

For example, he said "make like a tree and get out of here" instead of "make like a tree and leave" on more than one occasion. He may have also had a daughter named Tiff Tannen, short for Tiffany. (According to some sources, Biff had a son, Biff Jr., who, it is suggested, owned the Cafe 80's). In 1955, he surrounded himself with a gang consisting of Match, Skinhead, and 3-D.īy 1985, Biff's marital status is unknown, although Biff had a grandson Griff by 2015, indicating that Biff had at least one child by 1985. Strickland, his high school disciplinary officer. The only person he recognized as an authority figure was Mr. He was feared by most of his schoolmates.

Biff often took pleasure in calling George an "Irish bug", and regularly bullying and tormenting him. He was not very bright and only got through high school by bullying George McFly to do his homework for him. īiff was the great-grandson of Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Before he left his son, Kid gave Gertrude a forged birth certificate, stating that it was dated for the following month, though its date is not shown. Subsequently, Kid Tannen's mother, Gertrude Tannen, took custody of him. The two parted ways immediately after the wedding, and neither parent wanted Biff.

Kid and Myra got married on December 6, 1936, simply for the purpose of making it seem like Biff wasn't born out of wedlock. He was born in 1937, to Irving Thomas "Kid" Tannen and Myra Benson in Hill Valley, California. He was, in short, an intimidating lout, and no one was more easily intimidated than his friend and associate George." -From Back to the Future by George Gipe (quote, page 28)īuford "Biff" Howard Tannen is the main antagonist of the Back to the Future franchise, with his 1955 self serves as the main antagonist in Back to the Future and the central antagonist in Back to the Future Part II, while his 1985 self serves as a supporting antagonist in Back to the Future, a minor antagonist in Back to the Future Part II, and the overarching antagonist in Back to the Future Part III, his 1985A self serves as the main antagonist of Back to the Future Part II, and his 2015 self serves as the overarching antagonist in Back to the Future Part II.
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Whereas George McFly was reticent, Biff was loud and obnoxious, the type of person who talks loudly in movie houses or yells epithets at players during sports events. " What're you lookin' at, butthead?" -Biff's famous catchphrase " Hello? Hello? Anybody home?" -When beating someone's head with his knuckles or, in 2015, the top of his cane " Just a year older than George McFly, Biff Tannen stood with his potbelly leaning unashamedly over his trouser tops, an attitude that made his loud plaid suit, pinky rings and gold chains seem even more bizarre. Tom Wilson ( Back to the Future: The Animated Series, 2010 video game 30th Anniversary Edition)
