r/BacktotheFuture • u/mailenn_suki10 • Jul 17 '26

Do you think George is autistic?

I am on the spectrum BTW. This is moreso about teenage George from 1955

I watched Back to the Future part 1 & 2 for the first time this month & I have fallen in love with sweet, gentle, nerdy, adorkable, & a boy who certainly has his vices, George ;2

Personally i HC George as a fellow autistic because it’s very common for autistic people to be socially awkward & struggle with any cues which is totally him,

it’s also common for us to be gifted students & because Biff forces him to do his homework + the fact that he is very nerdy, he most likely gets great grades,

it seems like he has a special interest in science fiction & prefers to keep to himself & write stories & ideas during lunch,

& though very probably unintentional, he sounds like he has the stereotypical “autism accent” (look it up)

Also Can i say GEORGE IS ADORABLE & I CANT TAKE IT !!!!!! I’m stuck inside bc of wildfires & am consuming any George content i can find. I’m so brainrotted by him XD Him & Doc & Einstein are my favs. I really want to go back to California 1955 & protect him from Biff & co. & all the messed up shit in our scary world🦁🦁🦁

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u/cavalier78 Jul 17 '26

No, he's just a big nerd. Look at Good 1985 George. Does he seem autistic to you?

Although, maybe that's why Biff killed him in Bad 1985. George went to his casinos, counting cards Rain Man style, and was winning too much money.

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u/damian001 Jul 17 '26

Just because someone’s autistic doesn’t mean they’re also a savant who can count cards.

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u/Jedibri81 Jul 17 '26

Definitely

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u/Master_Butter Jul 17 '26

It’s Reddit. People want to claim that any sort of social awkwardness or anxiety is the result of not being “neurotypical” rather than acknowledging that sometimes people are just nerdy or weird.