How Did Marty and Doc Brown First Meet?

[Something Sexy]

“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”

https://www.movieline.com/2011/08/how-did-marty-and-doc-brown-first-meet.php

 

[pixletwin]

At last. I can sleep at night.

 

[Mad Old Lu]

You know, it's funny--I somehow thought that Doc was the science teacher at the school and Marty had met him there. I guess I assumed that since the Principal knew of their friendship. I got that they became friends because they were both kooky outcasts.

The movie established Marty's wanting to hang out with the Doc because the Doc had that awesome amp system! I just guessed that Doc had more kick-ass stuff like that all over his lab, which made it very appealing for Marty.

 

[EVILFACE]

A strange eccentric old man hanging around with a teenage boy?

 

[Indiana Fett]

Pretty cool to know, thanks for sharing!

 

[ProgMatinee]

Know why pedofiles like time machines?

 

[MarfMaster]

Oddly enough, that is pretty much exactly the back story I had assumed all these years

 

[EXOTICLEX]

yep....that's the way I took it as well. I've been playing the BTTF game on my ipad it's pretty funny.

 

[Titans_No1_Son]

I'm suprised this was never discussed during the Q & A on the DVD release. Now all we need is Bob Gale confirming that there have been discussions with Hot Toys to produce a line of 1/6 figures based on the licence.

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

interesting

 

[FQRizzo]

 

[Kabukiman]

Not buying it.

That may be how Marty met Doc, but Doc already knew Marty at that point because Doc met Marty in 1954.

 

[Silas72]

Met at NAMBLA convention in Brussels.

 

[Morbach]

this is pretty cool.