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Who's Scott and why is he so Great?

adrian2040adrian2040
edited December 2010 in Back to the Future
I never knew.

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Don't kill me, just answer. Thanks!

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*Runs for Cover*

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  • StraythStrayth
    edited November 2010
    Well... I'm french so, I also don't get it :O ...
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited November 2010
    Scott was the Doc's bully when he was a kid. When Scott gave Emmett wedgies, the young not-yet Doctor would try to placate the ruffian with empty compliments. It's been decades since Doc Brown has even seen Scott, but it's still a gut reaction to fear or surprise built into him by years of childhood trauma.
  • MantaScorpMantaScorp
    edited November 2010
    I just thought he was amazed by the works of Sean Connery, and at random times he would remember a favorite scene from a Bond film and yell "Great Scot!"

    I attached a quick illustration I made to prove my point.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=2124&d=1291217035
  • StraythStrayth
    edited December 2010
    Ok, here's the truth guys.

    Doc went to the future and saw a movie so epic, all he could say was ... "Great, Scott !"

    doc.png
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited December 2010
    I'm not sure what this thread is about, but as always, the wikipedia has answers. Tons of answers.
  • StraythStrayth
    edited December 2010
    Ah... So it just meant nothing.

    I'm disappointed.
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited December 2010
    Maybe it's a reference to the Liddell-Scott Greek Lexicon? The complete, unabridged version is often referred to as The Great Scott by classicists.
  • StraythStrayth
    edited December 2010
    Well maybe.

    In french they translated that into "Nom de Zeus !". Fitting ^^ .
  • PedsterUKPedsterUK
    edited December 2010
    Maybe its just another way to say WTH, WTF, etc?
  • TrenchfootTrenchfoot
    edited December 2010
    What the Scott?!

    Hmmm, no. Doesn't quite work...
  • Meta Ray MekMeta Ray Mek
    edited December 2010
    Vainamoinen wrote: »
    I'm not sure what this thread is about, but as always, the wikipedia has answers. Tons of answers.

    Killjoy. ;(
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited December 2010
    Meta Ray Mek wrote: »
    Killjoy. ;(

    What were you expecting from a mod? :p
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited December 2010
    Age: 23
    Rating: Awesome

    What's not great about him?
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited December 2010
    Farlander wrote: »
    what were you expecting from a mod? :p

    :( :( :( :( :(
  • GaryCXJkGaryCXJk
    edited December 2010
    Farlander wrote: »
    What were you expecting from a mod? :p

    Exactly that, being a killjoy. That's one of the job descriptions of being a mod.

    1. To moderate the boards properly without abusing your moderating powers;
    2. To do so unpaid;
    3. To be as much of a killjoy as possible.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited December 2010
    I always thought it was a reference to Captain Robert Falcon Scott.
  • Meta Ray MekMeta Ray Mek
    edited December 2010
    GaryCXJk wrote: »
    Exactly that, being a killjoy. That's one of the job descriptions of being a mod.

    1. To moderate the boards properly without abusing your moderating powers;
    2. To do so unpaid;
    3. To be as much of a killjoy as possible.

    Speaking from personal experience... yeah, that about sounds like it.

    (seriously though, I kid. Sorry for being a jerk up there)
  • Jon NAJon NA
    edited December 2010
    Meta Ray Mek wrote: »
    Killjoy. ;(
    Farlander wrote: »
    What were you expecting from a mod? :p
    Depends on your definition of being a killjoy ... to some, replying like Rather Dashing is being a kill joy.
    No-one is right and no-one is wrong ...
    Every-one is right and Every-one is wrong ...
    dodo wrote:
    Forward, backward, inward, outward, come and join the chase!
    Nothing could be drier than a jolly caucus-race.

    Backward, forward, outward, inward, bottom to the top,
    never a beginning there can never be a stop

    to skipping, hopping, tripping, fancy free and gay,
    I started it tomorrow and will finish yesterday.

    Round and round and round we go,
    and dance for evermore, once we were behind

    but now we find we are
    be-forward, backward, inward, outward, come and join the chase!
    Nothing could be drier than a jolly caucus-race.

    Forward, backward, inward, outward, here we go again!
    No one ever looses and no one can ever win.

    Backward, forward, outward, inward, bottom to the top, there's...
  • OrigamiOrigami
    edited December 2010
    I'll win the day I have my hands on BttF ep 1
  • StevenMcFlyJrStevenMcFlyJr
    edited December 2010
    "Great Scott", adv. - meaning: to be plutoniumly amazed while thinking 4th dimensionally. :D
  • Sausy GibbonSausy Gibbon
    edited December 2010
    Great Scott: the lesser god of Tuesdays and single-celled organisms.
  • thesporkmanthesporkman
    edited December 2010
    StevenMcFlyJr wrote: »
    "Great Scott", adv. - meaning: to be plutoniumly amazed while thinking 4th dimensionally. :D

    Adverb? But you defined it as a verb! And Doc uses it as an interjection! :confused:
    Sausy Gibbon wrote: »
    Great Scott: the lesser god of Tuesdays and single-celled organisms.

    The greater god of Tuesdays being Tiw, of course. I'm mean, it's Tiw's day after all.
  • SilverwolfpetSilverwolfpet
    edited December 2010
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWtzK12p43k&feature=related

    Skip to 3:29
  • RMJ1984RMJ1984
    edited December 2010
    Well Doc talks about Scott and he's great.

    and Marty talks about Heavy from TF2, This is heavy doc, Heavy doesnt like little coward doctor with time machine!.
  • AwesomePossumAwesomePossum
    edited December 2010
    Doc's cousin's sister's boyfriend's uncle that...was in Black Beauty... :S
  • VainamoinenVainamoinen Moderator
    edited December 2010
    Which of the dozens of Black Beauty incarnations do you mean??
  • funnybone567funnybone567
    edited December 2010
    The doc must worship a god named Scott. That could be the only logical explanation.
  • moturumoturu
    edited December 2010
    Great Scott! was also the name of a now-defunct supermarket chain in the Detroit, Michigan area. The 37-store chain was purchased by the Kroger Company in September, 1990.This chain is not related to a still-operating supermarket chain in Northwest Ohio, which operates as Great Scot.

    (or)

    The expression is of uncertain origin. It is believed to date back at least as far as the American Civil War, and may refer to the commander‑in‑chief of the U.S. Army, General Winfield Scott. The general, known to his troops as Old Fuss and Feathers, weighed 300 pounds (21 stone or 136 kg) in his later years and was too fat to ride a horse.[1] A May 1861 edition of the New York Times carried the sentence:

    These gathering hosts of loyal freemen, under the command of the great SCOTT.
    In an 1871 issue of Galaxy magazine, there is:

    "Great—Scott!" he gasped in his stupefaction, using the name of the then commander-in-chief for an oath, as officers sometimes did in those days.
    The phrase also appears in the 3 May 1864 diary entry by Private Robert Knox Sneden (later published as Eye of the Storm: a Civil War Odyssey):

    ‘Great Scott,’ who would have thought that this would be the destiny of the Union Volunteer in 1861–2 while marching down Broadway to the tune of ‘John Brown’s Body’.[1]
    Another possible origin is people seeking to emulate the German Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha altered and anglicized "Grüß Gott!", or "God bless!" into "Great Scott!". The etymologist and author John Ciardi once believed this, but later recanted in a radio broadcast in 1985. Despite that recantation, the expression is likely to be a minced oath: a mild substitute for invoking the name of God; very possibly derived from the phrase "[by the] grace of God".

    I got that from wikipedia...
  • PrivateJokerPrivateJoker
    edited December 2010
    F. Scott Fitzgerald. He was supposed to be a well learned man afterall.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    Well you seee great scott isnt named scott and his isnt that great.
    You see he was scottish, and wasnt gay so they called him straight scott.
    It was mistranslated later on.
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