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Back to the Future

Back to the Future

The time travelling adventures of Doc Brown, his family, and his friend, Marty McFly.

19916.12 Seasons27 EpisodesCanceled

Overview

An animated series for television based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature films. Based on the highly successful Back to the Future movie trilogy, this series is set, um, "after" the events of the last film, as the adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown in their DeLorean time machine continue. Joining the ride is Clara, (Doc's wife from Back To The Future Part III,) Jules and Verne (their sons) Einstein the dog and Jennifer (Marty's girlfriend). And apparently there's a Tannen in every time as relatives of Biff keep popping up, and creating conflict. Mary Steenburgen and Tom Wilson reprise their roles from the movies. During live portions of the show, Christopher Lloyd reprised his role as Doc Brown and was joined by Bill Nye, who conducted experiments that were used in the show.

Created by Robert Zemeckis
Written by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Produced by Bob Gale
NetworksCBS

Top Cast

David Kaufman

David Kaufman

Marty McFly (voice)

Cathy Cavadini

Cathy Cavadini

Jennifer Parker (voice)

Mary Steenburgen

Mary Steenburgen

Clara Clayton (voice)

Dan Castellaneta

Dan Castellaneta

Emmett Brown (voice)

Josh Keaton

Josh Keaton

Jules Brown (voice)

D

Danny Mann

Einstein (voice)

Bill Nye

Bill Nye

Science Guy

Christopher Lloyd

Christopher Lloyd

Emmett Brown

Themes & Keywords

time travelbased on movie

About Back to the Future

Back to the Future is a animation, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 1991 exploring themes of time travel, based on movie. Created by Robert Zemeckis, it stars David Kaufman, Cathy Cavadini, Mary Steenburgen. An animated series for television based on the Back to the Future trilogy of feature films. Based on the highly successful Back to the Future movie trilogy, this series is set, um, "after" the events of the last film, as the adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown in their DeLorean time machine continue. Joining the ride is Clara, (Doc's wife from Back To The Future Part III,) Jules and Verne (their sons) Einstein the dog and Jennifer (Marty's girlfriend). And apparently there's a Tannen in every time as relatives of Biff keep popping up, and creating conflict. Mary Steenburgen and Tom Wilson reprise their roles from the movies. During live portions of the show, Christopher Lloyd reprised his role as Doc Brown and was joined by Bill Nye, who conducted experiments that were used in the show.

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