2. Libyan Terrorists Are No Match For Doc Brown And Time (Back To The Future)
The "killing" of Doc Brown by Libyan terrorists is one of the greatest fake outs ever, if only because it stretches across the entire movie (and 30 years, technically). Because there are a lot of moving parts to this, let's keep it simple. At the start of Back to the Future, Doc Brown has actually figured out time travel. Right before he's about to send Marty McFly back to 1955 using the time-traveling DeLorean, pissed off Libyans (who Doc had double-crossed to get some plutonium) show up and gun down Doc. But all is well and good, because we know Marty's about to go back in time and make Doc undead. While back in 1955, Marty finds Doc and explains that he's successfully invented time travel. He also gives him a note which details the date and time that Doc will be killed by the Libyans. But Doc tears it up, unread, so as not to risk altering the future. When Marty later arrives back in 1985, he does so just in time to see Doc getting shot by the terrorists again. He kneels down to weep at his side, heartbroken that he couldn't stop this from happening. Suddenly, Doc sits up and reveals a bulletproof vest underneath his radiation suit. Then he pulls out the note Marty gave him, which Doc had taped back together. When Marty asks why he chose to read the note and risk altering the events of the future, Doc responds simply: "Well, I figured what the hell."
