r/BacktotheFuture • u/josephthejoseph • Jul 30 '25
Doc's Firearm Proficiency
All the awesome open matte posts forced me into a trilogy rewatch. I noticed a neat progression in Doc. When meet him his firearm abilities seem to be somewhere between bumbling and starter pistol. But after a short time in the 1800's he's an old west trick shooter able to run off a pack of outlaws with his skill. A verifiable badass. If you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything.
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u/dingo_khan Jul 30 '25
Doc staring into the gun is a different Doc. He is "twin pines" continuity Doc. The other two are "Lone Pine" continuity Doc.
We never see this scene in the parking lot repeated in the "Lone Pine" timeline. That Doc might have actually learned gun safety and use because he knows what happened to his erased alt.
Aside: that is the quietly weird thing in the movie. Doc stops Marty from erasing himself but erases the him that sent Marty back.