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“  Back to the Future Co-Creator Bob Gale Explains How Marty and Doc Became Friends  “Is it ever explained why Marty hangs out with Doc Brown?“ Many people weighed in with theories. Good theories. Then someone with inside info...

backtothefuture1988:

Back to the Future Co-Creator Bob Gale Explains How Marty and Doc Became Friends

“Is it ever explained why Marty hangs out with Doc Brown?“ Many people weighed in with theories. Good theories. Then someone with inside info chimed in — Back to the Future co-creator Bob Gale!

Okay, from the horse’s mouth (yes, I’m the horse — er, co-writer, co-creator): We never explained it in the movie. But the history of the characters that Bob Zemeckis and I created is this…

For years, Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic. So, being a red-blooded American teenage boy, age 13 or 14, he decided to find out just why this guy was so dangerous. Marty snuck into Doc’s lab, and was fascinated by all the cool stuff that was there. when Doc found him there, he was delighted to find that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him for what he was. Both of them were the black sheep in their respective environments. Doc gave Marty a part-time job to help with experiments, tend to the lab, tend to the dog, etc.

And that’s the origin of their relationship.
— Bob Gale

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    I think the comics expanded on that. With Marty needing something Doc bought the last boxes of, and Doc setting up a...
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