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Age: 17
Species: Human
Canon: Back to the Future
Canon Point: Near the end of the second movie, when the Delorean is hit by lightning.
Character Info: Here's his wiki!
Personality:
In the Back to the Future trilogy, sometimes a character's personality and changes thereof can be lost among its dynamics. Marty, at first, seems like your normal 80's teen who is hard into denim fashion and rock 'n roll. He's not bad enough to the point where the cops know him by name, but detentions are a pretty normal thing for him and his grades are average, if that.
He may seem normal at first, but yeah. He's not.
At the beginning, we see Marty before shit gets serious. His talents lie within music; he's an excellent guitarist, and has a good singing voice to go along with it. He has a hard passion for music and rock, and has even started his own band he called The Pinheads. Marty is talented enough for his age, to the point where he can give quick directions to a band, give a full performance without a moment's notice or warning, and can lead the members flawlessly. The Enchantment Under the Sea Dance is a perfect example of this from top to bottom. Music runs in his blood; it's his dream to become a rock star, who is well known and filthy rich. When it comes to things he really gives a shit about, Marty is pretty damn passionate about it, and isn't afraid to push forward to the future.
Of course, when it comes to everything else, he doesn't care equally as much. In school, his grades aren't good, but aren't bad. He's often caught daydreaming, tardy, or seen as a slacker. Marty's determined to change this, and to reshape the town's opinion of his family name. At first, it doesn't seem like he has much luck in it, though.
He's not only talented when it comes to music. Marty's pretty skilled when it comes to skateboarding. When he doesn't have a car, he uses it as his main source of transportation, hanging on to the back of moving cars to pick up speed. Marty McFly was actually the inventor of the skateboard, seen in 1955.
Grades aren't good at defining him, though. Marty is very clever for his age. As you get deeper and deeper into the movies, he's constantly thrown into situations and scenarios where cleverness is the key. He can think quickly enough to move through a group of kids in a moving convertible on his skateboard, to avoid getting rammed into a truck. He can fool his gullible teenage dad into being a space alien, using nothing but a yellow rad suit and helmet, a cassette player, and a blowdryer as a gun. Majority, if not all of the problems Marty faces in the trilogy comes out of nowhere, and he has to react to them on a whim.
When the pressure is on, Marty can keep a clear head...sometimes. He can find a way through many problems without spending a lot of time rooted to the spot by his fears. In the first movie, he only had a week to get his teenage mother to fall out of love with him, or face fading into nonexistence. The second movie makes him face the death of his father in an alternate 1985, and the third he only has a matter of days to save Doc Brown from being shot to death in the 1800's. All of the events in trilogy happen with no warning at all, and often put him in danger as well. For a guy new to time travel and not trying to make an utter mess of things, he does a pretty good job. But it's only fair to say that his friend gives him a lot of help as well.
Since his relationship with his mom and dad aren't...all exactly the best, Marty turns to his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown for a lot of odd jobs and advice. They first met when a younger Marty was looking for odd jobs, and Brown offered to clean his lab with the reward of listening to his music records. Emmett Brown wasn't looked up to much in the neighborhood, because he was labeled as a nutjob and a mad scientist. Despite all of the rumors, Marty took up the job, and they've been tight friends ever since.
Doc has caused a lot of good changes in Marty's life, whether it involves time travel or not. In most, if not all of Marty's time adventures, he needed Doc either for science help, or support in general. or is intended or not. Marty would do anything to help out his friend, even if it means meeting him at a mall in the dead of night and almost getting hit by a car. Even while he's completely independent and able to fend for himself, a lot of help comes from the Doc when Marty goes on his time adventures. In a timeline where he's supposed to not exist, it's extremely beneficial for Marty to have a friend who he can go to, or to talk with. Because of all of this, Marty is very loyal to the Doc, and will do anything to save him or help him.
Marty's not loyal to only Doc, however. To any friend he has, Marty sticks by his their side. He's not one to turn his back on someone, and will try everything in his power to do what he feels is right. That's easily said when his dad is being bullied by Biff Tannen, and Marty tries to make a stand to protect him. Despite what others might think of him, Marty will stand up for his friends because it's the right thing to do, simple as that!
He's a character that follows through by his emotions; he's absolutely nowhere near a 'macho-male'. When Marty's angry, he will let you know. When he's sad or upset, he won't do much to hide it, except when it's absolutely imperative that he keeps a straight face to fix the future. If someone has the guts to call him a chicken, Marty will confront them out of anger and try to prove that he's not, even if it gets him into trouble. When the Doc was shot at the end of the movie, even though Marty tried to save him and wrote a letter of warning in the past, he was upset to the point where he cried. If he needs to act to keep the timeline intact, he'll try to keep a straight face, but will either act immediately or go to Doc to vent. Marty is a very emotional kid who isn't afraid to show it, and that's a crucial part of him in the trilogy. If his time travel adventures never happened, this actually would get him into quite a bit of trouble. Trouble enough to end his career.
Bravery is something that runs strongly in Marty. He takes on the challenge of running from a gang in the 1950's by riding away in a rickety, makeshift skateboard. He faced against a criminal in 1885 in a gunfight, only to drop his weapon and face the danger head-on. There are many examples of Marty facing dangers head on without hesitation. It's a very big part of who he is, and makes him shine through the trilogy.
The McFly family had a horrible, almost pathetic reputation at the beginning of the trilogy; even Marty's principle said to his face that no McFly have never and will never amount to anything...which, before Marty went back in time, was true. Wine and booze was his mother's life blood. She was a raging alcoholic, who avoided a hangover by keeping her glass full. His father was absolutely pathetic, known to the town as the local doormat. He would do nothing at all to defend himself or his family, no matter what would happen. George McFly gave into the simplest of things, all to avoid confrontation.
Marty grew up in a low-middle class household at best, until he changed the future. His status and his family is something that he tries to protect, and grows offended when something against them is mentioned. Marty was determined to change that...which, in the end, he did!
Marty's fatal flaw that is noted the most is that it's very hard for him to take insults, particularly anything that relates to being a coward. Being called anything from a 'chicken' to 'yellow' digs down right into his skin and rubs against all the wrong nerves. In the first two movies and halfway into the third, Marty would confront anyone who dared to insult him and would pull any strings to defend himself. This usually turned out negatively for him: in Back to the Future II, Marty confronts Biff after being told he was a chicken and is almost knocked out by a door whacking into his head. Years and years in the future, Marty is spurred on to a street race after he was told he was a chicken. Before he altered the timestream, Marty got into a crash with another car, causing major damage to his wrist and destroying his future as a rockstar.
A lot, if not all of his irritation in being called a coward comes from seeing his dad become the local doormat. It's shown through the first movie that Marty is disappointed in his dad and how he lets the world walk all over him, and it's not something he aims to become.
Despite his family's improvements at the beginning, it's not until the third movie that Marty is able to take someone calling him a coward. After he was called 'yellow' in the old west by one of Biff Tannen's past relatives, he challenges him to a gunfight a day or two away. Marty doesn't understand how much defending himself over petty insults could affect him until a picture from the future shows his name on a tombstone. Because of this (and ultimately getting shot, but protecting himself with an armor cover for his chest), Marty realizes that there's nothing wrong with walking away when someone calls him a chicken. It saves his future...in many more ways than one.
Flaws and silly things put aside, Marty is a very easygoing teen who has one huge picture in life: to be the lead guitarist in his own band, to become famous and sell millions of records across the nation. Thanks to his friend Doc Brown and a time traveling Delorean, this all becomes possible.
He may seem normal at first, but yeah. He's not.
At the beginning, we see Marty before shit gets serious. His talents lie within music; he's an excellent guitarist, and has a good singing voice to go along with it. He has a hard passion for music and rock, and has even started his own band he called The Pinheads. Marty is talented enough for his age, to the point where he can give quick directions to a band, give a full performance without a moment's notice or warning, and can lead the members flawlessly. The Enchantment Under the Sea Dance is a perfect example of this from top to bottom. Music runs in his blood; it's his dream to become a rock star, who is well known and filthy rich. When it comes to things he really gives a shit about, Marty is pretty damn passionate about it, and isn't afraid to push forward to the future.
Of course, when it comes to everything else, he doesn't care equally as much. In school, his grades aren't good, but aren't bad. He's often caught daydreaming, tardy, or seen as a slacker. Marty's determined to change this, and to reshape the town's opinion of his family name. At first, it doesn't seem like he has much luck in it, though.
He's not only talented when it comes to music. Marty's pretty skilled when it comes to skateboarding. When he doesn't have a car, he uses it as his main source of transportation, hanging on to the back of moving cars to pick up speed. Marty McFly was actually the inventor of the skateboard, seen in 1955.
Grades aren't good at defining him, though. Marty is very clever for his age. As you get deeper and deeper into the movies, he's constantly thrown into situations and scenarios where cleverness is the key. He can think quickly enough to move through a group of kids in a moving convertible on his skateboard, to avoid getting rammed into a truck. He can fool his gullible teenage dad into being a space alien, using nothing but a yellow rad suit and helmet, a cassette player, and a blowdryer as a gun. Majority, if not all of the problems Marty faces in the trilogy comes out of nowhere, and he has to react to them on a whim.
When the pressure is on, Marty can keep a clear head...sometimes. He can find a way through many problems without spending a lot of time rooted to the spot by his fears. In the first movie, he only had a week to get his teenage mother to fall out of love with him, or face fading into nonexistence. The second movie makes him face the death of his father in an alternate 1985, and the third he only has a matter of days to save Doc Brown from being shot to death in the 1800's. All of the events in trilogy happen with no warning at all, and often put him in danger as well. For a guy new to time travel and not trying to make an utter mess of things, he does a pretty good job. But it's only fair to say that his friend gives him a lot of help as well.
Since his relationship with his mom and dad aren't...all exactly the best, Marty turns to his friend, Doctor Emmett Brown for a lot of odd jobs and advice. They first met when a younger Marty was looking for odd jobs, and Brown offered to clean his lab with the reward of listening to his music records. Emmett Brown wasn't looked up to much in the neighborhood, because he was labeled as a nutjob and a mad scientist. Despite all of the rumors, Marty took up the job, and they've been tight friends ever since.
Doc has caused a lot of good changes in Marty's life, whether it involves time travel or not. In most, if not all of Marty's time adventures, he needed Doc either for science help, or support in general. or is intended or not. Marty would do anything to help out his friend, even if it means meeting him at a mall in the dead of night and almost getting hit by a car. Even while he's completely independent and able to fend for himself, a lot of help comes from the Doc when Marty goes on his time adventures. In a timeline where he's supposed to not exist, it's extremely beneficial for Marty to have a friend who he can go to, or to talk with. Because of all of this, Marty is very loyal to the Doc, and will do anything to save him or help him.
Marty's not loyal to only Doc, however. To any friend he has, Marty sticks by his their side. He's not one to turn his back on someone, and will try everything in his power to do what he feels is right. That's easily said when his dad is being bullied by Biff Tannen, and Marty tries to make a stand to protect him. Despite what others might think of him, Marty will stand up for his friends because it's the right thing to do, simple as that!
He's a character that follows through by his emotions; he's absolutely nowhere near a 'macho-male'. When Marty's angry, he will let you know. When he's sad or upset, he won't do much to hide it, except when it's absolutely imperative that he keeps a straight face to fix the future. If someone has the guts to call him a chicken, Marty will confront them out of anger and try to prove that he's not, even if it gets him into trouble. When the Doc was shot at the end of the movie, even though Marty tried to save him and wrote a letter of warning in the past, he was upset to the point where he cried. If he needs to act to keep the timeline intact, he'll try to keep a straight face, but will either act immediately or go to Doc to vent. Marty is a very emotional kid who isn't afraid to show it, and that's a crucial part of him in the trilogy. If his time travel adventures never happened, this actually would get him into quite a bit of trouble. Trouble enough to end his career.
Bravery is something that runs strongly in Marty. He takes on the challenge of running from a gang in the 1950's by riding away in a rickety, makeshift skateboard. He faced against a criminal in 1885 in a gunfight, only to drop his weapon and face the danger head-on. There are many examples of Marty facing dangers head on without hesitation. It's a very big part of who he is, and makes him shine through the trilogy.
The McFly family had a horrible, almost pathetic reputation at the beginning of the trilogy; even Marty's principle said to his face that no McFly have never and will never amount to anything...which, before Marty went back in time, was true. Wine and booze was his mother's life blood. She was a raging alcoholic, who avoided a hangover by keeping her glass full. His father was absolutely pathetic, known to the town as the local doormat. He would do nothing at all to defend himself or his family, no matter what would happen. George McFly gave into the simplest of things, all to avoid confrontation.
Marty grew up in a low-middle class household at best, until he changed the future. His status and his family is something that he tries to protect, and grows offended when something against them is mentioned. Marty was determined to change that...which, in the end, he did!
Marty's fatal flaw that is noted the most is that it's very hard for him to take insults, particularly anything that relates to being a coward. Being called anything from a 'chicken' to 'yellow' digs down right into his skin and rubs against all the wrong nerves. In the first two movies and halfway into the third, Marty would confront anyone who dared to insult him and would pull any strings to defend himself. This usually turned out negatively for him: in Back to the Future II, Marty confronts Biff after being told he was a chicken and is almost knocked out by a door whacking into his head. Years and years in the future, Marty is spurred on to a street race after he was told he was a chicken. Before he altered the timestream, Marty got into a crash with another car, causing major damage to his wrist and destroying his future as a rockstar.
A lot, if not all of his irritation in being called a coward comes from seeing his dad become the local doormat. It's shown through the first movie that Marty is disappointed in his dad and how he lets the world walk all over him, and it's not something he aims to become.
Despite his family's improvements at the beginning, it's not until the third movie that Marty is able to take someone calling him a coward. After he was called 'yellow' in the old west by one of Biff Tannen's past relatives, he challenges him to a gunfight a day or two away. Marty doesn't understand how much defending himself over petty insults could affect him until a picture from the future shows his name on a tombstone. Because of this (and ultimately getting shot, but protecting himself with an armor cover for his chest), Marty realizes that there's nothing wrong with walking away when someone calls him a chicken. It saves his future...in many more ways than one.
Flaws and silly things put aside, Marty is a very easygoing teen who has one huge picture in life: to be the lead guitarist in his own band, to become famous and sell millions of records across the nation. Thanks to his friend Doc Brown and a time traveling Delorean, this all becomes possible.
☆INTERSTELLAR
Choice Instrument: Electric guitar, vocals, lead
Rockstar Persona:
Marty already is a guy who is passionate about music, so just multiply this by like...a million, maybe. Just imagine him constantly prattling his bandmates about making practice on time, or making themselves sound the best they can. 100% is not enough in the world of rock 'n roll! If you want to be the best, you got to practice like the best! But after a good show, it'll be a night out! The party will be calling his name...except for the booze. There's something about beer that he really doesn't like.
He lives in the old times; what's with this new age pop, electronic stuff, whatever? Hell no. Marty lives for 80's rock, full with synthesizers and hair mullets. Marty dresses up like a classic 80's rocker (minus the weird hair, kind of), and he isn't afraid to show it! Something about 80's American music really hits home with him, and nothing else hits home as much as that does.
Most of the time, he doesn't take insults to him or his band very well. Despite his confidence, he takes criticism pretty hard. He's afraid of being told that he's no good, or that he has no future. It makes him nervous, maybe a little anxious, but he will gladly deal with these negative emotions as long as he has a guitar in his hand.
Marty doesn't have a limit. When he rocks and rolls, he loves to be Too Darn Loud.
Ideal CR: Positive, negative ( i am a sucker for this, WOW ), anybody who would be willing to deal with a kid rocking a mullet constantly badgering others to work, so they can become SUPER RICH ROCK STARS. Also someone who could maybe boost up his self esteem a bit, maybe?He lives in the old times; what's with this new age pop, electronic stuff, whatever? Hell no. Marty lives for 80's rock, full with synthesizers and hair mullets. Marty dresses up like a classic 80's rocker (minus the weird hair, kind of), and he isn't afraid to show it! Something about 80's American music really hits home with him, and nothing else hits home as much as that does.
Most of the time, he doesn't take insults to him or his band very well. Despite his confidence, he takes criticism pretty hard. He's afraid of being told that he's no good, or that he has no future. It makes him nervous, maybe a little anxious, but he will gladly deal with these negative emotions as long as he has a guitar in his hand.
Marty doesn't have a limit. When he rocks and rolls, he loves to be Too Darn Loud.
Writing Sample: at the rescue tdm, at the musician tdm