The time travelling adventures of Doc Brown, his family, and his friend, Marty McFly.The time travelling adventures of Doc Brown, his family, and his friend, Marty McFly.The time travelling adventures of Doc Brown, his family, and his friend, Marty McFly.
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Linda Gary
• 1991–1992
Adrienne Alexander
• 1991–1992
Brian Stokes Mitchell
• 1992
Carlos Carrasco
• 1992
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The animated adventures of Doc and Marty were a great way to continue the series, however a few things could've helped. First of all, only a few cast members from the films returned to voice characters, which is a shame. The only time we see Christopher Lloyd as Doc is in the wrap arounds, and the voice of Doc is provided by Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson). It probably would have been a more successful show had Michael J. Fox also returned as the voice of Marty.
However, the true fans are still happy with the result, and the show has a sort of cult status. The fact that CBS only seldom aired reruns, the audience wasn't wide and many fans of the film series hadn't seen this show. Thankfully, the whole series is now available on dvd since 2015, the franchises 30th anniversary.
However, the true fans are still happy with the result, and the show has a sort of cult status. The fact that CBS only seldom aired reruns, the audience wasn't wide and many fans of the film series hadn't seen this show. Thankfully, the whole series is now available on dvd since 2015, the franchises 30th anniversary.
Back to the Future: The Animated Series is far from a perfect animated adventure of the Back to the Future world. It has enough humor, color and happiness to entertain younger 5-9 year old fans of the franchise, but for ages 9 and up, it isn't good enough.
Cons: The animation is typical Saturday morning, the jokes usually fall flat, and the two new kids of Doc and Clara, Jules and Verne, really make the show worse. They are super annoying and unfunny, and if they weren't even in the show, it would be 3x better, and i would give it 8 out of 10, but they just aren't good. I also don't understand why Christopher Lloyd couldn't be Doc in the animated segments, but can be Doc in the live action segments.
Pros: It is at least trying to give you good entertainment. The episode Brothers is pretty good, and is one of the only good episodes in the short lived series. It has more laughs, more plot, and better Jules and Verne, surprisingly. Doc actually sounds like Doc in this episode. But those are the only pros in the show.
Overall, I have mixed to negative reception to this animated show. The mixed part is the plot. Its sometimes pretty good, but some of the episodes have a really bland one. The negative is everything else. At least try new animation. It would be better. I won't really recommend this if you love the movies, but I guess its enjoyable for the young ones.
Cons: The animation is typical Saturday morning, the jokes usually fall flat, and the two new kids of Doc and Clara, Jules and Verne, really make the show worse. They are super annoying and unfunny, and if they weren't even in the show, it would be 3x better, and i would give it 8 out of 10, but they just aren't good. I also don't understand why Christopher Lloyd couldn't be Doc in the animated segments, but can be Doc in the live action segments.
Pros: It is at least trying to give you good entertainment. The episode Brothers is pretty good, and is one of the only good episodes in the short lived series. It has more laughs, more plot, and better Jules and Verne, surprisingly. Doc actually sounds like Doc in this episode. But those are the only pros in the show.
Overall, I have mixed to negative reception to this animated show. The mixed part is the plot. Its sometimes pretty good, but some of the episodes have a really bland one. The negative is everything else. At least try new animation. It would be better. I won't really recommend this if you love the movies, but I guess its enjoyable for the young ones.
This little animated series came about a year after the third movie, either an attempt to keep Back to the Future in the public eye or just to cash in on the films. Either way, this was a fun series. Some of the stories were very fresh and clever. One story that comes to mind is Doc, Jules and Verne traveling back and accidently preventing the extinction of the dinosaurs. Those live action bumpers of Christopher Lloyd are clever and funny. The series vanished after it's production ended and has sometimes appeared on a cable station. Watch it if you can.
10lenserpa
this is a great cartoon, I really enjoyed it, I am a big fan of Back To The Future it's my top favorite movie of all time, so I am inclined to like this, but it's very enjoyable and good for the kids, I like the parts with Dr Brown I think they're interesting and funny,Sad that this show is unavailable on DVD along with some other shows I loved like The Wonder Years,and China Beach.I just keep waiting for them to get caught up to these shows and release them. I am happy to find all 26 episode on you tube some of the quality is not that great but hopefully it is released on DVD. 1. Back to The Future 2. Return of The Living Dead 3. The Crow 4. Robocop 5. Batman 1989 my top 5 movies of all time.
We really wanted Marty didn't we? We wanted Fox.
Instead we got Doc Brown and his family. Bumber. I mean, Marty was in it, but he wasn't the center, central driving force of the story and as kids we didn't like that one bit.
Sure...it was still fun. It was still funny, and Marty was still there, but the focus was on the Brown children, likely because the people that made the cartoon decided that--despite the fact that there were tons of cartoons about teenagers and adults--that children wanted a cartoon about kids their own age.
And because of that it really wasn't Back to the Future.
You couldn't buy us off that easy.
Instead we got Doc Brown and his family. Bumber. I mean, Marty was in it, but he wasn't the center, central driving force of the story and as kids we didn't like that one bit.
Sure...it was still fun. It was still funny, and Marty was still there, but the focus was on the Brown children, likely because the people that made the cartoon decided that--despite the fact that there were tons of cartoons about teenagers and adults--that children wanted a cartoon about kids their own age.
And because of that it really wasn't Back to the Future.
You couldn't buy us off that easy.
Did you know
- TriviaDespite being major characters in the "Back to the Future" trilogy, Marty's parents George and Lorraine McFly never appeared in the series.
- GoofsIn the episode "Hill Valley Brown-Out (1992)", Doc's shirt changes from purple, to white, to purple again.
- Quotes
[Marty has sarcastically claimed to be Michael J. Fox]
Verne Brown: [To Marty] You DO sorta look like that J. Michael Fox guy.
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits, Biff Tannen appears and makes a comment/joke about the episode. For example, the episode that involves baseball has Biff saying "Hey butt-head, how do you hold a baseball bat? By its wings! Ha ha ha". Then Biff holds a real bat by its wings which ends up biting him and ending that segment.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tales from the Future: The Test of Time (2010)
- SoundtracksBACK IN TIME
Written by Johnny Colla (uncredited), Chris Hayes (uncredited), Sean Hopper (uncredited) and Huey Lewis (uncredited)
Performed by Huey Lewis & The News (as Huey Lewis and The News)
Additional Production & remix by Jellybean Benítez
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