- The original 2002 DVDs for parts II and III had major framing errors when the wrong areas of the open-matte frame were transferred (known as the "framing fiasco"). This is noticeable for several minutes in each movie and usually manifests as too much sky and missing objects at the bottom. Universal had replacements ready by 2003. A sample from part III is the fuel injection manifold exploding out of the car, which is supposed to be visible. Copies with a "V2" next to the copyright notice on the disc (on replacements only; in trilogy sets a "V2" is on the II disc), the 2009 single-disc reprint, and the 25th anniversary sets are OK.
- When the film premiered on NBC in 1993, many edits were made to censor language. Examples are Marty saying "he's an [idiot]" instead of an asshole, the deputy saying "dig him out of that [stuff]" instead of shit, and "holy [shoot]" instead of shit. "Son of a bitch" however was allowed. While these were all dubbed in, one shot was actually changed for the NBC version though, when Marty looks back at Needles driving off, an alternate take was used where Marty says "I'm not stupid enough to race that [butthead]" instead of that asshole.
- Various national Viacom-owned channel broadcasts, including Nickelodeon, in the US use the sped-up 25 fps PAL video from a 24 fps film source.
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