History Trivia / MadMax

* NoBudget: Prior to the release of ''Film/TheBlairWitchProject'', ''Mad Max'' had the highest profit ($100 million US Dollars) to cost ($300,000-400,000 Australian) ratio of any film.

* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The "Anarchie Road" sign is a vandalised version of a real sign with the real name on it - the real name is "Anakie", it actually is that road (the film was largely made on the south-western outskirts of Melbourne) and Anakie is pronounced exactly the same way as Anarchy.

** Because Mel Gibson gets a pass (he was born in NY, but raised in Australia), there is Tina Turner in ''Beyond Thunderdome'', and most of the cast in ''Fury Road'' (Max, Nux and Angharad: British; Furiosa: South African; Capable and Toast: American).

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Hugh Keays-Byrne plays the violent, murderous Toecutter but interviews show that Keays-Byrne is a very humble old fellow who seems really grateful to be able to do another Mad Max villain in Immortan Joe decades later. A scene in a behind-the-scenes clip for ''Fury Road'' shows him walking in full costume while stuntmen (also in full costume) stand on the trailer used to transport the screen-used cars. He bellows "You look amazing!", and they respond with the Warboy salute.

* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Immortan Joe]] was a nasty piece of work, running both a motorcycle gang AND being a colonel in the Australian Army. Guess he truly is immortal to [[spoiler: survive getting run over by an eighteen-wheeler.]]
** Wez is Bennett from ''Film/{{Commando}}''. Seems that he didn't need the girl after all.
** Nobody should trust the Warrior Woman. [[Series.{{Farscape}} She's a]] [[ObligatoryJoke plant.]]
** The Gyro Captain is Zedd from ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker''. And [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Mouth of Sauron]]. And he's in a bunch of other stuff.
** Papagallo is also Jared Syn.
** Goose would later become [[Series/SeaPatrol a commander in the Navy]] as well as [[Film/TheGreatGatsby an alcoholic tycoon.]]

* [[FakeNationality Fake Australian]]: Because Mel Gibson gets a pass (he was born in NY, but raised in Australia), there is Tina Turner in ''Beyond Thunderdome'', and most of the cast in ''Fury Road'' (Max, Nux and Angharad: British; Furiosa: South African; Capable and Toast: American).

** Goose would later become [[Series/SeaPatrol a commander in the Navy]].

* NamesTheSame: The first two films were not scored by Creator/BrianMay, guitarist of Music/{{Queen}}, but by a Australian composer of the same name.

* [[FakeNationality Fake Australian]]: Because Mel Gibson gets a pass (he was born in NY, but raised in Australia), there is Tina Turner in ''Beyond Thunderdome'', and everyone in ''Fury Road'' (Max, Nux and "Splendid": British; Furiosa: South African; "Capable" and "Knowing": American).

* FountainOfExpies: Practically EVERY apocalyptic fiction (with the ''{{Fallout}}'' series in particular) features raiders modeled after Wez's costume and hairstyle.
** Max himself is the template for the typical lone wasteland wanderer. Entertainment Weekly noted that the characters played by Kevin Costner in ''Film/{{Waterworld}}'' and ''Film/ThePostman'' are copycat descendants of Max.

* StarMakingRole: For Mel Gibson.
* ThrowItIn: The mook sent flying through the air as the result of crashing into the car that Max shoots in the truck chase sequence in ''The Road Warrior'' was not scripted, but looked too awesome to leave out.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** In ''Mad Max 2'', it was originally going to be revealed near the end of the film that Lord Humungus was in fact Max's old Main Force Patrol partner Jim Goose, who was horribly burned (but not confirmed to be dead) in the first movie. While this didn't make it into the film, some elements of the final product might be leftover hints:
## Humungus' scoped pistol is a very similar weapon to the standard sidearm used by the MFP (albeit a different model)[[note]] for the record, MFP's issue weapon is a Smith and Wesson Model 28, the utility version of the Model 27, the first .357 Magnum revolver. Humungus uses a [[Film/DirtyHarry .44 Magnum Model 29.]][[/note]], and other members of his pack use modified police patrol vehicles.
## He appears to have terrible burn scars underneath his mask, as evidenced by the back of his head, though the rest of his body is completely unblemished.
## His speeches about losing the people you care about and "ending the suffering" seem to hint at a more conflicted and tragic personality.
** Mel Gibson got the part in the first movie because the night before he'd been in a bar fight and only showed up at the casting because he was supporting his friend who was auditioning (his friend was cast as Jim Goose, for the record). He was so beat up that when he came back a few weeks later, they almost didn't recognize him.
** The Pursuit Special was originally supposed to have been built around a Ford Mustang, but the budget didn't stretch far enough to import one.
* Editing mistake? In Mad Max 2, during the final chase scene, Max hits the brakes to shake off Wez who was on top of the truck's cabin. Wez slips and falls to his apparent death in front of the moving truck. Later on, Max makes a u-turn in an effort to lose some of his pursuers and the camera shot shows us the truck well enough to see Wez is not in the vehicle's front bumpers, yet by the time Max is trying to make the Feral Kid reach for the remaining bullet in the truck's hood, Wez springs up in front to fetch the kid. Apparently he grabbed a hold in front of the truck all the time, yet the u-turn shot makes it clear he wasn't there.

** Max's black coupe. It is a Pursuit Special, but is often mistakenly called the Interceptor, the designation of his yellow patrol car (and most MFP patrol cars for that matter), by fans, because [[RuleOfCool it sounds cooler]]. And not just by fans -- in ''Road Warrior'', it's described as "the last of the V8 Interceptors" by the mechanic.

* ActorAllusion: BigBad Immortan Joe in ''Fury Road'' is a charismatic cult-leader-like bruiser who wears a scary mask that hides his disfigurement and keeps him alive, and is gruesomely ripped off towards the end. Not unlike one of the [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises best-known roles]] of the film's new Max, Creator/TomHardy.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Why the [[BadassGrandma 78-year old]] Melissa Jaffer [[http://www.people.com/article/how-mad-max-fury-road-save-action-movies took on the role]] of an elderly woman warrior in ''Fury Road'':
--> '''Jaffer:''' When this role came along, I thought well, I won't get another chance like this before I die, and that's why I took it. It was absolutely wonderful.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Given Australia was going through rainy seasons that don't fit the DesertPunk setting, ''Fury Road'' wound up filmed in Namibia.

* DevelopmentHell: ''Fury Road'' has been planned for years, with George Miller reportedly having its concept since 1998. [[SavedFromDevelopmentHell Filming finally began in July 2012, and ended in December. Finally it got released in 2015.]]

** ProWrestling fans may recognise Rictus in ''Fury Road'' as Nathan Jones, WWE's "Beast of Boggo Road." He plays the giant guy in ''Film/{{Troy}}'' and ''Film/{{Fearless}}''
** The Vulvalini Keeper of the Seeds is [[Series.{{Farscape}} Utu-Noranti Pralatong]].
* TheOtherDarrin: Max is played by Creator/TomHardy in the fourth film. Kind of ironic, since a lot of people thought Hardy's [[Film/TheDarkKnightRises portrayal of Bane]] was very much reminiscent of Lord Humungous.
* ProductionPosse: Hugh Keays-Byrne previously played the Toecutter in the first film, but both he and Megan Gale (the Valkyrie) were part of the cast assembled for George Miller's 2008 Justice League film, as the Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman. It ended up in DevelopmentHell and fully dead, but Miller brought them back for Fury Road.

* [[FakeNationality Fake Australian]]: Because Mel Gibson gets a pass (he was born in NY, but raised in Australia), there is Tina Turner in ''Beyond Thunderdome'', and just about everyone in ''Fury Road'' (Max, Nux and "Splendid": British; Furiosa: South African; "Capable" and "Knowing": American).

* DevelopmentHell: ''Fury Road'' has been planned for years. Filming finally began in July 2012, and ended in December. Finally it got released in 2015.
* FountainOfExpies: Practically EVERY apocalyptic fiction (with the Fallout series in particular) features raiders modeled after Wez's costume and hairstyle.

** ProWrestling fans may recognise Rictus in ''Fury Road'' as Nathan Jones, WWE's "Beast of Boggo Road"

** The Vulvalini Keeper of the Seeds is [[Series.{{Farscape}} Noranti]].

** The Vuvalini Keeper of the Seeds is [[Series.{{Farscape}} Noranti]].