How Marty McFly and Doc Brown Became Friends

Ever wonder how the hell a crazy old scientist and a teenage became friends? I know I sure as hell don’t question stuff like that from 80’s movies because hell, everything ok and cool in the 80’s right hipsters?

Doc Brown ruffie coladas aside, we’ve finally gotten an explanation on how these two iconic characters actually met and became friends.

MentalFloss readers asked “Is it ever explained why Marty hangs out with Doc Brown? He’s just in Doc’s house to start the movie and it’s just implied that they’re good friends.” Surprisingly the answer came from Bob Gale himself, co-writer and co-creator of the series.

Here’s what he had to say:

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.

Source: iwatchstuff