| NOTE: This page is only for Biff Tannen's characterization in 1985A, considering the original main timeline counterpart was not voted Near Pure Evil. Therefore, only the 1985A version's info and crimes should be listed here. |
| “ | So there I was, minding my own business, this crazy old codger with a cane shows up. He says he's my distant relative. I don't see any resemblance. So he says "How would you like to be rich?" So I say "Sure." So he lays this book on me. He says this book'll tell me the outcome of every sporting event 'til the end of the century. All I have to do is bet on the winner, and I'll never lose. So I say "What's the catch?" He says, "No catch, just keep it a secret." After that, he disappeared. I never saw him again. Oh, and he told me one more thing. He said some day, a crazy wild-eyed scientist or a kid may show up asking about that book. And if that ever happens... (cocks gun) Heh. Funny. I never thought it would be you... | „ |
| ~ Biff tells Marty how he got the Almanac. |
| “ | Biff: Go ahead, kid! Jump! Suicide'll be nice and neat... Marty: What if I don't? Biff: Lead poisoning. Marty: What about the police, Biff? They're gonna match up the bullet in that gun! Biff: Kid, I own the police! Besides... they couldn't match up the bullet that killed your old man! Marty: You son of a... Biff: (cocks gun) I suppose it's poetic justice. Two McFlys... with the same gun! |
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| ~ Biff and Marty's final discussion. |
Buford Howard "Biff" Tannen from the alternate 1985, is one of the two main antagonists (alongside his main timeline counterpart) of the 1989 sci-fi/comedy film Back to the Future Part II and the overarching antagonist of its 1990 sequel Back to the Future Part III. He is one of the many versions of the original Biff Tannen, who became the despot of Hill Valley, California, after using The Sports Almanac.
Just like his original counterpart, he was portrayed by Thomas F. Wilson, who also voiced Rok-Ko in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- As a teenage boy, he often made advances on Lorraine, inappropriately touching her and assaulting her despite her protests, even yelling that she would be his wife one day.
- When a group of kids arrived to get a ball, Biff decided to throw the ball onto the roof of another house out of spite.
- He used his unfairly earned wealth and influence to have the 22nd Amendment repealed, which caused Richard Nixon to remain in office for four terms and to continue US involvement in Vietnam, prolonging the war until at least 1983 and changing the world's history.
- He took over Hill Valley with his immense wealth, including buying the law enforcement.
- He polluted the entirety of Hill Valley and made it a run-down city full of crime, to the point that Marty compared it to Hell and Doc said it's just barely better than Hell.
- In order to coerce Lorraine into marrying him willingly, he murdered George McFly to remove the competition.
- While the act was done off-screen, a newspaper is shown detailing George's murder, and his gravestone is shown, and it has a clear impact on the story, as Lorraine had to marry Biff after George died for financial support.
- He sent Marty McFly to boarding school and falsely arrested Dave McFly, showing he had zero care for his stepchildren.
- He abused and berated Lorraine, such as by forcing her to get breast implants.
- It’s implied that since there was no one to stop him for committing such an act, (especially now that George is dead) that he raped Lorraine either before or after forcibly marrying her.
- He is responsible for putting Strickland in danger by allowing terrorists to shoot people on their properties, with people dying from the shootings as Marty witnessed two chalked bodies upon witnessing the alternative reality.
- There's also the fact that the people are left to defend themselves from the terrorists, as a family that Marty accidentally broke into their house implies that "they ain't going to be terrorized."
- When Lorraine stood up to Biff, he threw her to the ground and when Marty attempted to defend her, he had his goons keep Marty restrained while he punched Marty in the stomach.
- When Lorraine attempted to leave, he threatened to cut off his financial support for her children.
- It's implied that, considering the immense wealth and resources he possesses, the amount of aid he provided for Lorraine's kids was very small.
- He is unfaithful to his wife, since he's shown casually watching movies with two women that appear to be identical twin sisters in his hot tub, which also shows he has no issue with enforcing or enabling incest.
- While he admires Clint Eastwood in the same scene even calling him a brillaint guy, it's unknown if he genuinally feels any kind of respect for him or only admires him for his movies.
- He attempted to kill Marty McFly after Marty discovered his secret, while also mentioning he would have killed "a crazy wild-eyed scientist", aka Doc, if he ever discovered the secret.
- He tried to trick Marty into jumping off the hotel before revealing to Marty he killed George, noting the irony in killing two McFlys with the same gun.
- While people found the alternate 1985 Biff to be one of America’s heroes, this is mostly a façade to hide his ruthless nature and hypocrisy since Biff is the main reason why Hill Valley turned into hell.
- While he had an awful relationship with his grandmother, it does not make him sympathetic in any way due to his actions, and it's not expanded upon outside of a couple of interactions between them.
- Although he did allow his adopted family to stay in his luxurious casino, boarding school is shown to be only second to Biff’s cruelty as to why Marty limited his time there, and it is likely that he only did it pragmatically to have Lorraine living in his home.
- How his rule of Hill Valley ruined the town is not Fridge Horror, as the town is in a lockdown with people defending themselves, and there are crashed police cars with chalked sketches of people's bodies on the street.
- He easily stands out as the most heinous character in the entire trilogy due to his ruining of the town (and implicitly the rest of America), his remorseless murder of George McFly and his abuse of his widow and children.
- Unlike his other counterparts, he has no redeeming qualities and is taken seriously most of the time.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Despite being taken considerably more seriously than his other counterparts, he has several comedic moments that detract him from villainy, such as him saying he doesn't see any resemblance to the "distant relative" that gave him the sports book despite him actually being an older Biff, Marty tricking him with a "what the hell is that" tactic, and him being hit by the door of the DeLorean when Doc opens it.
- It's worth to mention that back in 1955 he was not taken very seriously ironically by his own future counterpart to the point of insulting him for how he used to behave with others.
Trivia[]
- He is the only Back to the Future villain to be Near Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Biff Tannen on the Villains Wiki
- His Animated counterpart on the Villains Wiki
- His Past Counterpart on the Villainous Benchmark Wiki
- Biff Tanen on the Pathetic Pinhead Wiki
- Biff Tannen on Wikipedia
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