All 33 Backtothefuturedle characters

Biff Tannen

Hill Valley's big bully, who torments George McFly from high school onward.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955, 1985, 2015

Family

Tannen

Role

Bully, Businessman

Side

Villain

Born

1930–1959

Biff Tannen Jr.

Biff's son, a school bully in the Back to the Future animated series.

Debut

Animated series

Eras

1990s

Family

Tannen

Role

Bully, Student

Side

Villain

Born

1960–1989

Chester

Bartender at the Palace Saloon in 1885, who serves Doc and Marty.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1885

Family

None

Role

Food service

Side

Neutral

Born

Before 1900

Clara Clayton

Hill Valley's new schoolteacher in 1885, who falls for Doc.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1885, 1985

Family

Clayton, Brown

Role

Educator

Side

Ally

Born

Before 1900

Clock Tower Lady

Activist who collects donations to save the Hill Valley clock tower.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1985

Family

None

Role

Activist

Side

Neutral

Born

1900–1929

Copernicus

Doc's dog in 1955, before he owned Einstein.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

Brown

Role

Pet

Side

Ally

Born

1930–1959

Dave McFly

Marty's older brother, who works at a fast-food job in 1985.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1985

Family

McFly

Role

Food service, Office worker

Side

Neutral

Born

1960–1989

Doc Brown

Eccentric inventor who turns a DeLorean into a time machine and is Marty's closest friend.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1885, 1955, 1985, 2015

Family

Brown

Role

Inventor, Blacksmith

Side

Ally

Born

1900–1929

Douglas Needles

Marty's co-worker who goads him into risky choices, both in 1985 and in 2015.

Debut

Part II

Eras

1985, 2015

Family

None

Role

Office worker

Side

Villain

Born

1960–1989

Einstein

Doc's sheepdog, the first living creature to travel through time.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1985, 2015

Family

Brown

Role

Pet

Side

Ally

Born

1960–1989

George McFly

Marty's shy father, a science fiction fan who is bullied by Biff at school.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955, 1985, 2015

Family

McFly

Role

Student, Writer

Side

Ally

Born

1930–1959

Goldie Wilson

Busboy at Lou's Cafe in 1955 who grows up to be Hill Valley's mayor.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955, 1985

Family

None

Role

Food service, Politician

Side

Neutral

Born

1930–1959

Griff Tannen

Biff's cybernetically enhanced grandson, who leads a gang in 2015.

Debut

Part II

Eras

2015

Family

Tannen

Role

Bully, Criminal

Side

Villain

Born

1990 on

Ito T. Fujitsu

Marty's boss in 2015, who sees what Marty did on a video call.

Debut

Part II

Eras

2015

Family

None

Role

Office worker

Side

Neutral

Born

1960–1989

Jennifer Parker

Marty's girlfriend, who comes along on the trip to 2015.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1985, 2015

Family

Parker, McFly

Role

Student

Side

Ally

Born

1960–1989

Jules Brown

Doc and Clara's elder son, named after Jules Verne.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1985

Family

Brown

Role

Student, Inventor

Side

Ally

Born

Before 1900

Linda McFly

Marty's older sister, who can never seem to get a date.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1985

Family

McFly

Role

Shop worker

Side

Neutral

Born

1960–1989

Lorraine Baines McFly

Marty's mother, who in 1955 develops a crush on the wrong boy.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955, 1985, 2015

Family

Baines, McFly

Role

Student, Homemaker

Side

Ally

Born

1930–1959

Lou Carruthers

Owner of Lou's Cafe in 1955, where Marty meets young George and sees Biff push him around.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

None

Role

Businessman, Food service

Side

Neutral

Born

Before 1900

Mad Dog Tannen

Buford Tannen, the outlaw of 1885 Hill Valley and Biff's great-grandfather.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1885

Family

Tannen

Role

Criminal

Side

Villain

Born

Before 1900

Maggie McFly

Seamus's wife on the McFly farm in 1885, who distrusts the stranger.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1885

Family

McFly

Role

Farmer, Homemaker

Side

Ally

Born

Before 1900

Marlene McFly

Marty's daughter in 2015, who gets into trouble of her own.

Debut

Part II

Eras

2015

Family

McFly

Role

Criminal

Side

Neutral

Born

1990 on

Marshal Strickland

Hill Valley's town marshal in 1885, a stern lawman like his descendant.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1885

Family

Strickland

Role

Lawman

Side

Neutral

Born

Before 1900

Marty McFly

Hill Valley teenager and guitarist who is sent back to 1955 in Doc's DeLorean time machine.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1885, 1955, 1985, 2015

Family

McFly

Role

Student, Musician

Side

Ally

Born

1960–1989

Marty McFly Jr.

Marty's son in 2015, who is talked into a crime by Griff.

Debut

Part II

Eras

2015

Family

McFly

Role

Criminal

Side

Neutral

Born

1990 on

Marvin Berry

Bandleader at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance who hurts his hand.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

None

Role

Musician

Side

Neutral

Born

1900–1929

Match

Member of Biff's gang of high school thugs in 1955.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

None

Role

Bully

Side

Villain

Born

1930–1959

Mr. Strickland

Hill Valley High's strict disciplinarian, who calls Marty a slacker.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955, 1985

Family

Strickland

Role

Educator

Side

Neutral

Born

1900–1929

Old Man Peabody

Farmer who breeds pine trees and thinks Marty is a space zombie.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

None

Role

Farmer

Side

Neutral

Born

1900–1929

Sam Baines

Lorraine's father, whose car hits Marty outside the Baines house in 1955.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

Baines

Role

None

Side

Neutral

Born

1900–1929

Seamus McFly

Marty's Irish great-great-grandfather, a farmer near Hill Valley in 1885.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1885

Family

McFly

Role

Farmer

Side

Ally

Born

Before 1900

Stella Baines

Lorraine's mother, who welcomes Marty to the family dinner table in 1955.

Debut

Part I

Eras

1955

Family

Baines

Role

Homemaker

Side

Neutral

Born

1900–1929

Verne Brown

Doc and Clara's younger son, also named after Jules Verne.

Debut

Part III

Eras

1985

Family

Brown

Role

Student

Side

Ally

Born

Before 1900