Institute of Future Technology

Entrance to the institute

The **Institute of Future Technology**, sometimes referred to as the **BTTF Institute** is a fictional organization from the extinct attraction *Back to the Future: The Ride*.

## Description

The *Institute of Future Technology* is a science and invention institute. The organization's logo is an orange octahedron.

### Members

* **Doc Brown**: Doctor Emmett Brown was founder and chief inventive officer of the Institute of Future Technology, who invented the DeLorean time machine.
* **Dr. Steven Marble**: A supervising scientist. He would test the hover bike.
* **Heather**: A receptionist.

### Known products

* **Agri-Wave Fuel Conversion System**: A system which converts manure into a translucent, clean burning fuel pellet. One pellet is capable of heating a house for an entire winter, however it smells like the entire bag of manure which is used to take it and has been shown to be capable of exploding under certain circumstances.
* **Deep-thinking mind-reading helmet**: A visor-like device which reads its wearer's thoughts and instantly turns them into text projected on the helmet.
* **Experimental 8-Passenger DeLorean Time Travel Vehicle**: An experimental form the DeLorean time machine capable of hovering and travelling through time upon reaching 88 miles-per-hour. It was considered by Doc Brown to be his, "Crowning achievement". Along with seating more passengers, it is faster, more energy efficient, and a convertible.
* **Hoverbike**: Hovering bikes developed by Dr. Steven Marble.
* **IFT Hovercam**: A hovering camera capable of, "Sub-Ether Transmission"s from across time and space.
* **"Suc-O-Matic" Vacuum Cleaner**: An energy-saving vacuum cleaner which is powered by the dust which it picks up. It does have a design flaw causing the tubes of dust to spray out into its user's face.

## History

### Background

#### Origins

Doc Brown opened up the, "**Institute of Future Technology**" in Orlando, Florida. A newspaper article was released on this event had the title, "CRACKPOT SCIENTIST OPENING NEW VENTURE". Doc created a version of the DeLorean to seat eight people at a time.

#### Biff's carjacking

In 1991, Doc Brown was running tours to the next day within his eight person Deloreans. One of his deloreans went back to 1955 where Doc's enemy Biff Tannen stowed away, causing a security difficulty where multiple guards proved themselves incompetent at identifying Biff. Biff then locked Doc Brown in the supply closet of the institute and stole a DeLorean. Doc Brown sent a group of eight guests out to stop Biff, while he remote-controlled their vehicle. The vehicles chased Biff across time before knocking it back to 1991 where Biff was apprehended by institute personnel.

#### Later history

On March 30th, 2007, Doc Brown lost control of his Institute (though appeared to retain *Dr. E. Brown Enterprises*).

## Appearances

For Doc Brown's meet 'n' greet appearances he often has the logo for the *Institute of Future Technology* on his lab-coat, and sometimes an ID tag from the institute. Doc Brown will also sometimes have a clip-board with plans to get the Institute back.

### Back to the Future: The Ride

The Institute of Future Technology played a major role in this attraction's story.

### The Simpsons Ride

The institute made a cameo in the pre-show for this attraction which replaced *Back to the Future: The Ride*. It is revealed that Krustyland was built where the Institute of Future Technology once was. When Professor Frink uses the DeLorean to go back in time and figure out why this, is, he accidentally runs over the lawyer who Brown was signing a deal with, forcing Brown to sell to Krusty the Clown. After this, Krusty tells Doc to get a haircut and work the front-gate of Krustyland park.

### Tribute Store

A newspaper clipping on the theater's local news board had a story on the institute opening with the headline, "CRACKPOT SCIENTIST OPENING NEW VENTURE".

## Trivia

* The clipboards which Doc Brown has during meet 'n' greets refers to the Institute as the, "BTTF Institute" which is an abbreviation for **Back to the Future Institute**.
* The institute had a visual gag of Doc Brown recreating an Anti-Indigenous racial-caricature of an Indigenous American in an Indigenous war-bonnet for a, "Please stand by" technical difficulties screen.
* Doc Brown's clipboard during meet 'n' greets proposes the theory that Biff made a deal with Sideshow Bob and/or Krusty the Clown causing the downfall of the institute.
* The (questionable) shared continuity between the Simpsons Ride and Back to the Future: The Ride may imply the institute had multiple locations with one outside of Springfield. It could also just be following Simpsons cartoon logic.

## References

1. ↑ Date on meet 'n' greet clipboard
2. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/s6\_usfmeetngreet/
3. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/s6\_movie\_theater\_tribute\_store/