Isiphepho sesetheli kusuka engxenyeni yokuqala "emuva esikhathini esizayo" yaziwa yiwo wonke umuntu. Kuyafaneleka ukusho ibinzana elithi "dower Clock", njengoba iBlauna dock (Christopher Lloyd) izovela phambi kwamehlo, okuphenya ngokude ukuxhuma ikhebula kagesi ehoreni le-Hill-Valley, kanjalo Ukuthi ngokushaywa kombani kaMarty (uMichael J. FOX) weDrayivu Delerean wakwazi ukubuyela emuva ngo-1985. Kodwa-ke, lesi siphetho asitholwa masisha, ngoba ekuqaleni imiBhalo kaRobert Zeekis noBob Gale kwakulindeleke ukuthi baqedele le filimu ngendlela ehlukile. Kwakuwumqondo ongenzeka emthethweni wokuthi eminyakeni eminingi edlule wawusetshenziswa kwifilimu yesine mayelana ne-Indiana Jones. Engxoxweni noClitter, uGail utshelwe:
Ekuqaleni besifuna umshini wesikhathi sethu ukuthi asebenze ngamandla enuzi. Sibhale indawo eningiliziwe lapho imoto yakhiwa khona esiqandisini nge-capsule yesikhathi esikhethekile. Kwakukule capsule lapho ukholo kwakufanele lube khona ngesikhathi sokuqhuma kwenuzi. Kepha kwenzeka ukuthi sacelwa ukuba sinqume isabelomali, ngenxa yalokho okwakudingeka sikulahle indawo ebiza kakhulu - okokugcina. Sicabange isikhathi eside, okuzoba yisiphetho esisha, ngenkathi ekugcineni ngingenawo umbono ngewashi le-tower. Manje khumbula i-Indiana Jones 4, futhi uzoqonda ukuthi uStephen Spielberg uphefumulelwe ukuphela kwasekuqaleni "emuva esikhathini esizayo".
Sizokhumbuza, ku-movie Spielberg "Indiana Jones kanye noMbuso we-crystal skull" (2008) kuneqhawe lapho iqhawe likaHarrison Ford lingasindiswa ekuqhumeni kwe-polygon yenuzi, ekhuphuka esiqandisini ngokushefathwa okuholayo. Uma kucatshangelwa ukuthi i-Spielberg yayingumkhiqizi "emuva esikhathini esizayo", akudingeki ukuthi ungabaze ukuthi uboleke lowo mbhalo.