List of references to Back to the Future in (Movies)

This is the list a lot of references to Back to the Future in Movies

Anastasia (1997)

 * Similar to Doctor Brown’s plan to heat up a train’s boiler to gain the necessary speed, Christopher Lloyd’s character, Rasputin, tried to kill Anastasia the same way. He even went as far as to demolish a bridge for good measure. While that plan did not work, the train exploded in a similar fashion to the one in Back to the Future Part III after plunging into the ravine.

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

 * The Avengers discuss how time travel might help them save the universe. Tony Stark (Iron Man) argues that "if there is no logical, tangible way for me to safely execute the said time heist. I believe the most likely outcome would be our collective demise." Scott Lang (Ant-Man) decries "Not if we strictly follow the rules of time travel. I mean, no talking to our past-selves, no betting on sporting events...". Tony responds with "I'm going to stop you right there, Scott. Are you seriously telling me that your plan to save the universe is based on, 'Back to the Future?'" "No." "Good, you got me worried there. 'cos that would be horse shit. That's not how Quantum Physics works." Later, after more details are worked out, Scott exclaims "So Back to the Future is a load of bullshit?".

Big Fat Liar (2002)

 * In one scene, Kaylee (Amanda Bynes) lounges on the hood of the DeLorean time machine.

Chicken Run (2000)

 * Multiple references to Back to the Future and Back to the Future Part II including: Lightning Strike, Mr. Tweedy hooks the cables up properly is just like Dr. Emmett Brown hanging on the clocktower, The Enchantment Under The Sea Dance in a poster, Mr. Tweedy couldn't start the Pie Machine is just like Marty McFly couldn't start engine from the DeLorean, Doc Brown's catchprase for Fowler, the Flux Capacitor is seen on the blue-prints, the Christmas lights that resemble the flagrope, the crate built into a Airplane that turns around and flies to the sky like the Fusion-powered and hover-converted DeLorean and Mrs. Tweedy getting covered in gravy from the pie machine is similar to Biff and his gang getting covered in manure.

Big Hero 6 (2014)

 * At the San Fransokyo Tech science expo when Hiro is presenting his Microbots, Alistair Krei & his assistant admire the project of another contestant, who is wearing the brain-wave analyzer (invented by Doc Brown in 1955, as seen in Back to the Future). Krei examines a second brain-wave analyzer, before he and his assistant leave, having noticed Hiro's Microbots.

Blazing Dragons: The Movie (2000)

 * Count Geoffrey expresses his sinister plans for the films when speaking with Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 about the possibilities of time travel.
 * Sir Galahot says to King Allfire about the DeLorean time machine will have to go faster than it ever had before in this movie, which driving at 88 mph and going to time-travel
 * The poster for the film is seen, Sir Burnevere is talking about Flux Capacitor and 1.21 gigawatts for time-travel featured in this movie
 * Sir Loungelot: "And I suggest they're not trying to steal plutonium from this car, which is obviously a DeLorean?"
 * Princess Flame says to Flicker that Marty McFly going back in time to 1955 and return to 1985 in a DeLorean, they go back to the future with Doc Brown
 * Evil Knight #1 says to Count Geoffrey: "Right in the flux capacitor!"
 * Mentioned by Sir Hotbreath
 * Evil Spy holding a letter for Count Geoffrey is a reminiscent of Marty's letter to Doc from Back to the Future.
 * Count Geoffrey imitates Biff Tannen by saying: "Why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?"
 * Queen Griddle talked about this movie during in the same quest every year in Castle Camelhot
 * The Wandering Minstrel refers to the film while playing a banjo
 * Duke Rudolph recalls seeing this movie at a drive-in when he was a kid.
 * Merle the Wizard pulls out the sketch of a flux capacitor and says: "This is what makes time travel possible, the flux capacitor." in the same line for Dr. Emmett Brown in this movie
 * The Tales from Space book Issue #1 is seen briefly appears at "Merle the Wizard's Cavern of Despair & Occult Museum".
 * Evil Knight #2 quoted in dialogue
 * Chancellor referenced this movie on the Code of Chivalry
 * Flicker: How is it that time machine can still built into a DeLorean, yet it is so from Back to the Future?
 * The flux capacitor is seen at Flicker's Laboratory of Castle Camelhot for a brief moment with Sir Loungelot
 * Evil Knight #3 says in dialogue
 * King Don and Cowsius Clay states their time travel plot point is also featured in Back to the Future.
 * The scene where Sir Blaze get away from Evil Black Knight in the staff car spoofs the skateboard/manure scene from Back to the Future.
 * King Allfire and Queen Griddle discuss the film.
 * Cinder and Clinker holding the zip-lining down from the electrical-cables and hooked the cables up properly.
 * Evil Black Knight open the time portal, as he enter the time portal and sent back to 1985; the same timeline that features Back to the Future.
 * Princess Flame unknowingly develops a crush on Flicker, just like a young Lorraine unknowingly develops a crush on her future son.
 * Count Geoffrey pulls out his broadsword, Count Geoffrey says "Where we are going, we don't need battle."
 * Sir Burnevere makes references to the ongoing restoration of space-time exactly the same way that Emmett Brown explained to Marty McFly.
 * Flicker asks Princess Flame if they've seen this movie when talking about hover-boards.
 * Merle the Wizard refers to the film
 * The Sports Almanac 1950-2000 was seen at Castle Threadbare
 * Duke Rudolph quotes Doc Brown and Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 using items of time-travel in the same way did in Part II.
 * Marty's hoverboard appears in Flicker's Laboratory, when Flicker tries out different outfits for his date with Princess Flame.
 * Sir Blaze's suggestion of using Duke Rudolph's time travel technique to bet ahead on the winner in the jousting tournament.
 * Sir Galahot quoting this movie in dialogue
 * Sir Hotbreath says that is clearly knows that Knighthood has carved it's strength in bravery, valor, and courage over a action-packed adventures because Marty McFly time traveled to the year 2015.
 * Count Geoffrey explains the ripple effect of time travel on the same sort of board used by Doc Brown.
 * Princess Flame says that the Knightresses of the More Functionally Correct Round Table was not easy, but the flying cars and jetpacks are easy in Back to the Future Part II.
 * Referenced by Racka and Presley
 * King Allfire says: Blazing Dragons! I'd better come up with another experative with flying cars.
 * Cinder and Clinker watch this movie for Camelhot's same quest
 * The Wandering Minstrel discussing the movie in every Castle Camelhot and the Royal Throne Room
 * Movie is mentioned in conversation by Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3


 * Queen Griddle mentioned Back to the Future Part III


 * Sir Loungelot mentions that while Flicker holding the Switch Armory Sword.
 * King Allfire says that the labor union manifesto is the Duke Rudolph old chap show up for a shootout armored with hubcaps by the Old West version of Count Geoffrey as Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen, which is a reference to the scene in Part III where Marty as Clint Eastwood battles Buford Tannen in the bolier plate as a makeshift bulletproof vest.
 * Sir Galahot refers to the film
 * Count Geoffrey & Merle the Wizard discussing this film.
 * Time-travelling inventor from the future stuck in the Wild West.
 * Flamiano takes off in the time-traveling car called the Flamianodelorean. Right after the car disappears leaving fire trails, another Flamiano, clad in western gear, runs up behind where the car was, then fades out from existence. When Flamiano at his destination, the car is covered in ice, just as it was after making its first time travel trip in the first movie. He also runs over on Duke Rudolph, implying that their deaths erased the first flamboyant Italian inventor.
 * Flicker quoting this movie in dialogue
 * Princess Flame says to Flicker that between this movie and the second one are back-to-back sequels in Castle Camelhot.
 * Chancellor references this film with including the Code of Chivalry
 * Sir Blaze dialogue references plot elements of the film
 * Referenced in dialogue by Sir Hotbreath
 * Sir Burnevere says the Knowledge in the universe of Back to the Future Part III has the time-travel universe and the Old West has the time-traveling DeLorean drives at 88mph
 * Cinder and Clinker says that the metal boiler as a bulletproof vest is wearing by Marty McFly featured in this movie.
 * Evil Knights 1, 2, and 3 mentioned during topic discussion
 * Cassandra dresses as Doc's girlfriend Clara from Back to the Future Part III.
 * The movie is mentioned by King Don.
 * At the end of the movie, The Wandering Minstrel sitting on a chair in Castle Camelhot, The Wandering Minstrel says: "Fads and fashions go, what's in today, tomorrow is old, Metal plants are quite the rage way way back in the middle age, you modern folk Mike laughs it's true, but wait till your ancestors get a load of you", the carriage flies away, swings back and goes right toward the camera.
 * During the after-credits scene, King Don riding in the carriage that inspired of the DeLorean time machine. he appears telling something to the viewers (in Marty McFly's 1985 outfit), when the carriage speeds away quickly and disappears, leaving fire trails in disappearence.

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

 * When Bill & Ted's time machine of a phone booth enters into another time period, it sinks into the ground and leave a ring of fire where it departed, similar to the Delorean leaving flaming tire tracks.

Lilo & Stitch (2002)

 * In a scene when Stitch is driving the Tanker truck to the Volcano National Park as it jumps and lands into the ground of the molten lava, it is precisely the same manner as the Delorean, complete with flaming tire tracks.

The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003)

 * In the film, Lizzie McGuire (Hilary Duff) with Timmy Turner (Tara Strong), Buttercup (E.G. Daily), Blossom (Cathy Cavadini) and Bubbles (Tara Strong), Professor Utonium (Tom Kane), Miranda (LaLaine) and Gordo (Adam Lamberg) are looking around to find for clues, the DeLorean time machine is seen, it has the regular plutonium chamber and not the Mr. Fusion.
 * Animated Lizzie (also voiced by Hilary Duff) holding the zip-lining down from the electrical-cables and hooked the cables up properly.
 * When Timmy is chosing outfits for his mission to find Paolo and Vicky, a Back to the Future poster appears when Timmy admires himself in the closet.
 * Also, when Timmy and Lizzie wears the outfits from Men in Black (1997), the time circuits are hanging on the wall in the background.
 * Paolo Valisari (Yani Gellman) in the motorcycle with Vicky (Gray DeLisle) across Rome, Italy. It shows the California OUTATIME registration license plate, which is from the Back to the Future films.
 * In a scene, when Mojo Jojo (Roger L. Jackson) fires up in Mojo's hovercraft, it makes the "time circuits on" sound.
 * When Paolo Valisari and Vicky are under attack during the climatic battle, when Mojo Jojo shoots green lasers in Mojo's Hovercraft that uses the Star Wars sound effect for a TIE Fighter shooting lasers.
 * Before Paolo runs off to look at his motorcycle, he says to Vicky "I'll show you to get something special for a ride, McFly".
 * There is a flux capacitor in the wall at the Italian Music Awards.
 * Paolo Valisari pulls up Vicky to his motorcycle. Then, the camera makes a close-up examination on the front of the motorcycle similar to the DeLorean seen in Back to the Future.
 * Isabella Parigi (Haylie Duff) begins to fade from existence, her hand starts to disappear, like what almost happened to Marty
 * Paolo Valisari is in his car and see Vicky, he dresses up like Marty McFly in Back to the Future Part II, with the rainbow hat, the auto-adjusting jacket and shoes, the Grays Sports Almanac and the Mattel hoverboard is shown.
 * When Paolo Valisari is taken into the police car. At one point, the car back up, the wheels folded down in the same manner as the DeLorean time machine, and it flies away, swings back and goes right toward the camera.
 * During climatic battle, the motorcycle's windshield is damaged, when Bubbles using her laserbeam eyes that uses the Star Wars sound effect for an X-Wing shooting lasers.
 * Paolo Valisari cautions him not to find the Italian Music Awards and remarks "Wait a minute, I've got all the time I want, I got a time machine!" a line from Back to the Future when Marty McFly in the DeLorean time machine before sending him back to 1985.
 * The Boogie Man and Jerome (Kevin Michael Richardson) visits a antique giftshop called Blast from the Past. In Back to the Future Part II, the antique shop where Marty purchases the sports almanac is also called Blast from the Past.
 * When Vicky is taken to the police car, she is caught in the back seat and handcuffed her arms. The police car drove away and disappears, leaves two trails of fire behind and the license plate spins around before falling down flat on the roadway.

Black Panther (2018)

 * Shuri designs sound-absorbent shoes called Sneakers, which materialize around the wearer's feet. When Shuri shows the Sneakers to her older brother T'Challa, she states that to create the shoes, she was inspired by the Nike MAG power-lacing shoes from Back to the Future Part II. Like the Nike MAG, the Sneakers also have power-laces.

Bolt (2008)

 * On Bolt's tag, his home address is given as 2400 Riverside Drive, which is the same street that Emmett Brown lived on in 1955.

Five Men and a Limo (1997)

 * The Back to the Future main theme is referenced blares on the stereo in the limousine.

The Butterfly Effect (2004)

 * A scene in this film, where Tommy is tripped at a movie theater is shot similar to the scene in Back to the Future, where Marty trips Biff at Lou's Cafe. Both film feature time travel as a plot element.
 * Eric Stoltz (who was originally cast as Marty McFly in Back to the Future) appeared in The Butterfly Effect, in which he played George, Tommy Miller's father.

A Christmas Carol (2009)

 * Near the beginning of this 2009 time-travel film directed by Robert Zemeckis, two boys are seen holding onto the back of a carriage as they skate on ice-covered streets through town, waving at people, and Scrooge himself does the same near the end of the film, in the same way as Marty did when he was late for school in Back to the Future.
 * Also, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come reveals the name and dates on Scrooge's tombstone by sweeping away the snow one line at a time, in the same dramatic way as Marty sweeps the weeds away from George's tombstone in Back to the Future Part II.

Death Becomes Her (1992)

 * In this film (also directed and produced by Robert Zemeckis), Helen took her magic potion on October 26, 1985, the pivotal date that similiar to the first movie with the time circuits.

Fanboys (2009)

 * In a film largely referencing Star Wars, Hutch, while making it with a lady in bed in Las Vegas, claims to possess a "flux capacitor" and that the 1.21 gigawatts "don't come cheap".

Ghost Rider (2007)

 * When Ghost Rider's bike breaks the sound barrier, leaves behind a pair of one flame-track, the license plate falls off, spins around and falls to the ground.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)

 * In the scene where the Grinch is building his sleigh, his dog Max gets him a wrench from the toolbox. The Grinch yells ""I asked for 3/4, not 5/8.   Stay focused!".
 * In a deleted scene, the license plate of the sleigh falls off and spins in place.

I Love You, Man (2009)

 * In the scene where the two characters are playing "Rush" in their garage, one of the characters yells out, "Hey, Chuck, you know that new sound you were looking for?" and falls over, before he can finish the quote, while playing a solo on guitar.

Jack and the Beanstalk (2010)

 * At the beginning of the film, the lecturer (played by Christopher Lloyd) scribbles some notes about a "flux capacitor" and other elements of time travel on the chalkboard.

Knocked Up (2007)

 * Ben Stone (played by Seth Rogan), who impregnates Katherine Heigl's character Alison Scott, sits at dinner and begins to discuss Back to the Future with his friend, including lines for all three movies and references to the DeLorean time machine and Dr. Emmett Brown. His fiance's friend then uses similar references to shut him up.

Home (2015)

 * The characters Tip and Oh have a slushy-powered, apparently sentient car named the Slushious. This vehicle has the same flying capabilities as the DeLorean time machine.
 * The scene where the Slushious blasts away from the gas station, the license plate falls off, spins around and falls to the ground.

Kopps (2003)

 * In the last scene of this Swedish movie, two guys get into a police car (a Volvo V70) that has been modified into the DeLorean Pizza car; they back up, the wheels converted into hover wheels, and it flies away, swings back and goes right toward the camera. Videoclip

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)

 * As Rex (voiced by Chris Pratt) describes his backstory, he talks about how he created a time machine. During the building process, Doc and the DeLorean time machine are shown, and Rex takes apart the DeLorean. Later, as Rex travels to the past, it pans to the flux capacitor, indicating that it is the main source of time travel in his time machine. It is then here that Rex reveals that he is actually an older, wiser and more-hardened version of Emmet (also voiced by Chris Pratt).
 * As Rex begins to fade from existence, he says he is “Back to the Futureing”. Emmet questions what that is and Rex says that it is an older movie that is very popular among older kids. During this speech, his body parts turn transparent, then disappear, like what almost happened to Marty.

Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)

 * At a parade, Crazy Steve pulls up to Drake and Josh's float in a DeLorean DMC-12. Then, the camera makes a close-up examination on the front of the DeLorean similar to the one seen in Back to the Future. When Steve gets back into the car, he immediately drives away. When the car drives away quickly, the license plate falls off and spins around before falling down flat on the roadway.

A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

 * When Albert Stark is walking through town at night when he sees strange, bright lights emanating from a nearby barn. He goes to investigate and finds inside the barn -- Doc Brown is fixing the DeLorean and when Stark ask what is he doing, he respond with "weather experiment" (reference to Doc Brown saying "Oh just a little weather experiment")
 * This reference contains two errors: Marty brings the Delorean back to 1985 from 1885 (as seen as start of the film) and The Delorean shown in the film is power by Plutonium Chamber instead of Mr. Fusion.

National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006)

 * During the Hastings Cup Trivia Challenge, one of the answers to a question is "The Flux Capacitor".

The Pagemaster (1994)

 * When Richard enters the library and meets Christopher Lloyd's character, their interaction is an homage to Lloyd's scene in Back to the Future when Marty meets Doc from the 50's. Doc uses a strange machine on his head to guess what Marty has come to him for, guessing again and again incorrectly and not letting him speak. In The Pagemaster, when Richard meets Lloyd's character (the librarian) he also interrupts him and tries to guess what kind of book Richard has come for, also incorrectly, and not letting him get a word in.

Passenger 57 (1992)

 * During the chase at the fair, Wesley Snipes runs past a 1985 Honda Civic with the OUTATIME license plate can be seen, That was the same license plate from the DeLorean in Back to the Future.

Aladdin (1992)

 * At the end of the "One Step" chase, the guards fall into Crazy Hakim's "discount fertilizer" just like Biff Tannen and his gang in the manure truck.

Paul (2011)

 * In one scene of the movie, the characters park their RV behind a sign similar to Lyon Estates sign in 1955.
 * As Paul enters his spaceship to return to his planet, he tells Tara that she is coming with him. Tara hesitates, saying, "I forgot to bring my toothbrush." Paul responds, "Where we're going, we don't need teeth." paraphrasing Dr. Emmett Brown's "We don't need roads" line in Back to the Future.

Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

 * In a scene of this movie, when Peggy Sue tells Richard that she had "come from the future", the line was actually "back from the future". This line was overdubbed later on, so viewers would't think of Back to the Future, which was released the previous year. Interestingly, both films use time travel as a central plot element.
 * Sachi Parker, who play "Bystander #1" in Back to the Future, also appeared in Peggy Sue Got Married playing Lisa, a high-school student in 1960, the year Peggy Sue travels to.

Planet 51 (2009)

 * During the Humaniacs film which is being watched at the start of Planet 51, the Crew Cuts' cover of "Earth Angel" can be heard playing on a car radio. Also in the Humaniacs film, a girl states that she's never parked before (similar to what Lorraine told Marty, when they parked at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance).
 * The town square of Glipforg is similar in layout to Hill Valley's Courthouse Square, featuring a cinema, a gas station and even a courthouse with clock tower.
 * A cover of Mr. Sandman can be heard playing in the film. The Four Aces' cover of the song was briefly heard in Back to the Future and Back to the Future Part II.

The Polar Express (2004)

 * In a scene in the Robert Zemeckis-directed film, the train stops and the frontal tip of the locomotive comes uncomfortably close to the camera. This is a reference to Back to the Future Part III where the scene is exactly the same, when Clara stops the train.
 * Later, on board the train, Hero Boy (in The Polar Express) pulls the blow horn multiple times, saying "I've wanted to do that my whole life!". This is the same line that Doc Brown delivers after he pulls the blow horn multiple times as well.
 * The Lone Pine Mall appears in both this and the one that featured in Back to the Future.
 * The flux capacitor can be seen in the cabin of the train at a certain point.
 * When Santa is flying, when he tilted up and dissapeared, sparks were left, acting as the fire trails from the Fusion-powered and hover-converted DeLorean.

Cars (2006)

 * Lightning McQueen calls, "Doc, wait!" as Doc Hudson heads back to Radiator Springs after racing around the desert. in Back to the Future, when Marty McFly yells to Doc Brown at the Twin Pines Mall when they are being attacked by the Libyans.

Problem Child 2 (1991)

 * When Junior Healy arrives at his sixth grade class, his homeroom teacher Mr. Thorn (played by James Tolkan) is seen writing rules on the blackboard, and at the bottom it says, "No Slackers." Tolkan, who played Mr. Strickland in the Back to the Future series, was fond of calling both Marty and other young men "slackers".

Rango (2011)

 * Rango enters a saloon and is laughed at when he asks for water. In Back to the Future Part III, Marty McFly also enters a saloon asks for water and is jeered.

Ready Player One (2018)

 * In the OASIS, the DeLorean time machine is the main vehicle of the main character, Parzival, and has a major appearance in the whole movie. Parzival's DeLorean is fitted with the KITT Scanner and AI from the Knight Rider show. Though Parzival's DeLorean can hover above the ground, it has the regular plutonium chamber and not the Mr. Fusion. In the film, Parzival drives the car during the race for the First Key, and during the battle on Planet Doom. The car's windshield is damaged during the battle, after Art3mis falls through it. During battle, the DeLorean is totaled by Nolan Sorrento's Mechagodzilla.
 * Before Art3mis leaves Aech's workshop, she says to Parzival "I'll wave to you from the finish line, McFly".
 * Doc Brown appears in the OASIS by wearing his Back to the Future Part II outfit.
 * Marty's hoverboard appears in Aech's workshop, when Parzival tries out different outfits for his date with Art3mis.
 * When Parzival is chosing outfits for his date with Art3mis, a Mayor Goldie Wilson re-election poster appears when Parzival admires himself in the mirror.
 * Also, when Parzival is trying on different outfits, the time circuits are hanging on the wall in the background.
 * The Zemeckis Cube (a Rubik's Cube-esque device, which turns back time 30 seconds) is named after Back to the Future director Robert Zemeckis.
 * Alan Silvestri composed the score for this film. Silvestri referenced the music of Back to the Future in the score of Ready Player One.
 * Ready Player One was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, who also served as executive producer for all three Back to the Future films.
 * A promotional poster for Ready Player One is a parody of the theatrical poster of Back to the Future. On this poster, Parzival copies Marty's pose, the Ready Player One logo is in the style of the Back to the Future logo, the DeLorean time machine has hover-converted from Back to the Future Part II and the tagline reads "He thought life would never go his way... He thought games were his only escape... He's about to find out...a better reality awaits."

Recycle This! (1990)

 * In this spoofy show, which was performed live in various schools across the USA and shot on video for additional educational use, there's a segment titled "Forward From the Past Part XII" in which Doc (Matt Miller) and Artie (Phil Johnson) find themselves in a future littered with waste that could have been recycled. The segment begins with a mock-up of the iconic logo, underscored by Back in Time and featuring a time-traveling DeLorean streaking across the screen.

See You Yesterday (2019)

 * In one scene of this movie, which uses time travel as a central plot element, C.J. & Sebastian's science teacher Mr. Lockhart remarks "Time travel? Great Scott.". Mr. Lockhart was portrayed by Michael J. Fox. In the Back to the Future franchise, "Great Scott" is Doc's catchphrase.

The Secret Agent Club (1996)

 * When Ray droves away in his Volvo, the license plate off and spins around in the same fashion of the DeLorean's license plate.

The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)

 * A sequence in this movie is very similar to Back to the Future Part II, but also harkens to It's A Wonderful Life. When Jack Frost tricks Scott into wishing he was never Santa Claus, by holding on to his snowglobe, they both travel back in time 12 years, to the point where Scott killed the last Santa and put on his suit. Jack Frost then becomes the one that distracts the Santa and takes his suit instead, vanishing. Suddenly, Scott is teleported back to the present, but as his old self in a suit and tie, talking to a business associate. His ex-wife no longer talks to him, his son disowns him, and the man who married his wife is now divorced. Scott then finds that the North Pole has been transformed by Jack Frost (now Santa Claus) into a theme park, marketing Christmas for everyone's money (similar to Biff's machinations). After Scott tricks Jack Frost into holding the snowglobe and playing a recording of "I wish I never was Santa Claus", they both return to 12 years prior again. This time, Scott holds back Jack preventing him from stealing the suit, which Scott's younger self finds and wears. After younger Scott takes off in Santa's sleigh, both future Scott and Jack disappear back to the present. When Scott returns as Santa, everything is back to normal.

Teen Wolf (1985)

 * Scott Howard (played by Michael J. Fox) lives in the same house (at 1727 Bushnell Street in Pasadena, California) where the Baines family lived in Back to the Future. The scene where Scott is standing atop the "Wolfmobile" is the same street where Marty would later be hit by Sam Baines's car. Although both films used the same location, the interior of the houses is different.
 * Teen Wolf was actually completed before Back to the Future but shelved for several months before release. This led fans of Michael J. Fox to wonder why he would star in a lower-budget film, not knowing that Back to the Future was shot after Teen Wolf wrapped. The producers of Teen Wolf took advantage of Back to the Future's fame, and the movie posters remarked "Michael J. Fox is back from the future" (which would interestingly foreshadow one of the famous quotes from Back to the Future Part II). Fox's character of Scott Howard was even renamed Marty in the Italian language version to capitalize on the huge ticket sales of Back to the Future in Italy.

Elf (2003)

 * In the scene of this movie, where the sleigh takes off from Central Park at high speeds, there is a bum laying on a park bench with a boombox around his neck who sits up as the sleigh goes by, references the scene with the DeLorean time machine crashing into a theater in 1985 that featured in Back to the Future.

Tomorrowland (2015)

 * In this movie, when Casey Newton tries to fix her Tomorrowland pin, she visits a memorabilia store called Blast from the Past. In Back to the Future Part II, the antique shop where Marty purchases the sports almanac is also called Blast from the Past. The shop is later on destroyed in the film, after its owners (revealed to be androids) self-destruct.

Toy Story (1995)

 * On two occasions in this movie, Rex quotes George McFly, by saying "I just don't think I could take that kind of rejection!" and "I don't like confrontations!".

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

 * In a scene in this movie, the Toon Patrol weasels chase Eddie Vailiant and Roger Rabbit (who are driving Benny the Cab) in their paddy wagon. When the Toon Patrol paddy wagon speed towards Benny, Smarty (the weasel driving the paddy wagon) says "I'm gonna ram him!". In Back to the Future, Biff Tannen says this, during the skateboard chase where Marty hangs onto the front of Biff's convertible.
 * When Judge Doom tells Eddie, Roger and Jessica about his plan to bulldoze Toontown and build a freeway in its place, he gloats about "Tire salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see". In Back to the Future, Doc tells Marty that Old Man Peabody planted pine trees on his ranch "as far as the eye can see". Ironically, Judge Doom and Doc were both played by Christopher Lloyd.

Yogi Bear (2010)

 * In a scene where Yogi points towards the camera, he says "break the barrier of picnic," this may be a reference to Doc Brown saying "Next Saturday night, we're sending you back to the future!"

My Favorite Martian (1999)

 * In a scene where Martin the Martian (played by Christopher Lloyd) is explaining the different kinds of nerplex gumballs to Tim, he holds up the spiky-looking Veenox 7 gumball and tells Tim,"When it comes to Veenox 7, just say 'No'!!"

Waxwork II: Lost in Time (1992)

 * In the end Sarah receives a package send to her by Mark who lives in the past, parodies the scene in Part II.

Cheerleader Ninjas (2002)
 
 * The warriors and justice heroes using the power for "1.21 Gigawatts of Electricity" to kill those bad guys, similar to the power source for time travel featured in Back to the Future.