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* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: Guess what? Hill Valley has its own college now even though it's supposed to be a small town and no college has ever been mentioned before.
* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: Guess what? Hill Valley has its own college now even though it's supposed to be a small town and no college has ever been mentioned before.
* [[Happily Married]]: Doc and Clara
* [[Happily Married]]: Doc and Clara
* [[Historical in Joke]]: Many.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: Many.
* [[Homemade Inventions]]
* [[Homemade Inventions]]
* [[Idea Bulb]]: Parodided in the episode "Forward to the Past"; Doc is standing in front of a lamp when he has an idea.
* [[Idea Bulb]]: Parodided in the episode "Forward to the Past"; Doc is standing in front of a lamp when he has an idea.
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* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [[Jules Verne|Jules and Verne]]. This actually proved to be a plot point in the episode "A Verne By Any Other Name" - after being bullied about his name, Verne went back in time to convince his parents to name him something else.
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: [[Jules Verne|Jules and Verne]]. This actually proved to be a plot point in the episode "A Verne By Any Other Name" - after being bullied about his name, Verne went back in time to convince his parents to name him something else.
* [[The Professor]]: Doc, naturally.
* [[The Professor]]: Doc, naturally.
* [[Recycled the Series]]
* [[Recycled: The Series]]
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Doc and Jules.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Doc and Jules.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Just one example: Verne interrupts Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiment, causing Doc and Marty to have to simulate a storm in order to get Franklin to do it.
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: Just one example: Verne interrupts Benjamin Franklin's electricity experiment, causing Doc and Marty to have to simulate a storm in order to get Franklin to do it.
* [[Shout Out]]: Marty sarcastically says in one episode that he's Michael J Fox, who played him in the films. Verne admits that he can see the resemblance.
* [[Shout Out]]: Marty sarcastically says in one episode that he's Michael J Fox, who played him in the films. Verne admits that he can see the resemblance.
** Also subtly [[Lampshade Hanging]] the fact that he is [[Poor Mans Substitute|not Michael J. Fox]] in this series.
** Also subtly [[Lampshade Hanging]] the fact that he is [[Poor Man's Substitute|not Michael J. Fox]] in this series.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: This is the basis for many episodes.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: This is the basis for many episodes.
* [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying]]: In the episode "Forward to the Past", the Cretaceous Period is stated to be in 3 million BC. Oh, and apparently there were lemon trees in California during that era.
* [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying]]: In the episode "Forward to the Past", the Cretaceous Period is stated to be in 3 million BC. Oh, and apparently there were lemon trees in California during that era.
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