Episode
Back to the Future: A Verne by Any Other Name
Overview
Verne gets sick of his name after kids keep making fun of him and goes to great lengthes to get it changed, even going back to see his parents just before he's born.
Details
- Series
- Back to the Future
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1992-11-14
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
A Verne by Any Other Name is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Back to the Future. It aired on 1992-11-14. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 7: The Money Tree
Jules tries to grow a money tree to become popular at school, which leads to troubles with the media and the FBI.
Episode 9: Hill Valley Brown-Out
Just before the Founder's Day Celebration, the town loses all its electricity again because of Doc. His attempt to fix it makes things worse, causing everyone to want the Brown family kicked out of town.
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Episode 11: Super Doc
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Episode 4: Marty McFly PFC
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Episode 12: St. Louis Blues
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Episode 3: A Friend In Deed
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Episode 13: Verne Hatches an Egg
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Episode 2: Put on Your Thinking Caps, Kids! It's Time for Mr. Wisdom!
Marty and Verne meet Mr. Wisdom, who hosts a popular children's science show. As it turns out, Doc and Mr. Wisdom were college roommates. Doc doesn't recall it with fondness, as Mr. Wisdom stole his invention for a science fair and won. Things apparently haven't changed as Mr. Wisdom has stolen the DeLorean!
Episode 1: Mac the Black
Marty and Verne travel to 1500s Caribbean, where Verne hopes to get an earring and Marty has to deal with pirate Mac The Black.