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George Douglas McFly is a fictional character, a lead character in the first Back to the Future
motion picture, played by actor Crispin Glover, and a minor character in the 2 sequels, played by Jeffrey Weissman. He did not appear in the animated series. He is the father of Dave, Linda and Marty McFly, and the husband of Lorraine Baines McFly.

George McFly was born on April 1, 1938 in Hill Valley, California (although the novel for the first film says his birthday is August 18th, the April 1st date is seen on his tombstone in Back to the Future Part II). He was the only child of Arthur and Sylvia McFly, living on Sycamore Street, and by 1985 is married to Lorraine with whom he has three kids, Dave, Linda and Marty.

George was a nerdy kid who grew up to become a nerdy wimp who was unable to stand up for himself. He had few friends at high school and probably didn't have that many afterwards. In the original timeline, George worked at an unidentified company where his supervisor was his old school bully Biff Tannen, whereas in the new timeline he writes sci-fi stories (in both timelines, he'd been writing the stories since high school). George likes watching sci-fi programmes and old shows such as The Honeymooners. He is not very "sporty" but does like playing tennis with his wife, and playing golf. His favorite beverage in 1955 was chocolate milk. The novel says that in 1955, George was very superstitious. He is a very cautious person, and not one to rush into things.

He also has a distinctive laugh.

Pre-Back to the Future

The novel for the first Back to the Future film reveals a little bit about George's past, pre-1955 which is when we first meet him (chronologically). When he was 12, he nearly stood up for a friend, Billy Stockhausen, who was being bullied, but didn't, and has hated himself for it ever since. In 1954, he tried reading How to Win Friends and Influence People, but the advice he gained from this book made people stay away from him even more.

George was probably bullied from a very early age, not just by Biff but by other classmates such as Mark Dixon. He had been attracted to Lorraine for some time by 1955 (they may have met for the first time upon entering high school) but was too scared to ask her out.

==Back to the Future
==

In the original timeline, George and Lorraine fell in love when Lorraine's father Sam knocked George over in his car due to George falling out of a tree into the road (he had been "birdwatching", watching Lorraine get undressed from the tree). The Baines family took George into the house and Lorraine felt sorry for him. In a "Florence Nightingale" effect, she fell in love with him and they had their first date a week later, at the Enchantment Under The Sea dance.

George and Lorraine were married by 1963 when their first child Dave was born. Linda followed in 1966 and Marty in 1968. Despite these changes, George stayed much the same as he was when he was 17. He was dominated by his now supervisor Biff, most of his colleagues, and even his neighbors, and even kept the same hairstyle for 30 years. George didn't have the courage to stand up for himself.

However, on November 5th, 1955, history changed, when George's future son Marty (who had travelled back in time from 1985) pushed George out of the way of Sam Baines' car, thus changing history. Marty had a week to make sure George and Lorraine met or else he would never be born. However, George lacked the courage to ask Lorraine out, and she was more interested in Marty (not knowing who he really was). Marty tried matchmaking, to no avail, and eventually started helping George by visiting him in the night, dressed in a radiation suit and posing as an alien named Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan! "Vader" ordered George to ask Lorraine out, and the next day George asked Marty for help in doing this.

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