20 Things You Somehow Missed In Back To The Future Part 3

9. Clara Is In The Background When Doc & Marty Talk About Clayton Ravine

Back to the Future Part 3
Universal

When Doc and Marty are figuring out their plan to get the DeLorean to 88mph without gasoline, Doc looks at a Hill Valley map and notes the unexpected name of the local ravine:

"Funny. This map calls Clayton Ravine Shonash Ravine. That must be the old Indian name for it. It's perfect."

While the two are discussing this, however, look in the background and you'll see Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen) standing around, waiting to meet with Doc.

Doc being distracted by Marty then causes Clara to find her own transportation, leading to her fateful encounter at the ravine which, without Doc and Marty's intervention, would've led to her death and the ravine being renamed to Clayton Ravine.

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