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!!Lord Humongous

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!!Lord Humongous
Humungus



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the sense that unlike basically every other villain up to that point, Humongous is only after the oil rig and is perfectly willing to let the tribe leave peacefully instead of massacring them.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the sense that unlike basically every other villain up to that point, Humongous Humungus is only after the oil rig and is perfectly is, supposedly, willing to let the tribe leave peacefully instead of massacring them.



* TheBerserker: Goes mental when his boyfriend is killed and wants to go into the refinery compound, LeeroyJenkins style. Humongous ends up having to keep him chained like a dog to keep in under any kind of control, literally unleashing him for the final battle.

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* TheBerserker: Goes mental when his boyfriend is killed and wants to go into the refinery compound, LeeroyJenkins style. Humongous The Humungus ends up having to keep him chained like a dog to keep in under any kind of control, literally unleashing him for the final battle.
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* BaseBreaker: Typically considered either the best part of the movie or the worst.
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* TheBerserker: Goes mental when his boyfriend is killed and wants to go into the refinery compound, LeeroyJenkins style.

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* TheBerserker: Goes mental when his boyfriend is killed and wants to go into the refinery compound, LeeroyJenkins style. Humongous ends up having to keep him chained like a dog to keep in under any kind of control, literally unleashing him for the final battle.
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* LifeOrLimbDecision: When Max finally catches up to him after disposing of Toecutter and the other bikers, he handcuffs him to a wrecked vehicle, gives him a hacksaw and sets the vehicle to explode. Its implied that Max lied to him about being able to escape in time by sawing off his hand, and the car explodes much sooner than promised.

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* LifeOrLimbDecision: When Max finally catches up to him after disposing of Toecutter and the other bikers, he handcuffs him to a wrecked vehicle, gives him a hacksaw and sets the vehicle to explode. Its implied that Max lied to him about being able to escape in time by sawing off his hand, leg, and the car explodes much sooner than promised.
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* WalkingTheEarth: After taking out the Toecutter's gang, he begins wandering the wastes instead of going home.
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* TheQuietOne: Begins towards the end of the first film when he loses Jessie and Sprog, but is especially evident in the second film when he's wandering alone and only speaks when necessary.
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* LargeHam: Has a flair for theatrics, especially with the BreadAndCircuses that is the Thunderdome. It is Tina Turner after all.
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* BadassBiker: He's the MFP's top motorcycle cop.

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* TheBerserker: Goes mental when his boyfriend is killed and wants to go into the refinery compound, LeeroyJenkins style.




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* LargeHam: Vernon Wells' portrayal of Wez is far from subtle with the majority of his dialogue being angry screaming.
* ScreamingWarrior: He screams loudly more than he actually speaks.
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* SkunkStripe: [[LockedIntoStrangeness Has a streak of grey through his hair]] that's most prominent when it's tied back.
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* RedBaron: He's not actually referred to as Mad Max anywhere in the films, so the Road Warrior fits this trope better, as it's what [[NarratorAllAlong the Feral Kid]] refers to him as.
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* DentedIron: His injuries keep adding up over the films and never completely heal. Most notably, the gunshot wound to his leg in the first film leaves him with a limp and requiring a leg brace in the second.

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* {{Awesome Aussie}}: The definitive example in film.
* {{Badass Driver}}: Due to the nature of the franchise, it's practically a given.
** {{Badass}}: While he is tame compared to later action movie heroes, he qualifies and was Australia's best example for the action film for decades.

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-->'''Portrayed by:''' Creator/MelGibson (original trilogy), Creator/TomHardy (new trilogy), Bren Foster (''Mad Max'' 2015 video game, voice only)

* {{Awesome Aussie}}: AwesomeAussie: The definitive example in film.
* {{Badass Driver}}: Due to the nature of the franchise, it's practically a given.
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{{Badass}}: While he is tame compared to later action movie heroes, he qualifies and was Australia's best example for the action film for decades.decades.
** BadassDriver: Due to the nature of the franchise, it's practically a given.
** HeartbrokenBadass: Precisely one of the core themes of the movie is just what an empty man Max is as a result of losing his family.



* {{Heartbroken Badass}}: Precisely one of the core themes of the movie is just what an empty man Max is as a result of losing his family.

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* {{Heartbroken Badass}}: Precisely one of IconicOutfit: His appearance from the core themes of second movie. It was memetic enough to appear throughout the movie is just what an empty man Max is as a result of losing his family.''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' series in some form.



* StillWearingTheOldColors: Wears his MFP uniform long after he leaves the force and civilisation behind. In the second film, it's unrecognisable as a police uniform, as it's tattered, minus a badge and a sleeve and he's patched it up with a shoulder pad and knee brace.

!!Jessie/Sprog

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* StillWearingTheOldColors: Wears his MFP uniform long after he leaves the force and civilisation civilization behind. In the second film, it's unrecognisable unrecognizable as a police uniform, as it's tattered, minus a badge and a sleeve and he's patched it up with a shoulder pad and knee brace.

!!Jessie/Sprog[[foldercontrol]]

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!!Jessie and Sprog

Max's wife and son, respectively.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Max leaves the MFP, he's not seen in the film again.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Max leaves the MFP, he's not seen in the film again.
again. A cut scene reveals that Toecutter's gang assaulted the MFP headquarters and killed him, along with Charlie and Roop.



* BadassDriver: He evades capture and takes out both the "March Hare" and "Big Bopper" pursuit vehicles, totalling them. Of course, he's nowhere near as good as Max.

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* BadassDriver: He evades capture and takes out both the "March Hare" and "Big Bopper" pursuit vehicles, totalling totaling them. Of course, he's nowhere near as good as Max.



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* CoolMask: His iconic hockey mask

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* CoolMask: His iconic hockey maskmask.






* DepravedHomosexual: He's an out and out psychopath who goes berserk when the Feral Kid kills his boyfriend.

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* DepravedHomosexual: He's an out and out psychopath who goes berserk when the Feral Kid kills his boyfriend.
boyfriend.

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* CargoCult: The cildren are the survivors of a plane crash in the midst of the nuclear war. As all the original adults left to find help, and presumably died in the desert, the childrens memories of the previous society has turned into this, and have built a cult both around civilization, which they call "Tomorrow-Morrow-Land", and the planes captain, G.L Walker.

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* CargoCult: The cildren children are the survivors of a plane crash in the midst of the nuclear war. As all the original adults left to find help, and presumably died in the desert, the childrens childrens' memories of the previous society has turned into this, and have built a cult both around civilization, which they call "Tomorrow-Morrow-Land", and the planes captain, G.L Walker.


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!!Ironbar

* TheDragon: To Auntie Entity
* DefiantToTheEnd: He dies after Max crashes right through his vehicle. His last act in life is flipping Max off.
* FlippingTheBird: With his last ounce of strength.
* MeaningfulName: Gets his name because of the iron bar attached to his back, which carries around a creepy dolls head.
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* StillWearingTheOldColors: Wears his MFP uniform long after he leaves the force and civilisation behind. In the second film, it's unrecognisable as a police uniform, as it's tattered, minus a badge and a sleeve and he's patched it up with a shoulder pad and knee brace.
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* CrazyPrepared: Keeps his vehicle rigged with explosives to prevent anyone from siphoning off his fuel and a weapon near the explosives in case anyone tries to get him to disarm them.

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** NarratorAllAlong: The reveal that he's TheNarrator doesn't come until the final scene.



* GenreSavvy: He quickly deduces that Max keeps a weapon near the explosives he rigs the Interceptor with.




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* TheLancer: He thinks he's this to Max. It's not really until the end of the film that Max agrees.
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* FreakOut: When he loses the ChickenRace with Max, he has a VillainousBreakdown, blubbering that everything is lost.

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* FreakOut: When he loses the ChickenRace GameOfChicken with Max, he has a VillainousBreakdown, blubbering that everything is lost.
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!!The Nightrider

* BadassDriver: He evades capture and takes out both the "March Hare" and "Big Bopper" pursuit vehicles, totalling them. Of course, he's nowhere near as good as Max.
* FreakOut: When he loses the ChickenRace with Max, he has a VillainousBreakdown, blubbering that everything is lost.
* StarterVillain: He's being pursued by the MFP in the first film's opening scene and leaves them for dust until Max turns up.
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!!Bubba Zanetti

* BlondGuysAreEvil: He's Toecutter's sadistic henchman.
* TheDragon: Number two to the Toecutter.
* FamousLastWords: He says, "Easy. I know what I'm doing," just before taking a shotgun shell to the chest.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Downplayed. He shoots Max alright, but only in the leg before running over his arm. The Toecutter even lampshades it, telling him to quit toying.
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!!Captain "[=FiFi=]" [=MacAfee=]

* BaldOfAwesome: In typical DaChief fashion, he's completely bald.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's very close with his officers and tries everything to keep Max on the force, including securing funding for a CoolCar. When Max tries to quit, he decides to give him a few weeks off to get him to change his mind.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After Max leaves the MFP, he's not seen in the film again.

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* KillItWithFire: Johnny burns him alive in a wrecked car at the Toecutter's insistence.

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* KillItWithFire: Johnny burns him alive in a wrecked car at the Toecutter's insistence.
insistence. He survives, but is very badly injured.



* LifeOrLimbDecision: When Max finally catches up to him after disposing of Toecutter and the other bikers, he handcuffs him to a wrecked vehicle, gives him a hacksaw and sets the vehicle to explode. Its implied that Max lied to him about being able to escape in time by sawing off his hand, and the car explodes much sooner than promised.
* SmugSnake: Carries traits of this, especially after the courts release him due to the witnesses being too afraid to testify.



* BadBoss: Unsurprisingly for a raider, Toecutter terrorizes and kills his own men just as often as he does the civilians.
* ForTheEvulz: Like most of the outback raiders, he seems to exist for no reason other than to cause as much mayhem and pain as he can for his own sadistic amusement.
* RapePillageAndBurn: Toecutters only interests.



* BattleBoomerang: Fittingly enough for a post-apocalyptic movie set in Australia, the Kids weapon of choice is a metal boomerang, which he uses to kill Wez's boyfriend at one point.
* ElectiveMute: Presumably can talk, but never does on screen.
* TheNarrator: The adult man that narrates the opening and conclusion of the second film is in fact the Kid himself.



* HiddenDepths: Despite his portrayal as kind of a sniveling opportunist, he becomes the new leader of the Feral Kid's tribe after their escape and establishes a new mighty tribe in the north.



* AFatherToHisMen: Implied with the way he comforts Wez after his boyfriend is killed. A far contrast to the psychotic Toecutter from the first movie.





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\n* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In the sense that unlike basically every other villain up to that point, Humongous is only after the oil rig and is perfectly willing to let the tribe leave peacefully instead of massacring them.




* EnemyCivilWar: Between her and Blaster Master.





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\n* PragmaticVillainy: Has no interest in the meaningless violence most villains in the previous movies indulge in, her vilainous acts comes from her desire to consolidate her power over Bartertown.




* DramaticUnmasking: When Max knocks off Blasters helmet in the Thunderdome, its revealed that Blaster is actually a ManChild who's harmless with no one to give him orders.

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* DramaticUnmasking: DramaticUnmask: When Max knocks off Blasters helmet in the Thunderdome, its revealed that Blaster is actually a ManChild who's harmless with no one to give him orders.orders.
* HeelFaceTurn: After Max rescues him from Auntie Entity, Master helps them escape in the traincar.
* TheSmartGuy: Master, a dwarf with an expert level knowledge of mechanics, engineering and electronics.
* PostApunkalypticArmor: At first played straight, but later subverted, as Master changes into a slightly worn but still perfectly intact suit and tie after he is rescued by Max and the children.

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* {{AwesomeAussie}}: The definitive example in film.
* {{BadassDriver}}: Due to the nature of the franchise, it's practically a given.

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* {{AwesomeAussie}}: {{Awesome Aussie}}: The definitive example in film.
* {{BadassDriver}}: {{Badass Driver}}: Due to the nature of the franchise, it's practically a given.



* {{FakeNationality}}: Zig-zagged. Mel Gibson was born American but actually lived in the country for some considerable time before he landed his role as Max Rockatansky. In addition his paternal side includes Irish who lived in Australia at some point.
* {{HeartbrokenBadass}}: Precisely one of the core themes of the movie is just what an empty man Max is as a result of losing his family.

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* {{FakeNationality}}: Zig-zagged. Mel Gibson was born American but actually lived in the country for some considerable time before he landed his role as Max Rockatansky. In addition his paternal side includes Irish who lived in Australia at some point.
* {{HeartbrokenBadass}}:
{{Heartbroken Badass}}: Precisely one of the core themes of the movie is just what an empty man Max is as a result of losing his family.



* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The scars seen under Humongous mask was originally intended as a hint that he was [[spoiler: Goose from the first movie]].

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The scars seen under Humongous mask was originally intended as a hint that he was [[spoiler: Goose from the first movie]].




* ChainmailBikini: Wears a chainmail dress along with her EightiesHair.



* LawfulEvil: Will follow Bartertowns laws to the letter, as they are what allows her to remain in power. Of course, she is not above hedging the odds in her favor.

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* LawfulEvil: Will follow Bartertowns laws to the letter, as they are what allows her to remain in power. Of course, she is not above hedging the odds in her favor.

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* TheLostLenore: Their deaths is what drives Max to his HeroicBSOD and brings about his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.




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* TheLancer: Is Max's best friend and pairs off with him until he recovers from his leg injury.
* KillItWithFire: Johnny burns him alive in a wrecked car at the Toecutter's insistence.


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* LargeAndInCharge: Is a huge, muscular man and has a horde of raiders at his disposal.


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!!Wez

* BadassBiker: Rides around on a CoolBike with his boyfriend.
* DepravedHomosexual: He's an out and out psychopath who goes berserk when the Feral Kid kills his boyfriend.
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* SawedOffShotgun: His WeaponOfChoice. It's simple, requires little maintenance, has relatively common ammo in a ScavengerWorld and is [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter absolutely devastating]].
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* TheBrute: This is Blasters role in the team, despite his true nature.
* DramaticUnmasking: When Max knocks off Blasters helmet in the Thunderdome, its revealed that Blaster is actually a ManChild who's harmless with no one to give him orders.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Despite his intelligence, Master talks like this for some reason


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* DistantFinale: The children who leave the oasis eventually cross the desert with the help of the pilot Jedediah, and find themselves in the ruins of Sidney, where they establish a new society, not only by themselves, but with other wanderers who find their way back home.
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!!Jessie/Sprog

!!Goose

!!Johnny The Boy

!!Toecutter

!!Feral Kid

!!The Gyrocaptain

!!Lord Humongous

* CoolMask: His iconic hockey mask
* NotSoDifferent: Is hinted at to have a similar origin as Max himself. This ties into the origin originally planned for him.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The scars seen under Humongous mask was originally intended as a hint that he was [[spoiler: Goose from the first movie]].

!!Auntie Entity

* FromNobodyToNightmare: In her own words, before the Great War, she was nobody. The difference was that the Day After, she was still alive. Then Nobody had a chance to become Somebody.
* LawfulEvil: Will follow Bartertowns laws to the letter, as they are what allows her to remain in power. Of course, she is not above hedging the odds in her favor.

!!Master Blaster

!!The Feral Children

*CargoCult: The cildren are the survivors of a plane crash in the midst of the nuclear war. As all the original adults left to find help, and presumably died in the desert, the childrens memories of the previous society has turned into this, and have built a cult both around civilization, which they call "Tomorrow-Morrow-Land", and the planes captain, G.L Walker.
* WackyWaysideTribe: The original group of survivors were lucky enough to stumble across an isolated oasis where they were not only safe from the ravages of the desert, but also from the emerging savagery of the remnants of humanity.
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* {{BadassDriver}}: One of the biggest examples in film.

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* {{BadassDriver}}: One Due to the nature of the biggest examples in film.franchise, it's practically a given.



* {{FakeNationality}}: Zig-zagged. Mel Gibson is was born American but actually lived in the country for some cinsiderable time before he landed his role as Max Rockatansky. In addition his paternal side includes Irish who inhabited Australian at some point.

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* {{FakeNationality}}: Zig-zagged. Mel Gibson is was born American but actually lived in the country for some cinsiderable considerable time before he landed his role as Max Rockatansky. In addition his paternal side includes Irish who inhabited Australian lived in Australia at some point.
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Characters of the Mad Max movie franchise.

!!Max Rockatansky
* {{AwesomeAussie}}: The definitive example in film.
* {{BadassDriver}}: One of the biggest examples in film.
** {{Badass}}: While he is tame compared to later action movie heroes, he qualifies and was Australia's best example for the action film for decades.
* {{FakeNationality}}: Zig-zagged. Mel Gibson is was born American but actually lived in the country for some cinsiderable time before he landed his role as Max Rockatansky. In addition his paternal side includes Irish who inhabited Australian at some point.
* {{HeartbrokenBadass}}: Precisely one of the core themes of the movie is just what an empty man Max is as a result of losing his family.

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