History Film / MadMaxFuryRoad

* ContinuityReboot[=/=]BroadStrokes[=/=]AlternateContinuity: George Miller declared the SequelGap made him discard trying to make ''Fury Road'' a proper sequel. And yet it still fits as an alternate follow-up to the original ''Mad Max'' (it opens with Max on the Pursuit Special, and he's throughout haunted by his dead wife and son).

* BroadStrokes: Although the film is officially a ContinuityReboot, it also serves as a rough sequel to the original ''Mad Max''.

** When Max has a hallucination of his dead daughter, he instinctively slaps the back of his hand against his forehead, then is visibly confused by this reaction. Later, he has the same hallucinatory flash and has the same reaction, which this time [[ArrowCatch blocks a crossbow bolt]] and saves his life.
** Due to how scarce are the heroes' resources, everything they have brought with them ends up being used multiple times and for diverse reasons, from Furiosa's hidden dagger to Nux's part of the chain that tied him to Max.

* ContinuityReboot: George Miller declared the SequelGap made him discard trying to make ''Fury Road'' a proper sequel. And yet it still fits as an alternate follow-up to the original ''Mad Max'' (it opens with Max on the Pursuit Special, and he's throughout haunted by his dead wife and son).

* DemotedToExtra: One of the few complaints is that Furiosa is the real hero of the movie, and Max is reduced to the role of SupportingProtagonist. While Max is the one who does most of the physical driving, comes up with a good portion of the group's solutions, and has the most character development, it's more Furiosa's story than his.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Immortan Joe keeps a pretty tight-knit family. He places all of his sons in exalted positions, even those with deformities. A large part of his obsession with getting his concubines back is because at least one is pregnant with another one of his children. When his unborn son is killed, he breaks off the chase to mourn. Rictus Erectus is also moved to feel pride in his unborn brother.

* FeministFantasy: An unconventional example in that the film is filled to the brim with explosions and spiked monster trucks and bare-chested War Boys but nonetheless has a very anti-patriarchy message: women are not things. Additionally, the film is driven by {{Badass}} ActionGirl Furiosa rather than Max himself, who is reduced to a SupportingProtagonist, and her struggle to liberate five objectified women from sexual slavery. And then there's the [[AmazonBrigade Vulvalini]]. Ultimately, ''Fury Road'' manages to be both a testosterone-driven action extravaganza ''and'' a female power fantasy.

* MeaningfulName: Nux is Latin for "nut" ([[AxCrazy which he is]]), but also figuratively for "a worthless thing", which he considers himself as at the beginning. Also, "nukes" (which possibly caused his disease).

* MultipleHeadCase: The movie opens with Max squashing ''and eating'' a two-headed mutant lizard.

** The music box Max gives the Feral Child in ''The Road Warrior'' is briefly seen in the hands of one of the fleeing wives as she tries to stay calm right before the climactic chase.

** "Fury Road" is reminiscent of "Anarchie Road," where the very first scene of ''Mad Max'' occurs.

* ThePowerOfRock: Invoked by Immortan Joe, who has a vehicle in his war party built solely to house a team of drummers, a colossal set of speakers and a guitarist called the Doof Warrior blasting heavy metal to further psych up his War Boys.

* RealityEnsues:
** Regarding Splendid Angharad's leg injury. When they first meet, Max accidentally grazes it when he fires warning shots at her. At first she seems just fine save for a little bleeding, but over time the bleeding gets worse and the pain bothers her more and more. [[spoiler:It comes to a head when all hands are needed to shake off pursuers and she jumps out of the rig to help her rescuers, but her leg injury ensures that she can't get a proper foothold to climb back in, which leads to her falling to her death.]]
** Everything involving the nature of a chase through harsh environments; especially illustrated by the War Rig. Driving nonstop through sweltering desert? Engine overheats. Drove through a sand-lightning-tornado-storm? Rig needs to have the sand taken out of the intakes. Driving through sand? Tires get stuck. Overdo the nitrous boosts? Engine red-lines to failure and needs fixing. This isn't a miracle vehicle, it's driven and taken care of realistically.

* SecretlyDying: Immortan Joe. He's weak of breath, needs help walking, and has attendants caring to scars or boils on his back. He disguises this to his followers by donning muscular-looking armor whenever in public. Even his attendants might not realize the state of his health, considering how BrainwashedAndCrazy they are. This all helps explain his obsession over his progeny.

* SupportingProtagonist: Furiosa is TheHero who has a quest, goes on a HerosJourney and [[spoiler:defeats the Big Bad]], while Max tags along and keeps her from getting killed.

-->'''Nux:''' If I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die historic on the Fury Road!

* VillainBall: Bordering WhatAnIdiot territory. Immortan Joe [[spoiler:leaves the Citadel completely unguarded]]. To the point that even the [[spoiler:battered and bruised]] heroes only need to walk in [[spoiler:with his body]] for them to [[spoiler:take it without issue]].

** Max covers his eyes whenever he has a hallucination of his dead daughter. This instinctive reaction saves his life when someone shoots him with a crossbow, giving Max an ImpaledPalm [[ArrowCatch instead of an impaled head]].
** In fact, due to how scarce are the heroes' resources, everything they have brought with them ends up being used multiple times and for diverse reasons, from Furiosa's hidden dagger to Nux's part of the chain that tied him to Max.

* ContinuityReboot[=/=]BroadStrokes[=/=]AlternateContinuity: George Miller declared the SequelGap made him discard trying to make ''Fury Road'' a proper sequel. And yet it still fits as an alternate follow-up to the original ''Mad Max'' (it opens with Max on the Pursuit Special, and he's throughout haunted by his dead wife and son).

* DemotedToExtra: One of the few complaints is that Furiosa is the real hero of the movie while Max is reduced to the role of sidekick. The complaints overlook the facts that Max is still a prominent figure for most of the movie, and comes up with half of the ideas and acts that keep the team alive. It's just that Max doesn't talk nearly as much as Furiosa so it seems like he's doing less. This is also due to the minimal plot: the audience already knows Max's backstory, so we already know what badassery he's capable of. That leaves the interest/focus on newcomer badass Furiosa.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Immortan Joe is distraught when his unborn son is killed, and even breaks off the chase to mourn.

* FeministFantasy: An... unconventional example in that the film is filled to the brim with explosions and spiked monster trucks and bare-chested War Boys but nonetheless has a very anti-patriarchy message: women are not things. Additionally, the film is driven by {{Badass}} ActionGirl Furiosa rather than Max himself, who is reduced to a SupportingProtagonist, and her struggle to liberate five objectified women from sexual slavery. And then there's the [[AmazonBrigade Vulvalini]]. Ultimately, ''Fury Road'' manages to be both a testosterone-driven action extravaganza ''and'' a female power fantasy.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: ''Imperator'' Furiosa. It's assumed the redemption she seeks is for everything she's done to earn that title.

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler:Averted when the pregnant Angharad is killed, and a C-section fails to save her baby.]]

* MeaningfulName: Nux is Latin for "nut" ([[AxCrazy which he is]]), but also figuratively for "a worthless thing", which he considers himself as at the beginning.
** Also, "nukes" (which possibly caused his disease).

* MultipleHeadCase: The movie o pens with Max squashing ''and eating'' a two-headed mutant lizard.

** The music box Max gives the Feral Child in Mad Max 2 is briefly seen in the hands of one of the fleeing wives as she tries to stay calm right before the climactic chase.

* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted with Angharad. Max accidentally grazes her leg with a bullet when threatening her, and while at first it seems like she's fine except for the blood, later the wound on her leg causes major problems for the group.

* ThePowerOfRock: Invoked (and ramped ''[[UpToEleven up to eleven THOUSAND]]'') by Immortan Joe, who has a vehicle in his war party built solely to house a team of drummers, a colossal set of speakers and a guitarist called the Doof Warrior blasting heavy metal to further psych up his War Boys.

* RealityEnsues: Regarding Splendid Angharad's leg injury. When they first meet, Max accidentally grazes it when he fires warning shots at her. At first she seems just fine save for a little bleeding, but over time the bleeding gets worse and the pain bothers her more and more. [[spoiler:It comes to a head when all hands are needed to shake off pursuers and she jumps out of the rig to help her rescuers, but her leg injury ensures that she can't get a proper foothold to climb back in, which leads to her falling to her death.]]
** Also regarding Furiosa's War Rig. Her destination is at least a day's journey, but driving a ''huge'', gas-guzzling rig non-stop across a sweltering hot desert eventually over-heats the engine, forcing the group to stop to let the engine cool off before they can continue. [[SternChase Considering their pursuers, this is a problem.]]
** Generally speaking, everything involving the nature of a chase through harsh environments; especially illustrated by the War Rig. Drove through a sand-lightning-tornado-storm? Rig needs to have the sand taken out of the intakes. Rig's engine block is on fire? Need to lower the plow to apply dust to extinguish it. Stuck in a quagmire? Place the engine covers under the wheels for traction. Overdo the nitrous boosts? Engine red-lines to failure and needs fixing. This isn't a miracle vehicle, it's driven and taken care of realistically.

* SecretlyDying: Immortan Joe. He's weak of breath, needs help walking, and has attendants caring to scars or boils on his back. He disguises this to his followers by donning muscular-looking armor whenever in public. Even his attendants might not realize the state of his health, considering how BrainwashedAndCrazy they are.

* SupportingProtagonist: Furiosa is TheHero who has a quest, goes on a HerosJourney and [[spoiler:defeats the BigBad]], while Max tags along and keeps her from getting killed.

-->'''Nux:''' If I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die historic on the fury road!

* BottomlessMagazines:
** Averted by the Bullet Farmer, who fires blindly into the fog during the night chase. We cut away from him firing a pair of machine pistols, then cut back to him seconds later and he's had to swap them out for a pair of Kalashnikovs.
** There's a scene where Toast inventories all the bullets for Furiosa's [[CrazyPrepared many, many guns]]. She sardonically comments that they only have four shots for the big gun, which makes it almost useless, but hey, at least they have twenty-nine for the tiny derringer! Later, the lack of ammo for the big gun ends up being a minor plot point.

** Nux's eagerness to prove himself to Immortan Joe by [[LeeroyJenkins charging blindly into the fray without noticing the situation around him]] qualifies. The first attempt is foiled by Max, who just wanted to get the hell out of Dodge while Nux still believed he's still on his side. The third attempt is stopped by the Wives after he tried to kill Furiosa because he believed Furiosa kidnapped them, not realizing that the Wives followed her by their own free will. The fourth and most humiliated attempt is when he tried too hard to impress Immortan Joe and ended up looking like an idiot because he didn't notice that his chain got stuck on the rig and fell off. Really, Nux's character [[spoiler: prior his HeelFaceTurn]] could serve well as a {{Deconstruction}} of {{Determinator}} character type.

** Nux's eagerness to prove himself to Immortan Joe by [[LeeroyJenkins charging blindly into the fray without noticing the situation around him]] qualifies. The first attempt are foiled by Max, who just wanted to get the hell out of Dodge while Nux still believed he's still on his side. The third attempt is stopped by the Wives after he tried to kill Furiosa because he believed Furiosa kidnapped them, not realizing that the Wives followed her by their own free will. The fourth and most humiliated attempt is when he tried too hard to impress Immortan Joe and ended up looking like an idiot because he didn't notice that his chain got stuck on the rig and fell off. Really, Nux's character [[spoiler: prior his HeelFaceTurn]] could serve well as a {{Deconstruction}} of {{Determinator}} character type.

** Nux's eagerness to prove himself to Immortan Joe by [[LeeroyJenkins charging blindly into the fray without noticing the situation around him]] qualifies. The first two attempts are foiled by Max, who just wanted to get the hell out of Dodge while Nux still believed he's still on his side. The third attempt is stopped by the Wives after he tried to kill Furiosa because he believed Furiosa kidnapped them, not realizing that the Wives followed her by their own free will. The fourth and most humiliated attempt is when he tried too hard to impress Immortan Joe and ended up looking like an idiot because he didn't notice that his chain got stuck on the rig and fell off. Really, Nux's character [[spoiler: prior his HeelFaceTurn]] could serve well as a {{Deconstruction}} of {{Determinator}} character type.

* TooAwesomeToUse: In the Wasteland ammunition (especially the kind that can still be fired) is extremely rare so Max uses his gun mostly to scare off the bad guys instead of shooting them. Whenever a gun ''is'' fired though, it is always extremely effective.

* VillainBall: Bordering WhatAnIdiot territory. Immortan Joe [[spoiler:leaves the Citadel completely unguarded]]. To the point that even the [[spoiler:battered and bruised]] heroes only need to walk in [[spoiled:with his body]] for them to [[spoiler:take it without issue]].

* BadBoss: Immortan Joe is implied to be one by Furiosa, who warns Max against letting him catch up to them when they first meet. There's no instance shown on screen, but considering how BrainwashedAndCrazy his MartyrdomCulture {{Tykebomb}} Army is, most of his other followers probably wouldn't notice anyway.

* BarbarianLonghair: Immortan Joe', and Max has one at the start of the movie -- his captors shave it off.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: This is averted with Furiosa, who gets progressively more beat up, and Toast, whose face stays bloody after she gets pistol-whipped. It's played straight with the rest of the Wives, though, even though they're more fragile than Furiosa--Capable's braids get messier and that's about it. Especially egregious after [[spoiler: Angharad gets run over by Joe's car]]. There's barely a mark on her.

* BrokenBird: This movie puts more emphasis on just ''how'' broken and on the edge of sanity Max is, though he refuses to go all the way.

* DeathSeeker: An unhealthy combination of inbreeding, radiation and a psychotic leader who glorifies death have turned most of the War Boys into these. Nux becomes despondent when he's had three opportunities to "die gloriously" and, for one reason or another, survived.

* GunsAkimbo: The Bullet Farmer with long-barreled revolvers, Heckler & Koch submachine guns and AK-47's.

* MartyrdomCulture: Immortan Joe's War Boys are this. Nicholas Hoult, who plays Nux, even compared the character to a jihadist suicide bomber in an interview. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Nux tells Capable that if his "mates" (the two growths on his shoulder) don't get him, the night fevers will; a chance at Valhalla is his only hope.

** An elderly woman wielding a double-barreled shotgun fails to kill the main villain.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Nux, who idolizes Immortan Joe, not only receives a gun and direct orders form him, but the promise that if Nux manages to kill Furiosa then Joe will personally carry him through the gates of [[WarriorHeaven Valhalla]]. This is obviously the high point of Nux's life, which makes him almost immediately falling off the rig and losing the gun jarring.

* ThePowerOfRock: Invoked (and ramped ''[[UpToEleven up to eleven THOUSAND]]'') by Immortan Joe, who has a vehicle in his war party built solely to house a team of drummers, a colossal set of speakers and a guitarist called the Doof Warrior blasting heavy metal to further psych up his Warboys.

* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Warboys are a deconstruction; the whole impetus behind the film is how restrictive and unhealthy such a masculinity- and death-obsessed culture really is, especially to [[HeManWomanHater its women]].
* PsychopathicManchild: Nux is curiously innocent and unmalicious, even while he's killing loads of people.

** Generally speaking, everything involving the nature of a chase through harsh environments; especially illustrated by the War Rig. Drove through a sand-lightning-tornado-storm? Rig needs to have the sand taken out of the intakes. Rig's engine block is on fire? need to lower the plow to apply dust to extinguish it. Stuck in a quagmire? place the engine covers under the wheels for traction. Overdo the nitrous boosts? engine red-lines to failure and needs fixing. This isn't a miracle vehicle, it's driven and taken care of realistically.

* SpikesOfVillainy: The vehicles used by the Buzzards who attack Furiosa's party when she first leaves the path are so thickly covered with metal spikes that they look like hedgehogs.

* SuicideAttack: The War Boys, who are [[TakingYouWithMe dying of radiation poisoning anyway]] and have a religious belief that their leader Immortan Joe will resurrect them in Valhalla. The attacks include leaping on their enemies with explosive-head spears, or flooding their vehicle with their own fuel to make it into a car bomb.

* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: [[spoiler: After she manages to cut the chain binding the War Rig and Immortan Joe's car and narrowly avoids slamming into a pile of rocks, Angharad shows a relief smile on her face while Max gives her a thumbs up. Immediately after that, because of her injured ankle (previously wounded by Max earlier), she slips of the rig and gets run over by Joe's car.]]

* TooAwesomeToUse: In the Wasteland ammunition (especially the kind that can still be fired) is extremely rare so Max uses his gun mostly to scare off the bad guys instead of shooting them. Whenever a gun IS fired though, it is always extremely effective.

* {{Tykebomb}}: Immortan Joe's specialty. Raise all the boys to know nothing but war, death, and a WarriorHeaven that only he can provide from infancy, and they'll be ''eager'' to fight and die for him without question.
* VillainBall: Bordering WhatAnIdiot territory. Immortan Joe [[spoiler:leaves the Citadel completely unguarded]]. To the point that even the [[spoiler:battered and bruised]] heroes only need to walk in for them to [[spoiler:take it without issue]].

* InfantImmortality: Averted when the pregnant Angharad is killed, and a C-section fails to save her baby.

* TheChase: Furiosa has liberated Immortan Joe's harem of breeding wives (one of whom is pregnant), and he leads his entire army across the Wasteland to get them back.

* DecapitatedArmy: Also [[spoiler: at the end, when Max reveals Furiosa has killed Immortan Joe, the younger War Boys immediately turn against Joe's remaining "sons", allowing the Citadel to fall to Furiosa's command.]]

--->'''Immortan Joe:''' It is by ''MY'' hand... you will ''RIISE''... from the ''ASHES''... of this ''WO-ORLD''!

* FacialDialogue: Max has a triumphant expression when a War Boy unlocks him from where he's chained to the front of the vehicle, as he now has a chance to escape.

* BadBoss: Immortan Joe is implied to be one by Furiosa, who warns Max against letting him catch up to them when they first meet. There's no instance shown on screen, but considering how BrainwashedAndCrazy his MartyrdomCulture [[{{Tykebomb}} Army]] is, most of his other followers probably wouldn't notice anyway.
-->'''Furiosa:''' You're relying on the gratitude of a very bad man. You just injured his "favorite" [via a bullet graze to the leg]. How grateful do you think he'll be?

** Also regarding Furiosa's war rig. Her destination is at least a day's journey, but driving a ''huge'', gas-guzzling rig non-stop across a desert eventually leaves the engines empty and over-heated, forcing the group to stop to refill and cool off the engine before they can continue. [[SternChase Considering their pursuers, this is a problem.]]

* RatedMForManly: Fuck ''YEAH!'' Even this movie, which features a largely female cast taking on the baddies, is nonetheless swimming in testosterone.

* Coolcar: There's an entire fleet of those: not only does the Pursuit Special return, but there are no less than three different massive tankers (one of them having an entire [=1980s=] Mercedes-Benz limo for a cab), a Holden Valiant coupe on tank treads, a beaten up Perentti (a rare Australian kit car) and a monster truck with a body made from two thirds of a 1959 Cadillac put on top of another 1959 Cadillac.

* AceCustom: In ''Fury Road'', just about ''everybody'' has a unique, pimped-out ride which usually reflects their personality - a list can be found [[http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-12/every-killer-car-in-mad-max-fury-road-explained here]].
* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: In ''Fury Road'', while doing repairs on the war rig, Nux is found lamenting the fact that he didn't get to "go to Valhalla", only convinced that he should live by Capable, one of Immortan Joe's escaped brides.

AfterTheEnd: The exact timeline is not elaborated on, but it looks to be at least a decade or two after the apocalypse.
* AmazonBrigade: The Vuvalini in ''Fury Road''. Unlike the usual examples of this trope, most of them are BadassGrandma types.
* ApocalypticLog: Max's opening narration in ''Fury Road'' is interspersed with news broadcasts and radio messages of increasing severity, chronicling the downfall of civilization as seen in the previous films.
* ApocalypticLogistics: Lampshaded in ''Fury Road'' where the People Eater notes that Immortan Joe has used up a huge amount of fuel and ammo for what he describes as "a family matter".

** In ''Fury Road'', Nux appears to have some form of cancer, most likely lymphoma or leukemia, and is consequently severely anemic, requiring blood transfusions in order to stay active.

* BadassBandolier: The Bullet Farmer from ''Fury Road'' wears an outfit comprised of ''nothing'' but bandoliers filled with rounds.
* TheBait: [[spoiler:Valkyrie caged in the high tension tower in ''Fury Road'', set by her and her fellow Vuvalini. Max recognizes the bait immediately.]]
* BarbarianLonghair: Immortan Joe from ''Fury Road'', and Max has one at the start of the movie -- his captors shave it off.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: In ''Fury Road'', this is averted with Furiosa, who gets progressively more beat up, and Toast, whose face stays bloody after she gets pistol-whipped. It's played straight with the rest of the Wives, though, even though they're more fragile than Furiosa--Capable's braids get messier and that's about it. Especially egregious after [[spoiler: Angharad gets run over by Joe's car]]. There's barely a mark on her.

** Averted by the Bullet Farmer in ''Fury Road'', who fires blindly into the fog during the night chase. We cut away from him firing a pair of machine pistols, then cut back to him seconds later and he's had to swap them out for a pair of Kalashnikovs.
** Also in ''Fury Road,'' there's a scene where Toast inventories all the bullets for Furiosa's [[CrazyPrepared many, many guns]]. She sardonically comments that they only have four shots for the big gun, which makes it almost useless, but hey, at least they have twenty-nine for the tiny derringer! Later, the lack of ammo for the big gun ends up being a minor plot point.
* BrokenBird: ''Fury Road'' puts more emphasis on just ''how'' broken and on the edge of sanity Max is, though he refuses to go all the way.
* BulletproofHumanShield: A straight example in ''Fury Road'' in which the shield in question is the [[spoiler: massively obese People Eater]].
* ButNowIMustGo: In ''Fury Road'' at least there's no doubt Max is doing this by choice, as he exchanges a MeaningfulLook with Furiosa before vanishing into the crowd.

* ChangedMyMindKid: In ''Fury Road'', [[spoiler:Max decides to rejoin Furiosa's group after they've set off across the salt plains, and with a plan to seize the Citadel to boot.]]

* TheChase: ''Fury Road''. Furiosa has liberated Immortan Joe's harem of breeding wives (one of whom is pregnant), and he leads his entire army across the Wasteland to get them back.

* ChildByRape: In ''Fury Road'', Splendid Angharad is pregnant with one. Implied by the Dag as well.

* Coolcar: ''Fury Road'' has an entire fleet of those: not only does the Pursuit Special return, but there are no less than three different massive tankers (one of them having an entire [=1980s=] Mercedes-Benz limo for a cab), a Holden Valiant coupe on tank treads, a beaten up Perentti (a rare Australian kit car) and a monster truck with a body made from two thirds of a 1959 Cadillac put on top of another 1959 Cadillac.

* DecapitatedArmy: Also [[spoiler: at the end of ''Fury Road'': when Max reveals Furiosa has killed Immortan Joe, the younger War Boys immediately turn against Joe's remaining "sons", allowing the Citadel to fall to Furiosa's command.]]
* DemotedToExtra: One of the few complaints against ''Fury Road'' is that Furiosa is the real hero of the movie while Max is reduced to the role of sidekick. The complaints overlook the facts that Max is still a prominent figure for most of the movie, and comes up with half of the ideas and acts that keep the team alive. It's just that Max doesn't talk nearly as much as Furiosa so it seems like he's doing less. This is also due to the minimal plot: the audience already knows Max's backstory, so we already know what badassery he's capable of. That leaves the interest/focus on newcomer badass Furiosa.
* DirtyCoward: Cheedo from ''Fury Road'' nearly gets the Five Wives recaptured by some of Immortan Joe's War Boys, but is stopped when Max and Furiosa kill them. [[spoiler:Though that could be chalked up to Cheedo having a HeroicBSOD after Angharad was killed.]]
* TheDragon: Rictus Erectus to Immortan Joe in ''Fury Road''.
* DualWielding: In ''Fury Road'', the Bullet Farmer duel-wields submachine guns in an attempt to hit something after [[spoiler:he gets blinded]].
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Ex-Warboy Nux]] in ''Fury Road''. Taking the wheel and [[spoiler:flipping the War Rig to kill Rictus Erectus and block the mountain pass, thereby saving Max and the Wives and stopping the pursuit dead]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Fury Road'' ends with one of these, [[spoiler:with Furiosa, Max and the wives defeating Immortan Joe, taking control of the citadel and restoring some sense of peace to their world]].

* FailedAttemptAtDrama: In ''Fury Road'', Immortan Joe gives Nux another chance to prove himself, saying that if Nux can shoot Furiosa with Immortan Joe's own personal revolver, he'll personally lead Nux to Valhalla himself. Nux is inspired, epically villainous music plays as Nux ascends the War Rig, he charges... and then trips over his own chain, falls flat on his face, and drops the gun off of the War Rig.
* {{Fanservice}}: The "breeders" in ''Fury Road'' are all dressed in sexy harem dresses, complete with BareYourMidriff.
* FatBastard: The People Eater in ''Fury Road''.

* GlasgowGrin: Slit has one in ''Fury Road'', possibly explaining his name.
* GoodIsNotNice: Imperator Furiosa in ''Fury Road'' is determined to free Immortan Joe's "breeder" sex slaves at any cost. She's a steely, ruthless CombatPragmatist who will gladly send an army's worth of brainwashed mooks to Valhalla to accomplish this.

* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler:Angharad]] pulls this in ''Fury Road''.

* TheHecateSisters: Represented in Fury Road, with the wives as the nubile young maidens, Furiosa as the protective mother (as well as the more literal "milk mothers" of the Citadel), and the Vuvalini as the wise old crones.
* HeelFaceTurn: The plot of ''Fury Road'' is kicked off by one, when [[BigBad Immortan Joe]]'s lieutenant Furiosa betrays him to free his "breeders" from slavery. [[spoiler:Nux also eventually makes one when Capable convinces him that it's not yet his time to die.]]

** [[spoiler: Nux does this in the climax of ''Fury Road'', blowing up the Rig so that Max, Furiosa, and Wives can escape and in order to [[TakingYouWithMe take Rictus with him]].]]
** And attempted in ''Fury Road'' by [[spoiler:Furiosa herself who, apparently dying of a stab wound, leaves the War Rig and carries the fight to Joe. It's pretty clear she does not expect to come back; luckily, her friends have other plans.]]
* HighConcept: ''Fury Road'' is this: a badass woman driver helps imprisoned harem wives flee their captors across a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and Max is there to kick ass with them. There's really no other elements to the story.
* HollywoodDarkness: Played straight in ''Fury Road'' during the night scenes. Exaggerated at one point in the movie when the characters are not only in the middle of the night, but in low-visibility fog.
* {{Homage}}: In ''Fury Road'', the spike-covered Volkswagen Beetles that attack the War Rig is a shout-out to the Australian horror film ''Film/TheCarsThatAteParis''.
* HopeSpot: In ''Fury Road'', one of the rescued women, upon seeing a still-orbiting satellite, wonders whether there's still someone out there using such technology. If those exist, neither they nor the viewers come close to finding out.

* HumanResources: When Max is captured in ''Fury Road'', the War Boys use him as a "Blood Bag", which allows them to perform a blood transfusion on a War Boy if one of them is injured badly enough. We also see that Immortan Joe keeps young women around as {{Sex Slave}}s and when they're no longer useful for the purposes of breeding, they are milked to provide sustenance for the War Boys.
* HumanShield: Both [[NotSoDifferent heroes and villains]] use this tactic in ''Fury Road''. The most notable occasion is when Splendid Angharad opens the War Rig's door and displays her pregnant body, knowing Immortan Joe won't risk shooting his unborn child. Max uses the opportunity to shoot Joe, but one of his loyal followers dives in to take the bullet.

* ImprobableAimingSkills: ''Fury Road'' finally gets an improbable shot for the good guys; after Max misses twice (shooting over a distance of a few hundred metres, through fog, at a moving target only visible by its lights), he hands the rifle over to Furiosa who manages to bullseye the searchlight on the Bullet Farmer's car-tank, blinding the leader in the process.
* InfantImmortality: Averted in ''Fury Road'' when the pregnant Angharad is killed, and a C-section fails to save her baby.
* InstrumentOfMurder: In ''Fury Road'', the Doof Warrior has an electric guitar that shoots flames, which is indeed used as a weapon during the final battle.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:The Bullet Farmer]] in ''Fury Road''.
* KlingonPromotion: At the end of ''Fury Road'', [[spoiler: Furiosa takes control of the Citadel after she kills Immortan Joe]].

* LargeHam: Immortan Joe in ''Fury Road'', considering that he's played by the same actor as Toecutter from the first film.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: When Max and Furiosa first come face to face in ''Fury Road''.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: There's a CallBack to the first movie in ''Fury Road'' when Max finds himself chained to an unconscious Nux and is fully prepared to shotgun off Nux's wrist. Fortunately for Nux the shells are duds, and Max has to carry him to someone who has boltcutters.

* MadnessMantra: The BrainwashedAndCrazy Warboys of "Fury Road" chant "I live, I die, I live again!" to psyche themselves up for suicide attacks.
* MadnessMontage: A literally Mad Max while trying to escape from the Citadel in ''Fury Road''.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: In ''Fury Road'', Immortan Joe and his grinning skull half-mask. Even Max takes on this appearance with the metal restraint he's forced to wear.
* MartyrdomCulture: In ''Fury Road'', Immortan Joe's War Boys are this. Nicholas Hoult, who plays Nux, even compared the character to a jihadist suicide bomber in an interview. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that Nux tells Capable that if his "mates" (the two growths on his shoulder) don't get him, the night fevers will; a chance at Valhalla is his only hope.

* MookFaceTurn: [[spoiler:In ''Fury Road'', Nux is a grunt in Immortan Joe's forces, but his failure to stop the War Rig, his fear that Joe will blame him for Angharad's death, and the kindness showed by Capable convinces him to help the good guys escape -- and later, defeat -- Joe.]]

* MoreDakka: Justified in ''Fury Road'' due to the Bullet Farmer and his men running a place with a lot of guns and ammunition, which are otherwise hard to come by in the wasteland.
* MultipleHeadCase: ''Fury Road'' opens with Max squashing ''and eating'' a two-headed mutant lizard.
* MythologyGag: ''Fury Road'' is utterly packed with them, mostly as {{Call Back}}s to the second film.

* NeverMessWithGranny: The remnants of Furiosa's tribe from ''Fury Road'' are a group of older women who join up and are handy with older rifles. One of them even carries an ancient musket and claims she killed anything she could by way of [[BoomHeadshot headshot]] with it.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: In ''Fury Road'', Nux's decision to take Max along on the hunt for Furiosa, as a forced blood donor to help with his health problems, ends up leading to everything turning out well.
* NoNameGiven: Max, from Furiosa's point of view in ''Fury Road''. He brushes off questions about his name, and doesn't reveal it until the end [[spoiler:when Furiosa is dying of a knife wound]].

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In ''Fury Road'', the War Rig is stuck in the mud, the Bullet Farmer is approaching, and it's a foggy night, so Max marches off to deal with him. A minute later, there's a big explosion and Max returns, covered in blood and hauling a few big bags of ammunition.

* OhCrap: In ''Fury Road'' [[spoiler:when his remaining sons realise Immortan Joe is dead, breaking their hold on the people.]]
* OnlyAFleshWound: Averted with Angharad in ''Fury Road''. Max accidentally grazes her leg with a bullet when threatening her, and while at first it seems like she's fine except for the blood, later the wound on her leg causes major problems for the group.

* OrangeBlueContrast: The main colors in the trailer for ''Fury Road'' are orange desert, blue sky, orange flame and blue [[HollywoodDarkness night scenes]].
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: Max in ''Fury Road''. First, he gets hanged upside down to transfuse blood to Nux. Then, [[spoiler:he gets strapped to Nux's car hood to keep supplying blood to him]]. Near the end, [[spoiler:he transfuses some of his blood to Furiosa]]. And he keeps kicking ass to the end without suffering any ill effects of blood loss.
* PopTheTires: A common tactic employed against the War Rig in ''Fury Road'', albeit with quite limited success courtesy of its spiked hubcaps. [[spoiler:The Warboys do manage to burst one tire during the final battle, but it helps them little as the War Rig has nothing but dual-wheels.]]

* ThePromisedLand: Subverted in ''Fury Road''. Furiosa has been looking for the fertile green place to take the women [[spoiler: only to discover that they had already passed it when they drove through the quagmire. Her tribe tells her that the land there went toxic. The tree they use as an anchor to get the war rig out is an early clue to this. Turns out that the only fertile land left is the Citadel that they just left behind.]]
* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: The Warboys in ''Fury Road'' are a deconstruction; the whole impetus behind the film is how restrictive and unhealthy such a masculinity- and death-obsessed culture really is, especially to [[HeManWomanHater its women]].

* RatedMForManly: Fuck ''YEAH!'' Even ''Fury Road'', which features a largely female cast taking on the baddies, is nonetheless swimming in testosterone.
* ReducedToRatburgers: ''Fury Road'' begins with Max eating a two-headed mutant lizard whole, and later Nux eats a fly.
* SafeZoneHopeSpot: [[spoiler:In ''Fury Road'', Furiosa is taking the Wives to "the green place", an oasis where she was born and raised before being abducted by Immortan Joe. She eventually learns that since her abduction, the green place soured and dried up, forcing her tribemates to scavenge like everyone else.]]
* SecretlyDying: Immortan Joe in Fury Road. He's weak of breath, needs help walking, and has attendants caring to scars or boils on his back. He disguises this to his followers by donning muscular-looking armor whenever in public. Even his attendants might not realize the state of his health, considering how BrainwashedAndCrazy they are.
* SexSlave: Immortan Joe's "breeders" in ''Fury Road''.
* ShellShockedVeteran: In ''Fury Road'', Max is clearly in the throes of severe [=PTSD=], tormented by visions of his dead wife and daughter both while awake and asleep.

* SpikesOfVillainy: In ''Fury Road'', the vehicles used by the Buzzards who attack Furiosa's party when she first leaves the path are so thickly covered with metal spikes that they look like hedgehogs.
* SternChase: ''Fury Road''. [[spoiler:Until Max realises their only hope is to turn round and go back the way they came, right through their pursuers.]]
* SuicideAttack: The War Boys in ''Fury Road'', who are [[TakingYouWithMe dying of radiation poisoning anyway]] and have a religious belief that their leader Immortan Joe will resurrect them in Valhalla. The attacks include leaping on their enemies with explosive-head spears, or flooding their vehicle with their own fuel to make it into a car bomb.

* SupportingProtagonist: Most blatant in ''Fury Road'', where Furiosa is TheHero who has a quest, goes on a HerosJourney and [[spoiler:defeats the BigBad]], while Max tags along and keeps her from getting killed.
* TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath: In ''Fury Road'', [[spoiler: after she manages to cut the chain binding the War Rig and Immortan Joe's car and narrowly avoids slamming into a pile of rocks, Angharad shows a relief smile on her face while Max gives her a thumbs up. Immediately after that, because of her injured ankle (previously wounded by Max earlier), she slips of the rig and gets run over by Joe's car.]]
* TearOffYourFace: [[spoiler:Happens to Immortan Joe in Fury Road. Furiosa grabs his mask with her prosthetic hand and lets the rest of the arm fall into his car's wheel, tearing off the mask and part of Joe's face.]]

* VillainBall: Bordering WhatAnIdiot territory. In ''Fury Road'', Immortan Joe [[spoiler:leaves the Citadel completely unguarded]]. To the point that even the [[spoiler:battered and bruised]] heroes only need to walk in for them to [[spoiler:take it without issue]].
* WarriorHeaven: The War Boys in ''Fury Road'' believe they will go to Valhalla if they die a warrior's death. Fatally injured Boys will get high on aerosol fumes and demand others "witness" as they perform suicide attacks. Nux, who is dying of apparent lymphoma, is torn by the fact that he has come close to the "gates" several times but always survives.
* WeHaveReserves: All of the wasteland factions that appear in "Fury Road" are continually willing to keep throwing away lives long after the costs outweigh the potential rewards. Immortan Joe even raises generations of suicide troops for this very reason. The only exception are [[spoiler: the Vuvalini, and given their diminished numbers it's very likely they've been living this way too.]]

* ZanyScheme: In ''Fury Road'', Max's plan for Furiosa. Go back the way they came. ''Following the exact same path.''

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