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"Mac the Black" is the first episode of the second season of Back to the Future: The Animated Series.

Brief synopsis

After Marty McFly lies to Jennifer Parker, he accompanies Verne Brown on a trip to the Caribbean in 1697 in a quest to get an earring. Though when seeking the attention of the ladies, Marty ends up telling everyone he is the famous pirate Mac the Black and things only become worse when the real Mac the Black finds the impostor. Marty and Verne must now find a way back to the future before Mac and his gang of pirates chop them into shark bait.

Notes

This episode contained a Back to the Facts segment:
- "The dollar $ign is actually a modification of the number 8 which was stamped on the Spanish coins known as 'pieces of eight'... and now, Back to the Future!"
As with all of the animated series episodes, Christopher Lloyd, as Doc Brown, would introduce each one as a story, to be recounted in animated form. The opener to "Mac the Black": "At one time, my son Verne wanted to be a pirate. But what he really wanted was an earring... or was it a tattoo? This one's a bit complicated, so I'll let Marty explain it."
Cartoon elements - Produced and directed by BTTF co-creator Bob Gale, the series combined clever writing, a faithfulness to the characters, and lessons in science and history... and, in the retelling of a story to children, things that could happen only in a cartoon. After Doc getting compressed into a glass container by a malfunctioning canning machine, he comments, "THAT was a jarring experience!". Verne runs up the side of the mast and into the crow's nest and exclaims "Wow! I thought you could only do that in cartoons!" And a cannonball shot straight up into the air comes back down a full minute later, sinking the pirate ship in seconds.
With the help of Bill Nye, Doc demonstrates a homemade cannon using a 2-liter container, a cork, and diluted vinegar and baking soda to produce carbon dioxide.

From the episode

(Clara forbids her son from getting an earring)

Verne: "But if I get an earring, the cool kids will stop making fun of my coonskin cap!"

Jules: "Why don't you cease wearing the coonskin cap?"

Verne: "Are you kidding? All the cool kids love it!"

—

(Verne reconsiders having his ear pierced, as the tattoo artists brings out a chisel and a mallet)

Verne: "Is this earring going to hurt?"

Man: "No. But your ear will."

Verne: "AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!"

—

"Attention all shoppers! Big sail on pirates!"

—Marty cuts the ropes to the ship's sail

New continuity

New individuals

Senorita (Special Agent) Maria of the Spanish Armada
New World Tattoos artist
King Charles II of Spain (Mentioned only)
Mac the Black
Long John Silver (Signature)
Captain Hook (Signature)
Unknown pirate signature
Mac the Black's pirates
Spanish Navy

New technology

Automatic hair washer
Automatic tooth brusher
Automatic tomato canner
Cannon and cannonball

New years

1697

New locations

Caribbean Islands
- Caribbean seaport
  - New World Tattoos
- Smilin' Skull Island
Mac the Black's pirate ship, also the flagship of the Spanish Fleet
Davy Jones' Locker (Mentioned only)

New objects

Earring
Number 2 washer
Gold (Mentioned only)
Diamonds (Mentioned only)
Pieces of eight (Mentioned only)
Pair of size 8 1/2 boots
Barrel of gunpowder
Husband's dirty socks
Accordion
Tattoo

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 *This episode contained a Back to the Facts segment:
 **"The dollar $ign is actually a modification of the number 8 which was stamped on the  Spanish coins known as 'pieces of eight'... and now, Back to the Future!"
-*As with all of the animated series episodes, [[Christopher Lloyd]], as Doc Brown, would introduce each one as a story, to be recounted in animated form. The opener to "[[Mac the Black]]": "At one time, my son Verne wanted to be a pirate.  But what he really wanted was an earring... or was it a tattoo?  This one's a bit complicated, so I'll let Marty explain it."
+*As with all of the animated series episodes, [[Christopher Lloyd]], as Doc Brown, would introduce each one as a story, to be recounted in animated form. The opener to "Mac the Black": "At one time, my son Verne wanted to be a pirate.  But what he really wanted was an earring... or was it a tattoo?  This one's a bit complicated, so I'll let Marty explain it."
 *'''Cartoon elements''' - Produced and directed by BTTF co-creator [[Bob Gale]], the series combined clever writing, a faithfulness to the characters, and lessons in science and history... and, in the retelling of a story to children, things that could happen only in a cartoon.  After Doc getting compressed into a glass container by a malfunctioning canning machine, he comments, "THAT was a jarring experience!".  Verne runs up the side of the mast and into the crow's nest and exclaims "Wow! I thought you could only do that in cartoons!"  And a cannonball shot straight up into the air comes back down a full minute later, sinking the pirate ship in seconds.
 *With the help of Bill Nye, Doc demonstrates a homemade cannon using a 2-liter container, a cork, and diluted vinegar and baking soda to produce carbon dioxide.