Back to the Future Part II - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[veronica]

The ledge on the clock tower that Doc broke in Back to the Future (1985) is still broken in 2015.

[jesse]

Robert Zemeckis was very unhappy about the way that Universal marketed the film. He wanted it to be made quite clear that this film was ultimately a set-up to [Back to the Future Part III](/category/11575/back-to-the-future-part-iii) (1990) but Universal wanted to advertise it as its own independent movie. This ultimately backfired as Back to the Future Part II (1989) ends with a 'To Be Concluded" title that frustrated many audiences, resulting in bad word of mouth and a dramatic fall-off in the film's box office receipts in its second week.

[jamie]

In the film the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, but in reality the Kansas City Royals were the 2015 World Champions (defeating the Mets who beat the Cubs 4 games to 0 in the 2015 NLCS). The last time the Royals won the World Series was in 1985, the year that the first film and part of this film take place.

[jim]

The only film in the franchise where the future (2015) is visited.