Production note Robert Zemeckis only agreed to make the sequel if Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd returned.
Production note The film was shot in conjunction with Back to the Future Part III.
Production note Industrial Light & Magic made the same-actor-in-one-scene effects much easier by 1989.
Production note The Jaws 19 trailer and some future props are built as deliberate jokes about franchising and nostalgia.
Production note The future sections include self-lacing Nikes, holograms, video chat, flat screens, and fingerprint scanners.
Production note The movie’s alternate 1985 Biff empire was reportedly inspired by Donald Trump.
Production note Claudia Wells did not return as Jennifer and Elizabeth Shue replaced her.
Production note Crispin Glover’s dispute became an important legal case affecting later filmmaking practices.
Production note The movie made about $332 million worldwide on a $70 million budget.
Production note The film was the first released on videocassette by MCA Universal Home Video.
Jaws 19 Used as the funniest prediction example and proof of the film’s franchise satire.
The Bronx? / Miami Gators The future baseball team is used as a joke about invented sports franchises.
Carl Sagan Cited as praising the movie’s philosophical handling of time travel.
Quentin Tarantino Mentioned for calling Back to the Future one of the perfect movies.
The Holy Grail Used as a comparison for the kind of movie prop they would steal in real life.
Moneyball Referenced for the idea of stealing the player algorithm and changing baseball discourse.
They Live Sal jokes that the sunglasses from They Live are a prop he would want.
Pulp Fiction Used as a riffing point for the mysterious glowing briefcase prop question.
Total Recall Referenced in a comparison about video-call-like future tech.
Biff Tannen’s inspiration from Donald Trump A behind-the-scenes citation for the adult Biff persona.
Roger Rabbit Cited when discussing Zemeckis’s effects-driven work and black comedy energy.
Big Used to compare childlike body-swapping / casting-age awkwardness.
The Beatles / Duran Duran / Sammy Hagar Referenced in music and café jokes about 1980s nostalgia.
Back to the Future The first film is repeatedly used as the benchmark for why Part II works or doesn’t.
The Wizard of Oz / 90210 / Ferris Bueller Used as analogies for age-inappropriate casting and sequel logic.
