| TELEVISION |
SCI-FI SERIES |
"ALIEN NATION" |
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Episode 21: "Green
Eyes"
First aired: May 7, 1990
With the series set in the late
1990s, several movie sequels that were not made at the time of
production are mentioned, including 'Back to the Future, Part
5.'
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"Alien
Nation" (1989) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN: THE SERIES" |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPMUNKS
GO BACK TO MOVIES" |
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Episode:
"Back to Alvin's Future"
First aired: September 8, 1990
The
Chipmunks time travel between 1985 and 1955 in a time machine
similar to that of BTTF. There is picture on the
cover of the video of a clocktower being struck by lightning
and the Chipmunks sliding down a rope.
Other
films titles parodies in "The Chipmunks go to the Movies"
series - "Funny, We Shrunk the Adults", "Daytona
Jones and the Pearl of Wisdom", "Bigger!", "Butmunk".
Each film is parodied by the use of the story in a Chipmunks
kind of way.
|
"Alvin and the
Chipmunks" (1983) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"BACK TO THE FUTURE: THE ANIMATED
SERIES" |
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Episode
22: "Hill Valley Brown-Out"
First aired: 21 November 1992
There
is a shot of a local cinema where the marquee shows that BTTF
is playing.
|
"Back to the Future" (1991) |
| TELEVISION |
SOAP DRAMA |
"BEVERLY HILLS 90210" |
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Episode
67: "The Game is Chicken"
First aired: 2 January 1993
In
this episode about illegal street racing, the phrase "Hello
McFly" is used.
|
"Beverly
Hills, 90210" (1990) |
| TELEVISION |
SERIES |
"BOBBY'S WORLD" |
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Episode
8.10: "Back to the Furniture"
First aired: 23 February 1998
As
well as the episode title, the episode itself follow the BTTF
story somewhat, given that Bobby imagines himself back in time
where what he does upsets his parent's relationship.
|
"Bobby's
World" (1990) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"BROTHERLY LOVE" |
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Episode
No.
Unknown:
"Title
Unknown"
First aired: Date
Unknown
The
youngest brother is seen reading the Tales from Space comic that
appeared in Back to the Future - distinguishable
by the De Lorean-type space ship on the cover!
|
"Brotherly
Love" (1995) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"BUFFY: THE VAMPIRE SLAYER" |
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Episode
129: "Conversations with Dead People"
First aired: 12 November 2002
Two
of last year's villains, Andrew and Jonathon, return to Sunnydale
in the hopes of uncovering "The Seal of Danzalthar"
- although with differing agendas. At one point Andrew says to
Jonathon, "Think McFly!"
|
"Buffy: The Vampire
Slayer" (1997) |
| TELEVISION |
DRAMA SERIES |
"CHICAGO HOPE" |
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Episode
47: "Back to the Future"
First aired: 23 September 1996
The
only reference to the film is in the episode title. Many of the
third-season episodes of "Chicago Hope" were named
after films. This episode is the follow-up to the season opener,
named for 1985's Oscar-winning Out of Africa.
|
"Chicago
Hope" (1994) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"DARKWING DUCK" |
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Episode
No. 11: "Paraducks"
First aired: September 19, 1991
Darkwing
Duck travels to the past in a time-travelling golf buggy. Young
Darkwing is a lot like George McFly and Darkwing sings a song
at the end like Marty does in the film.
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"Darkwing Duck"
(1991) |
| TELEVISION |
TEEN DRAMA |
"DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION" |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"DUCKTALES" |
|
Episode
No. 23: "Duck to the Future"
First aired: Unknown
The
episode contains time travelling, but the only real reference
is the episode title.
|
"Ducktales"
(1987) |
| TELEVISION |
FANTASY DRAMA |
"EARLY EDITION" |
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Episode
65: "Pinch Hitters"
First aired: April 17, 1999
This
series about a man who continues to receive tomorrow's newspaper
every day included the character of a cab driver called Emmett
Brown.
|
"Early
Edition" (1996) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"FAMILY GUY" |
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Episode
4: "Mind Over Murder"
First aired: 25 April 1999
Stewie,
a baby genius, designs a time machine. When his father's friends
see the blueprints, one of them says, "Oh, yeah, that's
where the Flux Capacitor goes." Episode
16: "If I'm Dyin' I'm Lyin'"
First aired: 4 April 2000
A
strange marriage of BTTF and Shaft - where both are parodied in
a film spoof called "Black to the Future." The main
character of the film, Funky McFly, goes back in time in a De
Lorean after shouting, "It's outta time, baby!" Later
he plays the theme from Shaft at the Enchantment Under
the Sea dance. A Marvin Berry-like character calls Isaac Hayes,
singer/songwriter for the 1971 blaxploitation classic (instead
of Chuck Berry, as in BTTF).
|
"Family
Guy" (1999) |
| TELEVISION |
SCI-FI |
"FARSCAPE" |
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Episode
3: "Back and Back and Back to the Future"
First aired: 2 April 1999
The
only reference here is in the episode title.
|
"Farscape"
(1999) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"FUTURAMA" |
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Episode
1: "Space Pilot 3000"
First aired: 28 March 1999
The
main character of Fry is based on Marty McFly. Also in this episode,
Fry shows a little kid how to play a video game - like Marty
did in Part II and Fry's first look at New New York City
is similar to Marty's first look at the year 2015. Episode 45: "Roswell that Ends Well"
First aired: 9 December 2001
When
the crew of the Planet Express ship get hurtled back in time
to 1947 New Mexico, Fry tries to avoid interfering with his family
history - but ends up having to push his granfather out of the
way of a jeep and make sure he ends up with his grandmother!
Professor Farnsworth also says "Great Scott!" at one
point.
|
"Futurama"
(1999) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"GARFIELD AND FRIENDS"/"U.S.
ACRES" |
|
Episode
49: "Quack to the Future"
First aired: October 13, 1990
"US
Acres," the other cartoon half to "Garfield and Friends,"
told a time travel story involving a time-travelling tractor.
The only real reference is the episode title.
|
"Garfield and
Friends" (1988) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"GET A LIFE" |
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Episode
34 "1977 2000"
First aired: 1 March 1992
In
one episode, the main character has to travel through time and
he finds several methods of achieving that goal: the machine
from The
Time Machine, the tunnel from "Time Tunnel" and the De
Lorean from BTTF. He decides not to use the De Lorean
because the left blinker is out.
|
"Get
A Life" (1990) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"GREG THE BUNNY" |
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Episode:
8 Title: "Father and Son Reunion"
First aired: 5 June, 2002
Greg
and Jimmy talk of the last time Greg had marijuana-laced brownies.
He tried to travel back in time using a skateboard to "stop
Back to the Future 3 from being made."
|
"Greg the Bunny"
(2001) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"HEAD OF THE CLASS" |
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Episode
48: "Back to the Future"
First aired: November 2, 1988
The
episode title is the only reference.
NOTE:
This series has no connection with the episode of "Amazing Stories" (1985)
written by Bob Gale and directed by Robert Zemeckis titled "Go
to the Head of the Class."
|
"Head
of the Class" (1986) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"HOME IMPROVEMENT" |
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Episode
166: "Say Goodnight, Gracie"
First aired: 10 February 1998
Wilson's
neice is applying a shade of nail polish called "Back to
the Fuscia".
This
episode also contains references to Jonathon Taylor Thomas' role
as young Simba in The
Lion King and to Tim Allen's role as Buzz Lightyear
in Toy Story.
|
"Home
Improvement" (1991) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS: THE TV
SHOW" |
|
Episode
10: "Honey, They Call Me the Space Cowboy"
First aired: Late 1997
The
family goes back in time to the Old West. When Wayne calls himself
John Wayne, his wife recalls Back to the Future, Part III
and says she didn't like it
|
"Honey,
I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show" (1997) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"IT'S A LIVING" |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED |
"JOHNNY BRAVO" |
| During
the opening credits' sequence, the title of the show changes
to a number of different fonts, including the famous BTTF
font - complete with arrow! |
"Johnny Bravo" |
| TELEVISION |
DRAMA |
"L.A. LAW" |
|
Episode
115: "Back to the Suture"
First aired: 16 January, 1992
In
a continuing tradition of making puns from film titles, "L.A.
Law" homages BTTF. Other episode titles
from this classic law series include: "Raiders of the Lost
Bark," "The Lung Goodbye," "The Wizard of
Odds," "Full Marital Jacket," "Romancing
the Drone," "Sperminator," "Ex-Wives and
Videotape," "Splatoon," "The Nut Before Christmas,"
"From Here to Paternity," "Bourbon Cowboy"
and "Rhyme and Punishment."
|
"L.A.
Law" (1986) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"LIFE GOES ON" |
|
Episode
67: "Bec to the Future"
First aired: 20 September, 1992
The
title of the fourth season premiere is the only reference, as
far as I'm aware.
|
"Life Goes On"
(1989) |
| TELEVISION |
SITCOM |
"LIVING SINGLE" |
|
Episode
37: "Double Indignity"
First aired: 10 November 1994
Khadijah
keeps getting prank calls, so one day Overton comes over with
a bunch of phone surveillance
equipment. After he explains it all to Khadijah, she says to
him "Well congratulations Overton, now you have everything
you need to make your time-traveling Delorean."
|
"Living Single"
(1993) |
| TELEVISION |
COMEDY DRAMA |
"LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES
OF SUPERMAN" |
|
Episode
39: "Tempus Fugitive"
First aired: 26 March, 1995
Lois
and Clark meet H.G. Wells who travels through time in a machine
equipped with a 'flux facilitator.' Later episodes refer to the
device as the 'flux capacitor.'
NOTE:
The H.G. Wells character reappears the following episodes and
may include the time machine and reference to the 'flux capacitor'
- Episode 56: Tempus, Anyone? (First aired: 21 January, 1996),
Episode 68: Soul Mates (First aired: 13 October, 1996) and Episode
79: Lois & Clarks (First aired: 9 March, 1997)
|
"Lois
& Clark: The New Adventures of Superman" (1993) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"MUMMIES ALIVE" |
|
Episode
3: "Pack to the Future"
First aired: 17 September, 1997
The
title is the only reference, as far as I'm aware.
|
"Mummies Alive!"
(1997) |
| TELEVISION |
ANIMATED SERIES |
"MUPPET BABIES" |
|
Episode
42: "Back to the Nursery"
First aired: Early 1997
After
spilling hot chocolate on a photograph from 1955, the muppets
imagine they are time travellers and go back in time in a DeLorean
to get a copy of the picture from the past. Gonzo is dressed
as the Doc, with wild white hair and a lab coat. He kisses Miss
Piggy at the end, which causes the time machine to shoot up into
the air!
|
"Muppet
Babies" (1984) |
| TELEVISION |
SATIRE/SITCOM |
"MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000" |
|
Episode
170: "Time Chasers"
First Aired: 22 November 1997
Crow
goes back in time to when Mike was a teenager. The year is 1985!
Crow yells: "Great Scott - Mike was a Journey fan..."
|
"Mystery
Science Theatre 3000" (1988) |
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