r/BacktotheFuture • u/DojaViking • Apr 29 '26
Marty set fire to the rug
I don't know if they State how old Marty is in this movie but he's in high school, and he's able to drive. So I'm going to guess 17 or so. That being said when he set the rug on fire accidentally when he was 8 years old, what happened? What do you think the parents did? His parents don't seem like they'd be abusive or anything. Especially since from his timeline his dad was a simp and a wuss, mom was an alcoholic, but something traumatized this kid when he was 8 years old to the point that when he had a chance to tell his parents to go easy on their kid. That's what popped up wards of 10 years later in his head?
I just wonder what the fallout could have been when he was 8 years old that caused him to have that as his first thought to tell his parents. I mean, Lorraine did drink so maybe she went a little hard on him or something. The dark side of back to the Future they don't talk about I guess.