Back To The Future 3’s Sequel With Doc Brown Introduced Versions Of Marty & Jennifer 500 Years Before The Wild West
Though the Back to the Future franchise may have concluded its silver-screen tenure with Back to the Future 3 in 1990, Marty and Doc Brown’s time-traveling antics continued on television a year later in Back to the Future: The Animated Series. This Saturday morning cartoon was a no-holes-barred action spectacle that saw Doctor Emmett Brown and his family encounter all sorts of mishaps in their adventures across space and time; the show even managed to bring back Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown in live-action segments at the end of each episode.
However, one fascinating look into the past occurs in episode 2, “A Family Vacation,” when Doc Brown takes his family back to England in the year 1371. Here, we are introduced to several versions of Biff, Marty, and Jennifer 500 years before the events of Back to the Future 3. In addition to continuing the tradition of showing Biff and Marty’s ancestors, the episode also sets up an origin for Back to the Future 3’s Seamus McFly and how his ancestors came to Ireland.
Back To The Future: The Animated Series Introduced Versions Of Marty & Jennifer From The Middle Ages
In Episode 2, The Arrogant Lord Biffingham Spars With Harold McFly
In episode 2, “A Family Vacation,” Doc Brown and his wife Clara are captured by Biff’s medieval ancestor, Lord Biffingham, who holds them captive in his vast hillside castle. Later, Brown’s children Jules and Verne are also captured by Harold McFly, who befriends them and reveals that Jennifer’s ancestor, Lady Jennivere, has also been imprisoned in Biffingham’s fortress.
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The trio team up (along with their handy dog Einstein) to free Clara, Jennivere, and Doc Brown before Lord Biffingham duels the scientist in an unevenly-matched jousting match. Though they succeed in upending Biffingham’s unfair game, they are eventually captured and sentenced to beheading. Luckily, Clara and Jennivere team up in the nick of time to sew a hot air balloon that swoops the rag-tag group of allies back to the safety of Doc Brown’s new and improved DeLorean.
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Episode 2 Shows How The McFlys Came To Ireland
After the Brown family escape with Harold and Jennivere from Lord Biffingham’s fortress, they touch down at the ancient site of Stonehenge where the young couple muses over where they will travel to next with the hot air balloon. When Doc Brown suggests Ireland, Jennivere jumps at the idea, saying it’s the perfect place to raise countless generations of McFlys.
Marty first uncovered the history of his family’s ancestry in Back to the Future 3 when he met Seamus McFly, who is one of the many characters Michael J. Fox plays in the trilogy.
The little Easter egg near the episode’s end sets up the McFly lineage that eventually emigrated from Ireland to Hill Valley, California. Marty first uncovered the history of his family’s ancestry in Back to the Future 3 when he met Seamus McFly, who is one of the many characters Michael J. Fox plays in the Back to the Future trilogy. It’s rare for a Saturday morning cartoon like Back to the Future: The Animated Series to value such attention to detail in their programming, and it makes for a fun little reference at the end of an action-packed episode.
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“Back to the Future” is a science fiction adventure franchise that follows the time-traveling adventures of Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown. Created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the series is known for its clever use of time travel, memorable characters, and iconic DeLorean time machine. The franchise explores themes of causality, destiny, and the impact of individual actions on the future. Its blend of humor, heart, and innovative storytelling has made it a beloved classic in film history.
