| Back to the Future character | |
| Clara Clayton | |
|---|---|
| Role | Doc's girlfriend/wife |
| Profession | Schoolteacher |
| Original time | 1885 |
| Time traveler | Yes |
| Years visited | 1985 |
| Appeared in | Part III, AS |
| Portrayed by | Mary Steenburgen |
| Voiced by | Mary Steenburgen |
Clara Clayton is a fictional character, one of the lead characters in the Back to the Future motion picture trilogy, played in Back to the Future Part III and voiced in the animated series by Mary Steenburgen. The Back to the Future trilogy is a comedic Science fiction Film Trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis "Doc Brown" redirects here For the British rapper see Doc Brown (rapper. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Back to the Future Part III is the third installment of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy. Back to the Future The Animated Series is an Animated series based on the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy of feature films Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress. The Back to the Future trilogy is a comedic Science fiction Film Trilogy written by Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis A trilogy is a set of three works of art usually Literature, Film, or Video games, that are connected and can be seen either as a single work or three Back to the Future Part III is the third installment of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy. Back to the Future The Animated Series is an Animated series based on the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy of feature films Mary Nell Steenburgen (born February 8, 1953) is an Academy Award -winning American actress.
Clara was born in 1855 in New Jersey, the daughter of Daniel and Martha Clayton. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. Her uncle, Ulysses S. Clayton, was a general in the American Civil War. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South She is a schoolteacher, living and working in the schoolhouse outside Hill Valley. In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or Hill Valley is a Fictional California Town that serves as the setting of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy and its animated spin-off Clara is a very independent woman and will not take much fuss from anyone, especially Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen is a Fictional character, born in 1857, in Back to the Future Part III — he is a town Outlaw Clara does not like being lied to and believes that people should tell the truth. She often saves the day after coming up with ideas; she does, however, try and take actions that will help her or other people avoid dangerous situations in the first place.
Clara is a very intelligent woman. Her favorite author is Jules Verne, and she is very interested in astronomy and science. Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction One of her favourite possessions is her telescope, which she often uses to look at the stars, and she appears to know where a lot of the constellations are. A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation. In common usage a constellation is a group of celestial bodies that are connected together in some arrangement typically stars to form a visible figure or picture Clara is a thinker and most of the time will think things through. If she believes something to be too "wacky" or too fantastic to be believed, she will not believe it (such as when Doc tried telling her about the time machine). This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler.
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Pre-Back to the Future Part III
When Clara was 11, she caught diphtheria and was quarantined for three months, so her father bought her a telescope and put it next to her bed so she could see everything out the window. Diphtheria ( Greek διφθερα ( diphthera)—“pair of leather scrolls" is an upper respiratory tract illness characterized by sore For other uses see Quarantine (disambiguation Quarantine is voluntary or compulsory isolation typically to contain the spread of something A telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects and the collection of Electromagnetic radiation. This ignited a love of science and astronomy that would stay with her for the rest of her life. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study
Little is known about her life between 1861 and 1885, except she became a schoolteacher and has been doing the job for some years before 1885. When she heard that the position of the new schoolteacher in Hill Valley was available, she decided to leave New Jersey behind and head out west to start a new life in California (she may have been influenced by her parents, who met on the Oregon Trail according to the animated series, although this detail is not taken as canon by many fans).
A draft script (set in 1888 rather than 1885) said that Clara was a widow from Silver City, but this is not applicable to the finished film. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Silver City is a town in Grant County, New Mexico, in the United States.
Back to the Future Part III
Originally, on September 4, 1885, Clara moved out to Hill Valley, California, taking up a job as a schoolteacher. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Hill Valley is a Fictional California Town that serves as the setting of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy and its animated spin-off California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or But as no one had come to pick her up, she rented a horse and cart. The horse ( Equus caballus) is a hoofed ( Ungulate) Mammal, one of eight living species of the family Equidae. "CARTS" redirects here For the transportation system see Capital Area Rural Transportation System, or Chautauqua CARTS. However, the horses were spooked by a snake, and she fell into Shonash Ravine, which was renamed Clayton Ravine in her memory. A snake is an elongate Reptile of the suborder Serpentes Like all reptiles snakes are covered in scales.
These events were altered when Emmett "Doc" Brown arrived in 1885 in his De Lorean time machine. "Doc Brown" redirects here For the British rapper see Doc Brown (rapper. This article details time travel itself For other uses see Time Traveler. Doc volunteered to pick up Clara from the train station, where they met and fell in love at first sight. Sadly, within a week Doc was shot in the back by Buford Tannen, and died two days later. Clara helped pay for Doc's tombstone, engraving it with "Beloved Clara". Marty McFly finds this tombstone in 1955 with the 1955 Doc and heads back to 1885 to save the 1985 Doc from being murdered. Martin "Marty" McFly is a Fictional character and the main protagonist in the Back to the Future Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar)
As such, Doc did not go to pick up Clara at the station - if he never meets her, he cannot fall in love with her - and as before, Clara hired a horse. It was spooked by the snake, but luckily for Clara, Doc and Marty were around to save her life, without knowing who she was. Once again, Clara and Doc fell in love at first sight, which caused problems for Marty who was anxious to get back home to 1985. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Doc and Clara attended the Hill Valley festival on September 5, 1885 and spent the night watching the stars through her telescope. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. A star is a massive luminous ball of plasma. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the Energy on Earth They discovered a common love for the novelist Jules Verne. Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction Doc realized the next day, as he and Marty conversed while they set up the De Lorean for its trip home that he had to say goodbye to Clara and go back to the future. He tried telling her where he was going, but she did not believe him and slapped him.
The next morning, September 7, Clara decided to leave for good on a one-way train ticket. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. However, a couple of fellow passengers sitting behind her talked about how Doc was truly heartbroken over the events of the previous day. Clara brought the train to an emergency halt and ran back to Doc's workshop. She discovered that Doc was telling the truth after seeing the demonstration model on how the time machine was going to return them to the future. She took a horse from the stables and left to catch up with Doc and Marty, who had "borrowed" a train to push the De Lorean up to 88 mph. Clara found the detached passenger cars of the locomotive they took, and hurried down the track to reach it. She caught up to the train on horseback and reached out for the ladder on the tender. Just as her gloved hand grasped it, the first "presto" log exploded, causing Clara to fly up in the air and land safely on the ladder.
Clara climbed up the ladder and saw Doc on the side of the locomotive. She tried to get his attention, but he couldn't hear her because of the loud noise of the locomotive. She continued to slowly crawl along the logs of firewood until the second presto log exploded, knocking her backward. She recovered and managed to get into the cab where she blew the locomotive's whistle, thus alerting Doc and Marty to her presence. Clara proclaimed her love for Doc, prompting a discussion between him and Marty. Marty informed Doc that they were past the "point of no return," and Doc consequently decided he would take Clara with them to the future.
Doc convinced a hesitant Clara to climb out of the cab. She gave a look down at the churning wheels before mounting herself on the seat of the cab. She swung her legs out and over the seat to carefully step her high-heeled boots on the thin, precarious ledge. Doc approached Clara as she kept inching the tips of her boots along the ledge to his encouragements. Clara continued to come closer, grasping a metal bar with her gloved hands, and the lovers were soon close enough to reach one another.
Right as their hands were about to touch, the last presto log suddenly exploded. The metal bar Clara was holding on to broke, and her boots slipped off the ledge. However, Clara's fall was broken when her long dress became caught on part of the locomotive's running board. The dress began to rip from Clara's weight. With Clara's dress ripping more with each passing moment, Marty hurriedly sent Doc his hoverboard. Doc caught it and made his way over to Clara, grabbing her just as the dress tore completely from the running board. They hovered off into the distance as Marty watched and he was forced to go back to 1985 without them.
The De Lorean had been destroyed by a train once back in 1985 (Marty having gotten out in the nick of time) so he could not come back to 1885 to pick up Doc and Clara. As such Doc started work on a new time machine built into a steam train, as neither he nor Clara (who should have been dead) belonged in 1885. The two married on December 15, 1885 in a small ceremony. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Since everyone believed that "Clint Eastwood" (Marty's chosen alias in 1885) perished in the ravine, in 1985, the ravine is called Eastwood Ravine, instead of Clayton Ravine (since Clara never perished). Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr (born May 31 1930 is a four-time Academy Award winning American Actor and Filmmaker.
Over the next 10 years, Doc and Clara worked on the train as their family grew. Clara gave birth to the couple's first son, Jules in 1886, followed by younger brother Verne in 1888. Back to the Future Part III is the third installment of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Verne Newton Brown is a Fictional character in the Back to the Future Motion picture Trilogy, played in Back to the Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Eventually the time machine was finished, and the Brown family left the 1880s to travel to the future (where the train would be fitted with a hover conversion), and later to 1985 to visit Marty and his girlfriend Jennifer Parker, before departing for times unknown. Jennifer Jane Parker is a Fictional character in the Back to the Future Motion picture Trilogy.
Back to the Future: The Animated Series
The animated series reveals that Clara, along with the rest of the family, moved to the 20th century. Back to the Future The Animated Series is an Animated series based on the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy of feature films The Browns live in a farmhouse outside of Hill Valley by 1991 and Clara has settled into 20th Century life very well, and became a teacher at Hill Valley Elementary. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. She occasionally joins her husband, sons, or Marty on their time travel adventures.
Memorable quotes
- "I believe you've underestimated me, Mister. " - to Buford Tannen, who suggests she can "do something for him worth eighty dollars".
- "Golly" - upon falling on her backside on top of the fast moving train.
- "Not bad - for a mom!" - upon playing Verne's video games in the animated series' episode, "Bravelord and the Demon Monstrux".
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