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In December of 2010, over twenty years after the last ''[[Back to the Future (film)|Back to The Future]]'' film came out, [[Telltale Games]] had developed an episodic [[Point and Click]] game series—whichseries -- which involves both Bob Gale and [[Christopher Lloyd]], the latter of who would be reprising his role as "Doc" Emmett L. Brown. The first episode, which begins a new chapter in the Back to the Future series, was released on PC and Mac in December 2010 to solid reviews, and subsequent episodes have been equally well received. Its plot revolves around working with a teenaged Emmett Brown to save Doc from Prohibition-era Hill Valley and how Marty's efforts accidentally create a new timeline.
 
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* [[Big Bad]]: Kid Tannen in the first two episodes . {{spoiler|Edna Strickland}} starts out as something of an annoyance, but then assumes this role from Episode 3 onwards.
* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: In Episode 3, "Big Brother" is Citizen Brown. {{spoiler|Though it's really Citizen Edna who pulls the strings.}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In Episode 2, Doc drops Marty off at his house and drives away in the DeLorean—onlyDeLorean -- only to come back and {{spoiler|[[Car Fu|knock Kid Tannen's limo away]] just before the old gangster can shoot Marty dead}}.
* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: The implications of erasing an alternate timeline—alongtimeline -- along with Citizen Brown's life experiences—areexperiences -- are explored in Episode 4. Not to mention all of the underhanded things Marty does to preserve history.
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: There is [[Call Back|a scene at the mall]] in the first episode, but one of the stores there is "JPPinney."
** Also, 1986!Biff's Jumpsuit has an "Adods" logo.
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* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Episode 3, "Citizen Brown". Even for a cliffhanger, it's pretty dark. And there's Episode 4.}}
* [[The Dragon]]: Biff to Citizen Edna, against his will.
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]: In the game's prologue, Marty reenacts the Twin Pines mall scene in his dreams—onlydreams -- only this time, the DeLorean carrying Einstein doesn't come back, and the mall's fixtures start disappearing. This doesn't make sense until Episode 5, when {{spoiler|Edna Stickland erases Hill Valley from history}}.
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]: Marty dressing up as a diminutive gangster and (later) in riot gear.
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Danny in Episode 2. See [[Dirty Cop]] above.
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* [[Half Truth]]: Cue Ball's personal spin on testifying against Kid Tannen in court.
{{quote|"I prefer to think of it as exhibiting an admirable sense of self-preservation."}}
* [[Hammerspace]]: Well, where does Marty carry his sizable inventory—wheninventory -- when he's walking around town?
* [[Hand Wave]]: The appearance of the original DeLorean in Episode 1 is justified with the explanation that one of the lightning bolts that hit it in 1955 (likely the latter since that was when the DeLorean's Destination Time was on the fritz) created two copies; the one we know about, and one sent seventy years forward to 2025, and later found by Doc with his time train. Lampshaded by the fact that the [[Play Station 3]] version awards a Trophy titled 'A Plausible Explanation' for learning this.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Lampshaded in Episode 5.
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*** Marty almost orders a Pepsi at the bar.
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** Marty [[lampshade]]s that he's destroyed the car ''again'', and really shouldn't be allowed to drive it anymore. Note also that when Marty asks alt-1986!{{spoiler|Jennifer}} for a lift into town, she drives past him—justhim -- just like the elderly couple in the first film.
** When Marty finds his dad George, he says, "He's a peeping tom!" There is also a box of peanut brittle (referencing a deleted scene from the first film).
** Marty mentions the time he set fire to the living room to his mom Lorraine.
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