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This scene where George asks his dad, Arthur McFly, for advice about applying to college is heartbreaking.
— Sep 11, 2025 05:34AM
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Marty on realizing more about George after seeing his grandpa beat his dad down about wanting to go to college:
"Yeah. No wonder he won't ask my mom out, or any girl for that matter. All he ever heard from my grandfather is that he's going to fail. No one ever tells him he can succeed at anything..."
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"Jeez," Marty said, "if he got that kind of support from Grandpa, no wonder Dad gave me such rotten advice."
— Sep 11, 2025 05:46AM
"Yeah. No wonder he won't ask my mom out, or any girl for that matter. All he ever heard from my grandfather is that he's going to fail. No one ever tells him he can succeed at anything..."
[...]
"Jeez," Marty said, "if he got that kind of support from Grandpa, no wonder Dad gave me such rotten advice."
