Biff Tannen

:This page is about the Back to the Future character - for the rock band Biff Tannen see Biff Tannen (rock band).

Back to the Future Part II

At the start of the second film, Marty, Doc and Marty's girlfriend Jennifer Parker travelled forward in time from 1985 to 2015 - unaware that their departure had been witnessed by Biff. Over the next 30 years, Biff remembers seeing the flying DeLorean taking off.

Related Topics:
Jennifer Parker - 1985 - 2015

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Biff is still waxing cars by 2015, at the age of 78, and is bullied by his grandson Griff. Despite being over the age of retirement, Biff does not appear to have retired - he may just be doing his grandson a favor by waxing his car, or he may have hit on hard times and been forced to continue working. Biff still likes bullying people, picking on Marty (who he thinks is Marty's future son Marty Jr) - although he is still afraid of George McFly.

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On October 21, 2015, Biff saw the time machine from 1985 in the street and realised that Doc brown had invented a time machine. He picked up a sports almanac that Doc had thrown in the trash and stole the DeLorean whilst Doc and Marty were rescuing Jennifer from her future home. Biff headed back to November 12, 1955 with the almanac to give to his younger self.

Related Topics:
October 21 - Almanac

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Young Biff used the sports almanac to bet on horse racing events, since he now knew the results. In 1958, age 21, Biff soon became very rich and powerful, spending his money on women and cars. He also started up his toxic waste company Biffco, soon becoming one of the richest and most powerful men in America. Biff built a casino hotel in Hill Valley, on the top of the former Courthouse, legalised gambling in 1979 and helped Richard Nixon remain President of the United States until at least 1983. Biff's effects on history affected the whole world - in this version of history, the Vietnam War was also still ongoing by May 1983.

Related Topics:
Horse racing - 1958 - Richard Nixon - President of the United States - Vietnam War

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Despite all this, Biff did not have the girl he wanted. In this version of history he was married at least three times, presumably the first wife was the women he would have married in the normal timeline and the mother of his child(ren). On March 15, 1973 Biff shot and murdered George McFly. He married Lorraine not long afterwards, possibly by offering finicial support to the young widow and her 3 children, but the money and power had gone to his head and he treated her horribly. This went on until 1996 when Lorraine finally shot Biff (this was never implied in the finished film, but a deleted scene showed Biff being erased from existence when he returned to 2015, suggesting that he had changed history. Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale have suggested the "Lorraine shot Biff" theory as an explanation for Biff's fading away).

Related Topics:
March 15 - 1973 - Murdered - 1996 - Robert Zemeckis - Bob Gale

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This version of reality was erased when Marty and Doc went back to 1955 and got the almanac from Biff before he could use it, causing Biff to crash into the very same manure truck. The timeline went back to how it was at the end of the first film, where Biff was running his auto detailing business.

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