wee" McFly to improve his game in 1891, did accurately name the Boston team as the "Beaneaters", and even featured scenes involving then-real-life manager Frank Selee.
• Both Marty's and Doc's middle names were revealed in the series as Seamus and Lathrop respectively. Marty's middle name comes from his great great grandfather Seamus McFly.
• At the end of "A Family Vacation", Harold McFly (in medieval England) says he will be moving to Ireland. The McFly family stay there until the 1880s, when Seamus and Maggie McFly move from Ireland to America.
• Jennifer Parker's hair, brown in the films, becomes blonde in the series.
• Marty is the only member of his immediate family to appear in the series.
• In one episode where our heroes visit the Civil War, we learn the modern origin of the Tannen family's saying "Butt head." Biff Tannen great grandfather, a Confederate officer in the Civil War, called his enemies "buttocks brains" but changed it to but head after being corrected by one of Doc Brown's sons. That era's Tannen said, "Buttheads... I like the sound of it."

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