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Sep 28, 2020 · Doc gives Marty a framed photograph that they took together with the Hill Valley courthouse clock back in 1885, then he departs on his train for places and times unknown. From 1985 to...
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Nov 13, 2020 · The 1985 Doc Brown lived in a house which was way smaller than the mansion which Doc has supposedly owned back in 1955. Maybe Marty knew that the mansion was burnt down and Doc who was once wealthy went broke .
- In the beginning of the movie, when we see all the clocks, there is a shot of framed newspaper clippings ( the mansion burned down on August 1, 196...
- He knows where Doc Brown lives in 1985 . There's no guarantee that he lived in the same house 30 years ago. Indeed, it seems that he didn't, becaus...
- Adding to the previous answer which is essentially correct that Marty didn't knew the previous address. It may be because of following reason: The...
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"Great Scott!"
—Doc Brown's famous exclamation and catchphrase
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you’re gonna see some serious shit. "
—Doc demonstrating the time travel experiment to Marty McFly
"Ah! What did I tell you!? EIGHTY EIGHT MILES PER HOOOOOUUUR!!!"
—Doc's exclamation when the DeLorean Time Machine's test is done
Early life
Emmett's father, Erhardt Von Braun, was born in Germany, but sought a better life in America. He left home with nothing but the clothes he wore, despite his father's disapproval, and arrived in Hill Valley, California in 1908. He married some time afterward, and they gave birth to Emmett in 1914. Around this time, anti-German sentiment had increased in the United States due to Germany's involvement in World War I, so Erhardt had their family name changed from Von Braun to Brown. Note: The following section is considered non-canon or is disputed in canonicity. Emmett had an uncle Oliver who lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. When Emmett was young, he would go to visit him in the summer. On August 5, 1926, Emmett fell into a river and developed a fear of fishing. In 1991, Emmett's sons, Jules and Verne discovered this fear after asking their father to go to the Father-Son Big Mouth Bass-Off. They traveled to 1926, together with Marty McFly, in an attempt to prevent the accident. However, when Emmett cast his line, it got caught on a low flying stunt biplane flown by Roris Von Hinklehuffins. Emmett's stunt was recorded, and he was heralded as "Daredevil Brown". Uncle Oliver realized that Emmett could bring in a lot of money, so he signed a deal to have Emmett become a famous silent film star, doing crazy stunts around the country. When he arrived in Hollywood, movie producer D.W. Tannen proposed a very dangerous stunt, going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, but promised that a dummy would take Emmett's place. In reality, Tannen planned on keeping Emmett in the barrel for the "realistic" look. Verne saved his father by taking his place in the barrel. Using a handheld portable flux capacitor, Verne arrived on dry land in the barrel when its fall approached the speed of eighty-eight miles per hour. Oliver realized that he had put Emmett's life in danger by blindly accepting that the people in charge of the stunts cared about Emmett's well-being, so he put an end to Emmett's short film career. Emmett returned home to pursue the life of science he was supposed to have, but this time without his fear of fishing. Non-canon or disputable information ends here. At age 11, Doc discovered the works of his favorite author, Jules Verne. From that point, he decided to dedicate his life to science. About a year later, Doc tried digging to the center of the Earth, inspired by the 1864 novel Journey to the Center of the Earth. Note: The following section is considered non-canon or is disputed in canonicity. In his youth, Emmett played sandlot football, gaining the nickname "The Streak" due to his quick reflexes. By 1931, Emmett Brown had worked hard and had studied law, becoming a city judge. That summer, Judge Brown made his son Emmett work for him as his junior clerk in the Hill Valley Courthouse. Though he showed dedication to his job, he preferred Science over Law.
Making a friend
On June 13, 1931, he met a young man (in reality his future friend, Marty McFly) who claimed to be from the Washington D.C. patent office. Initially wary of the stranger, he opened up to him after the man helped him solve Ivanov's conundrum. After explaining to the young man that he had to deliver a subpoena to Arthur McFly and required 190 proof grain alcohol as fuel for his rocket-powered drill, the two set out to accomplish these objectives. First, they managed to acquire alcohol by switching it with the soup at the Sisters of Mercy Soup Kitchen (which was run by Irving "Kid" Tannen) and having Edna Strickland deliver it to Emmett's house by allowing her to host the next meeting of the Stay Sober Society there. Then they managed to steal Arthur McFly's hat from Kid Tannen and had Einstein sniff it and managed to track down Arthur McFly and handed him the subpoena. Afterwards, Emmett had a brief encounter with a future version of the stranger (who had traveled back in time to save Arthur McFly). By nightfall, Emmett and his friend began working on completing the rocket drill until they were interrupted by Emmett's father, who demanded that Emmett explained the Stay Sober Society's presence. Deciding to distract his father, Emmett started an argument with him regarding Emmett's future career, providing his friend clues on how to complete the rocket drill by emphasizing certain words during the argument. After the rocket drill was completed, Emmett quickly ended the argument with his father and asked the young man when he could expect a response from the patent office. However, the young man then revealed the truth about not being from the patent office and said that he required the rocket drill in order to help a friend. Prior to leaving, the young man apologized to Emmett for deceiving him and told him that he would be a great inventor. Forgiving the young man, Emmett instructed him that he should keep the rocket drill's throttle at about eight before the young man left.
"Single-handedly" capturing Kid Tannen
In the months that followed, Emmett became a fully realized inventor and was working on creating a rocket car for his demonstration at the Hill Valley Expo using Einstein, who was accidentally left behind, as a test subject. On August 25, Emmett encountered his friend once again and demonstrated his rocket car to him. However, Emmett quickly lost control of the car, which ended up stranding Einstein on the roof of the Courthouse and then crashed into a bill board on another building. Shortly afterwards, Edna Strickland (who had come to dislike Emmett following the incident with Stay Sober Society) came to him and referred to his rocket car as a public hazard and mocked the very idea of flying vehicles. During their argument, Emmett's future self saved Einstein from the roof, which left Emmett wondering how Einstein managed to come down. With Einstein safe, Emmett turned his attention to his rocket car and climbed on to the roof in order to figure out how to bring it down. After pulling the car out of the bill board and repairing it, Emmett was taken hostage by Kid Tannen, who had fled to the roof in order to escape the police. However, Emmett managed to disarm Kid after his friend managed to distract him. In a rage, Kid pushed Emmett off the building. Fortunately, Emmett managed to grab hold of a ledge. Emmett's rocket car was subsequently utilized by his friend who, along with the help of suspected arsonist "Carl Sagan", managed to apprehend Kid Tannen, who was then arrested by Danny Parker. Afterwards, Emmett was approached by Edna, who apologized for what she had said earlier. Though flattered by her apology, Emmett admitted that his rocket car was indeed a failure and that he needed a new idea, to which Edna replied that she had a few suggestions. The two then walked off towards the theater to watch Frankenstein, though they never entered due to Edna's disinterest in the movie, and started dating shortly afterwards.
Doc is a highly brilliant, quirky scientist who is passionate about science but is quite crazy, almost to be a point of being pretty nuts, as he has taken part in actually stealing plutonium, and having terrorists come after him. Despite his quirkiness, Doc does care about those he's close to. He's kind-hearted, supportive, encouraging, and plays as a positive mentor to Marty, to a point of actually being quite paternal. Though Doc is incredibly clever and inventive, he could be absent-minded at times and was regarded by many of Hill Valley's townsfolk as abnormal or as a nutty mad scientist. As such, he had few friends (the only known friends were his dog, Marty McFly, and Marty's girlfriend Jennifer Parker). Because of this, Doc was often seen as a loner. However, Doc cared about the people he was close to. Doc did not believe in "love at first sight" until he ended up meeting his future wife Clara Clayton in 1885 since he did not see how such a feeling worked.
As a scientist and a time traveler, he takes his job very seriously. Doc often worked through the night on his inventions and could become obsessed with little things. He would always try to use a big word rather than a small one if one is available – for example, he referred to a dance as a "rhythmic ceremonial ritual". He also has a rather archaic and Shakespearian way of speaking, as he repeatedly uses phrases and words that are somewhat outdated to be even typical of the 20th century. He could also be a showoff with his knowledge, as when he saw a dinosaur tooth and identified it as a "third incisor from the apex of the dental bridge". Doc often used the phrase "Great Scott!" as an exclamation. He also liked jazz music, Jules Verne novels, and Westerns Green was his favorite color, one that he found soothing. Although he had a perchance to gamble, he would never use time travel for that reason. Doc did not usually drink alcoholic beverages since he had a tendency to pass out after just one drink, especially when that drink was whiskey. He was allergic to all synthetic fabrics.
Doc sometimes went to great lengths, even illegal acts, that would allow him to complete his projects. He cheated Libyan terrorists out of an unspecified amount of plutonium, and would have died as a result had Marty not intervened. Although he was usually careful about being discreet with the DeLorean, he referred to the time machine as a time machine in public, leading Biff Tannen to use it without Doc's knowledge in an attempt to alter history. In 1985, he flew land-based vehicles with hover conversions during the daytime, with no consideration of the possibility of people seeing him.
Additionally, during his time stranded in 1885, Doc gained a level of skill and confidence he initially did not have in 1985: when the Libyan terrorists confronted him, he is barely able to fire his gun (a nickel-plated Colt Single Action Army fitted with pearl grips), and simply stands there in terror; when Mad Dog Tannen is attempting to hang Marty, however, Doc has enough confidence and skill to not only fire his custom rifle (a modified Winchester 1866 "Yellow Boy" rifle that has a very long barrel and an enormous, high-powered scope with exposed optics, custom sights, and large-loop lever), but also stare down and shout at Mad Dog with no fear (and even briefly seemed to display a minor amount of annoyance when Tannen attempted to blame him for causing him to break a bottle of Kentucky red-eye).
•In the Back to the Future first draft screenplay, Emmett Brown's title is Professor, not Doctor, and Marty refers to him as "Prof". Professor Brown is also running a secret black market operation with Marty, who is a streetwise video pirate in this draft; and has a pet chimpanzee named Shemp instead of a dog.
•Writer Bob Gale has denied the rumor that the name Emmett Lathrop was derived by spelling the words "time" and "portal" backwards. He and Robert Zemeckis simply chose names that sounded good and were out of the ordinary, as a contrast with the common last name "Brown".
•The "L" in Emmett L. Brown's name stands for "Lathrop", it has been speculated that this may have been his mother's maiden name, although there is no evidence for this.
•The novelization and screenplays states that he is 65 in 1985, although an episode of the animated series claims he was born in 1922. In Back to the Future: The Game, Emmett is 17 in 1931, which means that he was born in 1914.
•"Christopher Lloyd says that his model for creating the character was actually the conductor Leopold Stokowski, with the hair that way, and the big, broad gestures. Doc Brown walks around like he's conducting the orchestra of the world." - Bob Gale
•In addition, Albert Einstein was an influence to the character.
•List of references to Back to the Future
•Doc's perspective
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1."Gone Fishin'"
3.BTTF novel p. 114
6.A draft script suggests he got into science when he stuck his finger in an electrical socket.
7.according to the first draft of the third film
8.Back to the Future novelization, page 46
9.Back to the Future Co-Creator Bob Gale Explains How Doc and Marty Became Friends
[5] In the original timeline, in contrast with Marty's shy and unassertive father, George McFly, Doc is a supportive and open-minded mentor for Marty. Doc's positive influence in turn allows Marty to mentor George in 1955, which appears to encourage George's later success as a novelist, and help him become a better husband and father.
Aug 25, 2016 · The Doc Brown in 1955 is younger than the Doc Brown in 1885, by 30 years. The Doc Brown in 1955 will still live for another 30 years before traveling back to 1885 and being shot by Buford.
- The Doc Brown in 1955 is younger than the Doc Brown in 1885, by 30 years. The Doc Brown in 1955 will still live for another 30 years before traveli...
- If someone went and killed an incarnation of Doc, present at that point in the timestream, it would have a ripple effect on the future. Killing a f...
- Then according to the timeline ripples, Doc will never be present in 1955. By that logic, no one would ever be able to travel into the past unless...
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Sep 26, 2020 · Doc and Marty's time-traveling adventures in Back to the Future all started with a clock. On November 5, 1955, Doc Brown decided to hang a clock over the toilet in his bathroom. While...
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Jul 19, 2020 · Marty used the DeLorean to travel back to November 1955 where he was forced to find that timeline's version of Doc. In 1955, Doc was only 35 and had yet to discover the keys to time travel. When the movie debuted, Lloyd was 46 but adjusted his appearance through makeup for the various timelines.
