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1. When Biff Tannen was harassing George McFly about homework, who else got the distinct impression that Biff had already paid McFly good money to do his homework and McFly was always slacking and letting him down? Most likely Biff tried to be nice about, offered to call the deal off if McFly gave the money back, McFly said he had already spent it, and Biff reluctantly came to the realization that McFly was untrustworthy and needed occasional prodding. Now, did he drag McFly out of the diner and savagely beat him? No, he jokingly reminded him to fulfill his obligations and razzed him a bit.
2. Did you notice anyone else messing with McFly? No, because Biff Tannen treated him like a little brother who only he could mess with. This allowed McFly to concentrate on his academic studies.
3. Additionally, McFly knew his best friend Biff was smitten with Lorraine Baines. McFly secretly sought to undermine him and steal her for himself not by directly asking her out, except instead attempting to weasel in on Lorraine by playing the role of the sneaky, creepy ally. He eventually succeeds in his scheming plot and passes on his inferior genes, instead of Biff's.
All of this makes me look at Biff Tannen in a different light, especially in the context of his abusive upbringing at the hands of his father, which we only saw a glimpse of in the movie. Biff Tannen's life taught him that he had to be the toughest guy in the room to get anyone's respect and whenever he showed trust or weakness, he was invariably made to suffer.
2. Did you notice anyone else messing with McFly? No, because Biff Tannen treated him like a little brother who only he could mess with. This allowed McFly to concentrate on his academic studies.
3. Additionally, McFly knew his best friend Biff was smitten with Lorraine Baines. McFly secretly sought to undermine him and steal her for himself not by directly asking her out, except instead attempting to weasel in on Lorraine by playing the role of the sneaky, creepy ally. He eventually succeeds in his scheming plot and passes on his inferior genes, instead of Biff's.
All of this makes me look at Biff Tannen in a different light, especially in the context of his abusive upbringing at the hands of his father, which we only saw a glimpse of in the movie. Biff Tannen's life taught him that he had to be the toughest guy in the room to get anyone's respect and whenever he showed trust or weakness, he was invariably made to suffer.