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* It's very difficult to come across any work set AfterTheEnd that ''doesn't'' reference ''Mad Max'' in some way, shape, or form. Particularly, the punk-style raiders will generally make an appearance.
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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. An {{Expy}} of the Lord Humungus named Mad Mel appears as a boss that the player must fight in a Thunderdome.

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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands'' ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. An {{Expy}} of the Lord Humungus named Mad Mel appears as a boss that the player must fight in a Thunderdome.
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* The ''Series/AmericanGothic'' episode "The Strong Arm of the Law" is yet another work to use the "hand or explosion" thing, in this case dealt out by [[SatanicArchetype Lucas Buck]] to a criminal who really didn't notice who he was messing with.

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* The ''Series/AmericanGothic'' ''Series/AmericanGothic1995'' episode "The Strong Arm of the Law" is yet another work to use the "hand or explosion" thing, in this case dealt out by [[SatanicArchetype Lucas Buck]] to a criminal who really didn't notice who he was messing with.
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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world.

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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug thugs and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world.
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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world with his legendary assassination arts: the [[YouAreAlreadyDead Hokuko Shinken]].

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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world with his legendary assassination arts: the [[YouAreAlreadyDead Hokuko Shinken]].world.
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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world.

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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world.world with his legendary assassination arts: the [[YouAreAlreadyDead Hokuko Shinken]].
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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise.

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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. It features a post-apocalyptic world [[TheApunkalypse run by thug and and mohawked ruffians]], with a BruceLeeClone trying to save his fiancee and the world.
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* ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' creators don't deny their love to the Mad Max at all:

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* ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'' creators don't deny their love to the Mad Max at all:
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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise.
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* The French cartoon adaptation of ''[[ComicBook/AchilleTalon Walter Melon]]'' has the episode ''Fat Max - The Roo's Revenge'' in which the titular hero stands in for a Mad Max parody. Motorless cars pulled by kangaroos abound.
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** ** In Season 20, Stan's ''Street Warrior'' poster has been switched with a ''[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Fury Road]]'' poster, with the {{Tagline}} changed to "What a Sweet Day".

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** ** In Season 20, Stan's ''Street Warrior'' poster has been switched with a ''[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Fury Road]]'' poster, with the {{Tagline}} changed to "What a Sweet Day".
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** ** In Season 20, Stan's ''Street Warrior'' poster has been switched with a ''[[Film/MadMaxFuryRoad Fury Road]]'' poster, with the {{Tagline}} changed to "What a Sweet Day".
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* Max's killing of Johnny the Boy at the end of the first film is the TropeCodifier for LifeOrLimbDecision, and many later examples explicitly refer to the ''Mad Max'' scene.
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* The ''Series/AmericanGothic'' episode "The Strong Arm of the Law" is yet another work to use the "hand or explosion" thing, in this case dealt out by [[SatanicArchetype Lucas Buck]] to a criminal who really didn't notice who he was messing with.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' has Rorschach make use of Max's can't-cut-the-chain-in-time tactic on a child-murderer who'd fed his victim's corpse to his dogs.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/LastContinent'', which is basically a tour of Discworld's equivalent of Australia, has a section involving a Dwarf known only as "Mad", who lives in a battlewagon drawn by eight horses and is constantly attacked by raiders.

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* The ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/LastContinent'', ''Discworld/TheLastContinent'', which is basically a tour of Discworld's equivalent of Australia, has a section involving a Dwarf known only as "Mad", who lives in a battlewagon drawn by eight horses and is constantly attacked by raiders.
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* The ''Franchise/{{Discworld}}'' novel ''Discworld/LastContinent'', which is basically a tour of Discworld's equivalent of Australia, has a section involving a Dwarf known only as "Mad", who lives in a battlewagon drawn by eight horses and is constantly attacked by raiders.
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* ''VideoGame/Borderlands'' is heavily inspired by the ''Mad Max'' franchise. An {{Expy}} of the Lord Humungus named Mad Mel appears as a boss that the player must fight in a Thunderdome.
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* Music/FosterThePeople frontman Mark Foster is kidnapped by feral children in the music video of 'Helena Beat'.
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* In Series/BobsBurgers episode "Friends With Burger-Fits" Linda and kids organised their own Freezerdome.

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* In Series/BobsBurgers ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers'' episode "Friends With Burger-Fits" Linda and kids organised their own Freezerdome.
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* In BobsBurgers episode "Friends With Burger-Fits" Linda and kids organised their own Freezerdome.

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* In BobsBurgers Series/BobsBurgers episode "Friends With Burger-Fits" Linda and kids organised their own Freezerdome.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "Bad Bob".

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "Bad Bob".Bob", the characters enter a game based on Mad Max. One of the binomes even resembles Humongous, who leads a biker gang.

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-->"My body consumes all waste material. It's like a thunderdome in here. Only two men enter, ''no men leaves.'' Rated R."\\

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-->"My body consumes all waste material. It's like a thunderdome in here. Only two men enter, ''no men leaves.'' Rated R."\\
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* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' episode "Bad Bob".
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* ''AquaTeenHungerForce'' creators don't deny their love to the Mad Max at all:
** Meatwad, describing his digestive system, in "Unremarkable Voyage":
-->"My body consumes all waste material. It's like a thunderdome in here. Only two men enter, ''no men leaves.'' Rated R."\\

** Also "Carlito wants his hand back" delivered by Err in "Remooned", referencing a quote of BigBad from the first movie.
** Motorcycle chase between Aqua Teens and Mooninites in TheMovie opening may qualify as nod to the films.
* In BobsBurgers episode "Friends With Burger-Fits" Linda and kids organised their own Freezerdome.
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* ''Road Blaster''/''Road Avenger'' features a red version of the Interceptor and an {{Expy}} of Max on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge to avenge his wife's death.

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* Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors were heavily inspired by the raiders from the second film.

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* Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors were heavily inspired by the raiders from the second film.The Thunderdome sequence is pretty much a FountainOfMemes and even has [[TheThunderdome a trope named after it]].



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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' features at least once per game Max's IconicOutfit as an early game armour and [[{{Expy}} expies]] of several characters appear in the games, including one character named [[Creator/MelGibson Mel]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' features the Pursuit Special at the Rail Nomads' camp. Just like in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', it's rigged with explosives.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' features at least once per game ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'' spinoff ''Orlok: Agent Of East Meg One'' featured an {{Expy}} of Max called Bad Max who even drove Max's IconicOutfit as an early game armour and [[{{Expy}} expies]] of several characters appear in the games, including one character named [[Creator/MelGibson Mel]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' features the
signature Pursuit Special at the Rail Nomads' camp. Just like in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', it's rigged with explosives.Special.


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* The ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'' films were basically inspired by the LifeOrLimbDecision Max forces Johnny The Boy into by cuffing his ankle to a crashed truck and blowing it up.
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* Frankie Goes To Hollywood's "Two Tribes" is inspired by [[NarratorAllAlong The Feral Kid's]] line "Two mighty warrior tribes went to war."
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* Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors were heavily inspired by the raiders from the second film.
* Wrestling/ChrisJericho refers to himself as "The Ayatollah of Rock and Rolla", which was one of the nicknames for the Lord Humungus.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' features at least once per game Max's IconicOutfit as an early game armour and [[{{Expy}} expies]] of several characters appear in the games, including one character named [[Creator/MelGibson Mel]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Wasteland 2}}'' features the Pursuit Special at the Rail Nomads' camp. Just like in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', it's rigged with explosives.
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* Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors were heavily inspired by the raiders from the second film.
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* ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'' features the Pursuit Special at the Rail Nomads' camp. Just like in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', it's rigged with explosives.

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** In "Proper Condom Use", the girls barricade themselves into a fort resembling the refinery and Butters impersonates The Lord Humungus.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** When they visit Australia, one of the Australians who chase the Simpsons back to the American embassy is a raider strongly resembling Wez.
** In "Beyond Blunderdome", Homer and Creator/MelGibson end up in a chase in one of the cars from ''Mad Max 2''. Since it's Mel voicing himself, the episode is riddled in ActorAllusion.
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As the TropeCodifier for TheApunkalypse and a major influence in works set AfterTheEnd, it's only natural for ''Mad Max'' to be referenced heavily.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' features at least once per game Max's IconicOutfit as an early game armour and [[{{Expy}} expies]] of several characters appear in the games, including one character named [[Creator/MelGibson Mel]].
* ''VideoGame/Wasteland2'' features the Pursuit Special at the Rail Nomads' camp. Just like in ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior'', it's rigged with explosives.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' makes multiple references. Stan has a ''[[Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior Street Warrior]]'' poster in his room. During the episode where ''Creator/MelGibson'' appears, he drives the BigBadassRig from the second film. Cartman also refers to Gibson as "The Road Warrior".
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