Back to the Future 3-Disc Box Set DVD

Back to the Future is the early-1990s American animated series adapted from the popular Robert Zemeckis film franchise, returning Marty McFly, Doc Brown, his wife Clara, and their two boys (Jules and Verne) to the timeline for fresh time-travel adventures. The series aired on CBS and Fox across 1991 and 1992, with a tightly written 26-episode run that featured live-action segments hosted by Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown.

The format is the appeal: each episode pairs a fresh historical destination (the Salem witch trials, ancient Rome, Dickensian Christmas, the American Revolution) with the family's running attempts to keep history on track, holding the source franchise's signature blend of time-travel comedy and family adventure as the engine. Episode titles like "Brothers," "Witchcraft," "Roman Holiday," "Dickens Of A Christmas," and "Verne Hatches An Egg" telegraph the show's commitment to historical-adventure storytelling. The animation has the unmistakable early-1990s look, the live-action wraparound segments add real franchise charm.

For early-1990s CBS and Fox programming, this was a confident swing at extending one of the era's most-loved time-travel film franchises into proper episodic animation, sitting in the lineage of feature-to-cartoon adaptations of the era. Suited for fans of the original Back to the Future films, viewers with affection for the era's particular brand of time-travel storytelling, and anyone with a soft spot for the broader franchise tradition.

Standouts worth revisiting include "Brothers" (the opener), "Roman Holiday" (an early classic), "Dickens Of A Christmas" (a holiday-themed swing), "Marty McFly PFC" (a fan-favorite character beat), and "Verne Hatches An Egg" (the closer). This 3-DVD collection brings all 26 episodes of Back to the Future into one place, the complete animated extension of the franchise in one set.