1985A is the designation for the alternate reality of 1985 depicted in the ficticious 1989 movie Back to the Future Part II. The term was coined by Doc Brown, the inventor of a time machine, when he draws a timeline on a blackboard and explains to Marty McFly how changing a historical event that had influence on other events at the local and national level could cause the timeline to branch or "skew" into a new version of history. This article is about the year. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 film and is the second part of the Back to the Future trilogy. ... Doc Emmett L. Brown is a fictional character central to the Back to the Future movies created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. ... Martin Seamus Marty McFly is a fictional character, the lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series. ...

This reality started when a 78-year-old Biff Tannen stole the DeLorean time machine in 2015 taking it back to 1955 to give an almanac of sports statistics to his younger self. In that reality, young Biff used the Almanac to make a fortune, becoming rich and powerful. He made his first million betting on a horse race in 1958. Biff continued to gain power and influence for many years creating his own corporation, Biffco, and gaining a stranglehold on Hill Valley. In 1979 he successfully lobbied to legalize gambling and turned the courthouse clocktower at the center of town into a high-rise casino hotel. By 1985, the city of Hill Valley is dilapidated and crime-ridden due to a corrupt government and legal system. Hill Valley also suffered from extremely low socioeconomic status, and its residents lived in fear of the frequent shootouts conducted by unruly denizens of Hill Valley. Biff Tannen is a fictional character, the main villain in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played in the three films and voiced in the animated series by Thomas F. Wilson. ... De Lorean can refer to: John De Lorean, an American businessman who founded (in Ireland) the De Lorean Motor Company, which manufactured an automobile, the De Lorean DMC-12, which was used in the film Back to the Future This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... 2015 (MMXV) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The set of the Hill Valley courthouse at the Universal Studios backlot. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

In 1973, Biff murdered George McFly, enabling him to force his "childhood sweetheart," George's wife Lorraine McFly, to marry him. By 1985, Dave McFly was a drunken bum who was on probation with the law, Linda McFly has racked up a great deal of credit card debt, and Marty McFly was attending boarding schools in Switzerland. Lorraine was an alcoholic who was often abused by Biff and was extremely lonely. Doc Brown had been committed to a mental institution back in 1983. Hill Valley High School burned down in 1979. The changes to the timeline affected the whole world. Richard Nixon did not resign due to the Watergate Scandal and had the constitution amended so that he could continue to serve as President of the United States, which he did until at least 1983. Furthermore, the Vietnam War was still going on in 1983 and is likely continuing past that point. It is presumed that in 1996 of this timeline, Biff was killed by Lorraine. Possibly because of the way he controlled her and her family and also possibly because she found out that he killed George. When Old Biff returned to 2015 from 1955, he was seen clutching his chest and (as it can be seen in the deleted scenes of the collector edition) he vanished into thin air, meaning that 2015 was changing into 2015A and that Biff was dead by 2015A. Theoretically, this would create a paradox because if Old Biff vanished into thin air because of being dead by 2015A, then he never would have been able to have taken the time machine to 1955 to give the Almanac to his younger self. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ... George McFly is a fictional character, a lead character in the first Back to the Future motion picture, played by actor Crispin Glover, and a minor character in the 2 sequels, played by Jeffrey Weissman. ... Lorraine McFly, a fictional character, is the mother of Marty McFly in the Back to the Future films. ... Martin Seamus Marty McFly is a fictional character, the lead character in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played by actor Michael J. Fox in the three films and voiced by David Kaufman in the animated series. ... Doc Emmett L. Brown is a fictional character central to the Back to the Future movies created by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The Watergate Complex (now the Watergate Hotel) as depicted in Government Exhibit 1. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US wounded... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Doc, Marty, Jennifer, and Einstein entered 1985A on October 26 at 9:00 pm. Fortunately, in less than 6 hours there, Doc and Marty had figured out how the damage to the timeline occurred and went back to 1955 to fix it. This reality was erased when Marty burned the Almanac in 1955.