Biff Tannen
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Biff H. Tannen is a fictional character in the Back to the Future films — he acts as the town bully and opposes the hero of the series, Marty McFly. The role of Biff Tannen is played by Thomas F. Wilson.
Biff was born on March 26, 1937 in Hill Valley, California, United States. He lives with his grandmother, Gertrude Tannen at 1809 Mason Street in Hill Valley — the fate of his parents is unknown. He is not very bright and only gets through high school by bullying George McFly to do his homework for him. Biff is noted for malapropisms: for example, he thinks the saying is "make like a tree and get out of here" instead of "make like a tree and leave."
Biff had to repeat a year of high school, thus explaining why he was in the same year as George and Lorraine Baines McFly, despite being a year older than them. Biff is feared by most of his schoolmates. He is less brave when he is without his gang. He also has a crush on Lorraine and constantly refers to her as "my girl." Lorraine does not return the sentiments.
By 1985, Biff was still bullying George, only as his supervisor rather than the school bully, and still lusting after Lorraine, who had married George. However, things changed when the McFlys' youngest son, Marty McFly, accidentally traveled back through time to 1955 and interfered with his parents' first meeting. Marty, using the anachronistic name "Calvin Klein," also managed to get on the wrong side of Biff, and this led to Biff finding and trying to get his way with Lorraine. George came and knocked Biff out to save Lorraine. When Marty returned to 1985, he found George was now much more confident and Biff now owned an auto detailing business.
Biff is still waxing cars by 2015, at the age of 78. When he heard that Doctor Emmett L. "Doc" Brown had invented a time machine, he stole it and went back to 1955 with a sports almanac to give to his younger self.
Young Biff used the sports almanac to bet on horse racing events, since he now knew the results. Biff soon became very rich and powerful and on March 15, 1973 murdered George McFly. He married Lorraine not long afterwards but the money and power had gone to his head and he treated her horribly. Biff built a casino hotel, legalised gambling and helped Richard Nixon remain President of the United States until 1985. This went on until 1996 when Lorraine finally shot Biff. This version of reality was erased when Marty and Doc went back to 1955 and got the almanac from Biff before he could use it, so the series has now gone back to a timeline where Biff Tannen is waxing cars.
Namesake band
Biff Tannen is also a Hardcore Punk rock musical band from the Isle of Wight, South East England, England, United Kingdom. The name is a reference to Back to the Future; they have a song called "No one calls me chicken", inspired by a Marty McFly saying. Their sound is similar to some of the early Dischord Records bands.