What if scenario?
So here is something I have always wondered... what would happen if Marty spilled the beans to his parents that Doc built a time machine and he admitted he was Calvin Klein and even showed them the time machine and how it worked?? Would his parents be upset with him or think of him differently? Would it cause some sort of strange paradox? What if Doc's time machine was known to the public?
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Just telling/showing about time machine to people wouldn't cause anything. The problem is when they grab and use it to alter things, and that depends on what people do with it.
Yeah, that would be an interesting story...
I suppose George would be the more understanding of the two...after all, he IS a science fiction author...and he benefited the most directly from Calvin Klien's advice...I suppose he would in a way be thankful to Marty for setting him down on the path of success...though I'm not sure if he would particularly like to know about the old timeline in which Lorraine only married him because she felt sorry for him, and in which Biff bossed him around...
Lorraine however, COULD potentially freak out...after all, she was hitting on her own son! Not to mention that she went on a date with him and made out with him in a car...plus, the idea that her entire love story with George was pretty much masterminded by their future son as part of his desperate gambit to preserve his existence...might adversely affect her psychologically...
Even if they take the truth about the events in 1955 well...Marty SHOULD NOT tell them about 1985-A...imagine how George would freak out, knowing that his former high school bully turned faithful lackey and car mechanic murdered him and married his wife and abused his children...or Lorraine, knowing that she would turn into an alcoholic and abused battered wife...I don't think either of them will be able to even bear the sight of Biff again, knowing that he is POTENTIALLY capable of murder, amongst other things!
Well, it wouldn't damage the space-time continuum...just damaging in a lot of other ways
-he ended up in 1955 by a pure accident of his own
-he did not seek out either of his parents, he 'met' both by fluke
-he actually risked his own life to save George (obviously not realizing what was supposed to happen).
-Lorraine asked him out, not the other way around and the plan the entire timre was to set her up with George.
He didnt do what he did to be selfish, he did it to save himself and his siblings and since George and Lorraine are happy together in the good timeline, they should be greatful.
well in the very brief alternate timeline we see in episode 2, Biffs brother points out Marty making him crash into a manure truck so he does find out in this timeline. Also in 2015 Biff may be able to piece it together. He does remember the manure but may not realize it's marty.
No one's saying they'll blame Marty...they'll just be freaked out...Lorraine in particular...
Biff, of all the characters, is in the best position to figure out the truth...
I'm pretty sure Lone Pine Old Biff from 2015 figured out who Calvin Klien is after he saw '85 Marty in 2015 and found out about the time machine...maybe that's why he travelled back to November 1th 1955, the day he remembers Calvin Klien, through George, screwing up his life...
Eastwood Biff, whom we see in 1985, should also be in a position to know...he remembers meeting Old Biff in 1955 (though he doesn't know who he is)...he probably guessed that Old Biff WAS from the future, because he gave him the Almanac that predicted the results of future sporting events...and he knows that Calvin Klien was interested in the book, risking his life to get it, and therefore probably knew what it was and thus probably had something to do with the future too...
Plus, after Marty's second trip to 1955, Calvin Klien has had a far greater adverse effect on Biff's life...the first time round, Calvin just caused him to crash into the manure truck; the second time, he stole from him a book that would have allowed him to be rich beyond his wildest dreams, and caused him to crash into the truck AGAIN...he's unlikely to forget Calvin Klien and his face in a hurry...plus, Biff also saw the Delorean in 1955...so now, in the final timeline, when he sees the car flying in 1985...its sure to spark off his memories and enable him to put 2 and 2 together...when Biff is 60-ish in the Eastwood timeline (or possibly older), he might recognise himself as the Old Man who gave him the Almanac...
I dunno, meeting Lorraine wasn't THAT much of a fluke. Instead of following his father around and getting hit by the car, Marty could have easily just asked someone in the diner for directions to Doc's and spent a quiet week hiding out in that mansion until he returned home. xD
Not if Biff has a really bad memory or is just really stupid